"No. I don't wanna sing." I said softly.

May was trying to coax me to sing something. I was in a blue and black feeling, which generally means I'm very sad.

"C'mon, I bet it'll cheer you up." she said, pushing on my shoulder. Shao May squeaked, nodding.

"And you may need to come up with something for us to use as a battle-cry in the upcoming fight." Hawkeye said.

"Huh?"

"The Fuhrer has approved of our lending troops to retrieve Edward. From what you say, this Shayle character is bent on world-domination. After he gets rid of the equalizer, you, he'll most likely come for Amestris."

"In that case..." I said softly. "... Just let me think, I'll come up with something..."

Everyone was silent... Sorta. They were bustling about, making preparations for the upcoming war.

Ling slung himself in through the window, Lan Fan not far behind. "Okay, I just sent a message to Xing for some of my forces."

I'd jumped up when he'd burst in, ready to fight... Too jumpy to be expecting him.

Hmm... Jump. Now there's an idea.

"Now, how does that go...?" I murmured, a small smile creeping onto my face. "You gotta jump! Jump! That's what the base is for! Gotta jump! Jump! If you want more!"

"Annabeth?" Al asked.

I became silent, staring at my feet for a moment, nodding my head in time to the rhythm in my head. Everyone else became silent, knowing I was coming up with something. 'Jump Jump' was one of my favorite songs, and it often inspired me to do things.

Now it was giving me something else to sing...

Boom boom clap. Boom boom clap. Boom boom clap.

I stomped my foot twice, then softly clapped. Repeat...

They were getting the rhythm.

"... This is a call to arms... Gather soldiers, time to go to war... This is a battle-song... Brothers and sisters, time to go to war...! Did you ever believe? Were you ever a dreamer? Ever imagine, heart open and free? Did you ever deny? Were you ever a traitor? Ever in love with your blood, lust and need? This is a call to arms! Gather soldiers, time to go to war! This is a battle-song! Brothers and sisters, time to go to war...! Ever wanna be free? Do you even remember? Wanna be God, the Devil like me? Ever wanna just stop? Do you wanna surrender? Or fight for victory...?! Here we are at the start... I can feel the beating of our hearts... Here we are at the start.. Darkness-"

"That's good, that's good! Let's use that!" Ling grinned.

I stuck my tongue out at him. "You screwed me up."

"Nevertheless, it's still a good song." Hawkeye smiled. I smiled back, feeling my happy colors drain back into me.

But then I thought of poor Ed, stuck with Shayle...

And my shades of gray came right back.

You take the shades of gray and make them fade away!

And my rainbow colors returned again.

"La dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da (A\N: Too many here for me to keep up with... So rawr.)... All the colors in the sky remind me of your pretty eyes, oh, be with me, right now... When I look into the sky, I see the clouds and wonder why I'm not with you, right now... Oh, be my rainbow girl, put the colors in my world, and baby you can see, that we were meant to be! You take the shades of gray and make them fade away! You brighten up my day, oh, baby, won't you stay? I'll be your rainbow girl, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da! I'll be your rainbow girl, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da! I'll be your rainbow girl...! Alright let's go! Alright let's go! Alright let's go! Alright let's, alright let's, alright let's, alright-alright-alright-alright-alright let's go!... All the colors in the sky remind me of your pretty eyes, oh, be with me, right now... When I look into the sky, I see the clouds and wonder why I'm not with you, right now... Oh, be my rainbow girl, put the colors in my world, and baby you can see, that we were meant to be! You take the shades of gray and make them fade away! You brighten up my day, oh, baby, won't you stay? I'll be your rainbow girl, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da! I'll be your rainbow girl, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da! I'll be your rainbow girl...! La dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da... Alright let's-let's-let's go! Let-let-let's go! oh, be my rainbow girl, put the colors in my world, and baby you can see, that we were meant to be! You take the shades of gray and make them far away! You brighten up my day, oh, baby, won't you stay? I'll be your rainbow girl, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da! I'll be your rainbow girl, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da, la dadi dadi da! I'll be your rainbow girl!"

May was smiling and telling me to look how much happier I was. Everyone else was smiling and nodding.

"That seems like it was written for you. You certainly chase away Ed's shades of gray." Al smiled.

"Really?" I asked.

"I bet he's looking at the sky and thinking of your pretty eyes right now." Mustang smirked from at his desk.

"Shut up, you bastard, or you'll make me sad again!" I yelled. "I'll sic the panda on you!"

That earned a lot of laughter. I huffed.

Why am I thinking of that jet-pack...?

Oh shit! Shayle's always been a high-tech person! Nobody else has the shit he does! How can we counter them?!

Shut up, Annabeth. You have the ultimate weapon. Once you confiscate all this stuff, simply take it to Winry and have her reconstruct them, only six times better!

"Alphonse!" I screeched, jumping on his back. He shouted in surprise. "The jet-pack and the RPG! Where are they! We gotta go see Winry!" I howled.

"What're you going on about, Annabeth?" Ling asked.

"Shayle has always been known to use high-tech crap. But, sorry to say this, we're pretty damn low-tech. So, if we could get Winry and like a hundred other engineers working on duplicating every high-tech weapon thingy we capture, since we all know Winry would improve anything she took apart, we'd quickly kick Shayle's ass!" I smirked.

"Great idea! That way we could quickly win, like you said!" May smiled.

So we were all soon ready to go to Resembool. The jet-pack and RPG were safely in my hands as we approached the Rockbell's house.

"Wait."

"Ling?"

He, May and Lan Fan were stock-stiff.

"What's wrong?" I growled, started to turn a tight circle.

"There's someone in there with them..."

I thrust the things at Al and bounded up the stairs of the house, through the door, and sprinted down to where there was conversation.

"RAWR- AAH!"

I realized too late who it was I was tackling.

"Dammit!"

"Sorry! Ling set me off! We got attacked recently and everyone's tightly wound!" I growled, rolling off of Scar. "Just a minute while I go kick his ass... LING, YOU IDIOT!"

Everyone stared after me as I ran back outside and tackled Ling.

"If you're quite done, we've got a mission, remember?!" Al yelled as we rolled over and over.

"Oh, yeah. Winry-sama, we've got toys for you!" I said cheerfully, taking them from Al and handing them to her.

"Ohmigosh, what are these?! They're amazing, can I take them apart?!"

"So longs as ya put 'em back together an' make us a ton more of 'em! We need more so we can go rescue Edo-kun from some old bully of mine." I informed her.

"That idiot, he's always getting into trouble..." she muttered, then went back to cooing over the big shiny new toys we'd brought for her.

I smiled. With Winry, we'd win in no time squat...

SO WHY DIDN'T I FEEL THAT WAY?!

That evening, I was sitting out on the porch being sulky while everyone else was inside trying to make merry. I looked out over under the tree where Jane and Den were.

"Is something the matter?"

I whipped around. Scar... "No, not really... I guess... Shayle, the guy who got Edward... he used to bully me all the time, and take my things away from me, destroy them, break me down... And nobody stopped him but my two friends, who I only just met recently. But... I suppose I'm a little scared. Without them, how the heck do I stand up to Shayle?! It'll be just like always, with him standing triumphant over a bloody, broken and beaten me..." I sniffed, lowering my head into my arms.

"I doubt that."

"Eh?"

"You're strong. Possibly one of the strongest people I've ever met. I have no doubt that you'll prevail over him."

I smiled a little as he said that... Partially because he was smiling. I'd hardly ever seen Scar smile. It was special...