Yeah, this is a pretty short chapter, but I figure, it's better than nothing, right? Enjoy.

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Jess sat in a small room with Lieutenant Havoc. Havoc had a cigarette in his hand and looked fairly irritated.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" she asked.

"Thanks to you, I had to cancel a date. My first date in a really long time. Now the girl will probably never talk to me again."

"Oh, quit complaining. It's not my fault that freak picked you to watch me."

Havoc was about to retort when they heard a crash. He pulled out his gun and opened the door. Jess stood behind the Second Lieutenant, waiting for him to say something. Just then, she felt a hand on her mouth. She tried to get Havoc's attention, but he had gone out into the hall.

By the time Havoc had returned to the room, Jess had disappeared completely, or almost completely. On her bed was a note. Havoc picked up the note and looked at it.

You people are pathetic when it comes to protecting someone you don't want kidnapped.

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Ed sat around in his hotel room, bored out of his mind. After a while, Anakin came into the room.

"They want you at military headquarters."

"Huh? Why?" Ed asked as he pulled on his shoes.

"I don't know, but it's obviously something important."

Ed walked with Anakin through East City. Once he was at Roy's office, he knocked cautiously on the door, wondering what he was going to have to deal with this time. Roy opened the door for him and had him sit down.

"Jess was abducted last night," he said, getting straight to the point.

"Eh? By who?"

"Most likely by the same people who took you. They probably assumed she was the one they were after, since she was in military custody and you weren't." Roy turned to Ed. "They're probably still on this world. Are you willing to go after her?"

"It's better than sitting around here," Ed replied. "Do we know where they're headed?"

"Why do you think we'd know something like that, Fullmetal? It's not like-" Roy was interrupted by a knock at the door. Sergeant Major Fuery cautiously opened the door and handed Roy a report.

"We just received a call from a terrorist group. They're demanding a trade-off."

"A trade? What do they want?"

"They want to exchange the lives of a young girl for the Fullmetal Alchemist."

Ed and Roy exchanged glances. "Well," Ed said. "I guess that solves that problem."

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Ed and Roy were driving down a road in the country. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Roy asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine with it. If those people are stupid enough to kidnap the wrong person, I doubt they'll be capable of doing anything to me."

Roy sighed. "You stopped thinking again."

"No, I'm thinking just fine, Colonel. I know this could be a trap."

"And you're fine with that?"

"Hey, what are the odds that they'll expect me to surrender so easily?"

Roy sighed. "Pretty good," he said, but Ed wasn't listening. He was looking out the window at a large, abandoned building. Once they were close, Roy stopped the car and let Ed out. "Be careful, okay? And think before you act. I don't want to have to come after you."

Ed waved a hand as he walked toward the building. As he walked, two people walked toward him. Ed recognized them both. One was one of the two Ed had seen on the way home, and the other was Jess. Once they had met, the man pushed Jess away and grabbed Ed's wrist. Ed looked back as the man pulled him away. Jess stood staring at him for a while. Ed waved as he was pulled inside. At that, Jess turned and walked away.

Inside the building were two other people. They pointed their weapons at Ed as the other man pulled his hands behind his back and tied them together. Then he pushed Ed to the ground before going up to his buddies. They held a whispered conversation in a language Ed didn't recognize before one of them walked up to him.

"You're being awfully quiet today. I thought you'd be a little more active."

Ed quietly glared at the man. The man laughed and kneeled in front of Ed. "In a few hours, you'll be saying goodbye to this world. For good."

"Is that so?" Ed replied quietly, a smile creeping across his face. The man stood up, a look of confusion on his face.

"Hey, what's with this kid? He's acting weird," he said, turning to his companions. Ed used this opportunity to transmute a blade on his arm. He used it to cut through the ropes binding his hands and jumped into the air, cleanly slicing the gun in the man's hand. Before the man could react, Ed had done the same to the other two, and was heading for the window. He jumped out and quickly transmuted the building so that the three wouldn't be able to escape.

As Ed ran around to the front of the building, he saw something rather startling. Two people were standing there. They seemed to be waiting for him.

Ed ran toward them, not knowing what else to do. As soon as he got close, he recognized them. One was the terrorist who had dragged him into this mess, and the second was the one who had been in the ship with him. Ed looked around, trying to find something to use against them. He saw a pile of boxes to his right.

Just as the two got close enough to tackle the small alchemist, Ed jumped onto one of the boxes. From there, he climbed onto the roof of the building and ran to the other side. He looked back to see the two struggling to climb after him. Ed waited until they were climbing onto the roof before jumping to the ground below, landing on his left leg and right arm. He rose from the ground and sprinted for the road. Just beyond the gate stood Anakin and Obi-Wan.

"Are they coming?" Obi-Wan asked, standing quietly behind the wall.

"Yeah, they'll be here any second now," Ed replied as he caught his breath. "Where's the Colonel?"

"He's nearby. Can you make a hole in the ground?"

"Sure," Ed replied as he brought his hands together. "Where?"

"Right there's good."

Right after Ed made the hole, the two came running through the gate. They stopped when they saw the hole, but an explosion from behind them sent them flying straight into it. Ed looked over at the building. Roy was standing in front of the door with a smug look on his face. Ed could see Roy's subordinates nearby.

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Yeah, really short chapter…