I long to go Home Chap.2
"General you need to wear a mask he's also very sick and we don't know what he's got." Al said walking up to Mustang " It's killed hundreds of people on the other side."
Mustang put his jacket over his face and glanced at Edward's automail arm and hand it had fingers missing and the wires were torn up and hanging out he thought to himself 'What the hell have you gotten yourself into now to get shot and torn up like this Fullmetal?' Then he looked at Jade " And a kid too huh?" he said out loud.
When they got to the hospital they quarantined Edward from everyone. They did surgery and the doctor informed Mustang that the bullet missed all the vital organs. Edwards fever was 104.0 and going up. They put him in an ice bath and began giving him antibiotics to fight the disease. They just prayed it would help because they saw anything like it before.
Mustang walked up to Al " What the hell made you guys do this?"
" Brother made the decision anyway he needs help they have nothing to fight this on the other side." Al went to walk off " I'm going to check on him we'll talk later. But remember anyone entering that room needs a mask."
Mustang sighed " Alright Al go ahead we'll talk later."
" What the hell happened to him Sir?" Haawkeye asked concerning Edward.
"I don't know Major General I'll have to wait for him to wake up to find that out." Mustang knew this wasn't going to be something he wanted to hear. He turned to Hawkeye " You need to make a phone call and tell here to get here fast."
Hawkeye placed her call and came back "She'll be here soon Sir."
" Good grab a mask and lets go in and see him." They both masked their faces and entered the room where Edward was laying.
Hawkeye walked up next to the bed and took his hand " Edward what have you gotten yourself into?"
Just then he began to mumble one name under his breath " Winry" he said in a whispered voice and his hand tightened around Hawkeye's as he rolled his head back and forth " I need to tell you something."
Mustang nodded and Hawkeye bent down to Edward's ear " What is it Edward?"
He rolled his head and started to cough horribly and groaned in pain then he fell back into a deep sleep but his fever was going up.
"Sir his head is on fire." Hawkeye said placing her hand on his forehead He began to cough again " He's going to rip his stitches if he keeps coughing like this." As she moved her hand down Edward's hand grabbed hers.
Just then his eye's opened a little and he looked at Hawkeye "Winry?" he whispered he looking into her eyes. His vision was blurry so to him she was Winry. He moved his hand up and ran it down her cheek then his hand fell and his eyes closed again.
Hawkeye looked at Mustang "Sir?"
Mustang understood Edward was in a state of delirium and that they needed to get his fever down or he could die." I know" He said walking closer to the bed "Don't worry Fullmetal she'll be here soon."
The next couple of days were rough for everyone they were all tired. Edward kept pushing the covers off and yelling out things in his deliriousness that no one understood. His fever was still high and they were doing everything to bring it down.
The next morning everyone was sitting in the chairs in the waiting room exhausted. The doors burst open and a frantic Winry came running through them.
She reached Mustang and Hawkeye " Where is he? Is he ok?" She had a young girl following her about ten years old Al assumed.
" Hi Winry" Al said smiling and walking up to her.
"Al?" She threw her arms around his neck " Welcome home dummy " she had tears streaming down her face.
" Winry don't cry." Al said hugging her tightly then he let her go and his attention focused on the gold haired, gold eyed girl next to her that had all Edwards features " Who's this Winry?"
Winry looked at the girl "This is Crystal mine and Edward's daughter."
"Ed's?" Al was shocked " How old is she?"
" She's ten." Winry smiled remembering that day in the underground city. Then her attention went to the girl behind Al with the dark skin, copper hair and golden eyes. Winry's heart tightened a little " Al who are they?" she pointed to the children.
" This is my son Albert" Al said putting his hands on the boys shoulders. " And this is Jade Edward's daughter."
Winry's voice cracked a little " Daughter?"
Jade walked up to Winry " Hi my dad has told me all about you. You're Winry the best damn automail mechanic ever." She turned to Crystal " And you're my half sister? I've always wanted a sister." She grabbed Crystal's hand " Come on do you want to see dad?"
