AN: Don't ask why I'm doing this I just thought it would be a good idea. Anyway this takes place at the start of the invasion and will mostly be in the a Thin Mans POV. We'll have other POVs however it will mostly be about the same Thin Man since he's the main character.

I don't know if the aliens give names to each other so I'll think of one later.

Also this is from X-Com Enemy Within but I mite add elements from the previous games.

"Blah blah"-Normal speech.

"blah blah"-Thoughts, Telepathic speech.

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Thin man POV: Scout Ship, Earth Orbit, March 2nd (invasion day: 7)

I was standing on the deck of the ship watching another Thin man fly the ship and the Sectoids scatter around, making sure everything was running properly. The Outsider shard was safely secured as we entered the planets orbit heading down to one of the continent.

The planets name was Earth and it's inhabitants where the earthlings or humans as they liked to call themselves. The invasion had only started a week prior and so far they had foiled an abduction and have shot down one of our scout ships.

Which was why we where here. Our mission was to scan the skies for any strange readings, we theorised that they must have some sort of primitive satellites tracking our ships, so we where to find them and destroy them.

The invasion hadn't gone as planned the humans resisted easily defeating our abduction team with great ease, however I should point out that the entire team was composed entirely of Sectoids. So it's not really a win against a weaker foe.

I walked around the deck watching the little Sectoids go around their business some glanced at me others where too busy to notice my presence.

Sectoids where the weakest and lowest of all the races even lower than humans. The Ethereal caste had conquered them first when they didn't posses the gift whatever that was. They where then enslaved by them but they where cowardly creatures and easily killed forcing the Ethereals to reach out further thus finding the other races including my own.

But none of us possessed the gift.

And now we are here in some backwater world that still uses ballistic weapons.

I was brought out of my thoughts when the ship alarms blared. I ignored the panicking Sectoids and leaped back over to the pilot who glanced at me. "Human military aircraft on approach." he said in the human language of English, we liked to practise the terrestrial languages between each-other.

I raised a brow still keeping my face devoid of emotion he shrugged and looked back at the flight controls preparing to dodge any missiles sent our way.

Which is what they did.

I looked at the radar scope to to see three blimps: A red one for the enemy aircraft and two yellow ones for they're missiles they sent our way.

I felt the ship tilt as the pilot manuvered us away letting the projectiles pass by us, then the ship vibrated as we retuned fire at the attacking enemy.

Unfortunately we too missed as they dodged firing another shot at us. This time we didn't dodge as the both missiles struck us causing the shudder and the Sectoids to screech in shock I hissed loudly or them to be silent which they did.

Then one Sectoid appeard next to me and through a mental link said. "Sir they hit our engines we can't maintain this speed or reach higher altitude."

I nodded at the news then gestured for him to leave, I was not pleased that the humans got a lucky shot at us I looked to the pilot.

"We should land somewhere before they shoot us down." I said.

"So they could kill us and dissect us? No thanks." he said not looking at me still dodging enemy fire and returning it.

"We don't have to stay we only need to land the ship, ditch the ship then use the shard to communicate for one to pick us up." I explained knowing that we could blend into the human society until pick up.

He looked at me and asked "And what about them?" he tilted his head in the direction of the Sectoids who where running around trying to help.

I was about to reply when we took another hit and a console exploded in the face of a Sectoid killing him, I felt the ship began to plummet towards the ground.

"Everyone brace for Impact!" the pilot shouted in the natural language so the Sectoids understood.

I placed myself against a console ready for the coming crash. The Sectoids did the same at various places holding on for dear life.

The ship continued to fall with an ocassinal explosion from a console or wall, before it finally smashed into the ground like a meteorite. I was thrown my position at the console and sent flying towards towards the a wall hitting my head then everything went black.

Sometime later

I awoke when I felt something prod my chest. I opened my eyes and winced slightly from the headache that was beginning to form.

Growling I stood up to my full height and looked down at the Sectoids that had awoken me. "Causalities?" I asked aloud.

"The pilot was killed on impact as where a few others." one of them said. It was difficult to tell which off the three where speaking.

"I see." was all I said in reply then looked around. A wall had come down showing a clear view to the outside which was a forested area, I spotted some corpses underneath the rubble of the wall, ignoring them I turned to se thankfully that the power core was destroyed along with one of the flight computers. I noted the dark blackish, purple smoke from the pilots corpse lingering in the air around the computers.

I walked over towards where the Outsider shard was ignoring the Sectoids who where following me. The shard appeard to be in fine condition which was good, I turned around to see the third Thin man walking over too me a trail blood went down his head.

Then we heard the humming off engines everyone looked at eachother before rushing outside and looking up.

That's when we saw it. The human ship flew across from our crashed ship and landed a little further away from us, I looked at the others.

2 Thin men and 7 Sectoids not much but I'm sure we could make something of it.

I looked towards the other Thin man he looked at me, we nodded together and ushered the Sectoids inside the ship to arm ourselves for battle.

There's chapter 1 hope it was fine.

Next chapter will have action in it I promise.

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