Overwatch: Symphony of Chaos
Prologue: The Man that Cannot Die
Sirens ringing, red lights flashing, boots storming through the halls, the facility was on high alert. Once again, their success of a living weapon had escaped its cell. But this time, it had the full intent to break away from its captives and blend in with society once more. But what was this creature? How much of a threat was it? What power did it hold? The very same monster rushed through the red enlightened hallways in full force. It sprinted through the long corridor with many soldiers following in pursuit.
The soldiers all had smooth, sleek black helmets made completely from obsidian, complemented with the red hues from the facility sirens. They also wore black trench coats that spanned all the way down to their knees, lined with glowing neon red highlights. Underneath their coats each lies black, carbon fiber vests and jeans. Lastly, their black steel toed boots roared through the halls like thunder, all in vast numbers to sound like a stampede of bulls. These soldiers looked like the future itself, but they weren't your everyday bad guys. They weren't Talon, they weren't Overwatch, but they were something bigger. These men had technology that doesn't even exist, with a large number of enlisted units that could outweigh the overall population on Earth ten times over.
Such a powerful society of entities could be perceived as gods, a higher form of intelligent life, but they seemed relatively human. Almost. But these soldiers had an agenda like any other human, in which that goal right now was to re-contain their loose mistake. A creature capable of ripping a man in half. A monster that could be in the center of a nuclear explosion and survive. A nightmare that could become the end of mankind. Or could save many civilizations from the brink of extinction.
Only time would tell as the monster progressed further through the facility. The long corridors filled with intersections and dead ends, littered with nothing but doors that were consistently locked at all times. Every time the creature interacted with a door, it seemed like it was a part of the wall, like it was carefully painted on. But when the creature saw a soldier interact with one of the doors, they just enter and exit as if the door was a separate physical object. This went on for miles, with the length of the facility seeing no end. The creature began to tire out, endlessly searching for an exit.
It was ready to give up hope, this wasn't the first time it had tried to escape. In one instance, it tried to escape when its organs were surgically removed, during the surgery. Afterwards, it tried to escape again when its captivators tried to give it a radiation bath, flooding certain parts of the facility with radiation. Another scenario involved a live fire test to analyze its instantaneous healing. And another escape attempt that ended up causing a ripple in time and space, only because this creature wanted to be free from its horrid captivity.
But something was different this time, like lady luck was leaning in the creature's favor. The hallway reached a dead end and a door awaited the creature's arrival, only the door was actually a physical object this time. But before the silhouette could interact with the door, a man in a black suit with a red fedora opened it first from the other side. His face was partially hidden from the shade of the fedora, only revealing a wide, devious grin and a glowing white eye. On the other side of the door was a clear blue sky, in which the man stepped out of the way and bowed to the silhouette, pointing his arm towards the door. With the soldiers close in pursuit, the creature had no choice but to jump out, only to look behind and see the man halt the soldiers. What was strange was that the creature wasn't falling, it was levitating. The strange man with the red fedora had his hand still raised in a halting position. It realized the man was keeping it afloat. They lowered their weapons and walked back, with the man still showing his sinister grin, closing his end of the door. The creature then finally fell down from the sky, passing through cloud after cloud.
It released a loud screech, ear-piercing enough for the surrounding region to hear. It sounded like a banshee, breaking the sound barrier just enough to release a sonic boom. Though, screaming would not help it as it continued to fall further to the planet's surface. It saw everything, a large gleaming city of pristine nature, strange white machines flying in the air, a large ball of light in the sky, all of this was something the creature had never seen. But its fear quickly turned into solace, just knowing the view of such a marvelous city gave it hope for a new life.
But admiring the view is what costed the creature its safety as it impacted the ground just outside the city limits. The creature fell unconscious immediately on impact under a lot of pain. It was out cold for an extensive period of time until later in the night, when a local farmer noticed a crater in his property. When he ran into his house to grab his rifle, he went over to the crater to investigate. He found the silhouette huddled in a ball. It was afraid of him.
The farmer stepped into the crater to interact with the creature but fear overwhelmed it, encouraging it to crawl out the opposite end and run towards the city. The farmer panicked, thinking the creature would cause havoc to the people of the distant city. He ran back inside and got on his phone with the authorities, demanding an investigation. The local police department thought this to be a prank so all they sent was a patrol car to find out what had the man worked up. The creature was long gone, already blending in with the shadows of the city in the dark of night. It feared these people but needed to blend in, not wanting but needing to become a part of such a comfortable life.
Further through the night, a glowing white orb centered itself in the middle of the star covered sky. The creature was mesmerized by such beauty, the city's vibrant lights gave it life. It sat in the middle of a harmonious park, filled with cherry blossoms, wisteria, and maple trees. A pond that was littered with leaves reflected the light of the glowing orb in the sky, retaining its beauty. And a large wooden bridge spanned over the pond, painted in white with streaks of purple. The creature's hopes grew but quickly disappeared when a couple walked towards the creature's general direction. It scurried towards a set of bushes and hid there until the couple would leave, but they wouldn't. They both sat there, enjoying the moment with each other as the creature watched. It realized that these aliens, these 'humans', they were worth living for. They lived a much better life than it did and it wanted to live that life instead.
The couple's love was enough to inspire the creature to leave the cover of bushes and slowly approach, thinking that it could find help. But when the male turned his head, he was frightened, along with the woman. To them, the creature looked like a shadow emitting some form of dark energy. But it was scared of them in return, both groups locked eyes. Then the creature broke the moment of stillness and ran away. But the thing that took it by surprise was that the couple was following it.
