A train explosion left 37 people dead and 47 injured. The rest walked away with cuts and bruises. Edward was one of the 47 who were hospitalized after the explosion. No one knew why the train exploded but after it happened, about half of the survivors were temporarily deaf. Ed couldn't hear anything. Not even his brothers voice.

"Alphonse" Ed said weekly as he wakes up from his nap at the hospital. Al looks over to see Ed with tears in his eyes.

"Nii-san, can you hear me?" Al asked, moving his hands to show he was speaking. Tears spilled over Eds cheeks. He couldn't hear Al's voice, the only way to know he was there.

"I can't hear you Alphonse" Ed said. The tears stream down his neck as he flops back on his pillow. "I can't hear you." Ed says again

Al just sat there and looked at Ed. He watched Ed fall asleep. He felt so alone. He did every night but it was different now. He couldn't even talk to his brother.

Ed woke up and looked over at Al. "Good morning Al." Al looked up and stood. He walked over to his brothers bed side.

"NII-SAN CAN YOU HEAR ME. I'M SO ALONE. PLEASE SAY SOMETHING TO ME. I MISS YOU. PLEASE TALK TO ME" Al yelled and moved his hands. Ed didn't know what he was saying. Tears pooled in his eyes again.

"NII-SAN PLEASE JUST TALK TO ME. I CANT STAND IT" Al yells again.

"I can't hear you Al. I can't. I'm sorry" Ed looks down at his lap. Al just sits there wishing he could cry.

"Alphonse" Ed says looking at his brother. "Please, make me feel happy" Ed said in a whisper. Al nods and lightly hugs Ed in his arms. He wished Ed could hear him. Ed and Al sit there for a while. Ed finally moves.

"Al. I... Please." Ed said. he didn't know what to say. He didn't know how to voice what he wanted. Al hugged him tighter wishing he could cry.

"Al..." Ed said looking up. Al looked down and Ed took his hand. Ed held his hand to his chest and spoke softly.

"I'm sorry Al. I can't hear you and i bet you want to cry. All i can do is talk and not hear your voice. I want to so bad, but i can't. Your voice has always made me happy Al. It has always made me want to smile. Do you remember that day where you heard me humming to myself?" Ed looked into Als glowing red eyes. Al nodded and Ed smiled.

"That song. You said you wanted to hear it some day. How about today?" Ed asked, he saw Al nod and he smiled.

"How can I repay you, brother mine?
How can I expect you to forgive?
Clinging to the past
and shed our blood, and shattered your chance to live

Though I knew the laws, I paid no heed
How can I return your wasted breath?
What I did not know has cost you dear,
For there is no cure for death

Beautiful Mother,
Soft and sweet, once you were gone
We were not complete
Back through the years
We reached for you

Alas t'was not meant to be

And how can I make amends for all that I took from you?
I led you with hopeless dreams
My brother, I was a fool

Don't cry for the past now, brother mine
Neither you nor I are free from blame
Nothing can erase the things we did,
For the path we took was the same

Beautiful Mother,
Soft and sweet, once you were gone
We were not complete
Back through the years
We reached for you

Alas t'was not meant to be

My dreams made me blind and mute
I longed to return to that time
I followed without a word
My brother, the fault is mine

So, where do we go from here?
And how to forget and forgive?
What's gone is forever lost
Now, all we can do is live"

By the end of the song Ed had tears flowing down his face. Al sat in shock at the song. He always knew Ed was good at singing but he realized his voice was beautiful. Al wished he could cry as Ed sang his song to him. Ed's sobs quieted and he spoke softly.

"I made that up." Ed said. Ed sat up and slung his feet over the bed side.

"I'm going to the roof" Ed said. Alphonse didn't see it but Ed had snapped. Al fallowed Ed to the stairs. Ed stood in the center of the cement roof looking up at the sky. Tears streaked his face and a mad grin spread across his lips. Alphonse watched his brother through the crack in the door. Ed looked down and picked up some metal. Dragging it along the ground, Ed started laughing.

Finally finished Ed looked down, still smiling like a mad man. "Its done. Finally, it's over. I have spent my life being strong for others while I was really the weakest of them all. I killed Alphonse then chained him to armor. I couldn't lose him but if I were strong, I would of let his soul live in peace. Maybe. This will work." Ed said. By the time Ed had stopped talking to himself Al was standing behind him. He didn't look down to see what Ed had drawn. Ed turned around and saw Al.

A new mad smile spread across his lips and Ed clapped his hands. Placing them down on the drawing he spoke.

"Bye Alphonse." Ed started laughing like a madman and Al finally saw it. A human transmutation circle. Ed started desolving in thin air. Al didn't move. Al looked down finally to see his armor eroding away. Ed's smile was the last to vanish and then Al's armor.

"Where am I?" The small boy asked. He looked up to see a doctor.

"You are in the hospital. We found you on the roof." He said. He sat up with the doctors help and looked in the mirror across his bed. He screamed loudly, startling the doctor.

"EDWARD!" He yelled, trying to get off the bed.

"EDWARD!" He yelled again. The doctor held him down.

"WHERE IS EDWARD?" The boy asked. He finally calmed down and was allowed to sit up.

"I'm fine. Can I please go?" He asked quietly, looking at his body to see it was healthy and clean. The doctor nodded and handed him a set of cloths that was on the roof. He walked to the bathroom to change. Pulling on the black pants and shirt, then the red coat. He put his hands in his pocket to feel something.

"A note." He muttered and read it.

"Alphonse, If you are reading this, then you are alive. I would check your body for an ouroboros tattoo if I were you. I'm gone now and you can live your life. You have a few philosopher stones in you. I love you Alphonse. Love Edward."

Alphonse read it and cried. He was a homunculus and alive while Edward was gone forever.