Chapter 12

The blurry, squeaky fan came into plain view. After a while, it became clear and a moan followed. The breathing that had been wheezing before had settled back to normal.
The line of view came around the room and the ears picked up a soft breathing noise. They turned to the left to see a head of blond hair sleeping beside the bed. The left hand lifted up and touched the person's head, they moaned and a girl's head face lifted of the bed.

"Hey. How are you feeling?"
Dayna got up and saw into the two golden eyes that were staring back at her. She took his hand and pressed it against her face. Tears started to roll down her cheeks.
"Where am I?"
"At the hospital. You've been here for a few days"
"Was I sick? I don't remember anything"
Dayna sat back and told Ed of what happened over the days he's been sick. She told him about the flower and about the disease that the doctor said had taken hold of him.

Afterwards, Ed thought about what Dayna told him. He looked at the bandages that were on him, especially the one over his heart. They confused him.
He then looked over at Dayna and saw that her left arm was in a sling.
"What happened!"
"Just a little accident on the cliff. Don't worry, I'll be fine"
Ed had a sad face on him,
'Dayna risked her life to save me and she almost died. She really is something'
He turned to her again and gave her a smile.
Dayna returned the smile and got up and left the room. She came back a few minutes later with Col. Mustang, Lt. Hawkeye and the doctor.
"Well, someone look a lot better. You scared me there Fullmetal"
"Geez Col., I didn't know you cared" said Ed sarcastically.

The doctor looked Ed over and then he finished telling Ed of what happened while Dayna was away, his version scared Ed more.
"Oh God. I'm even surprised that I'm alive"
"You're very lucky my boy, you looked like you weren't going to make it a few hours ago. We're just happy that Ms. Dayna got here in time"
Ed lay back down, when a thought crossed his mind,
"Where's Al?"
Hawkeye stepped forward and told Ed that Al left the hospital and they haven't seen him since.
"But, we don't think he went far, he might come back soon"
Ed turned to Dayna.
"Can you help me up?"
"What?"
"I'm getting tired of lying down, I need to move around for a while"
"Sure, just a sec."
She put Ed's arm around her neck and helped him off the bed. Ed was having a little trouble, but it really didn't take him long to get walking again. She walked him outside toward the front door.

The sunlight was just the thing Ed needed to make him feel better, but then he spotted something by a tree. They walked over and saw that some flowers had been crushed, but what caught their attention was the footprint left behind.
"Al"
Ed tried to figure out where he could have gone, when Mustang and Hawkeye joined them outside.
Ed walked out a little further and turned to look down the street, when he saw something walking towards the hospital.
Ed's eyes filled with tears as the figure came closer.
"Al…"
Everyone turned to hear Ed's comment when he darted down the street.
"Ed! Come back here!" called Mustang.
Ed ran down the street, ignoring the people giving him odd stares because he was still wearing a hospital gown, all he wanted was to get to his brother.

Al looked up to see Ed running towards him and was getting ready to give him a hug when a metal fist clocked him at the side of the head!
"Brother? What…?"
Ed crouched down onto the ground, where Al was.
"Why did you run off? You left me to die?"
"I'm sorry Brother. It was just to much too take all at once and I started to doubt things and I know that I shouldn't have. Please forgive me"
Ed looked at Al and then he smiled. Dayna walked over to them and knelt down.
"Al, I forgive you. Don't worry about it"
Dayna laughed and then she smacked Al in the head!
"Al! Don't you ever do that again!"
Then she hugged both of them.
"Ed, I'm so happy that you're alright"
"Don't you worry. It's gonna take a lot more to kill me, believe it. You can't get rid of me that easily"
They decided to have a good laugh as they all walked back to the hospital, alive and well.

The End