For: N3on Blur
Chapter 1: The Calm before the Hysteria _
Morning wasn't exactly a good time for Hana Song any day of the week, but today, life managed to make it even worse. The day started and Hana felt off even as she struggled to get out of bed, her mind felt sluggish and weak, the combination of physical and mental weakness made for one grumpy child.
This also hindered her usual Starcraft II games. Losses were not unheard of for her, but she needed a good reason. This was one of them. Game after game she simply couldn't focus hard enough to win. Deciding she had enough of the game she went down to meet the rest of the team and check if there was any missions to be done. However when she came out of her room she noticed that there was a distinct lack of people roaming around the building. After what had felt like hours she had managed to find Winston in his lab. "Hey big guy, where is everybody else? Place seems dead." She asked, Winston spoke back without looking back from his computer.
"Hi there Hana. Most are either out and about however some are on a mission currently." He sounded drowzy, as if he didn't get much sleep, or didn't eat enough peanut butter.
"Oh? What are they doing exactly?"
"Earlier this morning, while you were still sleeping, we received a transmission. From Jupiter. Apparently somebody was being held captive by somebody named 'Alad V'. She sounded very calm considering the situation she was in." With a bit more sass than intended, Hana responded,
"Wait, so some of the team is on Jupiter, freaking Jupiter, trying to rescue some chick who was held captive there? How did she even manage to send that? Has she already escaped?"
"Well we set out all we could for this mission in space travel technology and combat. For even if she is lying that signal still came from Jupiter. Who knows what's out there? We believe that it is still worth investigating. As for your last question, she said she had already slain many of this man's crew, she needs only to be extracted from the area."
"Yeah, that's definitely going on the list of 'Strangest Things I've Ever Heard of.'"
"While I will agree that it is quite strange, she did say she found out about Overwatch after hacking into Alad's personal files. She agreed to make an alliance should we help her out. Assuming this is true, she will arrive with the others in approximately three hours. It never hurts to make a first impression." Winston glanced back at Hana, knowing very well that she would rather stay in her room and stream rather than actually meet the person she would be working with from now on.
"Alright, I just hope she's cut out for our line of work."
Shortly after three hours had passed, Hana noticed the team spacecraft coming back to base. Getting up from her chair she wandered over to the massive port doors, noticing Angela currently walking out of them. "Hey doc, how did the mission go?"
"It went rather swell Hana, the base on Jupiter was wiped out with most of their research salvaged. Apparently they were outcasted from a group called the Corpus and follow that madman Alad V. The twisted man ordered all of his men to fire upon us, claiming that he would use us for, 'spare parts.'" A noticeable shiver went down the doctor's body as she spoke.
"Well, that's just pleasant. So where's our new recruit?
"She's currently being taken to a room, she will be ready for tasking by tomorrow. You'll meet her then."
"Alright doc, in that case, i'm just gonna head back to bed."
And here I thought I was going to meet the mysterious woman who decimated her way out of captivity. Despite her sarcastic thoughts, she felt a hint of disappointment that she did not get to meet the new recruit. She just hoped that she wouldn't have to carry her in a backpack out on the field.