A/N: Hey guys! This is my first time posting here on FF, so hopefully this turns out how i imagined it. I originally started to like Ed/Maka when i found a crossover fic about the two of them, sadly that fanfic never actually got completed and the writer abandoned the story halfway through. I ended up going out and looking for more FMA/SE crossovers that included EdMa but I never found any that were long enough, and completed. So, i decided to write one of my own!

Hope you all like it!

I DO NOT OWN SOUL EATER OR FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

(constructive criticism is appreciated)

A young teenager, around the age of 15, soundlessly crept around the nearest corner. Her deep green eyes darted in every direction whenever a single sound dared to reach her ears. A sudden noise briefly made itself known to the brunette, whose hair was carefully tied into two pigtails. Jumping, she swiftly turned backward, hoping her search had finally come to an end.

"Tch, Only my imagination." She scowled in a hushed tone

"Hey." another voice called softly. "Don't stress, we've got this. Now, let's find somewhere safe so you can concentrate." The voice was that of a male, yet, it didn't seem to come from another person. The girl was the only one there.

"Alright." She glanced down quickly at the weapon held firmly in her hands. It was a scythe, one with a glossy silver staff, and a black and red striped blade. A symbol similar to an eye, was placed at the top of it. Quickening her pace, she dashed around another corner and stepped into the nearest room, closing the door behind her.

"Soul." she whispered, leaning her back against the door she had previously closed. "Transform back. I'm too tired to perform my soul perception." With that, the weapon instantly changed into another young teenager. He had spiky white hair and piercing red eyes, his skin was tan in color.

"Maka," the boy started. "We have been at this for over an hour now, you're exhausted, let's call it a day. We can catch that Pre-Kishin tomorrow." He held his meister's shoulder and stared her in the eyes, a look concern flooding his own.

"NO! What if it hurts, or even kills somebody!" Maka shouted, she was enraged. This had been the third time he had suggested giving up, and she refused to let a Pre-Kishin run around hurting innocent people.

"Maka-"

"NO!" She interrupted him and began reaching for the doorknob to continue her search, but, she was stopped by a new and unfamiliar voice entering their conversation.

"Excuse me, but i do not believe you two have permission to be here." The voice seemed to come from nearby, obviously in the same room as them. Maka swiftly jerked her head in the direction the heard the voice come from. Due to the darkness of the room, she was unable to locate the voice's owner.

"I thought this place was supposed to be abandoned." Maka whispered to her partner. Soul could easily tell that she wasn't scared, but utterly confused.

"I did too..." Soul trailed off as a man who looked to be in his thirties slowly made his way toward the team, stepping into a lighter area. His face could now be seen by the pair. The man had short black hair, glasses, a white collared shirt and a simple black tie. Based on his appearance, both assumed him to be an intelligent man.

"Who are you?" both of them questioned in unison before Maka continued "and what exactly are you doing here?" The man sighed before responding

"My name is Dr. Carl. I'm a Scientist who is working with a large group of other scientists. We are currently researching Time travel and Alchemy. This just happens to be where we are currently conducting our research, so i am forced to ask you to leave." He said turning and re-positioning his glasses in attempt to come across as a very smart man, but Maka quickly realized that he wasn't as smart as he appeared.

"That's illegal." Maka quickly stated. Her partner soon shot her a confused glance, as if asking her to explain.

"Many people have attempted both of those things before. Sometimes they would work out fine, but in others, there were too many fatalities. In addition, we have no way of knowing if any of the time travel attempts really did work, or if the people claiming to have come from the future were just insane! Shinigama-Sama was forced to make it stop before more people got killed from it!" Soul looked absolutely astounded.

"Damn it." Dr. Carl scoffed, realizing his mistake. Maka immediately noted that the Pre-Kishin would have to wait, this was far more important, she HAD to notify Shinigama-Sama as soon as possible. The girl eagerly moved one of her hands behind her and began feeling around the door, searching for the doorknob.

"What do you think you are doing little girl" Dr. Carl retorted, noticing her attempt to open the door. He quickly made his way over to her while reaching for something in his pocket. Soul quickly caught onto what the scientist was planning to do and reacted without hesitation.

"HEY!" The scythe exclaimed pushing him further from Maka. "What the HELL were you going to do to my meister!" Not a moment after, Soul's arm began to give off a blue gleam before transforming into a blade. "I suggest you get away." His voice much more cross than what was normal of Soul.

"I do not have any idea of what you might be talking about." Carl sneered, stepping in front of Maka to face the white-haired weapon, leaning forward as if he wanted to look Soul straight in the eye. His trick worked perfectly. Before the boy could react, Dr. Carl swiftly wrapped his arm around Maka's neck, holding a knife at the front of it. Maka held back a gasp and her eyes landed on Soul.

"S-Soul?" Was all she could manage to utter, terrified that she was on the verge of loosing her life.

"YOU BASTARD!" Soul screeched. He almost rashly lunged forward to save his partner, but briskly realized it wasn't in his best interest to do so. He rather, transformed his blade back into the arm it normally was. "What do I have to do to get you to let her go?" Soul asked grimly under his breath. Dr. Carl let out an evil chuckle.

