Well I hope you guys liked the first chapter. If not then too bad! Lol jk but seriously though if you didn't like it please tell me what you don't like and I will do my best to fix it. This chapter will be set in the ww2 era but it will not stay that way so please don't stop reading because it's in the wrong era. I was recently informed that the game takes place only 60 years into the future *Cough* Demon exe *Cough* now under normal circumstances I Would try to follow cannon setting as much as I possibly can but it just doesn't make sense in my mind that in only 60 years we are capable of developing the tech that can make an entire city entirely out of hard light projections and make talking gorillas that can beat top scientists. (also the idea that I have in mind for this fan fic wouldn't really feel right if it's only 60 years into the future) So it brings me great sadness to inform you that I will be going off cannon (I know shocking isnt it! I mean really it's not like this a fan fiction or anything!...Right?) when it comes to the time frame. It most likely will be at least a couple hundred years into the future.
Demon exe: Lol thanks for the review! I honestly thought it was more into the future considering the fact that their is an entire city made out of hard light projections and the fact that winston is not only a talking gorilla but a scientist gorilla capable of creating a solution to Lena's time disjointed illness thingy, when no other scientist could figure it out.
The pairing is still up in the air, assuming their even will be one (Idk if their will be one or not) But if you have an idea please don't be afraid to tell me and I promise I will consider it...as long as it does not involve Winston or Reinhardt.
Chapter 2: The General and the Orphanage
It's been an entire year since seven year old Lena Oxtens parents were killed, and in that time period she has stayed at General Howard's Orphanage. Her first couple of months were quite possibly the worst months of her short life, what with her parents death and the fact that none of the kids liked to play with her. That was true at least until a young blonde haired boy named jack decided to cheer her up with a little game of tic tac toe. After that they became fast friend and later on nearly inseparable. Now we find them in the middle of yet another game in the orphanages backyard.
"I got you Jack!" Lena yelled excitedly.
"Nu uh! You missed me!"
"Jack I know I touched your shoulder!"
"No you didn't!"
"Yeah I did!"
"No you didn't!"
"Yeah I did!"
The pattern continued like this for almost a minute before a caretaker finally decided to intervene "It's just tag, there's no need to argue over something so silly." said a familiar scottish woman with an exasperated tone.
Lena had an expression of horror. "what!? Tag is not silly! Take that back Merida!" A child's belief can sometimes be stronger than that of a grown adults, especially when it has to do with something they like. "Yeah Tag is not silly it's-it's….The opposite of silly!" Jack adding in his own two cents.
"Jack, Lena, tag is a game therefore it is silly." Merida's tone was sweet almost patronizingly sweet. As most kids would react to being talked down to Lena and Jack both exploded at the scottish caretaker.
"Don't talk down on us like we're kids!" Came Lenas furious response.
"Yeah Merida what she sai..." there was a brief pause then Lena felt someone tap her shoulder Lena looked back only to find a confused looking Jack "Um...Lena...aren't we kids?" An awkward silence took place for a few seconds while Lena processed this new information. "...oh yeah, we are aren't we?" she said, an embarrassed chuckle escaping her lips. "Whoops?"
Merida could only sigh in response to their attempts at a comeback. She was about to continue to push her point when the door to that led back into the building opened and a young blonde haired woman came outside "Jack?" her crisp british accent clearly identifying her as a native.
"It wasn't me Carla! I wasn't even near the cabinet I swear!" The boy frantically replied while waving his arms about.
"Um..,O.K. That wasn't what I wanted to talk about. But don't think we won't talk about that later!" she said sternly causing him to gulp audibly. " What I was going to say is that your dad said he would be visiting tomorrow and th-"
She was interrupted by the excited childs screaming "I cant believe it, he's coming to visit tomorrow! Lena you can finally meet my d-"
This time it was he who was interrupted but not by carla ot merida but surprisingly enough by Lena "Calm down Jack! Carla wasn't finished."
