Beckoner of Your Heart

I'm sorry I haven't updated. Too much school work and busy weekends to catch it up lately. I'm also in knee therapy so it might be some time before updating again, but I promise I will. I thought it would be nice to give you a preview of the next chapter which I hope to keep updated more than the last. So here it is and enjoy!

I don not own FMA.


Chapter 5: Drama and Trouble


Not even a month had passed and they were dog tired. It was almost every three hours that Nathan needed attention and his sister slept quietly. Most of the night he would cry for one reason or another and wouldn’t stop until he got his attention.

Tonight was no different as Edward got up and drug his tired body from the bed. He groaned as the screaming got louder and picked up the boy. “You know Nathan, I’m amazed you don’t wake your sister with your lung capacity.” He would normally say this then hush the boy with a lullaby. His singing wasn’t great but it kept the baby from wailing. He cradled Nathan for at least half an hour before he put the sleeping infant back in the large crib with his sister. Edward decided to stay just for a few more minutes incase the boy woke again. It was rare he did but on some nights it just occurred.

Edward plopped his tired body back into the rocking chair, only to fall asleep himself. Back and forth the chair went as it creaked on the hardwood floor. He smiled soundly in his sleep and continued to rock.

Meanwhile in the other room, Roy had rolled over and grasped for something that wasn’t there. He cracked one eye open to see Edward was indeed missing, but no sounds came from the babies room. Roy shrugged and got up to go check and sure enough Edward was asleep in the rocking chair. He smiled as Edward’s chest rose and fell, slowly luring him into a deeper sleep. Roy walked over quietly and picked up the young man from the chair bridal style and carried him back to bed.

He laid Edward down and rolled back into bed himself. When the mattress moved slightly, he looked over to find Edward very much awake. “Rescuing me again from the rocking chair?”

“Mhmm,” was Roy’s reply as he kissed Edward’s lips and brought him close. Roy wrapped his arms around the blonde and Edward snuggled to his lover’s chest.

Edward brought his lips to Roy’s again and kissed him passionately before murmuring a sweet “I love you” and drifting off once again.

Roy smiled and whispered an “I love you too” as he made sure the blonde fell to sleep before following him into dream.



Morning came peacefully as the sun’s rays peeked through the blinds. Roy groaned and threw the pillow over his head as Edward made another round with Nathan. Apparently the sun wasn’t enough torture for the Flame alchemist as Edward brought the screaming boy into the room.

“Roy, help me with him. He won’t quiet this time,” Edward whined as the bundle wriggled in his arms.

Roy flipped over and pulled the pillow off his face as he took the bundle into his arms. He hummed a small tune and rubbed the boy’s stomach. Still Nathan continued to cry and make fuss. Roy put the small boy against his shoulder and patted his back gently, which earned him a burp and a happy Nathan. Roy smiled as the baby started to coo and Edward took him back. “Did you even thinking of burping the poor boy after he eats Ed?”

“I tried but he seems to like you better,” Edward grunted as he left the room to go feed Rayne. Roy smiled as he flipped himself back into bed to get more sleep. Not even five minutes into sleep and the phone rang. Roy was seriously thinking of lighting the damn thing on fire. Ring. “Roy get the phone I’m busy!”


Ring. Roy sighed and picked up the phone. “Yes this is the Mustang residence Colonel Roy Mustang speaking.”

A voice chuckled on the other end. “Still so formal Mustang?”

Roy’s jaw dropped, “Major General Hakuro, what do I owe this call?”

“Forget so soon Mustang? Your little prick protégé punched me in the face. I want the both of you in my office in an hour.” Hakuro replied with as much venom as he could muster.

“But Major General-” Roy stopped as he heard a click on the other end. “Ed get ready and put on a suit for once. Major General Asshole wants the both of us in his office in an hour. For the little stunt you pulled a while ago.”

Edward poked his head out of the baby’s room with a smirk. “Good cause I want to see that bastard. Oh and Winry and Al are in the hotel down the street, see if they can come up and baby sit.”

“Alright, I’ll be back in ten minutes.” Roy called as he went down the stairs and grabbed his keys.

