Widowmaker was the first to wake up. It was early in the morning.
She looked around the small room first She is pretty used to sleep in different safe houses every night. But something she is not used to was having someone sleeping next to her.
She looked at the small girl next to her. She looks so calm, so peaceful.
How can someone like that be interested in me?
Could it be that what I am feeling is that I have fallen for her?
Can I even feel something like that?
Can I feel love?
No. Of course not.
That would be ridiculous.
I am an assassin my only purpose is to kill people.
Not to have any emotions that I even could not hope to feel.
Emotions are just in the way.
No. What I feel must be something else.
But what is it?
She stroke Tracer on her cheek before went out of bed.
She went to some of to some of the crates to get some new gear to replace what had been broken in the battle before.
Merde! I am running low on ammo. She said to herself.
Hopefully I will not have to fight that much until I can get back to Talon She thought and looked back at Tracer who was still sleeping.
She put on her new gear and prepared to leave.
Tracer could handle herself on her own. She have proven that many times over in their battles before.
But of course just when she was about to leave she woke up.
"Leaving already luv?" She asked with sleepy eyes.
Widow just looked back at her.
"Not enjoying my company luv?" Tracer asked.
"It's not that. It's.." But before Widow was able to finish her sentence an arrow struck right thru the window and she just barely evaded it.
She quickly activated her infra-sight and saw him. Shimada Hanzo.
Another assassin probably hired by this nation's military to eliminate her.
"Down on the floor now!" She screamed to Tracer just as a scatter arrow came thru the window bouncing around the room barely missing her as she laid down flat on the floor.
"What do we do now?" Tracer asked.
"Flip the bed!" Widow said.
"What?"
"Just flip the bed!" She said again.
Tracer flipped the bed to it's side and saw why Widow wanted to flip it.
A hidden escape hatch.
They just made it behind the bed as another arrow came in.
Widowmaker opened it and said
"You down first!"
"Ayay!" Tracer replied and jumped down the hatch closely followed by Widowmaker.
They ran out of the escape tunnel.
And then Widow turned around and shot up at some hidden explosives causing the exit to collapse.
"That's will buy us some time at least. But it will not stop him. Even if that tunnel is a bit of a labyrinth. " She said.
"That was Shimada Hanzo was it not? Shimada Genji's brother?" Tracer asked.
"Oui it was. And I fear that escaping him will not be that simple. But we have to move. If we stay here for too long he will find us" Widow replied.
"So where should we go now?" She asked.
"Right now we should go to my other safe house. Then we will see. So for now follow me." Widow said and went over to another small cave, and in it stood a motorcycle hidden.
"We need this. There is a fair distance to the safe house." She said and started up the bike.
"You are really prepared for everything right luv." Tracer said with a smile.
"Well I could be an effective assassin if I weren't. Now get on" She said.
Tracer were not sure if Widow noticed it herself but she smiled when she said that.
A smile of kindness.
They drove for quite a while.
It had already become late afternoon when they arrived to the second safe house.
An abandoned mansion in the middle of nowhere.
"How many safe houses do you really have?" Tracer asked in awe of the large building.
"I have. Well had two in this country. And this is not as impressive as it looks." Widow replied.
"What do you mean?" She asked as they stared to walk in.
"There are only a few rooms that you can actually live in, and most of the others are so bad conditions that they are literally death traps to be in." Widow replied. As they entered.
"I see. It is so that it make it a little easier to hide if someone were to discover that you were here." Tracer said.
"That is one way to see it. It would also be a little suspicious if there would just be a perfectly good mansion standing in the middle of nowhere." She replied.
Why am I telling her all this?
And why am I still telling her to follow me?
What is with this girl?
She thought to herself looking at Tracer.
"Is something the matter luv?" Tracer asked looking questioning back at Widowmaker.
"No not really. Lets fix something to eat." She said and started walking down the hallway with Tracer closely following her.
