"Where are we?" Samantha asked.

"I have no idea, but I think we should open our eyes now," Jessica said with a laugh.

"Yeah, that would help," said Samantha as they opened their eyes and sat up.

They were lying on the hard ground and they looked around, but suddenly their eyes fell on a dead body and they squealed. They jump up and look around, but their eyes widen as they see they are surrounded by men in blue uniforms with guns pointed at them, and they hug each other as they scream.

"Stop screaming and put your hands in the air!" yelled a man with a black eye patch and white gloves with the Alchemy Fire symbol on the top.

Samantha gasps and holds on to Jessica tightly as she starts to cry and Jessica growls and yells, "Who are you to order us around? Can't you see my friend is scared? We didn't do anything wrong!"

"We're the military, and I said to put your hands in the air! I am Lt. Collonel Mustang, and I am in charge here so just do as I say and we won't have to use brutal force!" Mustang said.

Jessica growls and says, "Come on, Samantha. We need to do as they say. Samantha? Hey I'm talking to you!"

Samantha is too scared to hear her and Jessica yells, "Oh my goodness! Its Sanosuke Sagara!"

Samantha's head shoots up in surprise and she says, "Where? Where? Where is Sanosuke? Wait a minute! You did that just to get my mind off of the guns that are pointed at us!"

Jessica smiles and says, "Yeah, but right now you have to focus and do as they say alright? Its for our own good."

Samantha pouts and says, "Fine, but you owe me!"

They both put their hands in the air as Mustang nods his head towards them and four men walk up to them and handcuff them, as they escorted them to Mustang.

"Alright, so now lets take these girls to Central HQ for now," said Mustang.

A silver van pulls up and two men open the back doors and lead them into the back. Samantha is extremely nervous while Jessica just stares around curiously and boredly, and they hear the doors close behind them as the two men push them onto the seats and sit across from the girls. The men were talking amungst themselves as the girls pretended not to hear them speaking.

"So the Fruher thinks they are Humonculi, but how can they tell them apart from normal Alchemists?"

"I don't know, but all I can say is this: They can't be trusted."

Jessica twitches and Samantha sniffs sadly, not understand why they were being taken away to this place called Central HQ. Did they do something wrong by being pulled through some strange hole? Time could only tell as they went through with the long van ride.

Jessica starts to get really bored as she says, "So what are Humonculi? Are they supposed to be evil or something, since you people obviously are going over the line to arrest us?"

The men just stare at her and Jessica glares at them saying, "I asked you a damn question! Answer me damn it!"

The men twitch and one of them says, "Humonculi are evil, and are also known as Deadly Sins. They are feared by most Alchemists, but that's all I really know about them."

The other man says, "Yeah, and our last Fruher was a Humonculi, and ended up killing alot of our soldiers."

"What's an Alchemist?" asked Samantha, finally getting the courage to speak.

Jessica just looks curiously as one man says, "Are you kidding me? An alchemist is a scientist, and some are known as philosophers that seek knowledge and mix chemicals to make something new. There are many types of Alchemy, but some are too complicated to explain. We all know one thing though, and which is Human Transmutation are illegal, and it is part of the reason you are here. The dead man you saw used Alchemy to bring you here, and he used the same symbols for a Human Transmutation. Now they're probably just going to question you and figure out how to get you back from where you came from, or you'll be stuck here with us. It depends on a lot of things though. By the way, I'm Lt. Havoc (flirts alot), so what are your names?"

Jessica raises her eyebrows and says, "Jessica."

Samantha looks down at the ground shyly and says, "I'm Samantha."

Jessica giggles and says, "Ah, come on, Samantha! Be happy! Don't worry, be happy! You remember that song right? Well, don't you?"

Samantha laughs and says, "Oh, yeah! I remember it!"

They sing it a little until they realize they are being stared at and they stop with a laugh. They finally reach Central HQ with a sudden jolt for a stop, and the doors to the back open and there stands Lt. Col. Mustang with a smug smirk on his face as he puts his hands in his pockets.

"Well, ladies, lets go and settle you in, shall we?" Mustang says.

