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On what was intended to be a standard ADVENT facility mission, Diane "Cargo" Freeman and her allies find out: this particular facility is in the process of modifying muton children into berserkers, when one of those children escapes to them. Cargo's wife and commanding officer Echidna, a berserker herself, knows exactly what those kids are expected to go through. Set off by the horrors of her own past, Echidna barrels forward, and Cargo follows, anxious to learn at long last just how painfully a berserker's childhood dies.
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Captain Mox captured a Reaper. Pratal Mox of the Skirmishers freed the Hunter, as best he could.
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Parenthood is a discussion for any serious couple. All the more serious when the first attempt resulted painfully, prior to the couple getting together. But after their years together, Diane "Cargo" Freeman and her berserker wife, Echidna, are able to talk about it without sorrow or fear; even if never without the ache of loss.
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The Commander fully intends the repatriation of the remaining aliens on planet Earth, now that the Elders have left them behind. Dr. Tygan accepts his task of providing qualitative data proving the viability of such a plan, and this study begins with an interview with a young muton, discussing the upbringing her false gods gave her.
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An Ethereal was far from the safest sort of prisoner to keep. And he's broken his biggest restraint. Even though Hawking's not running, "Cargo" Freeman fully expects him to, and the way he explains himself isn't helping.
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Cherub knows he's not like the original, but it's hard not to worry.
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(She hadn’t fallen first, he did. There was something about being wanted that found the chink in her armor.)
(Needs that couldn’t be met by survival alone, she supposed. He wasn’t even the first to meet them.)
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Moxrider PWP, because my god how is there no smut in this ship tag yet.
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his ghost haunts you (and i am his killer) by HelJay
Fandoms: XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
02 Sep 2025
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Even with Elena's forgiveness, certain wrongs committed in the Elders' name do not disappear with the absence of her blame. Mox sets aside his regret to face instead the true enemy of the moment: Elena's struggle to confront a grief she's barely even begun to process.
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A good scientist strives for objectivity. Scientists, however, are only human.
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Sometimes, picking a lover out of your former enemies pays off better than you could've possibly expected.
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Finding herself captive in XCOM's alien containment chamber, a particular Berserker (properly) meets the operative credited with her capture. Despite the circumstances, the human is so much friendlier than the rest; something the Berserker finds appreciable.
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XCOM had brought Mox back to the Avenger in one piece. Elena took no questions as to why she’d led the mission— not that anyone asked. It was understood that she felt obliged, on a personal if not ethical one, to rescue an ally that had given himself to assure her safety. She attends to his wounds next — and struggles with a repressed desire she never wanted to have towards a hybrid like him.
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Mox is grateful for what he has, now that he has escaped the control of the Elders and bonded with the likes of Dragunova. But there are things he will never forget, and he knows she hasn't, either. Thankfully, Elena is not one to leave concerns unaddressed.
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"It's some sort of psionic rift! I cannot begin to fathom why Dr. Vahlen would have allowed it to have this ability!"
She had her reasons.
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do not borrow grief from the future by HelJay
Fandoms: XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms
18 May 2025
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The Ethereal traitor callsigned "Hawking" by those that harbour him is still learning to treat others as equals, superiors, friends. He practices this developing empathy with the Thin Man that remains loyal to him above all else, as she returns from a difficult mission.
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In Dr. Vahlen's lab reports, she determined that the Berserkers were extensively genetically-modified variants of the Muton. However, until someone talks to a Berserker, it doesn't occur to think about what that means in practical terms... assuming that Berserker even wants to discuss what happened to change her. Diane "Cargo" Freeman, uniquely positioned towards that insight, knows better than to pry. Her beloved needs to be treated kinder than that.
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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.
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Diane "Cargo" Freeman is a surviving XCOM operative, named for her astounding skill in capturing subjects for Dr. Vahlen. Her affection for the invaders saves her life when XCOM falls, but being alone in the unknown with only her tenuous allies and her regrets leaves her emotionally stranded. As she makes a decision as to whether or not to risk her family's lives to tell them she's okay, one of those allies proves her sincerity.
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Montgomery Gator died in that water - at least, he was supposed to. But he can't quite pass on when the ferryman chooses not to do his job, when the ferryman has personal motivations to protect this one young soul. Once Monty understands why, it's a matter of whether or not he can truly believe someone else is able to care for him, and see the bigger picture that his pain has blinded him to.
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The fall of the Functionist Council has left their favoured preacher in a precarious position. Star Saber, once one of the most respected paladins on Cybertron, has become a far more contested figure. The inhabitants of this new universe loathe him with a burning passion, and even his own followers have grown frustrated with him. Longing for answers, Star Saber begs for Primus' guidance. What he is given is an answer he never expected.
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- Part 1 of The Father, The Son