A new dawn was slowly exposing its rays to the small cracks called
windows that dotted the broken down hospital's rooms and occupants. In
a small bed in the farthest back room, Edward slept on happily as he
finally was able to get some rest from a very tiring night.
Scar,
who was in the middle room, stared off into the bleak rays. The
mornings always reminded him of his mission, and of his duty. He was
not fond of mornings only because they reminded him as well that he was
still alive in a war torn existence.
The light haired Ishbala man
slowly breathed in and out and then tested his weight on his injured
arm. He slowly tried to push himself up into a position that wasn't
laying with his back on the hard bed. The mattress creaked under his
sudden shifting weight, and he let out a small groan when he felt a
painstakingly wrapped wound on his forearm tear and start to oze fresh
blood.
"Another time." He croaked out as he let himself fall back
down onto the white coverings that barely fit the mattress. He sucked
in a breath as his stomach opposed all of his movements with a renewed
vigor, and he knew the bullet wound would probably leave a new scar. A
few minutes passed in silence as Scar calmed his breathing and decided
to look anew at his surrounding.
Two small tables were to the left
of his bedside, and each contained small cups of medical equipment that
was left over to rust. As his eyes roamed over the items, a small
scalpel, tweezers, scissors, a thick, blood covered knife, gauze that
was tattered in places, and many more bizarre things he couldn't name,
his eyes widened when he saw one specific thing that looked new.
"Alchemy."
He growled out as he saw arrays the size of his fist that dotted the
ground. Several pieces of tattered gauze were laying around it and Scar
distinctly remembered Edward complaining last night about the bandages
all being a mess.
"'Guess I'll see what I can do huh?' Did they boy really use
such a cursed method?" Scar said in anger as he recalled Edward's
former words. The sun's rays intensified as Scar seethed over the
apparent use of alchemy. His mind then called up his mission and he
quickly willed his body to cooperate. Minutes passed as he struggled
with pain and stiffness from little sleep and injuries that still had
little chance of healing quickly. He winced when his arm's bandages
caught on a table's items and trying to pull it back only made things
worse. Several sharp items spilled out and clattered nosily on the
cold, wood floor. Scar frowned when he heard footsteps running at a
haphazard speed. For a moment he forgot his present surroundings and
only remembered that he had been on the run from the military for
months.
Quickly
he crossed the small area that was his bed to the doorframe and hid
beside it. A sharp scalpel was in his good hand and it was cluched
tightly in his grasp.
The footsteps got closer and closer while
Scar's war torn existence easily became more and more tense, since
fighting was now what his body was used to. That and running to fight
more battles.
Edward had heard a noise that sounded like breaking
glass and other loud things that probably meant his new aquaintance was
up. After sitting up and blinking for a few moments at the unfamiliar
surrounding, Edward quickly threw off the blanket he had transmuted and
ran at full blast toward Scar's room. The oldest Elric son rounded a
few corners then smiled when he saw the room's doorframe come into
view. He would have slowed down his pace if he had not tripped on a
piece of chalk he had left on the floor a few hours before that he now
slipped on. Edward's golden eyes widened in surprise as he slammed into
the side of the doorframe, and Scar winced when he heard Edward yell
out in pain.
"Just
the kid." He said in a mix of relief and anger. He then threw the
scalpel to the floor where it imbedded itself into the wood floor,
sharp side down. Edward slowly hobbled into the room since his right
leg was burning from landing on it in a painful way.
"Maybe running wasn't such a good idea." Edward said tiredly while rubbing his shin.
"..." Edward slowly looked up to see a glaring crimson gaze peering down at him.
"Why are you angry!" Edward demanded as he walked closer and then flinched when he saw Scar's now ripped and bloody arm. And I tried the hardest on that too... he thought as he walked over and inspected it closer.
It was only a little deep, and most of the jagged wound hadn't fully reopened.
"I'll find some more gauze. And stop glaring, the lest you could
do is say 'good morning!'"Edward said as he walked over to a small
table and grabbed a few pieces of torn up gauze. He put it on the
middle of the array that was still there and concentrated. After a few
moments and one really ticked off Scar had been made, Edward slowly
turned back around with a nice lenght of good gauze in his hands.
"Maybe
you should ... clean.. it...Hey! Why are you glaring at me so much?"
Edward said, but inside he was getting more than agitated. He was
getting scared. People didn't really glare at him like that unless they
really didn't like him. Scar's crimson eyes had narrowed to slits and
his hands were both clenched in anger. He had forgotten about his pain
when he saw the boy do alchemy right before his eyes. He could remember
a blue light like that one that had destroyed his family's house two
and a half years ago. It was too eerily similar for his liking.
"Are you an alchemist?" Scar asked, as he took a few strong steps toward Edward.
The blonde furrowed his brow in confusion, then spoke.
"Yeah. I though I told you last night that I had to do alchemy if you wanted stuff like this." "I don't remember such."
"Well... You were kind of acting strange, and I was poking at your wounds alot so... You probably don't remember." Edward said, but his tone of logic was lost on Scar's rage.
"You. Use.
Alchemy!" Scar gritted out as he threw a punch towards Edward's head.
Edward quickly ducked out of the way, then jumped over the bed to get
some distance.
"Uh, yes. What's the big deal? It's alchemy!" Edward said as he backed up against the wall.
Scar
advanced quickly and gripped Edward by the shoulders, effictifly
pinning the boy against the wall and stopping any hopes Edward had of
escape.
"C'mon, stop joking. S-Scar-san! There's nothing bad
about the alchemy I use!" Edward said as the pressure on his shoulders
increased painfully.
"All Alchemy is bad! Wrong! Evil! Only used for pain!" Scar said aggressively as he lowered his face close to Edward's.
"I-I
don't believe that!" Edward spat out as he struggled in vain. Scar was
a lot stronger than Edward was, and, Edward thought angrily, he has a
lot of height on me too.
"I'm trying to help you with it! How can that be bad?" Edward forced out as he had to gasp to breath properly.
A
moment passed as Scar's hands became nearly unbearably painful for
Edward. Then the finally released to let the boy sag to the floor.
Scar
stood over Edward as the boy breathed deeply and painfully. Scar's
hands were clenching and unclenching as he thought over the boy's words."You
did... Help me. Just don't use it." He gritted out as he sat down on
the bed a few feet behind him. The bed groaned under his weight and
Scar regarded Edward with tired, and pained eyes.
"I've had little
contact with 'helping' alchemy. I've seen it to kill. I've seen it in
battle, and I've seen it to destroy. Your military uses it for pain and
suffering in this war, and none had ever used it for anything of use.
Alchemy is cursed and forbidden by Isbala. My brother lost his arm
because of it, and my mother and father were lost in it's torrent. I
cannot forgive your kind for doing that." Scar whispered as his mind
was lost in old memories.
Note time:
I think this is going well so far. Review please, and thanks for the two that reviewed first!
