Chapter 2
-Jacob's POV 6:00am-
I awoke feeling better. I looked around and felt yesterday rush back to me. 'I'm in a different world. A different universe.' I thought as I yawned. I got up and stretched and grabbed a fresh pair of clothes and walked into the bathroom. I turned on the nozzle to warm water and felt it run through. I threw my clean clothes on the sink and tossed my dirty ones in the corner.
I stepped into the shower and felt the warm water hit me. After a few minutes, I washed myself and turned the water off. I dried myself and placed my clean clothes on and walked out. I sat in the chair and pulled out Hera's A.I. chip. She activated and her hologram came and showed her stretching and yawning.
"Good morning Jacob, how are you?" She asked. "I'm feeling a lot better now Hera, how about you?" I asked. "Oh, it was pleasant. I enjoyed the sunrise." She said. I smiled at her and walked over. I placed my skin tight suit over my clothes, which fit surprisingly, and started to place my armor on. After a few minutes, my armor was completely on. I walked over to my helmet and placed it on. I grabbed Hera's A.I. chip and placed it in my helmet. I saw Hera's face appear on the right side of my HUD.
"All signs show green across the board sir. Healing unit 100%, Speed boost 100%, Cloaking 100%, and personal Bubble Shield 100%." She explained. "Also, shields are charging." She said. On cue, my shield bar appeared.
"Mjolnir Mk-VII green and ready for combat." Hera said. I smiled and stretched and cracked my neck. I looked down and realized I had only the two SMGs and the two Energy swords. I sighed and made a mental note to visit the armory here and pick up more weapons. I opened my door and saw a new recruit. He was walking ahead of me. I saw a '76' sewn on his back.
I jogged up next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. 'Hi there, the name's SpartanMchowell, or Jacob." I said holding my hand out. He looked at me and grasped my hand. "Soldier 76, you're new here. New recruit?" He asked. "Yeah, I was sent here from an explosion from my world." I explained to him. He looked at me and nodded. "Well, glad you're here soldier." He said before walking off to the mess hall. I followed him as I was heading there to.
I saw Lena, Torbjorn, Winston, Reinhardt and Angela were there. I walked and grabbed my food and sat next to Lena. I removed my helmet and pulled out Hera's A.I. chip so she could meet everyone. I placed it on the table, but she didn't appear.
"What's that luv?" Lena asked. "My A.I. Hera, but she's shy." I said. "Hera, it's ok, were with friends." I said to her. After a few minutes, her hologram appeared and dashed behind my helmet and hid from everyone.
"Whoa, an A.I. with a body. Amazing!" Winston said looking at her. Hera squeaked at everyone and ran and hid behind my arm. "Hera, it's ok. They're friends." I said to her. She poked her head up and looked at everyone.
"H-Hi!" She yelped. I smiled at her. "Hera, you're fine." I said removing my arm so everyone could see her. I saw her face go a dark blue as she blushed. "I swear, she was calm with Athena, but now she's like a scared child when meeting real people." I said to them. "Well, then again, she was assigned to me just yesterday. So, I think I understand the fear." I said. She looked at me and held her head down.
"Alright Hera, if you're not ready, we can wait." I said to her. She dived into her chip as I placed it back in the helmet. I chuckled and finished the rest of my food and put it in the dishwasher and walked back to my helmet. I placed it on my head and saw Hera's face appear. She had a sad expression.
"I'm sorry to have put you on the spot Hera, it's my fault." I said apologizing to her. She looked at me and sigh. "It's ok, I know you were trying to introduce me to new people. I guess I just have to get used to them." She said. I gave her a smile and made my way to the training room.
"Let's test out their training room." I said setting the difficulty to the hardest mode they had. "Are you sure about this?" Hera asked. "I have yet to assess their training courses." She said. "Well, what's the point of a challenge Hera, besides, if it's too tough. I have you with the healing unit if I sustain damage." I replied as the training course lit up. Two dummies came to life and took the forms of Widowmaker and Reaper. I cracked my neck and loosened up.
"Training exercise, starting in 3…2…1…GO!" Athena's monotone voice came out.
-3rd POV Observation-
The agents gathered into the training room to watch the Spartan. They were impressed to say the least by the manner of combat he displayed.
"Oh my, he's even better than Jack when we first started." Dr. Ziegler said. Soldier 76, secretly the deceased Jack Morrison, gritted his teeth under his mask.
"What is the difficulty Athena luv?" Lena asked. "The hardest mode we have, hence why he's fighting Widowmaker and Reaper." Athena responded. "Oh my." Lena said in awe.
