NOOOOOOO! It's been a year since my last update! It's been so long, Raven changed out her outfit from the last chapter!
Raven: I still kept the scarf though.
It's been so long, Josh...oh crap! He's had to use a bathroom all this time!
Josh: Must...contain...bowels...
It's been so long -
Envy: For God's sakes shut up!
Okay, fine.
Well, I've been busy all this month, and TV Tropes has ruined my life.
Everyone: You had a life?
Oh stop! Anyway, after over a month of waiting, this chapter is finally out! This is proof that CelticKawaii isn't quite clear on the meaning of "filler." Anyway, Ed and Al are in this, (they come at the end), Raven starts being emo, and Vengeance does something crazy.

It was a long, quiet trek to the station, and neither of us spoke. I simply concentrated on wheeling Josh along the sidewalk, without saying a word. At least he's not griping about being pushed anymore, I thought. Still, something was bothering me. It wasn't just the obvious, that I had lost my best friend, and almost lost another, but something else. Was it the chill air biting at my flushed cheeks? Was it the problem with expenses; I mean, how were we supposed to cover the cost of train tickets if we had no money? It was a miracle we weren't charged for hospital expenses. Perhaps I was still feeling guilty for that lame quip I made in the last scene - it wasn't even funny! But then again, humor was never my thing. Ju on the other hand always had a snarky one-liner for any situation, with all the dry comical wit and sarcasm of any New Englander. Josh was a class clown, plain and simple. He goofed off, pulled pranks, acted flat-out juvenile...and it was up to me to save them from destroying the town. But now...

I felt my eyes begin to water, thinking about what how she died. We hadn't noticed anything until we came to the other side of the Gate. But when she wasn't moving...and had no pulse...

"Hey Rae,"

Josh caught me in mid-thought. "Y-yes?" I stuttered, trying to hide the crack in my voice.

"You know that old building, the abandoned one where I tried to bring back Ju?"

"Mm-hm," I nodded.

"I think maybe we should go find it. So, you know, we can give her her a proper burial. I mean, it's what she'd want..."

"Josh," I whispered, hot tears finally streaming down my face, "That's so sweet of you," I tried to smile, but it was no use. I buried my face in my gloved hands. There was no denying it; I missed her. I knew I cried a lot, I was just an emotional person. Maybe I was making up for the others. Josh rarely cried at all, and Julia...well, her tear ducts would have shriveled up from lack of use for all it was worth. She never cried, at least not that I saw. So I cried for them both. I guess that's why I became near-sighted. Suddenly, my train of thought was broken when two arms wrapped around me. I looked up from my palms to see who it was.

"Joshua,"

"It's alright," he said, doing his best to console me. It was working, to be honest, and I really needed it, but then I remembered...

"Um, how are you sta-"

"Wha - WHOA!"

All at once, the air was knocked out of my lungs, my back slammed onto hard stone, and my skull suffered a violent collision with concrete. Josh had lost his balance and fallen down; fortunately, I was there to break his fall. Wincing, I said in a weak, winded voice, "Joshua, please get off me,"

"Sorry Rae," he muttered sheepishly, clumsily moving off. I peered around, and realized that the world was now a jumbled smear. "Maybe we shouldn't, we'll be late for the train anyway,"

"My glasses," I muttered. "Josh, can you help me find -" There was a loud, ominous crunch as Josh shifted position. That's when I snapped.

"Why did you have to do that?" I demanded, "You're missing a leg! You don't just get up and lean on someone when you've only got one leg, baka! What were you thinking? And now my glasses are in pieces, I'm on the pavement, and it's all because you had to -"

"Um, Raven?"

"WHAT?"

"Calm down, okay? It's just glasses,"

I breathed in, trying to regain composure. It was completely unlike me to snap like that; But all this had taken a toll on me. I wiped my eyes, apologising for the outburst.

"It's alright," he replied. "I'm upset too," he gathered up the shattered glasses in front of him, and in a flash of brilliant blue light, they were all back together. "Here you go," he said, handing my spectacles back. I put them on, noticing there was no transmutation circle on the ground.

"You forgot to make an array,"

"Oh...sorry. My bad,"

"No, it's not that," I said, "You fixed my glasses without a circle. I thougt it was impossible to do that."

"It is?"

"Ugh, let's just get to the train station," I was confused beyond possibility.

It was happening again. My heat powers were acting up, and my stomach was feeling a little weird. Great, I thought, shifting in my seat. My powers are screwing with me again. I tried to think of a way to distract myself from it, searching for some question to pull out of nowhere. Finally I said,

"Anyone want to tell me why you need me here when there's already seven of you?"

"You're here because our Master needed back-up," Lust explained. "At least, that's what we were told,"

"More specifically," said Envy, "You're replacing Wrath if anything happens to him. You weren't supposed to know that, actually,"

"Oh, okay," That conversation didn't help. After a long silence of about a minute, I couldn't stand it anymore.

"So, who do you think is the most powerful out of us?"

The others gave me a sideways look as I glanced from Lust to Gluttony to Envy, as if to say "Someone please just humor me for the love of Ishbala!"

