This story is a nonprofit multi-crossover fanfiction created only for fun and amusement. I owe nothing mentioned here except my OC.
Prologue
March 3 2007 C.E, Warsaw
It was the middle of the night when she was woken up by screams and sound of guns shooting. She only registered her brother fighting three large man in black uniforms. And that insignia that she would remember till the end of her life. A black star with a strange W like shape below it. She only watched her brother fight as she was pushed outside by his vectors. Before the doors were slammed shut by his powers, she heard him yell to her.
"Emily run! Get out of here! NOW!" And by god she run.
2 weeks earlier
She was finally happy. After so many years of searching, her brother have finally found a spot for them to live in. Warsaw may not be the most beautiful city on the world, but right now she only cared about having her own place in the world. A place where she could live happily with her brother, go to school, have family and die peacefully of old age. The house was small but it was better than anything they ever had. There was even a small cat in the neighborhood she called Mr. Cuddles. Even her brother was smiling. He had always told her that their parents came from Poland, and that he will one day find a house in the city of his father. This was also the first time that she could actually play with other children. She still needed her hat but at least the children where nor calling her a freak like in japan and U.S.A. She never asked where her brother got the money for the house and she never will. After all, she was finally happy.
She got as far as she could, but finally her legs gave up. Her sickness was making it extremely difficult to walk, especially to run. Her brother once told her that her legs did not grow like they should have. Unfortunately it's beyond treatment and she will need to learn to live with it. Her wheelchair was very helpful, but she left it in the house, it would only slow her down after all. Normally her brother would carry her to safety but this time, he stayed to stop the incoming soldiers. She sat down next to a pile of trash. Funny really, humans would always talk about her like she was only a useless trash and now she ends up next to it. She could hear the soldiers in one of the back alleys. She could easily tell that they were talking about her.
"Watch out. That girl is a mutant. She can kill you as easily as a bug, and she will" said the first one.
"But how? From what I can tell from the descriptions she is just a four year old kid with horns and strange hair color" said the second one.
"She has some kind of a ability to cut everything she wants. I have no idea how, but the nerds from GENTEK told us to stay at least 2 meters away"
That was not true. Her arms where not grown yet. She could barely cut bread with them. But her brother on the other hand could do all this things at much bigger radius then 2 meters.
Week earlier
"Nii san, it hurts" She told her brother. She was lying in her bed. Her head hurt and she felt extremely hot, like there was fire inside her.
"I know, I gone through the same thing. It's a part of growing up" He told her. He was sitting right next to her and feeding her a soup he made. She watched as hand marks where appearing all over the walls and furniture. Worst, those marks where hers.
"What's happening? Why are those hand prints appearing on the wall?" She asked weakly.
"You know I have invisible hands on my back right?" She gave him a nod "Well what you are felling are your own magical hands growing on your back. I know it hurts, but you need to endure it" She knew that it was true, she could feel them. She had no control, but when they came too close to her brother he just blocked them with his own. She put her head on his arm and fell asleep.
More sounds of a argument broke her chain of thoughts.
"So how do we deal with her?"
"Orders are simple. Shoot her in the legs, she can't cut us when she is in pain"
"Are we going to shoot kids now sir?"
"She is not a kid boy, she is monster, a freak. In my opinion we should just kill her at sight, but the eggheads from GENTEK want her for experiments."
Why would anyone be so cruel? Why humans always call her monster of freak? Her brother always told her that humans hate what they cannot understand and they obviously cannot understand them. But why would anyone want to kill them or put them in cages for no good reason? That was beyond her understanding. No, she can't think about this right now! She has to escape! But those soldiers where in the way. She is not good at sneaking like her brother and her hands cannot kill them. She can't just walk by them, they obviously have her description and they will instantly recognize her. That would end up with her getting shot and taken somewhere far away so she could be locked away and finally killed.
"Hey kid! What are you doing here?"
She froze at the question. Someone came at her from behind. From the cracking of the voice she could tell that guy had a gasmask on. He was one of them!
"Hey! I asked you a que.. Wait a sec! I know you! Hey guys she is here!"
No this can't be! The man then grabbed her by the wrist and raised her in the air. She could not wrestle him, as he was far too strong. The two grunts from the alley came rushing instantly raising their guns at her.
"NO! Please don't shoot!" She pleaded. What she got in return was a strong punch in a stomach which made her cry out in pain. The one that was holding her let go of her wrist that ended in her landing hard on the stone.
"Give me a taser rookie! I will shock the living hell out of that bitch!"
"Sir she is already in shock. Maybe we should just grab her and get her to chopper?"
"Nonsense rookie! I won't allow that bitch to cut every one of us because of your soft heart! Now give me the taser!"
This is going to hurt really bad. Nothing can save her now but pure miracle. This men were trained soldiers and she was a 4 year old girl with horns. What can possibly help her?
