El Diablo spares Castle and PI, and there's a lot of catching up to do. Note: I just have a hard time believing Salem hated all of TWO, especially when he most likely worked with and trained the next generation of mercs.

Based just before the scene in The Devil's Cartel in which El Diablo tosses Castle and PI's masks on the ground.

Rios is spurred awake by a nightmare, turning him to Salem for comfort. Note: just a short snippet after so much inactivity lol.

A different take on the third game in the Army of Two series.

An op in Iraq goes awry when Salem is sent by SSC to retrieve a backpack of documents from an Al-Qaeda informant.

After the events in Miami, Alice wants to learn how to use a firearm, and figures the guys would be the perfect mentors. Alice/Elliot

Rios and Salem fight to stay alive aboard the USG Ishimura after a routine mission goes awry. Ao2 and Dead Space crossover.

Corporal Tyson Rios struggles to survive in the Nazi infested forests of Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, where he forms a peculiar bond with a stranger that saved his life. World War II AU.

Unhappy in his marriage, Rios resorts to having an affair with Salem, who overestimates his long time friend's emotional commitment to their newfound intimacy. Just a short little one shot, maybe 500 words or so about how the two's relationship, if turned romantic, may have played out.

Esteban Bautista recruits Salem into La Guadaña, whether he wants to be a part of the "family" or not. Just a little fic about Salem's transition from Bautista's captive to his lieutenant. Should be two, maybe three chapters at most.

Salem wakes up in a hospital in Shanghai and realizes the decision Rios made on the 40th day.

Rios is left to take care of his infant daughter, Nala, and Salem decides it's a two-man job.

Salem and Rios try to survive in what's left of Shanghai and Salem almost drowns.