Chapter 1: Reborning as a dead
Gibraltar. 3:00 p.m.
It was another day on the office for the Overwatch remaining members when suddenly Athena calls the team for a mission briefing which Morrison asked for her to announce it previously, evereyone was there, Mercy, Pharah, Winston, Genji, Reindhart, Trörbjorn, Mei, McCree and Tracer.
76: Alright, everyone sit down, we got another mission and this time is big. There are reports of Talon getting supplied in Pakistan with nuclear warheads and unknown gear, over here, here,here, here and here- said while highlighting the locations in the holographic globe- Well divide into the following couples:
Reindhart and Tröbjorn, Genji and Mercy, Winston and Mei, Tracer and Pharah and youll come with me, cowboy.
The objectives are simple: Secure the package, dismantle the nukes and analyze the rest of the gear
Pharah: What about the suppliers?-asked rising her hand
76: Capture them if you can so we can interrogate them, if you cant then you can use lethal force if you have to. Each group will be deployed at 2 kilometers from the actual location so we can enter on the lowest possible profile. Understood?
Everyone nodded at Morrison
76: Good, Athena already programmed each LZ for deployment in the airships. Now go!
Each team went to the hangar and entered to their respective airship, some of them were quite excited, after all it was their first mission in a while
Pakistani airspace. 3:54 p.m.
Reindhart: Haha! Come on, my friend!-said before a handshake
Tröbjorn: Lets show them what our hammers can do!-replied while correspond the salute and drinking some beer
Genji: Its good to know that I will have my guardian angel by my side-complimented to Mercy while giving her a military salute
Mercy: Are you always a charmer, Genji?-asked the valkyrie
Genji: I only treat you like you deserve it, Dr. Ziegler, you know I will protect you with my life-answered the cyborg
McCree: Hey, lovebirds, can you leave that for later? Besides were almost on the drop point-said a little bit uncomfortable
As soon as the ships arrived to the LZs, the couples head to the supply points without loosing a second.
Pharah: Ill make air recon, youll wait for my signal-ordered the sergeant
Tracer: And what is the signal going to be, love- asked
Pharah: Youll know it- answered the question before activating her propulsors
Tracer laughed slightly, draw her dual-wielded pulse pistols and started to blink to the objective.
Winston: Well, its nice too team up with another scientist colleague
Mei: And its better to know this will help our world to stay free from nukes-answered to that cheerfully
Snowball: *brrrp* *brrrrrrff*- said while getting out from Meis cryo-device and turning around a bit
Mei: Looks like even Snowball is excited too
16 minutes later
76: Weve made contact with the deal
Winston: Me too
Genji: And us
Pharah: Objective spotted
Tröbjorn: Same here
76:Alright engage in 3…2…-
Before Morrison could order the attack, an comm jammer disrupted the frequency isolating the groups from each other, smoke grenades were thrown and bullets were coming from everywhere not from the Talon agents but from an unknown had been sorrounded by mercenaries in dark grey uniforms with a graffiti ghost skull emblem on their left shoulder and their back, but it was barely recognizable for the smoke
Mercy: Ill patch you up, just cover me!
Genji: Theres too many of them, stay behind me!
Reindhart: Come on, you ruffians. Fight me if you dare!
Tröbjorn: My babies are getting destroyed!
Tracer: Hey, love, I could use some help, down here!-yelled
Pharah: Im busy too- screamed in response
Even with her agility and her blinking, Tracer was already struggling to keep them off when the chronical accelerator suddenly failed and she hadnt enough time for waiting a recharge. She was shooting every agent she saw, there was just a few dozens of those mercenaries, she ran out of bullets and when she was reloading her guns, an agent hit her in her nape with the butt of his assault rifle making her to fall stunned with a blurry vision. Everyone of the mercenaries were pointing at her with their weapons .Tracer started to cry in silence
Trooper: Hostile down, I repeat, objective E has been neutralized! Die you slu- *pfft*
Before the agent pulled the trigger, a single bullet hitted not only him but 5 more of them in the head forcing to the soldiers to deal with the new threat. Quickly the bodies started to fell and Tracer was crawling away from the battle scene until she heard the moans of pain from the last of her attackers which was bleeding on the ground. The ambusher ran quickly to him before he could reach his side weapon and grabbed him by his bulletproof vest
: Do you recognize me?!
Trooper: Its… impossible! You… *ngh* You are dead!
: Not as much as you
The mysterious guy sloated his throat with a wakizashi, he threw the mercenary to the floor and approached to the ex-pilot. Tracer was waiting her own death sobbing in fetal position, she was usually playful and carefree, but now she was scared and motionless. She closed her eyes expecting a similar fate than the last victim from him, but when she finally opened them because of the pressure, he was extending his arm offering her his hand and she could finally look at him with details. He was a young man with a skin white as snow, black hair and dark green eyes. He was wearing a desert tiger camouflage turban around almost his entire head(like Woods from Black Ops 2 in the intro from the Afghanistan mission), a pair of computer glasses(like Meis), a little bit of eyeshadow around the cheeks and the eyelids to avoid sun glare and a huge military backpack, his outfit was like the soldiers, but black instead of grey and a different skull, this was more ethereal and had his wakizashi and a custom semi-auto rifle that was a relic to her
: English? ¿Español? Français?…
Tracer: Uhh… English, love
: …And a sweet British accent, huh? Are you going to leave me with my outstretched hand?
