We arrived in public hospital. Ed was still knocked out, Brosh and Ross were sitting in the vacant chairs by the door of the room, while I was sitting in another bed, across from Ed's. Last night, when that beam fell on my left leg, it didn't just break it. It was automail worthy.

"Well, it's official," began Alex. My eyes were still closed from my blindness, so I couldn't see if she was finishing, or not. "You and Ed are twins. Here." I felt her put something around my head, onto my left eye. "The nurse said that your left eye contained more damage than the other, and is the source of your blindness." I opened my right eye, and she was right. My vision had returned.

"Well, that's a relief."

"What I don't understand is that you're more banged up, than Ed." I looked down to see that my shirt was gone, and I was bandaged from the chest, down.

"I think I can explain it." I got up, testing my new automail leg, and sat next to Ed, on his bed. "This stupid necklace has caused us trouble from the beginning."

"What does that have to do with anything?" asked Ross.

I heard Ed rustle, and his eyes began to open. I stroked a piece of hair from his face. "You okay?"

"Besides the fact that my side feels like it's on fire, I'm fine." Brosh and Ross were, now, standing next to the bed-side. "So, what happened to Laboratory 5?"

"About that . . ." began Ross. "It was blown up by someone and has been destroyed completely."

"Dammit! It's all gone?!" He flinched from pain. "I was so close to the truth. I can't be stuck in a hospital like this!"

"Be glad you're not in purgatory," I said, resting my head on my hand, which was resting on my right knee.

"Fullmetal Alchemist and Brigadier General, sir!" We both looked up to see Brosh and Ross standing in perfect formation. "We apologize for this rudeness in advance!" They both slapped us across the face, leaving us in a daze. Then Ross gave us a freakin' lecture.

"Doing whatever you wanted . . . If things had gone badly, you could've died! Instead of trying to do everything by yourselves, rely on the people around you! It wouldn't hurt to trust elders, don't you think?" I sighed as I got up from Ed's bed, walking over to the window, hands behind my head.

"It's funny you say that, now. Ever since I can remember, Alex and I have been on our own, training endlessly. Risking our lives for the benefits of other people."

"Xena?" Alex put her arms over my shoulders, but I gently, and swiftly, pushed them away as I face Edward. "And another thing . . . about last night . . ."

"I was wondering that." Said Ed. "I noticed that when I got slashed, you received the same one."

"Our hearts are connected."

"What the hell?!"

"Hey, don't get mad at me! I didn't set this up! It's Kingdom Hearts."

"Xena!" Alex hated it if I ever leaked secret info. But I made a promise to Ed, I plan to keep that promise.

"And our punishment," said Ross to me. "for slapping you two?"

"No. I understand why you did it." I thought they were gonna pass out, they were so stiff. "What's gotten into you two?"

"Well, you, being an officer of much higher raking . . ."

"My ranking doesn't mean anything. It's just a collar that was given to me."

"Anyway, where's Al?" asked Ed.

"I scolded him with an iron fist, earlier." Said Brosh, holding up is right hand in pain. "He did seem a little off track, though."

"I'll go talk to him," I said leaving the room. "And by the way, Ed, isn't there someone else who's going to give you a good scolding?"