Kat woke up to an empty hotel room. She sat up and rubbed her eyes tiredly. There was a big crashing sound which made her jump. Kat immediately jumped out of the bed and ran to the door to see Al holding back Ed. She couldn't see who or what he was yelling at. "Where is she?" said a clam, tiny, but familiar voice. Ed growled, "Why the hell should I tell you!" A sudden realization hit Kat. Could it be? She jumped out of the doorway. "I knew it!" She exclaimed with sudden excitement, "Mio! Alexander! How did you get here!" Standing in front of Kat was a girl with short blue hair with a hood over her head and long white haired boy with the same over his head. Al dropped Ed out of confusion and Ed looked like his head was going to fall off. "Kat, who are these people?" asked Al. Before Kat could answer Mio jumped and jumped on Kat's back. "Kat-Chan!" She yelled in the happiest tone ever, "Mio missed you! And so did Alexander-Chan!" Mio gestured to the boy as he waved to her with no expression on his face. Kat turned to Ed and Al. "This is Mio and Alexander. Friends of mine back in my own world."
They all went back into the hotel room. Mio, Alexander and Kat all sat in a row on the floor while Ed and Al sat on the couch. "When I was a kid, whenever my Father wasn't looking or it was late at night I sneak out to play with them." Mio was too busy inspecting Ed to add more to the story. She stopped and stared at the antenna on top of his head, "Kat-chan..? Is this boy an alien? Because he's got an antenna and he's very small." Al instantly ran over to hold his brother back. "Brother, Calm down! She didn't mean anything!" Ed reached for Mio with both hands trying to grab her by the neck, "WHY YOU LITTLE...!" Kat held back her laughter, "N-No Mio...H-He's-" Mio got inches away from her face. "You're boyfriend?" She teased. Kat's face went bright red, "W-Well," She looked back at Ed who was also blushing, "Mio, Why don't you, Al and Alexander go get something to eat. Kay?" Mio nodded and took Al and Alexander by the hand and dragging them out of the room.
"That was embarrassing, huh?" Kat said in a nervous tone. Her face was still red and her smile was fake. Ed sighed, "They don't need to know what happened, ok? We can keep it to ourselves until the time comes for them to know." Kat nodded and sighed. But still, she thought, everyday that we're not moving he's gets closer to finding me. Ed got up to sit down on the floor in front of her, "Is something wrong? You look a little worried?"
"I'm fine," She said turning to smile at him. She stood up, but tripped over her own feet and fell ontop of Ed. "H-HEY!" Ed exclaimed out of surprise. Kat's reply was quiet, "Sorry...I guess I'm a bit clumsy today." Ed could tell something was wrong, but he also knew that she was as stubborn as him and she wouldn't tell him if it depended on her life. Kat didn't move she closed her eyes when tears began to show, "I-I'm sorry, Ed. I don't know why I'm crying." Ed stared in disbelief, this was the first time he had ever seen her cry for absolutely no reason at all. She always seemed like such a tough, hard-skinned person. The type of person he thought would never cry, for anything. But, he was wrong. He had cried before, out of pure fear. If she was crying out of fear, what was she so afraid of? At this point, Kat had gotten off of Ed and was on her knees with her face in her hands. Ed crawled over to her and wrapped his arms around her. Kat buried her face in his shoulder and began to sob. Not even she knew why she was crying; maybe she was finally letting all the pain out.
Mio, Al and Alexander came back shortly after. Kat was sitting with her knees to her chest staring out the window with Ed by her side with his arm around her holding her close. Mio smiled, "We brought you two back some food. We assumed you two would be hungry." She held out two plates of food to Ed then padded over to Kat. He stared for a minute then took the food, "Thanks Mio." Al looked to Alexander, "Mio seems much nicer to Brother than earlier. Is there a reason for that?"
