GW: Here's the next chapter where Minia and Grim Jr. go to pay the ransom. Hope all goes well.

Taken Away

Meanwhile, in the harbor, Minia, Junior, Belle, Gir, Ginger, Hansel, Cupcake, and Mint were all waiting there along the pier. Even Oburi, Romulus, and Narcissa were there, though the two latter were leashes so they wouldn't run off. Junior was looking at a poorly drawn map.

"OK, left…then right…then turn left when you get to the big propeller thing?" The skeleton cried out in frustration, "Stupid maps! They get you nowhere!!"

Ginger looked at the map and deadpanned in a cynical tone, "This map looks like a kindergartener drew it."

"Or a complete dumb monkey that has no artistic talent," Belle added with Gir singing, "Monkeys can't draw! Can't draw!"

"Shut up, you stupid robot," Romulus sneered as Narcissa complained, "My fur's getting wet!"

"If it wasn't for you aiding in those demon kids' capture, we wouldn't be here," Oburi pointed out.

"Whatcha talking about, Oburi?" Cupcake asked as she held Mint close to her.

"Uh, nothing," Oburi said quickly. The Trogs laughed as the teen mumbled, "This is my last job. Then, I'm going back to Sawa."

Minia held her brother's arm as she told him, "I don't like it here. It's creepy and dark."

"Then, a murderer will pop out of nowhere and go for the young girls first!" Ginger said darkly, making Belle, Cupcake, and Minia frightened.

"Ginger, you really gotta stop watching those slasher movies," Hansel sighed.

Junior then sighed, "First, Wrath and Samara get kidnapped! Then, some jerks make us come here so we can get them back for a large sum of money. What's next!?"

Suddenly, lightening flashed and it started to rain.

"You jinxed it, brother," Minnie sighed while Narcissa shouted, "YOU STUPID BONE-HEAD!!!!!!!!" Though her words were drowned out by the rain and lighting, so no one heard her.

"C'mon," the skeleton sighed as they ran off, looking for their pals and the 'kidnappers.'

Meanwhile, on another section of the pier, our caretakers were pacing back and forth nervously.

"Darn it, where is that stupid owner!?" Monkeyboy shouted.

"Anger isn't the answer, MB," GW told her brother calmly.

"This is the last time we let you draw a map, you talentless monkey!" Winter groaned.

"Hey, I drew a perfectly good map!" MB whined. When he saw the dry looks from his comrades, he chuckled sheepishly, "Okay, it was a little smudged and, a little messy…I hate you guys."

Meanwhile, with the caretaker's pals, Hero and Hal, with the reptiles on their shoulders, limped back to the gang, who were shocked and upset. The siblings' parents crowded around them immediately while the rest came after.

"Hero!" Edd cried while Ariella asked her children, "Are you alright?"

Hal smiled reassuringly at his pals as he said, "Hah! Don't worry, you guys! They didn't lay a dirty claw on me!" Hal lightly punched his chest, but this action made him wince in pain and cough up more blood. Hero tried to help him, but she just clenched her arm in pain.

Ariella sighed as the group gasped. "Why couldn't I have sweet children that didn't try to get themselves killed?" She placed her hands on her kids' shoulders and said, "Curaga!" There was a green light and the kids' wounds were healed.

"Thanks, mom," Hero thanked as Sparky yawned.

"But wait… what if when he comes... and he's some monster!?" Autumn asked, a bit scared and worried.

"Calm down, Aki," Winter said in a calm tone.

"Yeah. What makes you think these cute demon kids' would be mean?" TB agreed.

Minnie, Junior, their pals, Oburi, and the Troglodytes came up behind them as TB said that part.

"Excuse me?" Minia asked politely, tapping Glowworm on the shoulder.

Upon receiving that tap on the shoulder, the wolf-girl's eyes widened and she jumped in the air with fright. This action also frightened the gang. When Ryan saw Narcissa, and she didn't see him, he started to sweat. "Ed, I'm gonna hide in your coat for a while, man," he said as he crawled into Ed's jacket. "Okey-dokey, macaroni," Ed laughed as the group were still a little freaked out.

