RoyxEd Twists Chapter Fourteen

Twists Chapter 14

Roy walked through his door quietly, wanting to make sure Ed didn't know he was home yet. He removed his coat and tossed it onto the couch, and the proceeded up the stairs, towards his bedroom. It wasn't really that late, so he didn't think Ed would be asleep.

He pushed the door open and saw blond hair spread over a pillow, and a lump in the comforter.

'Wow, I didn't think the kid would be asleep' He looked over towards his bed again and heard something being mumbled. So he walked over towards the blond lump and lent in so he could hear.

"...Roy...I'm..I'm sorry...sorry...sorry.."

Roy frowned, Ed's face was hidden in the pillow, but he could hear the fear in the boy's sleeping voice.

'Sorry? I really hope it's just a dream...and not something to do with..'

"Soul....original....can't...no.."

Another mumble, and again, it was filled with fear. Roy knew he needed to speak with Edward about what was going on and It couldn't wait.

"Ed...wake up, come on I need to talk to you, Now!" He gently shook the boy, hoping that would wake him up, and for once Ed had actually done so.

"H-huh...?"

"Edward...I'm home.." Roy smiled, hoping to see the same on the boy.

A golden eye, still somewhat heavy from sleep, peaked up at him from the pillows edge, and then Ed did something unexpected, he turned so that his back was facing Roy.

"Edward?"

"Roy...I..please I just want to go to sleep..." He sounded exhausted.

"Ed, whats the matter?"

"Nothing...I just did a lot of research today...at the library..."

A burning anger started to flare in the pit of Roy's stomach, Ed was lying to him again. That anger showed in his voice.

"So...you were researching at the library?" Roy clenched his fists.

"Uh-huh....since lunch...I told Hawkeye...to tell you..."

Roy was silent.

"Roy? Did you hear me...?" Ed rolled over and looked at Roy, who glared back.

"R-Roy...Whats the matter you look...r-really...mad..."

Ed lifted himself onto his elbows and smiled.

"Aw, Is the old man mad that I'm on his side of the bed?"

'H-he thinks this is a...a JOKE!?'

Roy closed his eyes and tried to calm down, but what Ed said next undid any calm the man had.

"Geez Colonel, don't look so uptight...not if you want me to stay..." Ed smiled again, obviously the comment wasn't supposed to sound truthful or anything of the sort, but...

Roy pushed Ed down and got ontop of him, leaving about a foot of space between himself and the now confused blond.

"Damnit Edward! THIS ISN'T A JOKE! WHY ARE YOU LYING TO ME!" He felt the boy tremble under him, but He swept the guilt away, he needed to know why Edward was lying.

"I-I....can't...I...I mean...I'm not...lying..." Ed turned his head to the side, averting Roy's angry gaze.

"EDWARD!!, I know for a fact you weren't in the library, and Hanaki--"

Roy stopped yelling as soon as he felt the body under his flinch at the mention of the general. Roy looked down, and noticed Ed's eyes were closed, and he was biting his lip. He took a deep breath and finally calmed himself down.

"Ed...I'm sorry...." He cupped his hand around a tan cheek and turned Ed's face so he could look at it.

"Edward...I bumped into him, and he told me you were working for him, and his team...why didn't you just tell me you were in one of the labs?"

Ed closed his eyes again, and still continued to bite his lip.

"R-Roy...I...you can't know...they said they'd....I...just can't tell you..."

"What did they say they'd do? Did they threaten you?"

Ed shook his head.

"No...I wouldn't care if that was it...they...t-they...they said they'd do something to you and the others....So...please don't make...d-don't make m-me...tell you...please..."

Roy just stared at Ed, quickly remembering that Hanaki had threatened Ed, if he tried to find anything out about the research they were doing.

'So they threatened him using me as leverage and me using Ed as leverage...quite clever...'

Roy smiled.

"Edward, please look at me."

Ed's eyes opened and widened in surprise at the colonel's smile.

"Ed...Hanaki did the same thing to me, earlier, he said if I tried to learn anything He'd hurt you, but if they said they'd hurt me if you told me anything, that just means they think they can keep this quiet using empty threats. Obviously they need you, so they can't hurt you. Or I wouldn't even be trying to learn anything, I'd die before I let you get hurt, and as for their threat to hurt Hawkeye and the others aswell as myself, well they don't call me the Flame Alchemist for nothing."

