. If I owned Fullmetal Alchemist, would I be writing fanfiction? Think people! And just for the record, Onee-san means 'Big sister' with honorifics.

Camille flipped thoughtfully through a rack of shirts. She had several pairs of pants, a few bras, a pair of boots in one hand, and some other shirts over her arm, but she needed some darker colors. She found a long sleeved dark blue shirt, a few sizes larger than she really was. She grabbed it. She then went over to Roy and Ed, who were waiting by the dressing room. "Done!" She called cheerfully, skillfully folding the bras underneath all her other clothes.

Ed groaned, stretching. "Finally! How long have we been here?"

Camille grabbed her pocket watch from her pocket. "About half an hour. If I were a normal girl, Edo, you realize that we could've been here for 3 or 4 times that. Just be glad I hate shopping. Is there a book store anywhere around here?"

Roy nodded. "Just down the block. I think we'll go after we get something to eat. There's this really good place next door."

Camille sighed. "Oh thank Gate. Food." Next to her, Ed nodded enthusiasically. "I haven't eaten since a few hours before the dimension swap. What kind of stuff do they serve?"

Roy stared at her. "Camille, that was over two days ago. Come on, let's get to the checkout counter. And they serve regular stuff."

As they began walking, Camille rebutted, "Roy, I'm from a different dimension. What's regular to you might be completely different to me."

As they came up to the counter, Roy waved his hand dismissevely. "You'll see when we get there."

The items took a couple minutes to check out, and after Roy payed, Camille said "Yo, I'm going to go change into one of these outfits. I'll be back in a few." Roy and Ed nodded, going to the car to put up the bags. Camille, ignoring the odd looks everyone was giving her, went to change.

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meanwhile, on the otherside of the gate:

Abby looked at the officer. "Has she tried to call you? Have you called her?"

She nodded. "I've tried calling her. Several times, in fact. I got the message that she was out of her calling range."

The officer looked at her seriously. "Maybe she left the continent, skipped town."

Abby glared at the police man at her door. "Dammit officer, I'm telling you that my sister would not just up and leave. She had a job, her cat, me. We both might be emancipated, but she wouldn't just up and ditch me!"

The officer looked at her. "Ms. Clifton, I'm telling you, there's no sign of your sister anywhere. We've analyzed the paths you've given us. We've searched your mothers home, and the rest of town. The only thing we found was this." He showed a picture of the transmutation circle. "Does that mean anything to you?"

Abby sank to her knees. "Oh gate. No, not this. Please, dear gate. Not this. Nononononononono. NO!"

The officer looked shocked. "What? What's wrong? What does that symbol mean?"

Abby slowly shook her head. "It's very complicated officer. Let's just say that you could spend several lifetimes searching and never find my sister. I need to find my uncle. He'll know what to say, how to find whoever did this."

The officer looked confused, but let it drop. Sort of. "Is it a gang symbol? And where is your uncle? Who is your uncle?"

Abby looked up, tear tracks covering her face. "It's no gang, Officer Sciuto. It's just a very special thing, known to very few. And my uncle's name is Antonio. Antonio Carriedo. As for where he is, I have no idea. He left a few years back. I can find him, it'll just take a little time."

Officer Sciuto looked unconvinced, but nodded anyways. "Call me if you hear anything about or from your sister."

Abby nodded. "Thank you, officer. Now, let me get to my work." She closed the door, leaning against the cheap faux wood. As soon as she heard the footsteps fade, she slid down, tears coming harder and faster. Ragged sobs escaped her lips as she let reality hit her. Camille, her sister, her best friend, the closest thing she ever had to a mom, was in a different dimension. She needed her daddy. She needed her Uncle Tony. She needed her Onee-san. She needed revenge on whoever did this. She glared at the wall. 'Focus. Find the tracking equipment. Find Uncle Tony.'

