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Al was thankful the notepad kept Ed from ranting and raving about the Colonel all night. Let alone raging on about how he always seems to just pick on him, which was true, Roy did like to pick on Ed.
The pair talked for hours about a handful that caught their attention the most. Ed ended up falling asleep on the papers, Al had to save them before Ed started to drool on them. Al carefully moved his brother to the couch placing a blanket over him, before going back to continue to look at the other imagines on the pad while his brother slept.
"Brother…" Al nudged Ed trying to wake him at noon the next day. Ed mumbled something incoherent before turning his head to the other side "You need to get up now Ed, and I made you some lunch"
"wassit?" Ed mumbled cracking an eye open at the mention of food.
Al sighed "does it matter what I made for you to eat?"
Ed nodded with a large yawn "Yes…"
"I somehow doubt you're picky over food" Al snickered hearing Ed let out a small snort before he sat up stretching "I was looking at some of her other drawings last night"
"Find anything interesting?" Ed asked with another yawn rubbing one of his eyes, trying to wake himself up.
"A few, she does draw that man a lot" Al walked to the kitchen with a sleepy Ed in toe "Too bad she didn't draw his face…"
"That creepy looking guy with the dark hair?" Ed plopped himself down on a chair at the kitchen table waiting for food.
"No, I'm guessing he's the one who showed her those arrays?" Al placed Ed's lunch in front of him, along with his glass of juice "He has lighter hair, not dark like the man she showed us yesterday. Speaking of which, the Colonel I do believe wanted the notepad for that reason"
"Oh… heh, my bad" Ed rubbed the back of his head smiling sheepishly, he did sort of steal it from him. But the man was so infuriating yesterday, saying he was jealous, what a load of bull!
"You really shouldn't be like that with him" Al really wished those two would get along.
"But he starts it!" Ed exclaimed, it only earned him a glare from Al "Okay, so sometimes I start it…" he muttered starting to eat his lunch.
"Sir, the boys are here" Hawkeye said placing an arm full of papers onto Roy's desk.
"Oh good, send them in" Roy leaned back in his chair as Hawkeye left to tell the boys to come into the office.
"Brought the notepad with us" Ed waved it in his hand walking over with Al following behind "I'd like to say we figured some stuff out, but I think we have more questions than answers at the moment"
"Is that so?" Roy watched Ed flip a few pages walking around his desk. Once he was standing next to him he placed the notepad down onto it, pointing at an array.
"Like this one for example, it's all wrong" Ed tapped at the array with his finger "I mean, it IS an array, but there is no way it could ever work" he moved his finger along one of the more important looking lines "See, this should be completely opposite then how it's drawn here. Not to mention right side up, she has it drawn upside down"
Roy studied the array a moment, Ed was right, that array would never work "Why would she even draw something like this?" this was turning into an even bigger mystery then it already was.
"We dunno, I was up most the night trying to figure the damn thing out. It doesn't make any sense" Ed glared down at the paper, he was angry and frustrated with the stupid thing. He hated not knowing something, it drove him insane.
"The only thing we came up with, before Ed fell asleep, was that man she keeps mentioning must have shown it to her" Al said watching both Roy and Ed glaring down at the paper.
"But he should know it won't work, so why bother drawing it out in the first place?" Roy narrowed his eyes down at the paper in thought. He was having second thoughts about this genius of a man, he might not be as good as they think he is.
Ed sighed "That's the thing, why even show it to her" he paused biting his lip slightly pondering a moment "Not unless maybe she remembers it wrong?" he looked down at Roy awaiting an answer.
"Perhaps… but I'm not so sure about that" Roy really hated thinking ill of the man, but it there was a slim change it could be true. But Jane didn't seem like a bad person at all.
"Um, would you mind if we kept a few pages from the notepad?" Ed was actually feeling bad for stealing it from him yesterday.
"Not at all" Roy smiled up at Ed taking note he seemed to be trying to be nice "Just make sure to leave me with the page with the darker haired man"
Ed nodded picking up the pad taking a handful of pages "So are we heading to see Jane now? Or do we need to wait longer till you finish your work?" he pointed down at the piles of paper work on Roy's desk.
"A little while…" Roy sighed taking a look at just how many piles were on his desk "I shouldn't be any longer than a half hour"
"Right, we'll come back in an hour" Ed grinned folding the papers into his jacket pocket.
