"No one's seen him?" Edward asked as he stormed into Mustang's office. The group just arrived from Liore, Rose being sent to the hospital and Edward, Alphonse, and each of the chibis he's been looking after went straight to East HQ.

Mustang shook his head. "I've still got people searching, but if we're going to have any hope of finding Feliciano, we're going to need to head to Central and search ourselves."

"Have you told Roderich and Antonio?" Lovino asked.

"No," Mustang replied. "It looks like we're dealing with our own enemies, not anyone that you could consider an-"

"That bastard became my enemy the moment he kidnapped Feliciano!" Lovino shouted over him.

Mustang smiled. "That's the kind of conviction I like to see," he stated. He turned to Edward and asked, "Is there anywhere that you might be able to drop them off? I don't want anyone else getting taken through the course of this mission."

"Winry can look after them," Edward stated. "She's not going to be happy about what happened, but she'll take care of them while we find Feliciano." Edward was rubbing the back of his head, already feeling those wrenches Winy would throw at him.

Mustang nodded. "Go ahead and call her. I wouldn't tell her just yet that Feliciano's been kidnapped, but explain that you've got some business in Central and need someone to look after…" Mustang looked behind Edward at all the chibi countries inside his office, counting them. "All six of your charges."

"My only charges are Feliciano and Lovino, the rest just tagged along!" Edward shouted.

Arthur said, "Stop your arguing! Who knows what they could be doing to Feliciano right now? We need to get moving!"

"I'll stay here and look after them," Alphonse said,

Edward sighed as he left to find a non-military phone.

"Rockbell residence," Winry's familiar voice said on the first ring.

"Hey Winry," Edward said.

"Ed!" Winry stated. Then, almost like she was anticipating it, she asked, "You didn't break your automail, did you?"

"No, no," Edward reassured her. "But listen, I need you to look after Lovino and his…friends…while I head to Central." Edward wasn't even sure if he could call the rest of them friends or not.

"No problem. What's going on in Central?" Winry asked.

Edward paused, trying to find an excuse. With none forthcoming, he sighed and confessed, "Someone kidnapped Feliciano. We believe that the kidnapper's in Central, but we're not positive."

"SOMONE TOOK FELICIANO!" Winry cried. Edward jerked away from the phone and when he put it back, he heard Den barking in the background.

"Yes. I can explain it better when we arrive, but or now you're just going to need to trust me." And not kill me when you see me. Edward wanted to add.

Edward could hear Winry huff, "Fine. Get here the next chance you get. Oh, and exactly how many are there?"

Edward quickly counted in his head. "Five."

"Ok," Winry said. "I'll see you in a bit Edward."

"Yea, bye," Edward mumbled, hanging up. He sighed; that conversation did NOT go how he wanted it too.

When Edward got back to Mustang's office, Mustang said, "I hope she agreed."

"She did, don't worry," Edward muttered. "So when are we leaving?"

"The train's leaving in fifteen minutes," Mustang stated.

"What?" Edward asked.

"Come on," Mustang said. Edward checked and made sure everyone was there before following Mustang out. Arthur was holding onto Alfred and Peter, Ivan following behind them. Edward turned and found Lovino trailing behind them.

"Hey, is everything all right?" Edward asked him.

Lovino glared at him, muttering, "Everything's fine…bastard…"

"Edward…?"

"Alphonse, go on ahead," Edward stated, his eyes not leaving the top of Lovino's head.

Once Edward was sure they were alone, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's always Feliciano," Lovino grumbled. "I'm the older one, but everyone only seems to care about Feliciano."

"Maybe that's for a different reason than you think," Edward said. "When I first met you two, Feliciano didn't make an impression on me as being strong or managing to help himself. You, on the other hand, you hit me with a tomato. You seem prepared to fight if it came to it. People naturally look towards the weak so they can take advantage of them or use them, and that's why they pick Feliciano out of both of you. He doesn't come off as strong, but you do."

"Really?" Lovino asked.

"Hey, don't go and start doubting yourself. I'd hate to admit I got pelted with tomatoes by someone who didn't believe in himself," Edward said, grinning at Lovino. "Now come on and smile. We will get Feliciano back, and we're not going to rest until we do."

"Yea!" Lovino agreed. He ran out of the room, and Edward turned to follow. There was still pieces missing, but it was easy to tell that Lovino really cared about his little brother.

xxx

"Hello," Selim Bradley greeted Feliciano.

"Ah," Feliciano muttered, looking up at him. Selim stood about a head taller than him and had a mess of black hair on his head. "Where am I?" Feliciano asked.

"You're in my home, in Central," Selim said brightly. "Come on, I can show you around."

"Selim, I hope you're not bothering our new arrival," the voice of King Bradley said from behind him.

Feliciano turned around and found that King Bradley was even taller than Edward, and Feliciano found himself craning his neck backwards and ended up falling over in an attempt to see his face.

"You must be tired," Bradley said, kneeling down. Now that Feliciano could see his face, he realized that Bradley had an eye patch.

"No," Feliciano replied. "I'm hungry, though." As if in agreement, his stomach growled.

"Don't worry," Selim said, "Food's being prepared right now! It'll be super good!"

"Yay!" Feliciano cheered.

Selim looked at King Bradley and asked, "Can I play with Feliciano for a little bit?"

"Of course, Selim," Bradley said. "I must be getting back to work."

"Right," Selim said. "Bye dad!"

"Goodbye," Bradley said. He turned and left the room.

The silence that settled stayed there for a few moments, before Selim told Feliciano, "Don't worry. Just be a good boy and we won't have any need to hurt you."

Feliciano cringed away from Selim.

/AN

I really didn't like Feliciano's meeting with Selim and King Bradley, but hey:

Next chapter: More countries!

R&R Please!

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