Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Uncle Roy ❯ Of Ghosts, dreams, and rubble diving ( Chapter 5 )

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The warm sun beat down on his face as he stared up into the tree branches. Warm fingers ran through his hair making him even sleepier. Roy Mustang's black eyes turned up to the person whose lap he was using as a pillow and smiled as he met bright golden eyes. Full Metal smiled down at him and ran his gentle fingers through his hair delicately, as if to soothe him. He chuckled slightly as a bird landed in Ed's hair and promptly tried to pry loose a few strands. Ed winced slightly and waved his hands above his hair to frighten the bird away. Laughter reached their ears and they looked up to see Elisia being chased by a dog and her mother.

“They're happy again,” a voice said from beside them. Both gazes shot up in surprise to stare at the image of Maes Hughes that was watching his daughter and wife play around. Hughes smiled brightly as he watched his daughter tumble in the flowers and promptly start squealing as her mother tickled her while the dog tried to lick her to death.

“Hughes,” he heard Ed whisper as he stared up the former Major now deceased Brigadier General. Hughes's gaze turned to them and his smile softened.

“Make sure you two stay together as long as you can, Roy,” he said, his image beginning to fade. “And don't worry about that promotion, I'll make sure you get it and turn this stupid army down the right path.” Roy felt himself smile as Hughes's gaze turned back to his daughter.

“I'll make sure she's happy, Maes,” Roy said. Hughes turned back to him and smiled, his spirit slowly fading away yet the Colonel could tell that he wasn't really dead. He would be pointing them down the right path and be watching over them till the days they died. Roy smiled up at the sky and pulled Full Metal into a tight embrace, which he returned. The sun smiled down upon them and wished them all the best as it fought away rain clouds that could destroy them.

 

 

Darkness. Such a lonely thing that he was floating in. He could see things floating around him, could hear voices from the outside shouting to each other, could feel a warm and metal hand grip his own. His head was hurting as the light from above suddenly reached out a hand and grabbed him to begin towing him towards the waking world. He didn't realize his eyes were open until his black gaze met that of Edward Elric's worried golden one. Slowly, ever so slowly, Roy's eyes came into focus on the worried and distraught face of Edward Elric who smiled in relief as Roy's eyes finally came into focus. There was a hand gripping his and gloved fingers brushed his bangs from his face tenderly.

“You're an idiot you know that right?” Ed spoke softly. Roy felt his lips curve into a small half smile and he opened his mouth to speak but Ed silenced him. He was quite surprised to feel Ed's soft lips on his but he sank into the bed and returned the kiss from his secret lover. He didn't care if the younger brother was in the room since he was the first one to find out them. Ed pulled back reluctantly and smiled down at him. Roy reached up and tugged on the end of Ed's braid.

“You worry to much,” he murmured. Ed just pulled his hair free and looked up as the door opened.

“How is he?” a voice, Hawkeye's he realized, asked. He could hear the smile in Ed's voice as he answered, as Roy mourned the lose of warmth that Ed's hand had provided.

“Come and ask him yourself,” he said. He heard hurried footsteps and nearly laughed at the shocked/relieved/concerned/happy look on Hawkeye's face as she saw him awake. Roy tried to sit up so he could speak to her properly but firm hands pushed him right back down.

“Not yet. You took a nasty blow to the head there, Colonel,” Ed said. Roy scowled and tried to push the boy away but Hawkeye walked over and glared at him.

“What the hell were you thinking?!” she shouted. Roy flinched at the loudness of her voice and tried to offer something as an explanation.

“Do you realize how stupid you were?” Hawkeye said, her voice much quieter. Roy just sighed and stared up at the ceiling. He had expected this if he failed. Failed. The word hit him like a truck or a train had just run over him. What was he going to tell Elisia? What had happened? Would she hate him? She would probably scream at him and run off crying, saying that he had broken his promise to her. How would he tell her? How would he tell Gracia? His thoughts stilled and for one horrible moment another question raced across his mind. What was his promise to Elisia? He was suddenly pulled back to reality by Hawkeye shaking him and he stared up at her, her face now a wash of concern.

“Sir? Maybe you should rest some more,” she suggested. Roy shook his head a bit.

“I'm fine,” he said before his gaze turned back to Full Metal. “What happened?” he asked. Ed sat on the edge of the bed carefully, still holding his hand and obviously not caring that Hawkeye was in the room.

“Well, when the lightening struck you were so surprised that you stepped back into the circle but your foot messed up some of it and did something weird. The circle still activated but…”

“Something weird?” he asked. Ed nodded and shrugged at his questioning glance.

“The building was engulfed in flames soon after and we had to get you out. Some people are searching through the ruins for the,” it was here that Edward paused and seemed to be searching for the right words.

“Results?” Hawkeye supplied helpfully. Edward nodded and turned to Roy again.

“The results of the transmutation,” he finished. Roy sighed a bit and raised a hand to rub at his eyes. He was sure to get a full ear full from his commanding officers not to mention a court martial for this. Roy pushed the thought to the back of his head and focused on what the hell he was going to do now. He had failed Elisia in his promise, put his career on the line…. Roy felt himself frown. What kind of transmutation had he tried to screw with? When had he tried to do a regular transmutation? Roy's frown only deepened as he felt his head start to pound. He was distantly aware of Hawkeye leaving a good twenty or so minutes later and of Fullmetal's hand embracing his again but for the life of him he couldn't make his eyes open again. He distantly heard Ed's voice as he told him to rest and felt a fleeting kiss grace his slightly chapped lips before the darkness swallowed him up again and the arms of dreams embraced him.

 

 

Edward Elric sighed as he walked up to the remains of Roy's former temporary living arrangements. The building was a mess and most of the apartments burned beyond recognition. The Fullmetal Alchemist walked up to where he saw his brother digging through what rubble there was and began to help him, not saying a word. Al's metallic arm brushed against his and he smiled faintly pulling up wood and sheet rock and tossing it aside.

“He's fine, Al,” Edward said after a few minutes of digging. He heard the sigh of relief from Al's armor and patted his younger brother on the arm.

“So he woke up?” Al asked.

“Yep, even graced us with a twenty minute conversation before he passed out again.” Al chuckled slightly. No matter how much his brother tried to deny it he could tell that he truly cared for the Colonel in more then a subordinate/commanding officer relationship.

“So did you kiss him?” Al asked teasingly, loving the way his older brother immediately fumed at the prodding.

“Shut up, Al, and keep looking!” Ed shouted. Al just laughed and shook his head as he moved on to a new area. An hour passed by in silence as the two brothers worked, eagerly searching for the results of the transmutation. Pulling up a piece of floorboard from the rubble Ed blinked he saw a scrap of what looked to be a military uniform. Ed pulled the other pieces of debris away from the thing and found a tattered military uniform that looked to belong to an alchemist.

“Hey, Al!” Edward called, his digging increasing. “I think I might have something!” Al's armored footsteps clanked over to him hurriedly and began to help him dig. It wasn't long before the same shade of blue as the uniform caught his eye again and he pulled up the two pieces of wood from it and stared in shock. Al gasped in surprise and hesitantly pulled up the dust-laden thing.

“This is what he made?” Al asked softly. Edward took the thing from Al's hands and looked down at it, running his fingers carefully over it.

“I don't… believe this,” Ed said as he turned it over and over in his hands.

“Let's take it back to the colonel and see if he's awake again,” Al suggested. Ed nodded and stood tucking the thing into his coat pocket. Roy would be surprised and shocked to see what had become of his failed human transmutation attempt.

 

 

A/N: BWUHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I'm not done yet!!!!