Chapter two – Questions, answers, and 'invitations.'

Sorry the last chapter was so short xD I'll see if I can make this one a little longer :3

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"What happened?" Mustang questioned the boy, who was now relocated on the sofa in Mustang's office. Edward was staring into his lap, or more to the point, at the tail.

"Fullmetal!" Mustang slammed his hands down onto the desk, pushing himself up keeping his gaze focused on the young alchemist. Edward flinched, turning to the man instantly, the signature glare returning to his features. Mustang raised an eyebrow, watching the small alchemist.

"What happened, it's an easy enough question Fullmetal." Edward raised a hand, placing it lightly on his throat, glaring at the colonel and shaking his head. Mustang blinked, letting the gesture sink in for a moment, the cogs in his head ticking through.

"You.. Can't talk?" Edward nodded, the velvet ears flattening against his hair. Mustang gulped, covering up any flicker of worry with a sigh. He placed a pen and paper in front of the bot, watching him scribble out a message, noticing how the alchemists fingernails had been replaced with sharp claws. Edward held out the paper with a grunt, snapping Mustang out of his trance.

"And so, Edward has been forcefully joined via DNA using alchemy, to a leopard." Mustang explained to the bewildered and worried group of staff.

"He's.." Breda started, gulping.
"He's a chimera?" Havoc finished, chewing on a new cigarette. Roy nodded, clutching the note that Edward had earlier scrawled out in his pocket. Edward, who was currently sleeping quietly in the colonel's office.

"Who would do that to him?" Riza questioned, her sharp, strict persona back up and running. "He's only a kid.." Mustang shrugged.
"He didn't say who it was, only that he killed them." The team blinked, taking in the information.
"The boss wouldn't kill anyone.." Mustang shrugged once more.
"You know how adrenaline works Havoc, or more to the point, how it doesn't." Riza gulped, and turned to Roy.
"He's staying with you." Roy blinked, paling.

"WHAT?!"
"You heard. He trusts you, even if he doesn't' say it, and he's just as stubborn as you are. He's staying with you."

"Why does he have to stay with anyone?!" Roy whined, like that of a spoilt child not getting their own way.

"Dammit Roy! Who knows what side affects that transmutation could have on him! You're the state alchemist and more importantly, he looks up to you! Look after him!"

"But-" Roy was silenced by a gunshot, he blinked, looking up at the bullet hole above his head, glaring at Riza and storming off into his office, to the bewildered chimera. Riza holstered her weapon.

"He's such a child..."

Roy's front door clicked as the lock opened, swinging open to reveal the roomy 4-bedroomed home. The interior had a fine oak finish, and Edward could smell the ash from the fire in the lounge, and large quantities of polish lapped at his senses. The heavy scent of wax from the hundred of candles that the pyromaniac before him burnt a day. Riza followed them in, having driven the pair home, not trusting the colonel not to just drop the teen off at the military dorms. The blonde-alchemist stuck close to her, emotional vibes from the flame alchemist more than a little disconcerting. Riza smiled, softly ruffling the boy's hair.

"Don't worry about him, he's just sulking. He's a pussy-cat." Roy grumbled, glancing back at the pair of blondes, kicking off his shoes, pulling the jacket Ed had borrowed from his small frame, hanging it up, focusing his glare on Riza.

"I'll seen you soon sweetie." Riza smiled at Ed, giving him one last reassuring pat, before glaring back at Roy.

"Behave." She remarked, before leaving herself. Mustang grumbled, running his fingers through his ebony hair. 'This is going to be a long night...' he thought to himself, watching the chimera child in front of him.

"You hungry short-stuff?" Roy yawned, his patience wearing thin. Edward snarled, his golden eyes narrowing. Roy blinked at the boy and glared.
"Alright, I won't feed you then" He grumbled, mumbling loud enough for Edward to hear. "Grumpy little.." He glanced at Ed for his reaction, but blinked when he instead found the teen grinning at him, with an evil glint in his eye.

"...What?" Roy blinked and paled, Ed's grin widened and he nodded, folding his arms. Roy growled, glaring at him, then blinked a smirk returning to his face.

"Oh whatever.. S'not like you can actually tell Riza." Ed blinked, his face falling slightly, he growled clenching his fists. He'd always hated the colonel bastard, sending him on pointless missions, always mocking and degrading him in front of the people he considered friends. Mustang was quite obviously an idiot. Ed snarled, turning and storming off, disappearing around the corner of Mustang's hall, leaving a bewildered Mustang standing, blinking in the hallway.

Sorry it's so short -.- I wanted to make it longer than the first chapter, but I've written this up in my notebook, and I didn't divide it up into chapters.. and well this was the only sensible place to leave this one really.. xD Sorry, I do think the next will be longer though. :)