“That bastard!” screamed the famous Edward Elric as he stormed out of his superior’s office. “Can’t an alchemist take a break in this place?”
“It’s not that bad brother,” said the ever-patient Alphonse who until that point had been silently trailing his older brother like always. “At least East City is close to Resembool, and after we’re done there we can go visit Granny and Winry.”
“Yeah, cause the first thing I want to do after a stupid mine inspection is listen to Winry lecture me on taking better care of my automail.”
Alphonse sighed. This wasn’t the first conversation like this that he’d had with his brother. In fact, every time the two left Colonel Mustang’s office it seemed like they had the exact same conversation. “Well you should…show more content… After being interrogated by members of the military at Eastern Command, McHugh confessed that he did indeed plan to harm the Fullmetal Alchemist. During the interrogation, McHugh also hinted at the idea of there being more conspirators, but wouldn’t elaborate.
While being taken back to his cell, McHugh activated a transmutation circle that he had been drawing on his handcuffs, and was able to escape while killing several officers in the process. His estimated location is East City, but if anyone is to come into contact with Lucas McHugh, they are advised to immediately contact their local military.
“Shit.” That was all that the Colonel could manage to say after reading that article. How could he have been so stupid? His subordinate could get hurt, even killed, and all because he didn’t read his stupid morning paper today! Sure, Fullmetal was a pain in his ass, and he deserved a punch in the face every once in a while, but the kid definitely didn’t deserve to die because the older man neglected to properly research the events of East City before sending him