She got up, focusing on where she had left the small computer with worldwide tracking. In the hall closet. Top shelf. She reached up,finding the small box. She glared at the small box as it loaded. 'Hurry up!' She mentally shouted.

"Finally." She sighed. She had tracking devices on everyone in her family. Her mom, who was pacing in the living room of her old home, her father, still resting peacefully in his grave, Natasha, in college out of town. -Lubbock, to be exact. It was a blinking dot on her map. Camilles purple dot was nowhere on the map.- She zoomed out some more. Searching... Ah hah! There he is! The gold dot marked Uncle Tony was somewhere in Tokyo. Plane tickets shouldn't take to long to get. Couple days, maybe. "Time to get my sister back." She walked to an ATM, pulling all the money from her sisters savings and half from her own. Then she took a much longer walk to her fathers grave.

She sank down next to the tombstone marked with a flamel symbol. Abby sighed, feeling tears drip from her eyes. "Oh Daddy." She said, sobbing. "Daddy, Camille's gone. Whoever poisoned you sent her through the Gate. I'm on my way to Tokyo to find Uncle Tony so we can get her back." She pounded on the earth in front of her contemplatevely. Abby sat in silence for awhile, going over her plan. As the sun began to rise, she rose as well, knowing it was illegal for her to be there before dawn. She began to walk off, vowing to the grave behind her, "I'm not losing someone else to this douchebag."

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Back with Camille, Roy and Ed:

Camille sighed, pushing back her plate. "That's it. I'm done. I'm too full to eat another bite."

Ed had given up about 5 minutes before she had, and Roy was halfway through a book. "It's about time, Camille. You ate more than Ed!"

Camille gave him a withering glare. "You said it yourself, I hadn't eaten in almost two days. Add that with the blood loss, and are you really surprised?"

Roy shook his head, gesturing for the check. "Not really. Now, what kind of did you have in mind when you asked for a book store?"

Camille shrugged. "Anything, really. Except for romance. That shit is just too sappy."

Roy put down the money needed for the meals."What'd you know, a teenage girl not liking romance. Well, lets go before they close."

They headed out, wrapping coats closer to them like shields. "Fucking shit its cold!" Camille said quietly. Roy and Ed nodded, walking as quickly as possible to the bookshop, which promised warm tea and good books. Camille sighed. Warm tea sounded amazing right now. That and a couple fantasy novels could last her through the week. They entered the small building, and Camille took a large breath, sighing it out. She just adored the smell of books. She could smell the brewing tea underneath it, and you could just see her body relax. She wandered off, hoping to buy a mug, maybe have a conversation with someone other than Roy or Ed. Actually, she wouldn't mind talking to them as long it was an actual conversation, and not her just explaining stuff.

She wound up in the fantasy section, according to the sign. Mostly it was kids stuff, picture books and things, but there were a few that looked rather interesting. One called Maximum Ride looked pretty interesting. And Cryptid Hunters, among others. After going to Roy for the right amount of cenz for both the books and a cup of tea, she sat in a leather armchair, cracking open Cryptic Hunters. 'Marty and Grace O'Hara were twins, but you wouldn't know it if you saw them together...' began the book, and Camille found herself quickly lost in the plot line. She felt a tap on her shoulder and jerked.

Roy smiled down at her, books under an arm. Ed was behind him, saying "-too bad they don't have anything on plant alchemy, I swear." The image was comforting to see, these men that hadn't even known her yet had taken such amazing care of her, a complete stranger.

"Ready to go?" Asked Roy. Camille nodded, picking up her stack of books and still warm tea. She shifted the small stack of books under one arm, nodding. She waved to the clerk, a dirty-blonde with pixielike features. She always had interesting conversations with clerks. It was always surface stuff though. Never actually got to know the people. As she walked twowards the car, she seemed to remember something, and began to hurry.