"Can I help with anything?" Jane asked leaned against the counter on her elbows, trying to see what Jennifer was up too.
"You're bored aren't you?" Jennifer gave a small sigh "I'm sorry Jane but there is nothing you can do, besides you're a patient remember?"
"But, isn't there anything I can do? And I'm only a patient because I can't remember who I am. I'm still capable of helping out, I can move stuff or something" Jane was beyond bored, she couldn't and honestly didn't feel like drawing today.
"For the last time Jane, I have nothing for you to do" Jennifer was starting to get slightly annoyed, not that she didn't appreciate Jane wanting to help. Just she is a patient and patients didn't exactly do those things.
Jane sighed pushing away from the counter, still keeping a hold on it leaning back "Can I take a walk around the hospital then?"
"If it keeps you out of my hair for an hour, Yes" Jennifer caught the grin creeping up on Jane's face "If I find out you went outside, you'll get in big trouble young lady"
"I wouldn't dream of going out, it's too cold…" To tell the truth Jane really wanted to go outside so badly, being cooped up inside the hospital was making her stir crazy.
"Good, also if you take too long I'm going to personally come looking for you" Jennifer hid her grin as she saw the worried look on Jane's face "Now get going you, and stay out of trouble"
"Like I'd get into trouble" Jane laughed standing up straight letting go of the counter.
Upon turning around a small blur ran past her, making her blink confused a moment before looking to see just what it was. It appeared to be a small four year old running down the hallway towards the exit and giggling away, with his arms stretched out on either side of him.
"Christopher!" A nurse cried out running down the hallway towards them.
"I got him!" Jane suddenly yelled, bolting down the hallway after the four year old. This four year old could definitely move, no wonder the other nurse couldn't keep up!
"Jane!" Jennifer called after her, but it was too late she was already half-way down the hall.
"Weee!" Christopher giggled away running down the hallway, not even paying attention to anything else around him.
"Chris! Get back here!" Jane called after him, trying to get close enough to grab him. But he was always just out of her reach.
Just as Jane thought she was going to nab him, an empty stretcher was being moved down the hallway. Christopher squealed running underneath it with no problem heading towards the door. Jane cursed under her breath and vaulted herself over, leaving the two nurses standing there bewildered.
Once she reached the doors heading outside, she quickly spotted Christopher running down the concrete path leading to the street. Christopher only seemed to laugh more, not even realizing he was going to be in danger.
Without hesitation Jane ran towards the small boy full tilt, praying to nab him in time. Luckily for her Christopher had stopped long enough for her to catch up and grab him by the back of his shirt, pulling him backwards away from the road.
"Got'cha!" Jane ended up falling backwards onto her butt, with him held tightly in her arms.
Christopher blinked looking up at Jane, he was completely confused "Outside?"
Jane groaned and buried her face in his hair "Are you TRYING to give me a heart attack? You could have been hit by a car!"
"Jane…?"
"Huh?" Looking up to the right to see who said her name. She saw Roy, Ed, Al and another man with short blonde hair. He had a cigarette in his mouth. They were all standing at the curb looking puzzled on what was going on.
"Oh, you're early! I think…?" Jane stood up and made sure to keep a hold of Christopher so he couldn't escape.
"What are you doing? And who's that?" Roy watched the boy pout trying to squirm his way out of her arms.
"I was catching this little escapee…" Jane half tickled the small boy who let out a small giggle. She couldn't totally be mad at him, he just wanted to get out of the hospital too.
"Christopher! Jane!" Jennifer and the other nurse yelled out running towards them.
"I got the little escapee, don't worry" Jane turned around to face them smiling proudly for catching him "He's quite the runner…" she couldn't help but wonder what it must be like at his home, his parents would definitely have be on their toes with him.
"Thank goodness…!" the other nurse sighed stopping to catch her breath. That child was going to be the death of her.
"Christopher, what have I told you about running off like that?" Jennifer shook her finger at him, using a very firm voice.
"But, outside!" Christopher pouted half hiding his face in Jane's shoulder.
"I know you want to go outside kiddo, but you can't just run off like that" Jane couldn't help but chuckle, first he wanted to escape from her so bad and now he's trying to hide from Jennifer.
"Thank you for catching him Jane" Jennifer smiled reaching out to take Christopher from her.
