XCOM Operation: ...Friendship?

I woke to the sound of birds, and to the sound of trees in the wind.

‘…’

‘…’

I waited for anything to happen…but all was still.

‘am…I…dead?’

I opened my eyes and the sunlight nearly blinded me and flinched…bad move.

I felt Burning pain shot through me.

‘nope…not dead…yet.’

I sat up much to my body’s chagrin and looked around.

I saw life everywhere…and not the one I remember seeing.

What I saw was just normal grass…trees…and flora.

‘where the hell am I?’ I rose to my feet the best I could.

“Omega 1 to Central.”

*Static*

“Omega 1 to Central over.”

*Static*

“This is Squad Captain Omega reporting.”

*Static*

“Damn.” I cursed under my breath.

‘hmmm…maybe I should try my squad.’

“Omega actual, anyone out there?”

*Static*

I gave a heavy sigh.

‘that’s just great,’

I heard rustling in the forest I was in, my instincts kicked in as reached for my rifle…only not to find it.

Then went for my amp…which also wasn’t there.

‘Shit.’

I looked to my gauntlet and it seemed like it was damaged.

‘Old fashion eh?’ I pulled out my combat knife and waited.

“Who’s there.” I said with authority.

I don’t need my amp to use my psi abilities but…I was drained both physically and mentally, so an amp would help a bit.

The rustling stopped.

I kept a calm atmosphere around me.

Then two figures showed themselves…two large…creatures…

“well, well, well wha do we have ere.” The accent seemed familiar…

“Humph looks like puny pony to me.” The other said his accent gruff in comparison.

“it an’t no pony it an’t got no tail or ears.”

I have no fucking clue what they are talking about…

‘…pony…the fuck?’

“Say fella wha were ya doin talkin to yerslef.”

I didn’t want to say much so…

“Noneya.”

“noneya?”

“None of ya God-Damn business!”

They seem slightly surprised at my answer.

“well, an’t you a feisty one?” the one that spoke had a silver-ish armor that reminded me of Shield bearers.

“what is you?” the other one in a black armor also reminded me of Troopers

“Sorry assholes.” I got into a stance with my knife ready.

“But I ain’t talking.” I said with a serious tone.

They pulled out axes from their backs and pointed them at me.

“Ya sure ya want to fight us…it be easier just to let us take ya.”

I chuckled grimly which seemed to unease them.

“you’ll have to kill me before I let that happen.”

Now they seem shocked at my statement.

“kill?” the one in black asked.

I didn’t respond as I just stared at them with my murderous intent.

I have learned that, in situations like these…it’s do or die.

And I’m ready for both.

“Now who’s first?” I asked.

The larger one in the black charged at me.

‘hehe…big and slow just as I thought.’

He soon was in front of me, I moved to my left and stab his side where the metal didn’t cover his body.

The large creature roared in pain and clutched his side.

The other one tried to get the jump on me but I ‘jumped’ to the side despite my pain and he missed a blow of his axe.

“hehe I doubted that you would take me up on my offer.” I said with a joking tone.

Let’s get one thing straight, I enjoy my fights, insult my opponents, force them to make a wrong move. It’s mind games that I use without using my psi abilities.

And considering that I really can’t use that right now I use brains to beat brawn.

“Well I an’t gonna kill ya, no use fer ya then.”

“And I said I ain’t gonna let – ugh!”

My mind felt like a fire, pain shot through me.

I shook my head…also, a bad move.

I did my best to ignore the pain and focus on the fight.

The big one recovered from the wound I gave him.

“You good.” He said with a bit of impressiveness.

I didn’t speak as my body screamed at me to stop.

“Huh…seems ya in pain.” The other one said with some of the same impressed tone of the other one.

“W-well where I come from, you fight until you win…or die trying.”

They seemed to get the message and raised their axes and waited.

Until a roar was heard.

“Uh oh.” The larger creature said with fear.

“Big kitty angry,”

I looked at him with confusion.

‘big kitty?’

My answer came in as a large…cat like creature came out of the surrounding forest.

‘well shit.’

The large creature just stared at it in frozen fear. The other put himself in front.

The cat creature looked at me with hunger.

