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Chapter 14

Recovery

Colonel Armstrong sits in the waiting room at Rush Valleys Hospital. So far the report from the nurses has been that General Mustang had to be sedated for x-rays. Lt. Hawkeye was still in surgery for her left hand. The head nurse told the Colonel what Mustang had said before he was sedated. It was hard to believe that he kept this marriage a secret from the military. Armstrong used his persuasive ways to keep the hospital staff from spreading the news. Calling Lt. Colonel Thomas and the Elrics was going to be a fun conversation. A nurse heading toward Armstrong asks him to please come with her. They walk down a hall and pass several rooms in the ER. Some of the rooms have soldiers that were involved with the fight that took place earlier. They lost a few men from that last explosion from Bosely and the overall night has been a disaster. Armstrong enters a room where General Mustang is waking up from being knocked out.

"General, can you hear me?"

"My head is killing me. Wait.....where is Riza?"

"She is still in surgery. Her left hand was almost completely crushed from the explosion."

"I need to see her. Will you take me to see her?"

"General, you can't see her. This is going to be rough for you but you have to stay here right now. I also silenced the staff of what you said to them earlier."

"What I said earlier? Great, I got a lot of explaining to do, don't I?"

"No sir, you don't need to explain anything. All of us knew something was going to happen between the two of you but we didn't know you could be so quiet about it."

"We got married shortly after I came back to Central. I always felt bad that we couldn't have the big wedding I wanted to give her. I promised her that if we ever got out of this military life I would offer that to her."

"You don't need to say anything to me about this. I'm just happy that the both of you survived this night. I also need to inform you I captured Bosely after the attack."

Fire lights up in the eye of the General. He sits up in the hospital bed with a look of rage across his face.

"I hope you left enough of that man for me?"

"Don't worry sir, I arranged for his transport to Central. This man will be ready for whoever comes to question him."

A nurse walks into the room and announces that Riza is done with surgery. Armstrong grabs a wheelchair and Roy sits down and they follow her toward the room where Riza is being kept. Once they walk in, they see Hawkeye laying in bed with a bandage across her head and her left hand wrapped all the way up to her elbow. A doctor comes in and checks out Riza and looks over her chart and vitals. The doctor asks the nurse to leave and he closes the door leaving her alone with the two officers.

"This hospital has been talking about the latest news. The fact that a General and his subordinate are married spreads very quick. I have done my part to silence them all as a favor to you General Mustang."

"Thank you doctor. I don't think I've done anything to deserve any favors from you."

"You have, but we will discuss that later. As for your wife, her hand will recover over time and her concussion hasn't caused any brain damage. Overall she is very lucky and will be waking up at any moment. I do need to discuss with you her other condition that involves you."

"Well what is it?"

"We will be keeping an eye on her for the next twenty four hours to make sure there will be no complications."

"What? With the concussion?"

"No. The fact that she is two months pregnant is a greater concern to us."

This floors the General. She never said anything about this. All the time they spend together and this never even came up in a conversation. He leans over to his wife and grabs her right hand and starts to cry. He is happy and so worried at the same time for his beautiful wife and soon to be mother.

"Doctor, does it look like that the baby will be fine?"

"Don't worry we ran tests on her and they showed that the accident caused no damage to the baby. I know this is so much to take in all at once but you should be happy. Your wife will survive and it looks like your kid will be fine as well. We will just keep an eye on them to make sure nothing comes up. I am sure you two will have a lot to talk about."

"I would like to be the first to congratulate you both on this exciting news General. I am so happy that the two of you will be having a child."

"Thank you Colonel Armstrong. I am so excited about this as well and right now I'm trying to find a way to tell her when she wakes up."

"I will leave you two alone with her. If you need anything just ask a nurse to come get me."

"Thank you doctor. You never did tell me your name or why you did me a favor."

"My name is Paninya. We have some common friends between the two of us. I am sure you know which ones I'm referring to. Those two brothers and Winry are good people and I wouldn't want anything to happen to their friends."

Morning has come and back in Dublith Ed wakes up and heads to the table and grabs a cup of coffee. Sitting around and just waiting for something to happen has never been his favorite thing to do. Mr. Sig is already up and getting the store ready to open. Colonel Thomas is still asleep and Al hasn't come out of his room yet.

"Did you sleep well Edward?"

"Nah. I have too much on my mind to sleep."

"You should take this time to rest up. I have a feeling that it might be a while till you can rest this much."

"I know. I just can't figure out how Al can be in that body and not be in the gate. I feel bad for my uncle who has to confront that monster that took away his family. Why in the holy hell would anyone want to bring back Bradley? There is so much going on that I don't understand and yet I feel like I should be doing something other than just sitting here"

"Izumi wouldn't want you to deal with this. She would probably yell at you and forbid you to have any further dealings with any of it. I know that you wouldn't listen so I'll just save my breath."

"I haven't told you how sorry I am that I wasn't here when she passed away. She meant a lot to me and Al. I hope that she knew just how much we loved her."

"Don't be an idiot. She didn't want Al to see that and she didn't want you to see it either. I know she wished she could have seen you one last time but that is all in the past. Right now you got more important things to do. Just use her guidance in these tough times and get back to your future that is waiting for you."

"Thank you. Sometimes I need to hear something like that just to remind I do have something better waiting for me. I wish teacher was here just to see Al and I actually start to have a good life."

"If she was, she would be happier then you would ever know."

Lt. Colonel Thomas makes his way to the table and sits next to Ed. He can tell that he walked in on an important conversation and feels a bit uncomfortable. walks away from the two of them and gets back to work. Thomas pours himself some coffee and tries his best to wake up. The phone rings and Mr. Sig answers it.

"Lt Colonel Thomas the phone is for you."

He gets up and heads to the phone.

"This is Thomas. Hello Colonel Armstrong, what can I do for you? What? When? All right, what do you want me to do? I understand we will be on our way as soon as possible. I'm not sure how long it will take. All right tell the General we will be reporting to him there. Goodbye."

"What was that? Did something happen to Mustang?"

"Get your brother and get ready. We leave for Rush Valley Hospital as soon as we can."