Carlas and Merida's faces both had an expression of utter disbelief, they were wondering were the immature ball of energy that was Lena Oxton went to.
But their disbelief was cut short when Lena continued "She was probably gonna lecture us on the silliness of tag." she said this with a deathly serious expression.
Both the adults sighed and muttered something about It being too good to be true. "Th-thank you Lena." she cleared her throat and continued "But that was not what I was going to say. What I was going to say before I was interrupted" she glared yet again at the boy "your dad wanted you to get ready for a trip into the city, and he asked that you bring that friend you were talking about in your letters." She glanced knowingly at Lena.
That simple sentence caused the two children to practically teleport in their haste to get back into the building. Merida and the blonde woman smiled warmly at the back of the kids quickly retreating forms.
The night came around rather slowly for the two kids as their excitement was so great that it seemed to slow down time. And even when it came time to finally sleep they ended up laying in their beds for almost an hour before they finally fell asleep.
Normally an eight year old girls dreamscape would be full of candy, rainbows, getting saved by the prince of some far away land, and the occasional; tea party, luckily or unluckily depending on how you look at it, Lenas dreamscape was full of grand adventures where the hero (Lena obviously) would use weapons of all assortments to save a kingdom, fight dragons, and occasionally saving the prince of a far away land.
But tonight her dream wasn't any of those, no tonight her dream was one of her favorite, yet least recurring dream, she was flying.
She wasn't flying using some form of magic or super power but rather her own skills as a pilot. Her plane was a true masterpiece and her skills were second to none after all she was "Tracer" the best british pilot credited with taking on over a thousand planes by herself and winning without so much as a scratch on her plane.
"spinny dial thingies...looking good. Ammo for the guns...full?..." She mumbled to herself "...Hmm i'm gonna have to change that." now smirking after thinking of all the people she was going to save with those bullets.
"Tracer? Can you hear me?" Her headset crackled with an american woman's voice.
"Yeah Diana I can hear ya loud and clear."
"Good, good, where are you anyway? I wasn't able to reach you earlier."
"Oh sorry about that, my headset broke earlier and I had to fix it while flying." She had a smug smile on her face as she said this.
"Wow! Tracer you are so cool! I wish I could be like you!" Her voice was filled with awe and envy.
Chuckling she responded "Oh don't worry you can be, as long as you believe in yourself." Her voice was strong and confident when she said this.
"R-really? You actually think I can do it?...But i'm just a girl." That last part came out as little more than a whisper.
An angry look marred her once perfect face "DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT AGAIN! YOU ARE EVERY BIT AS CAPABLE AS ANY MAN!" She took a calming breath before continuing "Look Diana You need remember that you can do anything that a man can do as long as you actually give it a real try. And if you don't believe me than all you need to do is look at me, after all i am the one of if not the best pilot alive right now."
"Y-yeah you're right I a can do anything a man can do! Thanks Tracer, you're the best!" her voice growing more confident with each word. Their was a slight click on tracer headset indicating the transmission was turned off.
After a few minutes of flying over the countryside and enjoying the view the headset once again came alive "Um Tracer?" Diana's voice came through the headset yet again but this time sounding hesitant.
"Yeah?" Tracer wasn't really sure what else to say.
"Ikindaforgottotellyouthatthefourth-"
"Diana slow down." Her incoherent rambling was interrupted by Tracers commanding voice
"Sorry" She said in a sheepish tone. "I forgot to tell you that the fourth battalion was ambushed and asked for your help." The headset once again clicked indicating she hung up.
It took a few moment for Tracer to process what Diana said, and when she did she face palmed muttering something about airheaded blondes, while turning around and heading towards the fourths location.
