Chapter 3

THANKS FOR THE R&R, PLEASE COUNTINUE TO COMMENT. (I just 4get if Hughes is a Lt….please correct me if I'm wrong.)-I took some1's advice and tried to separate what ppl say, but I don't think it turned out all that good, let me know what you think then.

Winry woke up in a large white room, lying in a white bed. She was still in her own cloths. The room smelled strongly of cleansing alcohol and disinfectant. Winry sat up and looked around, she was in this room once before…when Ed got sick last summer…she was in the hospital ward at central! There was a man who Winry had met before, sleeping in a chair beside her bed. She touched his arm and Lt. Maes Hughes shot out of the chair.

"Sir! I was only resting my eyes. Sir!" Hughes saluted and Winry smiled some. "Relax, Maes, it was only me."

Hughes looked down at her. "So you're awake then, greeeat! You want to see some pictures of my daughter?"

Winry glared at him. "Why am I here in the first place?" She didn't waste any time trying to find out.

Hughes sighed and sat back down. "We got some information that leads us to believe you're involved with the red water that's been popping up everywhere."

Winry looked totally confused. "Red water? What's that?" She asked.

Hughes fell out of his chair just as Roy Mustang came into the ward. "Stand up please Hughes." He ordered, and Hughes quickly obeyed. Mustang looked at Winry. "Have a good sleep?"

Winry looked away from the men and curled her legs up to her chest.

"Where's Ed and Al?" She asked, though still not looking at him. She heard Mustang sigh and Hughes leave the ward.

Next thing she knew she was truned around and was inches from Roy's face. "Listen, Winry, I didn't want to bring you here….I know you had nothing to do with this…but someone thinks you do, and I'm lower ranking than him, so I have to listen to the fury…" Roy looked into Winry's bright blue eyes.

"Can you take me back home then?" Winry's voice started to shake. Mustang stood up straight and walked away, not even answering her, not even glancing back. Winry lay there for hours, crying into the stiff pillow. She was crying for Ed and Al, but mostly for herself.

Ed sat up from laying in bed. His head hurt more than ever, it never hurt this much when Winry threw her wrenches at him….but then Ed remembered what happened. He jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs, nearly falling over a boulder. "What the hell! Winry, why haven't you cleaned up yet?" Ed yelled out.

"Brother…" Al came in from outside, covered in dirt. "…Winry isn't here."

As soon as he said that Ed was in his red coat and boots. "Damn them! Damn 'em all! I'm going to personally kill them for taking her away from me!" Ed ran out the door.

"Brother wait!" Al went to follow him but Ed told him to stop.

"Stay here Al, in case she gets out or something and comes back, alright?" Ed managed a slight smile.

"Yes, alright Brother, but hurry."

Ed nodded and started sprinting to the train station. "I'll save you Win. I'll save you."

Fuhrer Bradly slammed his fist down on his desk. "I've had enough of this!" He yelled at Mustang. "Of course I know that the girl has nothing to do with this!"

Mustang glared at the Fuhrer as he turned in his chair. "Sir, what do you want us to do with the girl now?" The other alchemists awaited the answer.

The Fuhrer turned around, smiling. "Why we have to dispose of her, don't we?" Fuhrer Bradly stood up and walked to the back window. "Make sure the Elric's stay out of this matter, won't you Roy?"

"Yes sir." Mustang saluted and walked out of the office towards his own. All the while hoping that Ed will show up soon, if not…he didn't even want to think about it. He walked in his office to find Riza sitting on the edge of his desk, her arm in a cast. "You're out of the ward already?"

Riza looked up at him and stood up. "Yes sir." Roy could see her pain behind her closed heart.

"Take a break, Lt. Go buy yourself a drink, just tell them to put it on my tab." Mustang walked around his desk and sat in his chair. Hawkeye looked surprised.

"I don't drink sir…but..well…I guess I could get just one.." Mustang didn't need to tell her twice, she was out of his office in a few minutes. He sighed and leaned back in his chair.

"Roy?" Winry stepped into his office, looking rather vexed. Roy looked up from his paperwork (yea right).

"Winry…what are you doing over here? You should be resting."

"What for? I wasn't hurt…I did get lost trying to find you though." She smiled a little.

"Well, what do you need?" Mustang sat up straight.

"I want to call Ed and Al, will you let me?"

"Well…no, I'm sorry Winry, I can't allow you to do that." Roy knew there was someone somewhere listening to him, watching him.

Winry narrowed her eyes. "I thought you were different from all the other alchemists…but its only Ed that's different. Winry turned around and walked back to the ward.

Roy put his head in his hands. "It'll be alright." He whispered to himself.

Ed managed to catch the last train to central for a week. He took the only free seat he could find, which was next to a young girl, maybe a year younger than him, Al's age. HE sat down and closed his eyes. He felt a poke on his arm. He looked over to his side and saw the girl looking at him with huge bright eyes.

"I'm Shana, who are you?" The girl was dressed in a yellow sun dress with her light brown hair in pigtails, she reminded Ed so much of Nina Tucker.

"I'm Ed, now don't bug me anymore, got it shrimp?" Ed leaned back against the seat and crossed his arms. He felt another poke. He glared over at the girl. "What?"

"I like your hair." Shana smiled.

"Thanks, I like yours too, now if you would just leave me alone please, I'll let you keep your hair on your head." Shana pouted but reluctantly turned away to bother an older woman, Ed presuming her to be the mother. Ed fell asleep soon after, his head still hurting. He had a dream though…

(Ed's Dream)

He hugged his son and daughter as he walked in the door. His wife, Winry was waiting for him upstairs, she made a dinner just for the two of them. The babysitter, Al, came and took the kids to play a game while Ed went upstairs. He and Winry ate, laughed, and danced to music they played on a record. Ed left a trail of kisses down Winry's neck, he undid the buttons on the back of her dress, untied her hair from the ribbons, and…..

(End of Ed's Dream)

Ed was jerked awake by Shana. "What do u want now!" He was losing his patience.

The girl glared at him. "Well, I could've let you miss your stop, but I decided to wake you up instead. We're at central."

"Oh, thank you, umm….here…" Ed reached into his pocket and took out a penny. "It's not much, but it's for luck, alright? Now don't loose it."

Shana smiled and held the penny close to her heart. "Thank you, Ed"

Ed smiled then jumped off the train. "I'm coming Winry, I'm coming, and I'll bring you back, back to me and Al, don't worry." Ed started his walk.