Death XXXI Mad as a Hatter

"Edward?" A voice called softly through the workroom door that was opened just a crack, letting in a small sliver of light that illuminated the dark space filled with all sorts of papers and bottles filled with equations and dangerous chemicals. There was a small figure hunched over a large desk in the center of room, its long silk-like hair cascading wildly around its twitching frame. "Edward, honey, it's time for bed." The voice continued and the figure lifted its head instantly towards the sound. Wide, wild golden eyes stared curiously at the intruder, blonde locks flicking back forth as the incessant shivering failed to cease. Moments dredged on until finally the trembling boy tilted his head to one side as an almost manic grin spread across his gaunt features.

"Mother." He whispered hoarsely, crazed lit eyes shining in excitement. "That's right, dear." The voice whispered gently as the door opened to reveal the shaded outline of a woman. "Come to bed now. Your brothers already a sleep and don't you want Mama to kiss you good night." Edward nodded enthusiastically, moving from his chair to stand and holding out his arms to the silhouette. "That's a good boy. Come now to me. My little man, you've been working to hard."

"Mother. Mother. Mother." The boy repeated the words like a mantra, twitching and stepping, arms still held out as he dived into the woman's embrace, slipping and falling into oblivion.

"Mother…I love you…"

Lt. Hawkeye gazed out the window down at the crowded street below where just yesterday, Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward Elric had fallen to his death. She frowned, gripping the edge of the sill and biting her lip at the length of the drop. "Mercury." A voice whispered, and the lieutenant pulled back to look into the room. Books and papers were scattered everywhere and she watched, stoically as her superior bent to retrieve a broken vile from the floor. The Colonel sighed, turning his dark, expressionless eyes towards her. "…he must have been up here for weeks…this stuff poisons the mind any longer and it would have killed him before he fell…"

Riza nodded stiffly, knowing all too well that neither of them really wanted to talk about it at the moment and turned back to the window. The fall was still there and it had begun to rain.

"Colonel?"

"Yes, Lieutenant?"

"I wonder what he saw…"

Hey there peeps! I'm planning on updating this baby at least once a week now that school has winded down and my brother bought me two whole freaking seasons of "1000 ways to die" Trust me my dearies, Ed's deaths are only going to get better from here [hopefully :3]. I'm just wondering if I'm going to have to up the rating if things get above rated T…hm? What do you guys think? Oh…and I'm taking requests/suggestions again since I lost my notebook. If you requested something and I haven't written it [with the exception of the fiftieth chapter personal kills, I'm getting to those.] please don't hesitate to review and if I did write yours but didn't put your name up, do tell me as I am very scatterbrained.

Also, a note about last chapter. I had this whole long rant to tell you, but it isn't worth it. From now on I'm just gonna stick to FMA here, I'm sorry I even brought Hetalia up. In fact I'm probably gonna rewrite last chapter when I get the chance. It was obviously a big mistake. Hetalia fans who like my writing can talk to me about it on DA. People are too much of a headache here when it comes to that stupid show. I'd like to make a point here for all of you who haven't noticed is I'm not much of a romance person, yes, I do have pairings I like in each of my favorite fandoms but I don't watch/read those fandoms for the pairings. In addition, asides from gravitation the only yaoi/shounen ai couple you might [and there's a big might there] see me write for is TRC's KuroFai. SO LEAVE ME ALONE! Geeze…I have my rights, people. [Also, I hate incest. Just had to put that out there]

TRUFAX: IHAVETIESWITHTHEMAFIA!

…Anyways, BACK TO GLORIOUS FULLMETAL! Death, death, death all around. I think I need to write something Christmassy soon here [even though it will be late…MERRY CHRISTMAS!] …hm… anyways. I'm trying to get to the fiftieth chapter up and then I get to write all those personal deaths. Yum.

[I blame DA, my damn lack of internet access, work…and school. For my lack of updating…]

Cupcakes.