"This has got to be the easiest mission we've ever had." said Ed.
"Don't get too cocky Full Metal." Said Roy. "Watching Elysia and Fletcher is harder then you might think."
"Whatever." Said Ed. "Fletcher's a smart kid and Elysia's like what, three? She just needs to have stuff to play with and eat and drink."
"But Brother, three can be a pretty hyper age. Little kids like that are into everything and I mean everything." Said Al.
"Oh, right. I forgot about that." Ed sweat dropped.
"Good luck." Roy said as he left. "Suckers."
"Um, guys, I think Elysia took the peanut butter jar and the jelly jar." Said Fletcher.
The blue and black lines of gloom and doom appeared on Ed and Al's heads. "She's covering the walls with it isn't she?" asked Ed. "That was fast. What is this, a 'Torment The Elric Brothers fanfiction' or something?"
"Any idea where she is?" asked Al.
"I think she was heading to the bathroom or Gracia's room." Said Fletcher.
"And with our luck she'll probably almost flood the bathroom or totally wreck Gracia's room won't she?" said Ed.
"Probably." Said Fletcher. "But on the bright side, at least there's three of us."
"Yeah, but judging from our already bad luck, we'll all have to clean up after her and then she'll run off and wreck the house even more when we're not looking." Said Ed.
"Um, maybe when we find her she'll be too tired?" Fletcher tried. "Or maybe not." He sweat dropped at the look Ed got at his futile try.
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"Of course." Said Ed as they stared at the flooded bathroom, smears of peanut butter and jelly coating most of the walls, the bathtub and the sink.
"The water handle's stuck." Ed tried yanking on the handle to turn it off but this only succeeded in getting the handle pulled off. It didn't solve the problem.
"Smooth move Brother." Said Al.
"Oh shut up." Ed muttered. "Um, Uh," He stuck the handle in the faucet. "There! Problem solved!"
"Won't the water pressure eventually shoot the handle out?" asked Fletcher.
"Nothing can be easy can it?!" Ed said exasperated. "Oh, well, um, uh, Fletcher get a mop for the bathroom and keep an eye on the water, Al, you and I can go look for Elysia and then start cleaning the other rooms she wrecked."
"Um, okay but wouldn't unplugging the drain solve the water problem?" asked Fletcher.
"Gimme a break!" said Ed. "Is there someone out there who's just writing this out because they enjoy tormenting us or something?!" He sighed. "Okay, let's check the next room."
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"Yup, there's definitely someone out there who's got it in for us." Said Ed as they stared at Gracia's room.
Gracia's clothes were scattered everywhere (they were also covered in peanut butter and jelly) and most of the walls were also coated in peanut butter and jelly. And in the center of the room was Elysia who was apparently playing dress up or something because she was wearing some of Gracia's now peanut butter and jelly coated clothes over her own.
"Okay, who was the idiot who let her run around on her own?!" Ed fumed.
"Well she was sort of napping when we got here." Al said in everyone's defense as he started collecting Gracia's clothes so they could clean them.
"The key words being 'sort of'." Ed muttered. "Hey Fletcher!" he called down the hall where Fletcher was currently cleaning. "Keep an eye on Elysia will you?"
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The living room and most of the kitchen was now covered in feathers that Elysia had pulled out of the pillows and thrown everywhere and the kitchen was covered in some sort of soap or bubble bath and some popcorn that had also gotten to most of the living room. Elysia was apparently finally tired out though because she was conked out on the couch.
"Fletcher! I thought you were watching her!" said Ed.
Fletcher flushed. " Um, I was turning the water off and I didn't hear you. Sorry."
"I didn't think it was possible to not hear Brother." Al teased.
"And just what is that supposed to mean!?" said Ed.
"Oh nothing." Al replied innocently. "So when did they say they were getting back?" he asked changing the subject.
"Um, about ten minutes?" Ed blanched. "That's it! I don't care if I'm not allowed to use alchemy on this assignment, I'm transmuting this place back together!"
"But Brother, won't that be like letting the Colonel win?" Al asked.
"Ugh, you're right." Ed slumped. "But there's no way I'm letting that happen! Fletcher, you fix the pillows while Al and I clean up the kitchen."
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"I can't believe we actually did it." Fletcher marveled.
"What do you mean you don't believe it?" said Ed "Didn't I say that there's no way I'm letting that Colonel win?"
'Now if only he had that kind of motivation with his stuff' Al thought.
"I see you actually managed to keep the house in one piece Full Metal." Roy smirked. "I was worried that you might not be able to reach everything that you needed to clean."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT HE COULDN'T EVEN REACH THE COUCH WITHOUT A STOOL TO STAND ON!?!!!!!!!????????" Ed screamed.
"Time to go Brother." Said Al.
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"Hi Elysia." Said Roy. "Did Ed use any alchemy?"
"Nope." Said Elysia.
"Wow. Did he almost use alchemy or at least get annoyed?"
"I know he got annoyed." Said Elysia.
"Good job." Said Roy, "Here are those cookies I promised."