OverRemnant Volume 1
Chapter 1 – An Unusual Find
It was a quiet afternoon in the ruined and abandoned kingdom of *Eichenwalde. The town was peaceful and beautiful despite it the overgrown plants and weeds that were everywhere. Not to mention the whole town was littered with the bodies of the destroyed Bastion and OR-14 units that attempted to advance to the city of Stuttgart but were thankfully defeated by Crusaders and Mountain Infantry Battalion many years ago during the *Omnic Crisis. Even though now lays abandoned, many animals call this place home
The Crusaders was a team of heavily armored 'knights' that protected Germany during the Omnic Crisis. They all fought with giant rocket hammers by their side along with a wide shield known as a 'barrier field.' Although only one Crusader survived the Battle of Eichenwalde and that was Reinhardt Wilhelm. The rest died doing what they were made to do during that terrible fight which resulted as both a major victory and a tragic defeat with the loss of a great leader of the Crusaders and a general of the Mountain Infantry Battalion, Balderich von Adler, who died fighting off many omnics inside the castle of Eichenwalde.
Reinhardt let out a heavy sigh as he sat in the tavern at the edge of town. He fiddled with the Overwatch medallion that Balderich had given him, knowing that it would be his last fight and that Reinhardt could live on protecting the people who would stand beside him.
/Flashback/
BOOM!
The loud explosions the Bastion units fired from their cannons made the doors of the castle shudder. The air was filled with dread and the heavy aroma of blood and gunpowder was unbearable to even breath. Reinhardt and Balderich were exhausted as they stood in the throne room of the castle not to mention as they both were injured. Reinhardt suffered the loss of his left eye by an OR-14s heat blade and Balderich with a stab left of the abdomen.
"The door will not keep them out for long. You need to get back to the unit while I hold them off." Balderich panted.
"And let you have all the fun without me? We will get out of this! Together!" Reinhardt laughed.
"No. I'm staying here." Baldeich said as he removed his hand from the wound that was inflicted by the OR-14. Blood and oil slowly seeped out of it. Reinhardt's face turned from one filled with pride, to a face filled with worry.
"But, I... Leaving with you?"
"Lieutenant! You took an oath to be a Crusader. Now, keep it!"
"I'm not leaving you here to die!"
"Reinhardt listen to me! They need you. Be their shield." Balderich held out his hand to make a promise to the young Lieutenant. Reinhardt hesitated a bit and looked back up into Balderich's eyes as he shared arms with Balderich and recited their oath.
"Live with honor."
"Die with glory..." Reinhardt gave the old man his hammer and turned and walked away only to stop and mutter before running off to find the Battalion as tears started to run down his face, "Old friend..."
/End of Flashback/
"Earth to Reinhardt. Hellooo?" Brigitte called out as she tried to bring the old man's focus back down to Earth by waving her hand in front of his face. Reinhardt shook his head slightly and blinked and turned to his apprentice who was in the armor she made. Although she used the blueprints of Reinhardt old Overwatch armor that he used to wear back when he was a member of the strike team, she made her own adjustments. The young girl shook her head and sighed. "They'll be here in a couple hours. You're not even ready to go yet. I still think that you should decline their call."
"We've discussed this already young Brigitte. I have been called to help the world again. I must answer. It does not matter that the old organization forced me into retirement. This time it's different. After I go get my armor on, I'll be heading for the castle." Reinhardt calmly responded. He stood up from the stool he was sitting on and walked out of the tavern to the house he was residing in for now. Vines grew up the sand-colored stone walls as if they were slowly racing to reach the top. As he opened the door to 'his' house, he turned and looked up at the castle that loomed over the town. He turned his gaze away and entered the house and closed the door.
A few minutes went by as the old knight donned his steel armor that he has been using since the previous fall of Overwatch. He forged the armor himself with the help of his old Swedish dwarf friend and father of his squire, Torbjörn Lindholm. He somewhat manages to make his way out of the house as the armor makes him much bigger than his normal size. He glances up at the castle and sees smoke flowing from the towers. He quickly shook his head and looked again to see nothing. Another hallucination from that dreadful day. He let out a small sigh of relief and made his way towards the castle.
As Reinhardt approached the castle gate, now in many pieces, he slowly entered. He took his time as he walked deeper into the castle. He soon found himself in where he wanted to be, the throne room. He looked around to barely anything has changed in appearance despite the overgrowing weeds and rubble. He shifted his attention to the throne at the back of the room and slowly walked over and kneeled in silence. Not three seconds later, Brigitte quietly walked in. "I'm sure he was a good man and all but I don't think he needs to be honored every day."
Reinhardt chuckled in response, "He was a great man and sometimes a competitive bastard when it came to a little brawl. But he was almost like a father figure. Always watching our backs, trying to keep us tough and fit whenever he could, and much more."
Hmmmmm...Hmmmmmmm...Hmmmmm...
Reinhardt heard an ominous noise that became loud and would slowly quiet itself. The two looked around slowly in attempt to find out where the noise was coming from. It wasn't from outside, if it was the jet that was going to pick them up, it would have been a lot louder. Although the noise was close. Brigitte approached the wall to the left of them and listened closely and noticed the sound would become louder. She knew she was getting close. She noticed a stone that was loose from the other stones that rested against the wall. The young shieldmaiden pulled it out and looked inside as the sound suddenly stopped. Inside the hole where Brigitte pulled the stone out from, she saw a dark green box and pulled it out.
"Reinhardt, I found something." Brigitte said.
"What did you find?" He asked.
"It's...some kind of box." She replied.
Thank you, guys, for reading the 1st chapter of my FINAL revision of OverRemnant's 1st volume. This took a long time to make but this is only half of the first chapter I written down. I bit out more than I could chew and I wanted to release this as soon as possible for you all. I hope you all like it. I like it more than my 2 previous incarnations of the story. Tell me your thoughts in the reviews below. I'll be watching. See you in Chapter 2.