Edward Elric's P.O.V.
I'm called into Mustang's office out of the blue, so I drop everything and walk down the halls to his room. I knock on the door and I hear his voice come from the other side. "Enter."
I turn the handle and walk inside to see him and Hawkeye looking over a letter. "Um, you wanted to see me?" I ask, feeling a bit awkward here.
"Yes, I have a mission for you, if you're ready." Mustang says, and I step forward to the front of his desk.
"Is it about the stone?" I ask quickly, but he shakes his head no.
"This is about some disappearances in a small town due south of here. I want you to go down there and check it out, helping anyone you find when needed."
A disappearance case? What's this all about suddenly? I wonder but I simply nod. "I accept the mission."
Mustang gives me the details of the town and I walk outside his office, shutting the door. The second the door clicks into place, I hear Hawkeye's voice speaking. "You're not going to tell him about her?"
"No," Mustang says in a low voice, "I don't know if she's even alive anymore."
I decide to stop eavesdropping, so I walk down the hall towards my room. Who's this girl Mustang is talking about? She must be important to him if he's sending me just to investigate. Is it his daughter, someone in his family? A girlfriend? I shake my head; it doesn't matter right now.
I open the door to my room to see Al waiting for me. "So, what was your mission Brother?" He asks me in his usual tone.
I shrug, "Something about people disappearing in some town. I'm supposed to investigate." I put my fingers into quotations when I say 'investigate'.
Al starts to laugh lightly. "So, when are we leaving?"
Now it's my turn to smile. "As soon as we're done packing Al."
My P.O.V.
I rock Lilly gently as I sit on the small couch in this room. Most of the other girls are sleeping, except for the poor girl who's with the leader. Poor thing, who knows what he's doing to her.
I start to hum softly before I begin to sing the words of a song I don't remember knowing. It must've been something my father sung to me before he died, because I know my foster parents wouldn't have sung to me. And my uncle… He wouldn't have had me long enough to sing me to sleep…
"You can take everything I have; you can break everything I am. Like I'm made of glass, like I'm made of paper." I don't even know how the music to the song goes, but I know it's called Skyscraper.
"So go on and try to tear me down, I will be rising from the ground. Like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper." By the time I'm done singing the verse, Lilly is fast asleep. I smile down at her. She's such a beautiful girl.
"Well now, who knew the girl could sing?" The leader's voice brings me out of my wanted trance.
"Great, done torturing Jane already?" I ask in a hating tone. Speaking of which, I see Jane limping out of his room, wrapped in nothing but a towel. I motion for her to sit on the couch; she's in so much visible pain. "Why the hell do you do this to us?! You think we want this?! To be tortured by you at your own pleasure?! To die by your hands because you get pissed?!" I can't take it anymore; this has been going on for so long now.
"You good for nothing brat." He spits at me, furious. "I'm the one who puts food on your plates, keeps you warm in the winter, and this is how you repay me?!"
"Are you even freaking kidding me?!" I scream, waking Lilly again. She starts to cry loudly as I continue. "You're the one who freaking stole us from our houses! You have no authority over us!"
A little girl who we know as Kitty comes up and tugs on my pant leg, motioning for me to hand her the baby before I explode. I nod and put Lilly into Kitty's arms.
"Oh, so now you'd rather die than be here?" The leader asks, a small grin appearing on his face.
"Yes." I say quickly. "But I won't be dying anytime soon, because someone has to protect these girls, keep them alive, and it certainly won't be you." His smirk only grew wider. What is he smirking about? I just called him out and he's smirking?! I do not like where I think this is going. His room…
He erupts into full out laughter. "Ah, I always said you were such a beauty, you know that Jade? You were the prize of my collection, and I only held off this long because I was afraid I'd kill you when we went too hard. But now that I know you're not afraid of dying…" He steps forward and grabs my wrist tightly. "We can have all the fun we want." His voice is low and husky, in a whisper.
