A/N: Hi guys! I know I said my Korra or Naruto fics would probably be updated first, but I got too excited and so here's a dollop of TGA ahead of schedule. I don't think we'll meet anyone else this chapter, so I'll get right into reviewer responses. Thank you to everyone who faved, followed and reviewed!

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Elizabeth and Wesley sat on a bench in the Resembool train station, watching as their parents bid their aunt, uncle and cousins goodbye. Both were nervous, having never escaped from anything in their life, except maybe some flying wrenches.

Even the thought of flying wrenches was enough to make them shiver, considering they knew how much trouble they were going to be in once they finally did come home. Winry turned to the pair, easily flustering them in their anxious state.

"You have fun in Xing now, and be good for your Aunt and Uncle. I'll see you guys in a couple weeks, call me when you get to Xing, ok? I'll be in Rush Valley quicker than you guys'll cross the desert."

"Sure mom," Wes said, hugging her, but shooting his sister a dirty look over their mother's shoulder. Edward approached his wife and children, setting a hand on Elizabeth's shoulder.

"Stay out of trouble, guys. I know it'll be exciting since you haven't been there since you were babies, but don't drive them crazy, please."

Elizabeth stood and hugged her father unexpectedly tightly. "I'm gonna miss you guys."

Ed hugged her back, patting her head softly. "Hey, it's only a few weeks. When I was your age I was gone from home all the time."

Winry stepped forward and took her turn hugging Elizabeth, as Wes and Ed said their goodbyes. "Keep an eye on your sister, Wes."

Rolling his eyes, the Edward lookalike nodded. "I'll certainly try."

"You two ready?" Alphonse called, holding his 6 year old son Henry's hand. The young boy looked just like his dad, but with dark brown hair and his mother's eyes.

The two teens nodded, grabbed their bags and said a final goodbye to their parents before stepping on a train to East City. Al and Mei led their party to a pair of booths facing each other, where the 7 could fit comfortably provided Henry sat on somebody's lap.

Elizabeth looked to Jade, who sat between her and her brother. The girl's intrusion meant she couldn't really discuss the escape plan with Wes, even though they had gone over it earlier that morning.

"Ellie, do you wanna play a game?" Jade asked, a mischievous glint in her gold eyes. Knowing that the little girl was baiting her, the blonde Elric tried to keep herself composed.

"Don't call me Ellie, Jade! We've been over this! I don't like nicknames!"

"Oh really, El?" Wes asked, deliberately using the only nickname she found remotely acceptable.

"Yes, Wessie."

At the bickering, Al started to chuckle. "You know, that sorta reminds me of when your dad would get called short. Of course, I was much taller and good looking-"

"You were a suit of armor, Alphonse," Mei said with exasperation, to which Henry started calling out "Suit of Armor! Suit of Armor!" from her lap.

"-So everyone thought that I was the Fullmetal Alchemist instead of him."

His niece started to pout a little, before he realized that she was only 5'1" at 15 years of age. Wesley was a much more reasonable size, a couple inches taller than his father had been at 17.

"That's ok, Elizabeth, that means you can get a tall husband like your Uncle Alphonse. It creates interesting bedroom scenarios, if you know what I mean," Mei said, winking conspiratorily. The two older kids immediately blushed, and Al did as well.

"Mei, stop.." her husband muttered, looking very embarassed and hiding his face while his wife smirked, seeming pleased with herself.

"We have three children for a reason, Alphonse."

Wes scooted in his seat and closed his eyes, trying to get rid of the mental image of his Uncle Alphonse being crawled over sexually. "Ok then, wake me up when we're in East City."

"I don't get it, how can he sleep so easily on a train?" Opal asked, looking up at her parents a few moments later, Wesley already fast asleep and snoring lightly.

"Uncle Ed does that, he slept through a train getting hijacked once..."

"Are you ready to go, Wes?" Elizabeth whispered, as the Elrics got off of the connecting train in East City Station and prepared to get on the one that would take them to Xing. The golden haired teen nodded, stepping onto the next train.

Their plan involved getting on the train, before promptly getting off of it, to trick the adults into thinking they were lost somewhere on the train. They just needed excuses to be separated.

