Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ A Long Way To Go ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Hohemheim stood infront of three dark figures. "Are you almost ready?" he asked, impatiently.

"Yes, all we need now is the boy. I have you spoken with him?" A female voice drawled.

"He thinks Alphonse is dead. That's all I could get out of him. But that's alright. It'll all come together in the end." Hohemheim said wickedly.

"Good. I can taste the freedom now." A male said, you could hear the evil grin in his voice.

"Now now, not so fast. This may take some time." Hohemheim said, but stopped when a wicked smile played across his lips. "Or we could just speed things up. Let's see how this plan works..." The three other figures came closer to him.

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A month had passed since Edwards talk with Hohemheim. Ed saw Hohemheim maybe a couple times a day, and he couldn't stand it. Whenever they passed, Ed's father would try to talk to him. Most of the time Ed just ignored him, and occasionally Ed would glare at him. The smaller blond was starting to become extremely annoyed. He didn't want his father around. Sometimes Hohemheim would come into Ed's office and begin to ask him questions about his mother or brother and lately Roy.

It hadn't been long since Alex Louis Armstrong found them in a interesting postion in Roy's office. Havoc found out and locked Roy and Ed in a broom closet. They didn't stay there long until Ed smashed open the door and began chasing Havoc, automail blade and all. Fury, Maes, Armstrong and Mustang all stood and watched. Finally Roy became tired of Ed screaming. So now, pretty much everyone knows about the Flame and Fullmetal alchemists being a couple. Some were supportive, some backed away.

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"See, things around here aren't that bad are they?" Roy asked as they walked back to Edward's office from lunch.

"If you're talking about around the office, then yes, they are." Edward didn't look at Roy, but his expression showed that he was angry, or annoyed, maybe both.

:"Why? A lot of people seem to be okay with it." Quirking a brow at Ed, Roy gave him a curios look.

Ed gave him a glance before saying, "Yeah, okay. SOME people are. But not ALL."

"Oh great, what happened this time?" Ed seemed perfectly fine before they got back to Head Quarters. Now he was just being a jerk-face.

"Because now my father knows and is questioning me constantly! He comes into my office all the time asking me about it!" Ed was red-faced with embarrassment and anger. Roy looked at him wide-eyed.

"Does he really ask you about your sex life? I mean..." Roy trailed off. But before he could finish Ed finshed for him.

"Yeah. He really does. He's asked about a MILLION times why I like guys over girls. It's ridiculous, and I hate it!" The blond crossed his arms over his chest in a pouting way. Roy sighed and put an arm around Ed's shoulders. Roy didn't know what to say to the blond so they just walked the rest of the way in silence. Edward watched his feet, making it look like he was hanging his head in shame. Roy looked at him in concern but didn't say anything. When they reached his office, Ed looked up at the older man. "I think he's got something against me."

Roy looked at him, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Ed shook his head and looked back down at the ground. "I'm not really sure. It's like he doesn't wanting to be the dotting parent that he says he wants to be." Ed looked back up at Roy. "It's more like he hates me or - ah, nevermind." He put a hand on the doorknob.

"Edward... what-?"

"It's nothing, Roy. Don't worry about it." Standing on his tippy-toes he gave Roy a kiss on the lips. "I'll talk to you later." Ed turned around and walked into his office, closing and locking the door behind him. Roy whispered, "Yeah, see you." and wondered why Ed would lock the door. Shaking off the thought he began to walk away. He walked a few steps before he heard something break and a muffled scream. Turning around he went straight to Ed's door.

"Ed?! Are you okay? Ed!" Roy knocked on the door fierecely. Not getting an answer, Roy tried the doorknob but remembered that it was locked. Kicking open the door he looked in the in just enough time to see green locks of hair fall out the window. "EDWARD!" Roy ran to the window and watched as a dark figure jumped from the second story window and ran off carring Edward. Roy began to panic. He looked around the room, it looked like there had been a huge struggle. Chairs were turned over, paper thrown everywhere, object broken. He thought about what to do. Suddenly, the dark haired man turned around and ran out of the room yelling for Hughes and Armstrong.