‘oh fuck no…I ain’t gonna be cat food.’

I raised my knife and waited for it to move.

It did…well it flew.

I just sat there waiting for the right moment…

*Stab*

*ROAR! *

I got its leg as I ducked it’s over head flight path.

It landed and looked at me with primal rage…huh reminds me of berserkers.

It leaped at me and nearly stabbed me with its tail…it nicked me.

‘Venom? Hmm…that’s new.’ I wasn’t too worried about it as I am immune…I think.

‘later.’ I was getting more and more tired; I would have to end this soon.

But the cat creature had a different idea…it lunged and grabbed me by the leg.

It pulled me into a crushing ‘hug’ to kill me.

“A-AHHHH!” I felt my bones break and the plasma burn didn’t help either.

I felt dizzy, my vision going blurry.

“No-NO! NOT HERE!!!” I roared and my psi energy pulsed and the cat-like monster dropped me and clutched its head in pain.

After I hit the ground I rose to my feet and stared at the monster…it didn’t like it.

The cat creature roared and whimpered in pain as I stared at it.

‘”Die you worthless breath of life.” I said with deep malice as my psi energy pulsed again as my anger took control of me.

There is one thing that makes me so feared in both Advent and XCOM, is my anger…and the power of my psi abilities when in such a state.

When my anger surges so does my power, enough to kill anyone with just a thought.

My psi power raises and falls as my emotions do, when sad or upset I’m at my weakest, when happy, calm, etc... I’m considered ‘neutral’ or normal…but when angry, pissed, or just enraged my power is drastically increased, sevenfold.

But that doesn’t mean that I like being angry.

If I stay angry I could end up causing enough damage to my mind that you could compare it to putting it in a blender and set it on high.

The creature that was in front of me stared in horror as I relentlessly put pressure on its brain.

I gave one last shout as I ended its life…in a very gruesome way.

*Squelch*

That was the last of its thoughts as it’s brain was crushed, blood seeped from every hole in its head as it fell limply on the ground.

I fell to the ground as my body felt like it went through a ten-thousand fiery fist beating.

I breathed heavily, my mind fighting to stay conscious.

I felt blood leak out of my nose and down my face…a side effect of being angry…and drained.

“hey ya all right?”

“What happen to big kitty?”

I heard the voice of the large creatures from earlier

“P-Piss…Off.” I said with my likely final breath.

My world went black.

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After a few hours the two brothers walked into the camp of the Storm king.

They got looks form the other ogres, some with blank expressions, others with worry.

“You two!” a voice came from in front of them and both froze.

“Y-Yes ma’am!” both saluted to the captain.

“Why were you late to report? You better have a good explanation!” She roared at them.

“well ya see we uh…had an encounter.” The one in silver spoke quickly.

“…what encounter.” She asked.

“Weird pony.” The larger one said pointing to his side where he was carrying something.

“it’s not a pony ya nit wit!” the other smacked the larger on the head.

“Show me.” Was all the captain said.

Both went quiet as the large one held out a…creature.

The one in silver was right…it was defiantly ‘not’ a pony, it had no fur on its body but a pale tone of skin, it was also quite different in size of any pony seen; short yet bulky.

It also would seem as if it was wearing…armor, it was black with purple outlines here and there.

But it’s armor was nothing like anyone has seen…it looked…advanced, lights were on it along as smooth places that seem flawless.

It’s arms and legs had some kind of smooth material that looked tough, yet light enough to be agile in it.

Its mane was white with some red highlights.

What seemed like hours the captain finally spoke.

“Where did you find it?” she asked.

“In the forest when we were scouting.” The one in silver responded without missing a beat.

“It kill big kitty and hurt Gromda.”

The captain raises a brow at this.

“What do you mean ‘kill big kitty?’” she asked in seriousness.

“He means manticore.” The other one said.

“Wait!” another voice came from a tent as an old looking man came out.

The said man came over and spoke with excitement.

“Did you say fight a manticore?” he asked the brothers.

“More than that my king.” The one in sliver said with a slow horrid tone.

“how so?” he asked still beaming with excitement.

“H-He killed it…” The group went silent.

