Ling was rather proud of himself. He'd made it to Amestris sooner than he'd expected thanks to some rather helpful desert travelers. Though why they had to tie him up and lock him in their trunk was beyond him. But whatever, he got away and was now in East City. And an amazing place this East City was. If only Lan-Fan and Fu could see it. Who was he kidding, they'd be here in less than a week.

"NO," he heard something suddenly shout. "THEY GOT HIM! WRATH I'M SO SORRY!"

He stared up at the building before him. There was definately something strange going on there. It was like hundreds of stoned people were all in place. Now he wanted to be at that party. He scanned the area, looking for a way up. His eyes landed on a fire escape in the alley to his right. Perfect.

Suddenly a loud crash echoed throughout the area, glass raining down upon him. And just when he thought the worst was over his now wide eyes landed on a sight worse than Fu in a hot spring. The only way he could describe it was a miniture genderless palm tree. Distantly he heard a small girl scream, and he prayed it wasn't him.

The creature was eveloped in red light, the glow covering its petit body. It grew into the form of a tall, dark haired man. And he knew it was a man because the evidence was as exposed as the rest of its body. Ling felt a terrified shiver run up his spin as the creature turned its dark gaze upon him. In the back of his mind he registered that this thing was host to hundreds of souls, but that seemed unimportant now that it was staring him in the eye.

An eterinity seemed to pass, though in reality it was only a few minutes, before the those dark eyes suddenly grew wide with fear. It looked down at its bare body before releasing a sound equal to that of a dying baby panda.

"Don't look at me!" It cried, covering itself with its hands. "I know your secret! You can't kill me unless I'm wearing a suit!"

Ling threw his arms up in surrender, unsure of what else to do. The creature suddenly turned, noticing the large amount of attention it was drawing. It turned back to the Xingese prince. It's voice changed to a high pitched hiss, "Try killing me now."

The thing took off then, drawing more attention as it cried for people to look away. Sweat poured down Ling's royal face as he watched the creature flee. He survived. He'd encountered one of the many strange creatures of this land, and he'd survived. It was a miracle!

He slowly turned his gaze upward to stare at the building once more. How had that thing jumped from six stories and still been perfectly fine? And how had it changed shape like that? Maybe it had eaten something. Maybe that something was still up there. And if so, maybe it was exactly what he'd been searching for. Well, there was only one way to find out.

"This is mine now!" Ling growled in a voice that sounded like it belonged to a gangster in Dublith. Not that he would know anything about that.

The woman in the car looked up at him in fear, her green eyes wide. She quickly climbed out of the car, taking her todler with her. The prince smirked in triumpf as he ate another brownie. That's right, he took them with him. If he could steal a car, he could take anything he wanted. He didn't need to go back to Xing. He could rule this coutry! Muahahaha! His mental laughter was suddenly interupted by an all too familiar voice.

"Don't look at me! Don't look at me vile worms!" He turned in horror to stare at the nude creature shouting in the streets up ahead. Well that explain the traffic. "You can't kill me with your strange powers! I'm not even wearing a suit!" And then the naked monster took off down the streets, completely ingoring him as it ran past.

Once it was gone, Ling turned his attention back to the car. Staring at the black vehicle he realized that it wasn't enough. He needed more. A servent. A body guard. His eyes scanned the croud until they landed upon an unconcious blond in the streets. Another smirk graced his lips. A wing-man.

When Edward awoke he was in a car. He didn't know who's car it was, or more importantly how he'd gotten there. All he knew was that a stranger was driving, and they were definately not driving the speed limit.

"Who the fuck are you?" He cried, gripping the dashboard as they took a very sudden turn.

"No time to talk!" The Xingese man replied, shoving an innocent plate of brownies in his hands. "Eat these, they'll give you magic powers."

"What are you talking about? And who are you? What's going on?" That question seemed to be popping up a lot today.

"Can't explain right now! Just eat!" The drive shouted over the sounds of sirens. Wait, sirens? It took less than two seconds for the thought to click.

"Are you kidnapping me?" He cried.

"What?" The man looked at him and Ed realized that it wasn't a man at all. Rather a teenager. Just great. "I'm not kidnapping you! I'm taking you for a good time!"

"YOU'RE GONNA RAPE ME?!" He was already pressed against the window like this was a room and not a moving vehicle. Bad idea.

The car was suddenly sent flying, having taken off ramp in the on coming construstion site that neither teen noticed. The momentum sent Edward forward and onto the future emperor's lap. The brownies sadly flew out of his hands. And out the window. The car landed safely with both teens intanct, sans the delicious chocolate squares. Unfortunately both were rendered unconcious in the crash. And the Xingese prince was missing when the police managed to catch up.

"Young Lord!" Ling knew that voice. That was Lan-Fan's voice. She had such a pretty voice. "Young Lord, please wake up!"

"But I don't wanna." He mumbled in reply, rolling onto his side. His bed was surprisingly hot today. And dirty. Had he been eating in bed again? He forced open his tired eyes and was met with a horrifying sight. Fu. Well, it was actually the mountains and mountains of sand, but Fu could be horrifying when he wanted to be. For some strange reason he thought of Fu in a hot spring and shivered in fear.

"Young Lord, are you okay?" Lan-Fan asked in a small voice.

He turned to look at her masked face. "I was there Lan-Fan." He told her. "I was in East City."

She stared at him almost sadly. "But Young Lord, we're closer to Xerxes than we are to Amestris. Where have you been this past week?"

"DAMN IT!"

AN: So appearently Ling and Ed have met before...