{ returning to duty * colonel-mustang
"Sir?" Someone blocked the sun hanging directly above his head. "Fullmetal Alchemist? Sir, can you hear me?" The blonde sighed with irritation but had no choice but to open his eyes. Two unfamiliar faces met his gaze, both looking relieved as he sat up. These men were dressed in similar dark blue outfits almost like a uniform. Edward brought a hand to his pounding head and frowned slightly. Whoever these people are, they better had a good reason for interrupting his damn nap!
"Where have you been, sir?" The two suddenly straightened, their voices turning serious. That was when Edward noticed that both of these people had guns with them. Were they officers of sorts? Soldiers, maybe? The question they asked him was delivered with a careful tone that suggested it was an important one and giving the correct answer to it very much mattered. Edward, however, did not have a clue of what the right answer may be.
"Look," he stood up. "I think you got me mixed up with someone else." Edward had a good look at himself in the mirror and concluded he was in his teens. There was no way he would be involved with anyone like these two. "I am not Fullmetal-whatever-you-called-me."
His words made the two soldiers look at each other, and then glancing down at the piece of paper they held in their hands. "Blonde hair, worn in a braid..." They looked up at Edward and nodded in confirmation. "Red coat...Very short..."
And that, was the wrong thing to say.
Edward was already kind of pissed off from getting waked up from his peaceful sleep, and this was just the last straw. He jumped up, burying his knee in one of the two soldier's stomach while slamming his fist in the other one's face. Two minutes later, two men were on the ground and Edward was patting his hands clean, satisfied. Sadly, those two had friends. More people were showing up, shouting things at him as they did.
Damn it, was he a wanted criminal or something? They called him Fullmetal something, did that mean he robbed metal stores then? Edward did what any sane person would do when people with guns are coming at him, which was turn around and run like hell.