Life after the search for the blood red stone
Chapter 4
Edward leaned back after Winry cut the kiss off with a sudden breath of air. His eyes were partly open with a bit of confusion behind them. 'Was… did she just….' Edward was more confused than before and was wondering if Winry was mad at him or in love? 'Oh god!' Edward thought with horror. 'IS she in love with me?' He was just horrified before about wondering if something bad had happened to Al or anyone and now he had an emotional wreck hanging her licks on him and expecting something he didn't think he could return.
"Winry…. That was...Um… well….so how's Al?" Wrong question Ed. Winry sprang up from the bed and through her arms in the air.
"I freak' in come all this way to tell you how I felt and what happened at home and all you do is ask about your brother and ignore what I've plainly put in front of you!" Edward was puzzled at Winry's screaming and also afraid of what could come of this so he began beating on the emergency button at very rapid and alarming rate.
In no time he heard running feet coming down the hall way to….
"Hey in here!" ….To totally miss his room and run down and hallway to an elevator to another floor! 'What the hell? Don't leave me alone in this room with her! She's got powers of a mechanic otaku! PLEASE!' He wanted to make a sign saying 'S.E.S.' Save Edwards soul and plasterer it to his forehead but decided it had the biggest chance to get noticed like a paperclip had in Central.
Out of nowhere Mustang came in and stopped so quickly his black shoes made marks on the white stone floor of the room.
"What the hell is going on in here!" roared Mustang with his amazingly deep voice. "I thought I told them NO guests! What the hell are you doing in here Ms. Rockbell? You clearly heard me say the rules this morning." Mustang sounded mad was looking at Winry with a sort of look of 'I'll let this go'. Mustang marched quietly over to where Winry was and politely took her by the arm and soon escorted her out, right after of course Winry left Edward the nice gift of giving him the bird. Edward frowned at that, but was pondering on why anyone wasn't allowed to see him. Did he have an illness that he didn't know of that he contracted from Mr.Maro or Envy? 'Ug-if I got something from that ugly bastard I'd rather DIE than live with it!' Edward hated sharing any common ground with that green beast that regrettably was his blood brother.
In the lobby
"What the hell was that! Ms.Rockbell your explanation MUST be good!" Mustang was yelling loud enough that the entire city of Central must have turned there heads to gazed and ponder at what was going on at the Grand Musc Hospital.
"I needed to see him, before all of the soldiers came in and warped his brain with all the questioning." Her meek voice startled Mustang and made him feel regretful for yelling at her so loud. He softened his voice to normal level said, "I understand your concern but these were strict orders that would ensure no outside information would get to Fullmetal. His metal state isn't at the best and we need to give him time to heal."
"Yeah, just enough to get him ready for the slaughterhouse when you send all those people in to question him. All it'll do is put him right back to this point." Winry spoke.
"Yeah and what point is that?" Roy replied.
"The point of regret. I could see it in his eyes that regret of not trying harder to save Mr.Maro, and the point of death. If you send those people in to question him, it's like saying he's just getting ready to be killed like a hog." Winry spoke slowly, but with great hast to get her point across. Roy understood what Winry was thinking but knew his orders were direct and in no means changeable to fit a young woman's remarks. He turned on his heals and headed for the door.
"I'll…" Roy sighed "...See what I can do, but if anyone, I mean ANYONE, finds you in his room with no permission or supervision, and then I'll send all the slaughterhouses invitations to Fullmetals hospital bed." After that remark he left with the lightest sound of his shoes hitting the brick of the outside ground of the hospital. Winry sat back down with a soft whoosh and new her business was not here. She went back to the hotel room she rented for the approximate days Edward would need to recover. She didn't want to break the rules, but for the matter that she was under there was no other choice. She laid down on the bed and thought out what to say, within ten minutes she knew what the those words to come out of her mouth out be.
"Edward,…….Al's gone."