Chapter 10: Relaxation, finally.
Edward opened his eyes lazily, and stared at the ceiling. His thought seemed to never come, until final, What happened? How did I get here.
"Look, he's awake!" he heard someone say. Suddenly, the bed was swarmed by the SOS Brigade, Winry, Alphonse, and Mustang. "Brother….." Alphonse would have been smiling if he had his body. "Oh, Ed, you idiot…" Winry hugged Ed around the head. Ed blushed deeply, but he wondered why they were so… clingy. "We were so worried…"
Worried, why would they be- Edward jumped and his eyes popped wildly. "Where's Envy? What happened?" Edward tried to jump up but a shot of horrible pain shot through his stomach and he fell back.
"Easy Fullmetal, he gave you quite a wound." Mustang expression changed to more serious, "Fullmetal, what happened back there, what did you see?"
Ed looked down as everyone watched him with intense eyes. "It's something that the rest of you can't hear." He looked at Winry and the SOS Brigade. "Oh, come on!" Haruhi complained, she knew it would be an amazing story. But all of them, with reluctance, left the room, leaving Al and Roy with Ed. There was a long pause, finally Edward turned to Mustang. "Human transmutation."
"What?"
"Whoever lived in that house committed human transmutation. There was a picture on the wall that had a name on it, Allen. That could be who was transmuted. Because it was sort of a memorial picture.
"What did he look like?"
"I didn't he a good view of the picture, it was too dark. But I do know that is was the father that made the picture. So that could be who committed the transmutation." Ed suddenly remembered what happened right before he blacked out. "What a minute, how did you get there so fast."
"Umm, well," Roy scratched his head, thinking about how to respond. Alphonse didn't have trouble at all. "He was following us."
"WHAT?"
"Well, uh, yes" Roy shrugged his shoulders. "I knew you would get into some sort of trouble, so I made sure I was prepared, don't worry, no one saw me use Alchemy, and…" He got an evil grin. "no one saw you crying like a baby in you sleep."
"Shuttup!"
"Well the only thing we can do now is wait till you get better to investigate." Roy ignored the glare from Ed.
"What do we tell them." Alphonse pointed to the door to the hall.
"Well, we can't tell them the truth, just tell them I had a bad fall" Ed said. "Let them in, will you."
Alphonse got up and opened the door, the SOS Brigade fell forward onto the floor, one on top of the other. "Trying to listen in, huh?" Roy laughed with a slight glare of annoyance. Everyone got up and rushed around Edward again.
"How do you feel?" Yuki said, putting a hand to Ed's forehead.
"I'm fine, I tell you." Ed blushed even deeper than before.
"You are not." Kyon poked Ed lightly in the stomach. A invulnerable spasm shook threw Ed's body and he let out a painful groan. "See." Kyon smirked.
"Whatever." Ed flicked his head in annoyance.
Ed suddenly got worried, "What time and day is it?" Everyone was reluctant to tell him, soon Al spoke up. "It has be a whole day since you got back, and it is 7 am." Ed looked at him, stunned. A Whole Day! Was it really that bad.
There was a knock at the door, Mikuru opened it. Standing there was Kana-shiatsu with a man standing behind her. "The doctor you requested is here." She stepped aside to let the man in, bowed, and walked back down the hall.
"A Doctor?" Edward glanced up, and froze. Standing at the door was a blonde woman and brown eyes. Glasses, and a lab coat. But she bore a striking resemblance to- "Lieutenant Hawkeye?" Edward tried to sit up again, but failed painfully. Mustang covered his mouth to prevent himself from laughing as he stared at the doctors unfashionable outfit. The doctor jumped. "W-what do you mean, young man? I-I don't know any hawkeyes, my name is Dr….Dr….Dr. Hawkclaws….." Mustang jumped up, hustled out of the room, and closed the door. An muffled explosion of laughter could be heard from the hall. "What's with him?" Haruhi questioned. "Um, hiccups!" Dr. Hawkclaws answered quickly with a glare at the door, and walked up to Edward.
