Chapter 2: The Survivor

Abandoned Talon Facility - Mid-Day

Mercy and Hana both cautiously made their way through the vacant halls of the base, worthless papers and empty boxes littering their way as Hana asked "We missed them, didn't we?" Mercy nodded, and replied "Yes, but it's better that way... By the look of the facilities they have here, i would guess that the place must have been heavily guarded.."

Hana gave a small pout as they reached the elevator, Mercy pressed one of the buttons on the pad then frowned when nothing happened. Hana opened a door and found a stairwell leading both up and down, way way down. Mercy used her staff to illuminate their way down as the sound of their footsteps echoed through the metal and stone walls.

The first floor they stopped by was an emptied out storage room, nothing of interest. The second was a laboratory, where they found a man in a lab coat locked in the research area, and judging by the stuffiness of the room, there had not been any air ventilation until they arrived and started up the back-up generators, making Mercy mutter "Suffocation... he suffered every second.."

But after about twenty minutes of disappointing searching did they reach the depths of the base, the holding cells. The place was beyond unsettling.

The metal doors were all open, blood was pooling out of each door, revealing the systematic slaughter that had occurred a mere hour ago. The place was like a metal catacomb, the cells acting as tombs, and the hall reeking of death.

Hana felt sick, she knew how bad death could affect some people, but entering a place so dark, cold and morbidly putrid was a little too much for the gamer. Then add the flies and you had a perfect slaughter house.

The last room they checked was bigger than the others, and still had a single light illuminating it's resident. It was fitting, a prisoner in a dark place being illuminated after so much pain, it was almost biblical in a morbid sense. Mercy however noticed something was... Off.. About the scene.

The room was devoid of flies, the air felt colder, and something about the body rubbed Mercy off as wrong. Hana on the other hand poked Mercy's shoulder and asked "Shouldn't we be leaving..?"

Mercy sighed, but before she turned both her and Hana saw the body's fingers twitch. Hana froze in place, then muttered "Please tell me that was just muscle spasm.."

Mercy approached the body, then held his left wrist, putting pressure with her index and middle finger on his veins and tendons. She instantly went pale, he had a pulse, and the look she had made it clear to Hana and sent her running out to the hall to vomit.

Mercy quickly examined the young man before her, the face was practically destroyed beyond recognition, but the brain and skull were, for the most part, intact. Compared to other patients she'd had in her life he'd been lucky that the brain and spine were still whole and undamaged, sure there was trauma, but he would survive, if he got the proper medical attention.

Mercy thumbed her communicator and stated "Mercy here, found a survivor in critical conditions in the lowest level of the facility, requesting we return to Watchpoint immediately." 76 was the first to respond by asking "How bad are his or her injuries?"

She looked at him for a second time, and reported in "Heavy facial deformation.. Everything else is still in order, but i need proper medical procedures and equipment to treat his wound."

Genji and Winston both looked at each other, Winston having stopped typing into the console and replying "We will all meet up in the hangar within five minutes. Jack, get the transport ready."

76 didn't reply, instead he walked onto their transport and got the engines running then waited. Meanwhile up in the offices Genji asked Winston with slight worry "Are you sure bringing a survivor that came from this place is a wise idea?"

Winston was about to respond until a message appeared on the screen reading "Accessing Advanced Bio-weapon Project."

Winston and Genji looked at the amount of files that were being displayed, all on subject "AB-31"

Genji looked at the clock on the wall and told Winston "Take the files, we must leave now." Winston nodded then shut the console off and took the hard drives.

Meanwhile Hana and Mercy both carried the injured man up the stairs, each with an arm over their shoulders. Mercy felt his body twitch slightly and muttered "He's waking up..." Hana looked at the mangled mess of meat that was the prisoner's face and could hear a shallow breath escape him.

They hurried into the hangar, where they found 76 waiting by their transport ship. Shortly after Genji and Winston both came stumbling out a hall that was cluttered with boxes, making them wonder why Talon would need so many of them.

Hana and Mercy quickly put the survivor in one if the ship's seats, where Mercy hurried in stabilizing his current condition. Hana hurried into the cockpit as Winston and Genji both entered the transport, shortly after the ship took off into the cloudy skies over the facility.

Watchpoint:Gibraltar - Winston's Office - 8 PM

Winston sat on his chair as he finished going through the last of the files on the hard drives he brought, and rubbed his temples.

He looked at the detailed file regarding AB-31, the man they just brought in from the abandoned facility. He looked at his screen and stared at the files regarding AB-31's prior missions and felt his mouth go dry once again as he remained baffled by the file.

He could have sworn that AB-31 was just some low tier criminal or civilian that was scooped up in one of Talon's many "Forced Conscription" But no, Abel was provably among the highest kept secrets in Talon's Black Projects list, so that begged the question: Why would they shoot him and leave him for dead?

He came to two conclusions:

A) AB-31 could have messed up and gotten punished for it.

Or

B) AB-31 didn't meet their expectations and was terminated.

Both were very valid points, but having spent so much time and resources just to off him seemed like such a big waste.

But, he digressed, many dumb or reckless things had been done in the past, some by himself, so who was he to say what they could or couldn't do with their resources, hell, if they kept doing this they might go bankrupt.

But that was just hopeful wishing at best, right now he was firmly planted on the facts he knew. AB-31 was left for dead, they had him in their custody now, and Angela was working on his facial reconstruction with all the photos of AB-31 the files had.

Watchpoint - Medical Ward - 10 PM

Angela hurried out the surgery room in a bloodied turquoise doctor's uniform, he hair in a light blue bag while her eyes were protected by a pair of goggles. She hurried up the nearest biological waste bin, pulled her, now bloodied, mouth protector off and tossed it into it.