With the couple close behind the creature, it had to make a last resort choice in order to hide from them. It made a quick turn into an alleyway and hid behind a dumpster, just hoping the couple would miss it. But it seemed the female was more perceptive, as she discovered its position. The creature huddled into a ball, hiding its face from both of its discoverers. But what shocked the entity was the fact that they were trying to calm it down and comfort it.
"What's your name, little one?" The man asked. But the creature couldn't talk, it remained silent. It just stared at the couple. "Can you understand us?" It still remained silent. The man went to touch the creature, only for it to shudder. That didn't stop him though as he went to grab its shoulder. Something that stunned both the man and woman was that on physical contact, the creature began to turn into a human. In just moments, the creature was a young human child. The young child wore clothing that strangely resembled the dark aura he was fading off in his previous state. He began to cry as the man and woman hugged him, trying to calm him down.
Hours later, the man and woman brought the child to their home, which was a large apartment complex. The woman held the sleeping child while the man prepared their sofa with a pillow and a couple of blankets. It was a calm moment for the trio, as the child was on the couch, deep asleep. The woman smiled at the site of the resting youth, with the man wrapping his arm around her shoulder, kissing her on the cheek.
"How will we find out his name, love?" The woman whispers. The man shakes his head in defeat, "I'm not sure, my dear. Time will only tell. One day, he may find his voice." The woman lays her head on her lover's shoulder and continues to enjoy the moment. The child still rests peacefully on the couch with the adults still wondering what exactly the child is. How such a dark creature could value life and end up turning into the form of a human. It was no longer important. What was important was helping the child live a new life.
The woman then raises up and walks into their bedroom with her lover, ready for bed. "I got a call from Overwatch earlier today," the woman stopped and locked her eyes with his. Both of them stood on each side of the king sized bed. "You can't… You've finally returned home after three months." The woman said with an assertive and worried tone. The man looked down, "I know. But it's about" He was cut off by his wife, who then grew slightly agitated. "What? You've dedicated your life to Overwatch and now when you finally have time to be with me, you're going to leave again?" Tears began to go down her cheeks as he slowly began to approach her. He wiped the tears off her cheeks as she lifted her head to meet his smile. "I was going to tell you that I've been promoted. I've been reassigned here in Paris, so I won't be going anywhere. And if anyone should threaten you and Paris, then they need to get through me first." A smile took hold of her face as she giggled in joy, pressing her lips against his. Both of them enjoyed the blissful experience and shifted their attention to the door of their bedroom, with the child watching them.
The woman closed her eyes and chuckled to herself with a face palm, while the man smirked at the curious little spy. "And what are you looking at, little one? Can't you see we are trying to kiss?" The child then ran up to the two adults and hugged them both, eventually forcing the two lovers to submit to hugging the child in return. The odd part was the child climbing onto the woman and clutching onto her back. "A piggy-back ride, Oui? Hang on, sweetheart!" She then walked around their apartment, holding the child on her back and making funny little sounds. The child was giggling and enjoying every second of it.
The man remained back at the door to the bedroom, leaning against the frame with his arms crossed. He smiled at the site of the two having fun, but he was still worried and confused. Who was the child? Where did he come from? Is he even human? These questions will keep looming in the man's head, questions that may never be answered. But one thing's for sure, the child needed a family to rely on and the couple was his closest chance to live a decent life. Sure it's been quite some time since the Omnic Crisis, and that both humans and Omnic's coexist peacefully, but the man had a strange feeling that something else was waiting around the corner. The man was then lost in thought, wondering what would happen if he failed to do his job. He wondered what would happen if he failed to protect his wife and the child.
Time went by as he drifted to sleep, still leaning against the door frame. He lost track of his wife and child, still thinking they were playing around. He woke up after hearing a crash in his living room. Upon investigating, he realized the lights were off, the screen doors to his patio were shattered open, and the apartment was a mess. A spine chilling freeze entered the room, immediately giving the man a strong shiver. Upon shivering, something was slowly pressed to the back of his head. He slowly turned around with fear as he saw a shape-changing rifle aimed at his head. A woman dressed in a purple body suit and wearing a thermal optic headgear, was smirking maniacally at him. Her skin was blue with purple lipstick to complement her attire. Her amber eyes starred deeply into his, instilling fear into his very soul. She pulled the trigger, and a bang was the last thing he heard.
He woke up to the sound of his wife still giving the child attention. It was nearly midnight and he was exhausted. He walked over to his wife, who was sitting on the carpet, tickling the child. The man went to kneel next to her and kissed her on her forehead. She smiled and returned a gentle kiss to his cheek. "I'm going to bed Amelie. Be sure he gets his rest, Oui?" She smiles and looks up to her lover, "I won't let him get out of hand, Gerard. Get your sleep." With the woman preoccupied with the child, the man returns to the bedroom to try and shake off his nightmare by getting some actual rest.
As for the child, he could still remember the facility he escaped from, but he could no longer remember what experiments were performed on him. But one thing he could never forget for the rest of his life is the man with the red fedora. All that his mind could muster up was that the man did terrible things to him and he needed to make him pay for his crimes. But in due time he would get his revenge, and recruit some help along the way. What would make things slightly more difficult was that he was in a human form, instead of his original shape. But none the less, he could only enjoy the beauty of being loved by these aliens and value what wonders this world has to offer.
Well, here it is. My very first chapter to a vile story that I have planned ahead of me. Now, this chapter doesn't contain anything graphic but the story will eventually lead to that. Hope you enjoy and don't be shy to leave some feedback. I thrive for it. :3
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