"No please! I swear! I don't have my arms yet! I can't do any harm to you!" She lied only partially. She had her arms but they were unable to do any damage to them.
"Shut up bitch!" yelled the third soldier as he punched her in the head. After that she could only see blackness.
'Nii san, please help me!'
He had enough. Every time he managed to get them a safe place to live, someone would come and ruin it. At first it was nothing more than thugs trying to bully them. Then there where those guys, that called themselves Protectors of Humanity. They wanted to burn them on a stake like it was medieval age. All of them would end up in pieces. No one would miss them anyway. But this time some group named "Blackwatch" came after them with military equipment like M4s, grenade launchers and choppers. He actually had problems with them. Unfortunately for them someone told these idiots that safe distance was only 2 meters. Dump bastards could not understand how he is killing them at 8 meters radius. He told his sister, Emily to run. He can't protect her and redirect rockets at the same time. What was actually strange was the fact that they just kept coming. There was no end to them. He already killed at least fifty and they would not quit. Even animals learn not to put a pawn into a fire a second time. Then he felt a sharp pain in his head associated with his sister scream echoing in his head "Nii san, please help me!" He knew that feeling, something happened to her and she needed his help.
1 year earlier
"Nii san! Where are you going?" She asked him grabbing his coat. One thing he could never resist were her puppy eyes.
"I'm going to get us something to eat, you stay here for some time and play with the other children."
"Kay" she answered happily getting of her wheelchair and walking to the playground. He then set of to deal with humans. He hated that part. He needed to buy some food from those dirty animals. All of them where the same. They all thought that he and his sister where monsters. Just because they were different, humans thought of them as freaks. He only dealt with them because they were dominant. They ruled on this world and if he wanted to survive he needed to adapt.
"Hey, your eyes are strange, from what I know they shouldn't be red" The guy he was buying bread from told him that. Rude statements like that where really getting on his nerves. He turned to him and said as nicely as he could. "It's a genetic defect I was born with and pointing it out is not really nice, now can I get my order?" He took the bag with the bread and went on his way. Then he felt a sharp pain at the back of his head and he heard a scream of a girl "Someone, help me!" He instantly knew that was his sister scream. He dropped the bag and run to the playground. He then saw 3 boys standing atop of his sister. Her hat was lying next to a woman screaming something about her being a freak of nature. He stepped forward and grabbed the boys.
"What the hell you are doing?"
"What does it look like? We are beating that freak over here!" One of the boys told him.
"Put my son down! We need to get that girl to hospital! She might be contagious!" The woman screamed. Outraged he pulled his hood down revealing his long black hair with purple highlights and small horns. "So?! I also have horns!" He thrown the boys to the ground raising his look to the woman. His death glare sent shivers down her spine. "You both are monster! Come on kids, I'm calling the police to get them." He could feel the urge to break her spine. He looked down on his sister. She laid down in the sandbox, face down, sobbing. The youngest of the kids walked to her and kicked her. That was it. He looked at the woman her head exploding covering her son in her blood. The boy that kicked his sister severed in two pieces. One of them started screaming. His chest then torn apart. The last one, the bitches son was sitting next to his mother dead body. The boy looked up at him. "You monster" Were his last words before he was cut into pieces.
Yes, that was the first time he killed a human, the first time he heard that scream in his head, his sister calling him for help. He shook his head and decided to follow the trail left behind her, but it vanished alongside her screams, which means that she lost consciousness. He gritted he theeth and cut down another one of these idiots that tried to shot him. Poor bastards were still walking right into his vectors.
"Stop right there!" yelled one of the soldiers, he did not have a mask and looked like a veteran. He had scars all over his face. His black hair where cut short and some of it were actually white. On one hand he had a grenade launcher and on the other a glove with a stun baton. He also held a heavily modified M4
"Why should I? You know I can keep this up for hours!" he yelled back. He knew he could kill this guy in mere seconds. He was in the death zone. But something told him that he would need him in the future. He felt like this the first time in his life. Like something hold him back from killing rather than to kill.
"Well, we have this girl here that holds a great amount of resemblance to you." The man then raised his hand and in it he hold Emily by her hair. She was beaten up badly. "You see, sending her on her own was a bad idea. Now we have a great trading card, Xirion." That bastard is going to suffer. As soon as he puts her down he will lose limb after limb until he is nothing but a squirming torso. But now he had his sister, the only thing that meant something to him.
"Who are you and what do you want?" he asked as politely as he could, but he was already boiling. He could hear the voice telling him to slice that man into pieces. But he hold the urge back he knew it could only end badly for his sister.
"I'm Sargent Cross! I'm working for Blackwatch, and I have been send here to make sure you are safely taken to GENTEK facility in Japan! Now get your hands on your head and lay down or she gets a 50 caliber round right between her eyes, even you can't deflect that bullet!"