“how?” The captain asked.

“I-I-I”

“Spit it out.”

“I-I don’t…know” he said with fear.

“He j-just stared at it.”

The king’s excitement deflated. “That’s not funny.” He said.

“It kill it, blood everywhere, leaking all over head.” Gromda said with fear as well.

The captain and king wasn’t buying it.

“I felt pain in head, like a big snake burning brain.”

“Jadsa (Jade-sa) almost die.” Gromda finished.

Jadsa shook with fear.

“I never in mah life felt so much pain, like what mah brother said, it felt like something was burning and crushing mah head at the same time.” He finished.

The rest was silent…their encounter seemed like a lie…yet the fear on their faces said otherwise.

But before anything was said a groan was made by the creature.

“set him down.” The captain ordered and Gromda followed.

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I woke up to my face in dirt and rain poring on my back.

I rose to my hands and knees and coughed up some blood.

“Speak.” A voice said with authority.

I look up and see a figure in front of me.

It looked like a woman in her twenties or early thirties.

She had a dark red armor and braces.

She was black with some red tone to her…fur?

‘The fuck?’

As I looked closer I noticed she had magenta hair and a…broken stub on her head.

She looked like…a horse but in a humanoid state.

But that isn’t what concerns me…no all the red she is wearing reminds me of Advent captains.

“That was an order.” She spoke again this time showing some annoyance.

“W-who the hell are you?” I said with some annoyance of my own.

“I’m the one who will ask questions here.”

Ok now I’m getting pissed again.

“Speak of your name and race.”

“Sure…I’m captain piss off and I’m from the race of, Go Fuck Yourself.” I said with some venom in my words.

Her face changed from annoyed, to mild shock, to anger.

As she was about to say something someone laughed.

“Well now we got a fighter.” A too much joyous voice came from my right.

I looked at the source to find…a beast of some sorts, it looked like what you would expect the devil to look like…or something close to it.

It was white with a human-ish face, it wore black armor that seemed to shine in the rain.

He had three fingers and cloven hooves, in his hand was a twisting staff that had a shimmering stone or crystal of some sorts, cracks formed on the thing in question and mist seeped through them.

His blue eyes met my deep purple ones.

“What are you, I’m curious.” He asked

“Like I’ll tell a freak of hell like you.” I said with no expense of anger that was starting to boil in me.

‘calm down…can’t keep getting angry…I’ll die if I don’t.’

The creature in question didn’t seem all offended as the others just stared in shock.

“My liege it’s best not to anger him.” A familiar voice said.

“What is he gonna do? Throw insults?” the woman said with smugness.

“don’t test me.” I said in a low tone…well more like a growl.

My psi energy started to spike again.

“Oh really and what is a weakling like you-”

I’m pissed.

“wh-what the?!” I heard the woman say in surprise.

I rose to my feet and stare at her…and she was terrified

‘I-I will kill you…’ I spoke into her mind.

‘I am no weakling…I am stronger than your pitiful waste of life.’

‘I-I AM AN ELDER!!!!!’ two voices, mine…and not mine…no…it can’t be…

I froze, my mind stopped its assault on the woman’s and I stood there.

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The captain stood there, fear was on her face as the new creature stared at her.

‘N-Not You – I KILLED YOU!’ the creatures voice screamed in her head.

She didn’t know what was going on.

‘You cannot kill me Elder Bane I live within you now and forever.’ A woman like voice was heard.

Soon the creature stopped and fell to his knees and started coughing up…blood.

The said being put its hand to its left side then pulled away and with it was blood as well.

It said only one thing before It collapsed.

“well…shit.”

The captain stood there for a moment then shook her head.

“Get him to medical.” The brothers instantly obeyed and took the creature to the medical tent.

“what happened?” a voice came from behind.

She was silent for a moment.

“I don’t know…it…was in my mind…then it had two voices but the other was an woman’s.”

The king was confused at her explanation.

“it can enter your mind?” he asked

The captain only nodded.

“I have never seen you that terrified before…it really must be something.”

“Elder Bane.” The captain said.

“Excuse me?”

“Elder Bane…the woman’s voice called it that.”

The storm king just hummed in thought.