"You could say that Mio always looked to Kat as a daughter or a sister. She's very protective of her. Now that Kat seems to have found love that wasn't forced by her father...She's happy for her," Alexander replied. "Forced?" Al asked, "You mean her father forced her to have feelings toward someone she didn't love?" Alexander nodded, "There was a boy named Lamron who Kat's father wanted her to marry. Even thought Kat wasn't even part of the royal family anymore the Gods had sent a message to him telling him that if Kat didn't marry the world would fall into a great war and depression. Kat's father thought she didn't deserve to marry. So he chose the most evil, despicable boy from the Fire Clan of the South. It became a routine, everyday Kat would suffer beatings from her father and Lamron. At a point, Lamron became upset with Kat because she refused to make him food. He held a knife to her throat and threatened to slit it. Kat's father saw this and decided that Kat was a valuable servant. He killed Lamron and sent his body back to the Fire Clan of the South. Kat thanked her father but all he did was beat her until she couldn't move." At that moment, Mio, Alexander, and Kat's ear pricked at the same time.
A loud growling sound came from the outside as it began pouring rain. "Dammit," Kat said, her voice filled with fear and hate, "He's found me" She ran over to the glass door that lead to the balcony outside. The thunder sounded joined by an exploding roar. Kat winced when she opened the door. "Kat-chan, let us come with you. We can help." Kat turned to the sound of Mio's voice. "No, Mio! This is my problem and I have to deal with it myself!" She ran out and as she was about to jump someone grabbed her ankle, she turned to see Ed staring back at her. Thunder sounded and lightening flashed, Kat winced.
"Let me go, Ed! Please...I have to deal with this."
"But, you don't have to deal with it alone!" Kat looked to the sky knowing he was right. She didn't have to deal with it alone, but she didn't want to put the lives of her friends at risk. "Yes, I do, Ed. Goodbye." She pulled her ankle away and jumped into the sky. "Kat!" Ed yelled. He got ready to jump down and follow her, "Dammit, Kat!"
"Brother! No!" Before Al could reach Ed he jumped down and followed her.
Kat reached a quart of buildings in the middle of Central. The thunder and roared got louder and the lighting got brighter. A white paw slammed down in front of her and she fell to her knees, knowing she wouldn't be able to win a fight against him. A huge cat demon seemed to have walked out of the clouds. "Asiheil..." The demon growled. Kat lifted her head and looked straight forward making sure not to look the demon in the eye. "Hello...Father."
The demon growled even louder and lifted a paw then swung it back down into Kat slamming her against the wall of a building. She coughed up blood, the pain was overpowering. "I told you, Asihiel," The demon snarled, "You have no right to call me your father." She got right back to her knees, "Yes, Master Nolael." Nolael grinned, "Since you ran away...I presume you will put up a fight if I try to take you back. I am correct, yes?" He sat down and wrapped his long snake-like tail around his paws, "Answer me when I speak to you!" Kat winced, "I don't know, Master Nolael." He growled and hit Kat again, "Wrong answer, Asihiel!" This time she hit a tree and felt something snap. She screamed in pain and agony and was unable to move because of the pain. Nolael took her in his jaws and threw her back into the stone quart. "You do not deserve to die with dignity," Nolael snarled bearing his teeth. Nolael's jaws were about to clamp around her when someone jumped in front of her. Blood spattered on the newly fallen snow. It took Kat a minute to realize who it was; when she did tears began to stream down her face. "Ed..." He looked turned his head and looked at her with blank eyes, "I-I promised I would...protect you...no matter what." Nolael's jaws unclamped when a siren sounded from the sky. Then he simply disappeared. The snow continued as the blood streamed from Ed's limp body in the snow. Kat reached out to him. She was bruised, bleeding and something was broken. "Ed...Ed wake up...Please…" Then everything went black.
Kat slowly began to wake up. She saw Roy, Al, Winry, Mio and Alexander standing over her as her eyes opened. But, where was Ed? Was he ok? She then realized her eyes were filled with tears. She looked around the room drowsily. "Al...Where's Ed..." Kat tried to take a deep breath but a sharp stab of pain shot through her body. Roy sighed, "Don't move, Moonlight. You've broken a rib." Kat held her side and attempted to sit up, "Where's Ed...Tell me, Mustang!" Winry walked over from across the room and laid Kat back down, "We're not allowed to see him yet...So calm down before you hurt yourself more," She said blankly. Al smiled trying to cheer her up, "It's ok. The doctor said that Brother should be just fine. Now try to go back to sleep." Kat closed her eyes trying to go back to sleep, but every time she did she saw Ed, bleeding and dying in the snow.
