SORRY!!!One of my friends dads got shot in the head by his wife.She is

in jail, and my friend will most likely testify against her when theres a

trail. Thats why I haven't updated. Any way on with the story.

Chapter 8

Ross had finally gone back to sleep after her coughing spell and Hawkeye was resting on her bed when she heard a knock on their door.

"Hold on." She said as she walked towards the door. Instead of letting the person in she stepped out.

"Jean, are you okay?" Hawkeye asked with much concern in her voice, after all she didn't know if Mustang told Havoc or not. But looking at the burns she thinks not.

"Yeah. What about you? He seemed really interested in finding you and no one else" She looked up at the man, she knew he would ask this. After all they've known each other for most of their lives.

"Yes. He just asked where we were hiding." Hawkeye looked away from the taller man, she hated having to lie to him.

"He didn't bite you did he?" Havoc looked at her neck, checking for anything not normal.

"No, besides if he did I would be with the rest of them wouldn't I?"

"I guess. I'm just worried.. I think their planning something. Usually when we didn't do what they wanted they'd kill us and you know that's true." She couldn't get away from that fact. That was their normal behavior, kill whenever they didn't get what they wanted.

"I don't know Jean. I hope they aren't planning something."

Vampires

"Maes...Why do you help the vampires if your still human? Couldn't you just leave?" Asked Alphonse as both he and Hughes walked to the surface.

"If they'd known they would've killed me. And I don't plan on dying again anytime soon." Alphonse didn't realize that they don't exactly tolerate traitors. When someone left, they hunt them down then kill the person, "Besides we need as many allies as we can get on the vampire side. We already got Denny Brosh, RanFan, Kain Fury, Roy, me, and you. But we still need more help on this side if we're gonna stop the vampires once and for all."

"Wait, Mustang's human too? Why didn't anyone tell me?" Hughes looked over to the younger man, trying to find an answer for him.

"Well, not all of us knows who's human or not here. I'm sure there are more of us, but we don't want to risk anything."

"But-"

"Maes!" The two looked around to locate the man that shouted Hughes name, until Alphonse saw Mustang running to them.

"Maes, I think I convinced Riza, but I don't think anyone else will listen to what we have to say. Oh! Hello Alphonse, we would have welcomed you and your brother back warmly, but-"

"It's alright. I understand." Mustang looked over to Hughes and gave him a questioning stare. Alphonse had no idea what was going on but stayed quiet.

"Alphonse, whenever Edward comes out from their hiding place, we need you to convince him to help us. Okay?" Mustang explained to the youngest of the men.

"Alright, but how will we know when he'll come out?" Mustang smiled.

"Simple. He'll probably just want to get away from everyone at any moment. And... You should be able to sense him outside of their shelter."

Humans

"They don't tell me anything, ask me questions I've answered twenty times already, and ask me about Al." Edward, of course, wanted away from the others, "They get on my nerves sometimes. All Mei-Chan wants to know about is Al."

Just like Alphonse promised, he was waiting for his brother outside of the building Mustang told him to wait at. He thought several time why he couldn't sense anyone on the inside of the building. Alphonse figured that they found a way to block their life forces.

"People just won't leave me alone." Alphonse heard his brother say as he walked out of the old, run down office building.

"What do you expect? I mean we've been gone for three years." Edward looked towards his younger brother, wanting to know if what he saw was really him speaking.

"Al! How are you here? I saw Hughes take you away."

"True, but you must listen to what I have to say, okay?" Edward nodded. "I am one of them...sorta. Maes transformed me but not fully. We are planning to stop the head vampires and we need more help, but there aren't too many humans that have vampire abilities. So we need more help from other humans. So far it's only Riza.." Alphonse held out the same as what Mustang gave to Hawkeye. Yet this one was on a chain.

"Is that a-"

"No it's not a Philosopher's Stone or a fake." Alphonse said cutting off his brother, "But it will help in weakening the vampires."

"Then why doesn't it effect you? You are one."

"Not fully. I'm still human, I don't drink blood. Maes refuses me to go near any thing with blood on it. Or anybody bleeding."

"So he's overprotective, huh?" Edward smiled. An actual smile, not some fake one.

End Chapter 8

SORRY!!!!