Chapter Eleven:
Maybe
Roy is hospitalized...what will happen next?
Elric was still embracing Jenny, although she had fallen asleep in his arms. Havoc was looking down, deep in thought. Neither of them had spoken to each other since they got to the hospital.
"Havoc..." started Elric, "What do you think happened?"
Havoc was silent for a second. Then...
"Ed...I...I walked into his house..."
Elric looked at him. "Why?"
Havoc wouldn't let his eyes be shown. "Because...I had a bad feeling, that's all."
"And what happened when you walked in?" asked Elric.
"I...I saw him...Roy. He...he had beaten Jenny into unconsciousness. "
Elric stared at him. "Impossible...he loves Jenny..."
He looked down at the child he was embracing, and shifted her position. Now he could clearly see her face. It was covered in bruises, and the blood on it was fresh.
Havoc said nothing.
Elric silently moved Jenny to the next seat. Then he turned and faced Havoc.
"Tell me, Havoc. What the hell did you do next?"
"I..." he said, "I punched Roy. I fought with a punch to each horrible thing he was saying. He said that I was interrupting his fun, his enjoyment. I knew that he was drunk, and yet..."
Elric's eyes widened with realization.
"Eh? You want to know why people act violent when they're drunk?" asked Elric, confused. "That's somewhat random. Is their any reason?"
"I'm just curious." she said. She tried to hide the pain in her heart.
"Well...if that's the case..." Elric sat down, "I suppose that people bring out their inner-most self when they're drunk. Some people act depressed, and some people act angry. Either way...that's how they truly feel, and therefor it comes out when they are drunk."
"I see." said Jenny. "Thank you, Edward. Sorry for bugging you before school even started."
"Oh, Jenny." said Elric. "I also want to ask...how did you get that bump on your head?"
Jenny felt her head. There was a bump where she knocked her head yesterday. After her father had punched her.
"It's nothing." she said, summoning all of her effort to smile, "I just hit my head against the wall, that's all."
Sadly enough, that was somewhat the truth.
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"I noticed that cut on your hand, Jenny." said Elric, "That must hurt."
"N-not really." said Jenny.
"Alright then, can you tell me how you got it though?" he asked.
"I...was using a knife and cut myself." said Jenny, but then she realized what she had just said.
"Ah." said Elric. "But how, exactly, do you cut your left hand...when your left hand is holding the knife? Did you suddenly decide to try to risk your hand by using your right hand to cut whatever it is you were cutting?"
"I-I always cut things using my right hand." she said, "My left hand is only for writing."
Elric frowned, but had no way of getting her to admit if something was bothering her. "Alright, thanks for telling me."
He got up. "You should go back home. Your father should be waiting for you."
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All of those times...I should have realized it before.
"Do you think it's possible, Havoc?" asked Elric. "That Roy really does hate Jenny?"
"Maybe..." said Havoc, "Maybe the truth...can only be found out from Roy himself."
As Elric silently agreed, Jenny's eyes shifted. She kept them closed, although she was really awake.
Daddy...
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"...At least his heart is still beating."
"Yeah. As long as it is, there's still a chance of survival."
"But what happened? What do you think happened, I mean."
"I have no idea...although if anything, it's attempted suicide."
"You don't think the daughter could have killed him?"
"A little girl like that? No way."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
"Well...we've patched him all up...now all we have to do is wait. Wait to see if he'll be alright enough for the surgery."
"But...he'll never be the same for them if he has the surgery, isn't that right?"
"No, there's only a chance of that."
"I see. But..."
"But?"
"That girl...didn't she and this man lose another family member a short time ago?"
"Oh yeah. A woman...what was her name again? Oh yeah...Riza Mustang."
At the mention of the name, Roy Mustang's eyes flickered.
"Riza..." muttered Roy.
"He said something!" exclaimed a doctor, the first one to speak before.
"You're right!" said the second one. "Mr. Mustang...are you awake?"
"Jenny..." he said... "Jenny..."
Then a large sound erupted.
"What the hell was that?" exclaimed the first doctor.
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At the same time that Roy woke up, a strange person walked into the hospital. The person was dressed up with such loose clothes that you could not tell whether it was a male or a female. The strange person was also holding a gun.
"Alright." said the person, "Nobody move, and nobody gets hurt. I just want to know the room of someone named Roy Mustang, and I want to have access to that room! If you resist me...you die!"
Havoc and Elric froze in fear.
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Author's Note: Roy wakes up! Who is this masked stranger?
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