Jessica glares and says, "Is that an order or an offer? To me, I'd say you weren't asking, you were telling."

Samantha nods as she stares at Jessica a little scared and says, "These people had guns pointed at your head and you still talked back to them? Are you crazy?"

Jessica growls and says, "I'm not going to be ordered around! This is stupid! What the hell is going on?"

Mustang smiles and says, "Hopefully we will find the answer to that question as soon as we get information, now lets go. I'm going to miss my lunch hour."

Samantha gets sarcastic and says, "Oh, the poor baby is going to miss his lunch! Cry me a river!"

Roy twitches and says, "Aren't you hungry as well?"

Samantha says, "Well, not really, but I'm more sick to my stomach then hungry."

Jessica's face turns red as a growl is heard from her stomach and everyone looks at her funny-like.

"Sorry, I haven't eaten since this morning," Jessica smiles as she stands up and jumps out of the van with Samantha following her along with the two guards.

"I'll take that as a yes," Mustang said as he led the two girls into the building.

When they walk into the building, the first thing they see is a huge room the size of a large cafeteria with wooden tables set around everyone, and at the front of the room is a lunch cafe with a few men standing behind the bar serving food. Jessica stares wide eyed at the room and looks at Samantha with surprise, and sees Samantha is starting to look sick at the sight of it. There are a lot of people in blue uniforms sitting at the tables and alot of them are staring at the group who had just entered, and that just so happened to contain two forgein girls.

"Take a picture because it will last longer!" Jessica yells angrily as they all look away.

Mustang twitches and says, "Alright then, how about I get you something to eat? What are your names?"

Jessica and Samantha tell their names and he nods as he walks off to get food.

Samantha stops him and says, "I'm actually not feeling too well, so don't get me anything, but thanks anyway."

Jessica looks at her like she's crazy and says, "Not hungry? I'm starving my ass off! Bring me her tray too!"

"Hungry much?" Mustang asks.

Jessica nods and is led to a table by the guards, along with Samantha, and right before they sit down Jessica's eyes look up and come in contact with a boy wearing a red coat with sandy blonde hair. Jessica elbows Samantha as they sit down and Samantha looks up at Jessica. She nods towards the boy she had made eye contact with and Samantha looks over, but instead she sees a boy with blonde hair and wearing a brown coat and a black and white shirt. She blushes and looks down at the table and then looks back up at Jessica with a smile and nods at the guy she saw. They both see the boys they had looked at and they sigh contently while trying to hide their blush. Samantha and Jessica's hearts almost jump out of their throats as they see the two boys stand up and start walking toward them with curious looks on their faces.

The older looking boy Samantha had looked at waves and says, "Hey, Lt. Havoc! How are you this evening? I just heard about what happened in the city, so are these the girls you captured?"

Havoc nods and says, "Yeah, and they're really funny. This one keeps talking back to Mustang, and its kind of funny to see her making the Col. mad, but he's acting like it has no effect on him, but it does."

He looks at Jessica as he says this and Jessica says, "Well, he should learn how to keep his attitude in check, and be more polite to a young lady instead of treating her like a criminal."

Samantha says, "Where did you get this, Jessica? From Little House on the Prarrie?"

Jessica growls and says, "That was the stupidest movie I ever watched! I can't believe I cried!"

Samantha laughs and says, "I didn't even see Little House on the Prarrie! I don't have the attention span!"

Jessica sighs and says, "You are so hopeless sometimes."

"Nice, good one!" Samantha says.

"I know! I'm just that good!" Jessica says.

"So why aren't you complaining about being accused of a crime? Don't you want to go home?" the older boy asks.

Samantha says, "I don't know! I don't even know what the heck is going on! What are we doing here, and why isn't anyone telling us anything!"

Jessica rolls her eyes and says, "Who cares, just as long as I get my food! Which should have been here by now!"

"Hold your horses little lady! I got your food, and Samantha's," Mustang's voice said as he placed the plates in front of Jessica and sat down in front of her.

"Food!" Jessica began to gobble it down.

"Ladies and gentlemen... the disposer!" Samantha says as they look at Jessica with wide eyes.