"No prob, I had nothing better to do anyway…" Jane had to half pry him off of her, he did not want to let go "He also needs to learn that running towards the street is a bad idea"
"Christopher Maxwell! Wait until your mother hears about this!" Jennifer started to scold him making sure he couldn't squirm his way out of her arms. She turned heading towards the hospital doors.
"No! Don't tell Mommy!" Christopher cried.
"Well, if you would behave like a GOOD little boy I know you are. I wouldn't have to tell your mother about this would I?" Jennifer then disappeared into the building with the other nurse following not far behind.
"Maybe I should have kept that last part to myself…" Jane mumbled, she couldn't help but feel bad for the poor little guy, he looked more scared of his mother finding out than Jennifer scolding him.
"You chased him all the way outside?" Ed was actually impressed, she didn't even look winded.
"Hmm? Yeah, course I did. I doubt either of them would have caught him in time" Jane laughed "I think I surprised the hell out of the nurses in the hallway though" she started snickering.
"We were wondering what was going on" Al said noticing right away that Jane seemed a little different today.
"Yeah, you just appeared out of nowhere!" Havoc said in awe, he couldn't help himself but stare at her "You never told me she looked just like-" he was quickly silenced by a glare coming from Roy, and he could just feel one from his side from Ed.
"Jane, this is Second Lieutenant Havoc" Roy gestured over to Havoc who was standing next to the car.
Havoc grinned walking over to Jane taking her hand making her blink confused on what he was doing "You can call me Jean"
"Jean? Jean…" Jane trailed off finding the name so familiar, but why?
Havoc blinked wondering if he said something wrong, Jane seemed frozen in place "Um…what did I do?"
"Havoc be quiet a moment" Roy practically ordered "I think she might be remembering something…" she looked lost in thought.
None of them dared to move or speak, they didn't want to ruin the chance of her remembering something important. Jane was so still, unmoving from her spot and looking off at nothing in particular. She was concentrating so hard on something, not wanting to lose it.
Flash Back
Looking up at the counter a small six year old eyed the large cookie jar in the corner. She looked around finding a chair nearby and pushed it next to the jar before climbing up onto it. Leaning over grabbing the top setting it down quickly, she grabbed a handful of cookies getting ready to run off with them.
"BARBARA JEAN-!" A very angry woman's voice came from behind her. Turning she saw she had her hands on her hips not looking happy at all.
She cried out as the woman grabbed her, preparing to scold her and give her a good spanking.
"Barbara Jean!" Jane suddenly blurted out making all four of them jump not expecting it "My name, my name… it's Barbara Jean" she beamed and gave Havoc a large hug "thank you!"
A small blush creped over Havoc's cheek as he hugged her back "You're welcome?" he wasn't sure what he did, but it involved hugs!
"I know my name!" 'Barbara' grinned and gave the rest of the boys a big hug. Ed couldn't help but get flustered, Al was in pure bliss, a girl was hugging him! And Roy just chuckled hugging her back.
"See, I told you that you'd remember your name one of these days" Roy smiled down at her messing up her hair. He wasn't sure why he did that, but it only seemed to be with her.
"And I got to tell it to you!" Barbara couldn't stop grinning "OH! I have to go tell Jennifer!" She practically bolted to the hospital doors almost bumping into two men on her way inside.
"Hey-! Watch it!" one of the men grumbled.
"Sorry!" Barbara quickly apologized before running inside.
"She was definitely in a hurry…" the other said watching her disappear.
"Havoc, I need you to tell Hawkeye to search for a Barbara Jean" Roy watched Havoc nod and salute.
"On it, Sir!" Havoc grinned moving to the driver's side of the car "And I can see why you are so intent on coming to see her" Roy shot Havoc a glare, sending him scrambling into the car.
"What does he mean by that, Mustang?" Ed raised an eyebrow at Roy who smirked with a shrug.
"Nothing, come on lets head inside. We might be lucky and she remembered something else along with her name" Roy smiled walking towards the doors.
"Hmm…" Ed didn't believe Roy one bit, but there was no point on asking him about it. He'd just come up with some sort of an excuse, he was good at those.
"I'm sure Jane…. Er Barb is telling everyone she meets in the hospital her name" Al chuckled picturing it, she was so excited.
"You boys coming?" Roy called from the doors.
"Yeah! We're coming!" Ed yelled back heading over with Al.
The two men, whom Barbara almost crash into, watched them disappear into the hospital. They exchanged quick glances before walking over to the nearest payphone "Hey, you'll never guess who we just saw"