A/N: So here's the first fully XCOM chapter. I apologize for not including anything for XCOM in the last chapter, but it was already written. From now on, I'm going to try to write one I.S. chapter and then one XCOM chapter until the story shifts completely over to XCOM. So this chapter pretty much introduces XCOM. For those who have played the tutorial for XCOM, this chapter should be easily recognizable. The names of the soldiers probably aren't correct, but right now, I'm not to concerned. Once I finish my play through of XCOM 2, I'm going to go through and play XCOM again. At that point, I'll do some edits for this chapter to make it more accurate.

For those of you who might get confused about how they are speaking over the radios, I'll explain. In the navy, when we use radios, you say who you are calling first, then who you are. For example: Voodoo One, XCOM Command. Voodoo One is who is being called and XCOM Command is the one who is calling. This is done because there will be several people on the same radio channel, so this way, everyone knows who is talking to who. And CHENG is short for Chief Engineer.

Until I get a Beta, I'm going to be posting these chapters as is. The grammar should be pretty good, but it won't be like the first two chapters.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Infinite Stratos in anyway, nor do I own XCOM. XCOM belongs to Fireaxis and Infinite Stratos belongs to Izuru Yumizuru. I am not making any profits by writing this story. It is purely for fun.

May 21, 2015

Unknown Location

"Hello, Commander. You have been chosen to lead the defense against the alien threat."

Commander John Simmons didn't think he would ever forget those fateful words. When he was first informed of his new orders, he thought it was a prank. Aliens, really? Did they think he was a kid still? Then he was shown the evidence. After-action reports, videos, and mission reports.

Dozens of missions from across the globe by different nations. Some of them detailed battles against little gray aliens that wielded what seemed to be plasma weapons. The majority of the reports, sadly, only really mentioned that the team or teams sent in, never came back and were thus assumed to be KIA. Even when teams returned, they had taken upwards of 90% death rate.

Before now, he had been a general in the British army and had served with distinction in Iraq and Afghanistan while a JO. As such, when he saw that even the elite Spetznaz and US Navy SEALs were being slaughtered, he knew that it wasn't just bad leadership or rookie mistakes causing these losses. That's why he ultimately accepted the position as Commander of XCOM. He hoped he could reduce the number of casualties sustained on every mission.

Now, though, he was being lead to the CIC of the first of, hopefully, many XCOM bases by Central Officer Bradford. Normally, he would be given a full tour of the facility and introduced to the other Department Heads, but XCOM had gotten an emergency communication from the Council. Apparently, the aliens had dropped into Munich, Germany and had begun attacking anything that moved. The Germans had responded by sending in a team of SpecOps. The last word they had on the team was that their helo had gone down. The Council decided that this would be the perfect chance to give XCOM their first mission. XCOM would send in a team to discover that status of the German SpecOps team and eliminate any hostile threats. Commander Simmons had instantly agreed and had chosen the team himself. They were in the air before he had even stepped on foot into the base. Now, they waited for the team to arrive.

Ten years ago, the trip would likely have taken four hours or more. Today, it only took an hour. As the Skyranger- the VTOL aircraft XCOM acquired- arrived, Commander Simmons and Central Officer Bradford were able to get a glimpse of what had happened to the German helo. It was quite obvious that it had crashed or had been shot down. What wasn't so obvious was what had happened to the SpecOps team.

"Bradford, have the team put boots on the ground. We need to find out what happened down there." Simmons ordered.

"Yes sir. Voodoo One, XCOM Command. Put boots on the ground." Bradford relayed.

"XCOM Command, voodoo One. Putting boots on the ground."

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"Delta Team, Voodoo One. Drop in one mike." the pilot of Skyranger One called over the VTOL's internal comms.

The strike team, Delta, spent that time double and triple checking their gear. Once the minute was up, the team of four repelled out of the aircraft.

Immediately upon hitting the ground, two of the team members took the closest bit of cover they could find so as to cover their two other teammates as they sprinted ahead to better cover. After them, the first two moved up. One of them was able to see a trail of blood on the right side of the street.

