Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ A.W.O.L. ❯ A.W.O.L.: Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Warnings: OOC-ness! Yaoi! Bad Grammar! Misspellings! And first FMA Fic!



A.W.O.L.


Smoky yellow-green eyes watched as a white hooded person quickly walked away from his home. Maes Hughes was not amused. He suspected some one was visiting his family while he was at work, but not a young man. Hughes couldn't get a good look at him, but he was sure that it was a boy about twenty. He frowned. Was Glacia cheating on him? No, she was faithful. He shook his head. It must be someone asking for him, but who would ask for him? He blinked when he realized he was standing before his door. He smiled and walked into his home.

"Glacia! Elysia! I'm home!"

"Oh hi Honey!" Glacia said walking out to the front. "How was work?"

"Terrible. Roy's being stubborn." Hughes said. "He forbad anyone from investigating the location of Ed any further."
"I suppose it is for the best." Glacia said. "I'm sure Edward can take care of himself now." She turned to go back to go to the kitchen. "A handsome man like him is probably fighting the girls back with a stick."

Hughes raised an eyebrow as he heard that. His wife knew something. Not only was she acting weird when Edward came up in conversation, but she talked as though she knew what was going on in life. He couldn't figure it out.

"Daddy!" Elysia came running out and hugged her daddy's leg.

"Elysia!" He picked his little girl up and looked at her. "Hey, what's this?" He pointed at her wrist. It was a bracelet with alchemy signs on each bead.

"My new bracelet!"

"Hey Glacia...." Hughes said carrying his daughter into the kitchen.

"Hm?"

"Did you go out today?"

"No, why do you ask?" Glacia turned to her husband.

"Then why does Elysia have a new bracelet?" Hughes asked. Glacia frowned and paled slightly. "Glacia?"

"I got her that a while ago...." Glacia said weakly.

"No you didn't, you would have told me." Hughes set down his daughter and walked to Glacia. "Elysia go into the front room for a moment." The little girl nodded and rushed out playing with her bracelet. Glacia backed up into the sink and frowned. "What's going on Glacia? What are you hiding?"

"N-nothing..." Hughes frowned.

"Why are you lying to me?" He knew something was wrong. "Why are you behaving strangely?"

"I'm not..." Glacia said.

"Glacia..." He stopped and looked down at her necklace which started to glow. Glacia's eyes widened and reached up to hide the necklace. "What's that?" Elysia ran back into the room.

"Uncle Ed's back!" She smiled.

"Ed?" Hughes said turning to look at his daughter.

"Where Elysia?" Glacia asked with concern in her voice. There was tap at the window about the sink. Glacia and Hughes turned to it.

Ed was outside, but his eyes were hidden by the white hood. His golden hair slipped out the side of the hood, soaked. He smirk before running off.

"Ed!" Hughes yelled.

"Maes don't!" Glacia said. It was too late, he was already grabbing his jacket and out the door.

Hughes ran after the white hooded person in front of him. He followed Ed through the rain trying to catch up with the boy. "Get back here!" Hughes shouted as he followed Ed around the corner of a building. He stopped to see Ed standing not to far away facing him. "Ed?" Hughes panted. Ed's hood still covered his eyes.

"Stop trying to find me..." Ed's voice said. It was a bit deeper and huskier but still had the same tone he did as a kid. "I'm not a kid anymore I don't need a babysitter."
"Ed...you went AWOL on the military. You know what would happened if someone other than us found you?" Hughes asked. He heard Ed laugh and smirk.

"I'd be put to death." He said plainly. "Does it matter? I've made my choice. I'll run, fight, and die if I have to."

"I want to know why Ed!"

"Why....why I left the military?" Ed asked quietly. Hughes nodded. Ed smiled and put down his hood and looked at Hughes. "You'll have to try to find out for yourself. Doubt you'll understand though..."

"Ed..." He looked at Ed's left arm, which was getting darker that the right. "Are you hurt?" Ed simply smiled.

"Don't try to follow me Colonel Hughes. Scar wouldn't allow it." Ed said as a car pulled up next to him. "If you see the Brigadier General Jackass...tell him to stop pestering Al about the truth. Or I'll have to trasmute his ass into something that doesn't talk." Hughes watched as Ed stepped onto car's stepping rail. "Oh and Colonel...if you try to enter the village...be careful. The chimeras' controller will have to be close by." He looked at Hughes. "One more thing...ask your wife about her necklace. Goodbye Hughes." He got into the car.