He was right, he couldn't deflect a bullet like this. He was out of options. He tried so hard and at the end it all went straight to hell. Even with his inhumane reflex he would not be able to save his sister.
"I have only one condition."
"I'm listening"
"Promise me, she will not be harmed in any way, you can keep her in your damn facility, but don't even touch her!" He said it with breaking voice, he knew what he was doing was in vain but It was always giving him some comfort, a thought of his sister being all right. The man hesitated for a minute but finally answered.
"You have my word, and I never break one." Said Cross putting the girl as gently as he could on the ground. As soon as Xirion lowered his hands, he was surrounded with soldiers. They cuffed him, placed a strange mask that limited his view on his head and pushed him into the chopper. It was a beginning of a new, hard life for him.
September 9 2008 C.E, Near New York
Cross sat there in the military helicopter. Yet again he had doubts. For as long as he could remember, his job was to kill mutants. He had no problem killing blacklight abominations or shooting radical equalists during uprisings. But these kids he caught a year ago? Or all the others he saw being experimented on in this facility in Japan? They looked and acted like humans. He truly had doubts about his supervisors motives. He gripped his rifle as he looked outside the window and saw the burning city of New York, being torn apart by Blacklight epidemic. He finally decide what he will do. He just hoped that this whole Alex Mercer would help him.
July 24 1879 C.E, Zossen
Her name was Isis. She was a happy girl with a loving family. Even though they were poor, they were happy and required no more from life. One day everything changed. Her father got extremely sick. She and her mother were taking care of him but day by day he was getting worse. One day he called her and gave her a necklace made out of pure silver and diamonds. He looked into her eyes, and as if he was in a daze he told her.
"Remember sweetheart, never trust strangers and keep this amulet close to you. This is a work of my life and a gift of the stars. Now go to your room and close your doors and windows. And always remember that papa loves you."
He died the next day leaving Isis and her mother alone.
September 17 1883 C.E, Zossen
"Mom! I'm going to buy something to eat!" Said Isis as she left the house. Her mother only smiled and waved her hand as a good luck gesture. It was already four years since her father died. She always remembered and followed his last requests making sure that all the windows and doors were closed in their house. She grew to a fine young lady, as some people called her. All the man in the city were crazed about her beauty. She was even that lucky that one of the landlords got interested in her. If she married him all her problems would be over. Even though she did not love him, and he was ugly for her, she would do it. For the good of her mother.
She walked along the walkways of the small town of Oranienburg looking for fruits on a low price and food for chickens. The winter was harsh this season and most of the animals on her farm died which made it severely harder to live. While she was buying some meat she overheard a conversation of two old ladies.
"Did you hear about these strange deaths? They need to do something about it or else this whole town will die soon."
"I agree. Even though the doctors assure us this is just a coincidence I fear I might be an epidemic."
"If it is, we need to leave this place as soon as possible. I don't want to die yet."
Isis was interested in these rumors because all the people seem to die the same way her father did. If it really was and epidemic as the lady's say, the authorities would do something right? She brushed her hair slightly and started a long walk back to her house. It was already getting late. She then smelled smoke and looked around. She then saw something that made her drop everything she bought and run towards the house. It was on fire. Everything she knew and loved was burning before her eyes. Her mother's mutilated body was lying before the shed. She dashed towards her grabbing her hand.
"Mother! What happened! Who did this to you?!"
"Your father had many enemies dear. It looks like they can hold grudge for a long time." The woman raised her hand and touched the girls cheek. "Don't worry, everything is going to be okay dear" She caught up blood. "Now go, run don't turn back" She then died in her daughter hands leaving her totally alone.
31 December 1885 C.E, Berlin
Isis was wandering the streets of Berlin in total sadness and silence. For two years she was in a state of depression, left alone to wonder the nightmares of life all by herself. She was raped several times now, but she did not even care anymore. She lived on whatever she could find in a trash can, but sometimes she thought about starving herself to death. She wanted to end this living hell. Then in one of many side alleys of German capitol she met a girl. She was very young around eight or ten years old. She walked up to her when she was crying in a corner after unsuccessfully trying to find a knife in one of many trash piles.
"Why are you crying lady?" asked a girlish voice from the dark. She didn't even flinch. She ignored the girl that came out of shadows revealing her pale skin and black eyes. "Do not worry, I'll give you, what you craved for such a long time." At that moment the child opened her mouth wide and jumped at Isis biting her neck. Before she could scream a blissful feeling of death creeped on her. She did not fear pain, she welcomed it. After all it was inseparable part of death. She then smiled and just before her eyes closed she said two words and petted the girl. "Thank you". She then fell into what she thought was death. She was happy again, in hope of reuniting with her family in after life. Until she woke up in a dark wooden box. Even though it was extremely dark she could see very well. She then rose her hand and realized that she was truly forsaken by god or whoever governs the mortal fate. Her skin was white as snow which gave a grave realization that she was denied her biggest wish. End of suffering, on which she was now doomed for eternity.
