Disclaimer: I don't own The Fullmetal Alchemist anime series or any of the characters that are mentioned int the story. They are the property of Hiroma Arakawa, Aniplex, and Funimation. I do wish so much I did though *sigh*...

A/N:This chapter is all about them getting there, and I hope it's not totally lame.

Chapter 3: Into the World of FMA

A little while after free falling from the sky I woke in a daze. Groaning in pain I clutched my throbbing side. Suddenly I remembered that I came here with Erica! I frantically looked around, spotting her also coming to a few feet away. Hurriedly I ran to her side, "Erica! You OK?" I asked in concern. She got up slowly and held her head.

"Uuuh, Aaliyah? What happened?" She asked in a daze.

"We were sucked into the TV, remember." I told her, not thinking too much how crazy that truth sounded.

She had to think about it for a second before recalling it. "Oh yeah. But," still a little weak she held out her arms for balance as she stood up, "where are we?" We glanced around to try and place our location, but saw a strange town that didn't look like anywhere familliar in Texas. There were anime looking people, some who were dressed in FMA military uniforms. In fact everything there was in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime form.

"I... I don't believe it." I gasped in astonishment.

"What? Where are we?" She asked still confused.

"I think we're in Central City!" She looked at me with enormous anime eyes.

"That's impossible! Central is in FMA! Right?" She said kind of unsure.

"Yeah, but look at yourself. You're an anime character!" doing that and examining her fomr she saw that this was indeed true. "NO! FUCKEN WAY!" She shouted in shock.

"Yes fucken way! I can't believe this!" I yelled back.

"What are we suppose to do? I've never been sucked into an anime before!" she asked. I was unsure myself, but did know some stuff from the fan-fictions that described our kind of situation.

"Well for sure we shouldn't run into the military, they don't have the best rep in the series if you know what I mean."

"OK, and?" She urged me to continue.

"We also shouldn't tell people where we're from. That would not only make us look insane, but also put us in even more danger. We should certainly avoid dying here, changing important stuff in the episodes, revealing future and certain past events, and saying anything that isn't general info."

"Now that we have some rules, do you have any clue where we should go? We can't sleep on the streets and eat out of the dumpsters." But we didn't have time to discuss anything more as a crowd of military personnel marched in and began to encircle us.

"You there, how is it you did that?" questioned one of them.

"Do what?" counter questioned Erica to the soldier.

He frowned and pointed to the sky, "You two flew out of the sky and landed in the middle of the city. That's what."

"Well…I don't really know how we did that! We were ready to watch some Fullmetal, till a friggen light sucked us in the TV!" She exclaimed waving her arms all about in slight hysterics I jabbed her in the ribs to stop her. Only a few minutes being here and she had already broken one of the big rules. Nice going Erica!

The soldier seemed further unsatisfied by our peculiar behavior. "We're gonna have to take you in for questioning." He sternly told us, then gave the order for his men to seize us.

"I don't think we should stick around here." I nervously told Erica and cleared a way for us using a few high kicks that made two of the soldiers fall over each other. Jumping over them and away from the now pursuing rest of them, we ran fast as we could through the streets. I hauled my buddy around clutching her wrist, maneuvering our way past bystanders down some crowded sidewalks before darting in-between some buildings. There, we went ducking into alleyways, darting across streets (trying not to get run over), while I had to use what martial arts I knew to get the military guys that managed to sneak up on us out of the way. We were frantic as our surroundings became more unfamiliar with each new turn. But we continued on as I heard less and less boots on concrete from behind telling us we still had them on our trail. I was getting winded from having to in addition to trying to get away myself, drag Erica along who was starting to loose steam and slow down. Eventually after what may have been about 15 minutes we'd shook off the last of them and added some extra distance as a precaution. The downside to our small victory was that we were now totally and utterly lost!

Slouching against a wall we panted heavily and tried to rest for the time-being. "How are we gonna get through this," began Erica, "here a few minutes and now most of the Central task force is hunting us down like dogs! This is kind of opportunity is suppose to be a dream come true, not an effing nightmare! What now?"