"Hell no." I state immediately.
He only smirks wider. "Now, now, that's no way to behave. Come, we're going now."
I step on his foot hard, and glare at him. "I said no." I repeat.
"And I said get your arse over here." He's glaring back at me now, and he basically drags me into his toasty bedroom.
"No! I'm not doing this with you! I won't be a toy for your pleasure!" He slams the bedroom door shut and locks it. There's no hope for a rescue team.
"Ah, such a beauty." He murmurs, taking in the sight of every curve on my face. "Take off your shirt." He says, leaning against a wall. I shake my head no. I won't be a part of this. "I said, take it off. Or I'll kill the baby outside." I promised I'd protect Lilly, so I unwillingly remove my shirt. I stand there with only my bra covering my chest.
"Well?" I clench my teeth as I unhook my bra and I instantly cover my breasts so he won't see. "Mmm… I can't wait to dig into dessert." He says absentmindedly as he takes in every inch of my body. I know he wants more, and as I thought, he's in front of me in an instant.
He pushes me against a wall and crashes his lips against mine. He tastes disgusting, not at all how I imagined my first kiss. His tongue licks my teeth as I keep them clenched shut. His hands run down the sides of my body and undo my button on my pants. I try to push him away, but he's too strong. The rest of my clothing is slipped down my legs to the floor, leaving me completely exposed. His hand is about to touch me when I hear an explosion and the sound of gunfire.
Edward's P.O.V.
Al and I get off the train to see a small town in the middle of nowhere. "Well, this looks cozy." I murmur sarcastically under my breath.
"Cheer up Brother, at least the view is pretty." Al's right, the sun is just fading below the horizon, casting the sky into many wonderful shades of color.
"You're right. Let's get this started." We enter the town to see many people looking at us cautiously from their windows before pulling the shades down. "Wonder what's got them spooked." I say, looking around some more. An older women stands on the lawn outside the house. "Let's go talk to her, see if she'll give us any info." Al nods in agreement and we walk towards her.
"Excuse me? We're from the State; can you give us any information on all the disappearances that have been going on?" Al asks in a polite voice. The woman does a once over of us before showing us inside her house.
"Did Roy Mustang send you by any chance?" She asks, looking at an older man who I'm guessing is her husband.
"Yeah, why?" I ask her. They exchange glances before continuing.
"Because we're the ones who sent a letter to him for help. And these people aren't disappearing; they're being kidnapped by a band of no good thugs. And it's only women that are taken, so I guess you know what that means." I picture in my mind a group of thugs and a bunch of young women. Not a good combination.
"So, was someone you know taken?" Al asks them, and I look towards them curiously.
"Yes, our foster daughter. Didn't Mustang tell you? She's his niece." My jaw drops to the ground as well as Al's.
"WHAT?! MUSTANG HAS A NIECE?!" We shout at the same time.
"Yes he does, my lord, the guy never changes. Still won't admit to anyone that he gave her up." The man says sadly, and the woman nods in agreement.
"Anyway," I say, trying to change the subject, "Do you know where the girls were taken?"
The woman shakes her head. "Not exactly, but we know it's by the mountains. We can't go there because of our old age, and they have many gunmen stationed everywhere. We couldn't get close." I nod in understanding and stand up.
"Alright, we'll be heading over there now." Al rises as well and we make our way towards the mountain described to us by the couple.
"This is it Al." I whisper, looking at all the buff men carrying guns that patrol the area.
"Let's do this." Al says and uses alchemy to have fists of stone grab the men and suspend them in the air. I nod to him and sneak towards the entrance while he finishes the rest of the guards outside.
Once inside the building, I look around cautiously and take out any guards I see. But I'm met with a battalion of people. I clap my hands together and touch them to the ground simultaneously. A loud explosion goes off as the roof caves in on the men.
I leap over the fallen stone and come into a room where a bunch of girls around my age or younger look at me with shock.
What have I just stumbled upon?!