The Blood Spiller
Chapter 5: Identity revealed!
"Brother NO!" Edward fell instantly to the ground, a sickening thud filling the room. Alphonse rushed to Ed's side and went to pull the blade out but Ed stopped him. "Alphonse, don't touch it! Unless you want me to bleed to death, leave it there." He knew it sounded strange, due to blood already seeping out of his new wound, which was now starting to become painful. Ed winced and groaned, feeling himself getting dizzy. His vision became unfocused. He looked to see where the killer had gone, but was too late. He had made his escape.
"Ahh, dammit." Ed grimaced as he slightly moved and felt all the pain, hitting him like a freight train. He winced again as it throbbed and constantly lost blood. Al let a tear fall. Ed looked up at him. He was about to speak when Winry's form came to view in his blurry eye sight. She put a finger over her lip, making him shut his mouth. He than shut his eyes, and kept them shut…..
Waking up slowly, Ed looked to see a light bulb hanging above his head. He let his vision clear and he saw that he was in the Rizenbool hospital. He winced as he tried to pull himself up, but a nurse that was in the room placed her hand on his shoulder, getting his attention. "We haven't seen you in a very long time, Edward. How have you been?" This particular nurse rang a bell in Ed's head. She had thick gray hair pulled up in a bun and pale blue eyes with a kind smile set on her face, showing much experience she had gained over the many years of her ongoing life.
Ed looked up at her and smiled sheepishly. "Um, hi?" He knew her from another time, but she wasn't exactly ringing a bell. She smiled with brightness. "You may not remember me, but I am Clair. I was the nurse who helped the doctor with your mom or you boys when a cold came around." He nodded, now remembering how she would always help around the house and watch him and his brother when mom needed a break. He looked away, to the window. Nothing could be seen but a few other buildings. This hospital was located farther away from other buildings to make it more accessible.
"I don't want you to move from this bed, I don't think it would do you any good. This killer has sent me many patients, but I never expected you to be one of them, being a state alchemist and all." She watered some flowers in the corner of the room and looked at him. He grimaced as she gave a set glare. Ed knew Clair for a very long time, she had even taught them a few tricks on alchemy. She must have found out about the human transmutation we had performed a few years back. He stared down at his auto-mail arm and tried not to look at her. She put her finger under his chin and made him look her in the eyes. "Why would you do something like that, Ed?" She showed concern in her hidden fury. He sighed. "That was a long time ago when I was young and stupid, along with Al." She nodded and said nothing more; instead she smiled at him one last time and walked out.
A few hours had passed by and Ed dozed here and there. He would stare at the window and wish that he could have caught the killer while he had the chance. He sighed and heard someone walk into the room. He looked to see a man with dark hair and bright green eyes. His hair was a light brown and short. He smiled twistedly at Ed and walked forward. Ed looked at him suspiciously. "Who are you?" He looked up at him and watched as he stopped and polished some glasses he pulled from his trench coat pocket. "I am Gabel, nice to meet you, Mr. Elric." He placed the glasses onto his face and slid them up on the bridge of his nose. Ed said nothing, but stared at his figure. He looked familiar.
Gabel looked down at the alchemist in the bed. "You wonder who I am. I am an alchemist such as yourself and wanted to ask of your help. By the looks of it, you have run into the person that I have been trying to capture." He smiled with a maniacal way and waited for the silent Ed to reply. Ed cleared his throat. "I just had a little sharp moment with the bastard, nothing much." He noted the flinch the man gave when Ed said bastard. He eyed him, trying to pick something out of him, as if he were a vulture picking at a carcus.
Gabel laughed. "Well, I just wanted you to know that I can help you find out why he killed your beloved Winry." He smirked at his sentence and walked out of the room, turning down the hallway, leaving Ed to ponder his thoughts. I have to wonder about that guy. He then crawled down into his blankets and slept thru the rest of the day.
The next two weeks passed, leaving more energy build up inside of Ed. He had become very antsy in his room and healed faster than they had all planned, letting him leave about four days early. As he walked out of the hospital, Alphonse ran to him and gave him a hug, happy to see him ok. Ed winced from the impact and Al let go. Releasing from the hug, Ed looked at his brother. "Everything ok?" Al waited for an answer from the eldest brother. Hew nodded. "We have to go to that room upstairs." The youngest Elric gaped at him. "Which one?" "Winry's room.
Reaching the Rockbell house, the two Elric brothers walked upstairs inside of the room. Police had given them the ok to clean, which was the night Al stayed up a few times, making sure to clean off all blood. Ed carefully walked thru to her private bathroom to open the door. He swung it open, revealing a normal everyday bathroom. You would never expect that a gruesome murder had taken place.
Everything seemed to swirl together and then come back apart revealing the same bathroom. Only this time there was a young girl trying desperately to get away from a serial killer with deadly accurate alchemy. He dragged her by the collar of her shirt and then threw her into the bath tub. He then raised the knife above her head and plunged it down, sinking it into her right shoulder. Over and over again, the man plunged the knife deeper into her in different places. Even when she had stopped screaming, he still stabbed her, as if he had to drain all the blood.
Ed shook and felt his knees getting weaker as his sorrow and anger grew stronger. He wanted to get away, and yet he wanted to stop the man from his pointless killing spree. He dropped to his knees. He screamed to get away when he was suddenly in front of the clean bath tub, Al looking at him with his hands on his shoulders.
"Brother, are you alright?" He looked into his golden eyes with worry and stood up, helping him to his feet. He looked at the tub and cringed, knowing that was where his best friend had been slaughtered in that very spot. He looked at Al. "I need to sit down a minute." He than walked over to the bed and saw something he hadn't noticed before. On Winry's night stand was a picture of a man. The man was the same build and height as the killer. He studied the picture and gasped. "It cant be!" He threw the picture down onto the ground. The person in the picture was Jean Havoc, one of Roy's partners in the military.
Well, this chapter might be a bit shorter, but hey, I updated! Anyway, I look forward to all of your reviews and I will update as soon as I can. Thanks much!