Smoke
filled the dark room, giving it a hazy look and an unpleasent place
to be. Seventeen year old Edward Elric lay flat on his back, his
chest moving up and down rapidly, trying to grasp the tinyest bit of
fresh oxygen. In the next couple of seconds of Ed laying on the
floor, trying to figure out what was going on, and why he was in the
current state he was,
A small whimper was heard from the other
side of the room. He turned his head ever so
slightly to the
right, and noticed a faded figure curled up on the floor only a
couple feet
away.
At first, it had taken Ed a couple of seconds to figure out what it was. Then, in an instant everything had come back to him.
The transmutation...Al!
Ed turned over on his stomach, and with the little strength he had, pushed himself up with his hands and forced himself up. He fell back on the floor hard and cursed aloud.
I don't have enough strength...dammit
He
again tried to stand up. This time suceeding without falling, but
wobbiling a little.
He carefully and quickly made his way to the
curled up body.
Edward fell again when he made it to the body. Tears streaming down his cold cheeks.
''Alphonse..."
Al
didn't move he just continued to whimper and shiver. Ed quickly
pulled of his blue military coat and draped it over Al's body.
Alphonse's eyes moved upward and met Ed's.
A small but unsure
smile spread across his face.
''B-brother..?''
Ed choked up a laugh. More tears rolled down his cheeks,
''Im
here Al,''
He bent down and hugged Al,
''Im here..''
Al pulled himself from Ed's warm embrace. Ed looked at him questiongly.
''Brother...did it work?...Am I in my original body again?''
Ed nodded and smiled,
''Yah, Al..It was a sucess...Everything's going to be ok..''
Alphonse
hugged Ed and began to cry aloud. Ed, with his arms in back of Al,
pulled up
the blue coat to keep Al warm. When the coat was up, Ed
let go of al and started to button up the jacket. When he was at the
last button, he straightened the collar and kissed Al lightly on the
forehead.
''C'mon. Lets go home.''
Edward
stood up and streched out his hand in order to help Al up. Al grabbed
his hand
and Ed pulled him up and put his arm under Al's and
helped him to walk. Ed looked at the short bronze and smiled.