Samuel "Speedy" David Cho was just 15 when he joined the newly-recalled worldwide organisation called "Overwatch" in 2074. He was British-Korean, his accent being a mix of both. Sam headed out of his apartment and into the chilly November air. He came to the house of Scientist Winston, armed with only the gauntlets that his father had passed on to him. His father thought that they were simply ornamental, but Sam knew what they were. These gauntlets provided the ability to generate any object of lethal blue energy known as Sigma Energy. These gauntlets had somehow been bonded with Sam's forearms as soon as he had put them on. Now he could never take them off. Luckily, these armaments were not chunky and clumsy, but slim, streamlined and compact. They were a tenth of a centimetre thick. And they were a nice shiny deep grey colour. Speedy knocked tentatively, then waited. A gorilla in battle armour opened it. "Yes?" he growled. Sam introduced himself and requested to join Overwatch. Winston sighed. "Overwatch has not been doing well ever since I sent out the recall signal. However, many of our former operatives sneaked back to join and you need to be very sure before giving it a shot. Understand, lad?" Sam nodded. Winston led Sam to the basement and revealed a bare training room. "Now, Mr. Cho, show me what you can do."
Sam shut his eyes for a millisecond, summoning the Sigma Force. A training robot clanked towards him. A blue energy spear blazed to life, formed out of deadly Sigma Energy. The robot raised its guns, pulled the triggers. Sam zipped to the left, and even before the "tails" of the energy beams had departed the emitter tip, rammed his energy spear straight through the robot's head. It collapsed, sparking and smoldering.
Winston's eyes widened. "Few now are the ranks of the meta-humans." He noted on his notepad. "Good! Now, what about this?" Twelve baseball-sized metal orbs flew straight for the teenager. The spear deactivated, and Sam formed a blaster. As one orb fired, Sam fired back and his blast split into four, downing four orbs at once. Whirling fast, he brought the butt of the blaster upon two more, and they shattered. The rest of the six closed in, and Sam fired thrice, destroying two with each blast.
Winston nodded. "And can you handle this?" A Bastion-unit Omnic dropped down. Guns blazed. Bullets roared towards Sam. A blue shield appeared, blasting the bullets back at the robot. With his left hand steadying the shield, Sam activated his spear and hurled it. It plunged deep into the Omnic's core, destroying it. Winston clapped his hands. "Extraordinary, Mr. Cho. Now, you have to know that once you join Overwatch, you will potentially be put into dangerous, life-threatening situations. Are you fine with that?" Sam nodded seriously. "Good!" Winston picked up a round metal disc off the floor. "Here." Sam took it. It was an Overwatch symbol.
Sam went home, his mind filled with thoughts of Overwatch. He pushed open the door of the small apartment he shared with his twin sister, Jael Dinah Cho. Jael was reclining on the couch, drinking a mug of tea. "Hey, Sam. How did the audition for Overwatch go?" Sam showed her the emblem. Jael smiled and nodded. "I knew it. I just did. Well, Sam. You better go off and report." Sam grinned. "Wait, first. Let me say goodbye to my little sister." He "Sam!" Jael put on a tone of mock disgust. "I'm just fifteen minutes younger!" "Alright, keep your hair on." Sam waved as he opened the door and stepped out with his backpack.
Sam knocked on Winston's door. He informed the gorilla that he had decided to join Overwatch. Winston nodded. "Overwatch has been made illegal by the governments, in case you did not know, Sam. Do you still want to join?" Sam recalled the memories of his father giving him the gauntlets and urging him to fight crime as an Overwatch agent, no matter what the cost. Sam nodded seriously. Winston then said, "Athena. Register this young gent in the database. He just joined Overwatch." "Confirmed." Athena spoke after a moment. "Well, Sam. It's time we got you orientated to Overwatch. Here is a list of the current operatives." Sam took the datapad. "Winston, Tracer, Reinhardt, Mercy, Torbjörn, Bastion, and Mei. I think I could work with these guys."