Chapter 14: Surprise, Surprise.

"I don't care, State Alchemist or not, this is a missing person! And I'm not going to stop looking tell he's back following my orders!" With that last remark, Roy Mustang slammed the door shut on the press. He turned away from the door to the comfort of his office. Silence stung the room as the sound of reporters slowly faded away, a scowl upon Roy's face. Lieutenant Havoc and Hawkeye sat frozen waiting for the Cornel's response.

Havoc sighed deeply, "Come on, chief. You can't blame them, an Alchemist becoming a missing person is big stuff." Roy growled and glared down at the officer. Havoc winced and shut up. Roy sat down and rubbed his temples. "How did they even find out about this?" Roy glared accusingly at Havoc, Havoc jumped in horror. He shrunk back as he realized he blew his cover. "YOU TOLD THEM?" Roy howled.

"But my girlfriend, she's a reporter, and she wanted some news…so…PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" Right now Roy looked like he could snap, literally, and set him on fire. "Calm down, sir." Hawkeye said, almost growled. She was just as upset as everyone else about this whole thing.

Roy sighed and sat back, "Is there any more new information?" Hawkeye shook her head. "I'm afraid not, but there is something that I need to tell you.." Roy and Havoc turned to her, "what's that?" She looked around, "It's Alphonse, he got a crazy idea.." "Hm…?"

Alphonse POV

I panicked, I didn't know who else to go to. I just had to find him, so I went to someone beyond human strength.

Regular POV

Envy whistled in surprise as he looked around the large temple. He seemed rather relaxed for someone that had just been asked by one of his arc enemies for help. "Big place.." Envy sat down on a large boulder, Alphonse, who had been walking behind him, stood in front of the sword, that had been put back in the stone.

"Alright, Elric, what do you want?" Envy laid back and stared at the ceiling . Alphonse turned to him. "You know about my brother's disappearance. I need you to find him." Envy sat up and gave him a fake surprised look. " I'm serious! For some reason I can't go and find him, and no one else can because they have other things to deal with, I'm not sure how he did it but-" "Whoa, whoa, whoa slow down Elric. What are you talking about?" Alphonse sighed and tried again, "Okay, my brother pulled this sword out of this stone and when he did he disappeared, but when I put it back and tried to do the same, it didn't work. Some of the military soldiers tried to but it didn't work for them either."

Envy looked confused, "So why did it work for the Fullmetal pipsqueak?" "I'm not sure, but I was thinking that maybe it would work for you, sense you aren't human….will you do it?" Envy looked down, thinking. "I know you need my brother as much as I do, so it would be worth your time." Envy grumbled, "Fine, but I get to punch the crap out of him when I find him." He got up and stomped over to the sword.

"Really? You mean it? OH! Thank you! Thank you!" Alphonse gasped. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. How do you work this stupid sword?" Alphonse pointed, "You just pull it out and that should send you to where my brother is." Envy stretched. "Alright," he gripped the sword. "You owe me for this one Elric." He pulled the sword and a great light enveloped the temple…..

"No, wait! NO!" Ed screamed as the light from the water faded away and he was left in the dark room wondering what he just witnessed. what was that? Did Alphonse just bargain with Envy to come and find me? And does that mean Envy is in this time now! NO! I won't get a wink of sleep knowing that Envy could be around any corner! And on top of that Zant's minions are still out there looking for me! God, if there is one, why me? Ed set the bowl down and fell back on a pillow, he instantly fell asleep. Not that worried, is he?

"Time to get up Mr. Robot!" "GHAAA!" Edward yelped as Talo jumped on the bed, waking him. "Get up! Get up! Get up!" Talo cheered as he jumped around. Renado walked in the house, "TALO! I told you to calmly wake him up!" He pulled him off the bed. "It's alright." Ed slowly sat up and squinted at the morning light.

"How are you feeling?" Renado asked. "Just fine actually….hm." Ed swung his legs over the sides of the bed. "EDWARD!" Renado exclaimed. But it was too late, Edward was standing again and smiling proudly "TA-DA!" He walked around the room "Edward! Sit back down before you hurt yourself!" Ed found his shirt and put it on. "No way! I'm gonna check out this town now that I can move." He headed for the door.

"Edward, if you don't come back here this instant-" But Ed had already left. Renado sighed. "Typical boy, well, we better follow him to make sure he doesn't hurt himself, coming Talo….Talo?" Talo was gone as well. Renado laughed and shook his head.

"Mr. Robot, Mr. Robot! Wait for me!"Talo ran up along side Edward, who was taking a good look around the town. Edward turned to him, Talo suddenly stopped short and looked Ed up and down. "What's the matter?" Talo turned to his face, "I may have never noticed because you were lying down, but…you really short Mr. Robot." Edward glared. "Who the hell are you calling short! If anyone's a microscopic parasite it you, you little flea!" "But I'm still growing! What's your excuse, shorty!"

"I'm still growing too you brat!"

"Well your not going to get much bigger if your 15 and that tall!" Ed stood frozen, in shock. He had never thought of that, what if he only grew and inch taller in his whole life! That would be horrible!

"Hey….Mr. Robot….you okay?" Edward nodded, sadly. "Good then I'll tour you threw the town." Talo grabbed him by the arm and pulled him threw the town pointing out various places. Ed wasn't paying attention though, he was in his own world. Not get any bigger! Not get any bigger! Not get any bigger!

After a while of tour Ed started to take notice of what Talo was talking about. "And there's Barnes's bomb shop, and there's Malo mart and" Edward stopped short. "Wait! Malo? As in, your little brother Malo?" Talo turned to him. "Yeah, couldn't you tell, my little brother is some sort of evil genius or something!" Edward turned warily to the shop and froze. Staring at him threw the window with his beady little eyes, was Malo. "GEEYAAA!" Edward ran as fast as he could all the way to the spring, Talo looked to see what scared him, but Malo was gone.

