A/N: Here is another chapter for my lovely readers ^-^ Please forgive me for updating slowly, writers block is a curse u.u
Warnings: Language and blood.
Ed handed the note to Roy so that he could read it out loud because he didn't want to reread it. Ed tried to move again but was hurting, the bruises on his back were starting to ache and he was barely able to move.
"We have to go find Al." Ed said, he ignored the pain and got off of the hospital bed, quickly clamping the back of the hospital gown shut. He made his way to where is clothes were residing and took a hold of them and went into the bathroom to change. If Roy was protesting, Ed didn't hear him, he only wanted to get his brother out of the hands of the homunculi.
Before reading the note, Roy watched as Ed started to struggle out of bed.
''Ed what ever has happened to Al, I'll go and do it myself and I'll bring him back. You need to rest, not do whatever that crazy mind of yours is telling you to do,'' He said before having to stand up as Ed got out of the bed and retrieved his clothes.
''Ed, get back into the bed now. Ed, listen to me Ed -'' he said, but he was cut off as Ed went into the bathroom, slamming he door in his face. Sighing Roy looked at note, only reading the first line before the nurse came over to him.
''Colonel! Edward has to remain in bed until he is better! Why are you letting him go walk about?'' She asked angrily. To that Roy raised a brow.
''If you didn't notice, miss, I have tried to get him back into the bed. Its him you should be having a go at, not me. Now Ed, hurry up... I'm loosing my patience...'' Roy said as he began to read the note again, before he realized what Ed meant. He looked back up at the nurse.
''Actually, I'd like to check Edward out of the hospital.'' Roy exclaimed.
''But you know he has to stay here-''
''Yes, but he will be fine in my hands, I assure you.'' Roy stated.
Ed opened the bathroom door, nearly knocking the nurse over as he stormed out of the hospital room. He was angry, well beyond pissed, that the homunculi had his brother. Ed was nearly running out of the hospital as his mind went over what the note had said.
'Pipsqueak,
We have your brother, but since you're so angry and grumpy all the time, we'll play a little game. You see, we are hiding out in one of the buildings in the city that you are in. If you can find us in two hours of receiving this letter, you can have your brother back, but after the two hour mark, the longer you make me wait, I'll do something horrible to your brother. You have two hours, enjoy the game.'
With how the note was addressed, he knew that it was Envy who had Al and he knew the horror's that Envy could pull if he waited longer than he needed. Ed ran out of the hospital and into the cool night air, nearly forgetting that he left Roy behind and that the homunculi could be watching him from anywhere in the city.
Stumbling back after Ed had opened the door, Roy watched as the boy left.
''Ed, wait up.'' He called, leaving the the Nurse stunned as he ran after the boy. It didn't take him long before he caught up to the boy, but he was slightly out of breath.
''We need to split up if we want to cover enough ground if we are to find Al... I swear I will find a way to personally kill all of them bastards.'' He said, growling slightly in his voice before walking over to Ed.
''We will get him back, Ed. Don't worry about that.'' He Replied.
As soon as Roy said they should split up, Ed started to run in the opposite direction and into the city looking for any clues of Al. Ed was frantically looking all over, but when he spotted one of Al's gloves carelessly on the sidewalk, he knew he was going in the right direction. He tried to see what direction they could have gone but there were to many buildings to think of that the homunculi could be in. Ed took a deep breath and tried to calm his nerves so that he could let his senses take over to see where they could be.
Roy watched Ed as he ran into the distance, before running into the opposite one, frantically looking around for what seems to be the perfect place to hold Al, but none that he looked at seemed to be right.
Al started to awake, his eyesight blurry from waking up, and there was a constant ringing in his ear. He could hear faint words, mumbled and mixed up by the ringing and could see the faint silhouettes of what looked like to be people. The ringing finally dulled down so he could hear the words the silhouettes were saying, but he could only make out a few. What he could hear were the voices, those were loud and clear.
'Lust and Envy... W-Why am I here... with them? What do they want from me...? I-I hope brother and Colonel are alright' Al thought, as his eyesight became clearer again.
