Warning: Ed has a foul mouth. If that offends you, don't read.

A/N: Behold the magnificence of this fic! Not really, but I do like it so far. I was looking around the web and there was an appalling lack of this type of crossover. So I decided to give it a shot. I'm not sure which fandom it's going to end up under in the future, and so far the story has been mainly written from the PoV of SG-1 (that should change in the future when Ed isn't so out of it). But as I'm more in touch with the FMA fan-society I decided to go with it instead, at least for now. Especially since the likelihood of me messing up some technical jargon and storyline point with SG-1 is rather larger than with FMA. So please, don't flame me about where it should be, hopefully you understand where I'm coming from here. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA nor SG-1.

P.S.—If anyone can tell me the correct amount of discovered elements in the Stargate universe I'd be immensely grateful! I'll send you cyber donuts!

Chapter 1

"Get over there and start dialing that stargate, Daniel!" Jack yelled, turning back around to continue shooting at the enemy Jaffa coming up behind them.

It was only supposed to be a routine world check. And for a while everything seemed in order. They had sent m.a.l.p. in to check the planetary conditions which came back positive to viable conditions and used the camera to check for enemy guards. They then proceeded with caution and crossed over, immediately doing a scout of the area. Everything as a-okay…

Then Daniel had to push the button.

Ok, he didn't really push a button, but damn did he really have to touch that particular crystal? Next thing they knew the whole room activated, alerting what appears to have been an underground Gould run excavation. Now here they were, once again running for their lives, trying to take out as few Jaffa as possible because it might tarnish their 'good guy' image.

So again O'Neill wondered—did Daniel have to touch it?

Said individual was currently making a mad dash towards the dial to follow orders—

Then the stargate began power up.

"Uhh… Jack?" said Daniel, taking several steps back.

Jack turned and saw the problem.

"Damn!" he cursed.

Suddenly, the blurb of light burst out. But instead of the usual watery-blue of the wormhole it was a blinding blue-white light that crackled with electric energy that spat out a few bolts, taking out several Jaffa in the process.

But even more disturbingly, the wormhole lost the blue-while light to plunge into a pure inky blackness, looking like a black hole in the middle of this noon-day world.

And for a moment, Jack could have sworn he'd seen a small, inky black hand reach out before it was quickly sucked back in.

Everyone, Tauri and Jaffa alike had stopped to watch this phenomenon.

Just as they were starting to settle back into their skin, thinking that perhaps it was a mere malfunction, the gate spat out a single laser-ray of the blue-white light that slowly widened to a sizeable hole in the blackness.

And out of this hole fell a short boy.

Jack blinked. All that for… that?!

But before he could sort out his thoughts he felt a hard whack on the back of his head, making his vision swim. Obviously the jaffa had gotten over their shock quicker than SG-1.

'Who was that kid?' Jack thought just before he lost consciousness from the blow to his head.

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O'Neill came to at some point on the walk back to the ruins. As soon as the jaffa realized this they dropped him roughly on his feet, jabbing him painfully with a staff weapon as he stumbled. He just managed to catch a glimpse of the golden haired boy who was slung over one jaffa's shoulder. He didn't appear to have woken up yet.

As they neared their destination O'Neill noticed the presence of a ship that had not been there before. And as they got closer, he felt like a stone had been dropped into his stomach.

It was one of Ba'al's personal ships.

"Shit.." he moaned, earning himself another hit in the head.

'I'm going to need a CAT scan after all this is through,' he though, glancing back at the jaffa. As he did, he noticed a crease in the brow of the mysterious boy.

The kid was waking up.

They had reached the ship and quickly barded via transport ring, then were moved directly into the 'throne room' or the ship.

Where sat in all his dark, gloomy glory Ba'al…

Immediately, Jack had several sarcastic thoughts concerning the guy's name, none of them pleasant and many quite crude. He knew his sarcasm would get him into real trouble one of these days. But damn, he had to amuse himself somehow…

Ba'al came down from his seat to stand before SG-1, and specifically the Colonel.

"Colonel O'Neill, we meet again. How… unpleasant," he said in that two toned voice with his trademark smirk.

"The feeling's mutual," said O'Neill with a quirky grin of his own.

Ba'al gave a dark chuckle before he turned back away from SG-1.

"Once again we find ourselves in this situation. And once again, being the merciful god that I am, I lend you this offer—tell me what you were doing here and what you know about these ruins and I will forgive you before your very belated death."

"How kind," sneered O'Neill. Otherwise no one said a word.

"My Lord, there was another who came through the chappa'ai in a most unusual manner," said the jaffa holding the kid, laying said boy at the gouald's feet.

