As the four got off the train they all sighed with relief. After the incident on the train they wanted no more surprise from now on. Ed stretched and turned to find a boy about his age staring at Al.
He bowed and said, " Full Metal Alchemist. It is an honor to meet you."
Ed's face turned red as a beet and shouted, " I'm the Full Metal Alchemist you fool!"
The boy looked very awkward and said, " I'm sorry I thought you would be taller and well Full Metal."
"I'm not short you twit so stop calling me that!" he countered.
"I'm sorry once again. Oh, my name is Sean, by the way."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Mi, that's Lieutenant Armstrong, and the one who you thought was the Full Metal Alchemist is Al.," shouted Mi, over the train whistle.
Sean turned to stare at Mi. She had been standing behind Al and had heard Ed shouting. He looked at her with big dreamy eyes and sighed.
"Well, I guess I should take you to see Mr. Talbot." Sean replied, his voice sounded like he was in a dream.
Sean turned around and signaled for them to follow him. They followed him to a small shack beside a dusty road. Sean opened the door to reveal a man among a hoard of test tubes and notebooks. The man looked up and gave them a small grin.
"Mr. Talbot, I brought the Full Metal Alchemist and his siblings." Sean told the man.
" Hello. As you already know, my name is Thomas Talbot. I guess you would like to know why you are here."
" Yes, we would. And hello I'm Mi, that's Ed, and that's Al." Mi told him.
" Ah, you must be the Full Metal Alchemist." Mr. Talbot said to Al.
" I'm not the Full Metal Alchemist. Brother is." Al said.
" Oh, I thought you would be taller." Mr. Talbot replied.
"TALLER, did you say TALLER!" Ed shouted.
Oh no! This is giving me a migraine! Mi thought. As always she and Al had to stop Ed from tearing everything apart. His temper sometimes tended to get him into trouble.
"Well, you're here for one reason, to help me find someone. There is an alchemist that has been killing people by inflicting pain on himself and transferring it to his victims instead of himself, but I know he's not doing it alone. I think there are two of them." Talbot told them.
"So, he must have a partner who looks exactly like him. Do you know if he preys on anyone in specific?" Ed asked.
" Women. That's all I know. You can find him. Can't you?" Talbot replied.
" Alright, thanks a lot. I'll find him for you." Ed said.
Ed then marched out of the shack with a job. The first thing I need to do is interview the victim's families and then I'll have an idea of what I'm looking for.
"Well let's go. I want to interview some people."
"Alright, lets get started. I want to get this over with." Mi replied sarcastically.
The first place they went was to a house that belonged to one of the victims, Ginger Fuller. They talked to her family to find out some things about her. They did that to each woman and put some ideas together.
" Alright he preys on young woman. That's all we know." Al said.
"Well that's a lot to work with. Do we have anything else that connects these girls?" Mi asked.
"Nope, nothing."
"Alright lets just start looking for him right now!" Ed shouted.
" No way. We are not doing that. Just kiss that plan goodbye." Mi countered.
