As they walked through the doors, they were interceded by Edward Elric and a nurse.
"Is that the other person who was the girl you just brought in?" The nurse asked quickly.
"Fullmetal?" Mustang said, not having expected to see the boy here.
"Ya, I got sent here after a report that a doctor had been hurt by a patient. Now answer her question." Edward said, leaning over to look at the black and red haired man behind Mustang. Keelan's shoulder's were slumped as if all the world's problems weighed them down.
"Yes, this is the other person. We did an on the scene medical inspection, but we brought him here for a more thorough inspection."
"Mister." The nurse addressed Keelan, forcing him to bring his eyes up to her. "The thing your friend is wearing over her eyes, it seriously injured the doctor trying to remove it. Can you get it off?"
Keelan's eyes widened in shock. "You tried to touch her Strop? Are you dense?" He yelled, amazed at her sheer stupidity. It was common knowledge that no one should touch a Deacon's weapon. If anyone other than their partner did so, that person would very well risk death.
"Mister, can you or can't you get it off her?" The nurse ignored his rudeness while Fullmetal glared at him, taking offense for her.
"You shouldn't be so rude, she's trying to keep your friend alive." Edward said.
Keelan just stared at the boy, just noticing he was there, then he addressed the nurse. "take me to my wife."
"Right this way." The nurse turned sharply and led them to the doors of an operating room at a brisk pace. "Only he is allowed in from here."
"But Ma'am-" Mustang started, but she cut him off.
"No, this is an operating room! He shouldn't even be allowed in there, but we have to get that thing off of her. Now come along Mister." She walked through the doors, Keelan hot on her heels, finaly getting to be near Kai again.
She was laying on a table, lights shining down from every angle, highlighting every twisted angle of her limbs, every bone protrusion of her naked skin. Keelan's eyes welled up with tears as he took her in, connected to tubes which were connected to an array of beeping machines.
"Hold your tears until later." The nurse said, noting his emotions. "We want as little contamination as possible. Please remove that blindfold." She pointed to Kai's head.
He walked over, clenching his jaw, and reached out. Lifting up her head, he untied the knot that held the Strop on and removed it. He would've stood staring at her serene face, but the nurse ushered him back out.
"Keelan, the doctor will see you in that room." Hawkeye said, touching his shoulder and leading him to a room farther down the hall as tears cascaded down his face in silence. He was directed to a chair, where he sat down dejectedly as the doctor began to check him over under the watchful eyes of Hawkeye, Mustang and Edward, placing the Strop beside him.
"Keelan." The doctor said, finishing his check up everywhere except for one spot. "Please remove your gloves." He had noticed that areas of the brown gloves were darker than others, which probably meant bleeding.
Keelan, tears now dried, pulled them off with a wince. The doctor had assumed correct, Keelan's hands were covered in cuts, now bleeding in a renewed effort since there wasn't anything to stem the bleeding now.
"How did that happen?" Edward asked. "There wasn't a rip in your gloves."
"There's more than one reason Teisyat is forbidden." Keelan said gloomily while the doctor bandaged his hands.
Edward was about to ask what Teisyat was, but he stopped when Keelan's head jolted up as if he just thought of something.
"Did another pair of Deacons banish the Geist?" He asked in all seriousness.
Confusion crossed everyone's face, but it was the doctor to respond. "Great trauma's tend to confuse a person."
While everyone nodded in agreement, Keelan became angry. "I'm not confused! I know what happened to me and Kai!" He pulled his hands from the healer, and stood up, grabbing Kai's Strop and shoving it in his pocket.
"Sit down." Mustang warned him, putting on a pair of white gloves, ready for a fight.
"I am Deacon Keelan Forte and my partner is Deacon Kai Relenu, check with your nearest Abbey!"
"Right, we will as soon as you calm down." The doctor said, humoring him.
"Have you no respect for the Order? It's because of us that you can live happily!" Keelan fumed. These people were infuriating!
"Keelan, calm yourself or we will have to use aggressive methods against you." Hawkeye stared coldly at him.
"Ya, you shouldn't get pissed at us for not knowing what you're talking about." Edward butt in.
Keelan froze at Ed's words. Not know? Keelan wondered. What's going on? Geists that attack sensitives, naïve people touching Strops, people who don't know of the Order. They should at least know of the old Order, of Deacons.
Kai, please wake up soon. He whispered through their bond, hoping she'd hear, but it was dead on her side. She was still unconscious.
While he was still in contact with their bond, it backfired. His senses overloaded, and he yelled out in a burst of pain, grasping his head.
"Sir!" The doctor raced to him to help, afraid he missed a concussion, but as he got near Keelan shoved into the wall, pinning the struggling man.
"Hold it!" Edward yelled, clapping his hands and then touching his automail arm, creating a sword.
"What'd you do to us?" Keelan yelled at him, trying to see through spotted vision. Fear twisted into anger within him.
"Hold it Ed!" Hawkeye yelled as she ran over to Keelan, pointing her handgun at his head. "Keelan, let him go."
He wondered what he felt against his head, but her deadly tone got through his muddled mind. He released the struggling man, who quickly ran away. He reached out to the bond again, hoping it was a fluke last time, but he was met with the same results, and he fell to his knees with yell. First, they crush her body, now they try to take their bond? He felt utter despair as he joined Kai in the void of darkness.