January 19, 1945 C.E
"Doctor the initial scans have finally arrived!" Said one of many assistants that were swarming all around the tent. Doctor Hans Metzger was standing at the base of a very tall mountain on Lingshan Archipelago. He was sent here by the Fuhrer himself to oversee a very important project that might secure the German dominance for years to come. At first he was skeptical, but when he saw the reports and the metal spires protruding out from between the rocks like wisps of grass, he instantly knew something was afoot. The scans from their latest equipment and long mining operations confirmed his wildest dreams. A massive, tower like structure buried underneath the rock, extending heaven knows how deep beneath the surface. The material was something he has never seen before. Hard, yet light. Shiny and beautiful to watch, yet sturdy as five layers of tiger tank armor. Nothing, even shots fired from the Panzerkampfwagen VII Maus were enough to dent it. It was perfect. He turned on his heel and looked at one of the assistants.
"Prepare the procedure. We will forcefully pry it open" He said and locked his gaze on the shiny doorway leading inside the tower. He was so close yet so far to discovering all its secrets. With this kind of technology, the Reich would be able to steamroll over all their enemies. Russians, Americans, English? No one would even dare to oppose them. He watched as all the generators overloaded and send all the power to the gate. The entire structure shuddered and gaps in between the armor plates flashed red. He watched with a sinister smile as the doorway cracked open, and a blinding red light enveloped the entire testing area. But then, he felt something he did not fell for many years. He felt his stomach being forcefully pried open by cold claws. With a expression of pure horror he focused his vision at a long, metal tentacle that pierced him. He saw as all his soldiers cried out in fear as countless squid like machines began to overrun their positions. He raised his eyes to see a face of the new enemy he unwillingly unleashed upon his father land. A face deprived of mouth and nose. No hair or skin. Just a jelly like layer of flesh and a pair of red, blazing orbs that were the creatures eyes. Finally he screamed and the alien decapitated him. It hissed and roared in it's strange language as the nazi doctor fell to the ground. The Ceph were free, and they were angry.
May 7 1958 C.E, Geneva
"You have been chosen from many to lead a organization like never before created." Said the prime minister of England as all the other leaders and representatives of most nations looked at the young man before them. Barely out of officer school and already faced with such a cruel task, poor child.
"For millennia we have been waging wars with each other. For centuries weapons only served human beings to kill one another. But not anymore. With their last valiant effort, the nazis awakened a ancient evil that was never meant to wake up. And now thanks to doctor Hans Metzger, we might all pay the price for ignoring the basic voice of reason. Many try to suppress these horrible news from ever seeing day light, but we know better. Today, we unite with a extraordinary effort to stop this alien menace before it even starts. Today, we declare the X-Com initiative officially active and give you all our resources and support to stop them." The boy bowed his head and turned to head out of the meeting room. Before the heavy doors closed behind him, he heard all of them say with one voice.
"Good luck, Commander."
May 19 1958 C.E, Hawaii Isles
Three soldiers were now cowering behind a the tall cover that were rocks, walls and trees. All of them were X-Com operatives send in to fight off a invading army of alien forces. So far the Ceph did nothing but destroy anything that came too close to Lingshan. Sometimes they made a small ride on a nearest island to abduct some people or cause terror with displays to major violence but that was everything. But before this day no one even tried to oppose them. Everything changed when all the countries banded together to stop them. The Ceph became increasingly aggressive. They would make a lot more attacks on civilian population. And this was one of these attacks. But that was also the first attack to be countered by X-Com.
One of the soldiers decide to go forward as there were no imminent contacts nearby. Big mistake. Just as he sprung out of cover, out of nowhere a massive squid like drone flew right above him and fired many blue spike like shots. The soldier was instantly killed. The next one tried to retaliate, but was grabbed by the machine and threw into the air. The another two opened fire on it. It shrieked and recoiled from the machine gun fire. It then did something no one expected. It dived at one of the soldiers covering itself in bluish aura. The unfortunate man that was its target had no chance to jump out of the way as it slammed full force into the ground and exploded in a rainbow of colors.
The last soldier, sergeant Jacob Neverest watched as the entire explosion side was flashed frozen by the suicidal alien. To his surprise and complete shock, the alien drone was nearly untouched. Except for some burn marks and misaligned armor plates. In sheer horror and shock he looked at his dead squad mates and back to the hand held radio he was handed before the mission.
"Central, mission site is clear. All my companions are KIA." He looked at the frozen husk of the alien machine and spoke to the radio again. "But I have a package with me that needs picking up. And it's a big one." HE walked up to it and slowly rose his pistol. He squeezed the trigger and watched as a bullet penetrated the armor. He spat at it and smiled wickedly.
