A/N: Alright, I was very mean to Ed in this chapter. But come on! Who wouldn't go crazy by seeing those things? TELL ME! Just hope that Roy will be able to help him… THANKS FOR YOUR REVIEWS!


CHAPTER 2: Facing the Horror

Edward stood up and stared at the white human silhouette in front of him. "What do you want?" he yelled.

"Come on, Edward. Can't you recognize your own mother?" Trisha said as she walked towards Ed.

His face softened. "M…mom?"

"But look what did you did to me." His mother turned into that creature from the failed human transmutation.

No…this can't be happening…

The creature continued walking towards him. "Does someone do that to their own mother?"

"NO! Stay away from me! You're not my mom! You're not real!" Edward walked backwards till he hit the wall and fell on the floor. He grabbed a broom that was next to him and waved it in front of him.

"Stop it! Get away from me!"

Roy Mustang held Ed by the shoulders and shook him. "EDWARD! Snap out of it!"

Ed started screaming. "No! Let me go!"

His mother's figure turned to Nina and Alexander's chimera form.

"Big brother, wanna play? Come on, let's play!"

Edward started trembling in fear, tears rolling down his eyes.

"No…You're dead! It's not true! It's not real! You're not real!"

Edward slipped away from Roy's grasp and started running towards the door. It was like he couldn't see anyone at the moment and fear had taken over him.

"Brother?" Alphonse said as he saw his brother come out of the Colonel's office as if someone was chasing him.

"Al…Alphonse?"

Al looked at his brother in surprise. The last time he'd seen those fear-filled eyes in his brother was when they tried human transmutation and Alphonse was disappearing. "What's wrong, brother?"

Roy came up behind Edward. "He's hallucinating! Catch him before he runs away Alphonse!"

"What?"

Ed shook with fear and hopelessness as Alphonse's armor began to melt.

"Look. This is what you did to me." Alphonse said as he turned into a molten lump of metal on the ground.

"N-no! Al…Alphonse! Alphonse! NO! This isn't real! It's not happening!" Edward said as he tried to reach out but he knew he couldn't do anything.

As his brother's blood seal melted in front of his eyes, Alphonse's molten arm reached out and pointed at him. "I…hate…you…"

Roy grabbed Ed by the arm and tried to pull him towards himself. But Ed hadn't even noticed.

"Al….Alphonse… ALPHONSE! NO!" Edward pushed away Roy, and began running towards the exit.

It's not real. It's just a nightmare. I'll wake up soon. I just have to. It's not true. Please…

He bumped into someone and fell on the floor. He looked up.

It was Maes Hughes's corpse. Nearly skeletal, bits of skin peeling here and there and those scary dead lifeless eyes.

"This is all your fault." Hughes said to him. Ed began screaming hysterically.

"Mr. Elric?" Armstrong looked at him in wonderment.

Ed turned around on the floor and tried to crawl away on his knees. "Please…you're dead…I..I.." he stuttered.

"Major Armstrong! He's hallucinating! You have to grab him before him before he harms himself!"

"Okay…"

Edward started screaming once again as he felt someone grab and lift him up from behind.

"Let go of me! NO! YOU'RE DEAD! This is only a nightmare! I'll wake up soon!" he yelled as he punched struggled in the grip of Maes Hughes's corpse. It sounded as if he was trying to make himself believe those words without effort.

"No, it isn't. Since you're the one that caused my death, I decided to bring you back with me to my grave. I can't see my wife or Elicia in that dark place. It's lonely in there, you know?"

"Sir, maybe you should restrain him till he calms down. You'll get nowhere like this." Hawkeye appeared next to the Colonel and Alphonse, looking pretty concerned. "And maybe blindfold him too…"

"Brother! Listen to me! Please!"

But Edward didn't even notice him.

"Good idea, lieutenant. Alphonse, can you call a doctor?" Colonel asked.

"Alright." Alphonse said and headed for the phone booth.

"Major, carry him to the medical room."

Edward screamed, kicked, punched but soon he was strapped to a bed.

"What do you want from me?! Let me go! I didn't do anything! PLEASE!"

Roy grabbed a cloth and tied it over the hysteric boy's eyes in worry.

"Please Edward, it'll be over soon. Just calm down. Please..."

Ed couldn't see or hear Hughes anymore and he couldn't move. "Let me go! What do you want from me?!" he yelled as he struggled against his binds.

Meanwhile, the rest of Roy's team including Denny Brosh and Maria Ross had arrived in the room as well.

"Tell us, Ed. Tell us how you killed my best friend. Tell us how you killed your mother. Tell us how you killed your brother. After all, it's your fault." said the Colonel's voice.

"NO! I didn't kill them! PLEASE! I didn't kill anyone! Let go! Please stop this! PLEASE!"

"What's happening to him?" Havoc said as he threw his cigarette in the trash, filled with worry.

Roy Mustang sat down on the other bed and shook every time Ed yelled for it to stop. He lowered his head and began to think.

"You know maybe it'll be for the best if we just knock him out..." Falman suggested. "I can't stand seeing him like this. What could have happened?"

"It's like someone's torturing him." Fuery added.

"Knocking him out seems like the best idea." Breda said.

"NO! We have to wait till the doctor gets here!" Roy spoke sternly.

Alphonse entered the room. "He said he'll be here in ten minutes..." he spoke while staring at his brother thrashing widely, doing anything he could to get himself out of his binds. "Brother…"

"Alphonse?"

"Huh?"

"Did something happen yesterday that Edward didn't tell me?"

Al started talking without taking his eyes of his brother. "We separated to search the place. He went upstairs and I stayed below. I didn't find anything so I went upstairs to find my brother. In one of the rooms, there was a clean chair facing a clean window. Then in the room next to it, was my brother looking at some dusty and empty jars and test tubes. He told me that there was a woman who came here time to time to sit by the window and watch the view but she didn't have anything to do with the rumors. He was also clutching his wrist and when I asked him about it, he told me it was a bug bite. He was quiet for the rest of the ride and continued holding his wrist till we got to the hotel."

"He was holding it this morning when he came into my office too." Colonel said as he stood up and ran next to Edward's side. Ed started screaming once again once Roy grabbed his wrist.

Roy Mustang pushed up the left sleeve of his red coat to find a tiny little red mark.

"That's no bug bite. It's a needle mark. He was given an injection."


A/N: So… is Ed ever going to stop seeing those scary stuff? What will Roy and the others do? Please review and tune in for the next chapter! Or I'll send Pride after yous!