#Khyber

[randomfoggytiger]

Collector's Edition: Colleagues, and Agents, and A.D.s-- Oh My! (Part I)

For the anon who requested: do you have any fic recs with Mulder and Scully case filing with other law enforcement tasks forces? or general pov outsider?

Loose chronological order below¬

ML/ML_is_me/ml_griffonnage's (Alt. Ao3, Invidiosa)

XF Friday Nights 02 - Space Invader (Ao3)

She was a cool customer, this one. He was impressed by her composure in the midst of this cacophony, curiously at ease in the maelstrom.

Deep Throat observes Mulder and Scully's dynamic.

XF Friday Nights 03 - J. Edgar, Junior (Ao3)

If you want to be a blue-flamer, act like a blue- flamer, was his motto.

Squeeze's Colton is using Scully for his own benefit.

XF Friday Nights 04 - Impertinent Questions (Ao3)

He'd already known it had to be Mulder, and Holtzman probably had already known too. Nothing seemed to set alarms off faster than if word got around Mulder was investigating something. He might as well have a hotline to the NSA.

The Conduit NSA officers' takes on Mulder and Scully.

XF Friday Nights 05 - Warm Bodies (Ao3)

There were rumors a-plenty about Dana Scully, same as Mulder, but Saunders felt there was no point in mentioning those, either. It all amounted to water-cooler gossip; none of them had anything to do with her ability to do her job. Saunders understood the reasons behind those rumors better than Webster or any man ever would, and she would not be a party to them.

Shadows agents end up liking the dynamic duo (and subtly refer back to the Conduit agents.)

XF Friday Nights 07 - COS of Death

His former partner turned toward him. Next to him stood a petite redhead; a real knockout. She must be the whiz kid from Quantico, Dana Scully.

Ghost in the Machine Jerry Lamana observes Mulder and Scully's strange coexistence.

The New Truth, A Project 09x04 - Home Fires 01 (Ao3) and The New Truth, A Project 09x04 - Home Fires 02 (Ao3)

JD had just about given up on Phoebe when she called him. 

AU-- S9 Mulder and Scully are secretly helping the Resistance when an old "friend", Phoebe Green, drops back in with "information."

Evil_Little_Dog's Credibility

The great 'Spooky' Mulder was talking. Pontificating, even.

A random agent observes, then comes to respect, Mulder's abilities.

tiredmoonlight's Stuck in Storage - Chapter 1

Warren took a breath before speaking again. “But half the officers out there are spooked, and no one wants to work the night shift anymore because it’s they’d be all alone.”

S1 Mulder and Scully end up being saved from case shenanigans by the police chief.

Juliettt's Verdict

Guess there *were* advantages to doing the kind of work "Spooky" and "Skulls" did on a daily basis.

FBI agents slipped down to the basement to watch the OJ Simpson trial verdict.

@gaycrouton/OnlyTheInevitable's Nurse Mulder

The young agent stood up immediately and ran over to her. "Agent Scully, I am so sorry," he repeated for the thousandth time.

She walked past him and motioned for him to follow, which he did like a puppy. "Officer Thompson, some sneezes are impossible to suppress. I assure you I bear no grudge. The perp was caught. No one was killed," she rambled half heartedly, trying her best not to walk differently because of her injury.

The local cops (and seasonal allergies) set off a chain reaction of shenanigans for one Mulder and Scully.

Erin M. Blair's (Alt. Ao3) Softball Accident

A pale-faced young FBI Agent Jim Rodgers stood by, looking on helplessly with concern lining on his face.... "I'm sorry, Mulder. I hope you'll feel better. I... feel bad about this."

Scully and a fellow agent drive Mulder to the hospital after a minor baseball injury.

@mulderwearingglasses's (Ao3)

Stupid Cupid (Ao3)

Was everyone going undercover? Was her outfit en route? Was this some kind of bizarre-o dream? Why did everyone look like they were about to do some sort of red carpet event when she was clad in black leggings, a sweatshirt and -- oof -- she didn’t think she’d even run a brush through her hair, gone puffy and scraggly from her post-work couch nap.

Season 4 Scully is called in by Skinner on Valentine's Day... and is surprised that Mulder didn't have a date, like she'd assumed.

If Walls Could Talk (Ao3)

As she walked up to the crime scene -- a dilapidated house in rural Virginia -- local police and her colleagues shot each other bemused looks, ushering coy smirks off their lips. Some turned to their partners to whisper and cover a snicker behind their hands.

