DO NOT FEAR! CHAPTER NINE IS HERE! (Huge sigh) That took me waaaaaaaaaay too long. Sorry about that massive wait. Lol. I've been too into Crystal Clear and Weirdness lately. I've also had loads of homework. (Silently curses music video.)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own FMA. (Sigh) I also can't say that I own Vanessa, Laura, Stephanie, Celina, or Crystal cause... they're my friends... and Ayla is partially mine (Personality) but mostly Breeze94's cause she basically made the character up . Thanks! (I DO however own the whole idea of this fanfiction and well the character Kailee cause, I'm her! .)

ONWARD!!!

Laura ran around in circles just outside the apartment. Ayla chased after her, laughing. Kailee sat on the counter looking out the window. She grinned as she watched the two go insane. Ed was lying on the couch across the room from her. She glanced over her shoulder to find that he'd fallen asleep. He had one arm behind his head while the other rested on his stomach. She watched as his chest rose and fell. It amazed her at how peaceful he looked sprawled across the couch like that. She glanced back out the window to find that Crystal and Vanessa had joined Ayla and Laura. Celina stood near Stephanie who smacked her hand to her face. She began yelling something at them, which made everyone stop in their tracks and pause for a brief moment before bursting into laughter. Kailee watched her friend's confusion escalate into anger. She sighed and hoped down from the counter. Pacing towards the door she glanced at Ed briefly. She smiled inwardly before opening the door and running outside towards her friends.

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Laura and Ayla flopped down, gasping for breath, beside Kailee. Crystal and Vanessa lay on the other side of her. Stephanie was sitting up the hill a bit from everyone else. Celina was sitting down the hill a few inches from everyone else. The girls all sighed in unison then burst into laughter at the fact. Kailee got up and stretched. She grinned and turned to Crystal and Vanessa. "Betcha can't beat me to that building over there." She pointed to a small red roofed building. Probably some sort of Military Storage house.

Crystal and Vanessa jumped to their feet. "You're on!"

The other girls sat up to watch the race. Kailee beamed. "Great!"

"We'll go on three!"

Stephanie halted them. "I'll count. You guys will cheat if you do."

They groaned. "Oh fine."

"On your marks. Get set…" Stephanie paused a bit. "GO!"

Kailee dashed ahead of the two other girls through the waist high grass. Vanessa caught up to her and tugged at her hand. "Hey! Cheater!" Kailee laughed and swung her hand away.

Vanessa gaped. "Hey! You never named rules so technically I can't cheat!"

Kailee flipped around, continuing to run. "Oh well!" She laughed and began to run faster. Crystal caught up to the two a few moments later. They ran neck in neck for a while before Vanessa sped up and just out of reach of the girls. Kailee gasped. "Get back here!"

Vanessa began to laugh. "Never!!!" She sped up a tad more as did the other girls.

Suddenly Kailee stumbled falling face first into the grass. Crystal slowed a bit. "You okay?"

No answer.

"… Kailee that's not funny!"

No answer.

"Kailee?"

Silence.

Crystal stopped dead in her tracks. Vanessa turned around. She stopped running as well. "What's going on?" she called to Crystal.

Crystal didn't respond, only moved to where her friend had fallen. Vanessa kept her spot and glanced around. "Where's Kailee?"

Crystal parted the grass. "I don't know! She's not here!"

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Vanessa noticed the grass moving a bit. 'Kailee!!!' Without showing sign of recognition she slipped through the grass. She moved in the path of what she thought to be Kailee. Suddenly she turned as she heard Crystal scream and then begin to laugh. Kailee had grabbed onto her arms and was laughing as well. Vanessa shifted a bit. 'But… If that's Kailee then what's…' Something gripped at her foot. She let out a screech before being tugged to the ground. She tightly closed her eyes, afraid of what had a hold of her.

"Vanessa?" she heard her name being called. She tried to reply but something covered her mouth.

"Nessy?!" the call came again and again.

She struggled and finally opened an eye to examine the person holding her captive. A young man was holding her to the ground, his hand clamped tightly on her face. Vanessa grabbed at his hand, trying to pull it away. He turned to her, blue eyes flashing in the sunlight. He had light blonde hair… almost the same colour as Ed's. "Mff!" Vanessa mumbled.

"What?" the boy raised an eyebrow.

"Mmfff!!!"

"… I can't understand you."

Vanessa glared at him and tugged hard at his hand.

"Oh!" He lifted his hand up a bit. "What did you say?"

"I said…" Vanessa began. "Get OFF!" She pushed her feet up hitting him in the gut. The boy fell backwards and gasped for breath. Vanessa shifted away from him. He coughed a bit. "Who are you?" Vanessa asked.

He groaned. "Fletcher."

Kailee glanced around the field. She ran up the hill a bit. "Crystal! I can't see her anywhere!"

Crystal appeared from over the hill. "Me either."

Kailee began to move towards the apartment. "I'll get everyone to help us! Keep looking!" And with that she departed, racing through the tall grass.

As she faced up to the group still relaxing on the hillside she watched each person's face gradually form from content to concerned. Kailee ran up to them, gasping. "We can't find Vanessa!"

"You lost her?" Stephanie accused.

"We didn't lose her!" Kailee exclaimed in defense before adding, under her breath, "She just kinda got away on us…"

"In other words you lost her." Stephanie confirmed.

Kailee sighed and rolled her eyes. "Are you going to help us or not!?"

"We'll help." Celina nodded.

"Good. C'mon!"

Kailee led her friends throw the grassy field back to where Crystal was still searching. Everyone agreed to split up and went separate directions.

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Al sat on the floor next to the couch his older brother was lazily dozing on. It had seemed odd that everyone just disappeared… Maybe he should go looking for him… But maybe he shouldn't… They could just be out in the field playing a game or something… Couldn't they? Al shifted uncomfortably… Ed rolled over on the couch and opened an eye to watch his younger brother fidget. "You hiding a cat or something?"

Al jumped and turned to look at his brother. "N-no!"

"Then what is it?"

"Don't you think it's odd that everyone has been gone so long?"

"You think something happened to them. Right?"

"Well… It's something to consider…"

Ed sat up on the couch to look at his younger brother. He placed his elbows on his knees and interlaced his fingers, resting his head on his hands. "Yeah. I suppose that's true. But how much trouble could they honestly get into on military grounds?"

Al shrugged. "Well they could… I mean who knows what's going on in the military these days…"

"That's true."

"And besides… They could have wandered off."

"I doubt it."

"Yeah… I kind of do too."

Ed nodded. "Good. Settle down. Things are most likely fine."

"I hope you're right, brother."

Ed lay back down on the couch and sighed. His little brother worried too much over things that probably weren't even true. Golden eyes shut and were covered by a steel arm. At least he hoped it wasn't something that was true…

Ha. I love cliffy's . Lotsa Character POV changes in this. Thanks for Reading! Please review!!!

Crystal: That took you too long. You missed every one of the deadlines you made. Shame.
Me: Sorry .
Crystal: Shame shame shame!
Me: Sorry sorry sorry!
Ed: Its because of supposed "Homework" right?
Me: Yes!
Ed: And this homework as piled on you for that long?
Me: Yes!
Ed: Care to tell us what homework you had?
Me: Yes!
Ed: List?
Me: Yes!
Ed: Stop saying "Yes!"
Me: No!
Ed: -.-