"Welcome to earth, motherfucker."
August 9 1993 C.E, Sotoba
Sometimes Isis asked herself how she got herself in this mess? How did she end up like this? A vampire? A corpse demon in service of the same small girl that made her into this monstrosity? When did things go so wrong.
She shook her head and looked out the window of the truck she was now inside, to see a beautiful small village, that was cornered by mountains, rivers and forests. She would have smiled, if not for why they were here. This place was going to turn into a complete nightmare soon enough. So many will die for what? She will have to ask miss Sunako that question when they arrive. She looked around the truck to observe her other companions. At the moment their small night hunters party was rather small.
First of all there was Sunako. At first glance she would seem like your typical, if not a little weird, thirteen years old girl. One could not be more wrong. In fact, she was heartless killer that learnt to use her child like form to perfection. The only thing that set her apart from others was that cliché porcelain white skin of hers and reddish voids that were her eyes. A trait that she would pass on Isis as no one but the two had this unique eye color. Another ability that Sunako possessed and passed down onto Isis was her capability to enter sacred places without fear of any kind. The only thing that apparently worked were crappy made crosses. Isis and Chizuru are still teasing the vampire queen for that incident.
Sitting next to the little devil was Seishirou, the only human being in this truck. He was just sitting there reading a hunting magazine, completely obvious to the fact that he was surrounded by a group of creatures created only to kill his kind. Isis once even asked Sunako about the man and why he was here as a human not a shiki. In return she got some philosophical talk about understanding and compassion that she could not understand.
Closely hugging him and playing with Sunako was Chizuru, the typical vampire seductress incarnate. She and Sunako were very close for some time now and they developed a nearly parental bond with each other. The funny thing is that Chizuru is the daughter, not Sunako.
Next up was Yoshie that was sitting in the corner playing on her gameboy color. Since the jinrou got her hands on the device she was playing on it without taking anything into consideration. Speaking of werewolves, she was one. No, not the hairy abominations of wolves and human. That would be just silly. A Shiki werewolf. The name was stupid really, but Sunako always gets what she wants. They were stronger, faster and most of all completely immune to sunlight. They even looked human with their colorful eyes, warm skin and beating heart. To say the truth, Yoshie was the only vampire of the group that Isis could actually tolerate and be more than just associates. They were friends. Best friends at that.
The two remaining demons were doctor Ebuchi and Tatsumi. The doctor was a older man with a very extensive knowledge of medicine in all its fields. To Isis he was just a big prick that was only here because he had nothing better to do after world war II. Oh yes, he was a nazi. Tatsumi was driving the truck and he was another jinrou. The leading one at that as the only one higher in rank then him was Sunako herself. He tried to appear Childish and innocent to the humans, but Isis knew exactly who he was. A homicidal bastard that was only here because he holds a very deep running respect for the Kirishikis.
But who she was in all that? What job did she have in the great scheme to fulfill. Sunako was a leader, Chizuru a seductress, Seishirou a double agent, Tatsumi was second in command, Ebuchi was going to run a clinic in the later parts of their plan and Yoshie was here to take care of all the new risen. What was Isis job? She was a defender. Yoshies side kick that was here only to make sure that nothing goes wrong and no vampires die. Also her ability to stay awake at during the day helped a she could with limitations interact with the villagers, keeping the appearances of the family intact.
That is where her long, traditional katana and a long black cloak came from. She was also wearing a casual long sleeved shirt and jeans to make sure no sunlight gets to her skin. If it ever begin to burn in public, it would be very bad for their reputation.
August 18 1993 C.E, Sotoba
After long walks in the sun and multiple conversations with the locals Isis finally found a friend. Her name was Nao Yasumori. She and her family lived in a small house near the towns perimiter. At first glance a perfect target for the vampires. But if anyone even laid a finger on them, they would soon witness what happens when you anger the guardian of the Kirishikis. Megumi learnt that hard lesson when she tried to bite Nao in her sleep, but was instead yanked away and beaten to a plump by a outraged Isis. Seeing that Tatsumi only smiled as he finally found a perfect way to get on her nerves. Poor Yasumoris would be caught in the cross fire.
August 28 1993 C.E, Sotoba
Just as always, Isis slowly walked towards the Yasumori house hold to talk with Nao. She was unable to do so for past five days as Tatsumi and Yoshie had some work for her. She knew that it was only because the blue haired bastard wanted to torture her a little. Turning on the nearest corner she looked at the beautiful scenery of the sleeping village. What disturbed her were the screams of a argument, a heated one at that. She looked towards the house and saw something that made her cringe. The two jinrous were fighting over something and Yoshie was bleeding from her mouth and nose. She most likely got punched hard.
"You idiot! Isis is going to kill you for this! Do you know what you have done?!" Screamed the bloodied werewolf, both her eyes were deep black with red irises.