The girl nodded shyly as Jade took her hand and led her to the window looking into Edward's room. The golden haired girl starred through the window at Edward then she cracked a smile that looked like Edward's " I look just like him mom."
Winry walked up to her " Yes you do."
" I want to go in and see him Al." Winry said turning to Al " What's wrong with him?"
Al began to explain to her " He 's been shot but he's also very sick. This sickness has killed hundreds of people on the other side because they don't know how to fight it." Al picked a mask up and handed it to her " Here go in and see him."
Winry put the mask on and entered the room. She walked to the side of the bed and took Edward's hand. " Edward I'm here" that's when she noticed the ring on his finger and panic shot through her body ' Is he married?' she thought to herself ' He does have a daughter' her heart sank.
She pushed her feelings down and tightly held his hand " I'm here Edward."
Then he began to ramble "I need" he rolled his head to the right " to tell you something."
Winry put her hand on his head and felt how hot he was "Sssh Edward I think I already know."
In a last long whisper "I-I Love Yooou" then he fell into a deep sleep again.
Tears formed in her eye's and she began to cry she didn't know how to feel or how to react. He was wearing a wedding ring and he had a daughter. ' What was going on and where was his wife?' she thought to herself. She turned and walked out of the room and leaning against the wall outside she pulled the mask off.
She then turned to Mustang " The arm needs to come off it's totaled." She looked at Armstrong " I'm going to need your help getting it off."
Armstrong flexed and threw his shirt off " Any way my superior muscles can help Edward Elric I will do Miss Rockbell."
"Did he have to take his shirt off?" Maria asked.
Denny leaned over to her "He's clearly out of his fricken mind with worry."
Mustang and Armstrong followed Winry into the room " You need to roll him on his left side so I can unbolt the back."
Armstrong rolled Edward to his side while Winry went to work unbolting the back bolts. Mustang handed her the other wrench as he watched her unbolt the last bolt and pull the arm off.
Edward let out a sigh of pain and she put her wrench down and walked out of the room and came back with a case.
Armstrong looked at her " Do you always carry a spare?" he asked as she opened it revealing the new arm she had designed for Edward with adjustments in case he grew some.
She smiled " When it comes to Edward you can never be over prepared." She pulled the arm out of the case and braced herself to push it into place. When she pushed it in Edward let out a sigh of pain and she bolted it up then stood back "There that should do it." putting her wrench down she looked at the old arm and all the destruction and then she looked at Mustang " It looks like he put up quite a fight doesn't it?"
As Armstrong laid Edward on his back he looked at Edward's face " Yes it does Miss Winry. THIS POOR LAD LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN THROUGH HELL!"
Mustang starred down at Edward " Yes and now he's here fighting to survive."
Winry put her head down " He's gonna be ok right?" Tears formed in her eyes " He has to be Ed's strong and a fighter." She wiped the tears from her eyes " He'll be fine I know it."
" Winry" Edward whispered then his head began to thrash back and forth "NO!" he yelled "WINRY" then he sat straight up in the bed " DON'T GO IN THERE!"
Armstrong, Mustang and Winry starred at him as he fell back on the bed.
Winry looked at Mustang " Don't go in where?"
"He's delirious Winry he's not making any sense let's just hope the fever goes down soon." Mustang explained escorting her out of the room.
She saw Al sitting in the corner so she walked over to him " Al where is his wife?" she asked hesitantly.
Al's head shot up "Wife?"
"Yes Al the wedding ring on his finger" She paused a minute "Where's his wife?" she asked again.
Al looked at her " I think you need to ask Ed why he wears that ring Winry but I will tell you he's not married."
Now she was more confused " Not married then why does he wear that ring?"
Al put his hand over hers" Like I said you need to ask Ed."