"Haha! I'll be looking forward to battle with him!" Reinhardt bellowed. Torbjorn agreed. "Well, well, what do ya know. He can fight." McCree said with a grin. "I would like to give him a physical, to find out how his heartrate has not increased." Dr. Ziegler said watching the monitor. Lena looked over and gasped.
"Just what is he?" Lena asked. "What don't you ask him yourself." The Spartan asked. Everyone looked at him in surprise as he took off his helmet. He somehow, made it to the observation room without alerting them.
-Dr. Ziegler's POV-
As he placed his helmet on his side, his green eyes darted back and forth between the assembled agents. I cleared my throat. "I would like to give you an examination." I said to him. He looked at me and studied me with his green eyes. "Ok, Doc." He said with a smile. I flustered as he smiled at me. I walked out and grabbed his arm as I dragged him to my office.
"Y'know I can walk on my own." He complained. I let go of his arm and blushed a little. We arrived at me office and he sat on the bed. "Armor, off." I ordered. "Yes ma'am." He replied and piece by piece his armor was on the bed. He took of his skintight suit and placed it with his armor pieces. I looked at him in awe.
-3rd POV Dr. Ziegler and Jacob, med bay-
"What is it?" He asked. "You're taller than I expected." She replied. [A/N: He's 5'7'. Just taller than Lena and Hana.] He chuckled at the comment. Dr. Ziegler then began the physical. She checked him physically and mentally. She was surprised by the results.
"Oh my, your bones are practically indestructible. Your reflexes are off the charts. My, you would give Lena a run for her money." She said. "Yeah, that'll happen when you undergo augmentation." He said.
She looked at him with horror. She knew about augmentation, but she was against it. No matter how hard the military pestered her. She would always decline them. They did this with her nanotechnology she developed to use for healing purposes only.
"Why?" She asked. "So I could help my fellow brothers and sisters in arms against the rogue Covenant forces." He said with determination. "My god, but it did take a horrible three-week procedure. In and out of surgeries, gene therapy, calibrations. All that nice stuff." He said with a hint of sadness. "But?" she asked. "During those three weeks, usually, some setbacks. Someone died in recovery, or they were in a coma. Even with advancements in that area, it was still a high risk." He explained.
Dr. Ziegler looked at him with horror. "But, it was worse for my predecessors, they-." He began before Hera stepped in.
"I am sorry, but that is classified information." She said through the speakers. I looked at Jacob and he shrugged his shoulders.
"She's the boss." He said. "No argument here." Dr. Ziegler replied. He sighed and got up and placed his skintight suit on and placed his armor on. He grabbed he helmet and smiled.
"Thanks for the checkup Doc." He said walking out the door. Dr. Ziegler smiled and waved good bye. But she began thinking about the horrors he had to endure to become what he was now. She sighed and sat down in her chair.
-Jacob's POV-
I placed my helmet on my head and walked to my room. I realized I only had the SMGs and the Energy swords. I assessed that the swords we a last resort and grabbed my weapons. I placed my SMGs on my hips and placed the swords on my back. [Kind of like Aqualad in Young Justice.]
I walked to the armor and looked at the weapons I could use. Lena walked in and saw me looking at them. "You got, Pulse rifles, pistols, SMGs, basically. So, pick your poison luv." She said with a smile. I looked at the weapons and had Hera scan them.
"For your expertise, I'd suggest the pulse rifle." Hera offered. I chuckled and grabbed a pulse rifle and slung it on my back. I grabbed my SMGs and placed one above my waist and placed the other in the back. I placed the pulse pistols on my hips. I walked over to the mirror and saw myself decked out in weapons.
"Overcompensating for something Jacob dear?" Lena asked with a chuckle. I looked at her and chuckled. "First Hera, now you. Why do you think that?" I asked. Lena just giggled and waved me off. I sighed and walked into the mission room to see Soldier 76.
"Morning, got any missions?" I asked the gruff soldier. "Yeah, if you want to, you can go and recruit a 'Dva'. Famous gamer turned fighter in South Korea. So far, her and a group of MEKA fighters are trying their best to defeat a Omnic sea monster that is plaguing their shores." He said. I nodded to him. "Got it." I said and ran to the hangar. I was about to get in a dropship and saw Lena blink next to me.
"You thought I was gonna let you have all the fun luv?" She said with a smirk. I sighed and realized I wasn't going to get rid of the speedster anytime soon. "Alright, but I make the rules. Got it?" I said. "Yes sir." She said mocking a fake salute. I chuckled a little and walked to the cockpit. "Hera, scan the controls and give me a diagram of how it works." I said.
"Already done. I am updating your HUD." She replied. I then had the controls for the dropship. I inputted the coordinates for South Korea. After an hour, we were over the clouds heading for South Korea.
