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This chapter took me a while. Sorry about that. I just finished midterms so I've been busy. This chapter may be a bit short.
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Al had cried himself to sleep, clinging to Ed's auto mail arm. Ed had been sitting there, rubbing Al's back soothingly for almost an hour, thinking. Would Al want an explanation? Even if he didn't ask about what happened, the doctors would. This was not a sickness they wouldn't recognize and he wasn't about to explain. Still, how would he explain an unheard of disease?
Ed heard the footsteps of someone entering the room. Looking up he saw a young nurse walking towards him, looking rather shocked.
"S-sir, are you all right?" she voiced uncertainly.
Ed shrugged. "I guess. I kinda want to get out of here." The nurse seemed completely shocked that he was awake.
"I'll go get the d-doctor so he can inform you of what we know so far." She stuttered before rushing out the door. 'Well, if the doc's coming I better wake up Al.' Ed shook Al's form lightly.
"Al. Al, time to wake up." He whispered. Al stirring slightly. "Al, you gotta wake up now." Al finally sat up and blinked.
"Brother?"
"Hey Al. The doctor's coming down. Apparently they have some information." Ed smirked
"That's right." Said a deep, friendly voice. Ed and Al looked towards the door of the room and saw the doctor from the evening before. He walked over to the bed Edward currently occupied. "Now, we don't know much as of yet but what we do know…" he trailed off.
"To tell you the truth, we haven't run into anything like this before so we can't exactly treat it." The doctor stated uncertainly
'Well, not much of a surprise there. Of course they don't recognize it.' Ed thought.
"Wait, you mean that my brother almost died and you can't do anything?" Al questioned, looking furious. He glared at the doctor. "You mean we came here to find out what's wrong and you aren't going to help him." He looked as if he wanted nothing more than to give the doctor a black eye.
"Al." Ed stated firmly. "Calm down. They can't do anything." He added, placing a hand on his younger siblings shoulder in an effort to placate him.
"Brother, they're not going to treat you brother!" His gaze shifted to his brother, worry etched into his features.
"I know Al. They can't treat me if they don't know what's wrong. It could make it worse." Ed explained. Being, for once the voice of reason. Al sagged. Ed looked up at the doctor. "I guess I'll be leaving later today."
The doctor spluttered. "L-leaving? But yo-"
Ed interrupted "There is nothing you can do to treat me. All I'll accomplish by staying here is wasting time." Ed grimaced. "Besides, if we don't get back to central soon the Colonel's gonna kill me!" Ed sighed. "Hey doc, what time is it?"
The doctor stood there shocked for a second before glancing down at his watch. "Umm…it's about 6:30 in the morning."
Ed blanched. "Crap!" he sighed. And hopped out of bed. "Come on Al. If we're lucky we can catch a train to Central and avoid the Colonel spazzing on us. Ed grabbed his clothes from were they had been left, folded neatly, on a chair next to the one Al had previously occupied. He looked up at the doctor's shocked face.
"W-wait! Young man! You can't just go running off. You two interrupted me before I could finish but, whatever it is you're infected with, it wasn't completely active before." The doctor sighed. "It's completely active now and attacking you immune system full force."
Ed shrugged. "I'll be fine. Sorry doc, but I gotta go. I won't let this beat me. Besides, I don't get to Central soon the Colonel gonna roast me." He chuckled before leaving to go change.
The doctor turned to Al, a look of pleading on his face. "Please, you're his brother aren't you? Surely you can convince him…" Al shrugged.
"I doubt it. I've been trying to convince him for years to stop pushing himself so hard. Look how much impact that had. With him, once he's decided on something it takes a lot to convince him to do otherwise. He's stubborn that way." he chuckled. "The best thing we can do is make sure he doesn't end up killing himself working to hard."
"Hey Al! You ready to go yet?" Ed called, now back in his usual atire.
Al grinned. "You bet!"
Ed ran to catch up with his younger brother. "Than let's get going!" Ed grinned, coughing lightly. Al grinned back at his older sibbling and walked towards the door. "See ya doc!" Ed waved before joining Al outside.
The doctor sighed. Somehow, he didn't think he'd seen the last of those two…
A/N: hey every one. Sorry I didn't upate sooner. Thank you for all the reviews! Please R&R.