The bullet hit passed through Kat. She fell back barley able to breathe. A car came speeding down the road and screeched to a stop scattering the MP's. When the rouge MP's scattered, Ed ran over to Kat and fell to his knees beside her. She was passed out and blood was flowing out of the wound like a river. Roy and Riza came out of the car and ran over to the three teenagers. "Brother," Al said with a cracking voice, "is Kat going to be ok?" Ed didn't answer he was holding Kat close as it began to pour rain. His clothes soon became soaked with rain and Kat's blood. "Fullmetal!" Roy called as he and Riza stopped besides them, "What happened here?" Ed stayed silent. He was looking down and his eyes were hidden. "One of the MP's shot Kat," Al stated. Riza knelt down and put her hand on Ed's shoulder, "Ed...We need to get her to the hospital. Do you think you could let her go?" Ed let her go and he just sat there, on his knees, unable to move. "Take her..." he whispered trying to speak over the pouring rain, "We'll meet up with you at the hospital..." Roy nodded and picked up Kat then the car speed away.
The next morning the weather wasn't any better. Ed was laying across a couch in the hospital room. Al came in with a bouquet of flowers, "Someone dropped these off downstairs there's no name." Ed looked at Al then looked back to the ceiling. "Kay." Kat slowly began opening her eyes. She looked around. Ed and Al walked over to her. She looked like she was about to say something but a sudden jolt of pain surged through her and she couldn't speak. Ed and Al leaned in with worried looks on their faces. When the pain stopped she laid back in the hospital bed. She looked over to Ed and saw the blood. "I-Is that my blood?" She asked. Ed nodded and looked away. "Yeah, it is..."
"Gee, I'm smart. I should've ran when you told me Ed."
"No, It's not your fault. It's mine. I couldn't get there in ti-" Al stopped him by covering his mouth, "No, Brother...We have to go, a nurse is here to change Kat's bandages." They left room; Al was more dragging his brother than he was walking.
About five minutes later when the nurse had finished, Ed, Al and Roy walked in. Oh, great...Roy's here to, Kat thought. "Hey, Moonlight. I've got some bad news." Roy said, "I talked to the doctor that treated you and he said you're going to have to stay here for the next few months." Kat's eyes went wide. "MONTHS! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IT'S ONLY A GUNSHOT WOUND!" Roy sighed, "Take another look Moonlight. He told me you've got several stab wounds in your waist along with the gunshot! You've also got a slice in your shoulder that you could have died from!" Kat was already holding her stomach in pain from getting upset at Roy. "I can't stay here Roy! I have to keep moving or-" She stopped and shut her eyes tight and clearly could barley breath. Ed bolted over to her, "Get out Roy! Now!" She looked at Roy, she was breathing in short gasps and couldn't speak. "Colonel," Al said, "I think you should go before Brother snaps at you." Roy turned and left without another word.
Five weeks passed like five days. It was late in the day and twilight was falling on Central. A nurse was looking at the wound on Kat's shoulder. Al was standing beside the nurse intently watching. "I'll be right back. I've got to get the rubbing alcohol to clean it out for the night," The nurse said smiling. When the nurse left Kat looked at Al with an anxious face. "I need to get out of here!" Al laughed, "Only two more weeks. That's what the doctor said." The nurse came back and cleaned out the wound; as soon as she was done Al went to join Ed in the cafeteria. Kat was left alone until Havoc and Feury. "What are you two doing here?" Kat asked partly knowing that they had came to say hi. Havoc shrugged, "I dunno. We wanted to vist. You know, all of Central command is worried about you. I've been hearing conversations all day." Feury laughed and rubbed the back of his head. "Roy, asked us to some see you and ask you if everything was fine."
"I see...Roy...Tell him to stop trying to get into my personal life." She finished the sentence smiling proudly. Seconds later Ed came in with a tray of food for Kat and the two military officers left.
"I couldn't help but notice," Ed said breaking the silence that plagued the room, "But, what are those other scars on your right shoulder?" Kat sighed, "Would you really like to know?"
"W-Well, It's ok if you don't wanna tell me or anything! I was just curious!" Kat put her hand on the scars. "The world I come from is called Kishiamai. I was once part of a Royal Family that ruled the whole land. But, unlike the rest of my family I couldn't shift into a demon-form, the form of a cat demon. My father considered it to be a "Hellish omen" or something dumb like that. I became the families slave and whenever I didn't do what my father said I would get beaten. Sometimes half to death. He told me that whenever I got beaten it was because I deserved it...and I believed him. These scars are from his claws." Tears were streaming down her face. "I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't be crying." Ed wiped the tears away Kat looked at him. "No, you shouldn't be crying," he said, "that's in the past. But, this is here and now...and if he ever tries to find you. We'll fight him off. I'll kick his ass myself if I have to." Kat tried smiling through the tears but, it wasn't going to happen.
