"Please, Roy, don't die. Wake up, dammit, just open your eyes. Oh, shit… this is bad…"

Alphonse could hear the woman whimpering as he ran toward the two. "Hold on! I'm an alchemist, maybe I can help!" he yelled, coming up next to them and skidding to a stop.

The woman's head snapped up when she heard his voice, and she turned to look at him with a relieved expression. "Of course, Al, I know you're an alchemist, but maybe Ed should come and help you-" Her talking ceased when she saw the boy's appearance and her eyes widened in shock. "A-Alphonse?"

Al started. "H-how do you know my name? And how do you know my brother?"

The woman still looked at him in disbelief. "I do know you… B-but, where's your suit of amour? D-did you… get your body back?"

He blinked a few times at her. "What are you talking about? I've never met you before in my life… you better not of done something to Ed!" Clearly this woman was insane. What if she was the reason this man beneath her was near death? A large, pained groan from said man interrupted his thoughts.

The woman shook her head. "I didn't do anything to your brother, look, something is wrong with you, but could you please help him? M-my name is Riza and this is Roy, okay? We're both part of the military… he's a State Alchemist; he's very important…"

Alphonse swallowed a couple times. Perhaps she was right, something probably was wrong with him… after all, he had just woken up in a strange place with no memory of how he got there. Now, all he could do was save this Roy.

He kneeled beside the man, taking a toll on the situation. Roy looked bad-there was a definite stab wound on his shoulder, and various other scratches. "What happened to him?"

"I'm not entirely sure, he was battling with someone… it's a long story."

"Alright." He left it at that, and tried to think of what to do. There wasn't much to work with, and he was forced to use blood to draw a transmutation circle on the man's stomach. He placed his hands on the circle and closed his eyes, focusing all his energy on doing all he could do to help Roy. Al felt some of his energy leave him and melt into the man, giving him strength and hopefully sustaining his life. After a few moments, he opened his eyes and stopped the alchemy. "That's all I can do. We need to get him to a hospital."

Riza nodded. "Central Headquarters should help him. Let's take him there."

Author's Note:

Sorry this took me so long. I was having a case of writer's block, and I just wasn't feeling inspired. Someone did point out to me that this is a flaw in logic, because Roy doesn't know that Al is back until the movie. So… sorry? I can't really change it now, so consider it a bit of AU.

My next chapter probably won't come for a while. I've got Christmas (yay) and then I'm going to visit my best friend. But thanks for reading, and leave me a review, please.