AN: I had a lot of musical inspiration for this part of the story like Thousand foot Krutch's 'Be somebody' Which starts off "I'm just the boy inside the man", Plum's 'How many times (need you now)' and my all time favorite that inspired this whole story KEITH URBAN'S 'FOR YOU.' Go ahead and Google them they all are very awesome inspirational songs. Now on with figuring out what's going to happen with Edward. Can anyone guess?
I long to go home Chap.27
Edward walked into the bedroom where he found Winry sitting on the bed getting ready to lay down. He sat down next to her and she knew by the look on his face something was troubling him.
She turned to him "Edward" She said putting her hands on his cheeks "What's bothering you?"
He looked at her "Winry ever since I came back I know things. Things other people don't know like how I knew you were pregnant and it's going to be a boy." He had a confused look "And how I knew the girls were researching human transmutation."
There was a knock at the door and Edward closed his eyes for a minute then opened them and looked at Winry "Watch" he turned to the door "Yeah Kash open the door."
She opened it and Fuery was standing behind her "How'd you know it was me?"
He smiled "I just knew" Then he got a surprised look "You guy's slept together?" he said casually.
"Uh…Uh how'd you know?" her face turned bright red.
"Nerd's need love too" Fuery blurted out.
Edward shook his head "I just knew" he said softly then he looked at Winry and raised his eyebrows "Believe me now?"
She was shocked and in disbelief "Yeaaah"
He turned back to Kashmir "I'm sorry I was trying to prove a point. I'm very happy for you two. Now what did you need?"
"Uh? I completely forgot what I was going to tell you" Kashmir said stunned at how he knew.
Edward stood up "I think it had something to do with going to town."
She smiled "Oh yeah we want to go to dinner."
"Go…have some time together we'll be fine." He told her as she said thank you and shut the door.
"Edward what's this mean?" Winry said staring at the floor.
"I don't know Winry but I also have to tell you I was visited by an angel named Gabriel." He didn't know if she would believe him or not but he wasn't going to hide it from her.
"An angel?" She thought maybe he was hallucinating but he'd never lied to her.
"Yes an angelic being and he cleared up a lot of questions I had. But…" He paused "He also told me God had a plan for me but to fulfill it I would have to die and be reborn." She just stared at him "I don't know what that means baby but if God has a plan I'm sure it'll be okay."
She just sat there then looked at him "Are you out of your mind? What do you mean you have to DIE? And what do you mean God has a plan for you?" she stood up "I have a plan for you Ed it's to be my husband and a father to your children." she began to cry "I feel like I'm losing my mind Ed. This all feels like some kind of dream we can't get out of."
He got up and walked over to her and hugged her "And now you just suddenly know things no one else does? I don't understand any of this."
"I know babe neither do I" he held her tighter.
She wiped the tears from her eyes "Is God going to take you away from me Edward?"
"I can't answer that Winry only God knows." he smiled "But Gabriel said I would see him again so if it will make you feel better I could ask him for you? I don't know if he'll give me an answer but I'll ask okay."
She nodded "Mmm hmm"
He let her go and walked to the door "Get some rest and we'll pack for the trip to Central later alright."
Winry sat there on the bed after he shut the door tears began to roll down her cheeks "God what plan do you have for my husband?" She asked out loud "I don't know if you know this God but I need him. If you have to God take me after the baby is born. Our children need him so much and he's sacrificed half his life to his brother and helping other people." she fell to he knees "Please God don't take him he's only twenty eight and he has so much more to give to this world." She got up and laid on the bed when she heard a slight soft whisper "I know my daughter" it startled her but she shook it off and thought maybe she was just hearing things as she rolled over and closed her eyes.
Kashmir and Fuery returned from their dinner and walked into the kitchen where Lyle, Pinako, Hope and Albert were playing poker. Fuery wanted to play so they dealt him in. Kashmir saw Edward in the living room working on his designs for planes so he could give them to Mustang when they got to Central. As she walked up behind the chair she noticed his breathing was wheezy.
"Hey Edward were back" she walked in and looked over the back of the chair he was sitting in.
He looked up at her smiling face "Hey Kash nice to see you."
"Working hard are you?" she asked seeing him smiling.
