Niri: sry ppl! i'm falling behind in posting...blame school! it's almost over, so i'm being forgetful!

Kirea:...and ur lazy...

Niri: (glares) ...

Kirea: (sigh) guess i'll have ta do it...no, Niri does not own this story...me n Ember-kun (Ember: HEY!) do! ...but we dont' own FMA...we do own Bella and Rei! (who are so much better than Ed and Al!)

"What troublesome children," the woman said. "I wonder, how did they found out about this place?" She lifted the hand that had speared the helmet. "I hate to do this in front of your brother, but you leave me no choice." She sliced the helmet neatly in half.

"Big brother!" the younger brother shouted. "B-big brother! Big brother! Dammit, we can still fight! Give us a body…give us a new body! Give us a -"

The man stabbed the forgotten sword through the blood seal, silencing the armor's voice forever. "Just shut the hell up before you say something else you'll regret," he said, dropping Bella. "God! Do you realize that you two almost killed our precious human sacrifices?" At this, Rei tensed, recognizing the voice. He repeatedly stabbed the soulless armor, continuing, "You don't have a clue what that means, do you? Not only that, but you were about to start revealing our secrets. You two could have totally wreaked our plans! Were you planning to make it up to us! Well?" Ed and Rei continued to watch, aghast, as the man continued to heartlessly pierce the armor. "Well, come on! Say something! Huh?"

"Envy," the woman said calmly. "He's already dead."

"Oh?" the man - Envy - replied. "Figured. That idiot had no backbone at all. Really," he looked back. "He's so weak it makes me sick." He turned back to the two young alchemists resting on the pillar. "Ah! Yes, yes." He knelt down next to them. "Pleased to meetcha, Mr. Fullmetal Runt and Miss Angel-chan. I gotta hand it to you for making it this far. But you did see something that you shouldn't have." He put his face dangerously close to Rei's. "Maybe I should kill you after all, hm?"

"Why…you…" Rei forced herself up.

"Huh?" Envy leapt back as Rei's foot shot through the air where his head had just been. "Whoa! How cute. The little ones still have some fight in them. Bummer, I was hoping we wouldn't have to fight. I don't wanna get hurt!"

Ed stood up next to Rei, clapping his hands together, Bella forgotten. "Quit calling me small! You started this fight, and I'm gonna end it! I'll beat you so bad you'll wish you never -"

A loud crack rand out through the room.

"…wha?" Ed stared disbelievingly at his broken arm. "Whaaaa! At a time like this?"

"Looks like your automail's busted," the woman commented.

"Lucky!" Envy shouted, throwing his arms in the air like an idiot (in the words of Ember, I stole that from her! or, in Rei's words, "A baka, aka you" aka Bella) He quickly kneed Ed in the stomach, holding the short alchemist up by his braid. "I was just kidding when I said that I would kill you," he dropped Ed. "You should be glad your arm broke. Spared you having the living crap bead out of you. You're almost as bad as your Ishbalan friend," he whined the last part.

"One more thing, kids," the woman added. "Don't ever forget that we let you live."

Ed passed out from blood loss (Kira: or cause he's a weakling Ed: HEY! Ember: it's true!), and Rei instinctively sent her fist flying towards the nearest threatening target.

Aka, Envy.

He wasn't expecting this, and stumbled back as it collided with his face. "Hey!" he complained, at the same time trying to avoid the flurry of kicks aimed towards him. One hit him square in the chest, and he flew back from the sheer force put into it. "Ow…for all your wounds, you're still pretty strong," he stood up, glaring at Rei.

"You fucking murderer…" she spat, her eyes filled with hate toward her family's murderer. She had overspent her energy on that last attack, though, and fell against the pillar, collapsing to the floor. As her mind struggled to retain consciousness, she heard the woman speak to Envy.

"Well, then. We no longer need this facility to make stones anyway. Let's just blow this place up to get rid of the evidence, shall we?"

"You sure it's such a good idea to let these kids live?"

"Granted, we didn't expect them to find this place, but just knowing about the process of making the stones won't get them anywhere. After all, our plan is already in its final stage."

"…but a murderer?" she heard Envy complain. "I've never even seen her before!...well…I don't think so…"

At this, Rei's mind darkened, and she slipped into soothing unconsciousness.

',',',',',',',' Tin Can's POV ',',',',',',','

"Hey, Al. There's something I've been meaning to talk to you about…"

What was it that Ed was trying to tell me?

"…but I've been too afraid to bring it up…"

Too afraid to bring it up…

Too afraid…

"What if your personality and memories were all fabricated by your 'big brother'?"

