Here's my first new video game fanfiction. The timeline will be placed by the trailer. that were show on YouTube so here we go.
Ba-bump Ba-bump Ba-bump. *Gasp* As far as I could tell that was the first breath of air I took when I woke up from...wherever I found my self at. At the moment I clearly see I wasn't in any hospital, dark color wall, low shad lighting, and a strange smell of bananas. Weird but right now I need to recap what happened, My name is Jason last name not really important at the moment so bear with me here. I was your normal 20 year old kid waiting for the beta of the new game called "Overwatch", I'm not sure what the whole story was about but I think the gist of it was a group of hero called as you guessed it "Overwatch", they save the sayat a regular basis but then the were shutdown, a law called the Petras act deactivated any and all Overwatch member from duty and should they ever break that law government official will be force to detain them.
What was the old saying? 'No good deed goes unpunished.' Getting off track, when I got the beta I rushed back home said a quick hi and bye to my parents and got in to my room. Turned on the PS4 and played the game but as soon as the title screen showed up both my TV and my system shut off. At first my reaction was getting pissed but when I didn't here anything from my parent about my rage out that got me concerned. My screen turned back on showed the static channel already this wasn't looking good the static stopped and showed a black screen, and in that screen a text popped out. 'All moment begin with just the smallest of movment. As such a flame can start with a tiniest of a spark. Are you that spark?"' That was it, didn't really make sense did it. But I promise you that much was clear and as cliché as it was my entire world went dark.
And that's how I wind up here. I looked around my area and this much was certain. "Okay clearly I'm not home anymore."
"Ah I see that your awake." I hear a women's voice in the room, which was weird considering I see no one around to me at all. All that was there was a computer by my left.
"Okay, either I've gone crazy or there's an invisible Woman in this room." I muttered.
"Actually I'm right beside you." I concentrated on where the sound was coming from and found it by my left which was actually the laptop beside me. "Good morning it is 9:17 am you have been unconscious for 72 hour." So crazy it is. Wait three days?
"Three days, guess who ever saved me has my thank. Who are you any way?" She sound human but something seems off about her.
"I am Athena an artificial intelligence created by Winston." Oh she's an AI program cool. "I have been monitoring your vital during the time you were incapacitated, and saw no damage or injuries to you health Do you know who are?"
"If your asking if I'm suffering any amnesia then the answer is probably. I have no recollection of how I got, or where I am for the matter. Wait where am I? And how did I get here?" I asked. As much as I wanted to keep calm of the matter at hand, my mind began working like a super computer, so many question and I fear that if I know too much on what would happen next.
"Calm down please. Your heart rate has accelerated, I believe you are having a panic attack." Athena was right can't panic not yet at least. When I got back to my world I can finally hear myself breathing heavily and fast. After a minute of clearing my mind I was able to relax my self, having a panic attack the moment you wake up is not a good thing for your head. "Better?" Athena asked. I answered with a confirmed nod. "Good. Now to answer your question how you came here was a bit of a mystery of it's own, there was strange power surge coming from our generator once when check to find the problem we find you unconscious and alive."
"Just like that? You didn't think someone might have dropped me off here and crawled out the back window or something?" I asked. I mean that sound logical than just me winding up in a generator room.
"The generator is located two level underground not to mention high level security clearance. Retinal scan, voice print." Jesus how protective are they with their stuff.
"Ah. Okay you also said this guy Winston help me. Who is he?"
"'He' is right here." That's when I hear a second voice in the room. Dose this room not have any doors are were they just waiting for me to wake up. Now I looking around for him but all I could see was a bulky looking guy near a shadowed corner. Not mysterious at all.
"Well mind coming our of the shadow so I can thank the guy properly?" I asked. I couldn't tell by the shadow but I can feel him raising an eye brow.
"Athena light." Slowly the shades from the window raised up leaving a small glare from the sun, but as I adjust to the level of brightness, I stared out at the window in amazement. It's a city, almost as big as Manhattan, pearl white look like something out of a super hero movie. "Beautiful isn't it?" The guy asked me. I look behind to answer but...there was a dilemma the guy who saved me. He wasn't really a guy at all. He was a gorilla, a talking gorilla, an armored talking gorilla. I don't know whether to scream out of terror or delight. "Are you alright?"
