Mock Crash

Special thanks to: BandGeek99: Oh. Well yes, that is a little different, isn't it? hehe, thanks for reviewing!

FullmetalFan16: Here... is... more...

Moonlight Tiger: Thank you lots :D

Gothic-Romantic99: 1) Thanks :) I do try. And really? I just wrote how I thought that they might act after being in a mock crash, 'cause I know that mine just really made me think. Mostly about this, but still. 2) Are you ebing sarcastic? I mean, for real? Did you really not expect that ending? :D Thanks, and I thought that if they're teased and he knows about it, what else should he think? 3) Very intense! XD Don't worry too much about Al, he just needs to heal. Some things need to happen before he can wake up. Foreshadowing? Nah... ;) And that's exactly how I feel about them! XD

As a Jester Fool and Joker: As it should be. I just figured that I'd let you know it's awesome. :) Yay Ed lost his arm? Thanks for explaining that, but that's mean... 0.o

St. Iggy: No story at all, I agree. And yes. It would be very short. And very boring, I'd say. 'Cause he'd probably only have an automail leg. :p

AtasukiMemberShadow: Thank you :) Agreed, poor Al... :'(

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A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update! I literally got stuck right in the beginning of this chapter; I didn't know how to start it! And then, just 3 lines in I got stuck... but hey, I was trying. That's the important thing, right?

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything in this story besides Charissa from last chapter but she's hardly important.

"Mommy, Mommy! What's that noise? It's loud, make it stop!"

Gracia Hughes raised her eyebrows at her little daughter. "Don't worry darling, I've got it. Hello, Hughes Residence. May I ask who's calling?" she said automatically. She heard a deep, pain-filled sigh, and then a friendly voice say, "Hey Gracia. I need a favor."

Gracia sighed heavily. She smiled. "Roy. Why are you calling now? After almost two months? We were starting worry." She said. She switched the phone to her other ear and turned to glance down at Roy's goddaughter.

"Sorry, Gracia. A lot's happened, especially with the boys around."

Gracia could hear his fond tone as he spoke about those two. She smiled a little as well, and took up the seat beside the phone. She'd never gone to visit them at Roy's, but they had stayed with them after a bout with an abusive family that her husband Maes had saved them from. "Okay, hun. What's the favor?"

"I… un… I need you and the family to come out here. To the hospital. Just ask for me and they'll let you up right away. Please…"

Gracia froze her playing with the leather of the chair. "Wh… the hospital? The… oh, you stupid man, how are the boys? When did it happen? Are you all right? I… I…" she didn't know what to say. She honestly hoped that maybe Roy had just gotten a bad case of the flu; he sounded weak enough. But she knew that such wasn't true. He wouldn't be calling for the whole family if it were just him that was hurt.

"I'll be okay, but right now I guess I'm struggling. Um… the boys… Edward's awake and everything, and he's in… he's in counseling right now. Alphonse hasn't… not yet. He's not awake and hasn't woken since the crash."

Gracia's eyes widened. She heard, faintly, in the background: "Gracia, are you alright? Who's on the phone?" from her husband, who had just gotten out of the shower and was still drying off his hair. "Crash…" she breathed. "You… you bastard! You weren't drinking again, were you? How could you? I don't know why, but I thought those boys meant something to you! Why would you drink when they were in the car?" she screamed. She stood, only to find that was a bad idea and crash to her knees seconds later. "Gracia!" her husband cried.

"It's not… not like that! Of course I wasn't drinking, what do you think I am; stupid? The other guy was drinking…"

"Oh? And who is this other guy?" Gracia snarled. She felt completely out of line- especially to an injured person- but who cared?

"I don't know? He was driving a big green truck and he just about killed all three of us! At the moment, Alphonse is lucky to be alive…"

Tears started to fall out of her eyes. "F-fine… just… just tell me what room you are in, and we'll head out there. Are you in that Midwest General? Just a second, let me grab a pad…" she scrambled toward the hutch, where she had quite a few pens and pencils sitting around and a number of pads. "Okay, go ahead… nhnn… okay. I've got it." Gracia tucked the pencil behind her ear and sighed in relief. "We'll be down there soon. Tell the boys that we love them, and hope that they feel better soon. Yes, all right, the boy, but tell Alphonse as well. Bye Roy. Yes, yes. Bye-bye." She hung up the phone and set it back in its cradle. She smiled up at Maes, who stood, watching her in confusion.

"Roy? As in, Mustang? Why did he call?" Maes asked. He lifted his hand to wipe her tears from her eyes.

