A dire Mistake

Hells wrath

The year is 2045, ten years since the defeat of ADVENT and the liberation of the human race. Thanks to the actions of the organization known as XCOM and their commander, the extremely powerful psions known as the elders and their chosen were defeated. The true turning point, however, was the alien race known as the vipers betraying ADVENT and realigning themselves with XCOM, upon their queen's orders. They had done this when the second chosen, the hunter, was slain. It was a sign to the reptilian race that they could escape from the clutches of the elders. With assistance from XCOM, they saved the few male vipers that ADVENT hadn't culled. Thanks to XCOM's chief scientist Dr. Richard Tygan, the male gender of the vipers were making a comeback, something the elders had suppressed to control the race better. Dr. Tygan also discovered all male vipers have cryogenic abilities, and all female vipers have pyrogenic abilities, much like the viper king made by presumed dead Dr. Vahlen. With the assistance of the reptilian race, now with the inhibitors placed by ADVENT gone, the combined forces made quick work of the final chosen, the warlock, and the elders themselves.

During all this, the commander of XCOM and the viper queen discovered the growing emotions for each other. At first, they went against them, they had demonized each other's race for years, and now they wanted to be with each other? But eventually, they gave in and began dating, even though they could only go to the bar on the Avenger. And after the elders were dead, the commander proposed to the queen of the vipers, who happily accepted. A year later, and the viper gave birth to triplets, a female human, but with the pyrogenic abilities, semi-clawed fingers for climbing, and stretchy tongue of a viper (the commander didn't ask to save himself the headache). And two male vipers, but with somewhat more human faces, and they had more potential for muscular growth than most vipers. A month after that, the commander volunteered for a genetic editing experiment proposed by Dr. Tygan that lets humans have either cryogenic or pyrogenetic abilities. It worked, and now the commander could freeze foes solid. The two military leaders thought they could have a somewhat normal life now with their kids, but on the tenth anniversary of their marriage and the freeing of earth, that hope was crushed.

(present time, the home of the commander and queen of the vipers, three miles outside Houston, Texas)

Jarik Godson, better known as the commander of XCOM, woke up next to his wife, Sscantha (AN: pronounced sa-can-tha), or the queen of the vipers. She was still asleep, but she had her tail curled around her husband's body lovingly, more out of instinct than anything else. Her scales, instead of the typical orange, black, and white, was replaced with crimson, forest green, and dark blue respectively. Though he couldn't see them, Jarik knew her eyes to be a supposed to be impossible violet. 'Heh, can't believe we've been married for ten years now when we hated each other at first.' Jarik thought to himself as he leaned in and kissed the viper queen on the lips. After wiggling out of Sscantha's grasp without waking her (being married to a clingy viper, he figured out how to do this early on), Jarik went to the bathroom to have his morning shower. As he was waiting for the water to heat up, he looked at himself in the mirror. What looked back was a muscular man that looked to be in his early twenties, but was chronologically around fifty, the de-aging was a gift from the gene therapy clinics that ADVENT left behind. He had jet black hair and green eyes, and hard features. A slash scar, courtesy of the chosen assassin, was on his face, starting at his lower left jaw and ending on his upper right forehead. While some would want to hide it, he wore it with pride, a badge showing he fought and killed a chosen alongside his men, and Sscantha told him it made him more attractive.

A few seconds after he entered the shower, he heard the tell-tale slithering of a snake. The now fogged glass door opened to show his wife, putting on a fake hurt look. "Leaving me alone in bed, my little heat stone? You wound me so." Sscantha teased. Jarik chuckled and hugged the viper close. "Well, it is the anniversary of our marriage and the defeat of the elders, my pet. Forgive me if I don't want to smell awful for the party." He joked. After they had washed up and the couple went downstairs, Jarik went into the kitchen to make breakfast while Sscantha went to watch TV in the living room. "Could you wake the kids up? Breakfast is almost ready." Jarik asked his wife a few minutes later. She sighed and went back upstairs to wake the children. Jarik had the standard setup for breakfast: eggs and bacon, orange juice for the kids and coffee for the adults, and a full steak for Sscantha. Seconds later, the commander's three children came downstairs as fast as their legs and tails could carry them. The first one was the human of the trio, and the only girl as well. She has amber eyes, soft features, and red hair, Jarik and Sscantha named her Samantha. The two lagging behind were vipers and the little girl's brothers. The first one had bright green eyes and crimson, green, and blue scales, much like his mother's. The second one had scales of grass green, sea blue, and snow white, and with blue eyes. They are named Jacob and Kile respectively. Sscantha followed behind the trio of nine-year-olds.