Year of the Rat
Chapter One
Introduction
The doors boomed, they were all surrounded.
"I need Alpha Support, Pronto!" Soldier 76 yelled as he tried to place down a biotic field, only to have the device shot out of his hand.
The Omnics were closing in, and fast.
"There's no escape." Genji growled as he unsheathed his blade, "If it may come, may I die with honor."
"I can't hold this forever!" Reinhardt, who was giving them much needed shielding, groaned as his guardian of light was cracking due to the immense firepower laying waste to it.
"Out of rocket." Pharah groaned as her concussion missile slot was empty, "I can't give you a breather, Reinhardt." she sighed in defeat.
"Tracer and the rest are still 20 minutes away." Reaper growled as he threw his shotgun away, "This is going to be a disaster."
The Omnics were at the gates, and the shield gave way.
"Argh!" Reinhardt dove for cover next to Pharah, "It's down!" he looked at his fried wrist armor.
"Flow like wa-" Genji stopped when he heard static on the radio.
"Roadhog rides in." a deep, coarse voice called out, and out of nowhere a large motorcycle burst in.
"This one is for you!" Junkrat, who was behind Roadhog, pulled out a tire and cranked it up, launching it at the assaulting Omnic soldiers, "Fire in the HOLE!" he covered his ears.
The tire raced down and exploded brilliantly, taking a huge faction of the Omnics with it.
"Welcome... To the Apocalypse." Roadhog told the hiding heroes and chuckled roughly, then hooked an Omnic and fully blasted him at point-blank, "Ride or Die!" he roared.
Junkrat ran and threw a steel trap at a large Omnic Walker, "Watch out!" he yelled and threw his tactical C-4, blowing the robot up. The man landed in front of Reinhardt and Pharah, "G'day!" he smiled.
"Much obliged!" Reinhardt stood and retrieved his hammer, then joined Roadhog in the onslaught.
"Thank you." Pharah looked at Junkrat, then grabbed her rocket launcher.
"Woah..." Junkrat looked at the weapon, "Is that yours?" his eyes sparkled.
"Yes." Pharah said.
Junkrat stared at Pharah.
Was the Darlin' good lookin', ya bet!
Was she a warrior, absolutely, ya bloke!
And most of all, she liked to blow things up! Crickey!
"I AM HERE TO PROTECT YOU!" Junkrat yelled at the top of his lungs and shielded Pharah with his body, "HYAH!" he spammed his grenades at the incoming omnics.
KAPPOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! The man kept spamming them until the facility was filled up with smoke, and the enemy could not be seen any longer.
"Junkrat!" Roadhog yelled and caught the man's attention, "Look! You cooked them all!" he grumbled and pointed to the smoldering scrap heap that was the ruined Omnic Forces.
The heroes stared at Junkrat, who appeared to be exiting a manic high.
POOM! One last grenade blew up.
"I guess I got a bit... carried away." Junkrat mumbled and rubbed the back of his head as he looked at Pharah, "Honest, mates."
"Well... it was a job well done." Soldier 76 gave a thumbs up, "Thanks for coming here."
"Sure thing." Roadhog responded, "In fact, we were supposed to meet up with Tracer's group but Junkrat insisted on joining this."
"You were assigned to Tracer's division?" Soldier 76 questioned.
"Yeah." Roadhog grunted, then saw Junkrat wave his hands, "But Junkrat insisted of coming here first because of some Hero thing he wanted to do."
"Ah... I caught on." Genji chuckled, then looked at Junkrat, who was trying to sneak away, "My little Australian friend wanted to protect us... or someone." he muttered.
"I do not, ya cheeky bloke!" Junkrat shot back, "I-I just came here to- Help out Overwatch!" he grumbled and turned the other way.
"Well you did great." Pharah spoke, "Thank you." she patted his shoulder.
"No... Problem." Junkrat gulped, "Anything for you, darlin- I mean Pharah! Pharah!" he chuckled uneasily.
The other stared at him and shook their heads.