S6 Scully's diary is plastered all over the walls of a crime scene.

Anne Haynes's (xf-redux)

Fragile is the Glass

He tried not to react to her statement. So Hollis knew that Scully was having nosebleeds? Was that common knowledge around the Bureau now? He and Scully had tried hard to keep anyone but Skinner from finding out what was going on with her health.

Post Tempus Fugit Mulder and Scully don't disabuse a fellow agent of her Pendrell convictions.

Someone Else's Child (Gossamer) and Shatter

"I wasn't sure about adopting him at first." Pollack folds up the photo sleeves and tucks them back into the wallet. "You hear things about adoptions--I wanted kids of my own, and I was afraid that once they came along, I might treat Mike differently or something because he was someone else's kid."

I feel the memory cresting, hard and painful. I feel the tiny hands curled around my neck, the sweet smell of little girl, the fevered heat of her tiny body in my arms.

Over six months have passed and it still cuts like a razor.

Post Emily Mulder watches the new, hard edges of Scully's character form as she struggles with the loss of her daughter; and opens up about his VCU days, demonstrating that she's not alone.

Rachel Howards's Gypsy

The boulder field, a few hundred yards off of the trail, was steep and wide and required careful footwork. Dana scrambled over her section, above Levison, who had nimbly made her way to the rocky bottom of the slope and was picking her way along the ravine, bounding, surefooted, from rock to rock, peering into the crevices between the largest boulders. Above her, Mulder walked, silhouetted against the sky, the light above him blacking out his features so that all she saw was an outline of his body as he moved, parallel to her, sometimes stooping to examine the rocks.

Post Elegy Scully and Mulder silently stew in their complicated feelings while on a similarly complicated case.

@syntax6's (Gossamer, FFN, omniscribe) The Queen of Hearts

The chief frowned from Scully to Mulder. "You're the alien hunters. Gunther told me he was writing you a pile of nonsense, but I didn't expect you to show up all the way out here."

Post Redux II Mulder is avoiding x-files cases; and it's Scully who insists they get back into the field, and Scully who acts as Mulder 2.0

robot iconography's Still Life With Moth Men

Somewhere in the Apalachicola National Forest Wednesday

Either 4:36 or 4:40 p.m.

AU-- Pre-Detour Skinner forces both agents to attend a team-building seminar. Hijinks ensue.

@aloysiavirgata/Aloysia_Virgata's

I love reading other people talking about/observing Mulder and Scully. Please please!

Stonecypher rolls her eyes. “Weird,” she says. “But nice.”

“Gorgeous,” Kinsley repeats, dreamily. “Fox Mulder smells like an anthropomorphic regatta.”

Post Detour Kinsley and Stonecypher swap their thoughts on Mulder and Scully with other interested agents.

Petrichor and Singing of Mount Abora

“This is K9 Officer Jangles,” Scully says, introducing Mulder to the dog. “She’s new.”

Both follow-ups of The Waters of Babylon, Mulder and Scully work alongside other parties to solve two differently horrific cases (while crafting new boundaries for their evolving relationship.)

David Hearne's Hartwell

I admit that I was impressed by Agent Mulder, too. Right after Scully got done with her scientific theories, he started spewing a lot of stuff about vampires, some of which was actually true.

Sheriff Lucius Hartwell's POV on his town, Ronnie Strickland, Mulder, and Scully.

catsndogs's All Creatures

Officer Rogers immediately lost his confidence when she repeated his story almost verbatim: "So you're saying, you're worried because you heard Agent Scully drop her phone and you haven't been able to reach her?" Rogers proposed that that Agent Scully could have dropped her phone into a toilet.

In this unfinished fic, Mulder and Scully try to solve an impossible case-- one in which all signs point to murderous dogs.

Khyber's IMTP Virtual Season 08x03 - Imperial Violet

"Agent Mulder? It's Mulder, right? This is Owen Purcell," he drew out his l's, "the person who's trapped in here with your lovely partner for the night. Dana's out of her head with hunger. Her stomach is making terrifying sounds. I fear for my life. Bring us barbecued ribs, preferably from Nate's. With everything, and whatever the cheesecake special is. I'm guessing she has a weakness for cheesecake."

Mulder works alongside a few helping hands (including TLG) to save Scully and a doctor from Roush's latest infectious disease.

agoodwoman's (WBM) You Are Here

Agent Sherman approached Mulder with an envelope in hand and his camera bag over one shoulder. "Hey Mulder."