"Yeah that's would be great. I'm starving." Tracer said
But after she had said that Widow did something that surprised both of them.
She let out a little laugh.
Tracer laughed a little bit as well while Widow just continued walking without saying anything.
She could not understand what was happening.
Why did she laugh?
They soon arrived to a part of the mansion that looked to be in a much better condition than the rest of the building.
Two rooms and a kitchen and even a bathroom.
One of the rooms had the bed and some storage crates and the other was more of a living room.
Widowmaker went directly to the kitchen and started with the food.
And tracer looked around the place. But could not stop thinking over how the last couple of hours have been.
That Widowmaker is actually showing signs of emotions.
This is amazing. It is possible for her to feel again. Tracer thought to herself.
At the same time Widow was also thinking on the last few hours.
When was the last time she felt something even close to this?
The only time that she truly feels emotions is at the moment of the kill.
To succeed with a mission.
That is the only time that she knows that she feels alive.
But feelings like this?
Never.
Not as Widowmaker at least.
But maybe as her?
Amélie Lacroix.
She do not remember a lot from being her.
But she do have flashes from time to time.
Usually she tries to avoid to remember. Because it is not always just memories that comes up, but also a rush of emotions that is connected to the memories.
And it usually hurts a lot.
But she wants to find out.
Why she feels drawn to Tracer?
What is it she feels for that girl?
She remembers that she was married to someone called Gérard Lacroix.
He was the reason that Talon got to Amélie.
They wanted him dead and they used Amélie to do it.
She killed him in his sleep.
After that.
Talon started to break her to make her into the perfect assassin.
Suddenly the pain struck her as flashes of what they did to her came.
And then it all went black.
When she came to she was laying on the bed with Tracer sitting next to her.
"Are you alright luv? You had me worried there for a moment." Tracer said.
"What happened?" Widow asked.
"It first looked like you were in pain. I tried to talk to ya but it seemed like you could not hear me. Then you just collapsed." Tracer replied.
"I see." She said.
"What happened? Are you not feeling well?" Tracer asked.
"Just some really bad memories. That's all." Widow replied.
"From when you were Amélie?" She asked.
Widow just looked at her.
"Oh sorry I did not mean." she started but Widow interrupted her.
"There is no reason to be sorry. I'm not surprised that you know who I was. But that name means nothing to me anymore."
"You are not mad that I looked into your past?" Tracer said and looked a bit shy at Widowmaker.
"Aucun I'm not Lena Oxton." Widow laughed.
"You have looked into my past as well!" Tracer said.
"Yes I have. I want to find the reason to something I can not understand." Widow replied.
"Understand what luv?" She asked.
"To understand why I feel drawn to you." Widow said.
Tracer face turned completely red.
"The only explanation I can find can not be true. There is no way that I can feel such emotions." she continued.
"To feel what emotions?" Tracer asked.
"That I have fallen in love with you."
Lena's cheeks felt extremely warm. She could not believe What she just heard.
"And why could that not be true?" She stuttered.
Widow was not really sure anymore. If memories could be locked away inside her then maybe emotions could also be there.
And seeing Lena's reaction.
Seeing her innocent face.
She felt a warmth growing inside of her.
She is not sure.
But this girl have definitely changed something in her.
What she thought impossible is now a possibility.
"I do not know yet. But there could actually be some truth to it. I do want to know." Widow said and put a hand on Lena's cheek.
"Just let it take it's time. I'm sure that you find the truth luv." She stuttered again.
Widow smiled.
Then Tracer's stomach made a sound.
"Oh that's reminds me. I did finish the food but is probably cold by now." She said and pointed at the food standing on one of the crates.
"Let's eat then and get some rest we do not know when Hanzo will finds us again." Widow replied and stood up.
"Ayay." Lena replied.
So many things I am still unsure of. It feels almost like I'm even more at conflict with myself then before.
One thing I know for sure and I may have to defy Talon to do it. But I have to stay close to her to find out the truth. Widowmaker thought to herself.
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