Males. They get brownie points for being my friends; double the order because they're willing to fight this thing! I smirked.

We attacked, but were tossed aside like rag-dolls. I was pissed, and attacked before assessing my damage. I felt the fractures of like seven broken ribs on my left side, but my anger and fury spurred me on. Ed and Ling finally joined me as Ed and I came face-to-face with the soul.

I was just as paralyzed as Edward was. It didn't faze me the slightest when it was pixels or ink-blobs, but in real life, it was just upsetting.

We went defensive after Ling snapped us out of it. No way was I hurting those sad things!

"Help me!" "Mommy!" "Let me die!"

"Sissy!"

I pulled up short, a second before Ed stopped behind me. Sissy… That's Zoë's name for me…

And I'm next.

Ed and I were both knocked over. "D-damnit…" gasped Ed numbly.

"Gomensai, Edo-kun… This is all my fault…"

"You shut up…"

"Ed! Annabeth! Snap out of it! Get up and fight!" Ling was trying desperately to rouse us from our stupor, to make us get up and fight.

The red hands wrapped around us, lifting us up and into Envy's great maw. I barely registered how clammy they were, how warm yet freezing cold the souls were. There was the loud snap of his teeth, and the world was plunged into an even darker blackness.

I felt a soft red glow on my eye-lids. I opened them to find myself staring right at the Stone that powered Envy. Heh… How ironic. That could probably get me home. I thought.

I heard a soft mewl and my eyes shot open. No! I'm not gonna die here! I have to live for Jane! I promised her I'd come back!

Ed and I both reached the conclusion about not dying. I wonder how hard Envy's head was jerked around with Ed and I's combined fist?

"Envy! Let us out!" Ed bellowed.

"Yeah! Your breath stinks!" I threw in.

"And we gotta figure out a way to get us out of here!" we yelled in unison.

I knew one thing as we were let out: I'd somehow broken both my arms. And now that I'd figured it out, it hurt like hell!

Ed quickly had the trans-mutation circle drawn up. He was hesitant to activate it at first. I put my hand on his shoulder the best I could. It hurt like fuck, even with my twin splints. "Don't worry, buddy. I trust ya! I wouldn't be here, 'cuz many woulda abandoned you by this point!" I smiled, a grin breaking out.

"Just hurry up and get us outta here, Alchemist!" Envy sneered.

I was the first to jump into the circle when it was activated. When the light was absent yet blinding, I had a good idea of where I was.

Bingo. I was in front of Truth. And I was pissed to fuck and back.

"Okay, I want some answers here! First off, why was I brought here? You brought me here, and I wanna know why!" I yelled, stomping my foot. My voice rang yet faded into silence.

"You must be the billionth person I've taken to this world." it whispered.

"Uh, come again?"

"Without an outsider that knows the story, it goes awry. So I must bring someone from your world here, to this one to make sure it follows the path chosen. They enter at the point where it is starting to become confused, but about half-way through their attempts, I always give them the opportunity to bring in one object from their world."

"Uh, say what? You're telling me I can… While I mull over what I do wanna have, can we talk?" I asked sheepishly.

"Sure."

"Well, I'm wondering… When I perform my Alchemy, there's hints of green around the edges. Why is that?"

"You've been performing Alchemy the same way they do. Every outsider has unique Alchemy. Yours is performed by touch. You simply have to touch something, and then you can Alchemically change it however you want."

"Umm… Cool, yet unfair to Ed and Al when they find out." I nodded.

Mom? Dad? Sister? Uncle? Sketch-book? Lucky horse-shoe? Stuffed dog? Chewy-toy? What do I want? What do I miss the most? I though frantically.

I knew the answer almost instantly.

I missed typing fan-fictions for the fan-fiction publishing site with only one hand. I used only one hand because my cat always sat on my lap, cleaning my face and purring loudly, like a monster truck on steroids. She had two sisters, but I loved her the most. The feeling was mutual, obviously! We mimicked each other's motions, so she was a good fighter, not to mention she was territorial about me and almost one and a half feet tall!

"I know what I want. I want Jane. I want my kung-fu kitty!"

The door opened behind me. I let it take me, knowing where I'd come out. I was right I also felt a small fluff-bundle on my chest. She was purring up a storm, licking my face clean. I could practically hear her purring, "Annabeth! You silly human, what've you gone and done foolishly this time? Oh well, I've got you now!"

"Janey! I missed you, you little package of love!" I cooed, holding her in my broken arms. Feeling the splints, Jane made a worried warbling.

"Annabeth!"

Ed almost barreled me over.

"Ow! Ow! Ow ow ow ow ow! My ribs my arms my ribs my arms!" I bawled in pain. Jane hissed, clawing at him.

"What the—Where'd the cat come from?"

"I got to bring her over as a reward for not dying. Jane, Edward is a friend. Don't scratch him, okay?" I was answered with a large, affectionate lick on my ear.

We joined Al. Ed and Al yelled at Father for a while, and then we were healed. Well, Ed and Al faster than me. Jane absolutely refused to let Father get away without doing something to him, and… let's move on. It's embarrassing, what she did when she couldn't scratch him!

The fight was awesome. I almost wish I had pop-corn or root beer then, only Jane woulda tried to join in! I just sat placidly, waiting for when I wanted to join in and petting my kitty… Well, I pet her, and she pet me. Jane is more human than she should be sometimes!

"You didn't join the battle. Why is that?" Father asked me.

"'Cuz." I answered shortly.

Jane hissed, baring her fangs and rearing up on her hind legs. "Jane says back off or else." I translated. Roughly.

"Father, she seems to know a lot about us and our operations." Envy said.

"Yep. I sure do. I came to ensure the story went to the out-line, and that's what I'm doing. I will force it in one direction or the other in order to achieve the pre-decided fate of this country and it's inhabitants. I'm kinda like God's little angel of death, here to dole it out to those who have it comin'." I nodded, a wicked little smile on my face.

"Annabeth, you're being scary!" Ed snapped.

"Why don't you shut up and help us?" Ling nodded.

"I can't. I'm not allowed to help you until the next fight." I smiled cheerfully.

Father turned back to Ling. "Hmm… Perhaps I do have a use for you after all." he said.

I knew Ed was gonna be super pissed at me, but I just sat and watched as Father turned Ling into Greed. I wasn't gonna interfere any! I was doubly correct about Ed's pissedness.

The door opened and we all turned to look. It was one of the Gate-keepers. It growled for a second before blowing up. Scar stood behind it. May was right next to him.

Shao May fell on her friend in an instant. I heard Scar mutter something. His gaze fell upon me at the same time. "Why are you just sitting by while they fight your friend?" he growled.

"I can't interfere yet. You call yourself God's right arm. You could say I'm the left. That's why I was born. For this purpose."