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"Trust me"

"Edward, wake up"

The kid growled displeased but forced his eyes to open…managing to half opening them only of course, "…What?"

"We have to go to the Headquarter in one hour, you have to get up"

Ed glanced at the clock, it was 7:00 a.m. Well, it was not that early anyway, so he sat up, yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"Hurry up, breakfast is ready. Bundle up, it's cool outside"

Roy left the bedroom and the boy stood up still half sleep and searched through his brand new clothes. Of course he was going to wear the crimson coat, but besides that he just grabbed a turtle necked long sleeved shirt, some pants and shoes. A few minutes later, he entered the dining room where the man was already eating some fruits and drinking coffee, so he took a seat in front of him.

"Coffee is bad for your liver, you know?", Ed said as the maid laid down his breakfast, "You shouldn't drink it every day"

"Come on, give me a break. It's just coffee", the man said taking a sip of his cup.

Edward smiled and began to eat his food. It was delicious, so he ate fast grabbing all the toast he could while Roy smiled.

"You shouldn't eat that fast, if bad for your digestion, you know?"

The blonde stopped eating and glanced at the man annoyed. He hated when Roy used his own words back to him. Both finished their breakfast and soon they were walking towards the Headquarter in silence, the blonde glancing around noticing all the people opening their stores or walking towards their jobs.

"Why don't you have a car?", he asked Roy suddenly.

"I don't need it. Besides, it's healthier if I just walk"

Ed didn't ask further since that made sense and he kept looking around. However, he glanced at Roy out of the corner of his eyes for a moment. He seemed happy, greeting everyone he knew, some of them asking who the kid was, asking why he had been gone for so long. So he had a lot of friends, so why did Ed have the idea that he seemed…lonely?

"You'll like my crew. If you're going to live with me you'll have to deal with them", the man said making the boy jump slightly.

Edward merely nodded as Roy waved his hand to greet an old woman from one of the stores. "What's your job about?"

Roy glanced at the blonde surprised by the question, "My job? In times of peace, it's about signing papers…quite boring actually"

"Why don't you quit then?", the kid asked narrowing his eyes unable to understand his logic.

"Well…the money is great…". The man almost laughed at Ed's funny face due to the answer, "I'll tell you later, we are almost there"

Edward raised a brow, but remained quiet as they reached the big building and the man greeted the guards and they stared at the kid confused. Inside the Headquarter the scene was the same, officers staring at the blonde and muttering things, Roy could swear someone said that finally he had accepted he had a son since it was impossible he hadn't had one.

They finally arrived to the man's office and he opened the door where his crew was already there just talking…well, Fuery and Breda was talking, Falman was laughing, Havoc was smoking and Riza was just there checking out some papers.

As Roy got into the room, they all stood up and saluted the man, but the men blinked a few times when they saw the blonde walking behind the Colonel.

"Everyone, this is Edward as you already know, he will be staying with me and of course coming to the Headquarter for the time being", Roy said placing a hand on the boy's head which the kid didn't appreciate since he narrowed his eyes. "Edward, they are my crew, Falman, Fuery, Breda, Havoc and Riza"

The blonde bowed his head slightly and the rest smiled. Havoc approached him and bent down with the cigarette on his mouth…which Roy grabbed and throw it away.

"Hey!"

"You won't smoke near him, don't be so careless"

Havoc just growled at the crew laughs, but glanced at the kid, "Are you staying with him?", he asked him aiming a finger towards Roy. Ed just nodded, "I give you 5 bucks for every secret you can find about him"

Roy smacked him on the head as Breda, Fuery and Falman laughed. Edward tried hard not to laugh, but Riza approached him with a soft smile.

"Had he treated you well?"

The Colonel raised a brow slightly hurt, "How you can you ask him that? If course I treat him well!"

Edward smirked and Mustang's face darkened funnily. So, he was somewhat afraid of that woman for some reason, he would use that when he felt it was needed. However, he decided to be good to Roy for now, "Yeah, he's nice with me. He bought me clothes"

Riza blinked a few times confused by his answer as the rest of the crew, Roy included. Of course they weren't expecting such polite answer. "OK then", the woman said finally with a soft smile.

