Chapter 9: Phone (REALLY!)

Mustang and Ed woke up early one morning and went over ideas over how they might be able to contact Amestris. By the time Mrs. Weasley came down to work on breakfast there where papers all over the table. The papers had scribbles and "X" marks over ideas and results. The papers also were crumbled into balls.

When they saw Mrs. Weasley they hurriedly gathered the papers and threw the crumbled ones away. "You two are up early." Mrs. Weasley said with a laugh. "Yeah most likely this is the earliest Ed has ever woken up in his life." Mustang yawned. "HEY WHAT ABOUT YOU? This is the most writing you've ever done in your whole career." Ed retorted.

"Please don't yell and not true." Mustang replied lazily. "Are you kidding? Have you seen your office lately?" Ed asked. Mustang rolled his eyes and said "Well I think when I get back I won't even be able to walk in the room." He sighed and then stretched. "Well I don't envy you." Ed said then he added "At least you won't get a wrench in your head."

"Nope. I'll have a bullet in my head." Mustang sighed. Ed laughed and put the papers in a neat pile while Mustang yawned lazily, sat his elbow on the table, and rested his head on his hand.

After everyone ate breakfast Mr. Weasley went to work and Fred, George, and Ginny were told to do their chores. "Do you need anything from the store? Ed and I could really use a walk."Mustang volunteered while he stood. "Oh sure here's the list." Mrs. Weasley said while handing them a piece of paper and some money. "Alright. Be back soon." Ed said as he walked out the door.

After they got the groceries they decided to try out one of their theories. Ed grabbed a quarter. "This money is so much different from Amestris." he muttered as he inserted the coin into a payphone. He punched in a number and waited with his heart pounding and legs shaking. When the phone stopped ringing a familiar female voice said "Hello Rockbell's prosthetic limb outfitters."

"WINY." Ed yelped with relief. "Ed? This is new. Since when do you call?" Winry asked. "Yeah sorry abo—" "DID YOU BRAKE YOUR AUTO-MAIL AGAIN?" Winry yelled at him before he could finish talking. "No, no. Do you know where Alphonse is?" Ed asked. "Al? No. What happened? Did you guys get separated?" Winry answered.

"Something like that. Well thanks anyway oh and if he happens to show up DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!" Ed exclaimed. "What do you mean?" Winry asked. "Nothing…" Ed replied. "Anyway I have to go. Bye." "Wait Ed!" she shouted. "What" He asked with a confused look. "Don't forget to do your maintenance." Winry replied. Ed groaned and said "Yeah, Yeah. Bye." "Bye." Then Ed hung up the phone with a sigh of relief.

"Sounds like we're in luck." Mustang thought out loud. "Yeah." Ed grinned. Mustang walked over to the payphone and put in another quarter. Then he punched in a different number and waited. A woman answered and said "Hello what can I do for you?" "I need you to connect me to my office. Colonel Roy Mustang's office." he said. "I'm sorry but I'm not allowed to connect an outside line."

The woman replied. "I need to contact my subordinates as soon as possible." Mustang growled. "I'd need your code before I can connect you." she answered. "Fine." he said. Then he mumbled something into the phone that Ed couldn't hear. After a few moments of silence the woman replied "Your code has been verified. Please wait while I connect you." Mustang let out a huge breath almost like he was holding his breath the whole time.

"Hello." a female voice said. It belonged to Hawkeye. "Thank goodness." Mustang sighed with relief. "Who is this?" Hawkeye asked. "It's the Colonel. Fullmetal and I were trying to find a way to contact you from, well were ever we are." Mustang said making himself more curious about where they are. "We were trying to do the same thing. So it's just a lucky guess that using a phone worked I'm guessing?" she asked.

"Heh, yeah. We didn't think it would work but thank goodness it did." he answered. "Do you two have any idea how to get back to Amestris?" Hawkeye asked hopefully. "Well I was thinking about somehow getting the hand things to pull us through the ground again but there is a HUGE risk. Sorry about being the messenger of bad news." Mustang said in a depressed voice.

"It's fine. At least we know how to contact each other."Hawkeye sighed. "Yeah how's the paper work?" Mustang asked timidly. "Just as bad as ever actually worse we've been trying to cover for you. Every one of us learned how to forge your signature but there are things that need more than just a signature so you need to get back before a big-wig asks you to visit their office for 'encouragement.'" Hawkeye answered rolling her eyes when she said "encouragement."

"Damn them. They'll pay when—" Mustang broke off remembering that the conversation was being recorded. "Any way. What about alchemy?" Hawkeye said changing the subject. "Huh? Oh well for some reason neither of us can use it at all. I can't even make a single spark." Mustang complained. "I was afraid of that." she said with a frown. Mustang sighed. Then a voice sounded in the background saying Hawkeye's name. "I have to go. Keep thinking of ideas and keep us posted. Bye sir." Hawkeye said. "Alright. I will bye." Mustang said. Then he hung up the phone with a depressed sigh.

When Mustang and Ed made it back to the house lunch was ready. After they ate Ed and Mustang swapped ideas about how to get back. Sadly all the solutions involved alchemy. "Damn, not being able to use alchemy is a pain in the ass."Ed cursed. "You can say that again." Mustang groaned. The two yawned and stretched simultaneously.

"We shouldn't have woken up so early." Ed said while doodling on a piece of paper looking bored. Mustang sighed then crossed his arms, sat them on the table, and rested his head on them. "How do you think I feel every day? Stupid military hours. Being a commanding officer isn't all it's cracked up to be." he mumbled.

"Tsk ... Barking orders all day sounds easier than being out on the field." Ed grumbled back. "Pfft … You of all people should know. Your just like me, you can't sit back and watch things happen." Mustang reminded. "You win." Ed admitted after a moment's hesitation. Mustang smirked at his victory and sat up. "Well we aren't going to find a way back home by just sitting here debating." Mustang said as he grabbed a pen. Ed smiled and nodded.

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