Mock Crash
A/N: That's right, you read right. Mock Crash is finally being updated!
Special thanks to: Fluehatraya, awesomenaruto, Cartoon Cow, mizzybizzy, Joker Oak, Fireena, DeathBySugarCube, zeldawolf2000, Morgan Roxas White (you silly reviewer, you), _, bronze andromeda shun
Disclaimer: Don't own FMA.
"Hello, Garfiel Auto-mail Prosthetics, this is Winry speaking."
Roy hissed a praise that he had gotten hold of the girl that both Riza and Charissa had recommended. He was at the hospital, on his cell phone, resting against the brick wall just outside of it. After all, cell phones were not allowed inside the hospital. "Yes, hello Winry. My name is Roy Mustang, and I'm calling on behalf of my… son. Edward Elric. Recently, we were in a crash and he lost a limb. We've already discussed it, and he's said more than once that he wants auto-mail." He explained.
Winry yawned on the other side. "Alright, sir. I can get that taken care of as soon as possible. If you would just come down here to Rush Valley, I can get it built and adjusted in a few weeks." She said tiredly. Roy heard her scratching on something, he figured it must be a notepad.
Roy sighed, and she seemed to hear. "Is there a problem, sir?"
"No… well, yeah, actually. You see, Edward's younger brother was in the crash as well and he was put in a coma from it… and he hasn't woken up yet. Edward will barely go a few miles from the hospital to sleep at home, let alone a days worth of travel by train!"
"Oh. Well, I'm afraid that I won't be able to build it there, so…"
"That's quite alright, actually. Would it work if I told you the measurements?" Roy offered.
Winry took a second to think, and then nodded. "Yes, Mr. Mustang. It should. Now, first off, what does he need replaced?"
"His right arm."
"Okay. Do you know his height and the length of his arm and the length of what needs to be replaced?"
"Um… well… promise not to make fun of him. He's very sensitive about his height. So…"
Winry sighed, and Roy could hear her nod. "I promise I won't make fun of him." She assured.
"Um… alright. He's… he's 4 foot 11. I can check what his arm is, if you'll give me a second." Roy made to go talk to a nurse, until he heard, "wait." "…What?"
"…How old is Edward?"
"…16… why? Hey, you promised not to pick on him for it!"
"Can't I just laugh a little?"
"…" Roy couldn't deny that even he himself had laughed more than once and had taunted the boy on his height. "When you hang up you can laugh all you want." He decided.
"Yes sir!"
Chuckling, Roy went inside to get Ed's measurements. Once he was sure of them, he told Winry, who couldn't help but spurt off a giggle, to which Roy responded with, "hey now, be nice."
"Sorry, sorry. Alright. Tell me this number, we don't have caller I.D…." she only sounded partially upset by this, "and I'll call you when this is done!"
After he told her, she blew him an innocent little kiss and said, "alright, Mr. Mustang sir! I will see you later! Kk, bye-bye! Tell Edward and his brother that I say 'bye' too! Call you when it's done!" she giggled and hung up.
"Goodbye…" Roy tucked his phone back in his pocket and stepped inside to head up to Al's room, where Ed was most likely sleeping against his bed.
Ed had his head in his arms, nearly asleep on his brother's bed when Roy walked in.
"Ed? I called Winry. She's going to build your arm and come up here." He said.
Edward opened his eyes and lifted his head, as though barely hearing the man speak. He blinked at the black-haired man. "Okay… thank you…"
Roy raised his eyebrows and pulled up a chair beside him. He set a hand on his back and started rubbing it softly. "Edward, what's bothering you?" he breathed.
Ed shook his head and wouldn't respond.
"Edward. Just tell me, maybe I can help?" Roy insisted.
Again Ed shook his blond head. "No. You can't, I don't think." He said. He noticed Roy giving him a prying look and finally sighed, "…it's Al. I…" he took a deep breath and his face twisted. "What if he doesn't wake up? What if he never ever wakes up again? Or he does, but it's years into the future? What if I'm dead when he does?" Edward's golden eyes were frantic.
