A/N: Hi again fanfic readers! Well I promised Chapter 2 in the next few days so here it is! Thanks to the following people for reviewing they made me happy ! ~
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Thanks reviewers! Now –cue dramatic music- CHAPTER 2!
Missions that Cross the Line
Chapter 2
Blood dripped from her limp, almost lifeless body. She had gashes on her legs and on her face. There were two massive bumps on her head along with fresh, deep cuts from which blood spilled out and down her face and over a black eye. Her clothes were rumpled and blood stained with dirt and grime on them like the rest of her body. That's just what they could see. Winry was wearing her regular outfit- a tank top, mini-skirt, and boots- with a jacket. Any wounds on her upper body were hidden.
Mustang and Hawkeye looked at her and jumped to their feet. Everyone else was just kind of stunned. They both took Winry from Ed and set her down on a couch in Roy's office. "What happened to her?" Riza asked Ed. He shook his head. "I don't know." He clenched his fist tight. "We found her-like this-," He glanced at her and a pained expression crossed his face. "In an alley."
"And you didn't think of MAYBE taking her to a hospital?" Roy demanded. "Of course I did!" The smaller man shouted at his superior. "I would have done that too if before she passed out said 'Don't take me to the hospital. We'd all get hurt….' You think I'm that dumb?" Roy looked down at him and saw his emotions clearly in his eyes. Anger, determination, and….fear? Well that was different. He looked back at the boy's mechanic and realized that Edward was just that, a boy. A boy who was worried about his friend, and without parents, brought her to the only adults he could trust. A boy who didn't know what to do.
"Havoc! Grab the first aid kit. Fuery! Shut the door." Roy barked orders and his men instantly jumped into action. He went back over to Winry and waved his Lieutenant over.
"Think you can help me with this?" He whispered in her ear so Ed didn't hear. "I doubt you could do it without me." She said taking the kit Havoc had brought to them. She pulled out rubbing alcohol, cloths, and cotton balls, which she handed to Roy. She then went over and began to remove Winry's jacket.
Ed who had been over comforting his brother looked up in time to see Winry without her jacket on and instantly became nauseous.
"Al leave." He commanded.
"Huh? Why-?"
"GO!" He screamed. Blocking his view of their friend. Al stood up and left the room. The second the door shut Ed rushed over to Winry. His face was red and he was shaking from anger. "What the hell?"
All down Winry's arms were more gashes, bruises, scrapes, and her right arm looked like it had been smashed. Her wrists had rope burn and marks as if someone bound them behind her back.
Riza went over to him. "Edward you need to calm down." She told him softly. "Calm down? Calm down? CALM DOWN? ARE KIDDING ME? DO YOU SEE THAT? YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN?"
Instead of snapping at him Hawkeye put a hand on his shoulder. "This isn't helping Edward. You can't act like that when she wakes up, and we need to clean and bandage her wounds before then. I don't think you want her to be up while we do that since it won't be pleasant." Ed hung his head at her words. She put her other hand on his other shoulder. "We're going to take care of her Edward. It's going to be all right. Promise." He nodded. She took her hands off his shoulders and sunk down to the floor beside the Colonel.
Riza went back over to Winry to clean her wounds before they got infected or worse she woke up.
Roy was semi-stunned at his aide's actions towards the elder of the Elric brothers. Almost motherly. He shook it off quickly. He'd think about that later, now he needed to focus on the matter at hand. Quickly and as gently as they could Mustang and Hawkeye cleaned the young girls cuts and bandaged her larger wounds. Roy put a pillow under her head and put an ice pack on there for the bump. Riza threw a blanket over her and turned to Ed.
"That's the best we can do. Now, do you want to explain how this happened to her?" Ed, who was still on the floor, shook his head. "I don't know. She was out yesterday afternoon looking at the automail stores in town and didn't come home. Al and I didn't realize that till this morning and went out looking for her. We were walking past an alley when something hit me in the foot. I glanced down and saw it was a wrench." He sighed. "I instantly recognized it as the one that loves to crash into my skull and looked down the alley. At first I didn't see her, I could only see some of her hair and didn't know who it was. When I walked and saw who it was I picked her up and started running." He explained but his voice was strained. This was really crushing him.
"And you brought her here because she told you not to go to the hospital?" Havoc asked. The blonde boy nodded. "She also said not to call the authorities but I had to take her somewhere." Falman nodded. "And that's all you know?" Ed nodded sadly. "You really can't blame yourself Fullmetal." Mustang said trying to comfort him.
"Yes I can! I should have checked on her last night! Then I would've known she was still gone and found her before this! Or I should've just gone with her! I shouldn't have let her go out alone in a place she wasn't familiar with!" He yelled looking up at last, eyes burning.
Just then Winry stirred. Everyone turned their attention to her. "She'll be awake soon Edward." Roy told him. "It's your call if you want to let Alphonse back in." Ed looked from the door to Winry and then Roy. His gaze fell to the floor again. "He doesn't need to see this. I've put him through to much as it is." Everyone nodded in acknowledgement. Edward stood up and kneeled by his friend before taking her hand.
Silence filled the room as they waited for the blonde, teenage, mechanic to wake up and- hopefully- explain.
A/N: Chapter 2! This one was much longer so yay! Next chapter will be Winry telling them what happened. Any predictions? I'd love to know what you think so send me a review if you can. Thanks to those who reviewed Chapter 1 and I hope you like this one. This actually proves why you shouldn't read fanfics before you go to sleep. ^^THIS is what you'll dream.^^ Or maybe it's just my subconscious that's wacked up. –shrug- Oh well. COOKIES TO ALL THAT REVIEW! :P