Okay...I decided to skip the interview until NEXT chapter, because Ed is still trying to organize his interview with me. So if you have questions for Edward to ask me, then please submit them in your review! Soooo...This is where things start calming down at bit as in there isn't gonna be much battling until possibly chapter 14 or so. There may also be some Flashbacks and also at least 2 flashforwards. I also took some time to design a new character who will be appearing soon in the story, he'll also have an important role to play here. Extra news to those who follow this story: I'm putting this into a second part, so next chapter will still be chapter 12, but it will be under a new title called "Rocovery Process". Okay, on to said story!

Started Writing: June 27th, 2011

Started Typing: June 29th, 2011

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Just Like Shattered Glass

Chapter Eleven Of Number Thirteen

By Chibi Allen Walker The Awsome

(Ed's POV)

Everything's so foggy. I can only see Alphonse and Roy clearly. My nightmares are filled with pictures of people I've never met, but they know me. Why? I can hear the rupturing of my skin as a shadow attacks me. I feel like I'm being torn apart over and over, at the jaws of the wolf Desire...Desire...

(Al's POV)

"So, I'll give you a synopsis on this auto-mail operation, okay?" I turned to General Mustang, who looked at Ed, worry on his face.

He nodded and gazed at me as I began.

"So, will sedate him so he won't feel the pain, and Remus and I will attach it. It's important to not wake him until four hours after the operation is finished, or it could be damaging to his nerves using his arm. Rehabilitation used to take three years, but now it only takes nearly three months, as long as he takes a special pill and tries to get used to his arm. Also make sure he doesn't in large bodies of water, but he can take baths and showers, they are waterproof, ya know. Okay, that's all I wanted to tell you, ask me if you want that written down."

I stood up, and headed over to my next to largest suitcase. It was a long, velvet covered suitcase. Inside it was Ed's new auto-mail. I took it out, just to check it once more before the operation was to start. It was mostly a bunch of of wires that you could see at this point, but there were pieces that were connected, they look like tubes, mostly. I pulled out the piece that was going to connect with the shoulder, and wondered how much it hurt Ed when it had to be put on him almost twenty-six years ago, when people haden't invented sedatives. Then I got the covers that would protects the wiring on the insides. There were at least a good thirty covers, due to the hands having so many.

"? We're ready to sedate the patient now." I heard and Nurse Vargas say as they came in.

I nodded and moved out of the way as they added another bag on the already packed hanger of medicines. The nurse slid the needle into the sleeping Ed's elbow-pit, and I saw him wince in pain. I wanted so badly to comfort him, to tell him everything was going to be allright, but I wasen't his real brother anymore. Edward Elric had died in a car accident almost twenty years ago. Edward Elric is dead, but this young man is wearing and damaging his only shell...

(Ed's POV, in his mind) During The Operation

IT BURNS! HELP! HEEELLLPP!

I feel scorching pain in my good arm suddenly. What happened? Oh gate, now I can tell someone's taking off my bandages. I want to see what's going on, but my eyes just won't open, period. And my arm won't move, either. Is this what 'numb' feels like?

"Aaaalll...Are you there?" I moaned, but I got no reply.

All I got was searing pain where my bandages. It felt like flames were entering me, eating me away. I wanted to scream, but the numbnes wouldn't let me.

(Al's POV) During The Operation

Just as Remus was attaching the arm into the socket, Ed tried to open his mouth, but they seemed to be glued shut. Did it still hurt even with sedatives for him?

Remus flinched, but shoved the arm quickly in, marking the end of the procedure. I smiled proadly when he looked at me, and I gave him a thumbs up. Remus grinned.

"Can I come in now?" I heard Roy say, head peeking in.

"Sure, just make sure he doesn't wake up until the sun rises."

(The Next Day, Ed's POV)

When I woke up, it was still fogy, as if I was needing window wipers. But I could still see Roy with 20/20 vision. But suddenly, I see another, more blurry person step in.

"General Mustang. We need to give your son a mental observation, as he spent a good part of his life in a labatory."

"That will be fine, . He's all yours to observe." Roy repiled calmly, seeming not to think of me first.

I then felt rough hands on me, and I screamed, turning to Roy, silently begging him to save me, from the fucking doctor!

But all Roy did was take me in his arms, and took me to whereever the doctor wanted me to be. I wanted to die, right there.

*FlashBack, 10 yearsa before* Ed, age 6

I had been at Central Lab 4 for at least six years, if I could count correctly. And at this time, I was one of the most special subjects. Because now I was old enough to be experimented on fully.

This day, I was going to trained on how long I could run without passing out, and then I'd be given my bi-monthly new pants by .

"Number Thirteen Are you awake, dear?" I hear whisper, making me whimper deep inside.

"Y-Yes Ma'm." I said, sounding like a three year old who had just wet his underwear.

"Good, my lovely. Are you excited about training today?"

"Uh-huh. When do we start?" This was how I was supposed to answer her. It I had denied her, I would punished.

"In an hour, so don't fall asleep, dearie."

I feel a tear tug at the corner of my eye as leaves the Chimera Room, and wondered how horrible it's be this time.

I hated this place! I hate doctors!

*End Of Flashback*

"Well, General...I'm sorry to say that your son is mentally unstable, due to the way he's most likely been brought up, and also all he's been through in the past year." I hear the doctor say.

"How long will it take for him to recover?" Roy said, in shock.

"The minimum is two months, the most is never. It will be a long, hard road ahead, and he won't make or keep many friends at this point, so keeping a strong bond is the best you can do at this time. But the good thing is, he's gaining back Edward Elric's past memory, so keep that on, allright?"

(Roy's POV)

"I will. Anything for Edward here." I say, trying to clear the tears that were forming in Ed's now dull yellow eyes.

smiled, and let me take Edward back to his room. I did so gladly.

When I lifted the cat-boy into my arms, he buried his head into my chest, and curled his tail around my midhalf. That's when he started to actaully purr. And extremly load, at that. It really did surprize me. But what really got me, was that he began to do the kneding thing on me, like a kitten does to his mother...

Out of instinct, I started to hum a calming tune to him like I had the very first nights after I had freed him from the lab.

Once we got to Ed's hospital room, I sat on his bed, not wanting to let go of the moment. I would never let go of Edward. I promise.

I will try my hardest to make you better, Edward. I've been helping you in almost any way I can since I first met you. And soon, you'll know that.

(Later On)

"Mister Roy!" I hear Remus say, bursting into the room, suitcase in hand. Alphonse followed, holding three suitcases.

"We're leaving for the next train to Central City so we can head home. We wanted to say goodbye. Ya know, like I've always done." Al said, not looking at me, but at Ed, who was asleep in his bed.

"I see. Anything you need to say before you head on?"

"When I get back, Ed had better be well! Or esle!" Al yelled, running out, door slamming behind Remus, who had followed him.

(To Be Continued In "Recovery Process")

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