:The consequence of saying nothing.:

Disclaimer:… I know I haven't put one of these things on all my chapters but too bad! I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of those character names… ...Except my dad's middle name is Edward. On the other hand I Do own Doctor Thomas! Got it! So don't sue me please… . ….. . …… . …..

Winry made her way to headquarters. She was surprised that she had even managed to drag Alphonse along. Looking at the ground she sighed and continued walking. The guards at the door asked her what she was at headquarters for and she replied, "I was ordered to speak to Mustang in the absence of the Fullmetal alchemist, Edward Elric."

The guard nodded and contacted Roy's office. Winry could here the orders directed over the phone.

The guard nodded letting them pass through the gate. He stared up at the suite of amour known as Alphonse as they passed through. Alphonse had said nothing from the walk from the hospital to headquarters. Winry wasn't surprised because of it. He had been like this, speechless, for days and she was growing tired of it.

The two walked past a secretary who led them to Roy's office door than left. At first Winry was hesitant to go in, but as she touched the door handle she was surprised to see the door open. Riza stood in the doorway and looked down at her. She nodded to Winry and looked up at Alphonse giving him the same nod. Moving out of the way she cleared a path for the two to walk in.

Winry glanced at the two, Mustang and Hawkeye, and proceeded inside the office, Alphonse slowly following behind. Looking around Winry noticed that Roy's office was normally darker than it was before as the curtains behind him where drawn. Roy looked up at the two arrivals from his desk and smiled. His smile quickly faded as he glanced at Alphonse's lethargic movements. Sighing he stood up.

"What's going on?" He demanded very unofficially.

Riza quietly closed the door and locked it from any unwanted ears. She turned away from it than quietly moved to stand next to the colonel.

Winry looked at Roy than glanced to Riza. She didn't like the grim expressions they wore. Turning around she looked up at Alphonse who still remained unmoving.

"Al…say something please!" she looked at him pleadingly than looked back at the two officials who bore there gaze on her.

As Winry expected, there was no reply from Alphonse. She watched as Roy stood up and walked silently to Alphonse and looked up at him threateningly.

"Why aren't you saying anything Al? Are you ashamed? Do you fear your brother will hate you forever?"

Roy's words Echoed with a surprising amount of venom as he spoke them. But still there came no response from Alphonse. Riza finally spoke up after a long silence.

"Umm... Sir, don't you think you should discuss Edw-… I mean the Fullmetal's condition?"

Roy nodded retreating back o his desk and sitting down. He beckoned everyone else in the room to take a seat. Only Winry and Riza did.

"So…" Roy began. "What is the statue of Fullmetal's health?"

Winry spoke, her voice shaky for a while until she mustered enough courage to keep it calm. She explained about Edward's stroke, and how he soon recovered from his coma after it. Than she told how every time he saw Alphonse he would go completely nuts, raving how Al was going to try to kill him and run from the room just to be away from him.

"The problem is." She began again. "Was that Alphonse would not have moved at all."

Roy looked worried for a moment. He glanced up at the standing Alphonse. He saw the soul through his eyes sockets empty and full of sorrow. Roy shook his head.

"Riza, could you please file a report on this? But could you leave out any mention of Alphonse Elric and also Edward Elric's hallucinations?"

Riza nodded to Roy who had given the order.

"I'll quickly begin now sir." She said saluting. She bowed slightly and walked out of the room shutting the locked door behind her.

Roy looked at Winry and Al.

"I'll come by to visit Fullmetal, but otherwise, I would like to keep him here." He pointed to Alphonse.

Winry looked surprised than solemnly looked away.

"He won't listen to you." She whispered.

"Than I suppose I should give you both a room here. And don't tell me the military is to up tight for you! I've heard that many times before."

Winry gaped at him in protest than shut her mouth and blinked starring blankly.

"Fine." Came her irritated reply.

Winry sat up and walked out of the room beckoning Al to come with her. He followed silently. Roy sighed and called the office to issue the order as they left.

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Edward sat in the hospital bed, heavily medicated and recovering from one of the few sedatives that they had used on him when he ran last. He was dizzy from the effects as the doctor walked in the room. He looked at Edward. His patient would be ready to go home soon. That is if his hallucinations stopped. Where these hallucinations real? Doctor Thomas had seen Edward after his attacks and noticed that he would look physically beat up, but he was not sure. Maybe he accidentally beat himself up during them? All he knew is that he was saying that someone was tying to kill him. Doctor Thomas decided to study the issue later on. For now he watched as a few nurses attended to his tired patient. One nurse was trying to take his blood pressure and the other was trying to get him to calm down and force him to drink a glass of milk. He chuckled at seeing that by giving him milk, or trying to make him drink the milk, which made him over react, the nurses weren't going to get a good read on blood pressure. Calling off the nurses he walked to the side of the patient's bed.

"How are you doing?"

Edward looked up at doctor Thomas perturbed to have almost been force fed milk. He scowled at him.

"What do you think? There trying to make me drink that vile stuff!"

Edward pointed at a glass on a nearby bedside table. One of the nurses who had not left yet glared at him and walked out ruffled.

Thomas laughed a little than looked at his clipboard.

"It seems that you may be able to leave soon."

Edward looked up at him hopefully.

"R- really? 'Bout time."

The doctor nodded but concern still shown in his eyes. He made an attempt to cover it up with a fake smile and it seemed to work.

"Yes. Really..." he replied quietly almost to himself. He bowed slightly and muttered a "will you excuse me."

Edward didn't seem to notice anything at the time as he was left busy fighting with the nurse who had left before glaring, who had come back,. And was now trying to shove a jug of milk down his throat. The doctor still worried for his patient, but he knew he had others to attend to as he put 'Mr. Elric.' File away and took another to leave and report the saddening and grim news of this one.

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((You know? If you really think about it, it must suck to be a hospital doctor…

. unless you don't care about that stuff and work solely for you profession. I dunno.

I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long. I've been really busy Fair I entered my chickens in and an extra summer college course I took… heh.. –sweatdrop-… anyway I promise to update sooner this time. And this is just the turning point! And to give you a clue

CLUE: the patient that doctor Thomas is off to see has a connection to the Elric's and Winry…. . ….. CLUE END!

Anyway here's a summary of the next chapter:

What happens when Roy goes to visit Edward in the hospital? How will he react? And will he see Roy the way he sees Alphonse attacking him now? Who is this patient that Doctor Thomas is attending to?1"

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