"Or hardly working" he said as he sighed putting his pencil down "I can't seem to get the schematics right on this one." he scratched his head.
"Well maybe you need a break" she told him taking the pencil and paper from him "You might need a long walk, your head always clears after a walk." she threw her hands up "You know that." but she knew if he took a walk she would have to follow him to make sure nothing happened.
He looked at her and motioned for the paper and pencil back "Kash I really have to get this done" he said coughing a little.
She got a pouty face "Oh alright I know you want to get it done before next week. But you need a break soon."
He rubbed his eyes "I know and thanks for trying" then he winked at her.
She gave him the pencil and paper back and turned to walk out "I'm going to pack for our fun filled, security, maybe fighting trip."
"Alright but I want you to have some fun there" he looked down "That's an order."
She was smiling as she left him but she still worried about him. She stopped at the bottom of the stairs and glanced back in the living room at him. She could tell he was having more trouble breathing. She put her head down and walked up the stairs to pack.
A few minutes later she felt like she was being watched so she turned to see Jade peeking around one side of the door and Crystal around the other "Hey girls what are you doing?" as they came bouncing in.
"Nothing were bored." Crystal said as they both plopped on the floor at the end of her bed and put their head in their hands as she continued to pack.
"So is something on your minds girls?" She smiled.
"Weeell we do have a few questions we want to ask you" Jade said smiling at Crystal.
Kashmir looked at them "Sure anything."
Then they both began a barrage of questions without even taking a breath between them. Jade took a deep breath "How'd you lose your arm? Was it painful? I'll bet it was painful. Didn't you say you had a cat? Why didn't you bring your cat? What's it's name? Do you have any family? Do you love Fuery? Why was your door locked last night? We know why your door was locked last night. Are you going to get pregnant? How long are you staying with us? Is it forever? What was it like to kill your best friend? Have you ever killed before that? What is it like to kill? How many flips can you do in a row? Have you studied human transmutation? Can you help us study human transmutation? Is that how you lost your arm? Did you lose it trying to bring your cat back? What kind of cat is it? How long have you been in the military?" Jade stopped but Crystal didn't miss a breath.
"Why did you become a state alchemist? Why did you study wire alchemy? Did you really try to filet grandma Riza's back? Is her tattoo really a flame alchemy symbol? Did you drug her first? Do you think we can become state alchemists? I KNOW YOU LOST YOUR ARM IN A BAR FIGHT! Are you going to marry Fuery? Do you consider us sisters? What is it like to be covered in blood? Is it warm? Have you ever touched a dead corpse? Where are you from? Is it scary? Why did you bring those two freaks? Are you from Silent City like they are? What's Silent City like? Is it as creepy as they say? How'd you get across the Cretan border? Have you ever lost any other body parts? What was your decision to wear leather pants? I thought leather pants were uncomfortable? Why are you taller than dad?" They both smiled a huge Edward smile at her.
Kashmir stood there completely speechless until they told her they had more "NO! NO MORE QUESTIONS!" she said throwing her hands out in front of her.
They both got pouty faces "Why no more questions don't you love us?" both began to chant "Why don't you love us? Why don't you love us? Why don't you love us?"
"EDWARD!" she yelled grabbing her hair.
He ran up to see her that way and his children chanting "Why don't you love us?" After hearing it five times he grabbed both of them by the back of their collars "ENOUGH!" as he pulled them out the door.
He leaned back in her doorway "Sorry."
She looked at him "Why don't you let them try human transmutation on each other?" she was gritting her teeth and fumbling her hands.
He popped his head back in "Oh you know you love them Kash" he smiled a huge smile at her.
"AHHH! I hate it when he does that" she couldn't stay mad or stressed "Get out!"
"I love you like a sister Kash" he said fast then disappeared.
'Gosh he's such an fricken idiot and his children are possessed by something out of this fricken world I can't believe I put up with this shit- Wait! Did he just tell me he loved me like a sister? AAARWWWWW! WHY DOES HE DO THAT?' She thought then sat on the edge of the bed "I love you like a big brother Edward" she said as she felt like she was losing the one person who believed in her.
