Living a Memory part 2

That’s when I woke up. Very slowly, I pried open my eyes to find 3 nurses surrounding me. My body hurt like crazy. I looked down to see my leg was fully bandaged and my head was bandaged too. I reached up and held it to stop the headache.
One of the nurses sat on the edge of my bed. “Morning Sweetie. We’re glad to see you awake finally. How are you feeling?”
In a hoarse voice, I managed to say, “Yes.”
I had meant to say good, but I couldn't think straight. My head was spinning. The nurse smiled for she seemed to understand what I meant. She helped me sit up and sip down some liquid medicine to help my pain. Then it hit me.
“Where’s my sister?! Where’s Finn?!”
“Calm down. You’re sister is fine. She is over here, see?”
The nurse pulled back a curtain to reveal my little sister. She was still asleep. I sighed with relief. She was ok and alive. Her arm was bandaged, but other than that she didn't seem to have any other wounds.
“Thank you. For saving her and myself. I don’t know what I would have done without her. But may I ask you something?”
“Of course Darling. What is it?”
“Can you tell me where we are?”
“Certainly. You’re in Central. The middle region of the country. You rescued and brought here to recover. Now its time to rest. We’ll be back later.”
I nodded, and dozed off again as the medicine began to take effect. I didn’t dream much this time. But I thought to myself. What were we going to do next?
Later that day, Finn and I had woken up. The nurses came around to check on us, and re-bandaged our wounds. The ladies wanted us to get up and try to walk around so that the muscles would heal properly. I had a little pain, but not as much thanks to some medicine. I still needed assistance however thanks to my leg. They gave me a small pair of crutches to help support myself. I wasn’t able to put my leg down quite yet, but as long as I tried, I would be ok.
“I have another question to ask you that I thought about.”
“Yes darling? What is it this time?”
“Well...uhh..I was wondering if the man with the black hair was here?”
“Man with the black hair, hun? There are lots of when with black hair.”
“Well that night we were rescued...a man with black hair saved us with a woman with short yellow hair.”
“Oh! You must mean Colonel Mustang and Lieutenant Hawkeye.”
I just nodded. I never learned their names, so I suppose that’s who it was. Colonel Mustang. I had to meet him, and thank him properly. She said that they were busy currently, but that Finn and I could visit them later. I nodded and we walked back to the room. I was given the smallest pair of blue sweats they could find, and a shirt that ended up being 5 sizes too big. Remember how I mentioned I saw little for my age? Yea...I was mistaken for a 4 year old instead of 6. So all the nurses went crazy for me in my giant shirt. It was humiliating, but I grew used to it. Finn was given a little pair of shorts and a shirt that also made it look like she had a dress on. Though it suited her more than me. I grabbed my crutches and the nurses took us to the cafeteria for a little food. It ended up being one of the most amazing meals we’d had in awhile. Better than the hospital slump they fed us earlier. All the military personnel were there too. We got to sit with them and hung out awhile. They asked us all sorts of questions and we would answer them. I would tell them all the funny jokes I knew and all the adventures my siblings and I went on. Even some of the embarrassing things we did. I even mentioned Finn’s nickname which of course made her all huffy. I just laughed.
When we had finished eating, the nurses told us that we were allowed to visit the Colonel finally! This light up my spirits completely! I was finally going to meet the man with the black hair! They walked us through the halls and up to a giant door. One of the nurses went in and lfr us with the other two outside. I was growing impatient when she came out again. She opened the door and let us in. I lite up and ran into the room only to stop with i guess was stage fright. There were so many people in the room. There a short man with glasses and black hair, but he wasn’t the man who saved me. There a fat guy munching down a meat stuff hogie. He had orange hair, so he wasn't the one. The was a tall man whose eyes were closed. He had grey and black hair, so he wasn't the one. And another guy who was also tall and he had short spiky hair. He had some weird smoking stick in his mouth, so I knew he wasn’t the one for sure. Then I looked towards the back. I saw the blonde woman standing next to a desk. My eyes lite up as the chair turned and there sat the man with the black hair. He smiled at me in particular but at both of us. I walked up to his desk which unfortunately came up to my nose. SO I had a hard time looking over.
“Hello young one. I see you’re up walking now. Come to visit have we?”
I smiled and nodded. Finn was shy, so she stayed near the nurses the whole time. The blonde woman walked over and greeted her with a smile. The colonel, I noticed, was slightly staring at me, studying me. I payed no mind and looked around the room. This must be his office. I smiled and wanted to come back one day. The nurses told us it was time to head back to the room for the night. I nodded, waved goodbye and left. Shortly after I had remembered what I went there for. I stopped the nurses, threw the crutches away and ran back into the room to the Colonel’s desk.
As I bowed and bluntly announced, “Thank you, sir. For saving my sister and I. We most appreciate it!” I smiled at him and ran back out of the room. Just before I left the room, I turned my head to see him in bewilderment, but then he just smiled. I caught up with Finn and the nurses, and we headed back to the room. I now realized I didn't need the crutches. Though my leg was hurting when I laid down in bed. The nurses gave us our medicine, turned off the lights and left. Finn fell asleep shortly, but I couldn't manage to get a wink. Even with the medicine slowly seditizing my body. I kept thinking of that night, the man with the black hair, and what my sister and I were going to do next. Since I couldn’t fall asleep, I might as well look around. So I got out of bed, put on my sweats and left the room. The cold, tiled floor felt good on my bare feet. The hallways were deserted. So I walked down the way the black haired man’s office. I managed to find the door and cracked it open. I peered in. The lights were off, and no one was inside. I sighed. I was hoping he would be there. I walked over to his desk and crawled up into his chair. It was huge! That or I was just really small. I felt like someone of importance in that chair, and I loved the feeling. I began to imagine that I had my own workers, and pretended to give them orders out loud. That’s when something caught my eye. It was shiny and sparkled in the moon light. I picked up the object. It had a chain connected to it that led to a clip. I examined the object thoroughly. It had the shape of some weird creature on the front of it.
“Enjoying my watch?”
I jumped and looked up to see the black haired man staring down at me. I tried to speak, but he just laughed and smiled at me. He placed his hand on my head. it wasn’t as big as my father’s but he reminded me so much of him. I smiled back.
“It’s alright young one. Mind if I sit?”
I nodded and crawled off the chair. He came around the desk and picked me up by my waist. I was in bewilderment. He sat down in the chair, and placed me in his lap. I looked up with him with big eyes and he simply smiled at me. He picked up his watch and held it in front of me.
“This is a State Alchemist watch. They are given to alchemists like me who are in the military.”
“What’s an alchemist?”
“Well, I guess you can call them scientists. They are people that know techniques to manipulate common things and turn them into something else. Or there are alchemists that manipulate the elements, like me. I control fire with my alchemy which gives me the title “The Flame Alchemist”.
“Cool! I want to be an alchemist too!”
The black haired man laughed. The medicine was finally starting to kick in and I began to become very drowsy. I layed my head on his shoulder and dozed off to sleep. He smiled and wrapped his arms around me in a hug and picked me up. He took me down to my room. He saw my sister fast asleep and took me over to my bed. After tucking me in, he visited Finn’s bed and brushed his hand over her hair then left the room. That Night...I dreamt I was a State Alchemist.