FullMetal Rocker

Chapter 3

"It's been an hour..." Maddy said, looking up at the large Central clock as the group passed.

"Yeah...we should really head back and see what's up at Headquarters..." Ed suggested, taking a seat on one of the benches in the plaza. "But it's so far..." he whined, killing his own suggestion and feeling as if the hot intensity of a thousand suns was beating down on his back.

Al seemed fine, seeing as he was a suit of armor not effected with exhaustion or heat.

"Come on Ed..." Maddy said, almost singing her words since she was humming just a second ago. She took Ed's hand, pulling him up and along to HQ. Ed was slightly annoyed that he had to get up, but...he thought he liked being drug by this woman.

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Helena was in a panic, running as fast as she could carry herself to the crime scene. Having a few officers confront her didn't stop her, she simply ignored them and swerved around them when they told her to stay back.

Coming to the actual scene, which was right in front of the front doors inside the mess hall, Helena was nearly out of breath, wide eyed and trying to see the body. It was just two officers. She would have sighed, but realized someone was still murdered. And whoever the culprit was who had killed the front guards...there was a possibility that they were in the building somewhere.

Without another moment to loose, she rushed toward Alchemic Metal's practice room. She swung the door open, shouting Ryan's name. The sight she witnessed took her breath away, causing her to trip to her knees.

Blood spatter all over the room, followed by a body on the floor. Eyes glazed over with a death tint, his red and black blood soaked outfit stuck to the lifeless skin. The one she knew and loved; Ryan.

Finally she gasped, taking in the intoxicating scent of the blood. Her eyes filled with tears and her head a desperate pain, and the next thin she knew, she had fallen into a black horrific unconsciousness.

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"Ryan!"

Helena was running...everything around her was black, there was a spot light shining in her and a body only a few meters away...only it seemed to get further and further away the more she ran.

"Helena!"

She heard him call her name back, making her run harder, hand reaching out to try and reach him.

"Helena?" Another voice asked. It was someone else this time. Suddenly she jumped up, all th blackness around her fading...

Into her reality and out of her dream.

She woke up in the bed of a hospital, in clothes not her own, with flowers and people surrounding her. She was breathing deeply, as her vision focused, she saw that the people around her were her follow band members and Al, along with several flowers and gifts from fans for her to get well.

She was confused at first, and partly disgusted with all the bright happy-looking flowers. "Where?"

"Your in the hospital." Ed said.

"We found you in the practice room, laying on a pool of blood that was thankfully not your own..." Maddy said, somewhat relieved and grossed out at the same time.

Helena nodded. She remembered passing out in the practice room, but..."What about Ryan? He was-"

"And they found me bound in a closet." came a voice from the other side of the room. Helena looked over, totally blank, to see Ryan laying in a bed opposing hers in the white room.

"Ryan!" she said, more overjoyed than she could let out. Helena jumped up, but a sharp pain in her chest made her scream and fall back into the soft, clean pillows of the bed. "Ow..."

Ryan smiled a little. "I'm alright. The nurses gave me a bunch of medicines to counteract the cravings for the illegal drugs I've been taking, I'll definitely be fine now. You need the rest more than I do." he said, and for a first, sounded pretty intelligent.

Helena smiled, about ready to cry in relief. "I thought, you were dead, because I saw your body on the floor..." she said, pulling her knees into her chest.

Maddy patted her back, trying to reassure. "I'm sure you were just having a nightmare. You were screaming over Ryan a lot in your sleep."

Helena turned a slight shade of pink, nodding her head and laying back down. "I'm glad everyone's ok. Make sure you catch whoever was responsible..."

Ed was contemplating while they were conversating (Smart words...) a serious thinking emotion plastered on his face. Several things didn't add up. But he didn't need to worry. The state had the investigations department on this case, not him.

Al, who had a hard time managing the bad anyway, cut in at about this point. "Both of you aren't aloud of the hospital for a week. So any performances we had planned will be rescheduled. I want you and Maddie to be on alert too." Al said, looking at Ed.

"Why us?" Maddie asked.

"We still don't know who the killer was or who he was targeting. You guys just might want to be careful. Whoever it was may really have been after Alchemic Metal members."

A couple hours later... Ed and Maddie left the hospital together, since it was beginning to get dark with late day. The brunette stayed close to Ed, gripping his flesh arm in fear of the dark, empty streets to the hotel.

Ed had a slight blush on the whole way, feeling an edgy feeling on the back of his neck. It disappeared after they reached the hotel. Their room, which was actually a suite with two separate rooms, was up on the second floor. Ed slipped the key into the hole, unlocking the door. Maddie slipped inside first, to turn on the light and get out of the dark eerie hallway...

Just to scream. It was actually a scream caught in her throat, making more of a gasping sound. But non the less, they were both startled.

The room was torn to bits. Furniture broken, smashed on walls where pictures and pottery decorated, now on the floor in pieces.

"I think someone really is after us..."

A/N: Another Chapter up. Finally. As for those who thought they had me all figured out... I MADE A NICE TWIST! So ha. You don't know what will come next. I'm not as predictable as you thought...again!