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It was a mistake giving my son the viper king's genes in him and now the elders want him dead cause of his betrayal but it's getting the vipers riled up when they heard that their "next king" is about to be killed and the hierarch mother is not very happy about it either. She wasn't happy about the former king being killed by X-Com and now she's bitchy of the fact that my son is precious to the vipers. Sake of the race she says...unbelievable...and there's no doubt in my mind that they are going to rebel if something happens to Dante. Are they really that concern for him?...oh, Vahlen...if you were here, you'd probably kill me of how much of an idiot I am..."

*Click*

Chapter 10

(Dante's pov)

1 hour later back at the Avenger.

I told the Commander about the watch and it's function and he was amazed of the technology Vulpe created.

"Nice. Could be useful if I send you out on scouting in cities before we start missions." The Commander chuckled.

"Yeah...did my friends cause you any trouble, Commander?" I asked him.

"No. They spent most of their time talking about how life was before they were aliens." The Commander's GREMLIN shook left and right.

"That's good. One last thing. Vulpe's scouts reported that the elders are being desperate about Giovanni's escape and want him back." I sighed.

"...That's just sad. I didn't think the elders cared about an escaped experiment." Central suddenly said.

"They seem to care about their own race than other aliens." I shrugged.

"Too bad for them. We have the upper hand with the help of your friend." The Commander chuckled.

"Yup. Well that's about it. I'll go to talk to Giovanni about what I told you." I said.

"Just a moment, Dante. I had a discussion with your brother when he told me that Maria was scared to be alone and was having nightmares about the battle at Brazil. So I'm transferring you to Maria's cell so she can be more calm and not panic when she wakes up." The Commander said with seriousness.

"Okay. Thanks, Commander." I smiled faintly.

"No problem. Dismissed."

I slithered to Roman and Giovanni's cell as Marco opens the cell door for me.

"Dante! Man am I glad to you back." Giovanni chirped.

"Same here. There's something I should tell you, Giovanni." I sighed.

"That sigh tells me something bad happened. What is it?" Roman asks me with concern.

"One of the scouts from the Italian resistance said that the elders are looking for you, Giovanni." I said as look at Giovanni with Seriousness

"Why me?"

"Well I can think of one thing. You're probably the first human to be experimented with Ethereal DNA which no doubt succeeded in creating an Ethereal for the first time. Now they are freaking out that you are in enemy's control and want you back in their clutches to do some fuck up things. That's just a theory but I still won't take my chances if that's the case." I said.

"...Perché non mi sorprende? (Why am I not surprised?)" Giovanni sighs.

"And they don't care about other aliens?" Roman frowned.

"Nope. They seem too worried about their own race than the ones they have in their army." I shrugged.

"Wait until their army get a load of that. That's disgraceful of being a leader. You don't care about your army, there's going be mutiny. Seen it before and it can happen again." Roman said as I nod agreeing with him.

"Right." I sighed.

As I was about to go, Giovanni asks...

"Where did you get that watch?" Giovanni asks me.

"I got it from the resistance...but this is no ordinary watch." I snickered.

"Really?! What can it do?" Giovanni asks

"I'm not telling you. It's a surprise..." I snickered.

"Oh come on! Don't keep me in suspense!" Giovanni pouts as me and Marco snickered.

"Don't worry. You'll see." I snickered more.

"Same old, Dante." Roman chuckled.

A few days later, The Commander has assigned me to scout Philadelphia alone (scouting is much more effective alone.) and as I was getting ready, Giovanni kept pestering me about the watch's function...

"Tell me what the watch does or I'll mind control you to show me what it does." Giovanni said rather sinister.

Oh hell no...being mind controlled by an Ethereal is something I do not want.

"Alright alright...sheesh." I rolled my eyes.

I activated the watch as Giovanni and Roman looked at me surprised to see me in human form.

"Whoa." Giovanni gasped as Roman's eyes went wide.

"Yup. It's used for scouting purposes only. Now...would you excuse me? I got to do some scouting in Philadelphia." I smiled faintly as I put my revolver in my holster in my trench coat.

2 hours later and I got transported to Philadelphia by the Skyranger to a discreet location as I casually walked to Philadelphia acting as a local. It's not as easy as it is cause not even a minute and I see some vipers looking at me...strange. I think they know me but just can't put their fingers on it...but I kept my cool and did what I had to do. Yet...I couldn't help but feel like I'm prey to them...

I did some scouting around a bit and discreetly took some notes of the enemies(which all I see are vipers for some odd reason.) I see(without letting them see me of course.) but It was starting to go downhill slowly as one viper started to follow me but kept her distance. That's not the worse part, as I got to the designated safehouse to report my findings to the Commander and enter the building, two vipers had their rifles pointed at me as a third one who looked different from the other(by that I mean, her scales looked darker than the other vipers.) one had her hands behind her back as I had my hands up (should've brought a gun but then again it wouldn't matter even with the gun.) not wanting any trouble...all of a sudden, the third viper says...

"Your highness...what a expected surprise." She says with a neutral tone.

For a second I was going to say "what?" but I'm the only male viper here so that makes sense for her to call me that...I guess. I'm still confused about this cause it makes me wonder if I'm like another the viper king and if so...I got to know...

"I'm unarmed if that's your concern." I said with a neutral tone.

"No...that isn't my concern. What my concern is why someone like you escaped from ADVENT and is now working with the enemy..."

"Look...ADVENT do not care about our race no...the entire army. How many men and women who became part of ADVENT...did their duty...then disposed of like garbage? Possibly alot." I narrowed my eyes.

"And yet you side with the enemy who killed our previous king." She frowns.

"You should be thankful that they didn't let the elders enslave our people. A weak willed king who wanted to help our race and yet he would've let you die for the elders will. Is that what you all wanted?" I frowned hard.

Nailed it...she can't find a counter argument to that.

"No..." She sighs as she soften her frown.

"Exactly." I said as soften my frown.

"What's going on down there?" I heard a woman's voice.

I look up to see another viper with a different type of armor from the rest of vipers and her scale colors were a bit dark and a bit light. Something tells me she's in charge of the vipers here.

"Hierarch mother...it's the king..."

"...Is this a joke, Hebi?" The Hierarch mother frowns.

"Perhaps I remove my disguise to prove her point." I said.

They were confused and wondered if I gone delusional...I removed the collar off my neck and deactivated my watch to remove my disguise. That confused look on their face quickly turned to complete shock the moment they see me as a viper.

"Satisfied?" I said with a neutral expression.

The Hierarch mother was shocked...no...better yet...speechless to see me as a viper. About time I have a chat with her..

*Before I sign off, I noticed there hasn't been any stories of the protagonists being warped in to the X-Com universe lIke this story. No good ones either. I hope they make something like this in the near future to show how much they love the series so much. That's all I have to say. Signing off. Peace out.*