"Everyone, back to work", Roy commanded suddenly approaching the huge book shelve he had on there. His crew stared at him confused, but they did as ordered. Of course that meant Riza left the office to bring him even more paperwork.

The Flame Alchemist read the titles of some books for a moment while Edward took a seat in the couch not sure what he was supposed to do there, but soon the man signed him to follow him to one of the tables and laid down at least 7 books.

"Your training start now, you're going to read all these first and more are in their way after you're finished"

Edward was surprised, but he gladly nodded and sat down at the table opening one of the books. Roy noticed how fast the boy was immerged into the words reading them fast, but before he went further, he read the other's books titles and opened another one as he was comparing the information…or something.

Satisfied, the man reached his desk and began to read the papers and sign them, but sighed when Riza entered the office carrying even more paperwork. It was like he was condemned to write his name to the eternity. Luckily, Hughes was behind Riza with a folder in his hand, so than could only mean distraction.

"Good morning", the man said waving his hand, but smiled when he saw the depressed face of Roy, "Hating routine?"

"You have no idea"

Hughes smiled and sat down at the table, "Well, then I have some news about yesterday"

"…Already?", Roy said surprised, but he moved the papers away to focus on the man's information, "Tell me"

"…The thing is…there's nothing to 'tell'", he said as he handed him the folder, "We couldn't find anything about the attacker"

The Colonel raised a brow and opened the folder, "What do you mean?"

"There's no name, security number, driving license, anything. This man doesn't exist"

"…You have to be kidding me, that's not possible"

"Well, actually…"

Roy looked up at his friend and narrowed his eyes, "Actually what?"

Hughes turned around and noticed that Mustang's crew where discussing something…well, they were saying something about a bet.

"I have seen this before…and he turned to be a member of the Alchemists Union. Or at least he confessed that"

"Alchemists Union? Those freaks are still around there?", Roy said almost angrily.

"And they will be", Hughes muttered, "I'm concerned that they know about the boy"

Roy tapped his finger thoughtfully for a moment, but then he directed his eyes towards the blonde "I'm more concerned about why they would want him"

The L. Colonel glanced at the boy surprised that he was there, but stood up and approached him. "Hello there"

Edward flinched and turned around to see the man for a few seconds before he said something, "H-hi"

"What are you studying for?", Hughes asked him checking out the tittles.

"Mustang-San told me this was my training, but they're quite interesting anyway"

"Training? That's sounds boring", he said laughing friendly and grabbing something from his pocket, "Why don't take a look of my beautiful daughter Elysia?"

The boy looked at the picture that Hughes almost stuck on his nose and sweat dropped at the man's sickly sweet voice. Roy just shook his head, but kept reading the document his friend brought. It was true, the finger prints of the attacker didn't link him to any name or identity which worried him a lot.

However, before he could think further about the subject, the door opened and Brigadier General Basque Grand showed up with two subordinates behind him. Everyone stood up and saluted the man as he walked towards Edward.

"Come with us, boy"

Roy's eyes widened and approached the confused kid still saluting Basque Grand, "I'm sorry sir, but Edward will feel more comfortable if I go with him"

The Brigadier General glared at the man making it clear that he was being disrespectful, so he stepped aside unwillingly. Ed felt a shiver along his spine when the man's eyes found his, but he had to be brave since Roy was already worried.

The kid left the room behind the men and walked through the hallway trying to control his nervousness, he wasn't sure why he was nervous in the first place. They went upstairs reaching the top of the building where there was a huge impressive door which the Basque Grand knocked it and opened it.

Edward stared at the smiling man who had stood up and approached the Brigadier General talking to him in whispers. However, he soon walked towards the blonde and he held back the urge to run away from the place.

"Hi Edward", the man said with a kind voice that didn't suit him at all, "It's nice to meet you"

The kid stood there confused, what should he said to that? Nice to meet you too? Luckily, Basque Grand seemed to be in a hurry.