"Huh?" I said.
"You've been staring at me for almost 5 minutes and you haven't said a word since." Winston replied.
"Sorry just, when you see a talking gorilla and can speak English like any regular human. Chances are they would either scream I terror or stare in amazement. Right now the latter is looking pretty good." I answered earning a small chuckle from the mammal.
"I appreciate the honesty, not many human would act as casual as you would. My name is Winston, as you heard from Athena we brought you hear when we found you, And your name?" Winston greeted with a handshake, I took a hopeful chance that he doesn't crush mine on accident.
"Oh right. Name's Jason, Jason Pierce." I answered back.
"Athena find anything on Jason Pierce. Maybe we can find a reason on why your hear." Winston explained, which make sense, if there were any report of me being missing police report would've turned up by now. But something was bugging me, why was the name Winston so familiar, eh it'll come to me.
"Thanks anyway. I have to say that is some impressive armor." I said getting a closer look at his gear. I even knocked on it to find it's density. "Bulletproof, high density armor might be able to take a shotgun blast or two." I continue with examination. "Looks like the back holds some type of flying mechanism, nothing to constant maybe a few second of flight maybe more."
"Impressive observation." Winston complimented. My mom always did say I had an eye for detail. "Athena have you found anything?"
"Yes. There has been a police report of a missing male with the same name and picture." Athena replied.
"Well that's great, just call the police tell them to meet me somewhere and I'll be home free." I said. "So how long ago was the report?" I asked, but was return with silence by the AI like she doesn't want me to know. "How long?"
"Years." She replied softly. I was in shock for a moment but I pushed on to know the truth, maybe something happened to me so I can live that long for so long without any knowledge how. There has to be a reason.
"How many?" I asked, but Athena did not reply. "Athena how many year was that report made?"
"...The report was made over forty year ago." ...What? Forty years? This has to be some kind of joke it has to.
"Athena are there any picture on Jason?" Winston asked. Yeah maybe there's another kid with my name. O-or was just using my name for a publicity stunt. On the laptop screen were picture of me, new report, photographs, but what got to me the most were pictures of my family, my mom, my dad, my family everyone on the new looking for me. That search went on for more than 6 six months until they called it off, but even after all that I couldn't believe it no it more like I didn't want to.
"No. This has to be some mistake, I'm right here there should no way for me to in future let only missing for forty year, I was just home about to play a video game for gods sake! There should be no way for me to here!" I yelled, I know was being hysterical but I didn't care. This needed to said.
"Calm down son. you need to relax." Oh yeah because saying that would help.
"No, you need to leaving me alone. Alright. This doesn't make any sense! How did I get here, why me?!" I felt something jolt around my body but my rage and confusion denied it's presence. I this this close in exploding, this was taking everything I had to scream.
"Jason just..." I don't know why but him saying my name pushed thing too far.
"SHUT UP!" In my rage I somehow unleashed a blast field of yellow electricity, knocking both me and Winston away from each other. Before I could question anything else my world went dark.
(3rd pov's)
No one said word on what happened. Athena stood by and watch the young man let out all his rage in a blast of electricity, while Winston wondered how he did what he did. But what they felt more was pity for Jason, there was so much confusion and anger that it would make sense he'd react like this. "Winston are you alright?" Athena asked. She was replied with a groaned from the scientist.
"Yeah I'm fine Athena. How's Jason?"
"He's alright, just exhausted from the mental strain he went through." The AI answered. "Poor boy can't imagine how he must've felt."
"Are you sure that the report was over forty year ago?" Winston asked.
"Positive, I referenced every known data about Jason ad only found this as the highest match percentage. There were no other names of Peirce the matches the information the boy has." Athena explained. Which made Winston wince at the proclamation, a boy that came from the past with any warning or and knowledge how he came here, finding out all in one day can be difficult to understand. But then he remembered how Jason lashed out, was that why they found him in the generator room?