When her plane finally got to the fourths last location she was greeted with the image of perhaps a dozen soldiers from the fourth battalion surrounded by a massive army of enemy tanks, and infantry which all had their respective guns and cannons aimed at the survivors. Flying low to the ground so she would be less visible from a distance, allowing her to get closer before they realized she was their. Before she fired she spoke into the headset with a grin plastered across her face, "Cheers luv cavaries here!" A confused yet hopeful voice replied almost immediately "Tracer is that you?" She wasn't able to respond since she already opened fire on the closest tank and blew it up with just seven shots, the explosion caused a chain reaction taking out three other tanks that were near the tank. This also took care of almost a half a dozen infantry soldiers.
Coming around for another pass she took down another cluster of enemies. Repeating this process over and over led to all of the enemies being taken out in less than five minutes. "Hello fourth? Are you guys ok down there?"
"Tracer! Were fine we only have a few wounded but thankfully none are deadly. We can't thank you enough for coming to our rescue! We are all in your debt!"
"No problem soldier. Just make sure you get those men to a hospital."
"Will do. Get back to base safely Tracer we can't afford to lose you."
"Dont worry I will." And with that said Tracer waved at them for the last time and flew off to refuel at base.
Her headset crackled giving the telltale sign that someone was on the line. "Hey Tracer? How did the rescue mission go?"
"Pretty well considering nobody was injured too badly which is a miracle in and of itself." The joy that she got from saving them was making itself clear in her tone.
"That wonderful Tracer! You truly are the best pilo-" Diana's praise was cut off by a giant hand that came hurtling from out of nowhere. She dodged the hand with barely an inch to spare. Looking to her right she found the perpetrator, a giant cyclops so tall the clouds touched its bald head.
"Hmm...I've only got twelve bullets left…." She pursed her lips in thought before it suddenly turned into a grin "I haven't had a challenge in a while. This should be fun!"
right before she fired her last couple of bullets the most unexpected thing happened, It spoke.
"LENA" Its deep gravely voice was near ear shattering and actually shook the plane.
"What the..." Tracer muttered.
"LENA WA-"
Lena's eyes shot open as a familiar voice finished what the loud being was saying "-ke up Lena! You gotta get ready!" Her vision was still a little blurry from sleep so what she saw when she opened her eyes was the rather close up view of the menacing cyclops.
"AHH!" She bolted into a sitting position effectively head butting the cyclops, sending both of them of them down into a fetal position with both of them clutching their foreheads in pain.
"OW! ow, ow, ow. Lena what was that for?!"
Finally blinking the last wisps of sleep away she realized that the "Scary Cyclops" was just Jack who was leaning over her when he was trying to wake her up. "Sorry-" she stretched while yawning "-Jack. I thought you were a cyclops." She said with a completely straight face.
"What?" His confused expression would have made Lena laugh if she had been paying any attention to him.
She sighed in frustration "Look jack I get that you're not a morning person but what's so hard to understand about me thinking you were cyclops?"
Jacks left eye twitched slightly "The part about me being a cyclops!"
"Jack you're a dummy." She said this with such a calm and bored tone that it took him a few seconds to realize he was insulted.
"...Wait a second! You just called me a dummy!"
"So?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Wha- i'm-ugh. I'm not a dummy!" He spluttered not expecting such an answer.
"Yeah you are."
"No Im not!"
"Yes."
"No!"
"No."
"Yes...wait no! You tricked me!"
"And that's why you're a dummy. Dummy"
Jack opened his mouth to retort but the sound of a throat being cleared interrupted him. They both turned around to see a smirking Merida, "So what is it this time?"
"She He called is me a a dummy! dummy!" They yelled at the same time which caused them to lare at one another.
"Seriously you guys are yelling over that?"
"Yeah! Yeah!"
This caused her to sigh "Okay, what did he do that makes him a dummy, Lena?"
"He couldn't understand something as simple as me thinking he was a cyclops"
She stared at the girl with a look of disbelief "What? Why In the world do you think he's a Cyclops?"
Lena shook her head in disappointment "Great! do you see what you did Jack? You turned Merida into a dummy as well!"
