AN: FINALLY THE NASTY ONE HAS COME BACK TO FANFICTION!

What's up everyone? I'm so stoked that I finally got XCOM 2 downloaded that I decided to make an unofficial sequel to "XCOM: Earth's Guarding Saviors", which was my first story on this site. Now I say unofficial, because FanFiction has a policy regarding no sequels so I'm not calling this a sequel more of a continuation. This story follows where the other one left off, which means that I will need to tweak some things to make this story fit my timeline. Also, not all of the soldiers from the original will be returning namely Renegade, Prophet, Dubois, Shipman, DOA, and Black Widow for various reasons. Renegade and Prophet are officially retired so they will not be seen in the story, DOA and Black Widow will be in the story but not serving as they have children to look after, and the others' fates will be revealed later.

To fill these slots, I will be accepting some OC's from you guys if you so choose to submit them, however if I don't receive them by the time I post Chapter 3 then I'll just fill in the holes with my own characters. Please submit them via PM to me as I don't want to have to read through some reviews to find them. All I need is some basic information like Name, Age, Height, Ethnicity, Hometown, Branch of Service if any, Preferred Specialization, Background, and Personality. (I'm accepting two Supports (Specialists). All accepted OC's are on my profile along with credit to the people whom submitted them.).

One last thing is that I will alert people when I'm about to reveal plot to XCOM 2, so read at your own risk! I think that's everything I wanted to say, so without further ado let's kick this sucker off!

Disclaimer (This is the only one!): I own none of the characters or storyline from XCOM 2, that belongs to Firaxis. The only thing I own are the characters from "XCOM: Earth's Guarding Saviors" and some backstory. I also don't own any OC's that will appear in the story, those belong to the authors who send them in.

Chapter 1: This is the World We Live In Now

== Unknown Location ==

Walking along a crowded walkway in the middle of New India, a Hispanic male that looked to be from Argentina walked around aimlessly as he frowned at the happenings around him. Everywhere he looked he saw symbols of ADVENT and how they were proclaiming the peace that had finally been achieved between the Ravagers and Humans ten years ago to the day. They had struck without warning and routed the human militaries within a matter of months since XCOM had been disbanded and had no time to reform. Now the entire world was enslaved by this corporation that proclaimed peace and stability but at the same time committed genetic atrocities by making hybrid soldiers composed of both human and alien DNA. The remnants of XCOM had been labeled traitors and scattered to the winds to avoid capture and certain death, some were luckier than others.

'So many lives have been lost, I'm just thankful that some of us managed to regroup and band together to face this common enemy.' thought the male as he took off his beanie to reveal a buzz-cut of black hair and looking closely you could see his ever present moustache that was as thick as it was back in his XCOM service. The male was none other than Jesus "Smokey" Rodriguez the original leader of Strike One that has since be classified as a traitors by the ADVENT corporation and marked for death upon capture. Smokey had managed to get DOA and Jesus Jr. to safety with Bradford and his team of soldiers before things got too bad. They'd recently discovered an abandoned alien ship that could be used as a mobile home base of sorts and they just needed an power source to get it up and running again.

Ducking into an alley way, Smokey hid himself from sight in the shadows caused by the setting sun and waited for nightfall to occur. Tonight was the night that XCOM would strike back against ADVENT and he'd volunteered to provide support for the attack when the time came. Finding a nice hidden spot behind a dumpster, Smokey sat down and let his thoughts run free as he thought back to all the people that had been lost since ADVENT's takeover.

Dubois and Shipman had both died when their Special Ops unit originally found the hidden alien cell on Earth that had signaled the second wave of Ravagers to take the planet. They never stood a chance as they thought it was a simple terrorist cell, Deadeye and Lockdown still haven't recovered from it.

Dr. Vahlen had disappeared from the world view shortly after the war, no doubt taken by the ADVENT to keep her from helping the resistance. Dr. Shen had managed to escape away from the forces sent to capture him with his daughter, Dr. An-Yi "Lilly" Shen. They both had joined up with Bradford and helped him return the resistance to a fighting force with new technology and weapons. They'd both been working tirelessly on getting the ship back in working order before Shen passed away peacefully in his sleep a few weeks ago, Lilly volunteered to take up her father's place as Chief Engineer to continue his legacy within XCOM.

Road Block and Heavy Duty were both captured and re-enslaved into the Ravagers' forces by ADVENT when their community was raided. They did manage to take out 95% of the attacking force before running out of ammo and explosives.

Both Renegade and Prophet had gone dark a few weeks ago and hadn't been heard from since. They were content with helping XCOM from the outside by going undercover at press conferences to gain intel on what ADVENT's plans were because they didn't want to go back to fighting another war again, they had both seen enough bloodshed for a lifetime. They were discovered during one of ADVENT's press conferences regarding the tenth anniversary of Unification Day as they called it. Both went underground to avoid being captured, but did manage to give the intel needed for the mission that was going to be undertaken tonight.