"Mr. Mustang told me that you had a deep cut, lets take a look." Hawkclaws helped Ed lift up his shirt. "Hawkeye, do you even have a doctor's certification?"
"Of course I do, and it's HawkCLAWS!"
"Yeah, yeah…"
Dr. Hawkeye- I mean Claws- examined the wound with a puzzled look, "How did you get a cut like this?" With a sigh, Edward started to recall the events of the mansion, But he skipped the parts about alchemy because of the SOS Brigade. All the way to were he fainted. "Hmmm," Hawkclaws looked at the cut closer, she suddenly looked up, smiling. "Your going to heal up very soon."
"That's good." Ed smiled back, everyone sighed in relief. "But," Hawkclaws started to dig through the bag she brought. "You'll need an injection." She pulled out some disinfectant and cotton balls and started to test a needle.
Ed's eyes widened with fear. "….an….injection?…"
"Yes," She filled the needle with a medicine. "It will only hurt a little.
"NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!"
Edward, no matter how much it hurt, jumped up and ran for the door. But the SOS Brigade was already upon him. Mikuru grabbed his leg, Kyon grabbed his arms, Kozumi grabbed his other leg, and Haruhi grabbed him around the waist, careful not to hurt his cut. But even that wasn't enough force, soon Ed was breaking free, so Al, Winry, and Yuki stepped in pulling as hard as they could.
But even that wasn't enough, Edward started to pull free once again, but as soon as they were about to give up, something flew threw the air and struck Ed hard in the arm. He let out a cry and fell back. Everyone else flew backwards as well, leaving Ed laying face up on top of them. Hawkclaws pulled what hit Ed out of his arm, it was the shot.
She smiled down at him, "That wasn't so bad, was it?" Ed eyes got teary, but he held back any whimpering and groaned as Al picked him up and put him back in the bed.
Winry groaned and stood up. "Edward, you have got to stop doing that! You were acting like such a little baby!"
"SHUTTUP! I'M NOT LITTLE!" Edward glared with annoyance.
"My, my, has the strength to fight already." Roy walked in with traces of laughing tears on his cheeks.
"Great, just who I wanted to see." Ed said sarcastically.
Dr. Hawkclaws frowned angrily at Roy. "Feeling better, sir." Roy turned to her and held back laughing. "T-thank you for your time, doctor. You will receive your pay in the mail."
With that, the doctor bowed and left, and Roy burst into a giggle fest. "What's wrong?" Mikuru asked. "Nothing, nothing." Roy coughed and made himself dignified again.
They decided that they should just talk for a while, so they all grabbed a chair and sat around the bed. There was a silence as everyone glanced at one another, waiting for someone to say something. Winry made tea, giving Mikuru a break. Everyone sipped in silence, until Mikuru let out a giggle. "What?" They all asked.
"It's just… Edward-Chan looks so much like his father-" Edward and Roy spit their tea out in shock. "WHAT! I-do-not-look-like-him." They said simultaneously.
"Hey, your right!" Haruhi bounced up. "there are like, totally identical!"
"WE ARE NOT!"
"I should get a picture!"
"NO PICTURES!"
After a long argument, Haruhi had finally gotten a picture, and everyone calmed down. They talked for a little, and soon Ed realized something important. "WHAT THE HELL AM I WEARING!" he hadn't even realized that his clothes were different. He was wearing what looked like a Chinese style shirt with a high collar, long black pants, and his hair was tied in a Chinese bun. He turned his head to wear all suspicious heads turn to. "HARUHI!" He glared at the girl the way he always glared a her. "GIVE-ME-THAT-CAMERA!" He lunged at her, but she quickly poked him in the stomach and he fell flat on his back in pain. "No way!" she stuck her tong. "This is going straight to the computer."
"You are evil." Ed groaned.