Chapter 7: Terminal

Princess Sango

Last Time:

Those words made me wince, and my insides tighten, part of me wanted to cry, part of me wanted to yell and kick his ass, while the other part wanted to run. I stayed planted and whispered, "I want to talk to you."

This Time:

Normal POV…

"I don't have time to talk to you! Why should I?" Roy yelled, and Riza took a step back before stepping forward and slapping him.

"Roy! I have no time for your attitude. You just assumed everything didn't you? I mean, you assumed Maes and I were having a freaking affair, but you assumed, you didn't look farther into it! Maes loves his family, I love my own okay? Now let me inside and let us talk about us!" Riza screamed, before pushing him aside and letting herself inside. When she was inside, the floor was strewn with liquor bottles, and everything.

Riza shook her head; she knew this was typical of him. Roy came up behind her then, "Why should I?"

Riza sighed, "You're not making this easy Roy!"

"Why should I?" he persisted, "Why should I talk to you?"

Riza bit her lip, "Please, understand Roy I never meant for it to get this far out of hand. Please, understand…I love you, more than anything."

Roy stopped, hearing her sudden confession. He was struggling now, since the liquor had already had made his own mind out of control. Riza gently held his hand, and then let go and placed them firmly on his shoulders, her head now down. "Riza…?"

Riza blinked back tears, "I'm Rachel's mom…she's our daughter, 100. Maes, he helped me hide it, along with Winry. I took the documents from your desk to hide it, to make sure once I found out what that document really was. Roy…I didn't want to ruin your chances, and I figured a daughter that was found on a door step was better than not knowing her at all. I left her there that night…I felt guilty for so long…"

"Riza, stop," Roy interrupted, pulling her close, she broke down. She felt like she was being accepted, and then he spoke, "Riza, let me sleep off this hangover, can you go get Rachel? She's at the neighbor's house; bring her home, to her family."

Riza was then let go and she bolted out the door, and ran to the neighbors. Knocking on the door she got a weird look from the woman, but then a smile, "Hi, are you here for Rachel?"

At Riza's nod, she called for the little girl, and she soon came with all her stuff. Riza smiled for Rachel, "Daddy's home waiting…" At that moment a gun shot rang out through the apartments, Riza then looked at Rachel, whose face was confused, finally her hand slid to her gun hilt, which was empty. "Roy!" She ran with out thinking, and soon was inside the apartment.

There was Roy's body; he was lying down in bed, a bottle of beer tipped, blood dripping from an unknown wound. Riza searched for it, but she knew that she was better off going for help then letting Roy bleed to death. Running into the kitchen, she called the ambulance, and soon someone was over, carrying him away. Riza was teary eyed, but soon returned to Rachel, not bothering to wipe off the blood from her clothes, just her hands. Riza kneeled down to Rachel, who was standing outside. The neighbor gave Riza a pitying look, saying that Rachel could stay here if she needed to, since she had no mother to go to.

Riza glared at her, "Thanks but I'll take her from here. Rachel, come on, we're going to my house."

Rachel nodded, waving to the woman who was looking after her, and soon they were off. The car ride was really quiet, and when Riza walked through the door, Maes was there. He was shocked to see her soaked in blood, and to see Rachel there. Elysia pulled Rachel into the living room, not stopping at all to notice Riza. Maes, finally able to speak asked, "What happened?"

Riza cried then, "He found out Maes! He shot himself; I might as well have left the country! I don't even know if he's dead…"

Maes held her then, "Shh…tell me everything calmly."

"I told him the truth; I thought you said everything would be okay! Maes, I went to go bring Rachel home, he was all calm, but then, when I was about to leave the neighbor's house, he shot himself…" Riza sobbed.

Maes sighed, "The fool, Riza, go take a shower and sleep, I'm going to go see Roy."

"What about the girls?" Riza asked him.

"I'll take them with me and leave them with someone out here I know. Okay?" Riza didn't answer, but she left him to go do as she was told. Maes made sure she was inside the shower before leaving with the girls.

Riza's POV…

I peeled off my clothes, only to notice it had bled through my clothes and the deep crimson dried blood was now on my skin. I felt sick, I didn't know what to do, the only thing to listen to was Maes for now. I knew though, soon, that I would have to face what had happened to Roy, and they will look into the part I played in all of this. If they…if anyone knew the real truth about what would happen to Rachel, Roy, and me?

A new round of tears was threatening to fall, but I blinked them out. I should've known to not tell him when he was drunk! He's always acted out outrageously to things when he was drunk. Roy…

Meanwhile…

Maes sighed as he sat in the hospital waiting room. No doctor has yet to come talk to him yet, so now he's just waiting. Within twenty minutes though, someone came to talk to him, "Maes Hughes?" Maes nodded, jumping up and stared at the doctor. The doctor seemed not sure how to explain it, but he tried his best, "It was one shot, but he ended up missing the heart which he had aimed for originally but ended up hitting a major artery. He's in critical condition and stable for now, but he won't last long."

Maes sighed, "How long does he have?"

"Three hours at the most, we're trying our best sir," the doctor answered.

"Can I see him?" Maes asked.

The doctor nodded and motioned for him to follow, and soon they were in front of the door that held Roy. Maes nodded to the doctor before going inside, and he saw Roy, the tubes and everything. He noticed his friend's eyes half open and he walked up to him calmly, "Roy?"

Roy turned to face Maes slowly, "You knew…you knew…why didn't…you tell me?"

Maes shook his head, "It was Riza's choice, not mine. Why couldn't you forgive her?"

"I was upset…I went over the edge."

"You sure did, now Riza will have to raise Rachel, and where will you be? Rachel will now have no father! The doctor himself gives you three hours," Maes told his life-long friend.

"I'm sorry…" Roy answered.

Maes shook his head, "I'm going to bring Riza over, and you better still be alive." Roy didn't have time to answer as Maes ran out of the room.

TBC…