Hello, sorry, I couldn't help but update now! The feeling is eating me alive! I'll go nuts if I don't update this. Usually, when I finished writing a chapter, I can't really help but update it, especially if I don't have any ideas on changing it or anything like that.

Okay! Enough of that, that is unimportant at the moment! So, this chapter is just something that came in my mind during my not-so-normal-as-usual-holiday, though I can't say it was a pleasant thing that gave me the idea for this chapter and the one after this. Oh, no, it was sad... As always, Please enjoy this chapter!

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Chapter 7

"Brother! Brother!" Ed snapped his eyes wide open and jumped up into a sitting position. He blinked a couple of times to settle his vision. "Brother!" Ed turned his head and saw Al looking at him from the edge of the bed, "Are you alright?"

Ed furrowed his eyebrows before looking around the room seems he was in a hospital room. He looked back towards Al, "Al? When did I-"

"We brought you here after you lost the fight." Ed turned and saw Roy standing in front of the door; he had his arms crossed as he leaned against the door frame comfortably. He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, "You do remember your fight with Alice, right?"

"Fight? Alice?" He processed the words in his brain for a moment before widening his eyes, "The fight! Did I lose?"

"Yup," Roy placed simply before setting foot in the room. He stopped once he was in front of Ed's bed, "We didn't see how Alice beat you, when the smoke screen cleared up yesterday you were completely beat up. She blew up the pipes under the training grounds so now the HQ is filled with workers trying to fix them up, might take a while though."

Ed furrowed his eyebrows as he searched back in his memory, "…Can't really remember much of the fight."

Roy nodded, "You were standing on top of one of the pipes so you were exposed to the explosion more than she did, and maybe you hit your head or something."

"…"

The smoke cleared up and Seth smiled slightly at the sight before him. Ed was on the ground and seemed to be unconscious, Alice was on the other side of the training grounds, she seemed to be struggling to sit back up but she was in no better condition than Ed.

"Brother! Brother!" Al screamed in slight panic as he shook his unconscious brother.

Alice sighed, "If you keep shaking him like that he'll die of blood lost," she said lightly as she held her own weight while leaning against a nearby pole, not forcing her body to get back up. Her words were enough to make Al stopped and more than enough to make Roy sprinted towards the nearest phone and call for an ambulance.

She rubbed the back of her neck before looking around, "Where is that thing?"

"Here you go." She looked back and saw Seth smiling towards her. He brought up Alice's eye patch, "Get the rope fixed, alright?"

Alice narrowed her eyes and looked at Seth carefully, "…Sure."

Seth nodded before glancing towards Al, "Hey, Al!" The suit of armor turned and looked at Seth, who in return grinned, "Better get that brother of yours to a hospital soon!" He glanced back towards Alice and narrowed his eyes, "And you, young lady, will be having a long talk with me after this, is that understood?"

She pouted before looking away, "I hate it when you act like an adult..."

"What is that supposed to mean? I am to an adult!"

Ed's eye twitched slightly as he paled, "…I lost?"

"Yup," the others answered with no trace of sadness in their tone, causing the blonde haired boy to grunt slightly.

He sighed before crossing his arms over his chest, "The bet was if I won she'll tell me about the Philosopher Stone, but if I lost…"

"You'll be her slave for the next two months!" The three turned towards the open window and widened their eyes when the sight of a dark haired boy jumping into the room, without regards that they were in a private hospital room. Seth grinned as he looked up towards Ed, "You must've hit your head real hard if you nearly forgot your own wager."

"What the hell are you doing just jumping into people's rooms like that? There's a door right over there!" Ed yelled towards the boy while pointing towards the door behind Roy.

He shrugged, "It was more fun, plus I could use the exercise."

Roy shook his head lightly before sitting down on the chair next to Al. He glanced up towards Seth, "What are you doing here? Half an hour ago you won't even blink without knowing that someone was keeping an eye on Alice… And by 'someone' you'd mean yourself."

He chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah, well, Arra came by and she said she'll wait until she wakes up, the girl's Alice's friend so she's trustworthy."

"Wait a minute…" The three glanced towards Ed, who in return gave them all questioning looks, "Alice is in the hospital as well?"

"Of course she is!" Seth proclaimed before sitting down at the edge of Ed's bed, his back facing the other three. He narrowed his eyes and glared at the innocent wall, "Well, she may have won your fight but she didn't exactly step out without a scar, she was just as injured as you were. The only difference is when she blew up that pipe; you picked up more damage than she did."

"Tch," Ed crossed his arms behind his head before leaning back against his bed, "great, now I'm stuck being a slave for some weird girl that can't even be called a girl, the girl's got no- GAK!"

Everyone's attention was diverted when a flying plate hit Ed straight in the face, causing him to fall down to the floor. "Watch your mouth you stupid shrimpy dwarf!" the people in the room look back towards the now open door of Ed's room, a very pissed off Alice was standing there, her hand clenched by her sides and her eyes narrowed dangerously. She was wearing the hospital's clothes, plain white top and pants. She was still wearing an eye patch, though it's not her usual one, the hospital must've given her a temporary one to use.

Ed got back to his feet and glared at the girl, "What the hell was that fo-"

"Shut up!" she yelled cutting in on the boy as she threw an empty cup towards him, bull's eye! It hit him straight in the face, harder than before.

Al gasped before running to the other side of the bed, "Brother, are you alright?"

Ed grunted before sitting up and rubbing his now bleeding forehead, "Yeah, I've had worse…" He stood up and glared at the girl, "What are you doing just barging into my room and start clobbering me like that?"