"Ah, go on ahead Uncle Al, Aunt Mei, I'm just gonna head to the bathroom and then catch up." Elizabeth said, pointing to a nearby bathroom. The two nodded, and continued on leading the group down the car. Slipping off of the train, she waited 5 minutes at their designated wait spot, before her brother found her.

"How did you get away, and with your bag to boot?" she asked, looking up to him.

"Told them I wanted to examine the engine room and talk shop with the conductors, then I muttered some names of tools, and then started asking technical questions about the engine and then they got confused and sent me away."

"I guess working with Mom can be useful sometimes," she said with a nod, getting up and pointing towards a train. "That's it right there, the train to Central."

"Ok, let's go."

Jade and Opal sat looking out the window of their train compartment as all sorts of people walked by, catching trains and waiting for them. The trains that traveled long distances were better equipped for people to rest, thus Al and Mei decided to bookone to accommodate their large traveling party.

"...maybe she's feeling sick?" they overheard Mei whisper to Al. "It's been 10 minutes now."

Jade turned to Opal and started to whisper quietly. "I think Wes and Elizabeth are escaping. I overheard Elizabeth ask Wesley if he was 'ready to go', earlier and it was really suspicious."

"I dunno, Jade, why would they want to escape?" Opal asked, before seeing a girl with a blonde braid and a boy with gold hair tied in a ponytail and gasping. "Is that them?"

"What's going on, girls?" Al asked, looking to the twins after hearing whispering and gasping. They exchanged a nervous glance, and tried to formulate a plan.

"Well, we're getting kind of worried about Elizabeth," Opal began, wondering if she should reveal what might be ocurring under her parents noses.

"And so we're going to go to the bathroom to check on her!" Jade said, cutting her sister off with a hidden elbow jab, before grabbing her arm and leading her out of their compartment. "Come on, Opal."

"Ok, if she needs anything just let us know," Mei called, stroking Xiao Mei on her lap.

Heading down the corridor, Jade led the way to the bathroom, Opal following closely behind. "Jade! What are we doing?"

"We're going to follow Wes and Elizabeth, obviously. We can't let them get away! We need to bring them back before we all get in big trouble!"

Seeing that the bathroom was decidedly Elizabeth-free, they hopped off the train and started to look around. Seeing a flash of blonde entering a nearby train, Opal pointed and started running towards it.

"She's not getting away so easy," Jade muttered, as they got on the train, stalked down the car and tracked down the flash of blonde, lightly grabbing the woman's arm before realizing to their horror that it was not Elizabeth.

"Ah! Sorry, miss!"

Just as Opal started to turn grab her sister and turn back to get off, they felt the train begin to move. "Oh no! The train's leaving, Jade, what are we gonna do? Mom and Dad are waiting for us!"

Jade, however, remained calm. "It's ok, Opal. We'll just keep checking the train, and then if Elizabeth and Wes aren't here, then we'll call Mom and Dad from wherever we are. Maybe Uncle Ed can take us back to Xing? He's only in Rush Valley, and everyone knows he isn't crazy about that place."

Opal nodded and lowered her head, her dark hair hanging into her gold eyes. Her sister looked around the moving car, before tapping the shoulder of an old woman.

"Excuse me, ma'am, where are we headed to?"

The elderly woman smiled down at the identical girls. "Why, dear, we're on our way to Ishval."

Elizabeth looked out the train window proudly, on the train headed for Central. Her brother sighed wearily, his head against the window. She could see how guilty he felt, and started to feel bad.

"I'm really sorry, Wes. Next time we see Uncle Al and Aunt Mei, I'll apologize, and to Mom and Dad too."

"I just hope this is over and done with soon so we can go back home," Wes said dramatically, before rifling through his bag for a small mechanical toy he was building for Henry. It looked like Al and Mei's cat, Martel, whom he was not fond of due to his cat allergy, but Henry adored. It was for that reason, and the fact that he had already made 2 or 3 of Xiao Mei that he was making it.

"Oh, relax, how long could it possibly take? We just need to do some research, that's it. It isn't like we'll be doing anything dangerous," Elizabeth replied with a dismissive wave of her hand, grabbing her dad's travel guide to do some reading up on Central.

A/N: And there you have it, chapter 2! I already love writing this fic, and I'm becoming so attached to the kids already! As always, please leave a nice review. It gets me super pumped to update more and more!

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MyHikari