His trip and talk with Al and Winry was short. Both happily agreed to the job while the parents were away. Al and Winry caught a ride with Roy back to the house as Edward stepped onto the porch. He was in a navy blue suit with a crisp white dress shirt underneath. His tie was tucked neatly right under the jacket he wore.

“Glad you and Winry made it, god knows what we would do without you,” Edward said as Al pulled him into a hug.

“I’m happy to always help brother!” Al exclaimed as he was lead into the house. Edward was pointing at the essentials and explaining what to do for this and that.

“There’s food in the fridge and drinks, so help yourself.” Edward bowed his thanks and hugged Al and Winry both before he and Roy both sprinted out the door and into the car.

The drive was tense enough but the silence was deathly. Edward was twitching in the passenger seat as they neared the big building once more that stood as Central HQ. The building came into sight and Roy pulled right outside the doors. Both stepped out of the car and went right into the building. Roy lead Edward up the stairs and right in front of the Major General’s door. Edward swallowed hard.

Edward opened the door to a sneering Hakuro. His face on the right side was full of colors from the giant bruise that sat there. His eye was black and that made Edward smile at his handiwork. Roy had to hide a smile as both sat down.

Hakuro glanced at both with a death glare. “Well it seems you are a little early, but nonetheless. The reason I called you here was to discuss your sentence. I talked to the Führer of what went on that day and he told me of a fairly nice sentence for the little prick. His sentence is eight months of incarceration for Assault and Battery of a commanding officer of the military. You on the other hand Mustang, are free to go.” Hakuro smirked evilly as he saw Edward’s face drop in exasperation.

Edward started to get up and Roy held him down. “Roy let me the fuck go! I want to punch the goddamn shit out of him!”

Hakuro perked up at the mention of Mustang’s first name. “What did you say shrimp?”

Roy and Edward both gasped. Edward was mentally kicking himself. ‘Shit, Shit, Shit!’
“I said nothing but I’m going to beat the crap out of you. You are probably too old to hear right. I’m outta here, incarcerate me all you want. I’m not coming peacefully as long as I have breath in my body.” Edward said as he walked out the door.

“Fine, since you want to be that way, looks like we’ll have to use force.” Hakuro called in soldiers who surrounded Edward. “Go quietly or we’ll beat it out of you.”

The soldiers slowly surrounded around the back of Edward and advanced closer. Hakuro was watching Edward’s movement carefully, knowing what the shrimp was capable of. Edward smirked and clapped his hands, moving to the ground as quick as lightning. Stone pikes came forcefully from the ground, surrounding each officer and encasing them. He turned from the soldiers and looked at Roy. “Ready Mustang?”

Roy let a smile creep to his face and stood. Something had caught their attention however when laughter erupted from Hakuro. “You know Mustang, maybe I’ll just have you do my dirty work. Take Elric here to confinement or I’ll see to it that you lose your position as Colonel period. Let’s hope your job is worth more than his worthless life.” Hakuro sat back, watching Mustang warily. Roy took Edward but his arm and bowed at Hakuro. Hakuro’s smirk returned and bowed back. Roy led Edward out of the room and waited until two or three doors down the hall to break into a run.

Breda, Falman, Fuery, Havoc and Armstrong were staring as the two ran past. Wondering just exactly, what the hell was going on. Moments later, it was followed by a snarl from a very pissed off Hakuro. Edward and Roy ran down the stairs and out the front doors and jumped into the car quickly.

“We have no time whatsoever before the search party is sent out. Make a quick trip inside the house Ed and tell Winry and Al to pack the essentials for us and the babies. Tell them we will explain later why, just to do it. They will meet us in Resembool at the Rockbell house. Ed, grab the babies and tell them to make sure they mislead the military at any question. Make sure you get anything the babies will need for the time being.” Roy kissed Edward as they pulled into the driveway at the house and Roy waited. Fifteen minutes later, Edward was carrying the babies and a diaper bag.

“Al and Winry understood. I told them as I packed what was going on. They are renting us a hotel as we move near Resembool and they will come to the hotel when everything is back at the Rockbell’s.” Edward explained as he strapped in the babies in their car seats. “They said they’ll pack up my room and yours and lock the house when they are done. Now lets get going.” Edward buckled in and both sped down the road and to Resembool.