Jessica ignores Samantha as she laughs at her joke and Jessica continues eating. Everyone laughed at the joke and Mustang finally speaks up.

"So, Jessica, do you always eat like this?" Roy asks.

Jessica stops and says, "Let me eat or I'll throw you across the room. To answer your question, yes, yes I do eat like this all the time and to help maintain my stomach I relieve my anger out on poor innocent by standers. Like Havoc for instance!"

She reaches over to Havoc and takes the cigarette out of his mouth and smooshes it just to piss him off, and to her great satisfaction it worked. Samantha slaps her forehead and sighs saying something incoherent under her breath.

Samantha just then realize that her handcuffs were gone and she says, "I'm free! I'm free! I'm free!"

Samantha jumps up and down as she says this but she trips on her own feet and falls over with, "Dang it!"

Everyone laughs as Samantha gets back up and Jessica says, "I don't think she's sick anymore."

"Oh, on the contrary, I feel like I'm about to throw up," Samantha says as she sits down and puts her head on the table.

Jessica shrugs and finishes off her food. The two boys were just standing there beside Roy and they finally sat down.The younger one says, "I'm Alphonse Elric, and this is my brother the-"

"The Fullmetal Alchemist! Edward Elric! I'm the greatest Alchemist to ever live!" Ed interrupts him.

Al sweatdrops and Jessica just stares at him and starts to burst out laughing, and Samantha stomps on Jessica's foot to get her to shut up, but it only makes things worse.

"Damn you, Samantha! Payback is a bitch! Remember it! Believe it!" Jessica yells.

Samantha just laughs and stares at Edward as she says, "I'm Samantha Morgan. Nice to meet ya."

Jessica just growls and says, "I'm Jessica Keasler. Nice to me you and all that jazz. Can I go to bed yet?"

Roy just smirks and says, "Only if you can prove to me something."

Jessica and Samantha both look at him suspiciously and Havoc says, "Sir, don't you think this should be discussed in your office, before everyone knows what is going on?"

Roy smiles and says, "Sure. Follow me. You come too, Ed. You know alot about this kind of thing too."

Ed nods as everyone is led toward Roy's office, and Jessica and Samantha find themselves suddenly back into their handcuffs without even blinking.

Samantha groans in frustration and says, "Here we go again!"

Jessica just smirks and lets herself be led around saying, "We might as well cooperate since there isn't anything else we really can do."

They get to Roy's office and when they settle in, Roy asks, "I want you to prove to me that you aren't Humonculi."

Everyone's eyes widen except the two girls and they say at the same time, "And how are we supposed to do that!"

Roy says, "I don't know, you obviously know what a Humonculi is, so just prove to me that you aren't one."

Samantha says, "But the only reason we do know what a Humonculi is, is because Havoc told us what it was, and before that we didn't even know what an Alchemist was! And we still don't, at least I don't."

Jessica sighs and says, "Don't you remember what Havoc told us? Scientists and philosophers..."

Samantha interrupts Jessica and says, "You might as well not try to explain it to me cause I won't understand."

Ed speaks up and says, "Alchemy's first law of Equivilant Exchange is: To gain something you must first give something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. In other words, its like a candy bar, to get it you have to pay the right price, and if you don't have the money for it you don't get it. Alchemy is a science and it deals with chemicals, and if you don't mix the right chemicals you don't get anything but a big mess."

"It sounds like a big pain," Samantha says.

Ed laughs and says, "Its easier for us to understand because we studied it since we were just little kids, because our father was an Alchemist. I have a book that you can read to understand it without scientific stuff, and it used to be Al's book until he learned how to understand scientific terms. First, we need to answer Mustang's question. Well, for one, they don't have amenythist eyes. Secondly, they haven't told us they were human, and if they were Humonculi they would have tried to discieve us by saying they were human. Thirdly, they don't have the Humonculi symbols for their Deadly Sin on their arm or shoulder, but it is possible it could be somewhere else. I for one, can look at both of them in the eyes and see nothing like a humonculi in them."

Al nods and says, "Ed is right. We know what a Humonculious is, and they deffinately don't quallify."

Well Thats all for now! Hope you enjoy the part one of this soon to be continued story!