Deciding to change the topic and ignoring the slight insult Merida spoke "...Umm well anyways You guys need to get dressed fast because he will be here in less than an hour."
Both of them immediately went wide eyed when they realized they had less than an hour to get ready. From their was a chaotic scramble on who got to use the bathroom first, since all the other ones were occupied by the other kids.
Almost an hour later we find them sitting on the couch in the living room. Lena was freaking out because she was playing a bunch of scenarios in her head where Jack's dad won't like her.
"Lena?" Jack was trying to ease his best friend but he was in uncharted waters since Lena almost never so much as frowned before, she seemed to be always wearing a smile of some kind.
Unfortunately Jack never did have any patience "Lena! Everything will be fine! Just act you always do and he will love! Okay!?" he was shaking her by the shoulders as he said this.
Carla who was watching them from the doorway face palmed when she saw Jack's method of cheering Lena up. But when the method actually seemed to be working she had to remind herself that this is Lena and the word Normal never really applied to the little ball of sunshine.
"You're right!" She jumped out of her seat
Jack gave a sigh of relief that his plan actually worked "See I tol-"
Lena continued not even batting an eye at the fact that she had just interrupted her friend "I'm so awesome he will have no choice but to like me!" She stated this with a huge grin on her face.
"..." Both Jack and Carla could only stare at her in disbelief wondering how in the world she wound up at that conclusion.
Finally realizing that Jack wasn't smiling anymore she had to ask "What?" she honestly saw nothing wrong with what she had said earlier.
He couldn't bring himself to tell her what was wrong especially since she had such an innocent expression at the moment. "Nothing" he sighed in defeat.
Not even a minute later there was a knock at the front door, this caused them to freeze and the only source of movement was Carla who went into the hall to answer the door.
"Hello General" came Carlas voice from down the hall.
The general let out a sigh before saying "Carla how many time have I told you Howard is fine?"
"A lot of times. But you deserve the respect especially since you fund this facility, and give these kids a place to stay and food in their bellies."
A few moments later footsteps could be heard and the general came into the room still dressed in his military outfit, which had a bunch of colored medals over the right side indicating he was a high ranking officer.
A blur of blonde hair shot past Lena and slammed into the general "Daddy!"
Chuckling he hugged him back "It's good to see ya kiddo"
Unsure what to do Lena just sat in the back of the room trying not to draw any attention. Unfortunately The general after hugging his son for a nearly a minute looked up and locked his calculating blue orbs with a pair of doe brown.
He gently pushed his son away until he was an arms length away "Jack? Why don't you introduce me to your little friend here" he nodded towards Lena.
"Oh yeah umm..." he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "This is Lena and she is my best friend!"
"Really now?...Lena is it?" The girl nodded nervously. "I want to ask you something, and I expect a completely honest answer. And if you answer incorrectly I won't let you be friends with my son. Got it?" His tone spoke of the utmost seriousness and commanded respect
"Sir yes Sir" Her back straightened and she threw a hasty salute.
This caused him to smile in amusement "What flavored ice cream do you like best?"
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"What!" was the response he got but not just from Lena but also from Jack and Carla.
"Hmm? I thought it was a pretty easy question, but since you can't answer such an easy question i'm afraid I can't let you hang out with Jack."
The silence that engulfed the room was nearly palpable and everyone's faces was a mask of resignation and shock. But Lena being the girl that she is quickly turned her shock into anger and her resignation into defiance.
She jumped out of her chair "You can't tell me what to do! I can't play with Jack? Please! As if you could stop me! And by the way that was a dumb question!" She crossed her arms and glared at him as if daring him to say otherwise.
"HaHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The General was bent over, clutching his sides from his loud laughter. It took a bit for him to calm down enough to form complete sentences "Oh man! I haven't laughed that hard in years!" he wiped a stray tear away "You've got guts kid! I like it! C'mon let's go get some ice cream to celebrate!" He got up and started walking towards the door but stopped when he realized no one was behind him.
