Chapter Ten-Unexpected

"Ed? Edward, did you hear what I said?" Winry shook him by the shoulders but there was no response. He was still looking at her with the oddest smile on his face. Meanwhile Alphonse could be heard in the background.

"I'm gonna be an uncle! That is awesome!"

"But what's wrong with him? It's like he lost his mind." Winry waved a hand in front of his face with no reaction. Mustang finally stopped laughing long enough to get involved.

"It's okay, I've seen this happen to a lot of guys." He smacked Ed across the face.

"Ow, what was that for!" For a whole two seconds he actually forgot what he'd just heard and then it registered again and he brought his hands up on either side of his head as his gaze turned back to Winry.

"How did this happen?"

"Oh come on Edward, like you don't know." She was handling this much better then him. Bringing his hands onto her shoulders, he tried to be rational.

"But Winry, we don't have any money, we live with Pinako." All the realizations were starting to sink in and his panic was coming out the more items he brought up. "I don't really have a job right now, it's not like I can do alchemy and make money like I used to. Plus the automail business hasn't been the best right now and if you have a baby you'll have to take time off from work, can we really afford that. And how much do babies cost?" He brought his gaze to the sky as though he was trying to do the math in his head. Snapping his head back down, he walked over to the nearest building to lean on and clutched his stomach as though he was going to be sick. "What if the baby turns out to be evil, or I leave it somewhere or it get's kidnapped. I don't think I can handle being a dad." He shook his head in agreement with himself. His amber gaze widened at another thought and he glanced back at Winry, still talking to himself. "What if the babys' a gear head too, I don't know if I can handle dealing with two of them."

"Ed, you're really being a jerk about this. You're suppose to be happy." Roy hollered at him, of all people.

"Oh yeah, how would you handle it?" His head felt like it was spinning at this point. Winry walked over to him and placed a hand on his back.

"Ed, it's going to be okay."

"But how can you be pregnant!" His voice was shrill and he didn't mean to be so loud.

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Winry said goodnight to May and Al once they made it back to Ed's room. Closing the door, she headed over to him as he stood in front of the window, looking outside. It was obvious that he had a lot on his mind still and was quiet the whole way back.

"Ed, it's gonna be alright." She wrapped her arms around his waist and felt his hand on top of hers.

"I know, it's just a lot to think about. I guess that's why you weren't feeling well. I'm glad it wasn't anything bad." He smiled back at her and she leaned on his shoulder with a content smile on her face as well. The nice moment was interrupted when something slammed against the window, getting both of them to jump. A long black streak pressed hard on the glass.

"What is that, Ed?" Another streak hit the window as well only this one stared back at them, it's crimson gaze menacing. It was accompanied by a wide smile. Edward started backing away, nudging Winry back along with him.

"We have to get out of here." They ran for the door, hearing the glass start to crack. Ed got the door open just as the window was pushed in. Blackness filled the room and followed them into the hallway. Edward finally picked Winry up and moved quickly around the corner. He didn't stop running even when he couldn't feel them being followed.

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The knock on the door was unexpected to say the least. Roy had just called it a night and grumbled as he headed back out in his bathrobe. Looking through the peep hole, he could see Ed staring back at him.

"I know you're still awake, now open up!" Mustang unlocked the door and swung it open lazily.

"This had better be good. I was busy." Ed pushed past him, entering the apartment and leading Winry by the hand.

"You were sleeping." Edward was quick to close the curtains in the room before turning back to the General. "We were attacked tonight. When we got back to my room."

"By who?" Ed glanced back at Winry. She seemed really tired to him and he knew she didn't need to be involved in this conversation. He brought his gaze back to Mustang.

"You got a bed she can use?" The Flame alchemist arched an eyebrow.

"I've only got one bed and that's mine." He crossed his arms over his chest. Ed didn't have to say anything, the look he gave the General was enough. It was simple, if he wanted Edward to tell him anything about the attack, he was going to have to give up his warm bed for the night. Slouching his shoulders, Roy gave in. "Alright fine, follow me." He led the way back to the bedroom. Once Ed had Winry in bed he closed the door and headed back out into the living room. "So now you want to tell me what happened?" Edward took a seat across from him, leaning on his knees.

"It was Pride. He broke through the window in my room. We got out of there just in time."

"But I thought you went to visit Selim and said he wasn't behind the attack the other night." Edward shook his head in response.

"I don't know what's going on, but I could never forget Pride. When I last fought him, he tried to take over my body." Roy stared in shock. He had left Ed alone to fight against Pride and had no idea that it was really even possible.

"How does a homunculus even take over a person anyway?"

"All they have to do is use their philosopher's stone. Once they introduce it into the blood stream the host either dies or accepts it."

"Right, that was what the Furer told me once. I guess I just didn't think of it as something that could still happen since they were all defeated."

"Looking back I wonder if I was too easy of Selim."

"If he's got it out for you, maybe you should leave Central." A grin tugged at the corner of Ed's mouth.

"Why would I run off now. This is the first real break we've gotten since I got here."

"Because you've got more important things going on right now at home." Ed brought his one hand up to rub his forehead.

"Ugh, thanks for the reminder. I don't have the first clue about all that." Roy smiled at the thought.

"Considering everything else that's happened, I think you can handle this."

"Glad someone thinks I can." Edward stood from the couch, stretching and letting out a yawn. "Now I get to go explain to Winry what's going on."

"Guess I get to sleep on the couch then?" Roy didn't seem very enthused with the idea of letting Edward take his bed. The blond grinned back at him.

"Too bad you don't have a girlfriend or someone that would let you crash at her place." Roy glared back in good humor.

"I'm just putting up with this because I'm the one who sent for you." Ed waved his one hand back as he went into the bedroom.