I walked to the back of the plane and saw Lena tapping her foot nervously. "Lena, it's just a recruitment mission. Not life or death." I said sitting in front of her. "Don't you get scared before a mission?" She asked. I sighed and looked at her. "When I first became a Spartan-IV, I was beyond scared. I was frightened beyond repair. Every mission, I was scared for my life. I would always cower in cover, they thought I was a coward. I believed them. I never thought I would be like the Master Chief." I said. "But, during one fateful battle, I was against an elite. Hand to hand combat, I fought as hard as I could, but I snapped under pressure and waited for certain doom. That was, until the Chief came. He killed the elite and looked at me." I explained. Lena was looking at me with awe.
"'Son, no matter what kind of pressure you're faced with, always trudge through and you will win.' That is what he said to me. After that, I became the badass, fighting machine you see before you." I finished. She looked at me and her foot stopped. I looked out to see the vast plains of South Korea.
"Beautiful." I said in awe. I then heard roaring in the distance and saw a giant robotic sea creature. "Damn, you weren't kidding about a giant sea robot." I said. I unslung the pulse rifle and gave it to Lena. "You're gonna need it more than me." I said. I opened the door and drew the Energy swords.
"Hera, see if you can change the input of these swords and make the energy replenish itself." I said. "Already done." She said. "Also, arm the healing unit and speed boost. And play some music through the speakers." I said. "What would you like sir?" She asked. "I'm thinking AC/DC." I replied. "Excellent choice sir." She chuckled. I heard the song 'You Shook Me All Night Long' playing. I opened the door and looked at Lena. She chuckled. "Really luv?" "Yeah, why not?" I replied. She shook her head and blinked out of the hangar and landed next to the MEKA pilots and South Korean army.
I back up and used the speed boost and ran at the monster.
-3rd POV-
Lena watched at the Spartan launched himself at the sea monster and activated his twin swords. She heard the music play from his speakers as he drove his swords into the monster's side. He sliced open the monster's shell and jumped in. Everyone on the ground stopped and watched as the Spartan jumped into the monster.
"Is he crazy?" A brown haired girl said with pink stripes on her cheeks. "No, I think he enjoys battle luv." Lena responded. The brown haired girl looked at Lena. "You are?" "Overwatch dear, we are looking for a Miss Hana Song." She replied. "You don't have to look far, I'm Hana Song." The brown haired girl said. Lena smiled and nodded to her. "So who's the suited person that-." She was cut off as explosions came from the monster. Everyone looked as it fell on the ground dead. The Spartan cut his way out of its head, covered in oil. He shook of the oil and removed his helmet.
"This is not going to come out, is it?" He complained to Lena. "No, luv, I don't think it is." She said with a chuckle. He sighed and wiped oil off of his chest piece. The army and MEKA units looked at him in awe.
"How? We barely put a dent in it. But you?" Hana stuttered. He looked at her and smiled. 'The brain, sweetheart, that's where you usually go to kill something." He said with a smile. 'One man did this?' 'He's a god' 'How?' the army whispered. The Spartan looked at them and smiled. He then promptly fell down.
Lena knelt down next to him. "You alright luv?" She asked with concern. "Yeah, I guess the healing unit in my suit isn't working that well." He said wincing in pain. "So you're not invincible after all." Lena said with a smirk. He chuckled and then gritted his teeth. "Who knew plasma rounds hurt that much?" He joked. He sighed in relief as the healing unit worked overtime. Hera's voice came through the speakers in his helmet.
"DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! GOT IT!?" she yelled at him. The Spartan gritted his teeth and let out a small chuckle. "Yes ma'am." He said with a smile. She huffed and sighed. "Well, as long as you learned your lesson." She said and was quiet again. With some help, Lena brought the Spartan to his feet. "Thanks 'luv'". He said in an imitation of Lena's British accent. She scoffed and playfully hit his arm. He yelped and held his arm. She chuckled and helped him to a medical tent. She eased him on the cot and sat next to him. Hana and a general walked in.
"Son, I'd like to thank you. You have done the Korean people a service we can't hope to repay." The general said bowing. "Thank you for the praise General, but maybe you can help repay by appealing to the UN to reinstate Overwatch." The Spartan replied. He looked at him and smiled. "You got it, anything else?" The general asked. "Would you be willing to allow Hana here to join Overwatch?" He asked. The general looked at Hana who had a look of awe on her face.
"That is for her to decide." He said with a smile. The Spartan looked at Hana who nodded profusely. "I'll take that as a 'yes'. Welcome to Overwatch, Agent Dva." The Spartan said shaking Hana's hand.
"Woohoo!" She yelled jumping up and down with joy. The Spartan chuckled at her antics. Lena chuckled too and sighed. 'One down, more to go.' The Spartan thought.