"What?" Lust answered. There was an awkward silence for a few seconds.

"Why do we care?" Envy deadpanned. I winced as the heat became more uncomfortable.

"Well, haven't you ever wondered? I mean, if not the most power, at least who has the coolest,"

Another pause.

"What the hell is wrong with you people?" I snapped, the burn starting to kick in.

"Okay, I'll bite," Envy finally answered. "Can I at least bring up the fact that your power sucks?"

"Wha - it does not!"

"Look, you asked for it. What did you think was gonna happen?"

"It does not suck! Yours does!"

Lust facepalmed as the two of us went at it. At least I had something to think about now besides...starting to sweat. "Look, my power has a more offensive bonus than yours. You almost never use shapeshifting to beat me in a sparring match,"

"So even without my powers, I still kick your ass,"

"Exact- Wha...aw, damn!"

"Well that settles it; can you shut up now?"

"What's wrong with you people? Why can't you just...have a normal conversation...I mean...do you..have to be this...anti-social?" I said, clenching my fists behind me. Oh crap. This was going on longer than I planned. But it would settle down; eventually. At least, I hoped so.

The burning got worse as time went on. My hands were flushed, sweaty, fisted tight behind my back. I tried to look casual, pressing my cheek against the cold window, trying to maintain a blank poker face. Remain calm, cool down, stay calm...

I couldn't stand it anymore. I had to get to the bathroom, splash some cold water on my face. The burning had spread to my ribs and my back, and I felt like I was pushing 150. No way, if it were that bad, you'd be dead by now! That's when I remembered that I couldn't die. Of course, that didn't help matters at all. If I can't die, then what happens if I push too hard...?

"I feel sick," I muttered.

That was all it took for Envy to not only move over, but literally push me out of the seat.

"Well get up and use the can, idiot. You're not throwing up over here," Oh, how compassionate!

I didn't care; I was already bolting down the isle, ramming past a vendor with a sharp "Move!" as I raced to the bathroom. It was only getting worse every step of the way, spreading to my arms, my legs, my fingers...
I moved on to the second car of the train, breathing heavy. This is not good, I said to myself. No dip, Sherlock! You're frying from the inside out! I have to get...argh! My brain! I doubled over on the floor, screaming, holding my head, hoping it would stop...and then...

BOOOOMM!

The next thing I remembered was my cells reorganizing into their original form, first my trunk, then my arms, legs, hands. My feet always came last.

"Vengeance, what the HELL?"

It was Envy. "Oh hi," I said, less than enthused to see him.

"Okay, how the hell did you screw it up this time?" he demanded. I glared at him.

"I blew up,"

"What? What made you think that was a good idea?"

I rolled my eyes. "I didn't do it intentionally. I kept heating up from the inside and then combusted,"

He looked incredulous as Lust came over amidst the rubble. She caught the tail end of the argument.

"So you blew up by accident,"

"Yes,"

"Nice work, dumbass! You have no control over your powers and blew up a train! Now how are we supposed to get to Central?"

"We'll have to walk," Lust said flatly. "At least it's not that far, but we're still be behind schedule,"

"Anyone know what happened to..." Envy trailed off when he saw Gluttony a ways off happily munching on the disemodied limbs. "Should've guessed,"

"You've had incontinency with your powers for how long?" Lust inquired.

"For almost a month," I answered.

"It happens every now and then, at least when a homunculus isn't used to their powers," she said.

"Wrath wasn't this bad," Envy complained, "He'd screw around with transmuting himself with stuff, but God! You've hit a new level,"

"Thanks, I always dreamed I'd be the epic fail of the century," I said sarcastically. "My trenchcoat's gone too!"

So then we walked the rest of the way, none too enthusiastically.

"The train schedule was delayed due to an explosion on its way to Central,"

Rae and Josh sighed. "Just our luck," Josh said.

"Tell me about it," another kid agreed.

Raven looked over at him. "We've been getting the worst luck here for a while. It's like the universe hates us or something," she chuckled.

"I know how you feel," the other kid sympathized. "The name's Edward, and this is my brother Alphonse,"

"I'm Raven,"

"And I'm Josh,"

"Meow," came a noise from Al's armor. Ed shot him a suspicious look.

"Al,"

"Brother it was out in the freezing cold! I couldn't just leave him there! I mean look at him!" Alphonse took out a black and white kitten that couldn't have been more than six months old.

"Oh my gosh! It's adorable," Josh openly gushed.

"He's so cute!" Raven cooed, though she wasn't gushing as bad as Josh was.

"Rae, can we keep 'im?"

Raven looked over at Ed, the two exchanging confused looks. Oh boy.

Whoa! What just happened? Holy crap, I actually finished the chapter! XD
Hope you enjoyed it. This turned out to be a long one. Please review, and I promise I'll update in the same year!

Venge: I hate you.
Josh: Who's a widdle cutie? Who's a widdle cutie?
Rae: Josh, we can't keep him.
Ju: DAYM! That was a pretty frickin' long chapter.
CK:Yeah, so? And you're dead.
Coming up next: CelticKawaii makes the next chapter in a saner time span.