At first, I didn't know what to do with this chapter, but then I decided to get them to Central and meet the new Fuhrer. GUESS WHO? I promise everyone that the AlxOC will be introduced in the next chapter. If not the next, then most definitely the one after. Plus it's free cookies for all. XD

Disclaimer: I do not own FMA. I only own Alex and Jonathan and the plot line.

Chapter 2: Hijack Part 2

"I swear I'm going to push you off this freakin' train if you don't shut up!"

Allie glared at Ed as the two of them were heading towards the front of the train via the roof. Ed was gloating because he was moving a lot more quickly than Allie was.

"Come on, McIntera, can't even walk?"

"Shut up!" She moved forward another few inches.

If looks could kill, I'd be dead several times over, Ed thought.

"Hey, blondie," Allie said.

"My name's not blondie!"

"That's what you get for calling me a kid! My name is Alexandria, you jerk!"

"I'm Edward. So no more 'blondie', got it?!"

They both glared at each other. Ed held his hand out. "You're slow. Let's catch these bastards fast, Allie."

"Alex!"

"My name's Ed, not-"

She shook her head and took his hand, pulling herself up. Ed was surprised by how strong her grip was. "Call me Alex."

"Okay then, Alex. Let's go."

Ed had to help Alex move across the moving train. They moved faster now, and every once in a while one of them would check the car they were on to see if any of the thugs were there. In some cases, there were, but they couldn't do anything about it. They needed to find the ring leader. Alex soon found him in a train with some important-looking people.

"Found him," she said. Ed took a look for himself. Sure enough, there was one guy who was practically screaming 'I'm the leader'. It was pretty obvious by the way he held himself and the way he commanded the others.

"Pft. This guy looks nothing like that one other."

"Care to explain to me?"

"Later. Come on, we've got a train to retake."

Alex moved quickly now. She made her way over to the small connection between the two trains and dropped down onto it, hiding beneath the window.

"Hey, Ed? Since you've seem to have done this before, how'd you do it?"

"Transmuted the water tank and blasted water into the car. Al opened the door so no one drowned. "

"Think you can pull that off again?"

Why in the world was she asking such a simple stupid question? Ed laughed. "Of course! But first, we have to get the engineers."

He was already on the other car when he realized Alex wasn't following him. That idiot! She had dropped down without thinking. Now he had to go get the engineers on his own and use the water to wipe out the rest. If he got lucky and the leader wasn't as good as Bald had been, then they could tie them up no problem. He saw that there was only one guy guarding the two engineers.

Really? Ed thought to himself before swinging into the engine room. His foot made contact with the back of the man's head. The man would've hit the floor and more than likely would've jumped back up if one of the engineers hadn't slammed his shovel into the man's face. He was probably going to have a concussion.

Sucked to be him.

Ed climbed back onto the roof and yelled down to the engineers, "Hey, where's your water tank?"

"The one behind this! What are you planning to do?"

"I'm going to be using some water. Sorry!" Ed jumped onto the black car and knocked on it once or twice. There was definitely water in there. He wouldn't have had to worry about anything while Al had been a suit of armor, but this time the one helping him pull off this ridiculous plan was a seventeen-year-old girl who had issues. Great. He transmuted the water spout and waited for a five seconds before turning the handle. A torrent of water came out. After only two seconds, Ed quickly turned it off. He jumped down and glanced into the window. Well, it was sort of a success. Everyone that had been in there that was with the hijacker had been washed out.

The bad thing was that one man hadn't been swept away. He had clung to the door, the one Alex had opened, and was now fighting with Alex. She was yelling over her shoulder to the people, telling them to get back into one of the compartments. They were very happy to comply. Alex stumbled over a stray gun and fell head over heels to the floor.

"Stupid kid!" Ed muttered, slamming the door open and running in to help Alex. She looked behind her.

"Edward! This guy wasn't swept away, but the leader was- Let go!" The man grabbed the back of Alex's shirt and held a gun to her head. Ed swore.

"You stupid kid! That's the second time!"

Alex frowned. "I think I can count!"

Ed stepped forward, clapping his hands together, but the man pressed the gun more roughly to Alex's head. "Don't move," the guy said. "I'll kill her if you do."

"Damn…!" Ed said. "We've already dispatched your leader. What's the point of resisting?"

There was silence for a minute, then the guy burst out laughing. "That's hilarious, kid! I am the leader of this group. And believe me when I say that I won't hesitate to kill this girl."

"Normally, when people say that, they hesitate," Alex said.

"Shut up, Alex, you're making this harder!" Ed said. Alex kept her mouth shut. The leader smirked.

"A fight between lovers? Interesting."

