Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Business as Usual ❯ Addressing Concerns ( Chapter 7 )

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Slowly the day wore on, the office silent as Roy tried to concentrate on his paperwork. He could barely focus on it when Hawkeye was there aiming a gun at his head, it was almost in possible now with him so worried about her. His gaze kept drifting back over to the small portion of her desk that he could see, every time his heart sank a little lower. Havoc poked his head in to room several hours after the others had left.

“Lieutenant Colonel Hughes is on the line now, sir. He was out of the office until now.” Roy sat up sharply as he grabbed the phone.

“Hey buddy, what do you need? Havoc left a pretty urgent message on my desk. You just want to hear more about my family don’t you? You getting jealous?”

“Not now, Hughes. This is important.” Hughes’ voice came over the line again this time more serious than before.

“What is it, Roy? What’s happened?”

“Hawkeye’s been kidnapped and I need to know what you can find out for me. I have Falman and Breda on the street now trying to find her, the new Major is in the library trying to find any record he can on this guy, but I think you will have a better chance than he does.”

“So you gave Hawkeye’s brother busy work so he wasn’t sitting in the office driving everyone crazy?” Roy chuckled.

“At least he didn’t think of it that way. Tell me what do you know of the man named Jericho Talsi?”

“Talsi? Hmmm, sounds familiar. I can’t think of what it is right off the top of my head, but I’ll look into it. I’ll call you back when I’ve got what I can.”

“Thanks, Maes.”

“Hey, no problem. Besides, who else would do so much for his best friend?” Roy hung up the phone and laid his head down on the desk.

Later that after noon, Falman and Breda came in with no news. There was nothing being said about them on the streets, so they had no lead to go on there. Blackman came in from the library with no more information than the other two men. After another hour, Havoc poked his head back in the office.

“Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel Hughes is on the line.” Roy jumped at the phone.

“Hello?”

“Hey, Roy, I have good news and bad news, which do you want first?”

“Just tell me what you know, Hughes. I need all the information I can get. We’ve turned up nothing here.”

“I figured as much. I barely found anything at all, the wasn’t much of anything in the library about Jericho Talsi, but as I was going through the papers from the time of the Ishbalan rebellion, I came across something interesting. There was a family living on the outskirts of East City when the rebellion broke out, the father was an alchemist, and the Ishbalan’s raided the house, shortly after the military started their campaign in their home region, to show other alchemists what would happen to them. As it turns out, there was a woman and her small child killed in the raid, the alchemist wasn’t home. The man’s name was never released, but the woman’s name was Noma Talsi.”

“That explains why he wants the Philosopher’s stone.”

“Unfortunately that was all the information available. I couldn’t find anything else on Noma or Jericho Talsi. I did however manage to get an address.” Hughes rattled off an address over the phone as Roy hastily scrolled it down on a piece of paper.

“Thanks, Hughes. I’ll give you a call after I go check this out.” He hung up the phone and headed to grab his jacket, turning to the rest of the office as he pulled it on his shoulders.

“You’re all dismissed for the evening. I want you all back here on time tomorrow morning.” Blackman stepped forward, grabbing his jacket from the rack, throwing it on his shoulders as he leveled his gaze at the Colonel.

“I’m going with you, sir.” Roy yanked his reactive cloth gloves on, as he replied to the Major.

“No, I’m going alone. I told you before you are too close to the situation. I can’t trust you to keep a level head. You’re staying here.”

“With all due respect, sir, no the HELL I’m not. That is my sister, I don’t care how close to the situation I am, you can’t stop me from looking for my sister.” Roy stood in the doorway facing the Major, hands fisted down at his side.

“Major, I said I am going alone. You are…” Blackman stepped up to Roy , staring down on him, being an inch or so taller.

“I’m going, SIR! You need someone there to watch your back, and I need to do SOMETHING to find my sister. I’m going.” Roy stared down Blackman, with no sign of caving, until Havoc piped up.

“Sir, if you aren’t going to let him go, then I’m going with you. No one in this office is going to let you do this alone.” Roy glared at Havoc for a moment then turned back to the Major, speaking slowly.

“Alright, Havoc, get your coat and lets go. Blackman, you are to go home and wait. That’s an order.” Nathaniel glared down at Roy, contemplating whether or not he was going to obey that order, before his mind flashed to his sister. If she knew he had disobeyed a direct order for her sake, no matter what the situation she would kill him.

“Yes, sir.” He stormed out the door, shouldering past the Colonel. Roy turned to the remaining soldiers in the room.

“Falman, watch him. Make sure he stays at home. Everyone else, you are dismissed. Let’s be going Havoc.”



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