Post Detour Skinner gets his revenge by assigning Mulder and Scully to the bullpen for a month.

@atths--twice/ATTHS_TWICE/Atths2/ATTHS's

Every Picture Tells A Story

Yeah, they praised him after, but laughed at him when he suggested an outlandish idea. 

Pre-The End duo are ridiculed as Team Spooky... but they get a picture out of it.

Just Beyond the Edge (Ao3)

“Listen up,” he called to his officers and all chatter stopped. “Not all of you have had the pleasure of meeting the FBI agents yet. This is Agent Mulder and Agent Scully. They are here to help find the missing men.” 

S7 Mulder finds a nice Halloweeny case for Scully: the Tali Keno.

In the Wind

Leaving the morgue and coming back to the motel late at night, she would pick up greasy cheeseburgers and fries, eating them mechanically as she looked over case notes and photos. Mulder had not been around much, as he was busy in the field, helping Detective Hannon, the lead on this case. 

Post Millennium Scully is annoyed by a stupid case (and a flirty female detective on that case.)

Lovesfox's Erroneous Equation

Larger than life, and twice as loud, Tom Colton had hardly changed in the five plus years since Mulder had been blessed with an introduction. The Agent's face was still pudgy and youthful, his eyes still sly and mean. And his artificial jocularity was as stale as the old 'Spooky' joke.

Post One Son Colton drives a wedge between Mulder and Scully.

Pattie's They Call Him AGENT Mulder

Now, I know we all referred to him as "Spooky Mulder" at the F.B.I. Academy, and this reputation persisted years after he had graduated. The legend lived on about him even after I attended and graduated. We all knew he was a target for whispers, looks, even loudly malicious castigation not only throughout the halls of the Academy, but at Hoover's Haunt.

Mulder doesn't have the best track record dealing with annoying or out-of-line agents.

Namarie's (LJ, mulderscreek) Patchwork

"What brought your partner out here?" Deputy Greer asked. He was looking at Scully with frank curiosity.

Scully hesitated. Finally, she decided that the truth was the best option here. "He was investigating the reports of a patchwork creature that had supposedly been seen in the area."

AU-- S6 Mulder gets kidnapped while on an x-file weekend.

Girlie_girl7's Glow

"Agents," Kinsley began, as he looked from Mulder to Scully, "I saw a man."

"It could have been a woman," Stonecypher interrupted.

Kinsley rolled his eyes. "Okay, I saw a being, but it wasn't a person."

S6 Mulder and Scully are bailed out by the Detour agents.

@scully-eats-sushi/ijustknew's You're Not Alone, You're Not Alone II, and You're Not Alone III

Beside him, Springfield chuckled. “No. She gave a couple of my guys a dressing down yesterday over how they were handling bagged evidence. They’re still stinging.”

Post Millennium Scully and Mulder slowly work toward a relationship while solving emotionally strenuous cases.

KatyBlue's Absence of a Heartbeat (Gossamer)

An officer knelt down on Mulder's other side. She didn't know him. He looked young and scared. He had a towel that he placed over the wound. Scully shoved his hands into a good position and pushed down on them to show him the correct amount of pressure. "Press down and don't let up," she ordered.

Scully and a young field agent try to bring Mulder back to life with CPR.

dlynn's If a Frog had Wings . . .

"I'm not sure," he whispered. "Corelli and Mulder were on the trail ahead of me. I heard Mulder say that something didn't feel right and the next thing I knew Corelli was shoving me hard. I landed behind this boulder. I think it protected me from the blast."

Mulder and another agent get trapped under a tree.

Madeleine Partous’s (The Annex) Floaters

Hansen's case was being treated as an internal affair. No local authorities.

"They're keeping it quiet, Scully," he muttered after the second polygraph. "We wouldn't want one of our boys to go down in flames in the media."

Scully is almost murdered by a fellow FBI agent; and she and Mulder must fight against the FBI overhead when she kills her attacker.

TessMooreXF's Armadillo Season

Staring at the pictures of the lake in new-found horror, Scully startled at the sound of a sharp knock on the door. Confused about who could possibly be knocking, she was dismayed to find that private bed and breakfast operations rarely featured peep-holes. Opening the door revealed a clean-cut looking officer waiting in the hallway. He was relatively tall, maybe 5'11, and perhaps 30 years old. His knit brows signified his attempt at sobriety and professionalism, but his face was boyish and friendly. His name tag identified him as Officer Foster.

Kersh sends Scully on a case, solo, that devolves into messy chaos. Mulder arrives to track her down and back her up.