Roy sighed. "You won't be dead. Me, maybe, but not you." He assured.
"But then he won't have anyone to live with! You can't die!"
"Look, I won't die then either! We'll all live forever! But what am I supposed to say?"
Ed wrapped his left arm around his chest and huffed out of his nose. "I… don't know… I guess that… it's getting to me." He said.
Roy sighed and stroked Ed's head softly, playing once again with the soft braid. Ed growled a little but didn't make him let go. "I know. It's been getting to all of us; even Riza. But it'll be just fine, I promise. He'll wake up, you'll get auto-mail, and it'll all turn out wonderfully. Promise."
"Oh? How do you know?"
"Well… like I've said before, not much worse can happen, right?"
"…"
"Something good has to happen. And it will. We'll all be one big, happy family."
Ed sighed and shook his head, but he offered his foster father a small smile none the less. "I'm sure we will. All four of us."
Black Hayate barked loudly inside Riza's car as she climbed out of it, parked in the parking lot closer to town. She looked up at the starch white building, just as white as everything inside, and found herself pinpointing where Alphonse's room was. She could barely make out the forms of someone else in there… but was it Roy or a doctor? More than anything she hoped it was Roy but… either way, someone was up with Alphonse. Someone good, she hoped.
Black Hayate hopped out of the car once Riza let him out and did a circle, barking excitedly. Riza had gotten permission to have Black Hayate in the garden outside of the hospital, and Ed and Roy would be coming down to meet her there soon. Hayate continued doing circles beside her, barking, apparently bored. She just rolled her eyes at the pup.
"Riza!"
Riza lifted her hand in greeting as the black-haired man that she'd come to meet waved from the sidewalk. She tugged on Hayate's leash to pull him out of the loops and started running toward them.
Ed stood a little wobbly on his busted auto-mail leg, but he knelt to pet Hayate as they came up.
"Hi, Riza." Said Roy kindly.
"Afternoon." Riza replied curtly. "Alphonse getting better?"
"I think so. He hasn't woken up yet. 'Course, not that I'm that surprised. He did get hurt pretty badly."
Riza could tell that he was trying to look on the bright side of things. She thought it was kind of cute. She turned down to Ed, who was working his fingers behind Hayate's ears. The dog was practically worshipping him, the way he was lifting his head toward him. "This is Black Hayate, Ed. He's my dog. Just call him Hayate." She said.
"Hey, Hayate… You know, you should get a cat. Al loves cats. They're pretty cool." Ed muttered, his hand roughly passing through Hayate's fur.
Riza shrugged. "Never really tried out a cat before. I've mostly only had dogs."
"They're snuggly. Er, Al says. You know, 'cause he's a fan of that stuff."
Both adults chuckled. Roy leaned over and hooked his arm with Ed's, pulling the kid up. "Come on, you can play with him in the garden. Sound okay?"
"…Sure."
Meanwhile, Al's vitals started shimmering, only a little, flickering. He was stressed, the doctors would have said. For the first time in a full month, a pair of bronze, blurry eyes opened… to a very empty room.
Goodness, where was his brother? Where was Roy? Where was he?
And why the hell did he feel so empty inside?
So maybe it's not the best ending. I still like the way that it turned out.
So, I promised info. And Morgan Roxas White, you wonderful reviewer you, it's basically because of you that I chose that I wanted to do this. However, I would like some reader input.
So. Ed and Al were put through hell before Maes saved them. Right? Right. Well, I've had a few people ask me to write a little bit about that. And I would like to. I'd start from their most recent foster home-before Roy, I mean-and it would probably go through until a month before the mock crash, maybe. Something like that. So, I know how this will turn out, for the most part, but I must know... should I even do this? Please let me know in a review.
Speaking of reviews... there's a cute little link. You know you want to click on it. It says Review this Chapter. Do I even have to explain?
;D
~YAJJ
