Sombra was always known as a sneaky and manipulated one. Every gang, group, and organization she joined only served as a temporary stay for her to gather the necessary information from in, and outside said groups, only for her to mysteriously end up deserting all them, and covering all her trails.
Ever since she joined Talon, Sombra had mostly been working behind the scenes of the terrorist group, as their main resource gatherer, jailbreaker, and infiltration expert, until recently, when she herself participated in a few events such as the infiltration of Volskaya Industries, Monaco, and Venice. Out of all the organizations she joined, Talon had been Sombra's longest stay. She got a lot out of it.
Gabriel Reyes, also known as Reaper, knew she was up to something. Monaco and Venice went well, but Volskaya Industries was a different story. The failed assassination of Katya Volskaya no longer mattered, but Sombra was the one left in charge of the security system. Unless she got careless and tampered with something she shouldn't have, the alarm shouldn't had just gone off. But even if she was tampering, it only feeds the reason for him to believe she was up to something.
Akande, now free, was aware of the hacker's role in Talon, so both he and Gabriel would both stay vigilant of whatever she was planning.
Talon was currently hiding in Barcelona, After their mission in Venice, they decide to make their way to Gibraltar for one more attempt to infiltrate the Overwatch watchpoint, and stopped at Barcelona for a break. However, Sombra had mysteriously disappeared, and had been gone for a full day. Gabriel was growing angered.
"I swear, if she left us with all our information..." He says as he stands inside the cockpit of their ship, watching the city of Barcelona.
Akande stands next to him, "She can't abandon us. This mission is just as valuable to her as it is to us. Though I fear for what might be happening to her."
"She could had gotten careless again. She is the reason Katya's Volskaya's assassination was a failure."
"A failure we can forgive." Akande continues talking as he puts both his hands behind his back. "As I said, it is better to keep Volskaya alive. For the time being."
"Even so, what could be so important to Sombra that she had to leave without a warning, and for so long?"
"It could be a multitude of reasons that we should not decide upon. She will return, and she will answer. I only hope she is well."
Gabriel looks at the tall man, "Don't tell me you have a soft spot for her."
"I may not look it, but I care about the well-being of all of those who stand with me." Then looks at his darkened comrade, "Even you and Amélie."
And the shorter scarred man crossed his arms. With his skull mask currently off, and his hood down, his normal, but damaged, face was in full view.
"Heh. Don't get soft on us. Especially Sombra... However, if she did run away, we'll hunt her down... and, if we have to, kill her..."
"You think you'd be able to find someone as sneaky as Sombra?"
"You're overestimating her, Akande. She may be cybernetically enhanced, but she's not as clever as she think she is."
Akande then looked forward, "I know she'll be back. She needs us... as much a we need her."
Somewhere far away from Barcelona, in an abandoned town that was nearly destroyed in the Omnic crisis 30 years ago, were two individuals, both women. One of them lied unconscious and severely injured on the ground, while the other was standing next to her showing mild signs of fatigue.
"Heheh. I knew you were gonna send your body guards after me, Katya." The standing woman says with a smirk, "I think I'm gonna send her a message."
The woman pulled out a small enhanced purple camera with a round skull logo on it, and aimed the camera at herself, ready to send the message.
Katya Volskaya sat at her desk, concentrated on her work, a mug of hot chocolate sitting next to her, and trying to focus. It had been a week since Zarya took up on the mission to hunt down and kill Sombra, and the last update Volskaya received from her was just an hour ago, when she had managed to locate the hacker, but has not received anything else.
She continued working on her laptop, or tried, until she received a message from an unknown sender. Sombra, maybe? It almost made the woman panic, and opened it with hesitation. A video opened, and much to the CEO's fears, it was Sombra.
The Mexican says with a smile, "Hey amiga. Sorry for bugging you. I just needed to show you something quickly."
She aimed her camera at the unconscious woman, which made Katya's eyes widen with shock. Her bodyguard, Zarya, lied heavily beaten, tech destroyed, scars and bruises all over her body, bullet shots on her arms and back, and left eye bleeding. Katya didn't know if she was dead of unconscious, but she had been defeated by Sombra, something she thought would not be possible.
Sombra continues, "Thanks for sending me your little messenger. I knew you wouldn't be so fragile as to not do something about me." Her voice then sounds serious, "But you're starting to push my buttons. You know that at just once click of a button I can reveal ALL your secrets to the people you love so much, so stop playing games with me. unless you want to lose more of your bodyguards, you do what I say."
The tone in Sombra's voice sounded admittedly terrifying for the fearless leader, who only continued watching the video message with fear.
Sombra aims the camera back at herself, "Last warning, chica, or your secret's up." But then smiles, "As for your her, she's still alive. But you better get to her quickly. I'll be in touch." And pokes the camera lens, "Boop!" Ending the call.
The message automatically deleted itself. Sombra is a sneaky one. She wouldn't want to leave a message of herself in the most powerful woman in Russia's laptop.
Katya laid back against her chair, hand on her forehead, and took a deep breath.
"... Why did she have to involve me in this...? ... And Zarya..."