"We better get to another room, I think a new scenery might help him." Winston suggested.
"Agreed." The AI said.
(Three hours later Jason Pov's)
Ow. Ow. Ow. Why does my head hurt so much? Oh wait now I remember. I'm trapped in the future and I have no idea how I got here. I opened my eyes and found myself in another room. I see Winston right by side taking a nap but he didn't look like it. "How long was I out this time?" I asked out.
"You only a sleep for a few hours. I don't know how you cause that surge but it did make you incredibly exhausted not a second later." Athena answered.
"Power surge. What do mean?" I asked.
"When you lashed out, you somehow fired out a blast of electrical energy before passing out." I hear Winston answer. I remembered how I reacted at the news. Not one of my proudest moments but I hope they understand why I reacted like that. "Don't worry I understand, if I where you I'd probably be worse of than you."
"Thank." I said softly, mulling on what I now messed, I know that I have no chance on going back to my own time, movie history has proved that to be too dangerous to even consider, I have two choice, either live here live a new life or try to wasting my life in finding a way home. But more on that later that power surge Athena talked about earlier got me intrigued, is it possible that before coming here I was giving powers if so how do I use it.
"Jason?" Winston called out. My attention was then brought to mammal. "Are you feeling better?" Guess it make's sense on asking that instead of "Am I alright?'"
"Yeah. I was just thinking on that power surge you and Athena were talking about." I answered, looking at my hands I tried to feel that jolt I sense before I lashed out, but I know that kind of emotion would not work in my favor, I need to contrite what was that phrase Professor X said in the pre-quell there is location between rage and serenity. So taking a deep breath a placed both my index finger close to each other and concentrate on the jolt. And in a flash thalere was a small bolt of lightning passing throught my fingers.
"Interesting." I hear Winston mutter. But I was more focusing on the electricity i was able to make. By adding a little more space between my fingers I added a little more force and watch as i created a constant stream of electrical energy you can actually hear the buzzing of the stream.
I then got to realize that it didn't hurt. The human body is abel to take at most 120 before going to cardiac arrest. But rght now I'm not sure how mich I'm putting in, this time I focused more power on my fingers and giving more space bewteen them the buzzing intensify juat a little and the current became more arch like this was starting to get a little fun. But before I could enjoy it any further I felt a hand on my shoulder snapping me out of my concentration. "Maybe you shouldn't do this when there's so many electronic around." Winston said using his eye to point around the room, and there were a lot of screens in one area.
"Yeah good point." I said slowly. "Do you have some sort of training room perhaps?" I was only replied with a smirk from the talking gorilla.
(Few minutes later)
Ever seen the danger room in X-men comics, this is kind a familiar look on it. Nothing here but a big empty room with a series of panels. "Maybe I should call him beast because a smart guy like him can only make something like this." I muttered.
"Okay Jason are ready?" I heard Winston ask. "The room is design for practice and training regimen, here you can go all out with worry on damaging anyone or anything around you." Well thank god fro that, last thing I want is for anyone getting cooked alive or frying anything by accident.
"Alright, let start off with my limit, I need to know how much volt I'm giving off every time I discharge. Athena mind measuring for me?"
"Certainly...whenever your ready?" Athena said.
"Okay, lets start off with something easy." I began with creating a few sparks off my hand, at first I just needed to put my finger together but now I'm able to use one hand. Guess I'm able to control it faster than I thought. "How much damage would this cause?" I asked.
"Right now your creating enough power for a small shock or jolt, and/or pain against your enemies." Okay then let up the ante. I began adding more power tell I felt there was a pulled or strain in my body, I needed to know what is my limit as of now. A minute later I kneeled over the floor lightly panting.
"How much was that?"
"The power you generate could cause significant damage or in some case death if your not careful." Okay gotta make a note of that, right now I'm still in the weak stage if this will make me like this. "I'm detecting level of strain and exhaustion appearing in your system."
