Chapter 4

"Fullmetal! What happened here?"

"Your guess is as good as mine…"

Hawkeye walks over to the bed the boy is sleeping in.

"Poor thing."

"All of his people are gone, turned to stone. Good thing we got to him in time huh brother?"

Ed looking up at Al "Yea"

"What do we do now?"

"Well scence theres nothing left here. We should bring the boy back to Central."

Both boys look up. "Right"

*HA that was easy enough…*

"Oh and boys don't forget detailed reports. They will be due on Mustangs desk by tomorrow morning."

*Crap there it is….*

"NO! NO! NO!" Winry raising her hands in the air.

"You are treating it like a piece of metal!"

"I don't know what your looking at but this is metal!"

"That's not what I mean nimrod!"

Winry just looks at him hoping for his head to explode.

"Treat it like art, like it is a part of you! You will never become a great automailest like me until you become one with your automail!"'

Zack laughs "I'm pretty sure your just a gearhead!" (Whack)

And zack is on the floor once again.

"You got to stop doing that! You're going to kill me!"

"Then shut up and learn."

Amillia sits on the couch and laughs.

Winrys once stern face turns to a soft smile.

"Its good to see you smile Ami."

Ami looks at Winry and just cocks her head to the side and smiles once more. Zack being the smart ass as he is known to be pokes Winry.

"Winry look I'm smiling too."

Winry looks at him with a death glare.

"Shut up you!"

Even though she can get made at Zack she smiles and hands him a wrench.

"You're doing great don't give up."

Back at Central Al and Ed walk through the halls waiting to report to Mustang. As they look around Ed notices one thing.

"Al is it just me or are all the women wearing tiny mini skirts."

"Ha yea when mustang became Fuher that was one of the first things he changed."

Ed rolls his eyes.

"That creep…but wait why wasn't Hawkeye wearing one?"

"Ha you really have to ask that? She refuses to wear one of course. Honestly I think he made the rule just for her."

Ed sits on a bench and stretches.

"Those two… He should know by now she doesn't take any of his crap."

Al smiles "Let him dream brother."

All of a sudden a loud voice breaks through the silence.

"Elrics Mustang will see you now!"

Ed uncovers his ears.

"Thanks Major"

Armstrong nods and asks them to follow him. As soon as they enter the room Ed has the erg to run. Talking with Mustang is definitely no walk in the park.

"Welcome back Elrics, have a fun trip?" Mustang hands together leaning on his desk.

"I wouldn't call it fun but more like horrifying."

Al sits down in one of the chairs.

"Yea people turning to stone is not really a cup of tea and freakin crumpets."

Mustang looks down.

"Yea that is what I hear I still have to ask the boy questions but I don't want to wake him. After all the things he went through."

Ed snorts "Hmmm sympathy that's usually not your style."

"Well Fullmetal something's have to change."

Ed just looks down in embarrassment. Mustang leans back in his chair and turns to look out the window.

"Well I guess that will be all for now I will let u know of what the boy tells me and any further information. I know how badly you want to go back to Risenbull."

Mustang gives a sly smirk at Ed.

"Your lucky your Fuher!" Ed turns and walks out the door and Al not far behind. Al turns before he walks through the door and gives mustang a smile and a nod. Mustang turns to watch them out the window. "Yes I guess I am."

"WHAT IN THE HELL!"

Edward drops his suitcase on the floor. Winry and Zack are on the floor wrestling over the wrench. While Ami is on the coach eating a cookie and is surprised by Ed and Al's entrance. Winry jumps up.

"Ed your back!" She goes to hug him but moves to the side.

"What is this Winry?"

Winry glances at Zack, while Zack looks at Ed afraid for his life.

"Well Ed… this is Zack and he…"

Zack the ginger he is looks Ed in the eye and offers him his hand.

"Hello Edward its nice to meet ya! I have heard so much…"

"So Winry you trade me in for a ginger! I thought you had more taste…" Ed glares at Zack and stomps off to the back room of the house.

"Hey I may be a ginger but at least I'm not as short as a lepracon! "

Down the hall you can no longer hear Ed's footsteps but within seconds Ed tackles Zack to the ground. Rolling, kicking screaming it seems like it goes on and on. "You bastered!"

A familiar wiz goes through the air and hits Ed and Zack in the head.

"Steric!" Winry winks at Ami and she smiles. Al can't stop looking at Ami no matter what his brother was doing. Time just stood still…

"Ow! Winry!" Both say at the same time.

Zack get back to work! Ed come with me! I swear I am surrounded by IDIOTS! Oh and Al please keep Ami company. Al…"

Al shacks his head out of his daze. "Oh right…"

Ed and Winry head to the back room. Ed rubbing his head sits in a chair.

"What is wrong with you?"

Ed just looks down "God Winry got to lay off the wrench hittings."

"Don't change the subject! Why did you freak out!"

Ed just looked at Winry as if someone had just took a young child's toy.

"I just… When I saw… Gahhh I shouldn't have to explain myself!"

Winry just smiles and shakes her head. "You don't have to dummy…"

With a sly grin she points to Ed "Your just jealous!"

Eds eyes widen then he starts laughing. He walks to Winry and shoves her on the bed and lays next to her. "What the hell Ed…" Ed kisses her and brushes her hair away from her face.

"You know Winry I guess I was jealous. I just don't… I don't want to lose you." Ed looks down.

Winry kisses Eds for head and brushes his cheek with her thumb.

"Ed you have nothing to worry about that I'm not going anywhere. Plus if you think I would be with that Idiot you are surely mistaken."

They both laugh and share one more kiss. Ed just looks at her for as long as he can so he could never forget her. The way she looked, smelled or how she sounds.

"Why can't we just be like this forever?"

"I wish that was possible…" Winry just turns to look at the celling.

"Well I guess we better get back huh…"

Winry sits up and starts to stand when Ed grabs her hand. Winry squeezes his hand and walks through the door.

*My soul belongs to her… Every Fiber of my being… She is my everything…*