"Colonel?! What is it?" Maes Hughes asked. Hearing Roy's frantic screaming, he quickly got out of his chair to meet Mustang in the hallway.

"I-I need your help! Ed... Ed, he's..." Roy tried to catch his breath.

"What the hell happened Roy?!" Maes was becoming impatient.

"Kidnapped!"

"What the fuck?" Hughes thought the Colonel was playing a joke on him. Kidnapped? What the hell!

"Do I need to explain it to you?" Roy said, his voice was filled with vemon and irritation. Maes shook his head quickly. "Then let's get going!" Maes went to move but was quickly stopped when Roy grabbed his arm.

"We need to get Armstrong as well. Find a random person, anyone and tell them we need to get out a search party, or something. Maes, I think a homunculus took him..." Maes nodded and quickly shot off to find someone to send the news around. Roy went to go find Armstrong. Roy just hoped they could find the little blond soon.

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When Ed came to, he was in a dark, dreary looking room. He was laying on his side with his hands and feet bound behind him. He became very angry at the figure standing in front of him.

"Envy! What the fuck is this about?" Ed growled. Envy just stood there, he didn't look down at the boy, he didn't move or flinch. He just stood there, blank expression. The blond became angrier. "Answer me, god damnit!"

"Exquivalent exchange." A deep voice drawled behind him. Ed froze. The owner of the voice bent down and leaned over Edward, staring him in the eye.

"Hohenhiem!"

"Yes, 'son'..." Hohenhiem began to stroke the hair out of Ed's face. Ed had started to shake due to anger, and fear. Hohenhiem looked at him with pitiful eyes. "Awe, it'll be such a shame to get rid of something so beautiful, huh, Envy?" Envy didn't move. Ed glared daggers at the man leaning over him. He spit blood into the man's eye. "This again?" Hohenhiem wiped the spit off his face and wiped it on his pants. He stood up. Towering over the small alchemist he growled, "You shouldn't do that to your FATHER!" Hohenhiem kicked Ed in the stomach, making him cough up some blood. He stepped over Ed, making sure to step on the boy's side before completely steping over him. Without turning around he shouted, "ENVY! Get the brat ready, oh yeah." He stopped walking, still not looking behind him, "and make sure Edward here get's his 'surprise'."

Envy turned around so that his back was now facing Ed. Edward took this chance to try to reason with the homunculus.

"Envy! Envy... what is he talking about? What's going to happen?" Envy walked away from the boy, shaking his head.

"Lust! Gluttony! Come on... let's get this over with. Oh yeah! Make sure you bring the 'surprise'." The shape shifter turned around and gave Edward an evil smile. "Well Mr. Fullmetal Runt, you're going to have quite a shock. Just don't die before we can use you to make us human." Ed's eyes widened.

"What do you mean?! Become human? Envy!"

"Now, now, Envy. Don't frighten the boy to much." Lust said with a wide grin on her face. She walked into the room with a person holding onto her arm, Gluttony right behind her. The person was wearing a full body length black cloak with the hood up, covering their entire face, in the shadow. Ed noticed that their hands were bound in front of them. Gluttony began drooling.

"Lust, can I eat him?" Gluttony licked the drool off his lips.

"No no, you know better than that. He's a big part of our plans." Lust coolly said. She stroked the arm of the person she was holding on to.

"What are you planning on doing?! What plans?! What does Hohenhiem have to do with any of this?!" Ed shouted. The hooded person looked up, their eyes still covered. They took a step closer towards Ed's voice. Lust looked at the hooded figure in question. "What are yo--" Lust began but was cut off.

The hooded figure took another step closer to Ed's still body. Lust followed after him, giving him a glare they couldn't see. They stopped and the person said something, but it was very quiet.

"Nii-san...."