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Chapter 5

Roy Mustang pounded heavily on the door to Edward's dorm room. "Fullmetal," he called, pounding harder. That dam brat, Roy thought, irritation seeping into him. Ed was an hour late for his meeting he had arranged with him and now that he was late. Roy was beginning to get concerned, his irritation slowly dissolving to be replaced be panic.

Roy was about to knock again, when the door creaked open to reveal a groggy Ed, whose hair was tied in a lose ponytail. "What's so important that you tried to knock down my door?"

"You're late," Roy said pointing to a clock hanging on a nearby wall.

Ed looked over and then back at Roy. "So what, I'm only a few minutes late."

"More like an hour," Roy said, his frustration returning.

Ed shrugged his shoulders, he made an attempt to close the door but Roy stopped it. "Fullmetal, where were you last night?"

Ed flashed a glare at Roy. "What's it matter to you?"

Roy continued to look down at Ed. "As your commanding officer I order you to tell me where you were last night."

"I was at the library," Ed spat after a brief hesitation. His cat ears folded back and he pulled the door with a hard yank, causing it to slam closed with a loud bang.

Roy tried to open it but the door wouldn't budge. That brat, he used alchemy to seal the door, Roy thought when he noticed the alchemic reactions on the door frame. "Fullmetal, open this door at once!" Roy shouted, pulling on his ignition glove. "Or I'll burn it down."

No answer.

Roy was lying when he said that he would burn the door down but he snapped his fingers anyway, setting a small fire to the dry wooden door.

The sound of walking came from the Ed's dorm and a second later the door was thrown open. "You didn't have to do that!" Ed shouted angrily. "are you trying to burn down my dorm?"

Roy shook his head. "I was only trying to get you to open the door."

Ed's golden eyes stared at Roy for a short moment before clapped his hands and put out the slowly growing fire. "You bastard," Ed growled before walking into his dorm and slamming the door shut, only for it to fall off it's hinges and crash to the ground. "Now I don't have a door!" Ed turned to Roy and pointed down at the fallen door. "Fix it."

Roy have Ed a confused look. "But how do I-"

"I don't give a crap how you fix it," Ed interrupted, his anger growing greater the longer he stood there.

"I don't see why you cant just fix it with alchemy?" Roy said quickly before Fullmetal could interrupt.

Ed clapped his hands and placed them on the door. The door repaired itself and Ed slammed it shut and locked it to prevent Roy from getting in.

That's wrong with Fullmetal? Roy thought for a brief moment before shoving the thought to the back of his mind.

***

Ed walked across the room and sat down heavily on his bed. His thoughts whirled and he found it hard to focus on a single thing. Ed glanced at the book that he got from the library, a new wave of anger and defeat washed over him.

Ed stood up and reluctantly picked the book up and looked at the old worn out leather cover. Why, Ed thought. He flipped through the book and stared at a single page in the book. Why would someone do something like this? Ed placed the book back on the table and sat back on his bed trying to wrap his mind around the contents of the book.

Ed glanced at the clock and realized that it was already one thirty and he hadn't even eaten that day. His stomach growled but he stayed where he was, his mind still racing. Eventually Ed got up and walked into the small kitchen and opened one of the, pretty much empty cupboards, and quickly wolfed down a poorly made sandwich.

Ed sat down on a chair in his dining room and stared at the wall before he heard another knock at the door. Ed grumpily stood up and opened the door and saw Alphonse standing there. "Brother!" He announced, giving Ed a large hug.

When Al finally let go Ed looked up at his younger brother. "Where have you been?"

"Oh, I decided to go to Resembool since you were taking so long to get back, but by the time I arrived you already left," Al explained. "I decided to stay for the rest of the day and when I went to leave the trains stopped working so I had to wait for them to be fixed." Al told the entire story fast and Ed didn't remember half of what he said.

"Uh okay," Ed said. "I have to go." Ed tried to leave but Al grabbed his shoulder. "What?"

"The colonel was looking for you," Al said, not loosening his grip on his shoulder.

Ed let out an irritated sigh. "What does that bastard want now?"