Hughes watched the car turn around and drive off. He saw Scar in the front seat of the car with a blonde boy driving. He watched until they got out of his sight. He then turned and raced home he had to talk with Glacia.

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Ed looked down at his left arm and sighed. His wound from fighting the last Chimera reopened.

"Do you think that was wise FullMetal?" Scar asked glance at him through the mirror.

"Probably not, but it was left in the air." Ed replied putting his legs up on the back seat.

"How's that arm?" The driver asked.

"I'm fine Russell...just get back to the village." The blonde in the back seat said.

"I still say you should go to the hospital here." Russell replied.

"Hospital means staying in Central. Staying in Central will lead to running into the military. I can't take that chance." Ed told.

"FullMetal is right. The less we see of the military, the better." Scar said as he crossed his arm.

Russell sighed. How these two came to peaceful terms he'd never know. All he knew is that he was just here for the night. Fletcher was in another village helping with the vegitation. When Russell heard about the Chimera fighting hero of a village near Central...he had to investigate. He wasn't too surprised to find out it was Ed, but he was surprised none the less. He was roaming around the village trying to find clues to Ed's location. It was quiet an interesting situation he found. When he stumbled upon it, he couldn't help but laugh. Ed was being carried like a sack of potatoes by Scar...with a young girl yelling at him for behind reckless and to take better care of himself against the chimeras. Ed had the most hilarious expression.

"Tringham, eyes on the road..." Scar said snapping Russell out of his thoughts.

"Right..." He murmured and continued to drive toward the village.

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"Glacia...how could you not tell me?" Hughes asked his wife. Glacia sighed and looked at Elysia who was sitting with her.

"Edward asked us not to tell. He gave us these necklaces to protect us." She explained. "He sent letters telling us of his travels, teaming up with Scar, going against the chimeras, and how he left the military."

"God..." Hughes rubbed his face. "All this time..."

"Daddy...I think something is wrong with Uncle Ed." Elysia said.

"What do you mean honey?" He asked.

"Uncle Ed is always looking over his shoulder...as if he was scared. He gave me this bracelet saying that it would do me much better than him." The little girl said. "I miss him already...I wish he would have stayed."

"Yea...me too Elysia." Hughes said putting a hand on hers.

"Maes..." Glacia said. Hughes looked up at her questionably. "Don't go off and tell Roy...or anyone else there. Edward wrote once that he doesn't want trouble blowing into Central because of him."

"I can't promise that Glacia..." Hughes said. "If Archer or anyone else finds out about Ed with all the attention he's drawing to himself. He'll be hunted down."

Glacia frowned at her husband. "You aren't going to just go and pull him back into Central are you?"

"No...we won't do that. Just talk to him."

"Daddy, can I come with you to see Uncle Ed?" Elysia asked.

"No honey, Daddy will be taking Uncle Roy with him." Hughes replied. He turned to his wife. "Anything else?"

"I've been giving food and bandages to Edward when he comes here." She said with a slight blush.a

"So that's where everything was disappearing to..." Elysia giggled and nodded to her father.

Hughes stroked his chin in thought. "I wonder...I think there is more to this than Ed is telling us." He glanced at his wife and put his hands up in a surrender gesture. "I won't pursue it unless Ed says something."

"Thank you Maes..." Glacia smiled. Hughes smiled back and nodded.

"Now...how about something to eat...I'm starved!"

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The next day, Hughes threw pictures of his wife's and daughter's necklaces onto Roy's desk along with pictures of letters.

"What's this Hughes?" Roy asked.

"Proof that Ed comes into Central every once in a while." Hughes replied.

"Are you sure?" Roy asked shifting through the pictures.

"Well, Ed himself was at my house last night." Hughes replied.

"What?" Roy asked standing up.

"Told me to tell you to stop pestering Al..." Hughes smirked. "Digging for info Roy?"

"Just checking on a few things." Roy said crossing his arms. "Is that a problem?"

"Sure..."

"Hughes..." Roy said. "Tell me what happened last night."

"Ed appeared at my house last night to check in with Glacia and Elysia. Apparently he's been sending letters to them written in an alchemic ink." Hughes replied. "The only way to see it, is to hold the necklaces with an array Ed embedded in them, over the paper."