Kat never fell asleep but she was able to rest her eyes for a few minutes at a time. Al and Winry soon left to check on Ed's condition. Roy, Mio and Alexander were left in the room. Mio was the first to speak, "Has she ever been like this before? Because by the way Winry-chan was yelling before Kat woke up..." Roy sighed and rubbed his head as if he had a massive headache, "Yes, she has. Once before...but that's not important right now."
"She's blaming herself. I know it," Mio said staring out the window into the dark of night. "She always does and we're not going to be able to convince her until she gets the chance to talk to Ed," Roy added silently.
Kat woke to afternoon sun. There was a sudden jolt of pain that made her wince in pain for a good 30 seconds. She realized she was alone so she laid there staring out the window. Many thoughts and questions ran through her mind. Is he ok? Did he die? Soon enough Al came in. Kat tried moving but pain prevented her. "It's ok, Kat. Don't move," Al said with a clearly joyful tone, "Brother's ok! He's still unconscious but the doctor said he's stable." Kat sighed in relief. She shut her eyes fighting back the tears. Then she decided, she was going to see him no matter what. She sat up and pain flowed through her alongside her blood. "Kat!" Al exclaimed jolting over to her, "You're not strong enough! Lay back down!" Kat ignored him and swung her legs off the bed. Al only stared in disbelief, was she really strong enough to do this? Of course not, but would pain stop her? No. Still in massive pain she held her side and stumbled over to Al. "Al...take me to..." She winced in mid-sentence and almost fell over only to be caught by Al, "Ed..take me to...Ed.." Al was still in shock, "B-but, you're not-"
"Now! Al!" She looked up at him, her eyes filled with pain, anger, guilt and sadness. Al looked at her eyes and realized she wasn't going to stop. She had her heart set on seeing him. Al nodded and led her out.
Once in the room, Kat dropped to her knees from the pain of her own wounds. As Al knelt down to help her up he said, "Mio, Roy, Winry, and Alexander went out to lunch." Kat paid no attention to Al's comment she was focused on the limp body covered in bandages on the hospital bed, she couldn't move. "Ed..." Her silent cry wasn't enough to break the silence in the now darkening room. His whole chest and waist was covered in bandages that were soaked in blood, he had several cuts on his head and his automail was completely destroyed. Kat simply couldn't breathe. At that moment Ed's eyes shot open, he clutched the sheets on the hospital bed and was gasping for air. Al immediately bolted to his brother's bed side, "Brother!" Kat attempted to stand up but only fell back to her knees, Al was right she was too weak.
Eventually, Ed was able to sit up with help. After Al had left the room Kat looked at Ed, "You idiot!" she yelled, "Why didn't you let him kill me? You wouldn't be here right now if you had!" Ed's voice was filled with the pain from his wounds, "Because if I had I wouldn't be able to live with myself." Did he really care about her that much? "I would have killed myself before I let you die." Ed continued, "So don't tell me I should've let you die!" Kat looked away, "I'm going back to bed." She struggled to stand up. Then, Mio came bouncing in, "Kat-chan do you need some help?" Kat smiled a fake smile and nodded. Alexander walked in and put Kat on his back, "Let me help," he mumbled.
Kat soon fell asleep and Winry joined Mio and Alexander shortly after. "Hi you guys! How is she?" Mio smiled, "She great! She fell asleep not too long ago," then her voice became irritated and aggressive, "So how's the midget boy?" Winry sighed, "Ed's fine." Kat slept through the rest of the day and into the night. But that morning, bad went to worse. Winry came bursting through the doors of Ed's room, "It's Kat!" She yelled, "She's coughing up blood!"