The drive to the hotel was long and boring, but they managed. When they arrived, they proceeded to the front counter and picked up two sets of keys. Smiling, both went up the stairs with a suitcase and baby in each arm. The babies were giggling as they got lowered to one of the beds in other bedroom of the suite. Roy looked around amazed. “Al and Winry must’ve paid a fortune for a suite like this. Looks like the cribs and such had already been set up and ready. We’ll have to thank them later.”

Once everything was put away, Roy settled into the living room while Edward made a trip to the kitchen downstairs in the lobby. Edward came back up twenty minutes later with food and such. He smiled at Roy when he stepped into the room with a cart full of food. Edward parked the cart as Roy got up to examine the food that was laid out. He selected a particular tray and chose and drink then sat down. Edward did the same and sat next to the onyx eyed man. Both enjoyed the fine tasting food as moments passed, finally finishing their own plates and setting other food in the fridge for later.

Edward sighed as he took his place back on the sofa, rubbing his full stomach. Roy came in moments later with some type of alcoholic beverage. “So Ed, what are we going to do for jobs? We still need to bring in money.” Roy stated as he sipped from what looked like a clear liquid.

Edward looked over and shook his head. “Only if I fucking knew. I finally got out of the damned military and I fucking hate it.” Edward sighed solemnly.

Roy patted the young man on his shoulder and smiled. “We’ll figure out something huh?” Roy then cupped Edward’s face in his hand and kissed him slightly.

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Hakuro had about enough of the Elrics in general. It seemed that no matter what he did, either Elric would find a new way to test his patience. Once again he slapped the younger Elric across the face which sent him flying to the floor.

Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth and a trail of it made its way down his face. Al wiped at both trails before standing once more. Legs shaking and arms trembling, Al didn’t know how much longer he could last. But he had to protect Winry, Edward, and Colonel Mustang no matter what. He tried to land one more punch but his body finally said enough. His legs gave way and he crashed to the floor, leaving Winry to run to his side.

“You are a monster! You don’t even deserve to be called even a Major General. You military dogs are the same!” Winry spat at Hakuro as he smiled devilishly.

Hakuro bent over and held Winry’s face in his hands. “You’re not the only one who seems to think so.” He motioned over one of the soldiers to take hold of Al and to part Winry from him. “Take him to confinement and see how long he can last. As for her, keep her separated from him in a different cell, dismissed!” ‘There’s only one place left that both Mustang and the elder Elric would’ve gone.’ Under his breath he muttered ‘Resembool’ and went out the door leading quite a few soldiers as well.

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Edward paced around the room and finally got fed up. He made his way over to the window and glanced at the bustle on the street below. Everyone had something to do but not him. “Of course not,” Edward muttered under his breath. Roy had been gone for at least an hour searching for a job both of them could apply for.

He noticed as another car stopped in front of the hotel and his jaw dropped. There stood Hakuro as he got out of the car with a couple of pictures in hand. Great just great! Roy wasn’t there with him, which proved as more of an advantage than anything but still! Edward growled as the bastard stepped through the front doors.


Downstairs…


Hakuro walked up to the front desk and smiled. He placed a hand on the counter as he stared down the assistant. “Good morning, I need to ask a couple of question in regard to two disappearances. We are missing a colonel from Central military and an escapee from confinement, I was wondering if you have seen them?” Hakuro passed over the pictures and the assistant nodded. “May I ask where they are?”

“Unfortunately sir I can not tell you. I saw them yesterday and that was it, sorry that I can be of no assistance.” Hakuro sighed and picked the pictures back up.

“Well I guess you wouldn’t mind if I have a look around.” Before the assistant could argue, Hakuro pulled out a piece of paper that resembled a Search Warrant. The assistant bowed and let Hakuro do his duty.

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“Shit, shit, shit!” Edward ran around the room hiding everything in sight. Edward had used alchemy to hide the military clothes and more noticeable things like such. He pulled out a black cloak that Roy had packed. He quickly let his hair fall from the braid and pulled the cloak on and put the hood up. Edward grabbed the babies from their cribs and pulled them to his chest and darted out the door. He locked the door and started down the hall then the stairs.

