A/N: I dont Own any FMA characters other than the OCC's provided in my story. Enjoy the story otherwise and try not to flame my work, im trying to do good quailty work. This chapter is like the last mostly with Ed's POV but occasional Winry POV.

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BEHIND THE SCENCE

Ed: w00t im the hero

Winry: whatever you say Edward

Zaki: I will maintain a realistic assessment of my strength and weaknesses.
Even though this takes some fun out of the job, at least I will never utter
the line "No, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!!!" (After that, death is
usually instantaneous.)

Ed: But I am Invincible

Zaki: No your not

Ed: auuhhhggghhh -attacks Zaki and begins fight-

Winry: Ignore them but enjoy the installment -smiles-

Ed gasped deeply, the stress and shock quickly hit him, " But how..." he questioned the existence of the man above him. The man lifted his foot and began to lower quickly onto Ed's chest attempting to crush his chest, Ed only faintly clapped and touched the ground, feeling the air being pushed out of his lungs, his alchemy began to work as several stalagmites shot out of the ground, impaling into the foreigner. Ed tilted his head back slowly and passed out as the man was stuck with the pillars of earth embedded in him, just letting the blood run down the tangled dirt and mud.

Winry did not want to leave Ed's side. "Ed I can't leave you, you are in no condition to fight!" She looked at him and he changed his arms and legs so he could move. When Ed said that they weren't as good as hers she smiled and laughed inside for of course he was right.

He will be okay, I am sure of it. Winry then took off and headed away from her house. She could see all of here memories fading as her house burnt. "Oh no, all my automail!" The fight with Ed began to get intense as Winry watched. Ed was good, really good. Winry had never really seen him in battles and was glad that he was okay. Winry continued to watch until it was all over, until both had fallen to the ground. Running as fast as she could over to Ed she yelled "Ed are you all right?" She came up to him and checked to make sure he was okay, letting her hand drift to his neck to check his pulse, he looked like he took a hard blow.

Ed looked up to see the young lavish automail mechanic. " I wouldn't have gotten beaten up this bad if I had your automail, this stuff is horrible" Ed said chuckling softly . " Well at least your safe along with Pinako and Al, I can help fix up your house later" Ed smiled faintly, slowly lifting his head up then looking to the side as blood slowly ran throughout his teeth, dripping out of his mouth. Alphonse quickly made it back to his brother's side, " We need to go to East Brother, Hughes can help us" he said scratching his helmet, " Your sister is there Winry" Al said happily referring to little Elica.

"Ed you idiot, you sure you are all right, that was a foolish thing to do you know." She examined his body, he was in very poor shape. "We need to get you somewhere safe" as if she ignored Al, but was listening to him, for the Hughes house is a good idea." And I can't wait to see Elica." Winry smiled at Al thinking of the young girl. "Good its settled then we travel to the Hughes" Ed smirked, he would now have to suffer a barrage of pictures and his slacker attitude. Ed began to push himself back up from the ground, " Let get going the State should be here to examine the body" Ed said looking over to the fallen man, slowly the beating of the rain began to stop and the feeling of death fading.

Ed grabbed Winry's soft hand, getting completely up and falling onto her from the weak automail. "Sorry" Ed said blushing quickly, getting back up as Winry aided him. " Mustang isn't gonna like this" Ed said thinking about the Flame Alchemist being positioned in the East. " I can already hear what the smart remarks, "What you got injured you should have had me there, and where did you run off to ow i didn't see u behind the papers there Ed ha ha" Ed said sarcastically enthusiastic. The brute strength alchemist walked closer, " I manage to recover these Edward" Armstrong said revealing Winry's tools, as her eyes glistened. Riza quickly pulled in with a car and opened the door as Ed ducked under the door and into the vehicle.

"No problem." Winry blushed badly as well. She helped straighten Ed back up and helped him get in the civilian car. "You do realize that you have really messed up your automail, my beautiful automail." Winry said as she scanned his right arm. "The nerves have to be replaced and the socket joints too," she began to speak her Engineer jargon.

"This is gonna hurt readjusting those joints int it" Ed looked over to Winry with much enthusiasm as he knew the answer already. " Sir Ed Elric, we have some news" Hawkeye's said turning around, "What is it Hawkeye" Ed turned to the female solider, looking at her rather confused. " Its a folder from Corneal Hughes" Hawkeye said slowly grasping onto the yellow folder and, passing it to Ed. Winry eyes slowly glanced at the folder, "Winry you should look away its Military business" Ed said tearing off the sticker that sealed it shut as he lifted the cover. Winry merely kept looking at it, " Come on you never tell me these things" she sighed using the guilt trap. " That obsessed idiot..." Winry and Ed looked as it was a picture of Elica gently slide out of the pile of documents.

Ed was about to read the files until something hit him, "Where's Major Armstrong" Ed asked Lt. Hawkeye. "Behind us..." she said rather annoyed, as she looked over in the mirror and began to push it straightening it out. Ed slowly poked his head outside the window to see Armstrong only a few feet behind the car dashing using his infamous Armstrong running that has been passed down through generations and generations. "Here we are we must stop here its a small old military establishment, I don't want to travel in the night because of threats and dangers toward you Edward." Hawkeye commanded, pulling into a driveway.

Ed began to get out and put his hand out to help Winry out of the old car. Ed thought for another moment as something else was on the edge of his tongue ' I swear I forgot something' he said pressing his other finger against his lip.

Meanwhile Twenty Miles back...

"They forgot me" Al moaned, being investigated by the newly arrived state soldiers.

A/N: Sorry for a short chapter but I do have my life and priorities, but ill will continue on adding more of my work, until my next installment farwell.