Ed, now calmer, tried to see where they could have taken Al. But as Ed tried to think where they could be, his mind came up empty. As Ed was about to go down an alleyway he caught a glimmer of Lust in a building's window that was down the street and ran towards it. His mind thought that it would be a trap, but he didn't care at the moment, his mind was fully focused on getting Al back.
Lust moved away from the window,
"Shit, he saw me.. Oh well, be prepared Envy, Edward is on his way." Lust said hastily. Envy slightly scowled but sighed out a response, "And here I thought I'd have some fun tormenting the twerps brother."
As Al listened to the conversation, the words ''be prepared'' that came from Lust's lips made his mind played endless video clips of what Envy may do to his brother, and he didn't like any of them.
''P..please.. Don't hurt my brother,'' Al begged, his voice croaky as he had just woken up.
''I... if you want to hurt one of us... let it be me not him... please?'' Al stuttered out the question.
Lust ignored what Al said, but Envy looked at him.
"Well, are you the little trooper to want to save your brother from danger.. Heheh I might take you up on that offer, he has kept me waiting a long time.." Envy laughed and pulled out a slightly small knife and slashed at Al's shirt, leaving a long wound across Al's chest. As soon as Envy injured Al he left right behind Lust.
Al yelped as Envy cut his chest, seeing his own blood come out of him like a water feature for a second made him feel sick. He shuddered as he watched Envy leave, his own blood was seeping from the wound. He held in the tears as he breathed in and out, causing his chest to ache. Once Envy and Lust left him alone, he had to wait until ed got there. Once Ed got there, he sighed with relief, the tears finally coming out.
Ed made his way to the building and up to the floor he saw Lust on. He got to the room and practically kicked the door down only to find Al bleeding.
"A-Al." Was all that Ed could say before he noticed the note and taking it, then he sprang into action. Ed hefted Al up carefully and slowly made his way out of the room and out of the building. He tried to make his way to where he was just moments before going out to look for Al, back to the hospital, but he was having a slight hard time taking his brother there.
''Brother...'' Whimpered Al, aching all over as he was lifted by his older sibling. Al drifted between consciousness and unconsciousness, feeling ill and weak.
Ed struggled to get his brother to the hospital,
"Hang on Al, I'll get you fixed up soon.. Hang on." Ed's voice was shaky, slightly panicked because his brother was losing a lot of blood and he was struggling to get his brother the medical attention that he desperately needed.
Roy, who had been looking for Al as well, noticed Ed carrying the boy. He quickly ran over to the two, seeing Al in such a state he quickly grabbed Al from Ed and looked at him.
"Can you keep up? I'll take Al to the hospital, just follow okay?" asked Roy before running off to get to the hospital quickly.
Ed ran with Roy to the hospital, even though he was in great pain, he just ignored it like it was nothing. All that Ed cared about at the moment was that Al would get the attention that he needed before Ed even thought about himself. As they approached the hospital, Ed quickly opened the doors for Roy so that he could carefully bring Al inside. Ed was completely worrying about Al's state of being that he started to shake with anxiety.
Roy ran as fast as his legs would take him
'God knows what will happen to me if the arthritis kicks in, I'll be slower in bed too..' thinking to himself, Roy burst into the hospital. The nurse that was there earlier, who now had a bruise on her forehead from where Ed slung the door open earlier, looked at Roy, then Ed and then Al, and sighed.
"Quick, he's brought in another one!" She yelled, as doctors ran in again, taking Al off Roy's hands.
"And Ed too." Roy said looking at Ed as some doctors ran to him as well.
Ed slightly cringed back and said, "No no I'm fine.." growled Ed. As a doctor tried to grab at Ed, Ed slightly smacked the arm away and tried to leave. However, the nurse with the bruise on her forehead blocked his path with a needle.
"If you do not cooperate with us this time, I will put this into you and it'll make you sleep." She said, which made Ed cringe again. He turned around and dodged another set of hands that was making its way towards him.
"How many fucking doctors are in this place?" muttering to himself, Ed sighed deeply as he just gave up, letting the doctors take a look at him.