Chapter 7

Ed had seemed fine now since the doctor gave him the shot a few hours ago. The doctor was giving him tests earlier and decided to give him a bit of a rest before continuing. So Al sat by him again, hoping that everything would be fine now. His breathing was almost back to normal and Al hoped that it was possible that Ed was fighting back and getting rid of the disease so that no more would have to be done to him or happen to him because of it.
Al decided to get up and he leaned down to Ed,
"Brother, I'll be right back. I'm just going to get you some water and maybe you would like a drink later. I'll be right back, I promise"
He headed out the door and closed it behind him as he made his way to get some cold water for Ed.

Ice, cold water filled the cup that Al placed under the tap. Some of it had splashed onto his arm so he had to wipe it off so that he wouldn't rust.
"Ahh, nice cold water for Brother. I hope that this makes him feel better," Al said as he started to walk back to the room. He knew that Mustang and Hawkeye were coming later to see how Ed was doing and he wanted to get there so that he could keep an eye on him before they arrived.
Al opened the room, keeping his eye on the cup of water so that he wouldn't spill it. As he opened the door, he heard a strange noise. He raised his head and found Ed flailing in bed, his body jerking every which way and making the most horrible gurgling noises! Al rushed over to see that Ed's faded eyes were completely glazed over and blood was slowly oozing out of his mouth!

Al stuck his head put to scram for the doctor when he saw the doctor, Mustang and Hawkeye coming down the hallway.
"DOCTOR! HELP!"
They looked at Al and ran into the room to see Ed.
"What's going on?"
"He's having some sort of seizure!"
Roy ran over and pinned Ed to the bed again.
"Sir, we need to help him now or else he won't live through this!"
"What do we do?"
The doctor turned to Hawkeye, who was covering her mouth and standing in the corner in shock,
"Young lady, grab me that bottle of pills there; Col. you need to prop him up and Al, hold him as best as you can"
Everyone did as they were told. Riza handed the pills over to the doctor. He opened the bottle and handed one of the pills to Mustang.
"You need to force-feed him one of these. This will stop the fit and sedate him for a while"
Roy nodded and, as Al held Ed's jerking body, Roy held Ed's head, opened his mouth and dropped the pill in and held his mouth closed.
Everything seemed to be fine when Ed started to make chocking noises. Roy moved his hand back form Ed's mouth and then Ed opened his mouth. Blood poured from Ed's open mouth like a fountain!
"Col.! Don't hold his head up like that or he'll drown! Put it forward!"
Roy followed the doctor's orders and as the blood flowed, Roy saw the pill float away.
"He didn't swallow it. Give me another one!"

Roy put the new pill in Ed's mouth and held his mouth and nose closed. Ed made and face and was having trouble swallowing it.
"SWALLOW IT DAMMIT!"
With his free hand, Roy put it to Ed's throat and rubbed it until he felt Ed swallow. He then opened his mouth and saw that the pill was gone.
"It's gone", he sighed.
He let go of Ed's head and tried to lay him back down while the other doctor's came in to move him while they cleaned up, but Al was still holding onto Ed's body.
"Al? You can let go now"
He looked up to see Hawkeye looking at him. Al immediately let him go and rushed out of the room. He stood outside of the room in the hall, covered in the blood Ed expelled, before he quickly sat down and buried his face into his hands. He said Ed's name before he let out a scream.

Roy was wiping the blood off of his uniform as the doctor approached him.
"I have some bad news,"
"What is it doctor?"
"The boy is going through the stages too fast. I hope that girl of yours gets here soon."
"How long does he have?"
"Not long"
"HOW LONG?"
"About fourteen hours or so, give or take"
Hawkeye was holding back tears as she went outside to comfort Al. Roy looked outside the window to see Riza telling Al the news and her leaning forward to hug the suit of armor.
'Dayna. Where are you? Ed doesn't have a lot of time left. I hope that you will be back soon'.