Gracia quickly wrapped her arms around him, and sat against his warm chest. "There was an accident, Maes. That he and the boys were in. It must have been bad; Alphonse hasn't woken up yet. Roy wants us to come down." She whispered.

"He needs us to…"

"Probably just for some support for the boys. He didn't explain much, but Ed's in counseling and Roy probably will be too." Gracia said. She sank down to the floor.

Maes crouched with her. "But they're alright?"

"Roy and Ed are, I'm not sure about Al. But he hasn't woken up yet."

"As you said."

"Nhnn… should I pack Elysia's clothes? Roy wants all three of us to come down."

"You do that. I'll pack ours." They went their separate ways; Maes to their shared room, and Gracia to Elysia's. Little Elysia followed her mother closely. "Mommy, why are you crying? Who was on the ringing thing?" the tiny girl asked her. She was already four; and hadn't seen her two big brothers in a full year, since they'd stayed with them.

Gracia went to the closet to grab a luggage for her daughter and then slid into the girl's room. "Your Uncle Roy was on the phone, honey. He and your brothers were in an accident. We have to go down to meet them to make sure that they're okay."

"A accident? What were they in a accident for?"

"I can assure you darling, that's the last thing that they wanted to have happen. How about you help me pack some clothes for you so that we can get going sooner?" Gracia offered softly.

Elysia put her hand on her chin to think for a moment. Then, "okay Mommy! Can I play with little big brother Ed and big brother Al?"

Tears filled Gracia's eyes again. Oh, would Elysia be heartbroken… "You might be able to play with Edward, but Alphonse is very tired. He has a lot of sleep that he needs to catch up on. So we cannot disturb him."

"Aye aye, Mommy!"

The ride was quiet and seemed to be the longest ride that Gracia had ever been in. The first place that they went to was the hospital before checking in anywhere. As Roy said, they were immediately allowed up. Once in the room, they noticed Roy on one of the beds and Ed on the other. Ed had his back facing Roy, and Roy seemed to be trying to get him to talk to him.

They finally caught his attention and he smiled at them, turning to face him. Elysia would have screamed if Maes hadn't realized that she was about to and grabbed her, pushing her against his leg.

The entire left side of Roy's face was bandaged- from his chin to his forehead and going all of the way around past his ear.

"What…"

"This? It's nothing. I… somehow, something must have gotten into my eye and destroyed it; I can't see anything out of it now. My whole left side is burned too." Roy explained, turning away from his annoyed charge.

"So you're blind?" Elysia demanded.

"Only in one eye."

Elysia shuddered against her father. "…That's creepy. Little big brother Ed! Where's brother Al?" she said, noticing Edward sitting cross-legged on his bed, turned away from them. She went over to him… and did scream. "Your arm!"

"Don't make a fuss, Elysia, there are other patients…" Roy groaned, fearing his friends being kicked out.

Edward turned away from her too. He winced when Gracia approached him. "Oh honey, what happened to your arm?" she asked.

"It got ripped off? I don't know, I didn't feel it. I just know that before the crash it was there and after the crash it wasn't."

Immediately, Gracia seated herself behind him and pulled him back into a hug. "Mrs. Hughes… please…" the boy whimpered, sounding very much unlike himself. Gracia ignored him, softly petting his head. "Oh, this crash did all three of you in, didn't it honey? You poor little thing."

Edward started to fume, but Gracia pulling him back into a hug settled him. Tears filled his eyes, and he nodded. "yeah, it did…" he agreed.

Roy watched the exchange, ignoring the tears in his eye. He glanced up when Maes called his name. "Hmm?"

"Why was he ignoring you?"

"…Cause he seems to think that it's my fault, like I wanted the damn thing to happen." Roy said, earning himself a smack and a snarl from Maes. Thankfully, Elysia wasn't paying him any attention.

"Well, if you'd been watching the road and paying attention then I wouldn't be blaming you, bastard!"

"Ed!"

"Why is it always me that wasn't paying attention? There was another one in the crash! He was the one drunk off of his mind!"

"So if you'd noticed, you coulda stopped!"

"Pretty sure that when a person's that drunk they're going to find someone to crash into anyway!"

"Then why was it us?"

"How in the heck should I know?"

Edward made a motion to cross his arms, finally just wrapping his left arm around his chest. He leaned back on the bed and groaned, "ah, life sucks."

Roy sighed, but he nodded, agreeing with his foster son. "Yes. Yes it does."

That wasn't as good as I wish it was, but I just wanted to get this updated. So, how was it? Thanks for reading! Please review!

~YAJJ