All you've forgotten
Rating: T
Summary: Al and Ed have been surviving on the street that is until they are picked up by the police and placed in a foster home, Al adapts quickly but can Ed forgive all those in the past who hurt him and move on?
Author Note: Major AU! No Alchemy but Ed does have automail. Also I do not own FMA, I wish I did but sadly… I don't.
Chapter nine
(Alphonse)
Brother hates hospitals, their white walls and the intense smell of disinfectant reminds him of the time he had to spend in the local clinic while his wounds healed. I shudder, the memories so vivid of the day I found him lying in the field, his blood staining the hay grass around him, the run away tractor smashed into a tree three yards away. He was twelve at the time, my brother trying to self sufficient took a job as a hay mower, and needless to say it ended in tragedy. From inside his private hospital room I can hear thrashing and the noise of his automail limbs working at the restraints. I sigh, haven't these people read in his records that he cooperates without the restraints. Knowing the sight beyond the walls I try and distract myself, looking anywhere but at the door. Like the woman and her massive husband at the receptionists desk, her voice raised and angry.
"But I am a physiatrist!" she shouts and then throws her badge at the red haired nurse behind the counter.
"C'mon Sig." she mutters and stalks toward the waiting room I'm in. I suddenly feel very nervous, my palms getting sweaty as I try to not stare at the menacing looking woman advancing on me. Her expression suddenly changes and she stops, a smirk breaking out on her face.
"Hi! You must be Alphonse Elric." She says and I fight very hard not to gape at the woman, her moods changing as quickly as a viper's. I'm taken slightly aback as the two come closer and seat themselves across from me, well the woman in a chair and the man named Sig on one of the larger benches.
"I'm Izumi Curtis and this is my husband Sig." she introduces and I nod slowly, catching all that but still slightly curious as to why this woman has suddenly chosen to talk to me, not to mention knows my name.
"I've been asked to come and talk to you by your friends Hawkeye and Armstrong." She continues, pulling out a photograph of herself, her husband, Armstrong and Hawkeye. I stare at it critically, looking for the tell tale signs that it's a fake. Finding none I nod and continue to silently watch the two.
"So, Alphonse, do you like living with Riza and Alex?" she asks, suddenly becoming professional and pointed. I stare at her, suddenly very curious as to why she would even care.
"I guess so, they are nice." I respond, looking around the hospital in hopes of finding someone else, but find no one to help me. Izumi wait's patiently before beginning again
"Nicer than the other homes?" I jump, how did she know about those? Now I'm getting really nervous, switching my gaze between this woman with the dark braided hair and the door that my brother is behind. Biting my lip I shuffle my feet and I'm about to take off, just like my brother taught me but large hands clamp around me and I give a startled shout. I struggle, my own body weight not enough to get the much larger Sig Curtis to let me go.
"Ah I see you have met Izumi." I stop my struggling to find the smirking Roy Mustang standing at the doorway to the waiting room, behind him is Riza, Alex and my brother. Against my will I feel my eyes tear up, seeing my brother sitting in thr wheelchair, eyes dull but there. Suddenly the arms let me go and I race to him, throwing my arms around him. He seems weak as I feel his arms wrap around my shoulders and I know they had to sedate him. The metal auto mail limb is cold through my sweatshirt, he doesn't say anything but I know he's glaring at the other woman, suspicion and a tingle of fear causing his weakened body to tremble slightly.
"So, this is the infamous Edward Elric?" Izumi says, stepping closer to where my brother sits in his chair. I feel him relax from the embrace and I pull away, determined to protect him from this woman only to have her smile
"Just get well, I'll come to visit you once you've had some time to recover." Before turning to her husband and leaving. I kneel beside my brother and watch as his dull eyes close and he rests his head against his chest, giving off a sleepy vibe as I gaze at the adults. Riza smiles and comes over from where Alex and Roy are talking, coming to sit in the chair next to me and Edward.
"what's wrong with him?" I ask, watching the woman as her face goes solemn before reaching over to touch Edward's head, a familiar gesture he only allowed our mother to do. He barey reacts and seems to settle further into his induced stupor.
"Well, he has a severe chest infection and had to be sedated for the breathing part of the treatment. Now, we're going to head home and get him into bed. I'm going to need your help on this one Alphonse. You know your brother better than I do and in order to make him take his medication we need to bully him." She smiles and I nod
"I know brother a little too well." And I laugh, turning back to see my brother, huddled now in his coat, covered with a blanket. I told him once, while he was being beaten up at a foster home that I would stick by him, no matter what and I have. We're brother's and we only have each other. Leaning against his shoulder I smile
"All we have is each other brother, that's it." And we wait for the discharge papers.
I'm sooo sorry for being so late with the update, the show barn I work at is heading for the world championships tomorrow so I've been working late and then of course I have major projects due. Please review and for those who asked I'm fine, I've been riding my mare again and everything is good. I'll update soon!