"Command, Delta Three. I've got a blood trail here. Permission to investigate?" Delta Three, Rookie Kurokawa, requested.

"Delta Three, XCOM Command. Permission granted. Be careful."

Rookie Kurokawa proceeded to investigate the source of the blood trail. What she found was disturbing to say the least.

"Command, Delta Three. I've got a body here. It appears to be one of the German SpecOps. Seems something... burst out of her. She also appears to be rather young. Maybe fifteen or sixteen with silver hair and red eyes. Why would the Germans have someone this young in the military, let alone send them out here?"

"Bzzzzzt! Hilf mir! Hilf mir! Bzzzzzzzt!"

"Command, Delta Three. Did you hear that?"

"Delta Three, XCOM Command. We heard it. Dr. Vahlen do yo know what was said?"

"He said, 'Help me.' It seems to be coming from inside the building in front of your position, Delta Team." Dr. Vahlen translated.

"Delta Team, XCOM command. Check the building for survivors. Remember to stay in cover."

Bradford ordered.

"XCOM Command, Delta One. Roger, checking building now." Delta One, Rookie

Hernandez, acknowledged as team leader.

"Johnson, Hernandez. Check out that window. Report what you see." Hernandez ordered.

"Hernandez, Johnson. Roger. Moving now." Johnson moved up to the window, crouching so that only his head was visible.

"Hernandez, Johnson. I've got nothing visible from here. I suggest we go inside."

"Johnson, Hernandez. Copy. Simon, that door is in our way. Kick it down."

As soon as Hernandez said this, Simon ran up to the door, kicked it open, and moved inside to better cover.

"XCOM Command, Delta Four. I've got a visual on one of the missing SpecOps. He's still alive."

"Delta Four, XCOM Command. Roger, Delta Team, move up and get to cover inside the building. Delta Four, once they are in position, move up and confront the SpecOps member." Bradford ordered.

"XCOM Command, Delta Team. Copy that. Moving in now."

In seconds, Hernandez, Johnson, and Kurokawa had moved inside and were in position. Then Simon moved up.

Once he reached the light the SpecOps soldier was standing behind, he tilted it forward. The SpecOps eye's were a blank white and there was some kind of creature hiding behind him.

"What the f..." Simon started, but didn't get to finish.

In a sudden burst of movement, the SpecOps soldier brought his shotgun up and blasted Simon in the chest at point blank range. Simon was killed almost instantly when the 12 gauge shell tore through his armor and ripped his chest open, shredding his internal organs. Moments later, the SpecOps soldier primed a grenade.

"Grenade!" was shouted seconds before it went off, killing the soldier.

Then the aliens appeared. They looked just like the pictures of the Roswell Gray.

"I've got multiple contacts!" Kurokawa shouted.

"Johnson, on your left!" Hernandez shouted, but it was to late.

The alien there fired some kind of green energy weapon several times at Johnson, tearing through his armor and killing him.

"Grenade out!" Kurokawa yelled as she threw a grenade at the alien that killed Johnson.

The grenade exploded, killing the alien before it could escape.

Only moments later, another gray-skinned alien flanked Kurokawa and fired at her, killing her as effortlessly as Johnson had been killed.

"Shit! Johnson and Kurokawa are dead!" Hernandez reported, abandoning proper comms talk.

"Roger. See if you can flank that alien. Once in position, fire." Bradford ordered.

"Roger." Hernandez moved up to the large tanks that were right behind the alien.

Luckily, the alien appeared to be more interested in studying Kurokawa's corpse than paying attention to its surroundings. That worked fine for Hernandez. He lined up a shot with his Gauss rifle and fired an short burst. The rounds struck the alien, killing it easily.

After looking around, Hernandez reported in.

"XCOM Command, Delta One. I think that's all of them."

"Delta One, XCOM Command. Roger, head back to the Skyranger. We'll send in a separate team to collect the bodies. XCOM Command out."