Al walked in to Ed inches away from Kat's face. "Um, Brother am I interrupting something?" Ed turned around. "NO! NOTHING WAS GOING ON I SWEAR!" Kat was blushing. "A-AL! I SWEAR TO YOU! NOTHING WAS GOING ON!" Al shrugged. "Oh, and Kat someone dropped this off downstairs along with an invitation of some sort." He was holding up a strapless black and blue plaid dress that was knee-length paired with a black silk bandanna. Al handed her the invitation and put the dress on the couch. Kat read it aloud. "To all State Alchemist reading this letter you are cordially invited to a formal ball at the estate of Fuhrer King Bradley. Please come in your best attire. April 10th, 1914...That's exactly two weeks away!" Ed looked at Al then back to Kat, "I've actually known about this for a while and I-I was wondering if you'd like to go...with...me?" A smile as wide as the sky spread across Kat's face. "I'd love to!"
Two weeks passed by quickly and Kat's wounds were completely healed. She had scars though, and lots of them. Ed, Kat and Al were walking to the hotel they were staying at when Kat looked to the sky and said, "Man am I glad to get out of there! I was actually getting used to the routine." Ed and Al laughed and they continued walking on. Once into the hotel room Kat plopped back onto her bed, the only one that was still made up. "Hey, Ed when's this party thing? I forgot." Kat said with closed eyes. Ed was taking off his jacket, "Tomorrow." Kat sighed; then there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it!" Al said bouncing over to the door. Hughes was standing at the door when it opened, "Yo! Just thought I'd drop by before I head home." He walked and sat down on the only made bed next to Kat. "So, anything new?" Hughes added. Kat, Ed and Al shrugged all together. Hughes sighed. "Well, tomorrow's my day off so I get to spend the day with my little Elicia! I have new pictures off her in her little rain coat!" Hughes shoved a picture of his daughter into Kat's face and she flew back and fell off the bed. "Hey! Watch it, Hughes. I just got out of the hospital!"
"Heh, Heh...Sorry...Well, I've got to get home. It's almost Elica's bedtime and I want to say goodnight. See ya!" He left and closed the door behind him. Kat yawned and stretched. "I'm going to bed. Night." They all said goodnight to each other and Kat almost fell asleep instantly.
Kat woke up a little later than everyone else that morning. "Good Morning!" Al said make his and his brother's bed. "Aww, Al don't make your brothers bed, he should do that himself." Al laughed, "Brother's downstairs getting breakfast so I thought I would do something nice and make his bed for him" Ed came back with Frosted Flakes and milk for Al. "They were all out of good food so I had to get cereal. Kat took a bowl and filled it with dry ceral and ate it like that. Al was the only one who actually ate it with milk. "It's raining...The news said a Thunderstorm's on its way." Kat's heart began to race, she was terrified of thunder. Nothing in this entire world scared her more than that. "Is there something wrong Kat?" Al asked. Kat looked over to him; "Y-Yeah, I'm fine..."
The day was spent in the hotel. Around five o'clock, Ed and Kat began getting ready to leave. The thunder had already started to crack and Kat was shaking like a leaf. She told Ed she was just nervous about everything that was going on. They both got done getting ready around six o'clock. Ed was waiting for Kat by the door when she came out covering the new scar on her left shoulder. "Do you think anyone'll notice?" Ed shook his head and walked over to her, "We're going to be in a room filled with soldiers. No one's even gonna care." She moved her hand and they began out the door. Al waved to them as they left the room.
The whole taxi ride to the Fuhrer's house Kat stayed as close to Ed as possible. Once to the estate they walked in and were in awe at how big the house was. They began to walk around saying hello to all the people they knew, then Roy saw them. He walked over to them with a glass of Scotch in hand. "I didn't think you two would come, considering that Moonlight just got out of the hospital." Kat covered the scar. "Yo, Colonel Bastard can we just go sit down." Ed retorted clearly trying to defend Kat. "Tsk Tsk, That's no way to talk to your boss, Fullmetal." Ed and Kat shook their heads and continued walking. Most of the night was just Kat and Ed chatting with Mustang. Eventually, Roy got real drunk and Hawkeye had to be called in to take him back to Central HQ. Kat was staying as close to Ed as she possibly could that night. Ed stood up and held his hand out to Kat, "W-Would you like to dance?" There was a crack of thunder and Kat got up so fast it looked like she was jumping into his arms. On the ballroom floor they followed what everyone else was doing, slow dancing.
When the song was over the whole ballroom clapped and everyone began to leave. It was still raining and they couldn't seem to flag down a cab so Ed and Kat began walking back to the hotel. The rumbles of thunder seemed off in the distance but, it wasn't over. There was a loud boom followed by a flash of lightening. Kat gasped and her arms flew around Ed and she held him tight. Ed didn't know what to do at first but, after a few minutes he held her close to him. "It's ok...nothing's going to happen to you." Kat found his voice comforting to her. There were three words she wanted him to say to her. She pulled away and looked at him face-to-face. "Ed, do you love me?" Ed didn't hesitate or blush at all. He leaned in and kissed her through the rain and the tears. "Yes I do. With all of my heart. I'd never let anything happen to you. I love you." The words Kat wanted to hear finally came out of his mouth. She smiled and hugged him. "Thank you for telling me after all these years...Thank you." Ed hugged her back and for a moment, Kat felt safe in the rain.