Chapter Title: Discussion
Characters: Scar, Al, Ed, Winry, Pinako
Pairings: None! I can't write romance for the life of me!
Spoilers: Nope
Warnings: Cursing
Disclaimer: I don't own it! Waaaaah!
A/N: Guess what? I'm going to Japan in July! I'm so excited! Yay! And something tells me that I'm going to be getting a lot of writing done on that plane trip…

When Winry opened the door, she was expecting Ed and Al. She was not expecting an extra person. She was definitely not expecting the extra person to be a wanted serial murderer who had been actively pursuing Ed's life. Although he didn't really look like much of a threat, soaking wet and shivering and being carried by Al. But that fact didn't stop her from being surprised and confused.

"WHA-AT?"

After a brief scramble, everything was situated fairly well. Scar had been placed on the couch (Quote Ed: "I want him where I can see him"), and was now out of his wet clothes and clad in a fluffy blue bathrobe that was kind of too small since it actually belonged to Winry, as well as being wrapped in about five quilts. It had been determined via thermometer that he was running a fever of 106°, but nobody could figure out exactly what he had. So they had stuffed him full of painkillers, and after about 15 minutes he was basically in a drug-induced coma. Now everyone else was sitting around the kitchen table, discussing what they were going to do with him.

"I say we dump him in the middle of town and let someone else deal with him," Ed suggested boredly, "Or better yet, hand him over to the military."

"Niisan! How can you be so heartless?"

"What? It's not like we can keep him as a pet!"

"I know, but we can't just throw him out!"

Winry interjected, "Al's right, Ed. We have to at least keep him until he's well enough to take care of himself."

"But he's…he's Scar! He's dangerous!" Ed was, as usual, refusing to back down. At least, he was until Winry smacked him upside the head with her trusty wrench.

"Are you blind? Does he look dangerous to you right now?" she gestured through the open door into the living room, where Scar could be seen sleeping and looking very non-threatening indeed.

"Yeah, maybe he's not now, but what about when he starts getting better? What about when he's able to use his arm? What then?"

Pinako decided that it was time to step in, "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. He is here, and what's done is done. There's no use arguing about it now."

"Which reminds me. Al, what the hell were you thinking, hiding Scar in your armor and bringing him along without telling me?" Ed gave Al an accusatory glance.

"Because you wouldn't have let me, niisan."

"Damn right I wouldn't have! How did you know he wouldn't try to blow us both up?"

"Well…he'd collapsed…and I had been hoping he would stay unconscious until we'd gotten here…"

Ed put up a hand to stop Al's explanation, "Wait, now, let me get this straight. Scar was already unconscious when you put him in your armor? And he had no idea that you were going to be doing that? And I'm assuming that he did wake up on the train…so, when you went outside, you were…?"

Al sounded guilty, "I was telling him what was going on. He sounded really scared…"

Winry joined the conversation, her tone reprimanding, "Al! You can't just stuff people in your armor like that without them agreeing to it first! It's no wonder he was scared! Most people would be frightened out of their wits!"

Ed looked a little surprised, and murmured to himself, "Scared…?" and then a little louder, "Tch. I guess you all win. He can stay. Temporarily."

A/N: Bah, another short one. I don't know if they'll all be this short or what; I guess it'll depend on the chapter, and of course, Scar-san. He's totally running this one; I'm just the one writing it down. For instance, I wanted to have him in a pink bathrobe, with bunnies around the hem and other stuff like that…
Scar: I drew the line at that.
Envy: You have to admit though, that would've been hilarious.
And adorable.
Scar: I have dignity, thank you very much. And why would Winry have a pink bathrobe with bunnies on it anyway?
You've got me there. Anyway, time to answer reviews!

Silvertails Tora: Sorry for not answering your review last chapter; you reviewed, like, as I was posting. Thanks for your review!
Darkness Shadow of Hatred: Thanks! I'm working on the picture, but Al is really, really hard.
no one's friend: Thanks! It is pretty funny, isn't it?
crazyanimefreak15: Wow, you've been advertising my story? Thank you somuch! Well, Ed is a bit reluctant, but I suppose he'll get there.