Descendants
Chapter One: To Gain and to Lose
"Push a little harder!" Edward tried his hardest to keep himself calm, but he felt himself growing frustrated and very frightened as Winry tried to give birth to their baby girl. He felt sweat rolling off of his brow as Winry screamed from the pain. He gritted his teeth as she squeezed his hand as hard as she could. The doctor waited for the baby to come out.
The heart monitor for Winry and the baby started to beep fast and frequent. Ed looked at it and then to Winry to see her seething, losing a hard battle. He grabbed her hand and started to talk to her, hoping it would help her hold on. "Winry, don't you dare give up, this has been our dream together. We have wanted this since we were fifteen! Don't you stop here! I am nineteen as you are, if we can make it this far, we can keep going!" He saw her give another hard, long push. She looked at him, pain filling her eyes. "I can't do it anymore!" She had tears leaking from the corners of her eyes. He shook his head. "No, Winry, don't say that, don't give up!" He could feel himself growing worried now as she slowly faded from his grasp.
Winry reached up to Ed's face and caressed his cheek, wiping the now falling tears away. "You have to take care of her for me, for us." She looked away from him and gave one last push, making a successful birth. She than closed her eyes and the heart monitor line went flat. Edward looked at her in disbelief. "No! Winry, come back, come back!" He picked her up partially from the bed and held her as the doctor and a few nurses quickly tended to the little girl. Ed cried silently as he kept whispering to her, telling her to come back. "I can't do this alone."
Ed shot up out of his bed, panting. He put his head in his hands and wept from the painful memory that had haunted him for fifteen years. "Dad?" Ed sucked in his tears and looked at his daughter. She stared at him with her golden eyes. He gave her a gentle smile. "I'm fine, Kat." He put his metal hand over his mouth and yawned. He than climbed out of his bed and went to his dresser. Kat sighed and walked out of the room to the kitchen. Ed shut his door and got dressed and glanced over at the nightstand by his bedside. Setting on top of it was a picture of Al and him, Kat and him, and Winry. He closed his eyes and continued to get ready.
Walking out of the apartment, Ed and Kat started towards Head Quarters. He glanced down at his daughter as they were walking. "Hey, kiddo, what's wrong?" She looked up at him. "You had another dream of mom again, didn't you?" He stopped walking and looked down at her. She was the same height as he was at her age and thought of how she would throw a fit when somebody called her short. He was now around six feet, (believe it or not), and just made sure that she wouldn't get herself hurt. "Yeah, I did. But, no matter, let's just worry about that bastard waiting for us." Kat clenched her teeth at the thought of the Colonel and they continued walking together.
Reaching the door to Mustang's office, Ed knocked. He waited for the familiar voice he had known for a long time. "C'mon." Ed opened the door and allowed Kat to walk in first. He than followed in after. Roy looked at them and smiled, his graying black hair glistening in the sunlight pouring in from the window. Roy had never reached anything past Colonel, and after awhile, gave up completely on the whole idea. He soon later married Hawkeye, somehow getting away with it. Nobody actually knows how the two did. "Ah, Fullmetal and Spirit, you're late."
Ed walked to the front of the desk, looking down at him. "What do you need, Colonel?" Roy stood himself, and walked from the desk to Kat, who glared at him like she did everyday. "A shame she had to get your temper." He laughed lightly and stopped right in front of her. She held back her temptation of punching her with her metal fist. Roy caught the slight gleam of her arm from the sleeve of her black coat. "When did you get your automail fixed?" She tugged on her sleeve to cover up what was revealed. "Did it myself, along with my father's." She said it proudly; glad to let anyone know she inherited her mechanics gene from her past mother.
Roy said nothing and went over to Edward. "I have a mission for you two." The Elrics waited. He sighed. "I need you to go to a town called Shadow Alley. It's had its share of problems with crimes, but there is a serial killer about there, believed to be a family member of an old butcher that used to take residence here in Central. Ed felt his eyes widen. "You don't mean…" "Yes, Barry the 'chopper' has a cousin who took over his business. There is something else. A humunculis is giving him a helping hand. We want you and your daughter to go check it out. Your brother will meet you there." He walked to his desk and sat down. "Train leaves at Midnight. You should arriver in the early morning."
"Dad, are you alright? You seem tense." Kat looked at Ed from across the seats on the train. He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at her. "It's fine. I just wasn't expecting him to assign you to something like this with your Uncle and me." He shivered slightly at the memory of Barry, threatening to kill Winry and him. "I can take care of myself." He laughed. She stared at him. "When did you become a state alchemist?" "When I was twelve years old, just like you." "You have been working with that man for that long! I don't think I could bare it, he is so annoying I just want to…" She clapped her hands and made a wispy form of Roy disappearing into thin air. He shook his head. "He may be an asshole sometimes, but he's not all that bad. I know exactly how you feel, though."
Kat smiled and he was reminded of Winry. She smiled the same as her and he was happy she inherited things from her. He thought it quite strange that she admired him as much as she did. She wore her blonde hair in a braid, a black outfit with a black over shirt, and a coat with their symbol on the back of it. The only difference was that her coat was black and the serpent and the cross were red.
"Why don't you catch some sleep so you're ready to work tomorrow." Ed watched his own youth nod and lay down on the seat, closing her eyes. He stood and covered her with her coat. He than sat back down and shut his eyes, hoping this assignment would go quick and safe.
Well, what do you think? I keep getting all of these ideas for stories and this one was just popping out like a sore thumb in my mind. Anyway, I hope the first chapter was good and please review and tell me how I did. Thanks!
By the way, the sequel to The Winged Alchemist will be out soon! I am planning on starting it sometime this week!