Ed flushed the toilet, and unlocked the stall door. He walked across the room and leaned up against the far wall under the window.

He placed his flesh hand on his forehead, and retracted it quickly. Damn, my fever is getting worse then it was this morning, maybe I should have stayed in the dorm. Ed let out a heavy sigh and leaned his head back up against the wall.

Ed began to stand up slowly when he heard the door to the washroom open, flowed by the sound of military boots.

The owner of the footsteps came into view shortly after Ed heard the door close again.

"Edward? What are you doing in here shouldn't you be in with the colonel?" Havoc asked glancing at the blond alchemist.

Ed helped balance his unsteady body by gripping the windowsill with his auto-mail hand, while he gripped his stomach with his left hand which still ached like hell.

"Well I was in with the colonel, but my stomach started hurting and here I am now" Ed replied clutching his stomach harder.

Jean noticed Ed wince in pain, as he swayed a bit more.

"You don't look to well to me, in fact you look a bit pail"

Havoc's eyes widened when he heard Ed cry out in pain as he let go of the windowsill and collapsed to the floor. He walked towards Ed as he grabbed his stomach with his right hand and cried out again.

Jean got down next to Ed, placing a resurging hand on his shoulder.

"Ed! Ed, you ok!?" Havoc shouted slightly shaking him on his left shoulder.

"Y-yeah…...I just have to lay down…… that's all" Ed winced again as he went into to a coughing fit.

The only thing Havoc could do was to take Ed back to Mustang's office and lay in on the couch for now.

"Well first things first Ed, let's take you back to the office" Jean said in a comforting voice as he carefully picked Ed up in his arms and walked out of the washroom and down the hallways.

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Roy was pacing furiously in his office awaiting the return of the younger alchemist.

"Damn Fullmetal, first you show up late then you backtalk to me then you bolt out of my office" Roy said to no one particular as he continued to pace his office.

He stopped when he heard the doorknob turn, and the door creek open.

"Fullmetal! Where the hell have you been, do you know how long I have been-" Roy stopped in the middle of his sentence when he saw Havoc enter the room with Ed in his arms. Ed's fists tightly gripping Havoc's outfit.

As he got closer, Roy could hear Ed gasping and crying in pain as he buried in face deeper into Jean's chest.

"What's wrong with him?" Roy asked as Havoc placed Ed onto the couch.

"I came across him in the washroom, he said that he wasn't feeling well and when he fell to the ground holding his stomach I had to believe him".

Havoc looked from his superior down to the crying teenaged alchemist who was now gritting his teeth to refrain himself from screaming.

Roy sighed as he followed Havoc's gaze.

He glanced at Ed for a moment then reached out his hand to feel the alchemist's forehead.

"Well he does have a fever, so I can't say that's he's lying"

"So what should we do with him? I mean he can't just stay here all day"

Roy sighed again, "True, especially if he's in pain like this"

Both Roy and Jean were caught off guard when Ed body hit the back of the couch causing a loud thump. Jean looked back at Ed only to see that he was sweating and that he had begun to bite his lip to try and suppress the pain.

"We could take him to the infirmary" Havoc suggested turning back to his superior.

Roy nodded, "You're right, right now that's probable the best thing for him".

"I'm not going"

The two officers looked back only to see that Ed was sitting on the couch trying to regain his balance, and get the room back into focus.

"What are you talking about Edward, you can see as well as we can that you're in pain, so what else can we do?" Havoc snapped, pointing a finger at Ed.

Roy placed his hand on Jean's arm and brought it down, "There's no use Havoc, Fullmetal has made up his mind and if he doesn't want to go then he won't go".

Havoc and Ed's jaws dropped at what Roy said.

Roy slowly walked over to his desk and sat down, "Because it is a well known fact, that the famous Edward Elric is afraid of doctors and needles". Roy began to grin to himself, as Havoc broke out laughing.

"Shut Up! It's not funny" Ed snapped at Jean, who was now on the ground still laughing.

"Sorry kid………but it's just………..so funny, because…………now you're not just a………...shrimp……….but you're also a baby as well" Havoc said between breaths.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT YOU CAN ONLY SEE HIM UNDER A MICROSCOPE!!!!"

"Clam down Ed" Roy said in a low voice.

"No way! You're the one that started this in the first place!" Ed yelled back.

"That may be, but I'm not the one that's sick, now am I"

Ed snorted at Roy, then ran out of the room and down the hallway.

Jean stopped laughing and sat up, as soon as he heard the door slam shut.

Roy got up from his desk and ran after him, with Havoc close behind.

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"Which way do you think he went?" Havoc called from behind Roy.

"I don't know, but he couldn't have gotten that far, not in his condition"

"Colonel!"

Roy and Havoc stopped in their tracks at the sound Fury's voice coming from behind them.

"Fury what is it? In case you haven't noticed we're busy right now" Roy said getting ready to run again.

"But sir, it's Ed" Fury said grabbing Roy's sleeve.

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When Ed came into full view, Roy made a run for it and was the first one to get to the fallen alchemist.

By the time Havoc and Fury had caught up, Roy already had Ed in his arms.

"How is he?" Jean asked, getting down on one knee next to Roy.

"Well, you tell me" Roy said coldly, pointing to the floor.

Jena followed his finger, and looked away instantly. He swallowed hard as he looked back at Roy.

"He's getting worse" Roy said, turning from Havoc back to the gasping and crying boy in his arms.

Roy looked down to where Ed had collapsed, looking at the amount of blood that he had thrown up.

He looked back at Ed, who was now covered in sweat and blood.