"Sir, I have to leave the Headquarter in a few minutes"

Bradley nodded and kneeled in front of the blonde, "So, I heard that Colonel Mustang saved you from that awful laboratory"

Ed raised a brow…why the man talked to him as he had 5 years old?, "Yes…sir"

The Fuhrer smiled softly, "And now you're staying at his house?", the blonde just nodded feeling totally uncomfortable, "Why would be that?"

"Why?", the boy asked confused.

"Yes, why did the Colonel ask you to stay at his house?"

Edward remained silently for a moment thinking over what Roy had told him, "He just…wanted. We became….friends"

Bradley nodded, but of course he wasn't convinced, "It's odd, you know? Are you sure that is the reason? Anything to do with the fact that you're not…an ordinary boy?"

The blonde flinched and his eyes widened. However, he did his best effort to remain calm and shook his head, "No sir"

The Fuhrer then stood up and patted his head, "Do you want to stay with him?"

"…Yes"

"Then you can go", the man finally said raising his hand.

Edward turned around and ran out of the office while the Fuhrer's smile shifted into a evil smile and Brigadier General looked at him confused.

"We'll see if Mustang is really qualified for this"

Roy was staring at the window moving his foot impatiently waiting for the kid. This was so wrong, he couldn't understand why he couldn't be present if they were going to ask him just one question. Something was wrong.

And it really was when he saw shocked how Edward was running towards the entrance of the Headquarter. Without giving it a second thought, Roy stormed out of the office and ran as fast as he could hoping he wouldn't lose the boy, he would wonder about what happen later.

The man left the building and turned his right where he was sure the kid had run, however, he soon had to stop since he didn't know where to go after that and he couldn't see the boy anywhere. He clenched his teeth and reached a phone booth almost slamming the door shut.

……….

Edward sighed and climbed a tree at the park trying to have some rest safely. He had run for who knows how long, but he was sure he was far from the Headquarter…far from Roy. How could he have been so stupid?

Of course it was so good to be true…The man hadn't asked him to stay at his house because they were friends, it was a stupid reason, at least now he thought it was stupid. Roy was interested in his power, that was all. He was like everybody else.

But…but maybe he had wanted to believe because Roy had been nice with him, as anybody before had been. Damn it, maybe he should have talked to him first, but he couldn't be sure that the man was telling him the truth; they knew each other for two months only after all.

Edward sighed again in resignation and was about to laid down in the thick branch when he noticed a man was staring at him from below. He tried to recognize him, but nothing came to his mind.

"…Can I help you?", the blonde asked him finally.

The man drew a smile, but it wasn't a nice smile…"You shouldn't have run away, Edward, you were safe with the Colonel"

'That voice…Why is it familiar?'

"You know? You don't look anything like Trisha"

The kid's eyes widened. The voice…that voice…nightmares, thousandths of nightmares about the day his mom died and that voice was there. That could only mean…Edward jumped from the tree and stared at the man shocked, but he quickly clapped his hands and transmuted a blade aiming it towards the man.

"Y-you", Ed said clenching his teeth, "YOU KILLED MY MOTHER!"

The man smiled wickedly, "Oh, I'm touched. You did remember me"

However, before Ed could react, the man grabbed the blade a transmutation circle in the back of his hand was activated and the blade transmuted in tiny pieces.

"Do you really think you have a chance against me?"

Edward backed up thinking how to stop the man from approaching him as fast as he could, but the only thing he could think of was to run, so he did. The man frowned and touched the grass transmuting a wall in front of the blonde.

"Come on, don't make this even more difficult", the man said approaching him.

The blonde was scared. He didn't know how to fight and the fear clouded his mind, but decided not to give up and transmuted his automail into a blade at his back.

"I'm a better alchemist than you are, anything you are thinking of doing will be worthless"

"Why do you kill my mom", Edward asked him backing up until he bumped into the wall.

"I didn't want to kill her, but you"

The boy's eyes widened. It was his fault then…"And who the hell are you?!"

The man stopped in front of the boy and smiled pleased, "Well, since you're going to die today, it doesn't matter if I tell you. My name if Shou Tucker, I'm a member of the Alchemists Union"

The man grabbed a knife from his belt, but Edward took his chance in that second to attack him with his automail cutting him in the chest. Tucker moaned in pain and dropped the knife so Edward kicked it so the man couldn't reach it.