Sombra puts her camera away, and looks at the unconscious woman, "Hmmm..." She kneels down in front of her, opens up a UI, and begins examining Zarya's tech.
"Nice toys you got here. Heh... There's nothing you can really do right now so, I'm just going to..." She places her hand on Zarya's suit, "... take some of your things."
She clicked a button on her UI, and began transferring data and energy from the suit into her body. After just a few short seconds of transfer, she could feel some of the Volskaya technology flow through her body.
"Man I feel so much more... durable." She stands back up, and looks at her right hand, "That bubble thing she did." She then makes some adjustments to the abilities with her UI, "If I can change it to make the bubble appear with just..." After the settings are changed, she then swings her right arm forward, and the bubble appears, "Hahahah. Got it." Then it disappears, and so does her UI, "Oh this'll be very useful."
The Mexican looked back at the unconscious Russian woman. She knew she was alive, but if she left her like that, and someone found her...
She aims her uzi at the woman's head, "Sorry lady... but I can't risk it." And pulls the trigger.
Night had already fallen back in Barcelona, and Sombra had finally arrived to the Talon ship.
"Finally back. I hope they're not too mad about me leaving. Heheh." She smiles as she says that, "But first..." She takes out her translocator, and places it on the ground behind a tree where they couldn't see it, and heads towards the ship.
It had been a slow day for Talon back at their ship. They took these two days to rest up from the previous events, and would continue on their travel tomorrow... if Sombra arrived. It was quiet between the three Talon members as they all sat on the same table. Gabriel was working on upgrades for his shot guns, Akande was reading updated news about Monaco and Venice, and Widowmaker only drank a warm glass of chocolate.
Suddenly the bay to the ship opened, which alarmed all three Talon members, only to for a certain dead man to show signs of anger towards who entered.
Sombra walked in smiling, as if she did nothing wrong. Though she could feel the tense of anger flowing through the area.
She says, "Hey dudes." As she closes the bay door, "Missed me?"
Gabriel immediately stands up, "Where have you been!?" And walks up to her, "You leave for almost two days without a warning and you suddenly show up as if nothing happened!?"
Akande also stood up, while Widowmaker remained seated.
In a sophisticated manner, the tall man expresses his frustration, "I am glad to see you're alright Sombra, but I don't tolerate any absences without a word."
She lightly shrugs, "Relajate, jefe (Relax, boss). Everyone has personal things to take care of. But if it makes you feel any better, I've got something to show all of you."
With the thumb and index fingers of both hands, she expands a map of the world, showing all locations of ex-members of Overwatch.
Akande and Gabriel looked at the map while Widowmaker stood up from her spot and walked up to them. The Nigerian man was mildly impressed by this.
Sombra speaks, "Locations of the most important members in Overwatch. Lena Oxton, Angela Ziegler, Genji Shimada, Reinhardt Wilhelm, even their exact addresses." Their addresses are displayed.
As Akande reads them, "Where did go find these?"
"I know a few friends. And a few tricks."
Gabriel looks at the hacker, "That still doesn't explain why you left us without warning."
"Look. I'm sorry I disappeared like that. But this is crucial information that I know you guys really need, and it was limited. I needed to leave in a hurry before it disappeared. Besides," She smiles, "I came back with this." And points at the map, "What more do you want?"
They looked back at the map, and Akande thinks about this.
"Hmm... I don't approve of your sudden absence... but you got what we wanted. I'll let it slide."
Gabriel crosses his arms, "... Fine."
Sombra was still smiling, "Good." And takes out a USB flash drive, "It's already set and available for Talon HQ to receive it." Then hands it to Akande, "Just gotta wait for your approval, jefe."
He looks at the flash drive in his hands, "I will send the locations to Talon HQ right away." And heads towards his computer console, but then turns his head back to Sombra, "Good job, Sombra."
Sombra only gave him a thumbs up, her smile not leaving her face, while Gabriel and Widowmaker only looked at each other, Gabriel with disapproval.
Sombra looks over to him, "What's the matter, Gabe? Lost your mask?" Her smile turns into a smirk.
Gabriel only stared at her until he decided to sit back down. Widowmaker gave her one last look as well.
The purple woman says, "You really are a mischievous one."
And the hacker shrugs, "I guess that's what makes me so likable."
"Hmph." And she sits back in her previous spot.
"Mmmm..." The Mexican girl stretches her arms, "Welp, I'm gonna shower and hit the sack." And heads to her room, "Buenas noches, amigos."
No one responded. Not that she expected them to. Then she departed to her room.
Sombra sat on her bed, barefooted, wearing purple pajamas, and a towel wrapped around her head. She was working on her laptop before going to bed, with a huge smirk on her face.
"Hmhmhm..." She laughs to herself.
Sombra secretly had access to Talon HQ's private personnel, and as soon as Akande sent the location of the Overwatch members to the base, she had received the notice.
She opens the world map on her laptop, and selects the locations for Lena, Angela, Reinhardt, and Torbjörn.
Sombra thinks to herself, 'Sorry for the fake locations, jefe...' With one last press of a button, she initiates a personal operation, '... but I'm sure Talon is going to love the surprises waiting for them.'
Operation: SLAUGHTERHOUSE.