"I want to see her try. The bitch was annoying with her constant argues and screaming." Tatsumi responded completely ignoring the displeasure as his arm was in the middle of healing. Yet he quickly winced as his stomach exploded in a violent explosion of pain as cold steel penetrated his back. Isis was standing right behind him, her eyes the same as Yoshies, black and red with blazing hatred. She looked at him and without taking her sword out punched him hard in the jaw. Bones breaking from the sheer force of her fist colliding with his body.
"What have you done Tatsumi, if you did something to Nao or her family I will kill you right here and now." She told him with a calm voice which was full of hatred. Every word was leaking venom. The impaled vampire smiled and looked her dead in the eyes.
"Oh I did more than just hurt her. I killed her and now she is laying dead in her bed with crying Mikiyasu by her side. And you can do nothing to avenge her since I'm protected by the entire Kirishiki family. Don't believe me? Go on, see for yourself." He told her with a devilish smile never leaving his lips. Without a warning Yoshie got up and kicked him so hard in the head that he was knocked unconscious, something rare even for a normal undead. Isis dropped her sword and yelled so loud the entire village heard her. The smug bastard will pay.
July 23 1996 C.E, Location [UNKNOWN]
Commander Lee Haru of X-Com was following his second in command, Central Officer Bradford closely as they were entering the new X-Com HQ. Doctor Vahlen and Doctor Shen were both talking behind him and explaining all the in workings of the most advanced facility on the planet. Fifty years of fighting X-Rays finally paid off with this marvel of technology.
"So as I was saying, the entire HQ is located deep underground, with plenty of room even deeper beneath us." Said doctor Shen and Vahlen picked up the topic immediately after he finished.
"Yes, this facility is full of all our latest Tech, including firestorm fighters, SCAR rifles, MOACs and of course all the most advanced scanning equipment in the world. We also have a new weapon already cooking up in labs, but unfortunately it is in early stages of development, so your soldiers will not be able to use it yet Commander." She said in her German accent. She was very excited when speaking of all the technologies and weapons, that it was obvious that she wanted to see them in real combat as soon as possible. Next to speak was his best friend, Bradford.
"We have a very extensive funding from nearly every country, world-wide. We need to capture more technology, find the aliens base and take back control of our planet." He pushed some buttons of a circular console in the main room and smiled at the awe of all gathered soldiers as the holographic representation of earth appeared in the middle of the room. "Welcome Commander, to the future of combat and the X-Com project." He said as the globe lit red in several places, showcasing latest alien activity. Humanity will finally take a stand against their oppressors.
5000000 B.C In between dimensions
Three figures were standing on the lake of a complete void. Beyond dimensions, beyond imagination and beyond understanding of most living creatures. Beyond time and space. Three figures discussed the fate of the universe. Pha'Sith was the first figure. He was all but physically imposing as his frail body could be tipped to the side by the slightest of wind or a wave in the weaving of the galaxy. He was four meters high and extremely thin, even for his race. His almost nonexistent legs and two pairs of arms were unmoving and covered by a long red cloak. His featureless head was covered by a steel helmet that looked like it should be way to heavy for him to even lift of the ground. Yet there he stood. Like a statue. One might even think he was one, until the leader of all Ethereals skinned him alive with his mind.
On his right stood a enormous armored avian creature. Its three arms waving as if he was swimming in a ocean of nothingness. Yuthalan levitated there, in his twenty meters magnificence, watching everything carefully with his six, blue eyes. The greatest and oldest of the Leviathans just as always seemed to be completely uninterested in the endless discussion. He firmly believed that his brothers solution to the problem of the universe was a perfect one. Without flaws or problems. Even though his "perfect" solution backfired horribly, causing a mass genocide on a unimaginable scale that repeated itself every fifty thousand years. And all three knew the Nar'Shemis will not stand a chance against the Unspoken ones.
The last, standing a bit higher than the other two, was a mass of untouchable shadow with nothing but a set of purple eyes and a mouth filled with black, sharp fangs. He was one of the Unspoken. The only one of the race of pure horrors that did not decide to destroy all that existed, exist and will exist. He, who was the only one of the first living creatures to walk on the face of all creation with full understanding. And he, who was the only one to know all that is to know. Reeyar Nar Vosh Diff was his name. Long and hard to pronounce in all exiting speeches. The name that has been long but forgotten, sunken in the never stopping stream of time. He looked at both his companions and spoke in voice that conveyed billions of emotions, colors, shapes and shades at once.
"Yet again we near the end of creation. The Unspoken one shall return in no longer than five hundred life cycles. The Nar'Shemis are nothing but ready. Stagnant as they are, they will all but fall to my brethren." He turned towards Pha'Sith with a grim expression, that which was full of complete and utter helplessness. "Have the Ethereal ones, found what they have been looking for?"
The Elder simply shook his head lightly and answered with a echoing voice.
