Chapter thirteen:

Kat looks to the hallway, lost in why the boys are fighting with one another, remembering the picnic, she looks at the ground her eyes filled with sorrow. 'I'm going to make them hate each other…' She pulls her knees up to her chest resting her chin on her knees, staring at the mattresses listening to the two fight with one another. She'd never really seen Roy angry with anyone but then again he had changed since she last saw him at the little farm she lived on, she had changed.

All that happened to her during her capture seemed like a blur at the moment, a picture that no one wanted to look too deeply into, since it already looked too terrible to begin with. Those months that she stayed there, she could hardly remember anything that really happened to her. She remembers being touched, feeling someone hold her, she'd always hoped that it was Ed or someone she knew trying to hold her in a sweet embrace. It hurt to try and remember their faces, to remember what happened to her.

Holding her head hearing the two become louder and louder. "Stop… please… I…" Kat squeezes her eyes shut trying to remember what happened to her. Remembering on many nights she'd cry out with tears running down her face for Roy to rescue her or Ed to come to her safety. She wanted the pain gone, though the same thought always ran through her mind. If I can protect them with my pain then it would be worth it, but whom was she protecting?

"Please stop fighting!" Kat tries to get out a little louder though only receiving the attention of Al who walks to her side, Ed and Roy still fighting with one another about how to help Kat.

"Kat…" Al kneels down and puts his hand on her back seeing that she's slowly remembering what happened.

"It… wont… it'll never stop…" Kat mutters out, seeing the man who hurt her, beat her lower abdomen where her womb is on her person. She never knew why until she had realized that at one point and time she was pregnant, with the child of a monster. Holding her head closer to her knees, she remembered pretending that it was someone else's till it was too late. She wanted that baby even if it DID belong partly to a monster it was still HER baby.

"What won't stop Kat?" Al gets out worriedly.

"The fighting, the pain… it… just wont stop…." Kat looks through her memory trying to remember what happened, with all her might. Only small flashes go through her mind, of what could have happened. "STOP IT!" She screams out finally getting the attention of both Ed and Roy at once. She looks at the two with tears streaming down her face. "Stop it… stop fighting with one another… Stop fighting over me! I don't want to see it, or hear it anymore!"

"Kat…" Roy gets out.

Kat gets up anger in her eyes, "I don't want to see you fighting over me! I want to forget what happened…"

"I understand Kat, but still it would be better for you to face these problems now rather than-"

"NO! I SAID I WANT TO FORGET THEM! I WANT TO FORGET THAT I WAS HURT, I WANT TO FORGET HER! I WANT IT TO NO LONGER BE THERE!" Kat screams out causing everyone to flinch back. Kat lowers her head her shoulders shacking as salt-water droplets reach the ground. "I want to forget… for the rest of my life… what happened there, I don't want to confront it. I'm grateful to the girl who helped me… She would go for me… and I wouldn't have to know… She's with me though… but I want her to go away, so I can live my life…" Kat falls to her knees, looking at the ground still, while her arms lie dead in her lap, her shoulders still shivering. "I don't want to remember, anything, I want Katherine to go and go with every bad memory that happened at that place." Kat looks up to them smiling with a broken and hurt smile. "Because it happened to her… right?" She blinks at them hoping that they'll agree.

Roy and Ed both look to one another both thinking the same thing. They both look back to Kat with sympathetic eyes.

"Right… I mean it was really her wasn't it?" Kat speaks up once more looking to them worriedly that they'll tell her no.

Al scoots closer to Kat, "Yea, it was her, not you." Ed and Roy look down knowing Al knew the better thing to say.

Kat smiles though her tears still fall down her face, "I feel so sorry for her… she went through so much… for me…"

Ed walks up to Kat kneeling down to look at her, "Kat…" She looks up to him; he smiles at her, wiping away her tears with his white-gloved hands. "I'm sorry for what happened to the both of you. Still the best thing to do is let her go, and move on with your life… right?" Kat looks down sniffling nodding her head. "Then this is a chance to start new again, start with the military again, meet everyone again for the first time. Well I guess you could say that already happened couldn't you?" Ed smiles nervously, though is quickly relieved to see the young woman before him smile.

"Yea… you could say that." Kat speaks up her voice muffled by a stuffy nose.

Ed grabs the tissue given to him by Roy, giving it to Kat, "Just need to not worry about it any more right?"

"Yea…" Kat nods still not wanting to look up using the tissue given to her.

"Come here…" Ed moves closer to her giving her a hug she quickly returns it. Ed pets her hair holding her a little tighter. Getting up and pulling Kat along with him, he lets her go smiling at her. "Feel a little better?"

Kat smiles and nods a little, she looks to her cousin and looks to Ed quickly, he moves to the side letting her walk to him and giving him a hug as well, smiling softly Roy returns her hug rubbing her back. "It's ok Kitty Kat…"

"I was scared…" Kat whimpers.

"I know." Roy whispers, "It's ok now, you're safe."

Ed scratches his head, "I don't know if she'd want to stay with us anymore or not, or do you still want everyone having a slumber party over here?" Ed smiles at Roy's glare.

