Present day
Glitch was on her way to her home when she got an alert on her phone. Looking down she saw what day it was and started running to her house. It was Halloween and kids would start coming by her house in about an hour. She had a reputation for giving out the best treats, but only until nine o'clock. After that she went back into her house and no one bothered her. She was the only one who knew what happened then. There were rumors spread by kids that she was secretly a witch, but a good one. Other people said it was because of some sort of anniversary. Those people were partially correct. After nine o'clock on Halloween Glitch retired to her house to get ready for Día de los Muertos. The day of the dead. She had done so since the explosion of the Overwatch headquarters all those years ago. This is how she honored Jack and Gabe. Gabe had introduced it to her one night in the barracks. But she didn't focus on that. She wasn't ready to hurt quite yet. She had to get through the day without showing any pain. When she arrived at her house Glitch unlocked the door to a strange sight. Her house was rigged with small led lights to tell her when her tracking system picked up movements by an organization called Talon. They had been the ones to blow up the base, and she would track their every move. One of these days she'd get a step ahead and get payback. Normally they weren't very active around holidays, but here she was, tracking one of there ships to the nearby city, Numbani. Whatever they were after, they couldn't be allowed to get it. Día de los Muertos would have to wait until she could stop them. They wouldn't reach Numbani until tomorrow though, so she'd still give out candy. A scream at her door alerted her to the first of the trick or treaters. It was already six thirty. Glitch wouldn't have time to change into a real costume. Instead, she focused on changing her appearance, and after a few glitches, she looked like she had dressed up like vampire, complete with a little charm bracelet on her left wrist that looks like it was made out of blood. It wasn't super original, but she needed to last for three hours as a different race in a costume that wasn't real. Maintaining a glitch was hard work. She answered the door and the kids swarmed her. If there was one thing about living how she did that she loved, it was the kids. They would come to her all the time, because she would lidsten to them, and really care about them to. She was like a parent to all of them. None of the parents liked her because they thought she was irresponsible and weird, and they didn't trust her. Kids told her everything, and she relayed it to no one. They knew she couldn't if she tried, but they also knew she never would. What they didn't realize was that she was also the biggest liar. She wasn't even black. But blending in with the locals was crucial. No one could recognize her. For now, she just gave out candies and small toys to the oblivious children
It was just after nine o'clock, when all the kids stopped coming by. Something was off. Glitch didn't use to much electricity when she was outside handing out candy, but it was too dark inside her house. It was a different kind of dark. Like a shadow creeping in the room and consuming everything in its path. Her computer room was just a little bit away and that's when it hit her. The led lights were off. They should've stayed on while tracking the ship. Someone else was there. After a quick glitch she had blended herself into her surroundings and she took out one of the tranquilizer darts she kept with her. Just the dart, no gun. Her aim was terrible, and she preferred to fight hand to hand anyway. All she had to do was wait for her uninvited company to reveal themselves. They formed closer to her than she expected, and she almost blew her cover when it happened. The only thing that stood out clearly was the white mask they wore over their face. And the glint of two silver barrels on… shotguns. This wasn't just a robbery. She was being hunted. The figure started moving towards the back door to the little gazebo in the backyard. It would be a good hiding place, but not one she would choose. This guy knew nothing about her, so at least she hadn't been tracked for long. While the mysterious figure gave himself a tour of the backyard, Glitch went to the computer room. The ship had turned around. It was a trap. Talon knew she was there, and now they were going to take her out. Well, they were going to try. Creating a new identity and faking her death wasn't going to be easy, but as long as this guy couldn't say she was alive she'd be fine. First she needed to find her mistake though. And that meant catching the killer. Stalking towards him in the grass was hard, but luckily a few stragglers from trick or treating were being plenty noisy to cover her footsteps on the damp grass. The Talon assassin was standing in the gazebo, right next to the altar she had set up for Gabe and Jack. Holding the picture of Gabe. Staring at it. Glitch threw the dart before she had realized it. It went through him. Like smoke. This wasn't just anyone. He was going to demolish her. She'd need her strength for the fight ahead, so she undid her camouflage in a quick glitch. It was much harder to keep changing to match her surroundings than it was to just change race. "Put. It. Down." she growled. Glitch didn't know who was more surprised. The assassin at her sudden appearance, or her at the tone in her voice. He said nothing but put down the picture slowly. The layers of fabric made his body language hard to read, which was most likely the point. Then he slowly pulled out his two shot guns. "Any last words?" he asked. The only thing that came to mind was the first words Gabe had ever said to her. "Lo único que te detiene es el miedo".