Ed seemed to think for a second, but a smile didn't appear in response to Roy's reassurances. A small hand covered the one on Ed's cheek, and pulled it away.

Roy raised an eyebrow.

"Ed...?"

He let his hand be lifted by the boys, towards his face. Ed gently pressed his lips to the colonel's palm and kissed it.

He mumbled... "I won't let you die...not because of me....I...will protect..you from this..."

Roy heart stuttered. Ed's eyes were shut once again and his hand had been freed.

"Ed...please...just tell me...I can't stand knowing your in some kind of situation that may be too dangerous, and not know about it...."

Ed's eyes tightened, failing in trying to hide the stream of worry that now lined his cheek.

"I...don't...I...can't....I...."

"Shhh....please, tell me..." Roy swept his thumb under Ed's eye and dried the tears. He rolled over and pulled Ed against his chest. He was warm...

He gently asked once more, "Edward...please..."

He felt Ed take a breathe, and exhale.

"A-alright.....but you have to promise me you won't go near the lab, or Hanaki. "

"Ed...I can't..."

"No, If you want me to tell you, I have to know you'll be atleast somewhat safe, away from them."

Roy knew he couldn't argue with the blond, but he also knew he couldn't promise him that he would stay away, If Ed was in danger, the colonel wouldn't even hesitate to burn the city down until he was safe. So he agreed to the promise...sort of.

"I promise....." 'Aslong as your safe...' He mentally added the last part..

"Alright...well..." Roy felt the boy relax, and wrapped his arms around Ed's small waist.

Roy rested his head on Ed's cool metal shoulder and listened.

"The day Hanaki called me to his office...He didn't just ask me about the assignment...Somehow he...knew....well, he knows about what happened with my arm and leg, and why. He knows what Al and I were researching..."

Roy had to stifle a small gasp of surprise.

"But...no-one is supposed to know about..."

"Yeah....I know...but that's not the worst part...he said he needs my skills and experience to help him and his team create....to create..."

"Ed? Its alright....go on..."

Ed turned, and pressed his face into Roy's chest.

"He wants me to create a soul...A human soul, Roy.."

Roy's eyes widened.

"What? A...A s-soul? But that's...impossible...w-what..w-why..would he even want one..."

"I...didn't have any idea either...until...Hanaki and Heinireich...took me into the room..."

"Room?"

"Yeah...theres a small room in the middle of the lab, its used as a observation room for..."

Ed shook.

"Its Alright Edward..."

"It's used for live experimentation...so the walls are made of two way mirrors, so we can see the test...subject, but they can't see us..."

"So what happened when they brought you in?"

"W-well...I saw the transmutation circle right away, but I'd never seen one so...complicated, it was similar to a circle used for human transmutation, but it was a little different...I didn't get to look at it, they had me sit in a chair at the middle of the circle, and told me they'd give me a demonstration on what was to be done..."

"D-demonstration!?....ED WHAT DID THEY DO!?"

"Hanaki and Heinireich walked out and I just sat there...and after a few minutes, another one of the 'researchers' came into the room, his name's Slovester, and he gave me a small white piece of fabric with a strange symbol on it. He told me that Heinireich said to press it on my stomach and use alchemy while I was in the middle of the circle...and..."

Ed took a deep breathe and continued...

"And at first I refused, but they threatened you again...Hanaki said he'd seen you earlier in the day and could send you somewhere...so I conceded and did what I was told...and It was worse than painful, whatever type of alchemy they made me use...it felt like...it was soul deep. Something inside me hurt when I activated the symbol on the clothe and the circle on the ground....and well..."

Roy felt Ed move. He rushed up and removed the sheet from over Ed's stomach, and on the left side, was a red scar, outline in a blue tone, the shape of it was that of a snake like creature. Roy traced his finger over it and when he tried to touch the blue outline, it stung him and he heard Ed yell.

"Ed! Are you alright! Ed!"

Ed had been knocked out, and was sweating like crazy. Roy shook him, not expecting the boy to respond, but he did.

"R-Roy...I'm fine...y-ou...no-one should touch it...or well this will happen..."


Whatever those Bastards had done to Ed, somehow, someway They were going to fucking pay, and by pay, that meant being burnt to death by a certain person's flame.