"I don't know Erica...(breathing heavily) but I know what we have to avoid for sure to keep anything from getting worse." I managed to say hand over my diaphragm.

"What?" She arched a brow.

"An encounter with any state alchemist! I don't think I can take one of them right now, I'm worn out. If one of those guys found us, I don't know how much I can do." I warned, still trying to catch my breath.

She sighed in frustration, leaning her head back to the wall. It wasn't too long after that, that we heard hurried footsteps accompanied by clanking metal in the distance. And just our luck, it sounded like it was coming our way! "Oh no! Not more of them!" distressed Erica.

I pulled the two of us behind some trashcans as the sound got closer. "Who is it?" she whispered.

"Shhh," I quieted her then peeked above the cans. From where we were hidden I saw a young man in a long red coat with braided blond hair and amber eyes, next to him was a giant suit of armor in a purple loincloth encroach into the dim ally way. My jaw dropped at the two unmistakable individuals. I was especially fixated on the much taller of the two. His red eyes illuminated in the shadows as they scanned the area. "I don't believe it..."

"What? Who is it?" She tugged my arm trying to get a response.

"Erica...its Ed and Al!" Immediately after saying so she yanked me down to face her. Cheerful relief was plastered over her face.

"That's great! We can ask them for help!" In eagerness she dashed out into the open before I had a chance to stop her. They were turned around about to exit the ally when she called out to them, "Hey Edward! Alpho-," seconds before they could turn around I pulled her back down then covered her mouth. She testified from behind my hand.

"Are you crazy? Ed works for the military! Who, might I remind you, are currently chasing us. So until we know what they want, no cally Ed and Al! Understand?" I reasoned with her. She reluctantly nodded in agreement.

With that, I let her go and uncovered her mouth. "Are you sure? They're suppose to be the good guys aren't they? Alchemist of the people or whatever?" she whispered unsure. I gave no response, and instead slowly glanced over top the trash can to them as they talked among themselves.

"You hear that brother?" asked Al.

"I thought I did...Whatever, lets keep searching for those girls." replied Ed.

"Oh-no, they're after us too." I shout whispered my heart sinking. They then began walking in our direction. "They're coming over here! Good job Erica!" I briefly deprecated then crouched in front of her and got read. I had no choice lay in wait until they got close enough for me to launch a surprise attack. They drew slowly closer, and closer, I listened for the sound of Ed's boots to get to a certain volume. Only a few more inches... almost...Got em'! "Ki-ya!" I cried and knocked Ed off his feet. In spite of this he flipped over skillfully and regained his composer. Erica emerged from our hiding place once he took a fighting stance.

"So you're the girls everyone's looking for?" Ed began. "I gotta admit you're pretty good," he directed at me, "but I'm better!" In a flash, he came at me and shot some speedy jabs first. I blocked his punches along with a few clever kicks until he faked me out and landed a blow with his automail right arm to my stomach. The wind was immediately knocked out of me, leaving me gasping and stunned. I dropped to my knees sucking in a loud strained breath of air.

My friend seeing my distress stepped in, "Leave her alone you midget!" she called out targeting his temper.

The height related comment as always caused Ed to lose his focus and begin a short rant. "Who are you calling a puny little punk?"

While he was fuming Erica lifted me back to my feet and we fled again. "Wait! We just want to talk!" yelled out Al to us, but we were already long gone. We turned around a building then ran down a long dark passageway between a wide gape of two large brick walls.

They were a ways behind us and I was hoping to make that more so when instead, "Uh!" I ran into Erica who for some reason stopped running. "What's wrong with you? We can't stop now, we gotta hurry before Ed and Al catch up with us!" I demanded anxiously. Ignoring me, she continued staring with a wide-eyed look of fear, completely frozen ahead of us.

After she inhaled a shallow breath she finally spoke, "is...isn't that a Homocueguy?" she asked, and lifted her hand lightly to point a shaky finger at none other than Envy, standing only a few feet from us...

A/N: I don't know if this the right term for it, but I just did my first cliffy! Hoary! Not for you but...I'm happy :) The next Chapter will be the encounter between Envy and the OCs, there will be fighting not just dialogue. Just so you know...laters!