A/N: It's excruciatingly hard to write a Zombie Horror flick with Revenge of the Nerds playing in the background. I was just writing about bringing Alphonse back to the butcher shop, when I hear "Hair pie! Hair pie!" Hahaha.

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The sun was blinding.

Alphonse had dug a tunnel from Risembool to Dublith, using Alchemy all along the way. He was tired, but he knew that any confrontation with those things could hurt Winry. It was her life over his. Of course, along the way he'd dig upwards, if he was lost and needed to know where they were. Whenever he'd go up, he'd leave Winry in the tunnel, and seal it back up.

His first mistake was going to Central City. When he popped up from that one, he was in the building of a banking office. No one was in there. The glass doors were all locked, and on the outside, he could see thousands of the dead things walking around. He had climbed up to the roof, to get a look out over the city. There were a few groups of people on other roofs, but they were all dead.

The one good thing about even coming to the surface, was that he found someone he knew.

Running towards the building she was in, Alphonse had to kill his way through many of the undead. Each time he did, he'd cry "Sorry!" and continue running. Eventually he reached her – May Chang – On the rooftop of Central HQ.

"May!"

She turned towards him and jumped, smiling like a little girl.

"Alphonse-sama!" she said in her Xingese accent, running to him and hugging him.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came looking for you! Xing is overrun with those monster things, and I thought maybe you could help...but then, looks like this place is also overrun, huh?"

He smiled and nodded. "Yeah. But we're going somewhere safe to try and wait it out. These things have to die eventually."

"I sure hope so..."

She looked away into the sunset.

"Would you like to go with us, May?"

She looked at him, and nodded. "If Xiao-Mei can come too?"

Xiao-Mei, May's small panda bear, crawled over to them.

Al laughed. "Of course she can. Now let's get moving before the sun sets. I kind of left Winry in the tunnel."

The two ran back across the street, Alphonse clearing the way through the mass of undead. Al ran around the back, where he had transmuted a door, and lead her in. No undead had found the door yet, luckily. He re-opened the hole and jumped in with her, sealing the whole.

"Hey, Alphonse-sama?" May asked as they approached Winry. "Where's Ed?"

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In case of any accidents, say that someone had gotten into the tunnel, Alphonse transmuted a gun for Winry along the way. He hadn't given it to her yet, and didn't plan on it until they really and truly needed it. The gun was a revolver, with 6 bullets in it. Any time she would run out, Al would transmute more. That was his plan for her – as for himself, he'd simply create a weapon any time he needed one. At the moment, he carried only her gun and his.

Winry looked up at the exit, and squinted.

"The Sun's right over us," she took note, and looked back at Al and May.

"Sure is bright," replied May.

Al used up more energy transmuting a flight of stairs. The three headed up, and found themselves in Dublith.

"Hey," Al whispered. "This is right where my teacher lives."

"It sure is," replied Winry in a hushed tone. They had learned not to talk loudly – it caught unwanted attention. There were undead in the area. They had also learned that they were called "Zombies", at least they were in Rush Valley.

"Should we check it out?" asked May.

Al didn't respond and simply walked to the door and opened it. He shook his head.

"It's unlocked. They usually keep the house part of the butcher shop locked. They're not here."

"You sure do know them well," admired May.

"Well, they're kind of like family I guess."

They all walked away from the house, towards Kauroy Lake. They'd take the route with the least Zombies. Since Al only carried a gun, they now relied on May's martial arts to get them through. After all, if an area isn't crowded, why make it that way?

When they reached the lake, Al made a boat, which kind of pushed him. He'd certainly used a lot of Alchemy lately. It didn't take much effort at all, but he'd done a lot.

"You okay, Al?" Winry asked, concerned.

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"Dublith is still a day off, no matter what speed you take it at. No need to run."

"I'll run if I want! Every minute taken away from the total means something to me."

Roy and Ed had been at it for two days now. If it weren't Mustang, Hawkeye would have killed them both long ago. She had no choice but to tough it out.

"You're so childish. You really haven't changed."

"Well at least I haven't turned into an old man."

The arguing was really getting on her nerves.

Suddenly, she pointed her gun forward and shot. Ed and Mustang both jumped.

"Wha?"

"Both of you shut up and look forward."

They looked forward and saw that their arguing had attracted the attention of an entire horde of Zombies.

"Shit."

Elric lifted up his iron pipe, which had yet to be used. Mustang placed his hand in front of Ed, and snapped with his other. The horde was surrounded by a ring of fire.

"Mustang, that's a great move and all, but don't you think it's too flashy?" Ed asked.

"What are you talking about?"

Ed pointed to an even larger horde coming up from around the ring of fire. Mustang groaned.

"I'll just do it again."

He snapped once more and sat the others on fire.

"If I keep doing it, eventually there won't be anymore in the area."

"Your logic is poor."

Edward headed to the fire.

"The town of Dublith is ahead. Now we have to go around the flames."

"No, we won't," Hawkeye said, pointing up. Thunder cracked, and rain poured from the sky. It quickly picked up and became a storm.

