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Fareeha glanced at the boy who was apparently her nephew, and smiled a bit. Walking over to him, she very gently stroked his fluffy black hair.
"Hmm?"
Santiago looked at her, confusion in his eyes.
"Who're you?"
He asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Fareeha smiled a bit at the boy.
"Apparently, I'm your Aunt. My name is Fareeha."
Santiago looked up at her a bit. He could see a few resemblances, but figured something out quickly.
"Does that mean Abuela Ana is really my Abuela?"
He asked. Fareeha chuckled and nodded.
"Yes, she is. We figured out who your Grandfather is too. If you'd like, you could use their last names until we figure out who your mother is. For some reason her name isn't in the system."
Santiago tilted his head.
"What name should I use?"
Fareeha sat next to him on the bed as he sat upright. Mildly surprised when he leaned into her shoulder.
"Well, your Grandmother's last name, and my last name, is Amari, but your Grandfather's last name is Reyes. So….Santiago Amari-Reyes formally and just Santiago Amari or Santiago Reyes informally."
Santiago shrugged.
"I like Amari."
Fareeha couldn't help but smile at him a bit.
"Hey, why don't I introduce you to the other members of Overwatch that are on base right now?"
Santiago nodded excitedly and hopped down from the bed, darting over to thank Angela for his checkup before following his Aunt.
"Aw, who's this little guy?"
Lena Oxton, AKA Tracer asked, stopping when she saw the two. Santiago looked up at her, his eyes practically glowing.
"Lena, this is my nephew, Santiago Amari. Santiago, this is Lena Oxton, AKA Tracer."
Lena awed. Just looking at Santiago was making her coo. Not minding at all when the energetic Brit scooped him up.
"He's so adorable! But I didn't know you had any siblings 'Reeha."
Fareeha shrugged.
"Apparently I do. Problem is, her name isn't even in the system, but we do know his Grandfather's name. Which is why we probably won't be going to see Jack."
Lena looked at her.
"Why not?"
Santiago had stopped listening to the conversation at that point, opting to observe the blue glow coming off Lena's accelerator.
"Well….Santiago is a hispanic name…..and his Grandfather's last name is Reyes."
Lena was about to scream. The adorable little boy in her arms was the grandson of one of the most dangerous men alive.
"You mean to tell me he's…..but how?!"
Fareeha shrugged.
"Don't know, don't want to know, don't even want to ask. All I know is that if he grows up to be like his Grandfather, we're in trouble."
Santiago had finally started listening again, realized he hadn't said anything about his powers.
"Uh….Aunt Fareeha?"
Fareeha looked down at Santiago, who looked nervous.
"Would now be a good time to say that I can understand the language of machines and control them with my mind? I can even use my powers to figure out what machines do!"
Fareeha looked at him in shock. Those powers could end up being incredibly powerful as he got older and smarter. And considering how smart he already was…..that startled the elder Amari slightly.
"It isn't that I don't believe you Santiago, but could you please show us how your powers work?"
Santiago nodded and hopped down from Lena's cuddles before looking at her accelerator and smiling brightly.
"Cool! It's a chronal accelerator. It keeps her anchored to this timeline, while allowing her to manipulate her own time stream."
Lena's jaw dropped. If this kid had ended up with Talon, who knew what he could end up telling them about their gear. Santiago looked at his Aunt, concern on his face.
"Santiago, can you control all technology?"
Santiago shrugged.
"I don't really know. I've never tried anything past security cameras and computers and Aunt Lena's accelerator."
Fareeha nodded a bit and Lena awed when Santiago called her his Aunt. Fareeha just looked at her nephew. She already knew he could grow to become a talented young hero. After talking to Lena for a while, Fareeha and Santiago walked for a while longer. Eventually bumping into the one person Fareeha didn't want Santiago to have to meet. Soldier:76.
"Who's the kid?"
He asked, eying Santiago from behind his visor. Fareeha quickly covered Santiago's mouth with her hand. She admitted that Reyes was a better fit for his name, but when in Jack's presence, she'd rather not test his feelings towards the mercenary that had once been his close friend.
"Santiago. Santiago Amari. He's my nephew, don't ask about his Mother because we don't know right now."
Jack looked down into the bright purple eyes of the boy and chuckled.
"Guess he's the newest member of Overwatch then. Nice to meet ya Santiago."
Santiago grinned happily.
"It's nice to meet you too Mr."
Jack fluffed up Santiago's hair.
"Just call me Jack kid. Or 76. Whichever floats your boat."
Santiago shrugged.
"Okay."
Fareeha mentally sighed in relief. Happy that the kid not only didn't look like Reyes, he didn't act like Reyes Jack would've picked up on right away. As the two kept walking, Santiago looked up at his Aunt.
"I have to be careful around , don't I?"
Fareeha nodded.
"Him and the gorilla we'll be meeting next. Moreso 76. Winston might let you help out with the machines in his lab."
Santiago nodded and bounced alongside Fareeha as they walked to Winston's lab. Entering the room, Winston glanced over at them as they walked in.
"Hello Fareeha, how can I help you?"
Fareeha smiled a bit.
"Just wanted to introduce you to my nephew Santiago. He does have a gift that you may be able to help him learn more about."
Santiago smiled a bit and stepped forward.
"I can talk to machines and control them with my mind."
Winston blinked.
"Care to prove it to me little one?"
Santiago grinned.
"Your AI, Athena is really nice. She said that your favorite foods were peanutbutter and bananas."
Athena spoke so that they could all hear her.
"He's right. I did tell him to say your favorite foods Winston."
Santiago grinned and Winston was honestly amazed. The boy had managed to successfully communicate with the Overwatch AI, Athena.
"Why that's absolutely remarkable. How about this. While your Aunt is working or out on Overwatch missions, or even if you're just bored, you can come and help me with my inventions. I'm sure even Satya would enjoy having you around as long as you treat her with respect."
Santiago nodded excitedly and Fareeha sighed. She did have a few reservations about leaving her nephew behind with her grandmother. Mostly with scaring the poor boy with being shot with a sniper rifle whenever he got hurt.
"Thank you Winston. Come on Santiago. We can go meet Satya now if you'd like."
Santiago nodded and the two headed off to Satya's lab. Santiago pausing once to look himself over and make sure everything was perfectly symmetrical at the prodding of Athena before he went to speak to Ms. Vaswani.
Realizing what he'd done was probably due to a warning from Athena, Fareeha blinked.
She hadn't accounted for today being the rare day Satya Vaswani was in a bad mood. A very bad mood.
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