Al blocked the swiftly moving knife with his arm just in time, and stared, surprised at the scratch.

"What's the matter, bub?" 66 asked. "You're slowin' down! Got somthin' on your mind? Geh ha ha ha ha! Seems like even an artificial soul ain't perfect! The tiniest doubt enters your big metal head and you have a breakdown!"

"Sh…shut up!" Al responded. "I'm not…" he stopped speaking, focusing on 66's attacks.

"Just accept it. You'll feel better that way."

"Why you…"

66 took advantage of Al's momentary preoccupation, slamming his fist into the armor's side. Raising his knife, he called, "Geh ha ha ha ha! I got you now!" As his hand fell, something small knocked the knife away. "What the - !"

"Don't move!" Brosh and Ross ran around the corner. "Next time I'll aim for your head. Now, be quiet and hand over the big guy to us."

"Wait…what about Bella?" Al franticly looked around, but his comment was ignored by the others.

"What're you guys supposed to be?" 66 asked rudely.

"We're the ones who were entrusted with the task of guarding that person," Ross replied calmly.

"Ah, shit," 66 complained. "You escorts had to butt in just when it was getting fun! What was that guard doin-…" he paused, remembering. "Oh yeah. I sliced him, didn't I? Whoopsy." He sighed, looking around at the people surrounding him. "This has become a pain in the ass…"

A crumbling noise was heard from the building, and Brosh asked, "What's that noise?"

Ka-boom! The whole lab collapsed.

"Wha…?"

"What the…?"

"An explosion!" Ross shouted. "Sergeant! We have to evacuate!" She span around to Al. "What are you doing? Run!"

"!" Al started to the collapsing building. "My brother! Angel! Bella!"

"Hold on…!" Ross grabbed his arm. "Where are you going!"

"My brother and Angel are still inside! Let me go!"

"Don't be a fool! If you go in there, you'll be crushed, too!"

"Hm…" 66 thought aloud, 30 feet away. "I guess it's time to…RUN LIKE HELL!" he ran off.

"Hey! Freeze!" Brosh aimed his gun at the running armor.

"You should think about high tailing it too, chump, unless you wanna end up a pancake! Geh heh heh heh!"

"…Damn!"

"My brother…" Al struggled. "Angel is…!"

"Right now, just think about saving yourself!" Ross tugged on his arm.

"Hello there," a man with green spiky hair walked up, Ed over his shoulder. Behind him, Rei had Bella on her back. "I cam to deliver some packages."

"Big brother! Angel! Bella!" Al stopped struggling.

Envy set Ed down, and Rei dropped Bella, collapsing next to her. (Kira: NO, not like that! Perverts! makes disgusted face ewww!)

"Their wounds aren't too bad, but she's," Envy gestured to Rei, "loosing a lot of blood, so you'd better get them to a hospital, quick. You guys should take better care of the little guys. They're quite talented, you know. We can't afford to lose them; they're precious material."

"Second Lieutenant Ross," Brosh ran over to them. "What are you doing? Hurry up!"

"Sergeant! Give me a hand!" she replied.

"Ed! Rei! What happened to them!" he paused in shock.

"I'll explain it later!" she turned to where Envy was standing. "You get away too…Eh? He's gone…"

"What are you two doing?" Brosh called to Al and Ross.

"R-righ-…" they all ran away.

',',',',',',','On a distant building',',',',',',','

"Damn…they really overdid it. Abandoning this place means they have no use for us, huh…?" 66 talked to himself. "…wonder if 48's dead," he sighed, "No use in going back to their base just to get trashed…" he disappeared into the night, leaving his voice behind, "I'll enjoy the air of this rotten world for a little bit."

Niri: wow...0.0 tense...okies, just a warning...chappie 13 will be...ah...late in posting...and it won't be my fault!...i have recieved word from Kirea (odd, Ember's been avoiding me...wonder why?) that Ember, the (eventual) author of a new FMAxCCS fanfic (wait, i dunno if i was supposed ta say that yet...oh well), has gotten behind in writing the next chapter...apparently, certain young alchemists (coughBellacough) are being...stubborn...and are causing chaos with her writing...so send death threats (dunno,Emberwants one...) and Ember-sama (...i was forced to say that...) will update sooner!...maybe...

and also, for you CCS fans...plz read "Lost in Magic", a CCS fanfic from Kirea! personally, i think it's awesome...course, she's like a sister to me, so you might say that she forced me ta say that...but she didn't! it's really awesome!...and Reiaku reminds me of Rei...(thoughtful look)...it's kinda obvious who created them...

so, plz review! and send death threats! our psychopathic authors love them!...well, at least one does...