"It's the FBI! Hey, I didn't mean to clog all those toilets!!" MB yelled.

The four teens then looked in the Reaper kids' direction to see them and their pals there.

"Hey… lil' people. This is a pretty rough neighborhood," Winter said to the kids. "You and your friends better go home where it's safe."

Dino then spotted Narcissa and made some obnoxiously rude kissing sounds to her while quirking his eyebrows. The Troglodyte turned away, rolling her eyes in disgust. Sawa also caught Oburi's eye and they waved to each other and smiled.

"We can't. See… we're kinda, sorta lost," Cupcake told him while Mint nodded.

"Geez… lost. Sorry about that…" GW said, looking at the ground.

As the authoress said this, Wrath and Sam, who were conveniently hiding behind the four very stealthily, poked their head out a bit. The two smiled upon seeing Minia and Grim Jr. there. Monkeyboy noticed this and hid them farther back behind him.

Maggie then came up to the eight friends as she told them, "Say, why are you guys here anyway?"

"We came here to get our pals back, Wrath and Samara," Ginger replied.

"Your pals!?" Eddy asked in surprise. The caretakers' eyes widened as well.

"Yeah. Someone kidnapped them," Belle explained.

"Bad people!" Gir shouted.

The gang, especially the hybrids and angel, then sweat-dropped. "Oh, boy. Are you sure? They might've run off?" MB said, looking at the ground in guilt.

"No; we are sure. They left us this note!" Grim Jr. told him, taking the ransom note that they received.

Meanwhile, about five yards from the group, a familiar car was parked. Inside the car, a familiar alchemist was watching the scene with her now five vicious cronies…I think you know who I'm talking about…

Then, Envy growled, "Why did that fool Greed leave us!? I just want to rip someone's head off!!!"

"Patience, Envy," Dante told him. "As for Greed, we'll take care of him after this mess is cleared up."

"He's probably in that filth of a bar in Dublith with those filthy chimeras," Pride said in disgust.

"Just wait a little more…" Dante smirked as she kept watching.

"L-look… we even brought this," Minia said , taking out her wallet. She then took a hundred dollar bill out of the wallet and showed it to the disappointed caretakers and company.

"Aw, man…that's not going to be enough," Glowworm said in disappointment, knowing that a hundred dollars would not cut Dante's budget.

"It's all I have right now," Minia said with a sad sigh. Her friends, including Oburi and even the MacIntires', nodded in agreement.

"That's awful," Winter said sadly.

"That's true. But what kind of a creep would go and kidnap innocent kids?" Hansel asked angrily.

The caretakers and their pals glanced at their own feet in guilt. Lena then perked up. "Hey, maybe that guy and his companions were up against the wall and at the end of their rope!"

Minia then whimpered as tears formed in her eyes. Grim Jr. patted her shoulder in comfort.

"They must have been poor and desperate…" Pandora and Loki stated, but Ginger interrupted.

"It's still wrong!" the girl snapped angrily.

"And I'm so scared… I don't know what to do… I don't know what to do!" Minia said before she started to cry. Grim Jr. tried to soothe her, but it was no good.

The group, especially Hal and the caretakers, felt heartbroken, then started to tear up. "Aw, man! Neither do we!" The wolf-girl whimpered.

The four caretakers then walked a yard away from the eight friends and Hal and the others. They then looked over at the teenagers to see Minia crying while her brother and pals comforted her. They then looked at the two demon kids, who had stayed hidden for a good time and patted their heads. The cub then gave the mouse a sad look.

Seeing the sad look on their faces, GW then became determined. "That does it! I don't care if we die at that old hag's hands and are Gluttony's breakfast, lunch, dinner, and desert! I'm not letting a little girl and boy be sad forever!"

She grabbed the two kids by the arm and tossed them in a bunch of boxes. "Sorry," she whispered to them as they moaned a little in pain.

