This is my chapter for the day. It means that after an entire day this is the only chapter that I've posted. And finishing it is thanks to YullenStarDust. If you have any questions about the story leave them in a review.

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" And I'm telling you Edward, we have to get to the highest building in town so I can see if the metal eater show up and use your alchemy to help us move down the building. It's what I learned in reconnaissance."

" I don't believe for one second you were in reconnaissance."

"Well, I was." Alex replied, then looked around for the highest building.

Him and Edward almost seemed to be out of luck when Alex spotted one a few feet away from them. When him and the Fullmetal Alchemist got there, they spotted the two teens from before.

"Why are you two following us?!" Alex called out to Chiui and Ling.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you!" Chiui called back. "I happened to be on the same mission as you two!"

Ling made an A-Okay sign with his fingers. But it wasn't okay. Alex was very angry. " Who told you about the case?"

" Roy did. He's my cousin."

Alex looked away, muttering, "I should've known..." before looking at Chiui and Ling.

"Fine then." he then saw that Ling was standing on the edge of the high building, with a hand shielding his eyes from the sunlight.

" Edward, maybe you should go with Chiui and Ling," Alex said walking away from Edward. " It's not because of my hate for alchemists. I just think you'll be safer with them."

" Your Roy's brother," Edward replied. " He'll burn me alive if anything happens to you."

Alex hesitated, and looked away for a moment. "Yes, I know. But I'll be fine. Don't worry about me." He then continued walking away from the Fullmetal alchemist. He then felt the said teen put a hand on his shoulder, and turned Alex around.

"Alex, you will get hurt out there alone. In this city, there are most likely bad guys around here, thirsty for blood. You'll be dead or badly wounded. Also, what if there happens to be Homunculi lurking in the shadows?"

Alex thought over Edward's statement, wondering if he should agree with him. He looked up and saw that Chiui and Ling were waiting for his answer. So after a few minutes passed by, Roy's brother let out an exhale.

"Alright. I'll stay with you guys."

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Alex was checking into a hotel with two alchemists and one very strange person. The hotels in this town were very large which was good because Alex needed them if he was going to get to a high location and find the Metal Eater.

Alex sighed. Chiui noticed, and looked at him. "Is something wrong, Alex?"

The Flame Alchemist's brother looked her, then looked away. "...No. I'm just relieved that the hotels in this town are very large. I'll need them if I am going to get a high location and find that Metal Eater."

"I see." Chiui had to admit that she felt the same way as well. Besides her fear of high heights, she, Ling, and Edward wanted to help Alex find the metal-eating creature.

"Say, I wonder where Ling went?" Chiui wondered to herself. She couldn't find where she was until she heard an "Oh no!" from both Alex and Edward. Her golden eyes looked just in time to see that Ling was stuffing a lot of food in his mouth.

" Ling, that food doesn't belong to you," Chiui said strictly walking up to him. Ling covered his mouth and shook his head. " I know they didn't just leave that food out for you. Where did you find it?"

Ling made an "X" with his hand, signaling that the food is from Xing. He brought it with him.

Chiui sighed with relief, since she thought that he had somehow found it somewhere during his daily habits of disappearing.

The four then heard their room number being called, and got ready to go to it. Ling still had his mouth full of food, and Chiui couldn't help but giggle. She had to admit that he actually...looked cute, even though he looked like a chipmunk with the puffed out cheeks.

" I don't want any trouble from you four." Alex and Edward jumped when they heard that voice. It was only the man standing behind the counter and a woman who was standing beside him. They were the ones people talk to when they want to register into a hotel. One had a monocle on his left eye with dirty black hair and the other had hair red as crimson. They both wore black vests with white shirts and black bowties.

" Will all four of you be sharing a room?" The female hotel clerk asked.

" No!" Edward and Alex shouted in unison.

" It's cheaper if you-"

" No!"

Chiui and Ling sighed. "Yes we are." Alex and Edward looked at them in shock.

"Well, if it seems to bother the dark-haired man and the golden-haired teen, then we can offer a separate room for you two." she nodded to Chiui and Ling, who didn't seem bothered by the choice. Alex, however, didn't like the idea. He stuck his hands out in a confused expression, then threw them at Edward. His expression clearly said, "The hell? You're alright with that choice?! I have to be stuck with THIS guy!"

Alex's arguments didn't mean a thing to the staff of the hotel. They gave one key to him and another set of keys to Chiui and Ling. Alex was so angry he wish he could go back in time so he could change the arrangements of the hotel.

But Alex knew that he couldn't. So he went with Edward to their room, and Chiui and Ling went to theirs.

