I clenched my eyes tightly as I tried to hide them from the light shining above me. I grimaced as I slowly cracked one eye open.
I groaned in pain as I sat up slowly, realizing I was now in Ed's bed.
"Thank god." I heard a soft female voice whisper from my left. "You're ok."
I looked over and spotted Riza looking at me softly. "What happened?" I asked.
"You passed out; you've actually been out for the past two days. May and I have been taking turns watching over you and keeping the boys out." She said as she walked over to me and rested the back of her hand on my forehead. "You don't have a fever anymore, so that's good."
"I'm sorry about all of this. I didn't think they would find me so soon, I thought I would be safe for a while and be able to keep you guys from getting involved any more than you already have become." I whispered, a small tear running down my face.
I felt Riza wrap her arms around me and crawl into the bed with me. She hugged me close and cradled me. "There is no reason why you would have to keep us out of it. We are all trained in combat arts. Roy, Ed, Al and I are all part of the police force; Ed is actually a bodyguard for people when they need one. May is a master at a dojo actually. We can all look after ourselves and keep you safe. So please don't think you need to push us to the side thinking we can't keep ourselves safe."
After hearing that, I burst into a long sob and hugged her back. "I'm sorry. I wish I could keep myself safe, not always needing protection from others and putting them at risk." I sobbed into her shirt.
"Shhh; its ok, you don't have to go through this alone anymore. We're all here for you." She comforted me.
"Thank you." I whispered, still crying.
- 2 hours later -
I sat with my legs in pretzel position at the foot of the couch, playing BS (bologna sandwich).
"BS!" I yelled as Riza placed her cards on the stack.
I lifted the cards she put on the table and just stared in shock. "FUDGEMUFFINS!" I yelled as I added the stack in the middle to mine.
"Why do I always end up getting the pile?" I whined smacking my hand down on the table.
Not only did my hand of cards get slapped on the table most of my palm did as well, I flailed my hand on the air mouth: 'Ow, Ow, Ow!' over and over again as I cradled my injured hand with my uninjured one.
May and Riza burst out laughing and fell over onto their sides in hysterics.
The front door swung open loudly and 3 yelling boys stormed in loudly. "I don't care about that! We have to station guards at the house so the target doesn't get a chance to actually become a target!" Ed yelled as He took off this coat and threw it on top of my head not realizing I was even sitting there.
"Um, excuse me? There is person here!" I said tossing his jacket to the side and throwing a pillow at his back side.
He spun around and caught it quickly in his hand smirking wildly. "Glad to see you're finally up and about now." He said leaning over the couch and kissing the top of my head. "It's about time." He chuckled teasingly.
"Oh be quiet, you!" I whined, smacking his arm.
"Winry, you're awake!" Roy and Al cried simultaneously spinning around.
They ran over and hugged me tightly, making a sandwich out of me. I gasped for air as the squeezed me tightly.
"We're so glad to see that you're ok!" They smiled.
As we began catching up the doorbell rang and Ed ran over and opened it. "Ling! It's nice to see you, you're not here to devour all of my food are you?"
"Of course we are! Not to mention I heard a rumor you have a girl staying here with you, not mention she's doing it willingly." A male voice said.
"Hello Ranfan, it's nice to see you as well." Ed said. "Come on in, both of you." He said kindly shutting the door after they had entered the house.
Footsteps approached quickly, revealing a tall man with long black hair tied in the back and a woman with black hair in a bun on top of her head.
"Well Ed, I must say; I am impressed she's quite beautiful." The man said, walking over to me. "Hey there, I'm Ling- the emperor of Xing. That over there is my wife, Ranfan." He said energetically.
"It's nice to meet you Ling and Ranfan, I'm Winry." I smiled sweetly.
Ranfan just nodded and smiled, walking over to sit next to May. "My little sister May! How are you and Al doing?" Ling burst out turning to May who was sitting next to me.
Al and May blushed brightly and looked down at the ground. "We're doing fine brother." She said.
"Good to hear! So Ed, let's talk business. Tell me about these people you need me and Ranfan to protect your target from this time." Ling said.
"Gladly, Roy, Al, follow me to the office, you can come as well Ranfan, but you can also stay out here with the rest of the girls." Ed offered.
"Who is this target that they keep talking about?" I asked Riza.
"You don't need to worry about it; just let them do what they have to do." She said. "Let's go downstairs and watch a movie."
I nodded and followed her, along with May and Ranfan following behind me.