A/N : Not even 24 hours and an update? ;D I'm trying to be fast! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who reviewed! And favourited/followed! I'm sure this one's is a bit cliched but well, it sets the ball rolling and the next chapter will be a bit better...I hope! :3

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Chapter 2

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Edward knew he was not in Central anymore. Hell, he wasn't even sure he was in Amestris. These people, agents, took him to their car, which was faster and overall more advanced than any car he'd ever seen in his country. On some level he knew he should be wary, being alone with so many strangers, and armed ones too, but he also knew he had nowhere to go. He might as well start looking for answers here. Besides, that woman, agent- the blonde- had reminded him of Hawkeye, just a tiny bit, but nonetheless, seemed trustworthy.

At least, they weren't rushing to kill him.

And so he'd agreed to go with them to their headquarters, their base, to be questioned. Drilled. It wasn't as if he hadn't seen all this in the military back home. Home. His heart felt a pang at that, but he brushed it off. No time to be vulnerable in a car full of- policemen.

As the car was about to start, someone else came and sat in the front. Through the bars separating him from the front seat, he could make out that this newcomer was one of the agents from before.

Ed looked him over and decided he wasn't much of an immediate threat. Then again, it wasn't wise to be dismissive of someone you don't even know. So he decided to get to know them.

"Who are you?"

The agent seemed surprised to be addressed by him. But he didn't let the surprise show too much and quickly caught himself.

"The question is, who are you?"

Ed smirked. This was going to be a long ride.

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SSA Dr. Spencer Reid was not one to be surprised easily. But when the boy started talking to him, he couldn't help be a bit wary. He was found in a very suspicious crime scene, after all. So instead of answering him, he posed him a question himself. The boy actually smirked at him.

"Edward Elric."

"SSA Dr. Spencer Reid."

Reid could tell the boy had a hard time taking in all his titles. But then he seemed rather amused.

"You're quite young to be a doctor."

"So I've heard."

Edward was quiet after that, and the rest of the trip passed by uneventfully.

They reached the River Heights Police Station soon after that, a small little building in this small town. The string of murders was the most exciting thing to have happened here in decades. Of course, it was also the most horrible thing to have happened here in decades.

Reid looked over at the building, wondering if they were going to leave this town soon. But that would only happen once they'd caught this Unsub. What they had caught instead was the boy here. Why was he there anyway..?

The rest of the BAU and the local police soon arrived, and escorted the boy- Edward – further inside. Reid hung back with his team, and filled them in on his brief conversation in the car.

"So he told you his name?" Morgan asked him, surprised. "I pegged the boy to be a stubborn kid."

"I thought so too, but he listened to us in the alley easily enough," Prentiss said.

"I'll have Garcia look him up. If it's his real name, we'll find him soon enough," said Hotch. "Meanwhile, let's find out what he was doing there in the first place. Reid, I want you in the interview room with JJ and myself."

"He really doesn't fit the profile of the Unsub, does he?" Rossi observed.

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Edward looked up when he heard the door open. His left hand was cuffed to the table and he had been sitting there for about an hour now. He wasn't surprised to see the tall black-haired man, the one who'd originally spoken to him in the alley. So he's their leader, is he?

Shortly behind him was the tall, lanky man from the car. And closing the door behind them was the blonde agent from the alley. So that's how you're playing it, huh?

They took a seat in front of him and he waited for it to begin soon. He wasn't disappointed.

"Hello. I'm SSA Aaron Hotchner. These are SSA's Jennifer Jareau and Dr. Spencer Reid. We're from the FBI. And you are?"

"My name is Edward Elric," he replied, and then added, "as I'm sure the doctor here has told you."

Agent Hotchner did not miss a beat.

"Yes, but you hadn't. Anyway, I'm sure you understand why you're here?"

Ed made a non-committal noise to show them he didn't.

The blonde - agent Jareau - spoke up, "Edward, you were found in an abandoned warehouse, which also happened to be a crime scene where a woman was found killed. What were you doing there?"

Ed visibly paled when he remembered the dead woman, her lifeless eyes. He wasn't the squeamish type- hell, he'd seen enough gruesome things to last two lifetimes – but something about the woman haunted him. Her long black hair, her eyes…

"Edward, do you remember how you got there?" This time it was Dr. Reid asking him.

Ed sighed. Might as well tell them what he knew.

"..I- I woke up there… and no, I don't know how I got there. I don't even know where I am now.."

"You're in the River Heights Police Station," Agent Hotchner replied, but that didn't seem to spark any kind of recognition in his eyes.

"Did you know the woman?" asked agent Jareau.

"What?! NO! I've never seen her before in my life! Hell, YOU saw her before I did, even in the warehouse."

"Her name was Susan Tuls. Does that mean anything to you?"

Ed just shook his head.

"So what are you doing here? Where are you from?"

"I don't know, damnit! I don't know what I'm doing here! I woke up and there I was in that creepy place, and now I'm here!" Edward started screaming.

"Where are you from?" she repeated.

That seemed to quiet him down.

"I- I don't know if you've heard of it? I'm from a small village called Resembool." He decided Amestris was a name he wasn't willing to take. These people might not be as neutral as they portrayed themselves to be.

"That's- that's not in the U.S." stated Dr. Reid.

"What, you know every village in the country?" Ed said, smirking, but his smile vanished when he noticed the look the others gave him. "No! Really?"

"Our own resident genius," supplied agent Jareau.

Edward's eyes seemed to sparkle at that, but all he said was, "Huh…so guess I'm in the wrong country then.."

"You can't be all alone in a foreign country like this. So where are your parents?" Hotchner asked.

Edward froze again, his body language betraying that this was a sensitive area for him.

"My mother died years ago, and my father left even before that."

"Don't you have any guardians? Who takes care of you?"

"I don't need any! But yes, when I was younger, our neighbours took in me and my- " he stopped, as if he'd said something wrong, before continuing, "but what does that have to do with any of this? If you want to arrest me go ahead. If you want to let me go, then let me go."

"But we can't, actually. You're a minor. You're what, thirteen -"

"FIFTEEN!"

"- so we can't let you out by yourself. If you're cleared. Which you still have to be."

On cue, several policemen barged in.

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