"There's nothing you can do, silly little child. I need a favor from both of you." His smile only becoming more, evil and demented.

"Hostages?! Are you serious Dr. Carl! We have already done plenty of things to break the law. Do you really want to add another thing to that list?" Dr. Emma scolded at the sight of the two children he had dragged along with him. The knife still remained in the same spot in front of Maka's throat, neither of them dared to let a single word escape their lips. The female scientist looked much younger than they had anticipated she would be, maybe at the age of 17. Her hair was a dark blue tied up in to a bun with stray hair falling near the front of her face, her bangs were pinned back with two white hair clips Her eyes were a simple black color, but they seemed caring and soft in nature. She wore a white t-shirt with an open suit jacket.

"If it means stopping that crash, and getting my daughter back, then yes, yes I do." Dr. Carl replied with an emotionless tone.

"But Dr-" She started with a worried expression decorating her face, but she was soon interrupted.

"You want him back too, your boyfriend. We both get what we want if this works, and I will do anything to try at least one more time." Dr. Carl cut her of solemnly, glancing down at the two teenagers he had dragged into this.

"Yes I do want him back, along with everyone else who died that day, but everyone else we tested on volunteered. I refuse to capture and kill innocent people for this!" Emma exploded. Neither Soul nor Maka refused to take their eyes off of Dr. Emma, as if pleading for help.

"Well that's too bad, we are out of volunteers so these two are all we have left." he shot back. "Go home, you are only getting in the way." Dr. Carl said brokenly while pointing to the exit.

"Y-Yessir" Emma realized that there was nothing she could do to stop him at this point. She gazed at the floor somberly as she slowly made her way to the door, the thought of how what was about to happen to those two children would affect anyone they knew stained her mind, along with the regret that she was unable to stop it. She cautiously closed the door without a sound.

"Now that she is out of my way," Dr. Carl now spoke in a much clearer tone. "we can get to work." he finished his sentence while gazing down at Maka, causing a threatening noise to come from Soul. After what he had heard Dr. Emma say, he decided he had to find someway to get Maka out of here before that Psycho did anything to her, even if it meant he didn't make it out himself. Dr. Carl led Maka over to a nearby table with Soul following closely behind. The scientist then reached down and grasped a thick wristband with buttons covering the surface of it, hatefully slipping it onto Maka's wrist, and releasing her from his grasp. Maka instantly jumped into her partner's arms. After only a few brief moments hugging him, both turned to glare at their captor.

"What the hell is this thing?" Maka questioned in an irritated tone while inspecting the armband for a way to get it off.

"Oh I wouldn't try to get that off if i were you." Carl quickly informed her.

"Why not, and you never answered my question." Maka stated firmly.

"It's a device that I am currently working on developing for sending people through time. That one was specially made though, if it is removed the wrong way, it will shock the person to death." Dr. Carl replied arrogantly, smirking at a now enraged Soul. The weapon was unable to control his actions, launching himself at the scientist, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt.

"IT WILL WHAT?!" Soul roared, preparing to transform his arm into a blade.

"Whoa there, feisty are we? I wouldn't be so rash if i were you." Dr. Carl stated grabbing Soul's wrist and forcing the weapon to loosen his grip, slipping another one of the wrist bands onto Soul's wrist in the process and pushing the enraged boy backward.

"THE HELL?" Soul seethed. Carl simply chuckled while pulling a remote-like device out of his pocket.

"Soul!" Maka called out while grabbing his shoulder in attempt to calm him.

"I could kill you both instantly if that's what you prefer?" This got a growl out of Soul while Maka merely clenched her fists.

"Alright, do you understand the plan?" Dr. Carl questioned the two.

"Yessir." Maka responded.

"Then repeat it back to me." Carl demanded, unsure if the two had forgotten already or not. Soul sighed before responding for Maka.

"We go in there and negotiate with this 'Truth' guy your associates told you about, and convince him to give you your daughter back. Pretty simple instructions, not sure why we have to repeat them back to you but whatever." Soul began to get irritated.

"Come back empty-handed and I'll shoot both of you. Got it?"

"You may shoot me. NOT her." Soul said firmly, not breaking eye contact.

"Soul, you don't need to worry about that, we can do this, and then we can go home." Maka stated reassuringly.

There was a brief flash of light and within seconds the two were no longer in the old lab, but rather in a never-ending emptiness. Upon examining the large expanse they were placed in, the pair noticed a child-like figure that was surrounded by a dark cloudy substance, behind it, was a pair of doors with an intricate design. An ominous grin stretched across the face of the figure.

"Welcome." It smirked. "No need to explain why you are here, I already know." It continued. Soul stared at it, an uneasy expression written all over his face.

"Now, you don't seem to have any understanding of equivalence, so, i am forced to decide on what is an equal trade for you."

A/N: Alright guys, I hope you enjoyed chapter 1! Some familiar FMA characters (other than truth) will come in during chapter 2. Please tell me what you think about this so far, any concerns or ideas.

See you all next time!