Lovely Lady Lunatic: Sasha and Chander finally get to meet Ed and Al in this chapter!! Yay!!!

Chander: Pah. What's so great about that little midget anyways?

Ed: WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT HE COULD BE A NEWBORN?!?!?!

Sasha: Daaammn, this boy has lungs!!!

Al: Sigh. Brother, you're so embarrassing… Miss Lunatic owns nothing except for Sasha and Fluffy- I mean, Chander…

Chander: What was that?!

Sasha: Haha, I like this kid!!

Lovely Lady Lunatic: Review!!!

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Why must Central be so damn far away?? This is SO BORING. I HATE train rides. I thought sulkily. I sat on the train by myself, trying to ignore the frequent stares I received from the other passengers. Chander had ditched me and ran off somewhere. Stupid fluff-ball. Now I didn't have anything to do. I sighed, staring out the window.

I nearly jumped out of my skin when three guys with guns burst into the compartment.

"EVERYONE, HANDS UP!!!" They pointed their guns at us. Everyone who was smart immediately complied.

Guess who DIDN'T put their hands up. Haha…

"Hey. HEY!!" The biggest of the lot shouted at me. "You DEAF, girl?!?"
"Nah, I just don't understand ASSHOLE-SPEAK very well. Care to repeat yourself?" I snarled.

The guy's face turned a funny shade of purple as he sputtered incoherently. One of his buddies stepped forward.

"Put your hands up or I'll shoot you." He said, pointing his gun at me.

"Don't EVER tell me what to do." I growled.

"Very well." He pulled the trigger.

I didn't even try to dodge the bullet. Instead, I focused my energy on the small projectile, stopping it in midair. Then, I flung it into the guy's leg.

"AAAAAAGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!" He screamed, toppling over.

The big guy paled. "She- she's an alchemist!!!"

"I'm a psychic, actually." I smiled. "So, who's next?"

They wordlessly dropped their guns. I concentrated, and their own belts flew off and bound their hands together. My fellow passengers cheered. I smirked, proud of myself, but jerked in surprise when I heard the door behind me slide open. I whipped around, ready to fight off another goon and stopped short.

It was a giant. A giant in… armor?

"Wow! Who took out all these guards?" I blinked. His voice sounded so young and… cute. With his terrifying appearance, it seemed oddly contradicting.

"That'd be moi." I pointed to myself. He seemed to be in awe.

"Wow! By yourself? You must be really strong!" The passengers nodded vigorously.

"She sure is!"

"If weren't for her-"

"We all-"

"She's a psychic!!"

"A psychic?!" Armor guy was shocked. "I didn't think there was such thing…"

I laughed. "Well, now you know. Wanna tell me what's happening, Mr…?"

"Alphonse Elric." He held out his huge hand.

I shook it. "Sasha Arnette."

"Well Sasha, the train has been hijacked by a group of extremists. My older brother Edward is a State Alchemist, so it's his responsibility to help take back the train…" His voice trailed off, and he looked down at his feet, seemingly embarrassed. "I hate to ask this from a girl, but… would you mind helping us? Brother is so reckless… I don't know if we'll be able to do this by ourselves…"

I beamed. Giant or no, this kid was so sweet that I couldn't turn him down. "Of course I'll help you! What's the plan?"

"Brother is on top of the train, making a beeline for the engine room. We need to secure the train from below." Al said, relieved.

"Alrighty!! Let's do this!!" I pumped my fist in the air, hyped with all the action. Al giggled and led the way. After that, it was about a half hours worth of stopping projectiles in midair and laughing as countless bullets ricoched off of Al's armor. Finally, one of the guys we were terrorizing managed to snatch the phone.

"HELP!! A GIANT SUIT OF ARMOR AND A CRAZY REDHEAD- AAHHH!!!!" I kicked him in the face. Then Al stepped forward. "GIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!" The guy screamed as Al lifted him by the front of his shirt and hurled his against a wall. "I'm dy….ing…" He groaned. Gawd, what a drama queen. I realized he hadn't hung up the phone. Sniggering, I put it back in place.

"C'mon! We have to help Brother!" Al yelled, already heading for the door. I nodded and followed after binding Drama Queen's hands. We paused in front of the door when we heard a strange nyu noise.

"Attention all criminals." Huh? I looked up. Where was that voice coming from?

"That's Brother!" Al whispered happily.

"We have recaptured the engine room and the rear cars. All that is left is this car. Please release the hostages and surrender yourselves. Failure to do so, and we will have to remove you by force."

"Dammmn." I whistled softly. "Your bro is good at this kind of thing."

"He has to be. It's his job."

While we had been talking, a coarse voice had been shouting at Edward defiantly. Apparently Ed didn't take well to being talked back to, because there was a loud booming noise.

"Passengers, you would do well as to shelter yourselves. I'm afraid we are going to have to use violence to remove these imbeciles." Wait. That voice…

"C-Chander?!" I squeaked. What was that stupid fur ball doing??

"Who was that?" Al looked puzzled. "Do you know-"

He was cut off by the sound of screaming and roaring water. Al and I exchanged a look. Al opened the door and we stepped aside as a wave of water splashed through, carrying several men in it.

"Welcome." We chorused, staring down wickedly at the thugs.

"A- a huge suit of armor and a crazy redhead…" one croaked, white as a sheet.

"That's us!" I chirped, making the guy's shoe fly off and hit him in the face. We quickly knocked them out and sprinted into through the door. I saw a tall, pirate-looking guy with an automail arm charging a diminutive blonde boy, also with an automail arm, who I assumed was Edward. Ed easily blocked Pirate's blow.

"You're using some cheap goods" Ed chuckled. I seized the opportunity and kicked the guy in the back just as Al punched him in the head. Ed hacked off Pirate's automail. Pirate dropped to the floor, unconscious.

"Well, well. I see you can defend yourself. Excellent." I looked up to see Chander drop through the hole in the roof and land lightly on his feet.

"D-Did that cat just talk?!" Al squeaked.

"That's not all he can do." I grumbled.

"Are you Sasha?" Ed asked me. I nodded. "Chander told me about you. It was really kind of you to take him in after he was turned into a chimera."

"Um, ya, of course!" I laughed, casting a skeptical sideways glance at Chander. Chander gave me a glare that clearly said GO WITH IT. Whatever. I smiled happily.

I like train rides.

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Sasha: He was on the roof with Ed the whole time?!?

Lovely Lady Lunatic: Yup!! Nice twist, right?

Ed: Review please!