Author's Note

This Chapter gives us some backstory on X-COM Enemy Within and X-COM 2 if your unfamiliar with the games.

Heavy Memories

Once all the Archers had retreated only Demo, and Sargent Solstice remained. Solstice took a deep breath.

"What are you planning?" Demo asked stone cold sober. It made Sgt Solstice jump.

"I'm about to suffer magical backlash, and with all this energy from these bastards shooting well... I'm going to take out as many as I can." Solstice grimaced under the Advent fire. The sparks his horn were throwing off started to singe his helmet. The Sargent rushed forward, but Demo wrapped his arms around him.

"Let go you, drunken idiot! I'm literally about to blow up!" Solstice shouted and trashed in the Scots grip.

Demo cuffed his ear "That's Colonel Drunk! I outrank you, you horn-headed martyr!" The Sargent stopped as the words hit his brain. "And as pretty a magic pipebomb you'd make I have a better plan." Demo smiled readjusting his grip to lift the armored unicorn. "The way ay see it Advent fed ya the energy lets just give it back to em." Demo proposed eagerly with a mad glint in his eye that the Sargent could feel more than see. But understanding what the Scot was cooking up, he groaned.

"Multi-Shot or Beam?" He asked, and Demo smiled.

That day Advent predicted a lot of things that could have happened. Except for a Black Scottish Cyclops to hop on a pile of corpses firing a Unicorn like a mini-gun as he laughed maniacally while mowing Advent down with magic.

****

Elsewhere in what remained of Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns.

A man felt like someone was thinking of him as he laid on the floor. This man remembered many things.

He remembered Russia, his beautiful homeland. He remembered serving her well. He remembered being recruited by X-Com to fight aliens. He remembered laughing until he saw the paycheck. He could take good care of family with that much money. He remembered his first real fight. No one was laughing he was only one left of entire team. That is where he gained the name "Heavy."

Then Doctors discover new technology called it meld. Heavy remember volunteering. Heavy was already strongest there was. But new metal arms even stronger. Doctors made "Heavy" a heavy weapon. Put Heavy on new team full of misfits and lunatics. They became like family.

A Spy, a Sniper, a Scout, a Medic, a pyromaniac, a crazed Soldier, an Engineer, and a Demoman. Team Fortress did many, many missions together. When suddenly we've lost. Earth has given up no-longer wants X-Com.

Heavy remembers returning home as Aliens destroy everything. Moves family to Siberia for safety. Hides metal body. Then Advent rises from ashes of government. Heavy remembers dark times. Dark times that felt like they'd never end. Then X-Com is back an Heavy fight again. Finds a part of old team still alive, Still crazy, still fighting after all this time. This time humanity wins.

Heavy hears a child's scream, and suddenly Heavy remembers tiny ponies. Heavy also remembers Muton who smacked Heavy through wall. The green armored alien is much different than old war. But Heavy will crush it just like back then. The fallen Mec-Trooper gets to his metal feet. His chassis is scored and burned with the memories of battle. But "Sasha" holds up as the hydraulics whine and push under his command.

A group of young fillies and colts are cowering behind a cream-colored mare in a purple hoodie. The mare tries to look strong on wobbly legs as she glares at the Muton through her thick black rimmed glasses. The Muton chuckles as he looks over the group of easy prey. The fear in the tiny ponies eyes reminds Heavy of his family. "I will squash that fear," Heavy thinks as he walks forward. The explosions outside mask his thunderous mechanical steps as he rears back the massive Kinetic Punch module. Only when the jets on the side of the giant fist kicked on did the Muton look back.

"Do you remember me?" Heavy asked, and the look of terror on its face brought warmth to Heavy's mechanical heart. Heavy could not feel much but imaging the scaley flesh as his giant fist met it was satisfying. But when the second part of fist shot out, is when the Muton went through the wall. Heavy dusted off his hands with a metal clank and looked back at the group of children with a grin. The oldest approach heavy with her jaw hanging open.

"Holy- ah I mean thank you." She censors herself for the little ones. Heavy shakes head

"It is no big-" But muton moves cutting Heavy off. Little ponies scatter, and Heavy is more than ready for round three when black boot kicks the muton in the face before an Assault rifle splatters orange all over the floor.

"The hurting is always more rewarding than the healing." The German medic laughs to himself. Heavy can only shake his head with amusement. The Doctor is still crazy as ever. The laughing ends as quickly as it began and Doctor looks at me with an evil smile. But that is just how Doctor is.

"Oh hello Heavy." He greets, and Heavy nods

"Doctor." His eyes flick back to whatever he was working on, and Heavy can feel a scheme coming on.

"Since your here would you mind coming over here and holding your ribcage open for me?" Doctor asks this as if it is the most normal request. All joy at seeing friend fades.

"Heavy still remembers last time."

"PSSH you were only dead for a moment now get over here." Doctor waves him off. Heavy shakes head before climbing through the hole. The Doctor already has two cables in hand before Heavy is in the room. "Do you remember when I put that spare battery in you?"

Heavy remembers it is one of the reasons he survived the fall of X-Com. "Heavy said he remembers last time Doctor."

The Doctor pauses for a moment then chuckles "Oh right hehe anyways I need to tap into it to jumpstart ze generator." Heavy rolls eyes and kneels opening panel Doctor made long ago. Exposing the silver power cell Doctor wastes no time in attaching the jumper cables to it. Giggling madly to himself as he prances over to the power switch.

"Doctor are you sure this will work?" Heavy asked the question he always asked since meeting the Doctor.

"Yes." The Doctors prompt answer takes Heavy by surprise.

"Really?

"Ah ha no." He casually chuckles as he throws the switch.

"YAAAAAAADAAAAAAAA!" Heavy's Scream echos through out the school.

****

Applejack jerked up at the Russian sounding scream she thought she heard. Looking around for it until Smalls noticed and stopped with the crate in his hands to look at her.

"You alright Oh-Four?" The clone asked, and Aj started to give her head a shake when Seventy-Eight glared at her through his helmet.

"Ya just thought I heard something that all." She reasoned, and Seventy-Eight checked a Holo-Map when it dinged.

"Looks like generator C is back online, one less stop for us." Aj nodded and looked over the cart of supplies.

"Good we ready to head out partners?" She asked as she jumped into the back of the hover cart. Surprise started the hoverbike with an electric whine. Smalls sat next to the Orange clone across from Aj.

"We'll have to take the main route so take it slow," Smalls explained, but Surprise reeved the engine and took off so fast Aj nearly lost her hat before catching it in her teeth plopping it back on her head in a huff.

"Woah partner! you know he said slow right!" Aj shouted over the engine, but Smalls shook his head.

"This is slow for him Oh-Four." Smalls groaned, and Surprise laughed as they sped down the hall.