Kain watched as his colleagues slept, Falman rested in the bed next to Breda. The two soldiers were injured during the events that occurred last night, leaving Kain and Havoc still in active duty. And their duty includes watching over them as they recover; he leaned back in his chair and peered to the clock nearby. It was 10am in the morning; 10 hours had finally passed over. He closed his eyes for a moment; remembering the chaos that they brought to the hospital last night. Breda and the lieutenant wheeled to the surgical theater while Falman had to go through some grueling wash up of his wounds and adjustments to his bones to get them in proper place; the Havoc and himself were treated with bandages, the colonel refused to get himself treated until he could see through the lieutenant's surgery. And as well, as the other person in the confinement ward; Laura…no; Kathy belle,
The young solider kept his watch on the clock, it had been an hour since Havoc left to visit her; the long hour leaving him drowned in his memories. Much questions pop into Kain's mind again, most of them involved the lieutenant and the colonel as well as the criminal…Kcarl J Fluorite, according to Miss Belle and the colonel; they had only planned to murder Kenny Drew and Caroline Krystal; but then, who killed the triplets?
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Havoc made his way back to the ward slowly, ignoring the ache in his back as well as the twisted wrist that he did not concern himself with last night; his thoughts returned to the conversation he had with Miss Belle earlier.
Admittedly, he was there to take her statements and record them down for future references; but during the whole process he could not help but feel close to the lady, every part of her story he wrote down made him sympathize with her even more. Beside the fact that she was used in Fluorite's plans, killed her own parents because he forced her to and murdered a couple more people in order to protect him; but also the fact that she was practically friendless and alone her whole life. Kcarl had disappeared for a couple of years before this and left her here as his spy…
"Miss belle…?" Havoc spoke gently, seeing that she had trailed off in her thoughts again. Kathy/ Laura glanced away and then back at the solider.
"I apologize…where was I again?" she said, her eyes blanked and distant, Havoc noticed that she was still holding on to the necklace that he handed to her yesterday, she refused at point blank to let it go even when she was told that it was vital evidence leaving him no choice but to drop the issue.
"Oh, yes… After he returned from Xing, he messaged me; you can find the recording in the phone at my house. He told me that he needed me to kill them… the owners of the electric plants but refused to tell me the real reason. I made my way to the house and knocked on the door, waiting for them to answer. I had to use the alchemy that he uses, Fluorite crystals; in order to get the soldiers onto his trail. .."
Kathy began to choke; her words became rather unstable and jerky. "They answered the door as expected, without waiting for an invitation; I went in and killed…him…the other tried to stop me but I chased her to the kitchen and I killed her too… There was a girl, she called out from upstairs when she heard the noise…I recognized her voice; the sister who hated me… I went upstairs to introduce myself as a friend of the family, and told her that everything was alright. She took my words for it and went back to bed…I left afterwards…"
Havoc was jolting all the above down when he noticed something very strange, "Miss Belle, the triplets of that family was killed too…"
Kathy stared at Havoc and shook her head vigorously, "I did not kill them, that girl was alive when I left. I did not touch them!"
Havoc glanced at her, there was no reason she would lie now… "Alright, I believe you…" he said finally…
When he realized that she was looking away again, he tapped her shoulders which brought her back to her surroundings. She looked dazed and empty; Havoc pursed his lips tightly and went on with the interrogation; it was when he was about to leave when Kathy stopped him.
"Havoc, thank you…" she said, her blue eyes bore into his. He tilted his head slightly and sat down again.
"I don't get it, why are you thanking me?" Havoc asked; his question strangely brought a smile upon Kathy's face.
"For talking to me, last night…and also for stopping me…" Kathy reached out her hands, Havoc hesitated,
"I won't shock anyone from now on…" she assured the solider and he took up her hands, smaller than his but cold and soft.
Havoc was at the door, when he spun around sharply; shocking the lady as well. "I will be coming around later, would you like anything to eat?"
Kathy blinked furiously, her eyes were burning again. "Do you have…maybe an apple?" she put across softly.
Havoc grinned widely and nodded curtly before heading out of the door, it slides close loudly and she was left sitting on her bed; even though her ward was more of a comfortable bird cage; and she was its prisoner but at least this time her heart feels as though she was soaring through the sky. A single streak of tear fell to the ground.
Friends must be the best gift given by the world.
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The colonel paced his own ward anxiously, it had been over four hours since her surgery was done but he was still not allowed to see her yet; his fractured ankle stung his senses painfully in every step he took; though he knew that he was supposed to rest, there was not a chance in the world that he would calm down or sit still waiting for his chance to visit her.
Breda and Falman were alright; his heart nearly sank further when news reached him that another of his soldiers was also heavily injured. But they made it out okay, now all was left was the lieutenant. He remembered the dagger that was stabbed through her abdomen; it was a deep wound, he feared that it was through her spine but luckily it was not; close to it but not damaging to the integrity of the structure.
"Hey, Mustang; what the hell are you doing pacing up and down like that?" he heard the voice but he had not expected the whack on the head.
Roy backed away onto his head, rubbing the top of his head but he stopped when he realized who it was.
"Dr Knox, How is she? Is she alright?" Roy demanded, shocking the dear doctor who glared at him before sitting down in a chair nearby. The colonel took the gesture rather seriously, she is not alright?
Dr knox locked his fingers together as he spoke, "Roy, her body is very weak right now; the bone marrow you gave her is not working properly. Her blood count had dropped to an all time low and the blood she lost yesterday…"
Roy gripped the bed sheets tightly; his heart clenched into a tight knot and all his limbs was cold as ice.
"These few days is very critical for her, she may make it however; Roy, you have to be prepared for the worst as well…" Dr knox affirmed, he watched at the color drained away from the colonel's face. Nothing he could do would be able to comfort the boy. Several minutes passed, the atmosphere within the ward was as thick as pea soup. Dr knox was about speak when Roy interrupted into his thoughts.
"Will another bone marrow save her?" Roy asked, breaking the silence. Dr knox stared, it was exactly what he wanted to say as well. Another compatible bone marrow would save the patient, but where would they get another person?
"I can do it again…" Roy put forward his words a little too quickly...
"Are you dumb? She rejected your bone marrow; she needs one from another person!" Dr Knox exclaimed; the muscles under his eyes jumped horribly as he glared at the colonel with a rather fatal look.
The colonel sinks back into his pillow, Dr knox softened his own expression; he was too harsh on the boy. After all, they were all thinking of ways to save his lieutenant.
Roy stared blankly at the wall opposite him while immersing himself with memories of last night. He was sure that Riza would probably be upset if she knew that he had been lying to her all this time, from the fact that Kcarl killed her father. Anyone would be furious and upset even if the person was a calm and serious person with high amounts of discipline; would at least desire to put a bullet through the culprit. But she didn't; the eye contact they shared plainly showed him that she was not furious; it was a knowing look, that she understands the reason for him to hide it from her was just to protect her from the saddened truth.
His heart wrung with guilt; it was similar to their situation that she hid her illness from him because she desired to protect him from the painful truth. Even though he understands her motive, but he could not understand why she had to keep hiding secrets from him. Was it really just to protect him, what if he did not desire that protection and all he wanted was just the plain old truth so that he could help her?
His anger and frustration that was fueled from their situation was making him really confused, truth can be painful but he needs to know. Well…Well; because it is her.
She…the lieutenant means a lot more to him… it does not matter if he was upset or distracted; all he wanted was to share the burden with her…
Something that the lieutenant will not ever understand…
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