Hello! Well, here's chapter 11 for all my readers out there!
Disclaimer: Not mine. All I own is the plot of this story, Cassie and any other OC's and volumes 3 and 5 of the manga.
In this chapter that Royai that I promised makes its first appearance.
Any OOCness in this chapter can be blamed on the ordeal. Especially on Riza's part. Please remember that it is a very disgusting sight.
Chapter 11
At the Hospital
The four military officers were waiting silently in one of the military hospitals waiting rooms.
Mustang paced back and forth in the waiting room. Hughes was sitting in a chair, eyes watching Mustang but not really watching. His eyes were distant and glazed. He was in deep thought. Havoc was seated in another chair about halfway across the room. His trademark cigarette was no where to be seen. He was also in deep thought.
Riza was in a chair way on the other side of the waiting room, her legs drawn up to her chest. Her head hung low with her chin resting on her chest, her forehead on her knees. Her blood covered hands were resting on the back of her head. Her face still had streaks and smudges of blood. There was some one her uniform and her hair.
All four of them were trying to erase the image of the bloody hallway from their mind, especially Riza. She had been the first to round the corner of the hallway and see the mess. Almost immediately, she had thrown up. Mustang had rubbed her back while she vomited.
Riza felt a hand on her back and looked up. It was Mustang.
During his pacing, Roy noticed that Riza had her head down. She'd probably had the worst time out of all of them.
He walked over to her and placed a hand on her back soothingly. About 5 seconds after he did this she looked up at him, her eyes were dull and she barely registered him being there.
Roy sat down to her right and watched as she unfolded her body. He noticed her pallor. She looked as if she might collapse at any moment.
Blood coated the front of her uniform and the right side of her face from where she had slipped in the blood in the HQ hall and slid along in it.
Roy was brought out of his thoughts when Riza placed her head on his shoulders. He looked over at her. Her legs were drawn up to her chest again with her arms wrapped tightly around them.
Roy placed an arm around Riza's shoulders and held her close. He rested his head atop hers.
30 minutes passed and no one moved or spoke.
Finally after another 10 minutes, a doctor came out. The four soldiers walked over to him.
"Are you all here for Cassandra?" he asked.
They all nodded.
The doctor scanned over the four people and recoiled slightly when he saw Riza.
The doctor continued to look over them, taking in the sight of their bloody military uniforms. He then asked them what had happened. Only the three guys spoke. Riza remained silent and still, eyes to the ground.
After the doctor got the full story, he too was shocked and sickened.
A few minutes of silence passed.
"How is she?" Riza asked softly, her voice raspy.
All of the men, including the doctor, jumped slightly at her voice. She had been so quiet that they'd forgotten she was there.
Roy, Jean and Maes were glad to hear her voice as she hadn't spoken a word since just after she'd slipped in Cassie's blood, 5 hours previous.
"Well, with what you've told me," the doctor looked them all in the eye and stopped on Riza "She shouldn't even be alive…"
Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter is called Awakening.It's really short but neccessary for the story.I'll post it after I get some reviews and whenever I get the computer next.
Trust me, you would be OOC too if you slipped in a pool of one of your friends' blood. She just needed comfort.
Doesn't Royai rock? BTW, the all powerful ROYAI sign still exists. It is open for praising and worship 24/7.
E.T.