Al looked around nervously. "He never said," he squeaked.

Ed glared down the hallway in the direction of Roy's office. "Why the hell should I go see that bastard?"

"Please go," Al begged, his voice higher pitched than before.

Ed swore silently under his breath. "Fine, but if he does anything stupid I won't hesitate to leave."

Al nodded and followed Ed as he waked unwillingly to Roy's office. Ed was about to knock on the door but stopped. He looked at Al pleadingly. "Do I have to?"

"Just knock on the door," Al said, all patience draining away.

Ed let out a sigh and knocked once on the door. After a brief moment there was no reply so Ed turned to leave but the familiar voice of Roy Mustang answered on the other side of the door.

Ed creaked open the door and saw Roy sitting at his desk. "Come in," he said.

Ed walked in and looked Roy directly in the eye. "Alphonse said that you needed to talk to me."

Roy nodded. "I've found a lead to the whereabouts of Daniel Tucker."

Ed's heart began to pound in his chest. "Why are you telling me this? I thought I wasn't allowed to go after him."

Roy looked sadly from Ed to Al. "He has Winry."

"You're joking," Ed said, hoping beyond all hope that he was lying.

"I'm sorry Fullmetal," Roy apologized. "Daniel Tucker kidnapped Winry yesterday, I'm hoping that you could assist us in our search."

Ed felt anxiety begging to build up in him. "How did he capture her?" His voice came out quieter than he expected.

Roy let out an uneasy breath. "Last night a man barged into the Rockbell's house and took Winry; Pinako put up a good fight but was useless when he started to use Alchemy." Roy paused as if gathering his thoughts. "The current whereabouts of Daniel are unknown, we don't want to put you or Al in any danger but we can't tell what Daniel might do to her."

Ed looked uneasily at Roy unable to process much of what he was saying. Why did he take Winry? The thought kept coming back to Ed until that was all he could think about.

"Fullmetal, you okay?" Roy asked, jolting Ed back to reality with a hard crash.

"Y-yeah," Ed said nervously.

"Anyway," Roy continued. "I know Winry is a good friend of yours, but you can't go after this man alone."

"Why?" Ed demanded, his anger rising at a rapid pace even for him. "Do you know what he's going to do to her? I barley was able to make it out despite how much pain I've been through in my life!"

"I know Fullme-"

"Shut up!" Ed shouted. "I don't care if you don't want me to go!"

"Fullmetal wait," Roy said calmly but Ed already left the room.

I have to find Winry, Ed decided silently. I have to. Ed continued down the hall, barley aware of footsteps behind him until someone grabbed his shoulders.

"Fullmetal," Roy said forcefully. "Calm down."

Ed spun around and pushed Roy's hands roughly from his shoulders. Ed glared at Roy and saw his own rage and hate reflect off of Roy's dark eyes. "You bastard," Ed growled. "You expect me to just sit and wait."

"Shut up," Roy snapped. "I've already told you that you can't go after him."

Ed let out a low growl and glared at Roy, his cat ears folded back on his head. "I don't care what you want!" Ed shouted. "I'm going after him."

"Fullmetal," Roy snapped again. "Listen to me now."

Ed glared angrily at Roy before turning his back and walking out of the office. That bastard, Ed thought as his anger grew larger. Why does he think he can tell me what to do?

"Brother wait!" Alphonse ran up from behind him and grabbed the back of his shirt to stop him from walking.

In his anger, Ed spun around and punched Al in the chest. There was a loud metallic ringing in the air that made Ed realize what he had done. "Al, I-I'm sorry," Ed apologized, all anger in his voice gone.

Al touched the spot where Ed had punched him. "Brother," he said in a quiet voice.

"Al, I-I didn't mean to," Ed said.

Al looked down at Ed. "Why are you so mean?" He shouted before running down the hall and away from Ed.

Ed looked at Al as he ran down the hall, his heart felt like it was breaking in two. Why did I do that? Ed thought. Al disappeared around the corner leaving Ed to stare blankly where he had disappeared.

"I'm sorry Al," Ed said quietly, knowing full well that Al wouldn't be able to hear him.