It was a few days later when Edward opened his eyes and looked around. His fever was down and he felt a little better and he could breath easier. He went to sit up but the pain from the gunshot was excruciating.
"Ah Damnit." he let out struggling to lay back down.
A familiar voice came from the dark side of the room " You'll going to rip your stitches if you don't stop Fullmetal." then he emerged from the shadows " What the hell made you guys risk everything and come back?"
Edward looked at Mustang " Quit treating me like a child General."
"Then stop acting like one." He looked at Edward and sighed " Alright" He walked closer and in a stern voice " JUST WHAT THE HELL POSSESED YOU TO DO THIS?"
Edward looked aat Mustang and coughed a little " Boy I've missed that over bearing, bossy, God complex attitude of yours." then he chuckled some.
Mustang let out a grunt " I've missed that puissant, runt, shit-head, never listen attitude of yours." He looked at Edwards hair " Didn't they have scissors over there?"
Edward glared at him " Yeah it's a grunge thing. Hey nice eye patch didn't they have one to cover your whole face?" he raised an eyebrow waiting for Mustang's response.
"Nice to see you back full metal." He turned slightly "We were all worried."
"Yeah I was too General, Nice to be home."
Mustang gathered himself back to his superior self " Well you have a lot of people that want to see you." he said walking over to the curtain that covered the window that looked out into the hall.
Edward glanced at his automail arm and noticed it was new " Winry's here?" he asked with a slight excitement in his voice.
Mustang turned " Yes she replaced your arm the other one was totaled." then he pulled the curtain back.
Edward couldn't believe it just about everyone he knew was there. As he scanned everyone's faces he smiled. He saw Jade and winked at her then he saw Winry she looked so beautiful just as he remembered. Her long blonde hair, her big blue eyes, her bright smile, the gold haired gold eyed child beside her.
Edward shook his head ' she's got gold hair and gold eyes' he thought to himself then his eyes locked with Winry's and he looked back at the young girl then back to Winry.
"General can you ask Winry to come in please?" Edward sat himself up in bed not wanting anyone to notice the pain he was in.
Edward looked at Mustang "Is the child mine?"
Mustang turned to walk out " That's for you to talk to her about." glancing at the ring on Edward's finger as he passed Winry in the doorway "He's all yours."
Winry walked in and went to the bed as Edward starred at the young girl looking through the glass at him then he dropped his head "Is she mine Winry?"
Winry took his hand "Yes Edward she is."
Edward sighed then looked into Winry's eyes " I'm sorry Winry I should have been here. I didn't mean to leave you alone to be a mother."
"Edward you left a part of you with me you dummy." then she smiled a bright smile.
Edward glanced at the young girl" Yeah I guess I did." He smiled " She's beautiful Winry I wish I could hug her." The girl smiled a big smile that looked just like his.
"Edward she's just like you, she reads everything about alchemy and she knows all about you." Winry assured him " I never kept anything from her."
"So she knows all about me huh?" He dropped his head " She knows I left you behind."
"She knows her father saved Amestris with his brother and that's why you left." She reassured him again " Now Edward time for my question." she paused then just spit it out "Where's your wife?"
"WIFE?" I don't have a wife Winry." He was looking at her strangely.
" How did you get your daughter? And why do you wear that ring?" Winry looked at Jade through the glass.
"Winry I promise I'll explain everything later Jade's mother left when she found out I wouldn't marry her, the ring is another story and I just found out I have a daughter I don't even know." He started coughing really badly "Please let me explain everything later and promise you won't leave till we talk." he laid his head back and his eyes closed.
Winry sighed in frustration " Alright Edward I'll wait till you explain you get some rest now."
"Winry" He said softly "Can you keep an eye on Jade she has no one but me, Al and Albert." He smiled a slight smile at her.
Winry thought ' That poor girl what kind of mother would leave her own child?' Then she kissed Edward's forehead " Yes Edward I'll do that for you."
Edward softly whispered "Thank you" as he dozed off.