Thalia D'Muse's On the Wings of Destiny

An ear-piercing screech, in the fashion of every door in every old horror movie, filled the hallway as Thomason pushed open the door and took a few steps inside.

When Scully crossed the threshold of the room, an acrid bouquet of smells accosted her nostrils: mildew, animal feces, sweat, dust -- and the unmistakable metallic scent of blood.

S7 Mulder is kidnapped; and Scully scours every crack and crevice in her attempts to find and save him.

Rebecca Rusnak/Anonymous's (mulderscreek, The Annex) Silence, Sea and Sky

Roscoe smiled at them and ambled back towards his office. Scully watched Mulder. He stared straight ahead for a long moment, then looked down at her.

"Want to meet one of the most heinous agents in the history of the Bureau?" he asked.

This case has a little of everything: a jerky guy from the FBI Academy, a little girl that must be saved from a fire, and a broken psychic serial killer courtesy of one Dana Scully.

@mldrgrl's (Ao3) Tumblr drabble prompts of various shades of MSR - Chapter 9

She heard laughter as she approached the door to the office. 

Post Requiem Scully skewers fellow agents mocking Mulder.

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[agentetuttis]

prepared to kill a Ben🥺

[msnihilist]

"Animal" by Neon Trees, covered by Chase Holfelder

This is my part for a hero/villain obsession MEP, you can view the full thing HERE.

[chekechoko84]

Khyber my beloved

Im simping villains so bad lately

[redeyesgeatsdragon24]

People, what team could they form if they made their own suicide squad, leave it in the comments if more than let's say complete my suicide squad crossover edition

[postcard-from-the-past]

Afridi Villages in the Khyber Pass, Pakistan

British vintage postcard

[fiestylittlebeetle]

I probably mentioned this before for khyware in GC

Cw kidnapping and toxic relationships

But Mal gets ditched by Khyber in the initial fight with Ben that reveals Mal is no longer up to snuff

But Khyber does come back later for him, and not in a romantic way. In a shitty possessive way.

Khyber manages to get his shit together and he's mostly back in the hunting game, trying for new trophies, even starts to build up a new collection. And he wants malware in that collection, after all, he is a rare one of a kind being, and one with a reputation at that.

Khyber doesn't really view malware as a person, and he's useless as a weapon now.

He views Mal as a prize.

Now, in what I'm imagining, he comes back for Malware after Aether has already become involved, so Mals recovery is already coming alone well by this point. Aether and him aren't together together but feelings abound if you know what I mean.

My idea is Khyber gets Malware alone, probably luring him away. And maybe even tries to play at romance cause, he's not stupid. He knows when they were together Mal was getting attached before Khyber ditched him to Bens mercy.

Unfortunately he miscalculates on plan A (seduction) and Mal is extremely not interested and is in fact pissed at him for even thinking he is anymore, like how fucking dare Khyber come to him like this after straight up abandoning him. Not happening.

Khyber has a plan B though, which is capturing him by force using a powerful magnetic device to disrupt his body mass and incompasitate him.

Mals disappearance does not go un-noticed. Especially not by Ben (who's basically in charge of making sure he doesn't go evil again.) and DEFINITELY not by Aether, who cares about and tries to regularly communicate with Mal.

Aether actually approaches Ben about not hearing from Mal in a few days. And being worried something happened. Ben thinks Mal might have betrayed them all (everyone else is like "he's been doing great lately though why would he do that" even Kevin is like "doesn't sound right to me")

Ben wants to track him down to ask him "what the fuck" if he did betray them. Aether goes with him cause he's worried.

They end up tracking him down to Khyber's ship where he's being kept. And Bens first thought is "oh he's with Khyber again" but upon searching his ship for him he's quickly proven wrong, as they find him contained in glass and restricted by powerful magnets (Khyber thought he looked prettier alive, also malware has plot armor now)

(Side note: I think Khyber was affected by the nemetrix in an almost similar way to Phil, and can mutate slightly with Tyrannopede. He doesn't go full but he does get bigger and has certain physical features of the tyranno)

So Ben and Aether work together to kick his ass.

I know I said Aether isn't much for fighting but he is PISSED at Khyber. Like first of all, Malware is a PERSON not a Prize. And second of all, that's his CRUSH you bastard!

Anyway they save Malware obviously and he's shook up. Ben feels bad for thinking he betrayed them. And Aether is just relieved he's at least alive.