"That's just great," Mustang groaned, removing his gloves.

"Well, hopefully your theory is right, Mustang. I sure would hate to see any more large groups."

"Shut it."

They all proceeded forward, to Dublith.

"Al," Ed sighed. "I hope you're there..."

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"Alphonse, say something!" May shouted. Winry looked around. The Zombies had left the area and headed south as a flock. Something wasn't right.

"I'm alright," he moaned. "I just haven't eaten anything in a while."

"Well then, why don't we go get food before we go to this island?"

"I suppose you're right...but where? The fruit at the markets is bound to be old by now. My teacher's butcher shop, too. It's been a week."

"Well, food doesn't expire that fast," Winry laughed hesitantly ."Unless it was all older beforehand. Let's go, Al."

It was sort of beginning to seem like Al was losing his mind. He hadn't eaten much at all this week. He ate at Dublith, and before they left from Risembool. Those were really the only times Winry had seen him eat.

"Come on," Mei spoke gently. "We'll get you food, and stay the night at your teacher's. We'll seal off the entrances."

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Once they reached Dublith, Ed noticed that there was a fairly small amount of Zombies walking around. In fact, he only saw one, and that was at the entrance. Perhaps they were like Rush Valley, in that the amount of Zombies was near zero? But then, this town didn't seem to have anyone with Automail living in it.

He had a sinking feeling in his stomach. Perhaps he shouldn't have left Roy and Riza behind. But then, they were too slow, and Mustang kept starting fires once the rain stopped that night. He didn't want to be with attention whores any longer, especially not Zombie attention whores.

Whatever. He was going to go straight to the Lake. The sooner he was reunited, the better.

The town had several buildings that had blood splatters on them. They weren't fresh, and were probably a few days old. He had no way of telling whose blood it was, but since Zombies mostly bit people, it didn't seem like they would cause such massive blood splatters. In fact, these looked like they came from gunshots.

His stomach growled. He had eaten a ration last night, but he had yet to eat today.

"Oh, shut up, stomach," he growled back. Thunder boomed around him. He wondered if the rain would start up again, and what Mustang would do the next time a horde came for him.

It wasn't until he fell to his knees that he realized it wasn't thunder, but a gun. He turned around to see who had shot.

Blonde hair. A black coat. Jeans. And the most beautiful pair of blue eyes in the world. She stood with her legs slightly parted, and her hands trembling. She dropped the gun.

"So it is you, Edward..."

He blinked, and felt two arms wrap around him.

"I'm so happy you're okay!"

"W-Winry...you're alive..."

He blushed, and quickly wrapped around her as well.

"I've been looking for you all week. Risembool's a madhouse."

"I know."

He grabbed onto her even tighter.

"Al is at your old teacher's house. He was starving, so we had to feed him before we left."

"Al...that's great. I hear May Chang is with you, too. Is that right?"

She smiled and nodded.

"She seems like she really likes him," she remarked, blushing a little. Ed nodded.

"Hey, Winry?"

"Yeah?"

"Since you kind of shot the joint in my leg, can you help me up?"

She blushed even darker and nodded, standing up and grabbing his hand. She pulled him up.

"It's been forever," she sighed.

"Yeah. It's so good to see you, you have no idea."

He remembered thinking about how foolish he was, for never telling her his feelings. Was now a good moment?

No, it's too sudden. I need to wait until we're at least somewhere safe.

But then, what if I never see her again? If something bad happens before we return?

Ed looked at her and smiled. He stroked her hair with the hand that was over her shoulder.

"Hey," he whispered to her in his most charming voice he could manage.

"Mmhm?"

He blushed, and looked at the ground.

You idiot. Look her in the eyes. You need to see her reaction. You'll ruin it.

He looked at her, and just before he could say anything, he noticed a Zombie. Two Zombies. Three. Four.

They weren't far. They weren't close.

"Winry, we need to go."

She turned, saw them, and nodded. She ran, holding onto him, towards the teacher's house. They turned a corner. Zombies. They turned another way. Zombies. They were everywhere, closing in on them. If they tried to go back, the Zombies were there as well. Winry's gun was dropped a while back. Edward's weapon was, also. They stood in complete fear, and dropped to the ground.

Edward, you're going to die.

His life began to slowly flash before his eyes.

You're going to die, and so is Winry.

He looked at her. Tears were falling down her face quickly.

"Winry!"

She turned to him with fear in her eyes.

"I need to tell you this! I-"

The Zombies were closing in.

"I love you, damnit!"

He pressed his lips to hers, catching her by total surprise. She held her eyes there for a moment, and then slowly began to close them. He backed off.

"Will you marry me?"

Winry blinked, and shook her head.

"You realize we're going to die, don't you? Stupid."

"I'm asking you this now!"

She stared at him, and continued crying, holding onto him.

"Yes! I'll marry you!"

The Zombies were all around two feet away from them, closing in for the kill.

End-of-Chapter Notes: I've decided to be a total troll and leave it here. Keep you hooked, and stuff. Yeah.

OMG. I've been writing for two hours. I really need to get out of my PJs. It's freaking 2:50. D: