Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Non-Human Character(s), Original Non-Binary Character, Thin Man (XCOM), Ethereal (XCOM), Sectoid (XCOM)
Additional Tags: Character Death, OC death, mention of infant death, POV First Person, Unreliable Narrator, Humanity's Love for Aliens, Ancient Space Hitler Realizes Maybe Invading Earth was a Bad Idea
Summary:
In the final strike that defines the Elders' victory over XCOM, a small group of alien traitors, the operative who captured them and the Ethereal One playing along with their insurgency escape the base. While one of their own lies dying, that Ethereal watches the others try their hardest to save his life, and from the ensuing small tragedy does he understand what he and the other Elders foolishly overlooked in their decision to conquer by force.