Edward panted wildly and hung his head to look at his legs, who were knee deep in the spring. He looked up, this was the first time he had noticed the spring, there were little lights floating just above the water. "What are those?" Ed asked when Talo came running up. "Those?" Malo panted. "Those are fairies!" "Fairies?" "Yeah, from what I've heard, there supposed to have magical healing powers."

Edward looked at them and back at Talo. "Then why didn't you catch one and heal my wounds with it?" "Trust me, we tried. But every time we tried we caught water instead." Edward could confused. "Huh?" Talo sighed. "Trust me we don't get it either." Seriously! It's so hard!

Edward walked up to the fairies and turned to Talo "I just walk up to them they'll heal me?" "Yep," Talo smiled. Edward took a breath and walked closer to the fairies. They suddenly rushed forward and circled swiftly around Ed. "Eee!" Edward yelped and stood as frozen as possible. A second late his eyes widened in surprise as he realized that there was no more pain. He pulled up his shirt and tore of the bandages. "It really worked!"

Edward marveled at his scar less stomach. "Wooh-hoo!" Ed danced around the spring kicking the water in to the air. "I Love Fairies!" Talo joined him and they jumped around, soon the other kids came out side and Ed played with them. Soon they all sat down in exhaustion. Edward sat in the spring. "Ahh, the water feels so good, I just with it were warmer."

Beth, who had come out earlier stood up. "There's a hot spring at the top of the town if you want to take a bath." Edward stood up "Really! That would be great!"

So they went up the hill to Kakarikio hot spring. Edward ran up and put his hand in the water. "It's so warm." Beth came running up the hill, "I brought some towels for you." She handed them to Ed. "Renado said that no one will come up and disturb you, so you can relax for a while." With that the kids ran off and Edward turned to the spring.

Link POV

Midna and I had been searching all night when suddenly I picked up Edward's scent. I pointed to Midna in the direction that it was and I realized that I was right at the top of Kakarikio village. I barked and dashed in that direction.

Myron POV

These minions of Zant's are worthless, I heard that brat a mile away, and I know exactly were he is, he's at that hot spring that all the lazy gorons go to. Good thing I packed a twilight bomb, I'm gonna see the girl of my dreams again.

Envy POV

I had been walking from that temple all night, but finally I saw a town in the distance. I also saw the pipsqueak's foot prints heading to a mountain near there, so I was going to interrogate the town's people when I saw the brat! At the top of a cliff at the mountain I saw him with a bunch of little kids, is he a little pre-school teacher or something now?

Normal POV

Ahhh, this is so nice… I can see why Winry always wanted to go to one of these. Edward sat back on a boulder, it was lucky that he didn't trip, he had to remove his Auto mail so that it wouldn't rust. it's so hard to relax with only one arm and leg. Maybe it would be easier if I just turn in to my twilight form… oh! Crap! Wait I was kidding! Too late, he thought it so he transformed. "Oh man," she cautiously looked around, even though she knew that no one was coming. she sighed. "Oh, well," she laid back.

A few minutes later she heard fast approaching steps. She turned quickly to see who it was. She froze when she heard to different men's' voices and a dog barking. Seconds later, before Ed had time to react, two men and a dog came running up the slop and to the spring. Ed quickly recognized them, there was Link, Myron, and Envy. They all saw Ed and stopped short.

Even with his dark fur they could see that Link turned beet red and he whirled around to look the other way. I AM SO SORRY EDWARD! He screamed. Envy, being Envy, just slowly turned around and was a little pink, he murmured a couple sorrys as he did. The only one who didn't feel the lease bit ashamed was Myron who stood facing Ed. "Are those real?" Stupid question. Edward screamed so loud the intruders cover there ears in pain, seconds later they were sent flying with Edward's Alchemy.

Edward had tied the crooks to a tree on the outskirts of the town so that no one would see them. Edward was still a girl but she had turned her towels into a dress-towel-robe type thing, because her clothes had fell into the water. If I even tried to explain to you how all this happened so quickly there would be only one world for it. Elric-rage.

Edward glared at them, she hadn't tied up Link, but Link looked like he had been tied up, sitting perfectly still, waiting for punishment. There was silence for a long time. "Okay, I'll make this simple," Edward began, holding her sword beating it on her hand like a club.

"Only one simple question," She turned to them. "What did you see?" She hissed. Envy and Link turned to look in any other direction. Myron smiled, "That's and easy one, I saw-" WHACK! "I don't want to hear it!" Edward had hit him with the hilt of her sword. "YOU'RE THE ONE WHO ASKED!" "I HATE YOUR GUTS SO SHUT UP!"

Did you have to send us flying, Ed? That's over reaction a little don't you think? Link whimpered. "Shutup, dog breath, your part of the crime too." Link blushed and turned away. She turned to the others, and froze when she saw Envy staring at her. "W-what are you looking at?"

He grinned a little, "Do you know someone named 'the full metal pipsqueak'?" Envy empathized the 'pipsqueak. Edward clutched her sword. "N-no I don't!" she growled. "Are you sure, he comes up to about here." He held up his foot about two inches of the ground. Ed tightened. "Is he one of you little friends?" She nearly brook the handle on the sword she was holding it so tight. "Little he is, he's so small that nobody can ever find him. I was playing hide-and-seek with him and I could never find him, and we were playing in an empty cardboard box."

Ed snapped. "YOU BASTARD! I SWARE, EVERYTIME YOU OPEN YOU MOUTH A GET PISSED! AND WHO ARE YOU SO TINY YOU COULD BLOW ME AWAY WITH A SNEEZE!…..uh! I mean-" "Got you, Fullmetal." Envy grinned evilly.