"I'll be fine with Ed and Al… Al doesn't get that much sleep during the night and Ed will always be there for me during the day." Kat smiles at Roy, looking at her with concern. "Also I have your number so if I need you I can just dial your number and you'll come right over with your car."

"You better believe it!" Roy smiles at her, he looks up to Ed giving him a warning glare.

(SC)

Roy had given them a ride back to Ed and Al's place obviously Roy's first plan wasn't going to work since he can't really force his cousin to stay with him. Also if he hears anything about Ed touching his little cousin he will make sure the boy will be broken. While Kat was trying to remember what had happened, Roy had pointed out that he'd rather have her take medication, take therapy, anything before agreeing with what that 'thing' had put into Ed's head. Though he had a gut feeling that he wouldn't be able to help much after the three would step out of his car and into Ed and Al's apartment building.

Ed and the others walk up to the door, Ed opens the door and waves to Roy before walking in; the three walk into the building and slowly make it for the stairs. Making it there; Ed walks into the apartment and puts his coat away, Al goes to get some food ready while Kat goes to her room and flops onto her bed. Ed looks to Al and quickly walks over to Kat's door.

"Hey Kat you ok?" Ed looks at her still form on the bed worried.

Kat doesn't move, her voice muffled from the covers, "Yea I'm just tired."

Ed smiles and walks into her room "Well then get some rest before dinner then, here let me help you." Ed starts moving her around, and the covers around till the young woman is under her covers and her eyes closed. "I'll wake you when dinner's ready."

"Ok… thanks Ed…" Kat mumbles out curling up in her bed.

Closing the door behind himself, Ed walks over to the couch lounging on it he rubs his temples in irritation. "Al I don't know what I'm going to do…" Ed speaks up his head resting on the armrest.

Al looks at his brother from behind the couch, "Well what's the problem? What was that between you and Colonel Mustang? I didn't hear most of it."

Ed opens his eyes slightly, sighing again, "I talked with Katherine again. She says that if we want to help Kat then we need… actually I need to help her."

"How's that?" Al cocks his head to the side curiously, and rests on his knees.

Ed blushes a dark shade of red, closing his eyes he rests his left hand on his forehead, his bangs slip between his fingers. "I can't really say Al…"

"Why…? I mean you…" Al looks at his brother curiously, "She didn't tell you to…" Al begins Ed only blushes all the more. "Brother you can't! She just got over what happened and is dealing with it you might make her condition worse!" Al whispers fiercely.

"It's the only thing I can do, she's slowly remembering what's happened to her, she might be remembering what's happened to her in her dreams! There's not a lot I can do! Therapy would only want to drive it out, medication would get rid of the other woman, but she wouldn't be happy, drilling it out of her will just send her off. All I can hope to do is make her happy at least for now!" Ed whispers right back with just as much heat.

Al sighs, "Roy wont like this."

"He doesn't already." Ed smiles with a bit of sarcasm.

"Brother?" The younger Elric speaks up worriedly.

"What?" The older Elric rubs his temples with his left groaning out his response.

"What happens if we just leave her alone? I mean not try to do anything? What would happen?" Al speaks up the worry evident in his voice.

"She'd slowly remember, two weeks from now, two years from now it wouldn't matter left unattended and she'll crack. There are people waiting for her, waiting for her to crack, to have their tainted alchemist, not to mention a tainted STATE alchemist." Ed rolls his eyes at the thought. "She has access to a lot of people that some wouldn't believe, if they wanted they could send her to execute the Furher, and no one would be the wiser." Ed looks to his brother with the utmost seriousness, "If she were truly under these people's control, she would be their assassin, and most likely in the end she'd end up killing herself, realizing what she'd done and the guilt on her shoulders, I don't know she might not…" Ed looks away turmoil obvious on his face.

"Brother…" Al sounds rather terrified of the thought of a tainted state alchemist. 'What if such a thing could happen to anyone? Male or female, what if something like that happened to brother, the things that could happen to everyone around us would be phenomenal. A lot of people would be dead…'

"Al what's wrong?" Ed looks up to his brother obviously seeing the turmoil through that suit of armor.

"Eh? Oh, nothing to worry about brother!" Al tries sounding a little chipper; "I'll help you out brother!" Al announces.

Ed smiles, "Thanks Al."

(TBC)

Ed: You perv….

Trom: What! They haven't done anything yet and you're already pointing fingers XP!

Ed: Oh no it's just a known fact you're a pervert.

Trom: Something wrong with that:Grins evily:

Japanese words:

Nii-san/chan :Older brother

Gomen :Sorry

Sodo wa himitsu desu: That is a secret.

Trom: I love it when Xellos says that in Japanese X3!

Ed: You're weird….

Trom: shh!

Comments:

Dark Angel Alchemist: Well I am happy to have witnessed your Amelia moment, I love that series ! Also about the question, well you'll just have to wait and see X3! I know it's mean but it would give too much away to give that secret away. And as Xellos would say: Sodo wa himitsu desu!