Author's Note: This chapter is so long, that I had to divide it into two parts! Get ready for suspense!

Chapter Four

The Haunted Hotel Pt. 1: What's That Weeping?

"Hey, Envy? Isn't this hotel haunted by the ghost of a murdered girl?" It was nighttime and everyone was preparing for bed. Earlier, Wrath had gotten a stomachache from eating all of the cookies from the buffet. His stomach felt better as soon as it was bedtime.

"Don't listen to those silly natives," said Envy. "You know how superstitious humans are." Earlier today, the natives of Paradise Island told everyone about a girl who came to visit their island many years ago. She was brutally murdered in the hotel when she tried to stop a couple of kidnappers from kidnapping her younger brother. Now her ghost haunts the hotel, weeping quietly for not being able to rescue her brother. Wrath was petrified when he heard the story, and normally Envy enjoyed seeing fear on other people's faces, but when Wrath got scared, he would keep the whole house awake back at home.

"Y-y-you th-think so?" asked Wrath shakily.

"I'm positive," said Envy. "Now go to sleep." He turned off the lamp and darkness filled the room. Envy quickly fell asleep, but poor Wrath lay on his back, staring at the ceiling.

There's no such thing as ghosts. There's no such thing as ghosts. Wrath thought to himself. He kept repeating this until he turned over and closed his eyes. Sleep was about to overwhelm him when he heard a noise outside in the hallway. He opened his eyes and listened. Nothing.

There's no such thing as ghosts. There's no such thing as ghosts. He heard the noise again, only it was louder.

"There's no such thing as ghosts. There's no such thing as ghosts," whispered Wrath. He heard the noise again, only this time, it sounded like weeping.

"There's no such thing as ghosts! There's no such thing as ghosts!" said Wrath loudly. Envy turned over in his sleep. The weeping grew louder and closer.

"THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GHOSTS! THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GHOSTS!"

"SHUT UP, YOU IGNORANT BRAT!" Wrath looked up to see Envy sitting up in his bed. "How am I supposed to sleep with all this noise you're making!?! One more word and you're out in the hallway!"

"NO! PLEASE! HAVE MERCY!" shouted Wrath. He clung to Envy's arm. "If I sleep in the hall, the ghost will come and get me!"

"Get off of me!" Envy brushed Wrath off of his arm. "How many times do I have to tell you!?! There are no such things as ghosts!"

"But I heard her weeping!" cried Wrath. "She was out in the hall weeping!"

"Bullshit! That was probably your stomach! You shouldn't have eaten those blasted cookies!"

"B-but…"

"Look, I'll go outside and see if I can find this 'ghost' and we'll go back to bed. Okay?"

"But she'll get you!"

"Shut up! I'm going right now!" Envy opened one of the drawers and grabbed his flashlight. He got out of bed and stomped out into the hallway. "Stay here," he told Wrath before slamming the door. Meanwhile, Ed was having an uncomfortable sleep. The two beds in the room were placed next to each to form a bigger bed for Al while poor Edo had to sleep on the floor. He tossed and turned, but couldn't get comfortable. Giving up, Ed stood up and walked towards the window. He looked out into the starry night sky when he suddenly heard a noise coming from the hallway. It sounded like someone was weeping.

"What's that noise?" asked Al, who couldn't sleep (of course he couldn't sleep! He's a suit of armor!).

"Sounds like someone's crying," said Ed.

"Do you think it could be the ghost of the murdered girl?"

"Of course not! Don't be silly! But I'll check anyway." Ed got out his flashlight and walked out into the hall. He closed the door behind him and looked around. Nothing. He tiptoed through the hall. Suddenly, he heard the weeping again. He turned around but saw no one. Ed started walking again, but this time backwards. At the end of the hall, Envy was also walking backwards. The two boys didn't see each other and continued walking until their backs touched.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Ed and Envy jumped a foot from fright. They turned around and flashed their flashlights at each others faces.

"You!"

"What are you doing here!?!"

"I was about to ask you the same thing!"

"Were you the one making the weeping noises?"

"Me!?! Homunculi don't weep! Well, except for Wrath and Gluttony, but not me!"

"Then who was it?"

"GODDAMMIT, GLUTTONY! WHAT DID YOU EAT!?!" Envy and Ed turned their heads toward Greed and Gluttony's room. The door swung open and Greed ran out, closing the door behind him. He was breathing heavily.

"What happened?" asked Envy in a not-that-I-care voice.

"Let's just say Gluttony set off a stink bomb," said Greed. "What are you two doing here, anyway?"

"We heard weeping noises and decided to investigate," said Ed. Greed smirked.

"You believe that ghost story the natives told us today?"

"No, but Wrath does," said Envy. "Which is why I'm out here, trying to find evidence that ghosts don't exist." Greed thought for a moment.

"Mind if I join you? I got a feeling that it won't be safe to go back to my room yet." The trio went to the elevator and went down a floor. When they got off, they heard voices.

"Colonel, I'm scared!"

"Get of off me, Fuery!"

"Are you sure you heard the weeping over here?"

"Positive!"

"I'm just glad we're dealing with a ghost girl and not a ghost dog!" Ed, Envy, and Greed walked forward and saw that the voices belonged to Roy, Fuery, Havoc, Falman, and Breda.

"What are you doing here?" asked Roy when he saw Ed and the two homunculi.

"Hunting ghosts," answered Ed. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, what a coincidence!" said Havoc before Roy could answer. "Falman here says he heard weeping and we decided to get to the bottom of this mystery!"

"And I got dragged into it!" said Roy angrily. "Do you remember what happened last time when we went ghost hunting?"

"Yeah, I touched bones that were chewed by a dog!" Breda whimpered.

"NO! Last time Hawkeye chewed us out for running around like schoolboys! I thought we agreed to never do it again, but here we are doing it again!"

"Relax, Colonel," said Havoc. "That was when we were still working. Right now, we're having a vacation. Big difference." Roy opened his mouth. Having nothing to say, he closed it and turned around towards Ed, Greed, and Envy.

"Why don't you join us? The sooner we get this done, the sooner we will go back to bed."

"Sounds fine to me," said Ed.

"It will be our version of Ghostbusters!" said Havoc cheerfully.

"Ghostbusters who are two homunculi and a bunch of military idiots," said Envy. "I bet this is going to be humorous."

Author's Note: Damn, this took forever! And it's only the first part! Hope you enjoyed it, though! Part two is coming soon!