HI! Danke Schon, if you don't know German, that's thanks, to Animal Alchemist. One of her reviews gave me an idea for this chapter. Oh! By the was, you should read her samurai story. Super good.

Chapter 3

The girl called Cougar was walking along the wall with a black knee length jacket and gray bag. She still had the tail and it was constantly whipping. Her ears were covered by a hat that was being pressed on her head. Outside seemed to be her only destination. As the Elric brothers watched, the five year-old that Ed was taller than ran up and grabbed her leg in a hug. Then, smiling, he began to trot along beside her.

The brothers followed silently. Outside, down the street, down and alley, and through a door. Voices came out of the office.

"You owe me $160. I won 16 matches today."

"No! You cost me a very expensive band-aid. You get nothing. GO!"

"You listen here. We need food. We can barely live on what you do give us. And guess what! That was my band-aid. And it cost 9 cents. I deserve my money!"

"What about your suit? You still haven't repaid me for that."

"Of course I haven't! You didn't give it to me! Maybe I should turn you in. For this, and I bet the military would be glad to hear back from you. How long were you supposed to be locked up for anyhow?"

The man's voice muttered, "24 years."

"Oh, no! If I'm not mistaken,", Ed could see her shadow touching each finger in turn, "you were only there 10 years. . . You don't think I'd do it, huh."

"You won't have a chance." There were crashing sounds inside the suddenly darkened room. A hiss. A wail and an evil laugh.

Something, a thick whip maybe, lashed out the door. Al couldn't stand it. He ran into the room. "Oh my gosh. What are you? Gck! Brother!"

His voice faded quickly. Ed rushed into the room. "Al?" A hole ran through the steel wall. It must have had an 8 foot diameter.

In the far corner of the room, there was a large dent 3 feet off the ground. Cougar was trying to scramble off the floor. Claws that Ed had never noticed before were slashing the steel.

"Uh! Your headband fell off, but you still have ears! They're . . . . real?"

"Yeah. Tail too. Now shut up. Jag! Oh, that creep. He took him!" The girl flashed and disappeared like she had been a hologram, and a cougar appeared, another flash, and the girl returned. "He took my brother."