'Crap, crap crap I forgot to call Abby!' Was her only thought as she quickly explained that she had to call her sister because she just knew that whoever wanted them gone hadn't erased the transmutation circle just so her sister would know and come after her. She couldn't let that happen. As soon as they got to the driveway, Camille was out the door and over the fence, asking then to please,please please take the bags in because this was a super important call. Ed just shook his head, smiling, and Roy chuckled. Camille was a really odd girl, but a good person at heart, and the way she worried about her little sister was similar to Ed and his brother.

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Camille gripped her phone tightly, praying to every deity she knew that Abby would answer her phone. Luckily, the gods decided in her favor. "Joe's Bar and Grill, how may I help you?"

Camille smirked. Abby had stolen had that from their dad. She always said it when she was distracted, because then she would've said it in the language they prefered. French. "Tch, Petite sœur, si vous ne faites pas attention à votre identification de l'appelant, un de ces jours la mère plus chère va vous appeler, et alors vous serez aspiré dans son je viens de soins de vous! faux comme l'enfer de routine harcèlement téléphonique."

She heard her sister exhale, then giggle hysterically, then gasp again as she began to speak. "Sœur aînée! Savez-vous combien j'ai été inquiète de vous? J'ai appelé les flics essaient de vous trouver! Où en êtes-vous?"

Camille ducked her head, even though she knew her sister couldn't see it. "Je suis baissant la tête Abby. Quoi qu'il en soit, vous avez vu le cercle de transmutation. Vous savez que je suis sur l'autre côté de la porte il. Quant à savoir où exactement ... Des thats va prendre du temps."

Camille heard her sister 'humph' over the phone. "Vous devriez être. Maintenant, qu'est-ce qui se passe?"

Camille sighed. Here comes the hard part. "Rappelez-vous ces histoires Oncle Tony nous a dit? Celles concernant les deux frères alchimistes. Eh bien, ils ne sont pas des histoires. Je suis actuellement avec Edward Elric, dès maintenant. Je suis en fait à la fois avec lui et Roy Mustang, mais ce n'est pas le point. Le point est que vous ne pouvez pas venir me chercher. J'ai perdu ma main, et il n'était même pas ma faute. La porte va prendre plus de vous, parce que vous allez faire volontairement. Croyez-moi, ne venez pas me chercher! Pas même l'oncle Tony peut aider maintenant."

There was a whoosh of air from the earpiece as Abby exhaled quickly. "Mais..."

Camilles voice was unintentionally sharp "Non!" Then she heard in the distance: 'Flight 213 to Tokyo now boarding.' "Are you at an airport?"

Abby made an agreeing noise. "I'm taking a trip to Tokyo. I need to bail out Jenny. She assualted the police. Again."

Camille sighed. "I never did like that girl. Alright. It's been awhile, so brush up on your Japanese, ok Imoto-san?

"Hai ane o yoroshiku onegai itashimasu. Sayōnara! (Yes, thank you,older sister. Goodbye!)"

"Sayōnara Imoto-san. Watashi wa anata o aishite." (Goodbye, little sister. Love you.")

"Watashi wa anata o aishite!" (I love you!) The connection cut off, and Camille closed her phone. She never approved of that Jenny girl. Always violent. Suddenly, a mug of hot chocolate found its way under her nose. "Drink." Commanded Ed, holding another mug in his own hand. She took the cup and drank gratefully, phone still clutched in her hand.. Ed laughed. "Good. Your lips aren't blue anymore. What were you speaking?"

Camille shrugged, happily cupping the mug. "French, for the most part of the phone call, and Japanese near the end." At Ed's blank look, she elaborated. "Languages spoken on my side on the gate. Not very common where I'm from, but good for privacy."

Ed snorted. "Don't try that here, people'll think you're crazy or something. I have to go to the post office, so I'll be back. Enjoy the distraction free time!" Camillle shook her head, turning to head inside herself. She had stuff to do.

Fail ending is fail. **Facepalms** Again, Gomen, for the wait! But the next chapter should be up soon. Depends on if FF will behave.