Disclaimer: Nope… Well Novel 3 was fine… I read it on one evening….

So now to Chapter 12….Let's see what's happening now…


Chapter 12 – It's starting

Ed was running down the halls of Central hospital. It just has been 30 minutes that Havoc had come to the academy to tell him that Roy had been in an accident. He couldn't wait to get driven there as it was rush hour in Central and so he ran the whole way. Several nurses shouted behind him that he was not allowed to run in the hallways but he didn't care, he just wanted to be with his family. He rounded the last corner and saw his mother sitting on one of the uncomfortable chairs, Hughes next to her.

"Mum. Uncle Maes!" Ed slowed down and walked to them. His mother wiped her tears off on a handkerchief. Hughes rubbed her back. "What happened?" Ed stood in front of them. Riza and Hughes shook their heads.

"We don't know. He was on his way to the academy than he got hit by a car." Hughes sighed heavily. Ed looked at him quizzically.

"What did he want at the academy? Why was he on the way there?" Hughes looked him in the eyes.

"He wanted to warn you." Ed swallowed. He knew what his father wanted to tell him.

The light of the surgery room went out and Megan came out taking her mask off walking to the three people waiting. Riza stood up with a start. "How is he?" The doctor sighed.

"We could rescue his eye and stabilise him but he lost a lot of blood. He is pretty weak now. Stay by his side." At that moment a few nurses brought Roy in his bed out of the surgery room. He looked pale and had gauze over his left eye.

It was hours later that Roy showed any signs of consciousness. He tried to open his eye and saw Ed sitting next to his bed hunched over the mattress. Next to him was an empty chair. Must be where Riza was sitting. Roy tried to swallow but his mouth was dry. He looked around to find where he could get some water from. He tried to sit up but hadn't the strength to do so. Ed noticed the small motions on the bed. He slowly looked up to look in one dark eye of his father. He smiled softly.

"Hey your up, lazy bones." Roy was used to the teasing by now and gave his son the best glare he could muster. He closed his eye and tried to concentrate, he still felt the blood lose.

"W…water…" Ed got up and purred some water in a glass giving it to his father. Roy swallowed and gave the glass back to his son. "Where's your Mum?" The boy sat down.

"Don't know. She was still there when I fell asleep. Maybe she talks to Megan or is at home with Al." Roy nodded. Talking was exhausting and he felt he hadn't the strength yet. Ed looked at him with a sad look on his face.

"I'm sorry." Roy turned to his son.

"Wha…?" Ed shook his head.

"I'm sorry. You wanted to come to me and than you had the accident. It's my fault. If you wouldn't have driven to the academy you wouldn't be injured." He tried to suppress a sob but failed. "You nearly lost an eye there."

Roy's eyes widened due to the things his son told him. He reached forward to lay his hand over Ed's stroking it softly.

"It was not your fault… You can't feel responsible for that…"

"But… I… You were…" Roy shook his head.

"It was an accident Ed. You're not responsible." He laid his head back on the pillow. "Please listen to me Ed." He sighed. "I know that you feel responsible for everything what happens. But believe me, you're not. It was an accident what happened to me, nothing more and nothing less. If you want to blame somebody so blame the other driver, he…"

"There was no other driver Dad." Roy gave him a look.

"Wha…? But how?" Ed frowned and shrugged.

"Maes said there was no incident that the other car had a driver." The boy bowed his head. Roy looked around his room unfocused.

"That means?" Roy frowned as Hughes came into the room with a big folder under his arm.

"It means that this was not an accident Roy." His best friend sat next to Ed and laid a hand on the teenager's shoulder. "Ed this is confidential, would you…?" The boy looked up and nodded. He took his coat and left the room. Unseen by the two men was the fact the Ed took a photo from the floor and left the hospital immediately.

"So Maes, want to tell me what's going on?" Hughes opened the folder.

"The accident happened this morning. There was not much traffic and the weather…"

"I know this! Tell me why you believe that this was no accident!" Roy looked really angry and let his head fall back on the pillow due to exhaustion. Hughes sighed heavily.

"Remember what we talked about this morning?" Roy nodded. "And do you remember the signs in the house?" Roy nodded again a questionable look on his face.

"You mean it was 'them'?" Hughes nodded and laid photos from the other car on Roy's lap that he could see them. On and inside the car have been marks of a snake biting her own tail. The red fluid was everywhere inside the car.

"But one thing doesn't make sense." Roy looked at his friend.

"What didn't make sense?" He swallowed. Hughes looked him into his eye.

"There was a message: 'You're mine.' and the number 15 under it. It wasn't destroyed by the accident but we couldn't get what it means. I have a photo from this message." Hughes rummaged through the folder but couldn't find it. "It was there as I left… Where could it be? Have I lost it somewhere?" He looked around but couldn't see it lying there. Roy looked at him. He already presumed where the photograph would be.

"Hughes where is Ed?" Hughes looked at him.

"In the cafeteria I think. He was the whole time here. He must be hungry…" Hughes looked at Roy and his mouth fell open. "You think he knows, don't you?" Roy smirked weakly.

"He knew who the one in our house was, and he's clever Maes. If the photo fell out here and he found it, than he's on the way to him." Hughes swallowed to the words of his friend.

"We have to think clearly. I gonna watch if he's still here and if not, we're going to find him." Hughes stood up and left the room to search for Ed or somebody who could know if the boy was still there. But Roy couldn't wait this long.

He stood up from his bed taking the IV out. He got to the closet where his military pants and shoes were. He slowly put them on and left unseen the room. He had still his hospital gown on and he knew he couldn't come far with it. As he saw the locker room of the doctors he got inside and broke easily one of the locks and got a dress shirt from it. Roy looked carefully before he left the hospital. Where could you be Ed? Where?

Ed was running through the streets of Central. He got to an old warehouse district. He knew that the old furniture of the Elrics where still there, waiting to be sold or that something different happens to them. He stopped before he rounded the last corner. There stand Envy waiting for him.

"So you got the message, Eddie." His smile was evil. Ed had an angry look on his face.

"It was you! You did that to my father." Envy's smile faded.

"He is not your father and his small slut is not your mother. I'm your family! You belong to me!" He yelled at the boy. Ed's eyes darkened and he clapped his hands to get a spear out of the ground.

"Let's end this!" Ed took the spear in his hands and both approached the other. Their battle started…


AN.: Phew! And another Chapter done… It is really hard to write the battle scene for chapter 13…Bear with me when it takes long to update but I want to write something good so it takes its time…

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