She took his hand and rose up wiping out the tears from her face
Tracer: Why did you save me?
: I guess the enemy of my enemy is my friend
Tracer: You know this guys?
: More than you think. Ive been hunting them for a while. When I tracked down them here and spotted them, I decrypted their comms and when the ambush started… well, you were the closest one. Besides I must admit…
He made a really quick 360º turn and pointed at Tracer with his hands like pistols
: …Youre pretty good!
Tracer: Thanks, love!- said blushed- But me and my team couldve handle it
: I doubt it, those Talon pricks are rookies compared to this people, if I wasnt here youll be dead or probably worse
Tracer: Uhh… okaaay
: Well, I liked our reunion but I have to go, take care of yourself next time- said while reloading his gun
Pharah: DONT MOVE!
He raised up his hands, turned around slowly and stood on his knees. After that he dropped his gear and Pharah knocked him out
Pharah: Ive captured one of them, requesting extraction A.S.A.P.
Gibraltar 6:00 p.m.
The mysterious savior woke up in a dark interrogation room handcuffed to a metal table and, of course with a huge headache
: Ngh! Agh!
76: Finally!- he thought while entering the room- Listen up kid, we can do it by the good or the bad way, you choose
: Before we start I'd like to say…- he looked to the glass besides him- to the dear tanned lady on the other side: You really hit hard, I recognize that Eye of Horus tattoo, it fits you pretty well
McCree: Whoa! He could watch us even with this covering us!? Impressive, dont you think, Fareeha?
Pharah kept her serious face on but she was amazed too and asking herself how could he do that
: Where were we at?... Oh, yes, the interrogation. Go ahead
76: Who are you?
: A dead man
76: Who do you work for?
: For myself
76: How did you found us?
: Passing nearby
76: Why did you slaughtered them?
76: I SAID- *brreeep brreeep*
Morrison picked up the call
Mercy: Hey, its me, Jack. Could you go to open the door to the visits, Im still healing the others
76: Sure- he ended the call- Dont try anything funny- said while pointing at him
Morrison then went out from the room and went to the next one
76: McCree, Pharah… keep an eye on him
They nodded and Morrison got out, he opened the door to see Hana, Lucio, Symmetra and Zarya visiting them
Lucio: Hello there!
D Va: Hey, old man* giggles*
76:Hey, kids! Come in
Zarya: It's been too long. I've almost forgot this place
Symmetra: You look tired. What happened?
76: We've got ambushed by Talon and some mercenary scum almost everyone is on the infarmary
D Va: Hey, who's the new guy?- said before waving at the prisoner who was walking nearby reading confidential files from Overwatch
He got her attention and she winked to him, he waved back at her making her blush.
76: HOW THE…?! GET HIM!
The prisoner started to laugh and run through the facility
: Even a shopping mall has better security
*Flashback (5 minutes earlier)*
76: McCree, Pharah… keep an eye on him
McCree: He's not bad- said smoking a cigar
Pharah:...- she looked at him with her famous serious face
McCree: I'm just sayin' that the boy has skills
Pharah: Maybe, but he is still a criminal, he even killed his own unit and almost did the same with Lena
The prisoner looked again at Pharah through the glass but this time angry
: Don't you dare to compare with those rats!- yelled at Pharah
McCree: …I was a criminal too. I'm sure you remember that
Pharah: But you were different
McCree: How?
Pharah: …
McCree: That's what I-
Pharah: The kid
McCree: What about him now?
Pharah: HE'S GONE!
*End of flashback*
76: Prisoner has escaped, I need help now!- said to everybody through the commlink
Winston: Hold on, were on it
Everyone was following him, surrounding him. After a few minutes, everyone was aiming at him. He raised his hands and stood on his knees
: Ok, ok, I had fun… Uhh… Hows the pilot?
Tracer: Im great, love. Thanks for asking- said while pointing at his head after blinking behind him
: … Good to know… Nice jacket
Tracer: … Nice glasses- after that she handcuffed and escorted the prisoner
He was taken to the was handcuffed tighter and tied up to the chair from the interrogation room
76: I told you to NOT doing anything funny- said mad
: And it wasnt, it was informative… and hilarious!
76: Whats your name?
: I can give you my last fake name, its Aiden
76: What do you know?
Aiden: From Overwatch?... a few things. From the morons which attacked you?...*giggles* Everything. Theyre called "The Ghosts". As I said to that pretty pilot back in Pakistan, Ive been after them for a while, those Talon idiots are nothing compared to this people. Theyre around the whole world. Right now theyre the main allies and suppliers of Talon. Their leaders, modus operandi, associations, I… know… everything from them
76: Why would you tell us?
Aiden: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Look if youre still upset about the British, Ive could let her die or even kill her myself but I didnt, I saved her and you know that
76: So you slaughtered that unit in cold blood
Aiden: Hmph… *giggles*… Youre goddamn right I did
76: How do you know all about this "Ghosts"?
Aiden: Because I was one of them