Is this real?
"Wake up sir we are nearly there." Chris said making Ed jump "Huh wa... Where am I? The last thing I remember we were in an old building." Edward said confused by the fact he was sitting in a car with his team "Where are we going? What's going on?" Ed asked everyone who looked upset suddenly the car stopped and everyone got out "Hey I asked you a question." Ed said angrily until he looked at where they had stopped "The cemetery why are we here?" Ed said getting more confused every second "This way sir." Stan said helping Edward walk up to a gave "What's going o" Ed stopped when he saw the name on the grave stone and collapsed to the floor crying "No not her please not her WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!" Edward shouted pulling on Stan's coat "She didn't make it sir, you tried your best but it was too little too late, she died after you passed out." Stan said tears' streaming down his eyes, as Ed got back up as her coffin was placed on her grave everyone who knew her had turned up. Roy and his team, Grumman and all her friends everyone crying and Ed fell to his knees pounding the ground in anger "Its ok I'm here for you." Roy said placing his hands on Ed's shoulders, the priest said a few words before the coffin was lowered but Ed couldn't hear a word he just knelt there watching the coffin lower and start to be covered up.
Later that night when he finally went home he closed the door, he threw his coat on the floor and got a glass out to poured a drink for himself and looked around the room thinking about all the time they had spent together, after a few drinks he started to cry and throw the glass across the room smashing it against the wall, then he started to smash things just to vent his anger until his despair took him and then took a carving knife out of the kitchen draw and placed it against his neck "I can't live without you Riza I'll see you soon" Ed said and before he could go through with the action a warm feeling came over him "Please don't do it Ed." A voice said which he knew right away was Riza's causing him to dropped the knife in surprise, "Riza is that you? Where are you?" Ed asked looking everywhere. "Please Ed you have to live on you can't end it like this." Riza's voice said "I can't live without you Riza my life has no meaning without you, when you died I died inside life's not worth living if I cannot live it with you." Ed said crying falling to the floor. "You can do it Edward I know you can you went through hell and back to help get your brothers body back and you can live through this." Riza's voice said as that was said Ed felt a warmth come over him and he closed his eyes and imagined Riza hugging him.
The next day at work everyone tried to get on with work as normal but couldn't, all they could do was think about how their commanding officer was copping with the death of his wife. It was a week later that Edward felt he could face going back to work; he went into the office and went straight into his office ignoring his team as they tried to ask how he was copping and if he was ok when he got in his office he closed the door and went to sit at his desk when he did his head hit his desk and he started crying Nina slowly opened the door as they could hear him and felt it best that she went in "S..Sir are you ok? I don't mean to just walk in but we are all worried about you." Nina said in a worried and quiet voice Ed slowly stopped crying and raised his head Nina could see his eyes were red raw from crying. "Why don't you go home sir we will be alright." Nina said in a comforting voice "Thank you Nina but I need to learn to move on." Ed said wiping his eyes after Nina left he turned his chair around and looked out the window, "Ed what are you doing you stronger then this please fight it." Riza's voice said making Ed turn around quickly to only find nothing there. "Please stop torturing me Riza please." Ed said, "This is not who you are you don't give up so easily what if you gave up this easily on me when you spent a year hiding your feelings for me." Riza's voice said, "I'm not that strong any more not without you, you were my everything my happiness, the reason why I got up every morning with a smile on my face, without you I only see darkness everywhere and its swallowing me hole I just want to end it all." Ed said crying again. "Please be strong for me Ed and fight this." Riza's voice said as it faded away.
Weeks went by and Ed kept on hearing her voice and couldn't take it any more so he asked for some leave and headed to see Roy thinking he could help him get over all of this. Edward turned up at Central late so he headed for Roy's house, he knocked on the door and a minute later Roy answered. "Ed what's up? What brings you here?" Roy asked "I'm cracking up I keep hearing Riza's voice everywhere and I don't know what to do, so I came here hoping you could help me since you have lost someone close yourself." Ed said sitting on Roy's sofa. "Look Edward you know I'm always here to help you if you ever need me." Roy said handing Ed a cup of tea, "thanks Roy I really need someone to talk to." Ed said drinking his tea. "Since its late and I'm not letting you stay in a hotel in your state you can have my spare room." Roy said
With Roy's help Ed started to feel better and found he could cope with everyday life again and headed back to Western Command and back to his team, while on the train he zoned out looking out the window "Ed don't give in please fight this." Riza's voice said which made Ed snap back into reality, "Why are you still torturing me?" Ed said, at this point the train was passing over a river when there came a loud explosion Ed looked out the window and saw that the bridge had been blown up and the train couldn't stop and started falling into the river and Ed was helpless but to fall in the train screaming.
Edward suddenly shot up covered in sweat looking around the room and seeing he was in a hospital and Riza asleep sitting in a chair, her head on his bed next to where his hand just was. "What's going on? Oh my god Riza your alive!" Ed shouted making her wake up and seeing Edward was sitting up "EDWARD!" Riza shouted jumping out of her chair to hug her husband "Ouch careful Riza." Ed said as she squeezed his sides too much, "Oh sorry Ed but I'm glad your awake at last." Riza said as she started to cry at the site of Ed being awake. "But I thought you had died I saw your grave and everything." Ed said confused by everything that was going on. "No after you passed out they took us both to the hospital and when they checked you over they said you was in a coma you have been out for a month." Riza said hugging Ed again.
So what did you think to this chapter? I hope you like the twist at the end when you find out it was just a dream and not reality that Ed was in please review I'm going to try and keep adding the final few chapters quicker than I have been. When this is finished I'm open to hearing any ideas you might have please message me with your ideas.