"Uh you guys are come right?" he said looking over his shoulders.
Once again it was Lena who broke out of her shock first. "What the he..." she died off when she saw the glare carla was sending her "err I mean what in the world are talking about!"
Chuckling he responded "The whole thing was a test. I just wanted to make sure my boy wasn't hanging out with a spineless cry baby. And since you stood your ground instead of crying and complaining, you passes" He paused to let them absorb the information "Now that that's out of the way. Let's go get some ice cream!"
"I want chocolate!" Lena yelled as she ran after him leaving behind a still shocked and confused Jack and Carla.
(time skip one year later)
Undisclosed location
"This council had been brought together to decide help ensure our future" General Howard said as he was sitting down. "Now does anyone want to start it off"
A random civilian councilman raised his hand "I think the taxes should be raised." This sentence caused a rather heated debate, especially since that particular councilman wouldn't really be affected by this new law he wanted since he was one of the richest men in the nation.
And so the cycle continued as councilman after councilman pitched an idea only for it to be torn apart by his peers. This went on until it finally came to be Howards turn. "Now as you all know we are currently at war." This caused a lot of the council or more specifically the military side of the council to nod their heads. "We are unfortunately at a disadvantage. Can anyone tell me why that is?"
After a few moments of intense silence the shaky hand of the first councilor who spoke went up "I-um-" He swallowed nervously. "I think we're at a disadvantage because we-um don't have an elite group like the germans have their luftwaffe and the americans have their Black ops division, or even how the russians has their spetznaz?"
the military side openly gaped at the councilman, they couldn't believe that a civilian councilman, or more specifically the richest civilian councilman said something logically.
When he noticed the stares he became indigenous "What?! I do pay attention! Did you guys think all I did was count my money all day?" Seeing a few of the councilmen actually nod made him huff in annoyance.
". . . Uh anyways he's exactly right we don't have a special division of any kind. That's why I propose we make one."
A fellow General spoke up "That's all well and good Howard but It would take at the very least nine years to make this elite division of yours a reality. It just wouldn't be the correct allocation of resources right now."
This caused the General to grin "I have put that into account as well. This is why I propose we recruit younger people for this squad since younger people can soak up new skills and lessons easier and faster than the older generation."
"Your idea has its merits..." Howard could already feel a 'But' coming along "...but exactly how young are we talking about?"
Now here comes the part he knew was going to cause chaos "I was thinking around the ages of seven to nine."
This took the gathered councilmen a few seconds to comprehend what he just said, and when it finally dawned on them...well let's just say it was another war.
"I WON'T LET YOU TAKE MY CHILDREN OFF TO WAR!" A random councilman yelled.
Left and right people were shouting trying to get there position on the matter out there.
Howard let them get it out of their systems before slamming his fist into the desk causing a boom to reverberate throughout the room.
On the inside he cringed at what he was going to say next "I know you guys are against the idea of taking children away from their families so they can fight in a war...This is why I also propose we only ask children that do not have families to join this division."
This time the councilmen were quiet. They all had contemplative looks on their faces. The ones that looked the most appalled by the idea were mainly on the civilian side while the Military side all looked deep in thought.
Watching their faces Howard couldn't help but feel happy, since this meant that his idea might become reality.
"Are you insinuating that we should force orphans to join against their will?" The same general from earlier asked but this time with an undercurrent of anger.
"No. We can't force children, family or not, to join, that would be inhumane! Not to mention the fact that it could cause resentment later down the road." Howard answered firmly.
"Now let's take a vote. All in favor?" He watched as the whole military side raised their hand one after another. "It appears we have a tie-" He stopped when he noticed the hand of the first civilian from before hesitantly get raised effectively passing the plan.