He ran as fast as he could without looking back trying to get out of the already dark park, he would be safe if he could find people.

"STUPID KID! COME BACK HERE!"

The boy closed his eyes and kept running hearing the pants of pain of the man. Finally, he was able to see the end of the park and got out but stopped suddenly since there was a street in front of him and cars passing by.

He looked back, but the man was already gone or still inside the park. Relieved, he tried to catch his breath and calm down to decide what he was going to do next, but he jumped when a car stopped in front of him. He was about to run again, but a known voice made him glance at the driver who was getting out of the car; it was Havoc.

"Hey kid, we have been looking for you for the entire day!", the man snarled annoyed approaching him, "Where have you been?!"

"…I-I..", Edward glanced at the park once again. This time he noticed that Shou was looking at him hid behind a tree, but since Havoc wasn't a alchemist and had come alone, he decided to keep his mouth shut, "I'm sorry"

"Get in, the Colonel is going to kill himself soon if he doesn't know that you're alright"

The boy blinked a few times, but he couldn't hold back a smile, "…I'm so stupid"

…………

Roy was staring at the boy, both sit down at the table of the dining room at his home. Edward had lowered his head using his bangs as shield, away too embarrassed to look up.

"So, are you going to tell me why you ran and disappeared?", the man said trying to remain calm, but Ed didn't say anything, "I think I deserve a explanation"

Finally, the blonde raised his head holding back his tears, "I'm sorry"

The man didn't say a word for a moment noticing how Ed averted his eyes ashamed, so he sighed and stood up approaching him. Suddenly, the boy felt how the Colonel smacked his head.

"HEY!", the kid snarled angrily.

"Bradley told you something and you believed him, didn't you?", Roy told him crossing his arms. Edward just stared at him and lowered his head again, so the man uncrossed his arms and placed a hand on the kid's shoulder, "It's OK, I know it's hard to trust someone"

"…Then why did you hit me?!"

"Because now I'm behind on my paperwork and Riza is going to shoot me if I don't finish them tomorrow!"

"It's not my fault that you're so slow and lazy!"

"I had to look after you all the day you dumb head!"

"I was running from you! Was I supposed to give you my itinerary?!"

In that moment, both noticed that the maid was staring at them with food on her hands, so both took a seat quietly as anything happened. The woman laid down the dished and almost ran out of the dining room afraid that they would begin to yell at each other again. Roy just sighed.

"Are you sure you're ok?", he asked the blonde.

Edward quickly nodded…maybe too quickly. He had worried the man enough for one day, so he didn't say anything about Tucker. The boy clenched his fist below the table at the thought of the man and for the first time on his short life, he really wanted to kill.

"Something's wrong?"

Ed relaxed and glanced at Roy, "It's just that I'm not sure why I believed that man's words after all you have done for me", he lied. Well, that wasn't a lie of course, but it wasn't what he was thinking about.

"It's OK, believe, I wouldn't trust me if I had been you", the man said with a smile, "It's hard for me to trust people"

Edward narrowed his eyes thoughtfully trying to choose his words correctly, "Then why do you expect that I'll trust you…that you just want to help me"

Roy raised a brow and left the cup of tea he had grabbed, "Why did Bradley tell you?". The kid lowered his gaze and scratched his head, this was enough for the man to understand, "He said something about your alchemy, didn't he?"

"…Kind of"

The Colonel frowned and clenched his fist holding back the desire to slam the table. Damn men, he should have thought that they would say something like that, "Edward, do you trust me?"

The kid's golden eyes meet Roy's obsidians eyes. Ed had never had any doubts about that, he truly wasn't sure how he could consider the idea that Mustang wanted to help him just to take advantage of him and his alchemy. The blonde nodded with a confident smile, so Roy did the same.

"You're behind in your training too by the way, I'll give you 10 more books tomorrow at least", the mad added suddenly before he took a sip of his tea. "And you own me 20 bucks since I bet Havoc and Breda that I would take good care of you…and you got lost already. Fuery and Falman lost too".

Edward sweat dropped, but then smiled happily. "Sure"

………..