"My children have found nothing. I do fear that we will never find the answer we are looking for."
Yuthalan blinked and spoke without permission. His voice deep as the ocean that spawned him and his brothers.
"My creations have also found nothing. The Yiss have not found perfection in genetics and Uthans have not found it in technology." He closed his enormous eyes and let out a sigh, something rarely performed by a Leviathan. "I fear that this universe is doomed. Just like the three that came before. The Unspoken ones shall yet again burn and devour all that is and leave the creation in complete and utter mess. Maybe in another line we will find our answer."
To their surprise the great elder smiled and extended his arms. As if called the weaves of the existence changed, and formed into a planet. A planet full of greenery and pure waters. Life flourishing on its surface.
"There yet may be hope in my latest experiment. I call it, Eva" He said with a smirk never leaving his fanged lips. "My friends, it is the first time in all of creation, that I have intervened personally in the fate of a planet. The now slowly developing race of this planet will give birth to Eva. I do truly hope that it will be enough to stop what is coming." Both and Yuthalan and Pha'Sith looked at him and smiled themselves. "Then we shall add our own variables, to assure the success of your plan."
4597834 B.C, Earth
A small lizard was casually walking on the sandy terrain of a massive desert. Even though it was a prime predator on this inhabitable wasteland, it was starving. It was the last of its species and the cruel mother that is nature herself decided that it will die and its entire legacy will disappear. And it would have happened. Two or three more hours in the unforgiving heat of the sun and the helpless, small animal would die. But something, or rather someone had different plans.
The lizard was trying to lick its scraped leg, but it was interrupted by a massive booming sound of metal breaking the wall of existence. Instantly the sun was darkened by massive silhouettes of squid like ships and discs enveloped in green and blue light slowly descending towards the ground. For the first time the Yiss cast of the Nar'Shemis and the clans of Ethereals worked together to achieve a victory for their masters.
After a hour of space craft's landing and sounds of reality cracking under the pressure of being torn apart in so many places at once, a Elder slowly walked on the surface of the planet. He could not believe that this place was to become a home to the saviors. That this planet would one day give birth to Eva that shall stop the Unspoken ones and end all conflict in the creation once and for all. The mighty Uber Ethereal bowed his head to the star of this system for giving this planet a chance and continued onward. He stopped when he saw a small, fragile creature laying on the ground, its breathing shallow and slow as its hearth and organs began to shut down. Pha'Verul pitied the poor being and picked it up with his thin hands. With his massive psionic powers granted to him by the all fathers themselves, he healed the reptile and spoke to it with a soothing voice.
"This planet is beautiful yet dangerous place. As my gift to you, the child of earth, I give you power and might that exceeds that of many. You shall soar the skies and all of the children will fear your magnificence. And one day, little one, you shall stand by Eva and fight the darkness beyond." He then took the creature to the Nar'Shemis and so the first dragon was born.
4597817 B.C Ethereal Base, Location [UNKNOWN]
"Are you sure? The universe might need you during the time you shall sleep. And I cannot oversee all, some things are bound to escape the eyes of a machine." The echoing, mechanical voice spoke as the Ethereals began to each fall asleep in the nearly endless stasis capsules. Pha'Verul bowed to the hologram before him and spoke one last time in this era.
"I trust in the great ones and they wish for me to sleep. You however must look. Make sure that the harvest never reaches this sector. Never lose hope and always remember, even if your heart is a power core and your body is a machine, you are still alive. Lives of billions created your soul and body and it is your will how you use it." Before the Elder closed his eyes he looked at the earth one last time. "Farewell, guardian Muliglond, leader of the Yiss Nar'Shemis.
The machine closed his visors and did the same gesture as the elder. "Farewell Pha'Verul of the Ethereal people. I will make sure that the temple ship and mother of Eva will stay safe while you rest."
He then mentally turned to the others of his kind and spoke once more. "Release the gene modification viruses. When the race of Eva awakens, she will have many allies. Not only us, but natives of this planet as well."
2967 B.C Space near the Oort Cloud
The great ones smiled at their success to turn the planet into the house of power it now was. Humans were already becoming powerful and the sub races created by the Nar'Shemis were already magnificent. Yet the greatest creation of all is yet to arrive. Eva is awaited not only by the natives, but by the gods themselves too. As no one, even her own father, knows when she will come, or what she will be.
7 December 1997 C.E, Kamakura
In a rather remote area of the city there was a very poorly attended hospital. A child was born there at that date. A very special child. A girl that would soon become the queen. A leader. A killer. A savior. But no one knew that. All that people saw was a freak of nature in this beautiful little girl. Why you may ask? When she was born and washed everyone gasped as they saw pink hair, bloody red eyes and small horns. A pair of petite horns on the girls head that looked like cat ears. When her father saw his child he was disgusted. By himself. By his wife. And most of all by this ugly daughter of his. That is why he dumped her in a trash can near the orphanage and committed suicide.
