"Colonel Mustang, Lieutenant Hawkeye," the doctor said as she walked out of Felicity's hospital room. "We just want to keep her for a while longer. She's fine, no need to worry. There was no sign of infection, as odd as that seems. She was in the woods with multiple open puncture wounds in her shoulder and a gash in her stomach, and there is no infection. She's asking for you two, so you can go in."
Roy thanked the doctor and walked past her briskly. Riza followed him at an equally brisk pace, but keeping her usual five paces behind him. When Roy entered the room he saw Felicity standing at the window in a pair of shorts and a tee shirt. On the bottom of her feet he could make out the faint transmutation circle. He shook his head and sighed. The father tossed her change of clothes onto her bed and she whipped around to look at him.
"You craved a transmutation circle into your feet?" he asked her, angrily.
"Hmm? No," she said. The girl pointed to the pen on the table. "I drew one. It doesn't work as well." She shrugged and brushed her bangs from her eyes. "Turn around," she told her father.
Roy scoffed and turned so he was facing the window and his child. Although, it wasn't as if he hadn't seen what she was hiding before. Not recently, but he was her father after all, he changed her diapers. However, not wanting to have that argument with her again, he stayed facing the window. While he stood facing the window, he thought, and came to the conclusion that he was the worst father on the face of the planet. He sent his child, his one and only offspring, out into the open universe with the protection of someone slightly taller than her. He felt like an idiot. However, he was an extremely angry idiot. He was going to kill Edward Elric when he came back. Elric would be six feet under as soon as he set foot off the train.
"Father," Felicity's voice called, interrupting his thoughts. "You can turn around now."
Roy shrugged and walked over the hospital bed that was going to be his daughter's for the night. He lowered himself on to the bed and sighed running his finger through his dark hair.
"Hawkeye," he started. "We can't leave today."
"Obviously, sir, I've all called the team in the Central. They said they'll wait for your next instructions."
"Well that's good. You didn't happen to tell them why, did you?"
"Why we couldn't catch the train?" Riza busied herself by tugging knots out of Felicity's black hair. "I told them that Felicity came back to make sure that you got everything, but will not be going to Central with us, just yet."
"That's prefect, Lieutenant," her father praised.
"You can drop the formalities," Felicity announced as she pulled on her right shoe. "It's only me. I know the secret, 'member?" she winked at her father and stood. "I'm gonna go to see Katie."
"You are supposed to say here," Roy said; he knew that she wasn't listening. It was a rare situation that she truly listened to her father. "Hey, what are you doing?"
"Going out the window," the girl stated. "It's only three floors up. I'll see you later. Bring me some dinner, yes?"
Before he could answer, she was gone. Riza turned her head to the window to make sure that the young girl landed okay. There was a tense moment in which there was no flash of her transmuting the air, but they were relieved when a cloud of dust raced across the city.
"She's a work of art," Mustang stated calmly. He stood off the bed and stretched. He looked at the analog clock in the room and say that it was still early in the evening. "You fancy late lunch, Riza?" he asked her. She nodded once and allowed Roy to escort her from the room.
"FELCITY!" Katie exclaimed as she ran towards her best friend. Kate wrapped her in a rib crushing hug.
"Hello there," the raven haired girl grunted. She pulled out of the hug and sat down at the bar before she ran her fingers through her hair. Katie, knowing her best friend, poured a shot of vodka and a glass of water and slid it towards her. Felicity downed the alcohol and then sipped the water. "Thanks."
"Are you okay?"
"No," Felicity said. "I found out where I'm from."
"What are you talking about? You're from here, East City."
Felicity shook her head. "No, I'm from Dublith, that's where my mother birthed me. That's where she died." Felicity tugged at her dry hair. She cringed outwardly at the sight of her spilt ends and sighed. "Oh, and I'm moving."
"I knew that," Katie smiled. "We, your father and I," discussed it and then I talked to my mom and guess who your new roommate is!"
"You?" her violet eyes lit up and Katie nodded. "YAY! I always wanted to stay with you."
"I was surprised that your mother said yes. Now it's just her and your dad," Felicity smirked.
"They stopped trying to kill each other years ago," Katie replied while filling up her new roommate's glass of water and neglecting the shot glass. Felicity didn't seem to mind. "So how is Edward?"
Felicity groaned and laid her forehead on the counter. "Well…"
Felicity returned to her hospital room and slipped into the bed just as one of the nurses walked into the room. The nurse scowled at her and then left the room. It was obvious that the nurses were aware of her disappearance. It wasn't like she was trying to hide it or anything, but she was hoping that they wouldn't check on her room, or at least her father would tell them not to disturb. However, it was obvious that he hadn't and it was obvious that they were upset.
The nurse walked back into the room with a chart covered in white gauze. Felicity cringed. This was her least favorite part of having sutures. The nurse walked over to her and directed her to remove her shirt. Felicity did as the angry nurse asked of her, not wanting to cause more problems. The nurse removed the blood stained gauze from around her shoulder and then the one from around her torso. Felicity winced little as her stitches stuck at to the gauze and tugged at her skin. Her bloodied gauze was then disposed of and her wounds covered with new gauze. The nurse then left and closed the door behind her.
"Where is she?" Izumi asked. "Winry, what do you mean she's gone?"
"I don't know, she just disappeared. It's odd," Winry replied. "You should go get Edward. He'll know where to find her."
"Edward is training and I will not interrupt that with the news of this girl. He'll find out when he gets back, if she's still missing that is."
"I hope she's not," Winry said. "I hope that she's not, because Edward would not be happy if she was."
