Unending Night
Chapter 2
Enter: Strange Smells

That was the last thing I expected him to say. I blinked. "My face?"

"It's… you're so…"

I was so lost. I turned and put one foot on the floor, intent on going to the bathroom to see what exactly had happened to my face, but Al grabbed my hand.
"No, Ed. Don't get up, it's nothing." He smiled nervously, and I pulled away from him. The floor was cold, and I shuffled over to the bathroom quickly. Pff, that was close! My toes almost fell off!
Anyway, I felt more than heard Al behind me, and I looked up just as he grabbed my shoulder.

I couldn't help but gasp.

My face… Alright, so I'm not saying I wasn't handsome before. Yes, I know it sound obnoxious, but why lie? I was pretty hot. But now…
My skin was so pale, almost like a corpse. Against it, my hair stood out like golden fire. My eyes even more so, defined and lined in black. My lips were… a pale pink, but they looked blue. It was strange, and contrasted i an odd way…
But god damn was it sexy… It was just… alittle shocking. You could say I overreacted.

"What the hell happened to me!" I started breathing heavy, pacing and pulling at my hair. This wasn't happening, why was my face so different? Why couldn't I feel my shoulder? Why did everything smell, look, and sound different? Why was this happening? Why was the grass gree-

"Ed! Calm down!" Al grabbed my shoulder and kissed me, effectively stopping my rant. AGAIN. I pulled away, more than irritated.
"Al, I'm serious. This is freaky!" I let my head fall onto his shoulder and groaned. "My poor face…"

"It's okay, Ed…" He smiled, making my heart flutter. "Oh! And the guys want to see us as soon as we check out… you up for taking a trip down to HQ?"

I sighed, and fell back onto the bed. "Sure, Al. Just... Go sign me out, I'll be here."
So Al nodded and left, and there I was, lost in my thoughts.

...

Okay, so not exactly lost in thought, as I was lost in panicy spazz depression. (Does that make sense?) I wouldn't have been freaking out as much if the change hadn't been overnight... or nights.
I rolled over and bit my lip, immediately regretting it.
"OW!" I felt the blood roll down my chin and felt in my mouth. My eyes widened. My canines, and the teeth beside them, were sharper. It wasn't drastic, but it was noticable. (Think the Underworld fangs :D)

"Hey, Brother!" Al popped his head in, smiling. "Time to go."

At that, I jumped out of bed and opened my umbrella, flying out of the window and off to excaliber...

...

Actually, I stood up and followed Al to the front desk, where I signed a few papers. It was troublesome, and I glared at the intern. Okay, so maybe it wasn't her fault I was like this but God damnit I was upset and like hell I was going to hide it.
Oh what a dream my visit to HQ would be, right?

"Hey, Ed!" Havoc grinned, slapping me on the back. I reached out and squeezed Al's hand, just having this uneasy feeling. Al squeezed back and smiled at me, making me smile.
"Hey, Havoc." I returned, grinning at him. We each had our hellos and even Roy managed to be civil. Haha! I was as tall as him now, so he couldn't make short jokes! Oh, what a world to ta-

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No. No song lyrics.

Anyway! About halfway through the entire exchange, i started feeling queesy. At first, it was okay and I could ignore it, but God did it spike. My throat burned and I sarted getting dizzy. My vision was shifting and it was hard to walk. At one point i managed to put a wall in it's place by hitting it repeatedly with my face.
Yea, now it knows who's boss.

Of course, the other's didn't fail to notice this, and started inquiring if I was alright. Well, would any alright person willingly run into walls? (... i do that alot) Didn't think so.

"I'm fine, just had a rough night."
"Yea, we heard about that." Breda chimed in. "You were attacked. How's the shoulder?"

Now that I thought about it, I couldn't feel it. It wasn't just an absence of pain, it was the absence of feeling in general. It was as if it wasn't there. My brow furrowed, and I took off my jacket.
"What are you doing?" Al came over and took my jacket, while I occupied myself with my shirt. God it was tight.
"I'm checking something, love." Everyone's eyes widened at my choice of words, but I was too preoccupied with my clothing... Ah! Got it.

"Al, help me with theses bandages." Still surprised, Al merely nodded and started unfastening them, while i tittered impatiently beside him. He was going too slow, and I was curious. After an hour of THAT, i turned my head to look.
My shoulder was perfect. Pale as the rest of me and just as beautiful. Okay, so a shoulder isn't really beautiful, but it was smooth and if you saw the way Fuery and Al were staring at my che-

"There's nothing there..." Roy whispered, confusion obvious in his dark features. Al nodded, reaching out and carressing the skin. If I couldv'e felt it, I'm sure I would've shivered.
He was always so gentle with me...

"I... can't feel anything. It's like... it's not there." Me and Al locked gazed. We knew that feeling all too well.

The queesy feeling, tired of being ignored, slammed into me full force. So much so that I stumbled backward and had to hold myself up by grabbing a desk. My vision shifted and everything went black.

I watched my brother stumble back, holding his head. My first reaction was going forward and holding him, but I took a step and he lashed out at me. Needless to say it surprised me, more so when he lifted his face and bore his teeth in a snarl.
I backed up, well... tripped backwards, landing on Havoc, who was doing his best to get back as well. Ed's eyes flashed, and just then I noticed they weren't golden.

They were black.

I watched as he clutched his mouth, staring at me with such hunger it was disgusting. It wasn't the way he usually looked at me. I was used to a loving golden gaze, this endless black terrified me.
He stepped forward, growling in some strange animal way.

"Stop, Fullmetal!" Roy boomed, poised to snap. Ed snarled and lunged at him.
The General snapped.

"No!" I yelled, moving his arm so that he hit the wall. It quickly caught on fire and our attentions were diverted. Ed lashed out again and hit me.
...I fell down.

Staring up at him, he glared at me with narrowed black. I was too scared to move. He closed in, Looking ready to attack when suddenly...

He fell forward, writhing.

...

weird.

Okay, so... hehe

I realize this is super weird, but rest assured it will get better ^-^