"Oh man, I'm beat." Lucy sank down against a wall. Loke crouched in front of her.
"You going to be okay?" He asked, adjusting his glasses.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Just tired, is all."
"I imagine you would be."
Both Celestial spirit and wizard sprang up into defensive positions. A figure emerged from the smoke of Bixlow's attack.
"Get your hands up," Loke growled.
"They are up." The image coalesced into a young woman dressed in red and black. White gloves covered her upheld hands. "You took one of them out by yourselves? Good job."
Lucy looked closely at her. She didn't look remarkable, just a blonde with a red jacket. Loke seemed to think otherwise.
"Look at the mark on her chest." Lucy caught the hissed words as her lion stepped forward. Now that he mentioned it, Lucy could see part of a strange mark on the left side of her chest. It looked like a guild mark, but different. A black snake surmounted on a black cross with a winged crown over the top.
Maybe Lucy had been wrong in supposing the girl was unremarkable.
The blonde seemed to ignore their scrutiny, instead opting to go down on one knee next to Bixlow, checking his pulse and pulling rope out of her bag.
"What guild do you belong to?" Loke's voice was hard and it didn't go unnoticed by Lucy that he was standing protectively in front of her. So fierce.
The blonde looked up at him. "What was that?" She continued tying Bixlow up, showing an intense amount of focus.
"What guild do you belong to? What mark do you have?" Loke was growing impatient.
"Oh, you mean this?" She straightened and tapped the mark. "It's the mark of my teacher. I don't belong to any guild. I don't even know what that is." She dusted her hands off and nudged Bixlow with her toe. "Okay, where do we need to take these guys?"
"'These guys?'" Lucy asked confused.
"Yeah, there are two more of them trussed up on that roof over there." The girl jerked a thumb backward. "So, what should I do with them?"
Loke and Lucy just stood there open mouthed. "You took out two members of the Thunder Legion?"
"All by yourself?"
The girl scratched her head. "If you mean a dude with green hair and a girl with glasses, then yeah, I guess."
Lucy's eyes felt like they were about to fall out of her head. Loke seemed to share the sentiment. "You took out Freed and Evergreen?"
"Yes. I said that." The girl spoke slowly, as if talking to a child. "Now, they are going to wake up soon so they need to be in a place where they can be contained. Where do we take them?"
Lucy felt as if her brain had broken. Just how powerful was this girl? And she was unaffiliated with a guild? Maybe she would join Fairy Tail...
Her lion at least had some brain power left and he directed the girl to Fairy Tail. She nodded and grabbed the rope holding Bixlow. "You coming?" she asked looking over her shoulder. Lucy jumped. Was she talking to them? The blonde just looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, uh, yeah, I guess." Lucy hurried over, Loke right behind her, and grabbed the rope. The girl smiled at her.
"Thanks."
"I'm Lucy, and this is Loke. What's your name?"
The blonde sized her up and a faint smirk danced in the corners of her mouth. "Most people call me Fullmetal."
"Fullmetal," Lucy repeated.
"Yeah. Now let's go!"
A/N: Well, there's the first chapter of what will (hopefully) be a very long, multi-story crossover fic. I really like Fem!Edward Elric and think he would be totally BA as a girl. So iffn y'all like that sort of thing, I hope you'll like this story. :)