There is an old wives's tale that states when you sneeze, somebody is talking about you. Maes Hughes never believed in that sort of crap. Until he died, that is.
Lt. Col., excuse me, Brig. Gen. Hughes' soul looked at the enormous gate in front of him. "Heaven's not all its cracked up to be, eh?" he says to himself. His nose twitches, once, twice. All of a sudden, AAAAA-CHOO!! His soul is whipped through the gate to an unknown destination...
"He visits us way to much, then complains that he has too much work to do."
"Don't be so hard on him Ed." commented Al.
"Don't be so hard on him? What are you saying Al? He is obsessed with his kid, plus, he's annoying!" Shouted Ed.
Alphonse sighed. "He's helped us out more than once, you know."
"When?" Ed asked.
"Umm.. Well, maybe it was us that helped him. But still! Lt. Col. Hughes is a good person and you know that."
"Yeah I guess."
Ed looked out the window. He saw something out of the corner of his eye. "Hughes?" he whispered to himself. It was definitely the Lt. Col., and he was waving. It hit him that the Lt. Col. was waving...goodbye? He opened the window and stuck his head out to investigate. Nothing was there.
"What the hell?" thought the spirit of the person once known as Lt. Col. Maes Hughes. He was at an unoccupied train station. A train passed, and the spirit saw one of his old friends, the Fullmetal Alchemist looking out the window. He had an annoyed expression on his face. Something nagged at his memories. Then it came to him; Fullmetal was often annoyed with him for some odd reason. Then a memory from many years ago appeared. It was his mother chatting to her friend about sneezing, and how it meant someone far away was talking about you. Could that have happened just now?
And like a sneeze, the moment came and gone. Maes Hughes passed on.
A/N: OK, weird, I know, but click on the little purple button and review please?