A tiny whimper rang through the seemingly deserted church that almost surely held the grave for this boy. The cracked ceiling brought a sudden draft that carried the near silent cry for help to the ears of Edward Elric; full metal alchemist. Ed noticed and turned back, skimming the area quickly for any signs of someone in distress. He dismissed any thoughts and ignored the noises thinking his restless nights under all this rubble bringing him hallucinations. He limped along a little further clutching his good arm with his metallic one when again he heard the sound this time obviously more urgent. He suddenly relised that this was no brain trick and that someone must surly be in danger. He watched the area the sound emitted from with careful eyes hoping to find the culprit to making the noise. He witnessed a small figure attempt to drag itself from the large debris that lay crushingly on its body. Ed hurried over checking out the situation a little more carefully, he doubted fixing this little problem would be that hard but what frightened him is that the kid made no notice to Ed. Even though his arm was most likely shattered beyond use he intently lifted the thing, and with a little alchemy he obtained his goal. "Hey," he grunted hoarsely, "hey kid? You okay?" He glanced around reassuring that this kid had little to no chance of any kind of help; he then lifted the small body. He could feel sure signs of a small but steady pulse through his thick coat. The room was far too dim to figure the gender of the small child but for sure Ed could tell this child was still of a young age. Small beams of light streamed through the patched roof and as Ed passed under one of the "spotlights" he could see the kid's eyes were open. Their light brown hue reminded Ed of the eyes of someone once dear to him. The child began squirming uncomfortably in Ed's grip writhing partly in pain of being nearly crushed. Ed kept a steadfast hold on the kid and calmly soothed him by running his fingers through the kid's light brown locks. He sighed softly another simple thing twisted through the thoughts in his head morphing into reminder. The body that rested in Ed's arms groaned a slightly annoyed gesture as Ed stepped out into the open field. The sun was on the verge of setting a sign that someone would surly be worrying by now. He slowly crept back to the house he stayed in for the time being, Winry's house. Still uncertain who this boy was and how in the world he intended on nursing this child back to health when he hardly was able to keep up with his self. And still he had to find a way of bringing Al back after what had happened.