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15 Minutes: Pause
Aug. 13th, 2004 07:55 pm15 Minute Ficlet
FMA - spoilers for up to Ep. 27
It wasn’t a very large group, but then the best conspiracies stayed small. Too many people meant exposure and betrayal; their strength came from their unity. They had only one goal, again simplicity kept them focused. And then Hughes died.
He had found something, something that he had not been able to communicate. It had torn a terrible hole in their little group, a hole that could never be filled. They all paused and looked at each other, was what they were doing really worth the price that they had just paid?
One look at Mustang’s face gave them the answers as they lined up in front of his desk. “Come with me.” He said, the orders to Central sitting on the broad desk in front of them. He was moving up, still moving towards that goal.
One by one, they saluted him. Whatever the cost, the insanity had to be stopped.
FMA - spoilers for up to Ep. 27
It wasn’t a very large group, but then the best conspiracies stayed small. Too many people meant exposure and betrayal; their strength came from their unity. They had only one goal, again simplicity kept them focused. And then Hughes died.
He had found something, something that he had not been able to communicate. It had torn a terrible hole in their little group, a hole that could never be filled. They all paused and looked at each other, was what they were doing really worth the price that they had just paid?
One look at Mustang’s face gave them the answers as they lined up in front of his desk. “Come with me.” He said, the orders to Central sitting on the broad desk in front of them. He was moving up, still moving towards that goal.
One by one, they saluted him. Whatever the cost, the insanity had to be stopped.