Waking up to the sound of gunfire or yelling was the norm here at Talon. Well that was what I was told when I was first being applied. Though for some reason they found another thing of papers identical to the ones I had. Though they just thought it was some sort of mistake of some sort and i began to believe the same thing. The first day I was there I was suddenly dragged into a room due to there being an internal lockdown drill. Though I get that being ready and all is helpful, this seemed a bit too much. Constantly having check ups on me to see how I was doing were quite annoying as well, they would never tell me why they were checking on me.
"Wake up scout! Patrol daily every morning you know that!" I heard the squad leader yell and got up quickly as I possibly could put my gear on quickly. Grabbing my combat knife and my pistol, sadly that was all we were given. I figured scouts were cannon fodder if we ever get spotted. But I created something that no one has when I was in the army and still had, an A.I. named Verine; she is the one that has kept me alive for as long as I can remember. Back when I was in the army of course, though those memories are quite faded now that I think of it. "There are more rumors about the infamous female assassin Widowmaker, she just back from her reconditioning. She will be heading to the base shortly, that is why everyone is flipping out." Verine commented as I put her into the back part of my helmet. Her name seemed familiar to me, but the word reconditioning got me interested. "I am very aw-wait did you say reconditioning?" I asked this cutting myself off as I made sure my helmet was on all the way. "I will explain this later to you, continue your patrol. Don't need you to get into trouble." she switched the subject, my visor showing me the path that i was told to follow.
The cold fall air began to fog up the visor on my helmet as I walked, my exhaling could be seen from the this. "Alright so please explain Verine, I'm halfway through my patrol." Eagerly wanting to know what this whole reconditioning treatment thing was. "Well it is the same thing that you had went through before. Though you don't remember what happened last time due to his. You already had it done before with her during the very beginning as a matter a fact. But hers was completely different to yours." Verine explained to me carefully, I was slightly puzzled by this as it made perfect sense, remembering all the flashbacks and dreams that I had of certain things from the past. Not being able to remember family, past experiences in the army, birth place, when and where I was born...it's crazy. "Anyways Zander scans show no indication of anything around in the woods." Verine commented as I turned the corner of the base, something seemed odd today. It was oddly colder than it normally is, and I haven't seen anyone else from my squad. I began to hear someone yelling at a commander inside the walls of the base.
"Verine increase audio sound for me "I requested and I began to listen closely. "Too damn cold out here for us scouts! And you give us these flimsy knives and a pistol that barely fucking works! This is not what I-"The sound of the gunshot echoed through the area. I flinched from the sound due to it being louder from the enhanced audio. "Th-Thank You Verine, back to normal audio please." I requested and sighed. That was another member that couldn't keep their mouth shut. "Planes will be moving in shortly Zander." Verine commented seeming to try and cheer me up. "Multiple targets spotted northeast of your position get out of there!"