Alice scoffed before crossing her arms over her chest, "I wouldn't have if you weren't such a jerk! Seriously, I wouldn't really mind if you make fun of me in front of my face, but don't do it behind my back!" She looked away and pouted, "It seems more like you don't trust me or something…"

Ed raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"Nah, nothing…" she said before walking into the room.

Seth sighed and shook his head, "Alice, the doctor said you shouldn't be walking around yet, your foot was really messed up because of that explosion, remember?" he glanced up and furrowed his eyebrows, "And I don't think it's wise for you to start beating up Ed again."

"Yeah, but…" she sit on the edge of Ed's bed before looking away, "Well, I just didn't like sitting all the time in that room, plus Arra keeps bothering me that I can't sleep… So I decided to go here instead! And, just in case you forgot what today is…"

"Oh?" Seth asked back with a smirk on his face, clearly knowing his sister's true reason for coming there.

Alice glared at her brother, silently telling him to stay quiet. Ed and Al looked at the two with questioning looks, while Roy merely observed them in amusement. Alice looked away, "Anyway, Seth, we need to go soon," she said glancing towards her brother, who nodded, before looking back at Ed, "And, Edward…"

Ed narrowed his eyes, preparing for anything else she might throw at him at the moment, "What?"

She stood from Ed's bed and walked towards the window, taking hold of the frame, "I'm sorry."

"Eh?"

"See you guys later!" she said before jumping out the window, sounds of leafs and branches snapping could be heard afterwards, thank goodness there weren't any sound of the girl's screaming.

Seth chuckled before standing up and shoving his hands in his pockets and walking towards the door. He stopped once he took of the door's frame when Roy grabbed his shoulder, causing the man to glance back towards him, "What?"

He narrowed his eyes, "Where are you and Alice going? Isn't she supposed to stay in the hospital for a couple of days by the least?"

He smirked, "True, but you heard her, didn't you? Besides, if she had enough strength to annoy Fullmetal in her condition, she's fine."

Roy narrowed his eyes before sighing and letting the man go. Seth smiled, "Thanks, Roy," he said before turning around and opening the door, "see you guys later!" He slammed the door shut behind him before turning left and walking down the hall, his back slouched and his hands in his pockets.

"Colonel," Roy turned and saw Al looking at him along with his brother; "is something the matter?"

He shook his head before sitting down on the chair next to Ed's bed. He sighed, "That girl is unbelievable… She's already pushing herself."

The two brothers turned quiet as the room was filled with an incredibly uncomfortable silence. Roy narrowed his eyes and was soon lost in his own thoughts, not noticing the look he was receiving from the two brothers.

"Hey, colonel," Roy looked up and saw Ed sit back on the bed before looking at him, "mind if I ask something about Alice and Seth?"

"Depends on the question," he said before sitting up straight.

He nodded, "Exactly, what happened to them...when they were younger?"

"…Why do you want to know?"

Ed narrowed his eyes and matched his glare with Roy's, it was a matter of time as to who would back down from the staring contest, or maybe glaring contest was a better name for the situation.

Roy sighed in defeat, "Fine, but I can only tell you little about those two, they're not exactly very open up towards others." Ed nodded, exactly what Roy was afraid of.

He rubbed the back of his neck before speaking, "Their father was also a state alchemist and they used to live in a small village in the West. They told me that their mother died a long time ago, so they lived with their father. Even after he quit the military he still continued his research of the Philosopher Stone," he paused and took a deep breath. "When Alice and Seth were still young, their father performed a human transmutation; one that was unfamiliar to military's intelligence. Unfortunately, we couldn't do anything because when we found out about it…" Roy swallowed the lump formed in his throat, "Their father was already dead, and I found the two were already staying in a hospital near their house. We tried investigating their home but, the transmutation circle was covered in dirt and blood that the pictures and writing became hard to examine..."

"Then, what was used in the transmutation?" Al spoke up.

Roy narrowed his eyes, "We suspected that their father must've given up his soul, and since we couldn't find anything in the house that could be the result of the transmutation, it was concluded that it might've been Alice."

Al staggered slightly, "Alice?"

"Yeah, I know it sounds crazy but, it makes sense," Roy said. He pulled out his wallet before taking out a small photo and showing it to the two. The picture was of a small dark haired boy with forest green eyes and a girl with the same characteristics standing in front of a large house. Roy furrowed his eyebrows as he gazed down at the picture, "this is Seth and Alice when they were younger…" he pointed towards Alice, "See? The transmutation changed her appearance completely."

Ed narrowed his eyes, 'She seemed…happy.'

Roy flipped the picture and handed it to Ed, "Well, that's pretty much all that I know about them, and I'm the closest one to them in the military."

Ed scoffed, "That's not much."

Al hummed slightly, "Is there something special happening today that she's pushing herself to get out of the hospital?"

Roy raised his eyebrows slightly before crossing his arms over his chest and furrowing his eyebrows in concentration, "Actually, I'm not so sure, those two always run off somewhere without telling anyone, it's something pretty normal. The next thing you know they'll probably be here and act as if they never left…"

Ed narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest, catching the other two's attention. "Is something the matter, Brother?"

He glanced at the two of them, "Alice, when she was younger..." he glanced down at the picture and examined the long dark haired girl before speaking again, "She actually looked like a girl."

Al twitched slightly, "...Please don't say unimportant things in this kind of situation!"

Jiii... School is starting soon... I won't be able to update that often anymore... Oh, cruel fate, why must fate be either weird, doesn't make sense or cruel?

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