It was then that Jack noticed something. When he had seen the silver glints he had thought that it might be some kind of armor. But upon closer view his arm appeared to actually be made of…

"Metal," he heard Carter breath in wonder beside him, seeming just as stunned as him.

Ba'al's eyebrow quirked as he knealt by the still unconscious boy. "Interesting… why was it so unusal?"

The jaffa proceeded to describe the reaction of the wormhole prior to the blonde's exit. As the jaffa's story grew, Ba'al's interest did as well.

As the warrior ended Ba'al turned back to the boy, taking in the strong metal arm and the

lean muscles. Whoever the kid was, he was well built, if a bit feminine.

"Interesting indeed," said Ba'al, taking the kid's chin in his hand and turning it to both sides. "He is strong, and rather attractive. He would make an excellent host…"

Jack felt his temper rising…

"Though he is a bit short," concluded Ba'al.

No one was prepared for what happened next.

The boy's eyes immediately snapped open, revealing sharp eyes of brilliant gold, an eye color though impossible for those of the human race. Even the gouald fell back away quickly, stunned by the sight.

But that was nothing compared to what happened next.

The blonde was up on his feet in a millisecond, his strange golden eyes flashing.

"WHO DID YOU CALL SO SMALL HE COME'S KNEE-HIGH TO A FLEA?!" he bellowed at the top of his lungs.

Then he did something that would earn itself a place of honor in the memories of SG-1 forever.

He spun around, landing a hard spin kick directly to Ba'al's head with his left leg, sending the gouald sprawling backwards onto the floor.

The jaffa and SG-1 could only stand there in shock. Had they actually just seen that? Did this… vertically challenged kid just send one of the most powerful System Lords flying back on his ass?

Jack couldn't restrain a bark of laughter.

Again the jaffa had to shake of their shock before they could move, rushing forward to restrain the kid.

"Hey! What are you bastards doing? Get the fuck off me assholes!" he yelled.

As the kid continued to cuss out the jaffa in many colorful and inventive ways, O'Neill felt his liking for the kid go up another notch.

But it didn't look like Ba'al was quite so amused. He had staggered back to his feet, and as he approached the blonde he backhanded him.

"Kneel to your god and beg for forgiveness!" yelled Ba'al.

The kid slowly rose his head to meet Ba'al's eyes, and Jack felt the steel daggers hidden in that glare. It was a glare that no kid should have.

"I kneel to no man, and I will not beg," growled the boy. "And I don't believe in god."

Beside him he could feel both Carter and Daniel shiver.

"Then I shall have to enlighten you," said Ba'al, bringing up a palm with a hand device covering it. The device glowed and struck the boy in the chest.

They saw the kid flinch and grind his teeth, but otherwise he didn't make a sound.

This only served to infuriate Ba'al more, who growled ferally before increasing the power hitting his victim. A noise threatened to bubble up from the blonde, but they watched as it was quickly choked back.

"Beg to your god!" yelled Ba'al in fury.

Though his breathing was labored, the kid managed to grind out a growled, "I will not beg! And this is nothing compared to his pain…"

As the length the kid was held under the torturous device dragged on with not so much as a yelp from the kid, the liking he had felt earlier grew to a kind of respect. Not even he had been able to last this long under the device without making a noise. But it also made him wonder what the kid had endured to allow him such resistance to pain. And whose pain had been worse?

Finally Jack could take no more.

"Hey, Ba'al! Quit toying with the kid! Pick on someone your own size!"

By the unconscious tick taking place on the kid's eyebrow, Jack had a sneaking suspicion that, had he not been near comatose from pain, he would have lunged at Jac for the comment on his size.

But it seemed to have work, drawing Ba'al's attention away from the kid and back on O'Neill. Unfortunately, Jack got a sinking feeling as he saw Ba'al glance back and forth between the kid and himself before he sent Jack a bone chilling grin.

"Ah yes… I seem to remember you have a bit of a soft sport for children…"

The sinking feeling grew as he turned away and towards the kid, running his hand through some of the blonde locks that had fallen out of the braid.

"Tell me your name, child," said Ba'al, sounding all the world like a kind benefactor and not the torturous murder he was.

It took a moment, but the blonde gave a quiet answer—

"Go fuck yourself, you freaky-voiced son-of-a-bitch."

Jack felt like giving the kid a salute right then and there.

Ba'al snorted, "Very well…"

He raised his hand to the kid's head—

"Don't!" yelled Carter.

Ba'al's eyes flicked to her with narrowed eyes.

"And why shouldn't I?" he growled.

She didn't answer. There really wasn't any reason they could come up with that would appeal to a gouald.

Ba'al hesitated for a moment before snapping at the guards, "Jaffa! Take the boy to a cell! I'll deal with him later!"

The jaffa nodded as they forced the blonde to his feet, all but dragging him out of the room.