As he walked back to the exfil point, Hernandez had only one thought on his mind.

I sincerely hope that not all missions go this badly.

XCOM HQ

"If all missions go like this one, we'll need to keep up a steady recruitment rate. As it stands, our current recruitment rate won't be able to keep up. I believe a promotion is in order for Hernandez, wouldn't you say so, Bradford." Commander Simmons stated.

"Yes sir. I'll have the paperwork ready by the time he arrives, sir. While you wait, sir, I suggest you take a tour of the base. Our CHENG, Shen, and Chief Scientist, Dr. Vahlen, wished to speak to you when you arrived." Bradford suggested.

"I believe I will, thank you Bradford." Simmons thanked as he walked off.

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A few minutes later, and with the help of signs posted around the base, Simmons found himself in the Engineering Department.

"Ah, good evening, Commander. I am the Chief Engineer, or CHENG for short, Chief Shen. It's nice to meet you." An older man greeted. He wore glasses and was balding, but appeared to be in prime shape.

"Good evening, Chief. I have an idea of what you do down here, but why don't you fully explain it to me."

"Very well. Here in Engineering, we build anything and everything this base will need. Armor, weapons, ammo, medical supplies; you name I, we can build it. We can also build new facilities lower in the base once we have excavated the areas. And if the eggheads up in the Science Department need a new toy built, we can build it. While our job is more complex than that, I won't bore you with the details. Do you have any questions, sir?" Shen explained.

"Not at the moment, but if I do, I know where to find you. Since I am short on time and still need to visit the Science Department, I am going to take my leave." the Commander replied.

"Feel free to visit anytime, Commander." Shen said as Simmons walked off.

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Twenty minutes later, the Commander walked into one of the labs in the Science Department.

"My apologies about the procedures, Commander, but we have to make sure you aren't bringing in anything unwanted. I am the Chief Scientist, Dr. Vahlen. It's nice to officially meet you." Dr. Vahlen greeted. She was a middle aged woman with her brown hair in a ponytail over her shoulder.

"It's quite alright, Doctor. Why don't you show me around and explain to me what it is you do."

"Ah, yes. As you know we do all the research up here. The Science Department is divided into two divisions; the R&D division and the Biology division. As you can no doubt guess, the biology division will do all of the autopsies and biological experiments. The tech division, on the other hand, reverse engineers an alien tech we get and attempt to use it to create new and better armor and weapons. I would like to mention, Commander, that while I am the Chief Scientist, I am more of a biologist than a tech researcher." Vahlen explained.

"Thank you, Doctor. I should head to the barracks now. I have a promotion to give out and the recipient should be arriving soon." Simmons replied.

"COMMANDER, YOUR PRESENCE IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED IN THE HANGAR!" came over the base intercomm.

"I suppose I should head to the hangar instead." the ex-general said.

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As he arrived at the hangar ten minutes later, the Commander of XCOM saw Voodoo One being lowered to the ground by the elevator. As soon as the elevator stopped, the rear hatch of the Skyranger opened and Hernandez walked out and saluted the Commander.

"At ease, soldier. You have my regrets for your team. As you are now our most experienced soldier, I have decided to promote you to Squaddie. Congratulations."

"Thank you, sir. There was nothing that could have been done. We underestimated those gray-skinned bastards and paid for it. We'll know better in the future." Ramirez replied.

"Yes, we will. Now go get some R&R, you deserve it." Simmons ordered.

"Yes sir!" Ramirez saluted before walking off in the direction of the barracks.

A/N: I should post the second chapter soon, tonight hopefully. And I did refer to the German Supersoldier program that Laura Bodewig is part of. The unlucky SpecOps that they found dead was one of her "older sisters".

With Dr. Vahlen, I did what I did on purpose. By the time the story really gets going, I plan on having somebody else be the head of the R&D Division, while Dr. Vahlen heads the Biology side.

After tonight, don't expect any chapters for a while as I will not have internet for an indefinite amount of time. Once I get internet, I will post whatever chapters I have written.