WOOT CHAPTER FIVE!

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Ed: …She disappeared?

Winry: She's in her room.

Ed: Doing?

Winry: She said she's 'oober excited about upcoming romance' and she 'needed to go ducktape' her 'mouth so' she 'wouldn't say anything.'

Ed: Ah… I see… WAIT! Romance?

Winry: Yeah. If anyone hasn't noticed, the summary changed. It is now EdWin and slight Royai.

Ed: When did she do that?

Winry: A while ago.

Al: Wow... Well, FullMetal-EdwardElric-FanGirl doesn't own or say she owns FullMetal Alchemist, though it is obvious she wishes she does.

Side Note: THIS IS NOT THE END! Just because the title of this chapter is the same as the story title, it doesn't mean it's over! It won't be over until I say "THE END!" Okay? Also, there's a bit of a time skip in here. ^_^ Thanks!

Chapter Five: War's Fever

Rain pitter-pattered on the windows, and thunder echoed along the sky. Lightning occasionally flashed, not long after came another roaring boom! from outside, seeming to almost shake the walls.

Slosh.

The bowl of water in her hands tipped slightly, making its contents move around. Setting the blue-green bowl on the table beside the bed, she paused to pick up another cloth that was now lying on the floor.

Shouldn't this be…?

She turned towards the male who lay on the bed, noticing the bit of contortion he was in. Lying on his left side, he head was turned to an angle, and his left hand was covering his forehead.

She sighed.

Putting the old cloth on the table, she fetched the new one and wrung it out. Placing it on the boy's head after folding it, another sigh escaped her lips. Even though he finally finished rehabilitation, he still had a fever. She guessed he had caught a cold or something, but in the back of her mind, she knew something was wrong.

Winry stood there for a moment and stared at his face. He was just so…He just seemed so young when he was sleeping (Yeah, of course, that was exactly what she was thinking. -_- And in great detail, too, huh?). She turned around, shoving the thought out of her head. Walking towards the door, she heard a small whimper. Quickly turning on heel, she looked at the wincing Edward.

"Ed…?"

The boy shifted slightly in his sleep.

Winry calmed slightly. She sighed, turned around, and placed her hand on the doorknob. Click. With a quick motion, the door was open and the room was exposed to the hallway. She closed the door slowly. Click.

Walking down the hallway, she caught Pinako's voice.

"—But still…I wasn't to know what happened. You can't break a port easily, especially with that amount of damage."

"I do too, Granny," Al's voice replied. "Brother hasn't said a word about it. Maybe he doesn't think we need to know, possibly keeping us from it for reasons of, like, protecting us? I suppose he'll tell us when he thinks it's necessary, I guess…"

"…I suppose so…"

Ed's fingers twitched, and he suddenly clawed onto the bed sheet. He had turned upright sometime after Winry left, so he would have been staring at the ceiling, had his eyes been open. His eyes were squeezed shut and his face was glistening with sweat.

"No…"

His voice was small and weak as it echoed through the empty room. "N-no…"

"NO!"

He could feel it. The darkness was closing in on him. He could hear the thunder and the rain. But he couldn't see. Everything was black, but suddenly a voice started echoing around him.

"I'll be gunned down if I walk out there, I'll be gunned down anyway!"

"Don't you dare come in here! I'll kill 'em!"

……

CLAP!

Suddenly, he felt himself fall into a grass…wet grass. Almost instantly he was soaked. Shivering, Ed stumbled to his feet. Examining his surroundings, he noticed he was on a hill. He turned around, and his pupils turned small.

Soaked by the pouring rain, Winry stood there, shouting something he couldn't hear. Even though he couldn't tell what she was saying, her expression looked upset. He tried to walk towards her, but his legs were frozen. His flesh arm reached out towards her, and he tried to yell.

It only came out in a husky grunt.

Winry quickly looked to the side, and then started to sprint towards him.

Bang!!!

Winry's pupils went small and foggy, and she collapsed to the ground only a few feet from him.

Ed's body went numb and he collapsed to the ground. His breathing was shaky and his eyes were planted on the crimson liquid that that was pouring from her chest, right where her heart was. His eyes traveled down in horror.

All he could do was stare at the weapon that had fallen out of his hand.

Pushing his eyelids together hard, he mumbled in a raspy voice, "No…" He cracked his eyelids open slightly, only to notice the change in scenery. She was…gone?

Getting up slowly, Ed noticed he wasn't wet anymore, and the ground wasn't soft and squishy, rather, it was rough and jagged. Glancing around, he stepped back a bit in shock. He couldn't be here again…

The blown up buildings…

The people lying on the ground, lifeless…

The red tainted ground…

"Major, come on!" A man's voice behind him snapped him out of his trance. "Yeah," he replied without thinking of the words, and sprinted after the sergeant who had spoken. The pistol at his waist seemed heavier than normal. He could hear his shaky breaths echoing around him as he sprinted down the rugged pathway. He kept glancing around, his eyes darting this way and that.

Suddenly, the sound many people's charging feet erupted behind them. Quickly turning on heel, Ed barked a command. "To the side!"

His order was a second too late.

A loud gunshot went off as Ed ducked to the side and clapped in hands. He shoved them onto the ground, and a wall began to form across the street they were in. Quickly, he rushed to a fallen officer, who was gasping and grasping his shoulder. Examining it, he noted that the bullet had gone straight through. Turning to the sergeant, he put forth a command. "I want him taken straight to a medic, pronto." Ed ripped off a piece of his jacket (you know, the tan ones?) for a makeshift bandage and wrapped it tightly. "Don't let this slip until he's there. We don't need him bleeding out before he can be helped." He helped the solider stagger to his feet and looked at his two team members. "Now, run."

"But sir, you'll be left alone." There were only two members of his team present.

"I can catch up with you, but you both need a head start. Go!"

"I-I…"

"Can't leave me here to deal with these bastards? Yes, you can, and that's an order."

The two men nodded and gave a solute before sprinting (however fast the injured could, at least) away. Ed turned towards the wall. I don't want to do this… He clapped his hands. I really don't want to do this!

The wall began to lower, but the structure of the buildings in front of him began to weaken. A roar of chants and angry screams sounded at the walls disappearance.

Ed winced.

Bam! Crash!

…

"I'm sorry…" Ed's mumbling voice echoed through the small room, and he shifted slightly, still gripping onto the bed sheets as if his life depended on them. "I'm so…sorry…"

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