But he could never hide the truth. A small grey creature crawled out of the sewers and slowly crept towards the crying child. It looked at the baby girl and felt a internal victory. When it saw these horns and these eyes he knew that it was Eva he was looking upon.
The Sectoid walked towards her and picked her up. Instinctively, the girl cried, but was soon silenced by a soothing song that the alien send to her with its purple psionics. It looked around and with its enormous eyes it saw the entrance to the orphanage. It dug up a best piece of cloth it could from the pile of trash and wrapped the baby in it. It then slowly and carefully, so that no one saw it, crawled to the entrance and laid the baby on the doorstep. It then pushed the button that activated the automatic bell to call the nearest nurse. It watched as the girl was taken in and smiled internally as it have fulfilled its purpose. Happy, it activated a small communication device embedded into its bracelet. It then sent a message to its masters telling them that the waiting is finally over. That their beloved Eva was finally born.
7 December 1997 C.E, Kamakura
The day in which all dragons of the earth cried out in happiness. The daughter of god have finally graced us with her glory. Eva has been born. Unfortunately, humans do not know how precious she is and treat her as a monster and a outsider. A freak of nature. The Ethereals received the message and after millions of years in cryo sleep, they have awakened and began to watch. They will wait for now. But soon, this world will be changed. Soon, humanity will witness the ascension of their savior . And thus, our story truly begins.
Dämon-Lied was my first story ever written so I did not yet know where I should go with it. I tried and failed, yet I still see hope for it. And so I begin a complete rewrite of the entire story. Some aspects and events will change and some will stay. But all will be rewritten, except for some parts that I personally believe still do fit in the entire concept. Also, here is a complete list of all franchises that will be used in the story, small parts like weapons or creature included.
Elfen Lied (EVERYTHING)
X-COM Enemy Within (Species, psionics and technologies. No X-COM storyline, sorry guys.)
Mass Effect (EVERYTHING)
Shiki (EVERYTHING)
Prototype (EVERYTHING)
Skyrim (Dragons)
Aliens (Xenomorphs, I love these bugs)
Crysis (Aliens and technologies. No Crysis storyline. Yet again sorry.)
And of course something that I completely created myself like the Unspoken ones or the Darkness Realm.
Also, I will most likely put out the next chapter at 18th of march 2016, so any OC requests are to be send to me to this date.
Also the things I changed from the original franchises, looks or inner workings will be explained in the ending section, like this:
Sectoid - A alien species found by the Nar'Shemis Yiss cast seven hundred thousand cycles before. These small and fragile creatures are very throughout and decided to serve the Ethereals as their first client race. They are short and grey in color with a pair of large, orange eyes. They have no mouth and feed using a small tongue like appendage that is placed behind their face. They are extremely intelligent and possess basic psionic abilities that are but a fraction of the capabilities possessed by the Elders. They communicate using clicking sounds and telepathy.
SCAR - or the Superior Combat Assault Rifle is the latest technological achievement of X-Com. Used widely by all of its forces, it is loved for its accuracy and damage capability, as it outguns any other modern weapon. It was created in late 90 by doctor Vahlen and doctor Shen using the parts of Ceph equipment gathered in the field. Some of the major powers on the international stage are already offering X-com millions of dollars for the schematics. Commander Lee is at the moment true to his believe of not selling any kind of alien tech based weapons, as they could cause a major breakdown in the world balance of power.
MOAC - The Molecular Accelerator, or as the soldiers call it, the Water Minigun, fires a hail of frozen water particles at the rate of double the most advanced automatic weapons of the entire earth. It is yet impossible to create one, but with enough luck and technical skills, it can be salvaged and repurposed from a downed Ceph Scout. It requires a lot of strength to use and a portable power source or else it won't be able to produce the required freezing effect and will launch harmless water droplets.
Firestorm Fighters - Created with aerial superiority role and employing guerilla tactics against the aliens, the firestorm is a reverse engineered and redesigned scout vehicle. It is using a traditional F-16 hull and engines with alien aiming and anti gravitational technology incorporated into it. It is armed with two MOACs and one experimental plasma torpedo. Thanks to all the upgrades and tech, it has multiple red and blue outlines running all over its form.
Operation Volcanic Ash - It was a first successful mission launched against the Ceph terror attacks. Even though there was just one scout unit and almost entire team was KIA, this mission was considered a great victory, as it was not only the first time a attack was repelled and an alien was killed, but also the sole survivor managed to recover a scout husk that helped develop firestorm fighter and SCAR weapons. Unfortunately, after this mission alien became much more careful and reserved with their attacks and no more mission since 2001 were successful. The nearly unscratched alien drone was brought back to the HQ and use both for research projects and as a trophy.
Have a nice day/night!
ALien out.