"HEY!" she called to Junior, Minnie, and their pals, who turned to look at the caretakers. Glowworm then pulled the two demons up and shouted to them, "I think I found your pals!"

The girl lead the two to them and shoed them to them. Minia and Grim Jr. smiled as they hugged their friends. "Wrath!" she cried as Grim Jr. said, "Sam!"

"Minia!" Wrath said happily

"Hi, Junior!" Samara smiled as Ed shouted, "And I am Ed!" Kevin bonked Ed's head and said, "Shut up, lumpy! You're ruining the moment!"

"That's something I expected Eddy to do," Edd said as Hero hugged him.

"Now, if Henry were here," TB sighed as all the couples, including Masq, who had to hug Ed to hug her boyfriend, started to hug.

"I know how you feel," Winter and MB sighed, wishing Benjamin and Nana were here as GW embraced Tas happily.

"Well, that was a sentimental moment," Kooky grumbled.

Winter patted GW's shoulder after the couple hugging moment was over. "You did good, GW!"

"Well, I couldn't just let them live in sorrow forever," she shrugged.

"Oh, how touching," said an eerily familiar voice. "Dante!" the caretakers and gang besides Junior, his sister, and their pals screamed.

That was when Dante drove her car right in front of Grim Jr. and Minnie and dragged in into the car.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU CRAZY WOMAN!!?" MB yelled.

"LET US GO!" Grim Jr. shouted as Minia fought as well.

"YOU OLD HAG!" Wrath yelled as he transmuted a stone to his arm and was about to pummel her. Samara glared and started to kick her in the shin.

The evil alchemist glared as she clapped her hands together and used some kind of alchemy to throw the two kids into their pals. This also made Ryan fall out of Ed's jacket and into Narcissa's view. "RYAN!?" she gasped.

"Aw, dang it…" he moaned.

"You can't do that!" GW growled as she got out her katana, Winter got out her wand, Autumn went Eraine, and MB got out his club.

"And you'd better let that girl go if you know what's good for you!" Monkeyboy snapped.

Just the, Lust's sharp fingernail barely missed the four, pushing them back. "If you know what's good for YOU, I suggest staying away. Consider the account closed! These two will do just fine."

Pride then closed the door of the car and the bad guys drove off. Wrath then started to chase after the car, but he wasn't quick enough and the car drove away.

Samara, Hal, Her, their friends, and the Reaper's friends, along with Oburi, Romulus and Narcissa, was following Ryan, ran over to Wrath. Jake, Danny, and June also ran over to them. "Wrath! Are you alright?" Hal asked in concern. He had forgiven Wrath and Samara.

"Minnie..." Wrath then gasped, and he growled in anger. "That witch! She took Minnie! She's gonna get it now!"

"Grim Jr.," Samara said softly.

"Don't worry, Sora. We'll get her back," Sawa said.

"You can believe it!" Midori added.

"Really? After all that angry stuff Sam and I said to you earlier?" Wrath asked them.

"Hey, we're not the kind of people who hold grudges, kiddo," Hal replied, winking at Sora. The four caretakers joined them. "This is our fault, so we're going to make things right," Eraine said solemnly.

"Yeah! Let's go kick some butt!" the Stitch kids cheered.

"Yeah!" everyone shouted.

"May we join," a voice said. The group turned around to see the Elric's, Winry, and Alice, who was the one that spoke up, coming towards them.

"We saw everything that happened when we followed the Reaper's here," Alphonse explained.

"And let me just say this…" Winry said before the background went all fiery and evil music played in the background. Winry's eyes turned black and she held a wrench. "YOU ARE ALL IN VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE!!" she boomed, frightening everyone at the scene. She then clamed down as she said, "But we gotta save Junior and Minnie first."

"So, are we in?" Edward smirked.

"Yeah, you're in!" GW nodded. "Now, let's go save the day!"

The gang then ran off to Dante's mansion to save Grim Jr. and Minia, their weapons out and ready for action.

GW: Alright, we are ready to save the day!

Salina: Gosh, you're weird!

GW: Whatever! Hope you enjoyed the chapter