(A/N: Chibi, here. I'm so sorry I wasn't able to update as soon as I promised. Not only that, this is a short chapter. Don't worry, I'll make it up to you. Thanks so much for the reviews, dearies. It means a lot to me!)

Al tapped his foot on the floor, watching the door with impatience. He spent the last thirty minutes packing clothes for both him and his brother. But he was still out of it. Colonel Mustang's words echoed inside Al's mind. After the phonecall with him, he was just left stunned and unsure if he should already assume the worst. He hoped to whoever was out there that they were still alive and everything would be okay for Ann. Al suddenly heard muffled voices from outside. He knew it was Ed and Winry. He gave a sigh. From the sound of it, they finally made up and sounded like they were in a really good mood. The cold air entered the house as the door was carefully opened. Al couldn't help notice that Ed and Winry's lips looked a bit swollen. As much as he wanted to tease them about it, there just wasn't enough time.

"Brother! We need to go to Central!" Al said as Ed walked up to him.

"Whoa, hang on. Can I get a hi first?" Ed asked, a stupid grin on his face. Winry had gone to Ann's side and already was complaining out loud about her messy appearance.

"No. This is important. Something's happened to Ann's parents." Al said loud enough for Winry to hear from the other room. She walked in, her eyes wide with concern, and Ann in her arms.

"What….HOw do you know this?" Ed asked him. Al rubbed his left eye, a pounding sensation suddenly appearing in his head.

"Colonel Mustang called over thirty minutes ago. He didn't tell me what it was but just that they weren't in their hotel room when they went to go pick them up." Ann suddenly began to cry. Winry gave them an apologetic look.

"Sorry you guys, looks like Ann needs a diaper change. I'll be back." she said, taking Ann to her room where her baby bag was. Ed leaned against the wall, his arms crossed in front of his chest. A small sigh escaped his lips.

"I get the feeling they might have been kidnapped." Ed said out loud. Al could feel the pounding get stronger but he chose to ignore it.

"Mmm. Why do you say that?" Al asked, trying to see where Ed's thinking was going. Ed looked over at his younger brother, his face scrunched up in thought.

"Well, think about it. Ann's parents went to Central because they were going to help Colonel Mustang with the affairs in Ishval. Somebody, and I'm not going to assume who, probably still holds a grudge against either Amestris or Ishval." he explained. Al rubbed his temples.

"Then, Ann's parents probably hold a bigger piece of the puzzle than we thought." Al said. Ed nodded. He noticed the suitcases beside Al's feet.

"Already packed, huh? Did you call the train station?" he asked. Al rolled his eyes.

"Brother, you already know I did. I was always in charge of that stuff when we were traveling around." he told him. Ed gave a small grin.

"Looks like our travels aren't over yet." he said more to himself then to Al. Winry came down her room, also carrying her own bag.

"I'm going too." she declared. Ed stared at her in confusion.
"Um, no you're not. Win, if something happened to Ann's parents, there's a chance something could happen to us." he said. Winry scoffed,

"I'm going because of Ann, Ed. I highly doubt you two are going to be able to walk around taking care of a baby. You'd forget her somewhere and then you'd be wishing I came along." she retorted. Ed groaned. But she did have a point.

"Alright, fine. Bring your automail stuff too. Something could happen to my leg and then I'd be just as useless as that Colonel bastard on a rainy day." Winry smiled and ran to the automail shop to grab her tools. Al's eyes felt like it was on fire.

"Oww." he said, holding his hand up to his eye. Ed looked at him.

"You okay, Al?" he asked. Al shook his head.

"My eye and head hurts." he told him.

"You're stressing out over the news. You're getting a migraine. I'll go grab some medicine from the medicine cabinet." Al nodded and walked to the kitchen to grab himself a glass of water. It was times like these where he was forcefully reminded that he could feel pain. Oh well. It was just a small price to pay.

"Wait! We need to call Granny!" Winry yelled throughout the house.

"We'll leave her a note. When we arrive at Central, we'll give her a call." Ed yelled back at her. All this yelling is not helping at all Al thought, rubbing his temples.

Suddenly, the phone rang. Al froze in his spot for a couple of seconds before he rushed to grab it but was too slow. Ed ripped the phone off the receiver.

"Hello?" he huffed.

"OH, EDWARD ELRIC. IT'S BEEN TOO LONG. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Ed moved the phone away from his ear. Ed gave Al a look and AL just shrugged.

"Hello, Major Armstrong." he said. Winry came out of the room with her tool box.

"Who is it?" she mouthed to Al.

"Major Armstrong." Al mouthed back to her. She gave an 'oh' and just nodded. Ed already looked annoyed and Al was pretty sure Ed was going to slam the phone back onto the receiver.

"Wait, what!?" Ed yelled. Ed groaned and placed a hand over his face.

"We don't need protection, Major." he mumbled. Ed rolled his eyes at the Major's response.

"Fine. We'll be there soon." he hung up the phone. Al waited for Ed to tell him why the Major had called.

"He's at the train station here in Resembool. He called from one of the lines there. Apparently, the Colonel had insisted that we should be escorted all the way to Central." Ed said stubbornly. Al's eyes whipped quickly to him.

"You do know what that means though, right Ed?" Al asked him. Ed wasn't even fazed by this. He nodded and sighed.

"The person who did something to Ann's parents is in Resembool, probably for Ann." he said. Al stayed silent, unsure of what to say next.

"Then, they were kidnapped?" Winry asked. Ed shrugged.

"That's what we're hoping, Winry."

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(A/N2: I wrote new one-shots in case you want to read them. They're called Oh, Winry, Laughter, and The Definition and Example of the Word Beautiful.)