Chapter Two

After the Encounter

"So, you guys have no idea where you came from?" Carly asked, shortly after they and the trio went downstairs to her living room.

The blonde shook his head.

"All we know is that we were in one place, and then we got sucked into another." Alphonse replied.

"What I don't understand is why The Gate didn't put a toll on us for going through." The blonde said, thinking out loud.

"What?" Sam asked.

"It's nothing; he's just a little crazy." Roy teased.

"I'm NOT crazy!" The blonde yelled.

"Uh, what's your name?" Carly asked.

"I'm Roy," he said, "Roy Mustang."

"And I'm Alphonse." The tin can explained.

"And who's the kid over there?" Sam pointed over to the one with the red overcoat.

"I'm one known as Edward Heidrick." He replied, using the name he'd used the previous time on Earth.

"So, you and the man in armor are brothers?" Carly asked.

Edward nodded.

"Hey Carly!" a voice called from another room, "Do you know where I put the jar of pickles?"

"Why do you need pickles?" She called back.

"Socko said that if I put pickles on my- Whoa!" Spencer, Carly's older brother, walked into the room and was surprised to see the odd trio in the room.

"Who are they?" Spencer asked, his hands lifted in defense.

"I really don't know." Carly answered.

Spencer was especially staring at Alphonse, and all attention went to the suit of armor.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Al apologized, "this armor is a big distraction, I wish I could take it off,"

"He sounds like a little kid." Spencer loudly whispered to Carly.

"Yeah, how old are you, Alphonse?" Carly asked.

"Fourteen, it's just that this suit is really big." He replied.

The whole room went silent, which was soon broken by Sam's voice.

"Why don't you take the suit off?"

"Yeah, it must be pretty stuffy in there, Al." Edward smiled.

"Okay brother!" He replied, and the head of the suit rose and a head appeared.

He had long, brown hair, with golden-brown eyes to match, with a long red overcoat that was identical to Ed's.

"Well now we understand why you're the little brother." Sam said.

It was true. Alphonse happened to be shorter by Edward by a few centimeters.

"WHAT!" Edward screamed, standing next to Al and waving his hand from the top of his head to his younger brother's.

"Wow brother, it's actually true… you've gotten taller!"

A flush of happiness and surprise filled his face and then he turned to Roy.

"Haha, now that I'm taller, there's no way you can tease me now!" Edward teased.

"Oh really," Roy questioned, "then why am I still towering over your ridiculously small being?"

Ed's face turned red.

"*Bleep* bleep* you *bleepbleepbleep* *bleeeeep*!"

"Brother!" Alphonse yelled, holding back the angry midget with a shining blade spurting from his right arm.

"I'M GONNA KILL THAT PIRATE! LET ME GO! I CAN FINISH HIM RIGHT HERE AND NOW!" Edward screamed, flailing the blade inches from Roy's face.

"Now, now, Fullmetal, no need to ruin a beautiful face in front of a bunch of children." Roy smirked.

"You've done it now!" Edward yelled, now really struggling to escape Alphonse's grasp.

"Where'd the blade come from?" Carly asked in mortified surprise.

"We'll explain later ~ugh~ we promise," Alphonse forced out while holding back his brother, "just as long as you can help me with him!"

"What should we do?" Freddy asked.

"Maybe we could tie him up." Carly said.

"Screw this." Sam interrupted and walked up next to the flailing midget and hit him in the back of the head.

"SAM!" Freddy and Carly simultaneously yelled.

"Don't worry, he's still conscious." She looked down at the now angrier boy.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" He yelled.

Sam grabbed the blonde and threw him into the suit of armor that Alphonse previously exited.

"Hey… What're you doing…" Sam grabbed his jacket. "Oh HELL no! Let go of me! You better no-aaauugghh!"

Everyone, including Alphonse, laughed at Edward's torment as she threw him inside.

"Very funny!" Edward emphasized with sarcasm.

He was just about to open the head of the armor when Alphonse clapped his hands together and placed them onto the suit. A bright flash of light filled the room and every crack and opening of the suit closed up with more metal.

Everyone except Roy was completely wide-eyed and speechless.

"I'm sorry," Al apologized, "brother is always like this when he's insulted."

"I do not!" He called from inside the metal body.

"You do know you can get out, right?" Al asked.

"Yeah, but I'm not going to risk being killed for killing the Fuhrer." He retorted.

"You may be short tempered, Fullmetal, but you're pretty smart."

"Ha! The bastard actually commented me!" Edward yelled, but then mumbled pained curses when he hit his head from his excitement.

"I'll have to take care of THIS thing later." Roy taunted, looking down at the armor.

"I can still get out!" Edward yelled.

"But you don't want to get in trouble for killing me do you?" Roy retorted.

"Yeah, but it's not like we're going to go back."

"What if you do happen to go back, and they figure out that you killed off the prime ruler of Amestris."

"I really, really hate you now."

"Why don't you tell that to my face when you decide to get out." He smirked.

"Shut up; just get us out of here."

"Fine," Roy said while lifting up one side of the armor, "Alphonse, come help me carry him out of here."

"Okay!" He called and ran over to assist.

"Wait!" Carly interrupted the conversation that the Shay gang was apparently left out of.

"Huh?" The other trio responded.

"You've still gotta explain to us about your little magic-sparky-thingy." Spencer cut in.

"And where you came from." Freddy said.

"Yeah, we want answers…please?" Carly insisted.

"Um…" Alphonse tried to think of a good excuse for all of their questions.

"We'll explain tomorrow." Edward said from inside his insulator.

Everyone looked in his direction, well, whoever wasn't already looking, anyways.

"You see, we still are trying to absorb what happened to us back there, so it might be best if we get rest before anything unfolds."

Alphonse quickly caught the gist of what Ed was attempting to do, and so he joined.

"But I think it would be better for all of us if we knew the time and place that we are currently in."

"It's July 2010, and you're in Seattle, Washington of America." Carly generously said.

"America… I've heard of that country, but I've never actually been." Edward thoughtfully spoke aloud.

"Well, you're in it, short-stuff, so you'd better get rid of that accent…FAST." Sam rudely commented.

*Since Edward lived in Germany for two years, of course he had an accent. And if you're confuzzled about Ed and Al being back in Amestris after they closed the gate to Shamballa, do not worry, I have the perfect backstory for it, but will be explained in another story. Back to the chapter!^3^

"I'm starting to hate you, now, too!" He yelled, then cursed in German when he hit his head once more in his little jail.

"Where are you guys going?" Carly asked.

"We're, uh, going downstairs to check out a room." Roy lied.

"I have an extra room that you can stay in."

"That sounds great, how about you, brother?" Al asked.

"Fine with me." A bright flash came from the armor and Edward fell from the bottom, making its carriers fall from the sudden change in weight.

"It's down that hallway next to my brother's room, the door will be closed."

"Let's go Al." Edward stormed off, still pissed at Roy.

"Hai!" His brother happily called and followed Edward.

Roy took a long while to get up but soon followed after the other two.

Well, that's the end of Chapter TWOOOO! Huzzah! I seriously have no idea what I'm going to type up next, so its up to my special little reviewers, readers, and add-to-favoriters to send up some ideas. PLEASE PLEASE ! REVIEW! I find that as motivation, and It's very complicated to type a story without motives. Thanks for reading! And I will give credit to whomever has an idea that I use! ^3^