Ambulances finally arrived to take Ed to the hospital. All that Winry, Riza and Al could do was watch their friend be carried away on a stretcher, still a bloody mess. A doctor approached the three with a clipboard in his hand.

"Hi. My name is Doctor Richards." The doctor said "I'll be helping Mr. Elric through his time at the hospital. You'll be happy to know that I have finished my diagnosis on his condition." Doctor Richards looked at the clipboard. "He received more stab wounds than I could count, he has lost a ton of blood, his steel prosthetics have been completely destroyed beyond repair, his ribs appear to be in pieces and he is in a coma."

"A…coma?" Winry said, her voice starting to crack.

"Yes. But I don't think it's that serious of one. I'm sure it will not last long. He should be awake in a few hours."

"When you get to the hospital, what will happen to Edward?" asked Riza with concern.

"Our plans are to take him to a secure room in the hospital, clean his wounds and bandage him up." Said the doctor.

"When will I be allowed to see my brother?" asked Al with a hint of fear in his voice.

"Actually if you start heading over to the hospital right now you will be able to see him. I'll call the nurse and tell her he will be having visitors soon."

"I can drive us. Thank-you Doctor Richards." Said Riza. They piled into her car, Riza driving, Al in the passenger seat and Winry in the back, and began the long ride to the hospital.

"Winry are you okay?" asked Riza looking at the teen through the mirror.

"I'll be fine." She replied. "I feel like I'm having one of Ed's nightmares."

"Nightmares?"

"Yes," said Alphonse "They happen all the time. They're usually based on him feeling guilty about all that's happened like with Mom and me. When he has them, nothing can wake him up until it's finished."

"Oh God…" Winry started to say but Riza stopped her

"The less we think about it, the easier this is going to be." She said.

But Winry couldn't get the image out of her head. Her best friend, Edward, being pierced by thousands of knives and being kicked to the ground. The bloody mess that Edward was in was too much to bear. All for someone like her. Why? She began to breathe heavily. She heard voices in the distance that she couldn't make out and then came back to reality.

"-inry! It's okay!" She heard Riza's voice clearly, Al was shaking her and the car was no longer in motion.

"I'm okay...Just can't….Get it out of my head!" she said shakily.

"I know. It came a shock to me too. But for Edward's sake we need to hope he can pull through this." Said Riza solemnly.

"Brother is strong." Al said to calm his friend down "Strong enough to put his life on the line for someone he cares about. And he's done it more than once HE WILL PULL THROUGH THIS.

Riza turned back to driving, Al turned forward silently and Winry was beginning to have her heart torn apart