"Yeah that make sense, lets see if the opposite could work. I'll need a Taser or something to discharge electricity for an experience I have in mind." I said. Not a minute later a small Taser handheld showed up. Now let it be known that this was the first time I ever held a Taser, so imagine my nervousness about being knocked out from being shocked.
"Are you sure you want to do this? The idea you have sound logical but the idea it self it highly dangerous." Athena said.
"What the danger the worse that could happen is I'll be unconscious from the shock. Just keep an eye on my vital and tell me if you see anything strange." I took one deep breath and pressed on the trigger and awaited for pain but instead found a strange sense of relief and filling like I'm being shot with a syringe of sugar and adrenalin mixed in one. I let go of the Taser and watch small spark dance around my body. "Whoa."
"Incredible. The volt coming of from the Taser seemed to have replaced any amount of your exhaustion. And heal you to pristine condition." So basically I get the ability Cole McGrath has in infamous...Cool. I kind a zoned out on what Athena was saying, not because it wasn't interesting but there was a symbol left in the door that got my attention, a circle with two bridge like mark inside, but on the top was a golden bridge finishing the connection. I've seen the symbol before, just gotta think, Athena, Winston, hiding...Tracer. Overwatch.
"Jason is everything alright?" Winston asked me. As much as I wanted to tell him what I thought, this was something that didn't need to be said until later.
"Yeah just wondering how got these powers in the first place." I mean I was thinking about that but not as much as I had found out I was taken to another world in time where, Overwatch became possible, in the year 2056. Saying that out loud made it that just harder to explain my thoughts. "Can I ask you something?"
"Well just did, I think I can allow another." Winston joked.
"What's with the symbol on the door?" I pointed to the Overwatch insignia left on the door. "Are we in some kind of warehouse?" I asked in feign confusion. But I saw the sullen look on Winston's face.
"This place, use to something I called home. Where extraordinary people come together and save the day like hero's but, that was a long time ago." He answered. Great now I'm getting depressed about this. I need to change the mood fast.
"So what was this place called?" I asked.
"Overwatch." Athena answered. I looked at the AI in feign befuddlement.
"Overwatch why call it that?"
"We constantly try to find a way to ring peace to world but the bridges will never stay truly connected. But maybe someone watching over the bridge can bring peace closer." Winston explained as he pointed at the two parts of the circle, then the bridge, and lastly the arc. "That is what Overwatch do...does."
"I'm guessing it didn't last long did it?" The depressing mood got worse around Winston. "Well, why don't we change that?"
"What?" Now for the most nerve racking part.
"Look...I don't know much about this future, or my powers for the matter, and by that logic I really don't have anyone else to turn to for help, so I was kind thinking...on you helping my get better control on my power and making me a hero like you. I-if you want that is?" God I was so nervous on that one, it felt like your first job interview. I looked at Winston wondering what would his answer be just the silent alone was beginning to be unbearable.
"I'm actually surprised." I looked at him in confusion. Why would he be surprise about? "You would still want to be a hero eve if the world would not approve of you?" That's why he's surprise.
"I not doing it for their approval, this is for my own cause, to know there is always a choice for everything. And the choice was simple, wallow in pity on what happened in the past, of keep fighting for a new future." I don't know why I said it but it seemed the most appropriate answer.
"Hehe, alright." Alright?
"Alright? Alright what?" I asked.
"You want to become a hero, a member of Overwatch then that's what gonna happen. I'm not going to lie I've never trained anyone in a while, and with you it's going to be a lot more different for a certain kind of gear. And don't think that I'll go easy on you, new to the world you maybe becoming a hero is not something you can go half way. You need to commit to this every step of the way, no shortcuts, no giving up. So I'll ask you are you ready?" After hearing him talk, it was then that I knew this real, I can't hit a reset and say that I change my mid, I'm going to become a hero. A hero from a videogame. I just had to say one thing to confirm my fate.
"Let's get started."
Now the next chapter will start with one of the trailers, I wont say which one but I'll give you a hit. Who's the mascot of the game. This is OCmaniac signing off.