His loving wife, DOA, had stated she didn't want both of them to go fighting in another war and risking Jesus Jr. growing up without parents, which he respected and told her that she didn't have to fight but he wanted to. She had respected his decision and was currently back at the Avenger waiting for him to return.

The last person that was lost was the Commander. He had been captured by the ADVENT forces shortly after the invasion began when he tried to link up with Bradford. The teams sent to his house in Scottsdale, Arizona found a destroyed home with the bodies of aliens littering the grounds, but no sign of the Commander. It was assumed that he'd been taken because of this fact and the intel from Renegade and Prophet confirmed the team's suspicion. That was the reason they were here tonight, they were going to free the Commander from captivity. With him at the helm, there was a better chance that they'd win this war.

At the briefing this morning, Smokey had met the other soldiers that would be going on this mission with him. They were Bradford himself, Jane Kelly, Peter Osei, and Ana Garcia. Bradford had aged considerably after the war, the years of being on the run and the constant stress of keeping the resistance together made him appear to be in his mid fifties when he was only 45. He'd taken on the nickname "Central" as a homage to his role back with the original XCOM. Jane Kelly was a 28 year old American who was on Bradford's security detail back when the invasion began, she volunteered to be a part of the project and left with him when he fled from his would be captors.

Peter Osei and Ana Garcia were both recent additions to the resistance as they joined up when they caught wind of a potential overthrow of the alien rule. Osei was 25 and from Nigeria, while Ana was 23 and from Venezuela. Both were eager to fight as they felt the aliens had it coming to them with their atrocities at making hybrid soldiers.

The team had agreed on the plan that Bradford and Kelly would cause a diversion while Osei and Garcia would secure the facility for their arrival. Smokey was purely there to provide support in case anything went wrong. He would meet up with them, once the diversion was set by Bradford. Now all he had to do was kill some time before the eventual fireworks began.

== Three Hours Later == (Spoilers ahead!)

Darkness had completely fallen over the area, as Central and Kelly approached their target for their planned diversion. Ahead was an ADVENT security checkpoint that was perfect for what they planned to do, knowing that once the facility came under siege ADVENT would send all nearby forces to take it back. Destroying the checkpoint would cause confusion and divert attention here before they discovered that the facility was under attack hopefully buying them enough time to get out unnoticed. Central would approach the checkpoint as a civilian and enter the metal scanners which would go off since he had his assault rifle hidden under his trench coat, once preoccupied with him Kelly could move in and plant explosives on their patrol vehicle which should kill them all.

Looking up, Central noticed that the checkpoint was up ahead. He was the next person in line to go through the scanner. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that Kelly was in position with the explosives.

'Here goes nothing.' thought Central as he walked through the scanner which immediately went off as planned. The troopers came over and asked him in their garbled language if he was planning an attack. Taking his silence as an admission of guilt, the trooper struck Central across the face and sent him to the ground as they all raised their plasma rifles at him and prepared to fire.

Kelly saw the commotion and quickly approached the vehicle and went about placing the X4 explosives on the vehicle's side closest to the troopers. Setting the explosives to live, she quickly walked away and awaited Central's order to blow it.

"Now! Do it!" said Central. Kelly wasted no time and pressed the detonator in her right hand which set off the explosives that immediately incinerated all the troopers, except the one closest to Central that had raised its rifle at him. The trooper was sent flying from the shockwave and landed in a heap against the barriers erected earlier along the sides of the scanner. Central quickly recovered and pulled out his upgraded M4A1 assault rifle and dispatched the trooper with five shots to the head before regrouping with Kelly up the road.

"Crashers the mission is a go!"

== With Osei and Garcia ==

Both of the soldiers had taken up a raised position against the three ADVENT troopers that were remaining behind to guard the facility. The other three had gone to support the checkpoint.

"I thought you'd never say so sir. Opening fire!" exclaimed Osei as he dispatched the trooper on the far left, while Garcia hit the trooper on the far right.

The lone remaining trooper signaled for more reinforcements, but was quickly dispatched by a charging Garcia who took cover behind a car in front of the facility. With the area secure the two Crashers moved to defensive positions as they awaited support.

== With Smokey ==

Smokey heard the explosion in the distance, and knew that was his cue to move, breaking from cover he charged up the walkway to the intersection where he was to meet Central and Kelly. Hearing someone approaching, he took cover behind an armored truck and awaited to see who it was. Peeking out, he spotted an Advent officer and two troopers that were coming from the direction of the facility. Both enemy types were similar in height, armor type, and weapons but the one difference was that officers had red armor while troopers wore standard black armor. Also officers had what appeared to be a red scarf with the ADVENT symbol on it.

