Chapter 2 : Taking care of Ed

"What's a robot?"Summer asked her. Summer had no idea what that was,since its 1913.

"I read it in a book..."Emma said as she looked as it came closer.

"Thats what there sopposed to look like..."Emma said. Emma was known for reading. She loved to read all the time. Summer would always ask why. Infact, Everybody asked her. She started reading advanced books,since she read all the time. Almost to Summer's level now. She only read fiction for a reason. She never read anything else for a reason too...She liked fiction more than reality.

Summer was getting knee high socks on,then she put on running shoes. She didn't put on pants for some reason. Most likely an acident. Most likely,anyway .. ...Anyway...Summer wasn't known as a flirt. It came naturally to her but she didn't use it. They were the only house in miles,so she never needed it...Will she get her chance?

She put on a jacket and went outside. "Stay here Emma" Summer said. She had a long purple jacket,much like Ed's. It was different in the coller,because hers didn't have a hood. Summer was actually known as someone serious. Though when it was just her and Emma she just joked around,or just be comforting. She almost never thought of herself.

She hasn't cried since it happened...She wouldn't let herself cry. If she cried others would cry too. She hated it when others cried. She just wanted everybody to be happy. Even if she wasn't.

She went outside to greet the tin man.

Al's POV

I've got to get help! That must be a hotel! I hope They have a hospital or even just Medicine and a bed! If it was Ed he would probably take a couch or a well blanketed floor. Al sighed in the memory of Ed. "I bet he would even take a concrete floor,as long as there was medicine."Al said to him self as he ran up another hill,but this one was different. It had an apple tree right on the top.

Most of the trees were not fruit bearing. Al laughed at himself. Only he would notice that. He always thought of the details..Especially when they were little details. ...

"Hello!" I yelled at somebody who came out of a yellow house...closer we ran...closer...It was a girl...with no pants on! I stopped dead in my tracks... ( he wasn't thinking about the cold weather and bare legs...)

"I ... I.." I said barely getting that out. She came closer and stopped. "My sister thought you were a robot... Your a tin man! I knew it!" She said exitedly. "Do you need a place to stay? We have extra bedrooms you know!" She said and smiled.

"I... I need help..Do you have anybody who could carry Our bag?" I asked. She didn't look Like heavy lifting. "I can do it."She said. She had very long thick hair. brother would like that. He would like someone like that alot.

"I can carry It...How do you need help?" She asked...but can she really carry that? That old ,scuffed,brown,nasty bag? I have to see this.

"How do you need help,again?" She asked again. "My brother passed out and I'm trying to find somewhere to stay while he's under a tree..." I said but she interupted.

"I'll bring the bag in and get everything ready for someone ill. You can go fetch him...Okay?" She said grabing the bag with her gloved hands. They looked liked brother's gloves. They were purple though.

Summer waited for Al to turn around before claping her hands and made it lighter. She used an extra handle on the suite case for equivilent exchange. To bad she couldn't fix it . Make herself...Real again...

She carried it back like a tiny hand bag. It was an odd sight. Summer knew she wasn't sopposed to use alchemy though. Her dad had told her never to use it. She just picked the book up like it was a picture book. She understood completly. She wanted her dog muffles back really bad...

She opened the door to be attacked by Emma. " YOU KNOW YOU ARN'T SOPPOSED TO USE ALCHEMY! YES I DID SEE! YOU THOUGHT NO ONE WAS LOOKING WAS YOU?"Emma yelled at her with the redest little face you could imagine.

"No one was looking were you." Summer corrected smiling. "He has a brother who passed out and needs help. " She clapped her hands and made it dense again "He is a tin man,by way" She said. Emma smiled slyly. She got up and put her hands behind her back. "How do you know?" She dared to ask. "Emma I don't have any time.." Summer said but she ment the exact oppisate.

"Kissy face"Emma yelped. as she started to run. "Kissy face" Summer said as Emma was huddled up against the door. Emma looked out the window and gasped...then she smiled..."Kissy face" She said slyly.

Summer went in for the kiss,but Emma opened the door and she kissed someone else. Emma giggled,and he just staggered there. "I...I just asked for a place to stay but this Is great too!" Said the blonde boy.

"Oh...I...Let me make your bed!"Summer ran upstairs. She was blushing hard and her shirt was flaping up and down. The boys watched her run a Emma was getting a needle a thermoniter out. Ed slowly turned around to see it. It seemed five times bigger and more deadly to him. He didn't like needles.

"Wha...what's that for?"Ed said trembeling. "Don't worry...Theres only a small chance we would use it." Emma Put a clear liquid in it,then she yelled," HE'S NOT TO FOND OF NEEDLES!" Emma yelled.

"LEAD HIM IN HERE PLEASE!"Summer could be heard from up stairs. Summer Was in there father's room.

"Right this way,watch your head tin man! Boy your tall!"Emma said as she lead them upstairs. "My name is Al" He said,tired of being called 'tin man'. "I like tin man better."Emma said as she opened the door to let them in the bage room. the room had a short dresser with pictures all over it. The pictures showed mostly a good looking man with longish dark brown hair with one pink stripe in going down the sides. He looked alot like Emma. A few were even with a beautiful woman who had short blonde hair. Summer had some of her body traits,though she looked like him too. He was there dad. She was there mom.

"Lay here" Said Summer. That had startled them because they were intwined in the pictures to even notice the waiting siblings. Ed layed down and went strait asleep. "Sorry for brother's sleeping habits" Al apologized ahead of time.

"He hasn't done anything yet though." Emma said. "He will."Al said as he went back down stairs,"He will."

Summer put a cold cloth on his head as she got out a needle. "Better do it while he's asleep." Summer said. Emma nodded in agreement.