"WE'RE NOT LOVERS!" they both yelled at the same time. Ed lunged at the guy, transmuting a steel staff to use. Alex pushed the gun away with her right hand when it went off. She winced and held her hand to her. Ed swung the staff, but the man blocked it. Grabbing it, he tried to punch Ed. Ed grabbed his fist and kneed him in the stomach. The man doubled over. Alex jumped in and swept the man, then brought her right fist down into the man's face. Ed heard the man's nose break. He howled in pain.

"Do me a favor and stay down!" she said, frustrated. Ed looked out the window and saw that the station for Central was coming up. There were several men with military uniforms standing with guns in hand. Among them was a blonde lady who was also carrying a gun. She held it with ease.

"No way! Lieutenant Hawkeye?" Ed said, absolutely sure that it was indeed the female sniper. The train came to a halt and the military rushed on. They found Alex and Ed tying up the leader of the group.

"He's incapable of attacking at the moment," Alex told them. She was sure of herself. The two of them followed the military officers onto the platform, where Alex was immediately attacked by Jonathan.

"Allie!" he said, grabbing her by the shoulders. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." She swatted his hand away. Ed suddenly remembered that she had been shot in the hand.

"Give me your hand," he said.

"Are you crazy, Edward? I'm perfectly –Ah."

As Ed had expected, there was a hole in the middle of the transmutation circle on her glove. What he totally didn't expect to see was that her right hand was steel. The bullet had ricocheted off of the steel, which explained the lack of blood. Alex yanked her hand away from a surprised Ed and shoved her hand into her pocket. She avoided his questioning gaze. Al was right behind Jonathan, but he was busy talking to Hawkeye.

"Edward? Is that really you?" she asked. Ed grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head.

"Long time no see, Lieutenant Hawkeye."

Al said, "She's not a lieutenant anymore, Brother."

"Oh."

Riza led the four to a car that was waiting for them. Ed sat in the front, the other three were in the back. As they made their way to the HQ, Alex said, "How's the idiot?"

"He's slacking off, as usual," Riza replied.

"What idiot are you talking about?" Ed asked. It clicked in an instant. "You mean Mustang?"

Alex gave him a strange look. "The one and only royal idiot."

"Alexandria, he's our superior. Treat him with a bit more respect," Riza said, although there was a ghost of a smile on her face. She knew about Ed and Al going to the other side of the Gate and that there was a lot of catching up to be done. Alex sighed and crossed her arms, staring out the window. When they got to Central HQ, Alex jumped out and started running.

"Where are you going?" Al called after her.

"I've got to talk to Mustang!" She added something else that the brothers couldn't hear, although she didn't seem too happy about it. Jonathan sighed and climbed out of the car.

"I'll see you later," he said. "Hawkeye, tell Falman that I'll come by soon. I promised him a match last time."

And with that, he followed Alex into HQ.

"What's that all about?" Ed asked.

Riza stopped the car and got out. "There's been a lot of changes, Edward, Alphonse. One of which would be that Roy Mustang is now Fuhrer."

Utter silence. Ed's mouth was hanging open. Roy Mustang as Fuhrer. That was something that would take a while to sink in.

"YOU'RE KIDDING ME!" Ed yelled.

"I'm not." Riza started up the steps. "If you'll come this way, I'm sure that the Fuhrer would be more than happy to see you."

"So where does that put you now?" Al said.

"I'm his personal assistant."

"You're pretty high up there."

"Yes." Riza led them through hallways they hadn't seen in years. Eventually she went into a room and left the brothers there. "After he's done with Alexandria, he'll talk to you."

"Yeah? I don't want to talk to him," muttered Ed.

"Try to be nice, Brother," Al said.

"No guarantees."

Riza left because of the message she had to give Falman from Jonathan. Whatever that was about. They were waiting for what seemed like hours (even though it was only a few minutes) until Alex's very angry voice yelled, "Damn it…! Stop making this so hard!"

Ed and Al glanced at each other. Ed got up and moved closer to the other door, putting his ear to it. Now he heard the hated voice of Roy, "I'm not forcing you to become one if you don't want to."

Something slammed onto something. Jonathan was trying to calm down his sister. It wasn't working very well.

"You're making this hard!" Alex repeated. "I don't want to be, but it's the only way to keep Dad's money and watch!"

"I'm not King Bradley," Roy said. "I won't force you to become something you don't want to be."

Alex was silent for a few moments. "…There are still members of the military who believe that the offspring of a dog should be a dog. I promised that I would become one, and I don't back down on my promises."

Roy sighed. "Very well. I'm telling you, you made your promise with a homunculus. He's dead."

"There are people who were there that expect me to keep that promise."

Ed was too slow in backing away from the door. It was opened by Alex, who stopped cold when she saw Ed standing there. Roy looked over her shoulder.

"Oh, hey, pipsqueak. Have you grown?"

...I totally couldn't help myself with that last line. Guess who's gonna have to avoid getting killed? XD

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