Chapter 5

Ed woke up like he had the day before, snuggled with the Colonel and very, very tired. Roy's eyes were still closed.

"Oh…I guess he's still asleep…" Ed said quietly as he closed his eyes.

"No," Roy said, eyes still closed, he opened one and looked at Ed, "I woke up hours ago…I just wanted to keep holding you."

Ed blushed deep red and hid his face in the blankets.

Their bedroom door opened. Shou looked at the two curiously.

"Hey." Roy said casually, "We figured the less room we took up, the better." He said pulling Ed close.

Ed looked at Shou, he would be incredibly embarrassed, but he was having fun knowing that Shou was incredibly freaked out, "Yeah…so…have you made up your mind? About going I mean?" Ed turned his attention to Roy and leaned up and kissed his cheek.

In all truth, Shou really didn't care if the two were together. He only cared if they 'did it' in one of his bed's. And he could tell they had. The clothes spread across the floor, the odd sounds that could be heard all through the house the night before, and the intense blush and wide eyes Nina had when she left for school that day.

"Ah…I'm not going. Sorry." Shou said in his normal whispery voice and left the room, closing the door behind him.

Ed and Roy looked at each other. This wasn't good.

"BUT WHY NOT!" Ed yelled while he, Roy, and Shou sat at the kitchen table. They all had a small plate of food, but no one ate it. Roy and Ed had been trying to explain the situation to Shou for about ten minutes now, but he didn't understand it. That, or he, just didn't want to believe that alchemy was real, just not for him.

Shou sighed, "I need to take care of my wife."

"BUT IF YOU DON'T HELP US, SHE'LL DIE!" Ed yelled again.

Shou looked up, startled. "What do you mean? If I stay here, I'll be able to use my alchemy to save her."

"Shou…I don't think you'll be able to use your alchemy in this world…it's like we've been saying. It's not possible here."

"B-but…but didn't you say that they used alchemy to open a portal connecting our worlds…?" Shou offered.

"We didn't say 'alchemy'," Ed corrected, "we just said they used some kind of magic. Maybe something that exists here in place of alchemy. We don't know for sure, were not from here."

"B-but…"

Ed sighed and laid his head down on the table, "I'm gonna take a nap, you explain it, Roy…"

Roy glanced at Ed and smiled slightly, "Shou…we need you to do as we say and help us. You're the only one who can. If you help us, we'll do something, anything, to help your wife, please…"

"She needs a heart transplant. Can you do that? Can you fix my wife's heart?" Shou challenged.

"Tucker, you know very well that I am not a doctor."

"No, actually I didn't know what you did exactly…other than being in the military…"

"Well…you know now. But anyway, I can at least give you some money to get her the surgery, right?" Roy said hopefully.

"You said earlier that you barely had enough money for the two of you to stay in a one bed hotel for one night." Shou shot back.

"Ah…good point…well…I'll figure out some way to get your wife well. I'll promise you that much. Sound good? Well that's too bad if it doesn't, 'cause your coming with us now." Roy decided in about a minutes notice, he put a hand on Ed's head and ruffled his hair, "Wake up. We're leaving now. Tucker has decided to come with us!"

Ed looked up, "You will?" He asked toward Shou.

"…well…if you'll help my wife, I guess so…"

"ALRIGHT!" Ed said jumping up, "We've gotta lot of stuff to do today! Let's get a move on!" Ed all but ran to the elevator-thing.

Roy and Shou were behind him, only a little slower. Roy looked at Ed lovingly, "Isn't he great?" He asked Shou.

"Uh…you can keep him…"

"Who said I would give him to you?"

Ed sneezed.

The trio was about half way back into town.

"We've been walking for hours…" Ed complained.

"It's only been," Roy looked at his wrist, saw he had no watch, and made up a time, "about twenty minutes. Stop complaining."

Ed sighed dramatically, but he still had some tricks up his sleeves. Being the 'uke' of a couple did have its advantages. He turned and looked at Roy, "But Colonelllll~! Can't we just rest for one~ minute~…?" He said as he tried to hold hands with Roy.

"You're a bad actor." Roy said, although he didn't let go of Ed's hand, he actually gave it a slight squeeze. "I can see the buildings coming into view. We're almost there."

Ed sighed and looked down, oh well. He'd walked farther. He was probably just tired because of last night. Ever since he'd been with the colonel they'd done 'it' maybe four times, and he was still pretty warn out.

Shou spoke for the first time since they had left his mountain-house-thing, "What exactly do you guys need me to do?"

"If you can do alchemy like you say you can, we need you to close the portal behind us." Roy explained.

Ed yawned, "And possibly do a little building destroying."

Shou nodded.

Roy, Ed, and Shou had gotten to town now and were coming across the hospital. "Wait here." Roy said to the other two as he entered the building. He took the steps to the third floor and walked straight to the fourth room on the right. Hughes' old room. Just as he had figured, empty. He sighed, he was glad his friend wasn't in the hospital anymore.

A doctor entered the room behind Roy, "Can I help you sir?"

Roy turned to look at the man, he looked so familiar, but he didn't know where from, "Well…I'm not really sure if you can or not. Do you know Shou Tucker?"

"Why…yes. Yes I do. Is there something wrong?" The man asked, worried.

"Actually…it's his wife. She's having some kind of heart problem, I'm not sure of all the details, but she needs a transplant, and—"

The man smiled, "Don't say anything else. I would certainly do the transplant. It will cost a lot, though…"

"That's the thing…he can't afford it…" Roy said solemnly.

"Well…you're a grown man; you should know that I can't just do it for free…" The man explained to Roy.

"Why not?"

The man turned around slightly to see Ed standing in the door way.

"Well, because—"

"A woman is dying, and you can't do anything because they don't have enough money. They have a daughter and life just like you."

"That may be the case, but—"

"Well it is the case, and your just not going to do a damned thing, are you!" Ed yelled, which caught the attention of a few people in the hall way.

Roy started toward Ed, "Now…calm down, Edward…"

"NO! Do you want that girl to go through life with out a mother! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE," The man turned around all the way to look Ed deep in the eyes, "…Doctor Marcoh?"

"Well…" By now a lot of people had come to stare into the room and the three. "A-ah…I guess…that…if there is no one else that needs a brain transplant…" Marcoh looked around the room awkwardly, "Then I guess…it couldn't hurt…"

Ed smiled. "Tucker's in front of the hospital waiting." He grabbed Marcoh's sleeve, "Your coming with us."

Roy smiled awkwardly at Marcoh.

"Rather…pushing…little guy, isn't he?" Marcoh asked to Roy.

"…I am not little…" Ed mumbled under his breath as the three went down the hall, people still staring at them.

Marcoh laughed lightly. Roy glanced at the ground, "You're lucky…he doesn't hit you…"

The three left the hospital and met up with Shou. The two older men said hello to each other and they started walking again.

"So what are we doing?" Marcoh asked.

"Saving the world." Ed answered easily.

"No, really."

"You got me!" Ed said smiling, "Were saving two worlds!"

Marcoh sighed and looked down. This was getting him no where.

They could see the building that started everything coming into view ahead. Hopefully this would clear everything up. For everyone.

~Chapter End~

A/N:

Well I finished another chapter! XD And the last one should be up pretty much right after I upload this one…since someone +points to self+ had to write the last chapter first! CX

I hope this stories turning out good so far! I'm kinda starting to think now that adding in so many extra characters (AKA: Tucker's wife and Marcoh) wasn't such a good idea…but now I'm not quite sure if I feel like rewriting the majority of this story just to fix it…DX

Please review and tell me what you think…mostly about the above statement!

'Kay! I shuddup now!