Illusion of the Bluebird
By Gozilla
A/N: Sorry for disappearing for so long. Thanks a lot to all who you have read and / or left a review! Hope you will enjoy this chapter.
Special Thank: I would like to give my special thank to Hitokiri-san for beta-ing my story and correct my messy English! Thanks a lot!
Credits: Please refer to the previous two chapters. Again, many thanks to the BBI team, kier and h2oblue! You are the best!
Summary: (Spoiler to Bluebird's Illusion and the TV series) The Elric brothers had finally found the philosopher's stone and Al was finally restored. But there was something wrong with Al's body. Would Ed find the solution in time?
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Chapter 5 – Strange wound
The talkative driver kept talking to Edward about various going-ons in the city, as if he had not been talking for a week or something.
Though feeling annoyed, Edward kept his mouth shut and wished that he could get home as soon as possible.
"You know what?" the driver continued, "The city is getting very dangerous these days. Do you remember Barry the Chopper? You think he was ruthless? There's a more dangerous serial killer in the city! It seems to start about two weeks ago. All the victims were cruelly murdered. But there is more- all the witnesses were murdered too. The killer has murdered at least five people in the past two weeks."
Edward frowned slightly, feeling unsafe in the city. Suddenly, he remembered his brother walking home alone in the afternoon. Deeply worried, he got off the car once it reached his home and rushed into the house.
"Al!" Edward called, "Al, where are you?"
"I am in the kitchen, niisan."
Edward ran to the kitchen. He sighed in relief as he saw his brother cooking dinner in the kitchen.
"What is it, niisan?" Al asked as he saw Edward's worried face.
"Well, I was worried." Edward said, slightly embarrassed by his overreaction, "I heard that there is a serial killer in the city. I... I was just..."
"You are worried about me." Al smiled.
"Well, hmmm... yeah... sorry..." Edward said, his face flushed a deep red.
"Thanks." Al smiled broadly.
Edward smiled back, "Where's dinner? I am hungry."
"In a minute, just take a seat and wait, OK?"
"Al, your cooking skill is getting better each day." Edward said cheerfully as he had dinner prepared by his brother.
"You look much happier than you did in the afternoon." Al said, "What happened?"
Edward slowly put down the fork and looked blankly at the table.
"Niisan?"
"It's been so long since I have this feeling..."
Al did not say anything, waiting patiently for his brother to continue.
"It's been so long since someone has waited for me to return home." Edward looked up and watched the face of his brother, "It's been so long..."
"Niisan..."
"I am all right, Al." Edward gave an assuring smile, "I am all right."
"I know." Al smiled back, knowing that his brother was remembering their mother, "I will always wait for you to return home if you wish."
The brothers then finished the dinner with happy chats.
"Mum! Mum!" a child shouted happily as he ran up the hill towards their home, holding something in his little hands.
"Ed, don't run so fast." a woman standing in front of the house called, "You may fall and hurt yourself."
"Mum, look at this!" Edward stopped in front of his mother and handed a cute horse made of metal in his hands to her, "Look at what we have transmuted!" he said excitedly.
"What a wonderful horse!" Trisha praised and smiled broadly.
Edward laughed happily.
"But..." Trisha's smile slowly disappeared as blood started pouring down her face, "Why can't you make me right?"
Edward shot up from the bed, his whole body covered with cold sweat. Panting heavily, he sat on the bed, stunned.
It took a few moments before Edward recovered from the shock. He had lost count on the number of nights he woke up stunned and broken by this haunting dream.
Only when Edward recovered from the shock, he noticed a piercing pain radiating from his left arm. He looked at his left arm and was surprised to see blood soaking the sleeve.
Immediately, Edward took off the shirt and found a long bleeding wound winding from his left shoulder to the elbow. It was as if his skin and flesh was being split from inside.
Even though he was confused, Edward quickly found some bandages and wrapped the wound, without waking his younger brother sleeping on the bed placed in the opposite corner of the room.
Confused and unsettled by the physical pain from the wound and the mental pain from the nightmare, Edward was unable to go back to sleep for the rest of the night.
End of Chapter 5