Slowly Ba'al turned his attentions back to SG-1.

"Now where were we…" he said, raising the device to O'Neill's chest. "Ah yes, now I remember…"

And despite his best efforts, Jack couldn't bite back a scream.

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An hour later SG-1 was being hauled off to a cell, Jack having to be virtually carried between two jaffa. As they reached it they were thrown in, hearing the door lock into place behind them.

Carter crawled her way through the dark room as her eyes adjusted, trying to find where she last saw the Colonel. "Sir? Are you alright?"

"Just peachy, Carter. Peachy…"

"There's no reason to be like that, Jack," said Daniel.

"Then how would you have me be Daniel? Sitting down singing Kumbaya? Wanna get the jaffa to come back in and join us?"

"I'm just saying you could be a little nicer—"

"Could you both shut the hell up? My head hurts," said a quiet voice at the side of the room.

The four team mates turned toward the side of the room. There, hanging by his wrists where they were shackled to the wall, was the kid from earlier. The others slowly edged their way toward him.

"Hey kid, how you feelin'?" asked O'Neill.

Jack caught a glimpse of a grin before the kid said, "Peachy, just peachy…"

Daniel snorted and Carter couldn't help but smile. Jack quirked an eyebrow in a motion he learned from Teal'c who was sitting off to the side observing the kid.

"Ha, ha… glad you retained your sense of humor. I suppose that means you're still sane…"

"As much as I ever was, though that's still in debate."

"I know the feeling kid, I know the feeling…"

"Stop calling me 'kid'," growled the blonde as he clenched his fists.

"Then give me something else to call you, Blondie. What's your name?"

At first Jack didn't think he was going to respond, then he heard a soft, "Edward. My name is Edward Elric."

"Edward Elric? The name implies Germanic origin," said their resident linguist. "What planet do you come from, Edward?"

At this Edward's nose scrunched up. "Planet? What do you mean 'planet'?"

"You passed through the stargate," said Carter. "What planet did you travel from?"

There was a pause before Edward questioned again, "What the hell is a stargate? I didn't pass through a star gate…"

"But you did pass through a gate," said Daniel, catching the emphasis on 'star'.

At this the boy tensed and refused to meet their eyes. Teal's eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"It would probably be in your best interest to trust us, Edward," said Jack.

"And why would I do something stupid like that?" Edward sneered.

"Because we're all you have," said Jack.

Jack's words seemed to have struck a chord in Edward because he tensed briefly again before his shoulders slumped slowly in defeat. Jack suddenly felt bad. What had he said that hurt?

"Yes," Edward said quietly, still not raising his head. "I passed through a gate… the Gate… but it has nothing to do with stars…"

"What kind of gate was it?" asked Carter.

Edward paused before he answered, "The Gate of Truth… The Gate of Knowledge… the Gate of Death…"

Daniel felt something like a memory twitch in his brain. It was similar to the feeling he got when he was on the verge of remembering something from his time as an Ascended. But what was it?

"The Gate of Truth, huh? What did this 'Gate' look like?" asked Jack.

"It's a gateway of stone against a white, hazy background. Pictures of pain are engraved around the sides with an all-seeing eye upon the door. Inside is nothing but darkness, where demon-children of trapped souls and shadows with bright eyes stare at you, and pull you in if you stray too close," said Edward.

If the look on Edward's face hadn't been so serious they might have thought he was pulling a joke. But no, he meant every word.

"It's the Gate that separates our two worlds and controls the flow of energy. And it's the Gate that's supposed to keep idiots like me in their place."

"How did you get to this Gate?" asked Daniel.

Edward finally looked up into their eyes and said, "You don't want to know." And in that moment Jack could see the haunted look they possessed, and he had to wonder about that comment on the boy's sanity. And again Jack was struck by the wrongness that a kid's eyes should have that look, like he had seen all the sins of the world…

They all jumped as the door to their cell opened again. Two jaffa walked in and began undoing Edward's restraints. As soon as he was free he slumped down and rolled, moving to sweep a leg under the jaffa to trip him up.

Unfortunately the jaffa had been expecting resistance and swiftly jumped the leg, moving to pin the boy down. In a second two others were there to help drag the kid out and another trained a weapon on Sg-1, preventing them from helping Edward. Just before he was hauled off, the kid shot a look back into the room, locking with Jack's. And in that moment they had an understanding.

Wait for me, his eyes said. And Jack intended to.

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A/N: Ok, quick question. If you there were to be any pair ups, either with FMA characters (all of them included) or Stargate characters, who would you like to see together, how and under what circumstances? All pairings, het or yaoi (and I guess yuri, though I've never written that before and I don't tend to read it) are accepted. But just because one kind of vote out weighs another doesn't mean it will get used. I'm just searching around for ideas.