~Timeskip 3rd POV~
As the ORCA dropship returned to base with Hana in tow, The Spartan started to feel something inside. 'If I can't return to my world, I'll do all in my power to help this one.' He thought. As they landed in the base, Hera reported a disturbance somewhere off in the distance.
"I'll join with you guys soon, there's something I want to check out." He said. Lena and Hana nodded and walked into the base. The Spartan placed his helmet on. "Hera, activate the speed boost." He said. "Got it." Hera replied. With that, they ran towards the disturbance. As he approached the destination, he dived into cover and peeked his head up. He looked up to see another Spartan. But this one was different, he was blue head-to-toe. He looked over and saw a familiar helmet.
"Caboose!" The Spartan yelled and vaulted out of cover and hugged his long lost friend. "Jacob! You're here!" He said and returned his hug. "I was worried, so was Church, Carolina, Washington, Simmons, Grif, Tucker, Doc, Donut, and everyone else." He said. "Really?" Jacob asked. "Yes! But Sarge, well he didn't really care. Because, he's Sarge." Caboose said. Jacob smiled. "I have missed you the most! And so has Freckles!" He yelled.
"Indeed, Private Mchowell." Caboose's gun said. I smiled and saw Hera appear next to me. "Oh, who is the small lady?" he asked. "Oh, Hera, this is Caboose, one of the people who stopped the Freelancer Project and a plot to kill inhabitants on a planet called Chorus." I said introducing Caboose.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Private Caboose." Hera said with a smile. "It's nice to meet you too small lady. So, Jacob, how are you? Are the people treating you nice in this place?" He asked. "Yes Caboose, I actually joined a group of heroes like you guys." I said. "That's nice, I would like to meet these new people." Caboose said. Jacob chuckled and ushered him along.
"Come on Caboose, I promise you're gonna love them." Jacob said. Caboose was excited and followed him to the Watchpoint.
When they entered, the agents were waiting for them. Hana walked over to Caboose and looked him over. "So this is the person you went looking for?" She asked. "Hi, my name's Michael J. Caboose. I'm a blue." Caboose said introducing himself.
"You know this 'Caboose' Jacob?" Lena asked. "Yeah, he's my best friend. Isn't that right Caboose?" He said putting a hand over Caboose's shoulders. "Yes! Everyone is Caboose's friend!" He yelled. Everyone chuckled. "He's harmless, but don't get him mad. It's scary actually." Jacob said remembering a vivid memory of him pissing Caboose off.
"So, Caboose, how is everyone? Church, Carolina, Washington?" I asked. "Well, Tucker is Tucker. Carolina and Washington are trying there hardest to find you. And the Reds are fighting with the Blues over and over again." Caboose replied. Jacob sighed and chuckled. "I take it, Sarge is instigating these fights?" Jacob asked. "Yes." Caboose responded. "Oh well, that's Sarge for you. Anyway, it's good to see you again Caboose." Jacob said. "Well, it's good to see you too Jacob. And you too mystery people. Wait, are you evil people?" He asked. Hera popped out went over to Caboose.
"No Caboose, they are good people." She said with a smile. "Ok." He said. Everyone walked up to Caboose and introduced themselves. Caboose seemed to get along fine with Lena. They were both energetic. Jacob smiled as she dragged Caboose along to give him a tour.
"Are you sure about Caboose, he seems to be very dense." Dr. Ziegler said walking over to Jacob. "He's got a good heart. He just needs someone to point the way for him." Jacob said crossing his arms. "I hope you're right." Dr. Ziegler said before walking off. He sighed and turned in to his room. He removed his armor and suit and put them in a corner. He put on pajamas and yawned. Jacob was about to crash, until Caboose came in.
"What is it Caboose?" He asked. "I was wondering if I could sleep here?" He asked. Jacob chuckled and walked over. "You're always welcomed Caboose." Jacob said. "I'll take the couch, you can have the bed." He said. "Ok, thank you Jacob. I am glad you are back." Caboose said removing his armor. He took off his helmet and placed it on the nightstand. [I don't really know what any of the Reds or Blues look like, so bear with me. Unless you know.]
Jacob looked at Caboose's face. This was the first time he ever saw his face. He had sandy blonde hair, turquoise eyes and tan skin. He looked at me and smiled. "Good night Jacob." He said and laid on the bed. Soon he was fast asleep.
"Good night, Caboose." Jacob said with a smile and wrapped a blanket over him and fell asleep on the couch.
A/N: Disclaimer, I do not own Overwatch or its characters. I do not own Caboose or any of the Reds and Blues. They belong to Rooster Teeth. But the story, it is mine and so is SpartanMchowell. Thanks for reading peeps. Tata for now!
~CommanderKnight145