The general from earlier spoke once again "This plan shall now be put into effect immediately. But before we end this meeting I would like to have a vote on different matter." Naturally this caused murmurs among the councilmen, they were shocked that another vote was to be had during just one meeting. "I think it is time we allow women into our ranks."
Once again the room devolved into chaos, but unlike before this general wasnt one for patience as he slammed his fist down almost immediately. "This division is the perfect opportunity to test out if women really do have what it takes to become a soldier! And I will not have an chance like this wasted because of bigotry fools!"
"Look I understand you are passionate about your idea but let's face it women can't fight."
What happened next shocked the council, the general started to laugh. "Really? I don't think so. Just the other day I was nearly assassinated by german spies. But luckily I was saved...by a woman no less! She dispatched seven grown men with guns with just her hands." He let this sink in "Now the level of skill required for this indicates that she isn't a civilian, and it is my belief that another nation has already started turning women into soldiers, perhaps the US sent her to intervene? I Don't know who, But I do know that I don't want our country to get left behind because of our unwillingness to change." He paused to take a breath "Now I ask you to think carefully as the nation's future could depend on your answer. All in favor?"
Unlike the last vote this one was much slower, the first to raise his hand was Howard who answered almost as soon as the vote was called, but the other members took longer in their decision. In the end only 4 out of the 12 voters voted against it.
After the vote called as a success Howard raised his hand yet again, causing some to raise their brows. "I have two good candidates in mind for this and would like to nominate him and her for the program."
After a brief vote he was given permission by the council since he was a well respected general they trusted his opinion when it came to soldiers.
But just when everyone was getting up, one of the civilians asked "Since you came up with this division, what were you gonna name it?"
"Hmm?. . .What do you guys think about Overwatch?" he grinned for the first time since the meeting began.
It's been a year since Lena's first meeting with the general and in that time, he has come to visit them a grand total of seven times, since he is so busy with the war it's understandable that he doesn't have the most flexible schedule.
Today would be the eighth time he came to visit.
"So what do you guys think?" Howard asked nervously.
"...I say, sign me up!" Jack yelled excitedly, afterall this is a once in a lifetime offer.
". . . " Lena on the other hand had a very large frown on her face
"Umm. . .Lena?" The general was especially worried since in all the times he has visited, Lena always had a happy go lucky aura about her. Not getting a response he started to think he may have misjudged her when it came to joining his division.
"I just have one question." She said with an uncharacteristically serious expression, after seeing him nod she continued. "Will I be allowed to become a pilot?"
". . . I don't see why not. So long as you actually show promise, I have no problem with it."
This caused her serious expression to dissolve into a happy grin "Then I will join too. But let's get one thing straight! I'm not just going to show promise, I am going to become the best pilot Britain has ever seen!"
Hearing the conviction in her response he couldn't help but grin along with her. "I will remember that. Starting now you guys will have to refer to me as either General, or Sir. Their will be only one exception and that will be when we are completely alone or are off duty. But considering the amount of work that will be required of you, I highly doubt you will ever be off duty."
"Sir! Sir! Yes! Yes! Sir! Sir!" They both yelled holding up a salute.
"That's what I like to hear maggots! Now drop and give me twenty!"
At that they could only stare back at him in confusion. "Twenty what?"
Howard face palmed at his stupidity of thinking they would understand, after all they are still nine years old.
Next Update is going to at least be by 11/15/15.
Chapter 3: Slipstream
Wow! I can't believe I already have three followers! (Thanks 017Bluefield, Demon exe , itsmyshow. You guys Rock!) This is the longest chapter I have ever written and I hope you guys like it. Also just a reminder that story will not stay in the ww2 era. Also the pairing is still up in the air, assuming their even will be one (Idk I will or not) But if you have an idea please dont be afraid to tell me and I promise I will consider it...as long as it does not involve Winston or Reinhardt Remember if you don't like something or want to pitch an idea then please leave a comment or pm me, but if it's neither of those...then still pm or review. PLEASE!