[dead-dog-dont-eat]

Rath, to Khyber: And if you ever! Come in here again with a GOD DAMN OPINION, I will shove it SO FAR up your ass, you’ll never see the light of day again!!

[chadwickginther]

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Street doodles XD

[tentacion3099]

Gold plated guns are the equivalent of mirror polished knives, everybody says they dont want it, for various reasons. But deep down, we long for it.

[omniglitch-au]

Khyber: I have lured you all here because I crave the deadliest game.

XLR8, nodding: Knife Monopoly.

Khyber: ...

Khyber: I was actually going to hunt you down for sport, but now I am interested in whatever the hell Knife Monopoly is.

[subject-2-roll]

Before the Bleak Council

Scratch stands in a room before a round of greater fiends, many Prahkutu (speakers) for Demon Overlords.

One white Rakshasa speaks first: "You stand trial before the Bleak Council for your meddling in the Draconic Prophecy, despite not being a scholar or of any significance in it, and your continued contact with Khyber."

Scratch, a tiefling dwarfed in the setting: "To the accusations that I am insignificant, and mistakenly gotten involved in business so much greater than me, I am guilty. However, allow me to make my case to reduce my sentencing. A plea of insanity of sorts."

Rakshasa: "We have already discussed it extensively. Your punishment is death."

Scratch, rushed: "I'm not mentioned in the Prophecy. I do not know why Khyber has chosen to speak with me. But you know she does. That isn't being questioned or you wouldn't be sitting here."

The Council murmurs a bit: "This may be true..."

Scratch: "I am no threat to you, but I could be an asset. I can ask her any question, if you provide me years of mortal life. When was the last time any of you spoke with her directly? Based on your jealousy, I'd say it's been a while."

Prahkutu grumble: "Did you intend to come here to insult us?"

Scratch: "You all speak with your Rajah (overlords), and attempt to interpret the Prophecy. As I understand it, Khyber is the most knowledgeable in it. Instead of interpreting the prophecy yourselves, allow her to read it to you. Using me as her mouthpiece. A speaker. A sort of Prahkutu, if you will."

The Council gets a bit riled up: "Enough of this, gnat! Where do you get the gall--?"

Scratch: "I have nothing to lose! But you have much to be gained. You could have a direct line to the Progenitor now. You should be seeking to ally with me rather than threatening to kill me. But please-- if any of you believe that you know more than Khyber-- strike me down where I stand! It would be exceptionally easy for you..."

The Council begins arguing amongst each other: "Do you even have proof? How can we even be certain of your claims?"

A crack forms beneath Scratch's feet, spreading across the floor and splitting the Council's seating in two. He opens his mouth and two voices speak.

Khyber (through Scratch): "Fiends! Children of my children! Welcome. Your work has been much appreciated. The fruits of your labors are coming. The new Age of Demons approaches, and the Overlords will soon be released. Rejoice, for you will rule Eberron once again!"

The energy cuts off, and tension lingers in the room. The Council begins celebrating, and tempering their excitement, keeping composure.

Scratch, startled, shaking: "Is that proof enough for you?"

part 1

[msnihilist]

what can you say about the Khyber and Ben pairing?

A LOT.

I don't know why it's not more popular 😭 (Well, yeah, I do, actually — because this fandom is populated by BORING PEOPLE.) I've seen people making villain AUs, and it's like?? If you want an obsessive villain to ship Ben with, Khyber is right there.

S1 of Omniverse, with Khyber hunting Ben and testing him, definitely awoke something in me as a child. I love love LOVE that Khyber doesn't care about the Omnitrix at all, he just wants to skin Ben and hang him on his wall.

Khyber is a pretty stoic character, so maybe that's why he's not a popular choice for shipping. But I think literally all the time about how much he enjoys the chase, the game of it all.

I 100% believe that if he HAD worn Ben down on his hunting preserve, Khyber wouldn't have killed him. He would have hesitated. Looked at his ultimate prize lying at his feet, too tired to run anymore, and Khyber wouldn't have been able to make the killing blow.

Because if he kills Ben, then what? There's nothing more left for Khyber. He's conquered everything else. It's only once you've reached the top that you realize just how much you enjoyed the climb.

I think Khyber wants to keep hunting Ben. Forever. That's called true love 🥺

[asifyoudidntknow]

"I no longer want another life than the one I have with him now. And what it might bring, regardless of what it may become. It...the possibilities... terrify me, but I know fear, and fear is the inevitability of the unknown. My life, my life with him... is about knowing, and trusting, and it is not inevitable or assured."

Reach by Khyber