He heard as doors were being opened and closed rather roughly. Great, Hakuro was searching the rooms. He passed without being seen and rushed to the lobby, silently hoping the babies would keep quiet until then. He breathed a sigh of relief as his foot made contact with the floor and made a fast run towards the front doors.

Once outside he started walking calmly down the street, searching for his husband. It had been at least twenty minutes before Roy appeared out of one of the shops and Edward stepped up to him. He pulled Roy into an alleyway and pulled the hood off.

“Ed what in hell’s name are you doing?” Roy looked perplexed as he took Rayne and cuddled her to his chest.

“Hakuro is here and searching the hotel. I used alchemy to hide the most noticeable pieces of clothing and such. We can’t go back there until the coast is clear. It shouldn’t be long however because Major General pain in the ass was halfway down the hall when I passed by him.” Edward slid down the wall and sat on the ground, Nathan cuddled to his chest and yawned deeply.

Roy peered around the corner and saw that Hakuro was getting into the car with a very pissed look. The car drove off in the other direction and he smiled. It still wasn’t safe, but at least Hakuro hadn’t seen them. He’d probably search the streets soon and that only gave them five to ten minutes. “Ed I think it’s safe now. He went in the opposite direction, lets get our things and head back to Central. Winry or Al haven’t showed up, I think something has gone wrong.”

Edward nodded slowly and got up. Roy shifted Rayne in his arms and both calmly walked down the street. They arrived at the hotel and went up to the room, locking the door behind them. Edward uncovered the things he hid and started packing immediately. It hadn’t taken long and both were back in the lobby. They thanked the assistant and got into their car outside. Edward buckled in the babies and stood straight back up only to meet the chest of the Major General. Edward’s heart sank, but thankfully the hood of black cloak was still up.

“Ma’am have you seen these two alchemists?” Hakuro shoved two pictures into the “woman’s” hands and silently waited.

“No sir I haven’t, who are these handsome men?” Edward asked in his highest voice. This was so damned humiliating.

“One used to be a major in the military by the name of Fullmetal Alchemist, otherwise known as Edward Elric child prodigy. The other is Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist.” Hakuro took the pictures back and thanked her for her cooperation and time.

Roy watched as the whole thing played off in one great hit. Edward had managed to give Hakuro the slip, which was unbelievable. But in the way of the fact of amusing. Roy started the engine as Edward got in. “Before you say a word Roy, I’ve been practicing just incase. Lets just get out of here before he discovers it wasn’t really a “girl” he was talking to.”

Roy had to hold back a laugh as they started down the street and back to Central. Their asses were as good as dead if Hakuro realized what was just pulled off. They passed the bastard on the street and Roy had to sort of duck. Luckily Hakuro didn’t even pay attention as the car drove passed.

The road back to Central was tough, the babies cried constantly and roadblocks were everywhere. They nearly had avoided the last one about thirty minutes before. Edward sighed as the arrived in front of the house, Roy looking around constantly for any activity. Roy got out of the car and stepped into the house while Edward gathered the babies.

Roy sighed as he stepped in the foyer and noticed something was off. Things were knocked around and there was a faint gasping sound. “Hello? Is anyone in here?”

The noise stopped and there was a scrambling sound replaced. Footsteps were heard and Roy backed into the door and locked it so Edward couldn’t come in, he wasn’t going to put his family in danger. He was relieved however when Winry stepped into what light there was. Roy took notice and unlocked the door expecting Edward in at any time.


“Winry what happened here? And what happened to you?” The girl was shaking and her face was bloody.

Gasping she responded, “Hakuro came here right after you two left. They tried to take me and Al into confinement but we managed to escape. Where’s Ed and the babies at anyways?”

Roy looked up at the question, where was Edward? Roy turned and opened the door only to find that all three were missing. Panic set in as he darted out the door and to the car. All three were missing and nowhere in sight. ‘Please oh god no.’ Roy thought as he ran back into the house. “Winry, he’s gone. Ed was out there, were any more soldiers here after you and Al escaped?”

Winry closed her eyes as tears started to fall. “I don’t know, Al and I were sure we were the only ones left in this house, I guess not.”

“Shit, we’ve got to find him. Gather Al and lets go.” Roy said as he ran and got his coat.