Ling had already finished off the food he brought, and was happy. Chiui saw that it was already nighttime, and started yawning.

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Alex didn't head to the hotel room; giving his keys to Edward without even seeing what room they were staying at. Alex detest working with alchemists, but he promised Edward he would let him finish the Metal Eater.

There was a surprising large breeze on the top of the hotel. Someone who predicted people would come to the top made railings to stop them from falling. Alex walked to the end of the tower and used his binoculars to find the Metal Eater.

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Chiui was finished getting dressed in the bathroom. She had on her usual, purple nightgown, and she got into bed. Ling was already asleep, and had his hair down. Chiui wasn't used to seeing his hair down, and felt her face flush. But she went to bed as well, and fell asleep.

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"Now where could that Metal Eater be?" he wondered. He scanned the perimeter a couple of times. He swore that he saw something gray in the distance, but then it quickly disappeared.

"Huh."

May 16" Your never going to find the Metal Eater with that." Alex turned around about to shoot whoever was talking to him with his net. It was to his surprise and disappointment that person was Edward. He was holding his own pair of binoculars. " Mind if I look with you?"

" Where did you get those?" Alex asked.

" I found them in the hotel room," Edward shrugged.

" Don't lie to me. I've been in many hotel rooms and none of them have binoculars in them."

" I'm telling you that's where I found them."

"Are you saying if I go downstairs right now and ask something in the hotel if they sell binoculars they won't say "no"?"

"Go ahead and see." Edward told him, and raised his hands in protest. "But I'm not looking for a stupid argument with you over where I found these."

Alex gritted his teeth, and went back to searching. Edward soon joined him.

" The big problem is my brother only heard about the Metal Eater so we don't know what it looks like," Alex said after seeing a man carving five men in the top of a library. " We probably won't see him until he whooshes through the city."

"True." Edward agreed. He then saw the man that Alex saw through the binoculars, the one that was carving the five men.

" Something like that must have taken him years to make," Edward said.

" It looks to me like he is going to finish it very soon," Alex pointed out. " Imagine spending years trying to make something. It must be rough."

Edward nodded. "Yes, it would be rough." He then spotted something with a metallic tail in the distance, and his golden eyes widened.

"Um, Alex?"

"Yes?" Alex looked in the direction where the Fullmetal alchemist was pointing, and saw the same thing Ed was seeing.

" Good. Now that the Metal Eater is found we can destroy it." Alex jumped off the roof of the hotel. Edward's jaw dropped.

" You suicidal IDIOT!" He shouted.

He ran towards the edge of the top of the hotel, placing his hands on there. His eyes widened when he saw that Alex was fine, and he had summoned something...strange, that was tracking down the Metal Eater. Or it might be to attract the Metal Eater to them.

Edward was not going to do something so extreme as what Alex did. He was going to tell Ling and Chiui about it so they could help. If Al was here Edward would never ask for help...it was a good thing he had a brain.

Edward watched as Alex left his sight, then ran to Chiui and Ling's room. He almost ran into a couple of people, apologizing. He saw that the door to Chiui and Ling's room was unlocked, but he didn't want to just burst in there. So he knocked a couple of times.

No answer.

He tried again, but still no answer. He sighed.

" I'm not waiting around for the two of you to show up!" He yelled. " If I have to I'm going to save Alex by myself."

There was still no answer, so Edward opened the door. He saw that Ling and Chiui were in their pajamas, fast asleep. Ling was hugging Chiui from behind as they slept.

" Grrrrrr." Edward growled as his face turned red from all the steam in his face. He walked to their bed and started shaking their bed. " Your sleeping when your cousin is going to get killed?! Wake up!"

Chiui and Ling were startled. They woke up immediately. It took a moment for Chiui to realize what Ed was saying, and the same went for Ling.

"You don't mean that he's chasing after that metal-eating creature he was talking about?'

" I'm telling you that he is going after the metal-eater and he did it in a way even I wouldn't be crazy enough to go after it the way he did it." Edward was exhausted and he was demanded to tell more about his situation. If only Al was here than he could explain it to them.

Thankfully, Edward didn't have to explain any more. Chiui excused herself to put on her military uniform in the bathroom. After she did so, Ling went in and got into his casual clothing. They then joined Edward as they went out of the hotel.

" I don't know if it's safe for the Fullmetal Alchemist my cousin talks about to face something that eats metal. What will you do if the metal-eater eats your arm or leg?" Chiui was worried. He was something who needed a lot of protection. But at the same time he was courageous.

Ed had not considered that, and could see that Chiui was indeed worried about Alex. "Don't worry." he told her. "I'll make sure that he doesn't get hurt Alex...or try to eat my arm and/or leg."