The next day they boarded the train Edward had everyone in tow even the String alchemist and his tweaky sister. He was proud of the way they had listened to him and now with their skills they were unstoppable. The girls had only seen their dad use his alchemy once since he'd been here. But they had heard everyone talk about how awesome he was when he fought they were hoping that they would see him in action. But that all faded when they heard him coughing and they looked at each other.
Crystal turned to her sister " He sounds worse."
Jade didn't look up "I know."
"What are we going to do?" Crystal asked poking her sister.
Jade snapped at her "We don't have a philosophers stone so our transmutation wouldn't work anyway and we really can't make one because we don't know how." she kicked the seat in front of her where Albert was sitting.
He looked over the top of the seat "Hey why don't you just steal the one out of Mustang's safe?" He said smiling an Alphonse smile.
The girls had forgotten that Mustang had told them he had Dr. Marco's philosopher's stone locked in his safe "You're a genius Albert" Crystal smiled.
Jade and Crystal sat back and made their plan. They were going to tell their dad they wanted to visit Mustang's office. While they are in there Albert would cause a distraction to get him out of the office. Then they would open the safe with alchemy and steal the stone before he came back. It was a perfect plan now all they had to do was come up with a big enough distraction.
The day they arrived at Central it was raining so Edward and Winry got everyone settled in the hotel. They had a dinner to attend with Mustang, Hawkeye and others to talk about the wedding that evening. It was a rather interesting evening especially when Edward informed Riza she was having a boy.
"How do you know Edward?" she asked jokingly.
Edward smiled and knew he had to tell them what had been going on "Lately since I've been back I just know things. There like mini pictures that flash through my head."
"Are you talking about seeing the future Fullmetal" Mustang asked curiously.
"I don't know if that's what you call it but it happened a few times on the other side. Since I've been back though it's intensified. I can't explain it but I do know everything I've seen has come true."
Mustang put his hand on his chin "You didn't have this when you were younger so what happened to change things?"
"What would cause something like this?" Winry asked.
"A chemical charge maybe." Armstrong answered.
"Well I've never been near a chemical charge." Edward replied.
Maria cleared her throat "What about a charge from an alchemic liquid?"
Mustang's eye got huge "That would boost someone's alchemic power to almost a god. But nothing like that has ever happened." He looked at Edward "Right Fullmetal?"
"Weeeell General there was that one time in the fifth laboratory when the homunculi wanted me to make a philosophers stone. The liquid spilled on the floor I had clapped my hands but I couldn't go through with it. Then I stepped into the liquid and was engulfed in the charge."
"WHAT! Why the hell wasn't I told" Mustang demanded.
"It took me walking into the charge and hugging Edward to make it stop." Maria said looking at Armstrong.
"We thought since we got the boys out and they were safe there was no need to tell you." Armstrong said softly.
"Oh you did?" Mustang frowned.
"Look it's done and over with so let's try to figure out what's going on now" Riza shook her head and gave Mustang a stern look.
"Your right" He said putting on his thinking face.
"Enough about me" Edward said picking up his fork "Let's eat I'm staaarvded" he began shoveling rice into his mouth.
A few minutes later everyone noticed that he closed his eyes then opened them and looked at Maria and smiled and touched her hand "Congratulations Maria."
"What do you mean?" She looked confused.
"Your pregnant" he said bluntly.
She laughed a little "Edward" then she stopped "Uh, could that be why I've been feeling so crappy?"
Edward shoveling rice into his mouth "Yep" didn't miss a spoonful.
"Ehhh, Edward can't you leave anything for surprise." Winry face-palmed.
" I'm sorry" He said looking up "I have to learn to not just blurt things out."
"Alright" Riza turned to Maria "Congratulations" she then looked at everyone "Can we get back to talking about the wedding and change the subject." she knew by the look on Maria's face she didn't want to talk about it.
Maria leaned over to Edward and whispered in his ear "Thanks Edward I thought there was a reason I didn't want to go to the doctor. Now that I know I'll make an appointment."
He smiled "Your welcome" he said still forcing food down his throat.
Mustang sat there and wondered what was going to happen next to his friend. He had watched this boy grow then he was gone ten years and he had grown into a good man on the other side. Now he had to watch all this happen to him he didn't know if he could handle the loss that was coming. He could barley handle him being on the other side at least then they knew there might be a chance they could get him back.