Deciding to focus his attention on the officer, Smokey lined up his assault rifle and fired hitting the officer dead center of his face mask. No way was he getting up from this one. The two troopers looked everywhere to find the threat, but were quickly dispatched by two simultaneous rifle blasts from Smokey's right. Turning his head in that direction he nodded at the two before the group headed off to support the Crashers.

== With Osei ==

Things had gone from okay to bad in a short amount of time. One minute both he and Garcia were discussing about their potential specializations, and the next she's laying on the ground dead with holes in her armor and body from multiple plasma rounds. Shaking off his surprise, he was valiantly holding the line, but he was quickly going to need to reload soon.

"CRASHER 2 IS DOWN! I NEED IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE!" shouted Osei as he took out one of the two troopers that had hit his right flank. He raised his rifle to fire again, but heard a sound that made his heart drop.

Click. Click.

"Shit! Need ammo!"

Fumbling with the clip on his belt, Osei finally got it into his rifle, and as he looked up he saw a plasma rifle barrel pointed directly at his face. Closing his eyes, he waited for the shots that never came.

BAM! BAM! BAM! CRASH!

Hearing the sounds in rapid succession, he looked up to see the trooper's body on the ground with three holes from a pistol in its body and he turned to see Smokey standing behind him with Garcia's body over his shoulder. He also noticed Kelly offering him a hand to get up, accepting it he stood up and received some ammo from Smokey.

"You okay kid?"

"Yeah I'll be fine. Don't you need the ammo though?"

"Nah, I'll just use my pistol, besides it kind of hard to shoot a rifle one handed. Come on let's go."

"I'm in!" shouted Kelly as they looked inside to see that she had hacked the stasis containment unit in the middle of the room.

"This is definitely the right place!" exclaimed Central as he broke the glass and grabbed the Commander's body as it fell forward and threw him over his shoulder.

"We're leaving now! Shit! ADVENT is here!"

Looking out front, the group saw that ADVENT had landed out in front of the facility with six more troops coming to take it back.

"Kelly blow a hole in the rear wall, we'll go out the back!" ordered Smokey as he and Osei started gunning down troops that charged their position.

Kelly chucked a grenade that blew the rear wall apart, and then tossed the blue smoke grenade that signaled their Skyranger Mk. 2 call sign Firebrand to provide immediate pickup. With the aircraft in place, the four started their sprint to the pickup zone with ADVENT hot on their heels. Central received a wound to his shoulder, but he kept charging and made it to the zone and was picked up via fast rope with the Commander in tow. Kelly went next, and made it to the aircraft unscathed as she grabbed the rope and was pulled up next. Smokey and Osei were both running hard having both run out of ammo, both were in the zone and reaching for the ropes when suddenly Osei was slammed into Smokey with blood flowing from his right temple. One of the troopers got lucky and struck the young man down instantly just moments from escape. Reacting quickly, Smokey slung his body over his other shoulder and grabbed the rope before being pulled up to the awaiting aircraft with the others.

== On the Skyranger ==

As the aircraft quickly left the area, Kelly looked over and saw the two bodies and shook her head at the senseless loss of life. It was just another two names on a long list of names that had already fallen at ADVENT's hands.

"Do you think things will get easier Smokey?" she asked the grizzled veteran who was lost in his own thoughts.

"I don't know Kelly. All we can do is survive one day at a time and hope that with the Commander back we can take Earth back. This is the way the world is now, and we have to survive as best we can." replied Smokey as he took his beanie off and ran his hand through his hair.

Kelly frowned at that as she took her black baseball cap off and pulled her brunette hair free of its ponytail allowing it to hang down around her. She thought about his words before responding.

"I guess you're right, but this is a good first step right?" she said smiling at him. She was right it was the first big victory for the XCOM resistance in a while.

"Yes it is." replied Smokey smiling as he went back to thinking about his wife and child back at the base awaiting his return.

'I'm coming home guys.'

AN: And that's a wrap on the tutorial mission from XCOM 2. Smokey is back and seems to be tired of the death around him but is still willing to fight knowing he has a family to protect. Next chapter will focus on reviving the Commander, as well as the first mission Operation Gate Crasher which is the mission given to you if you forgo the tutorial mission. When will the other members of Strike One and Two appear? How will the Commander react to being back amongst the resistance? Find out next time on "XCOM 2: The Resistance Saviors"! Also, please remember to follow, favorite, and review to show your support. Hearing from you guys really motivates me to write these stories from my own creative mind. Until next time this is "The Nasty One" signing off.

-PRAK #TheNastyOne