"Clever..." Roy said sitting down to examine the pictures.

"From what Glacia told me, Ed is in trouble. Someone is targeting him, hence he seperated from Al and the military." Hughes replied.

"Targeted...." Roy asked. "For being a State Alchemist?"

"Think about it Roy..." Hughes said leaned on the desk. "Ed is the only one to see and use the Philosopher's Stone. There are a lot of people who want that power that was destroyed because of Ed using it on Al."

"Hm...I see..." Roy suddenly smirked. "FullMetal doesn't think he needs the military's help on this."

"Seems that way Roy. You insulted?" Hughes said grinning. He knew what Roy was thinking.

"Of course...after all I did for him. Hughes...I say we take a trip with Riza."

"Great, let's go catch up with her!"

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Riza shook her head as she walked into the village. Beside her was Black Hayate along with Hughes, Havoc, and Roy. They were able to stumble into the village just after nightfall. From Hughes's information, Ed should be patrolling for Chimera soon.

"Think we'll find him?" Havoc asked with a cigarette hanging from his mouth.

"Couldn't be too hard, he was wearing a white coat when he ran from me." Hughes said as they walked around.

Riza looked over at Roy who was silent as they walked around. She was not expecting all of them to follow her here. Sighing, she wanted to talk with Ed one on one to find out why he really left. Doesn't seem possible now.

Hayate stopped and growled.

"What is it Hayate?" Riza asked as everyone stopped to look at the dog.

An explosion happened not too far away causing them to their knees. Soon a blur stopped in front of the group and growled at them. It was a huge lion-bird chimera. It had wings on its back that stretched six feet to each side. It had a beak and tail of a bird but the body was that of a lion. It squawked at them before licking it's beak.

"FullMetal the creature is on the west side!" Scar's voice called into a walkie-talkie as he stepped out from where teh Chimera once came.

"Hold it while I finish this one..." A weak reply came before cutting off. Scar looked at the group and narrowed his eyes.

"Military Dogs...." He said. The chimera yowled into the night sky. The ground under Riza, Roy, Hughes, and Havoc cracked. It exploded upward throwing them to the sides. It was another cat-bird chimera.

"Damn! I'm going to roast that thing!" Roy said pulling out his gloves.

"Don't!" Scar yelled. "These ones are like bombs if you set them on fire."

"Then what are we suppose to do?" Hughes asked throwing at dagger at it. It roared and turned its head to Hughes. "Uh oh..."

"Good job Colonel!" Havoc said. He was beside Hughes now backing away.

"FullMetal we could us you right about now..." Scar said into the walkie-talkie.

Before the chimera could attack Hughes and Havoc a spear sailed through the air from behind them. Hooves smacking pavement was heard as a horse jumped over the two crouching men in front of the chimeras.

"Hey ugly, if you want dinner you have to get through me." The young man onto of the horse said. He was wearing a white coat with a hood. Blonde hair spilled over the white coat. It was Ed. He jumped off the horse and pushed it away allowing it to run off.

"Ed!" Riza yelled as the chimera attack the young man. Ed rolled out of the way and clapped his hands together. He pressed them to the ground causing chains to rise and wrap around the chimera.

"Scar now!" Ed yelled. Scar raced over and attacked chimera with his arm. It exploded causing the blood to splatter on the ground as an imprint.

"Why must I do all the work FullMetal?" Scar asked holding his arm. Ed stood up and sighed.

"Because you are good at it." Ed replied before turning to to the people. "What the hell were you thinking coming out while we were...." He realized who it was and frowned. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Hi Ed!" Hughes waved with a smile. "Came to visit you!"

"I told you to stay away!" Ed growled out.

"Hey...wasn't there another chimera?" Havoc asked. Ed blinked and looked at Scar who nodded.

"Where did it go?" Ed asked. Havoc shrugged.

"Where's the Brigadier General?" Riza asked looking around. Ed narrowed his eyes before racing off. "Ed!"

'Damn idiot! Damn stupid chimera!' He thought as he raced around the village looking in every alley way. 'If Mustang is still alive I'm going to kill him!'

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Yea...that's it...This Chapter two! Sorry for the OOC-ness! I know major I have alot!