She had just finished with AB-31's facial reconstruction and felt exhausted from the absolute focus she just applied on the procedure. Never the less, she did the best she could, which was the best anyone could get, given the circumstances. However she wouldn't get much, if any, rest tonight.

At the moment the only members present at Watchpoint were Winston, 76, Genji, Torbjörn, Hana, Lucio, Junkrat, Roadhog, Brigitte, and herself. Mei, Satya and Zenyata were all at China dealing with the aftermath of a Tsunami that hit recently. Pharah, Ana and Mcree were stationed at El Dorado, looking into a weapons smuggling operation. And lastly Lena was coming back from some off days she spent with Emily back in London.

Overall the news would have to be relayed to everyone at one point, but for now Angela just wanted to make sure that AB-31 was stable enough for both socializing and basic testing. She groaned as she took the bag off the waste bin, tied it shut and threw it into a container labeled "Biological Material"

Shortly afterwards she walked down the hall to take a shower, leaving AB-31 alone in the medical ward, heavily sedated and practically living out a lucid dream.

She entered one of the many bathrooms in the medical ward and started peeling off the disposable turquoise uniform and tossing the bloodied rags into a garbage can. She sighed as she stepped under the shower head and let the warm water pour down onto her body.

She sighed as the superficial layer of grime and sweat simply got rinsed away and started washing herself with soap. Unaware to her, AB-31 was sitting up and looking around the small room. He found the room unfamiliar to him, the medical equipment being very distinct from the stuff talon used.

He looked at the door and then at the floor, getting the basic notion to leave into his still hazy mind. Abel took a deep breath and lifted his legs up slightly, just to watch them slump back down after just a few seconds in the air. He looked at the door for a moment, guessed that it was roughly about three meters away and teleported to the other side of it.

Abel slumped onto the wall in front of the door, finding that his legs were not responding like usual. His first guess was sedatives, so he used his teleporting as his means of travel, going in any direction within his general vicinity until his legs started working.

But right as he prepared for another jump, a door opened, making him rethink his decision. Abel looked around and teleported out of the medical ward quickly, jumping from one place to another as the cameras watched.

Eventually Abel was shuffling through the vacant halls of the facility, still thinking he was in the Talon base as he looked for the armory. However as he turned the corner he saw a girl around his age stop at the same time he stopped.

He remained quiet as the awkward silence grew to deafening heights, until she simply asked "Aren't you-?" Abel cut her off when he hurried back down the way he came, just to find a woman in a lab coat and wet blonde hair rushing up to him.

He stopped and watched as more people came from both sides, eventually outnumbering him ten to one. Winston raised his hands up as he tried getting closer and stated "Calm down AB-31, we won't hurt you.. " Abel stared at the gorilla briefly, feeling a bit strange by the fact that an ape was talking.

Abel looked over his shoulder then at Winston, feeling everyone slowly drawing near. Eventually Genji tried tackling Abel down, just to have him disappear into thin air and reappear running down the hall behind everyone. They all turned to look at him as he fell to his knees and felt exhausted from teleporting too much in critical conditions, leading to Abel passing out.

Angela sighed and walked up to him, quickly injected him with both a tranquilizer and a pain reliever as she asked Winston and Genji "Please take him back to the medical ward..."

They both nodded and carried him away, making Angela sigh as she muttered "This is gonna be a long night.."

Hana and the Junkers stood there silently until Junkrat asked "Uhhh we really not gonna talk about how that bloke popped ip behind us?" Angela gave him a flat look and just answered "He can teleport, Jamison. Now we are gonna take turns in keeping watch, Jack will go first, then Genji, Torbjörn, and lastly Winston... The rest of us will get some sleep.."

The trio nodded as they all headed back to their rooms, unaware that Abel was tossing and turning on his bed.

Talon Detention Center - Afghanistan - 2 Years Ago

Abel sat in the back of an armored transport as the Talon squad he was assigned to armored up and brought a large body sized case to Abel. They put it in front of Abel as he took his shirt off and asked "What are we dealing with?"

The captain of the squad loaded the mission briefing onto a pad and explained "Prisoners started a riot in the facility, we lost contact with the guards, assume they are dead, and the original team was slaughtered shortly after entering."

The case opened to reveal Abel's armor, they watched him put it on as the captain continued "Mission is to regain control of the facility, kill the leaders of the revolt and to save any of the personnel that might have survived."

Abel nodded and finished putting on the final piece of his armor, his stahlhelm and visor. The transport stopped as the driver told them "We are here ladies, may god help your poor souls."

The doors in the back opened to reveal a white cement building built into a valley wall, with the black metal gates wide open. Abel looked around as he made a double barrel shotgun and asked the captain "Why haven't they left?"

The captain shrugged and muttered "Guess they want to kill as many of us before we kill them..." Abel took point as the rest of the squad used him as a shield, at least until the first shot was fired at them.

"Contact! Second floor balcony Abel!" Yelled the technician of the squad as Abel loaded a slug into the shotgun and aimed, there was one man in a generic orange coveralls aiming at them with a sniper. The second shot hit Abel's helmet, ricocheted off and made Abel pull the trigger, sending a slug flying towards the prisoner.

The only thing the squad saw was a large explosion of scarlet where the inmate's head once was. Abel looked ahead and asked the squad "How much ammo did you guys bring?" The technician replied with "five clips and four grenades each, plus whatever equipment our outfit has. Why?"

Abel sighed and replied "Because i seriously doubt we brought enough.." The squad looked ahead and saw about a dozen inmates moving into cover with automatic rifles and shotguns. Abel used himself as a shield to cover the squad until they reached some pillars, where they all took cover and started firing back.

The captain used Abel as a wall as he tool pot shots and ordered Abel "We need covering fire, rain some lead!" Abel nodded and, while being shot at, made an LMG 08/18 with a nice, long bullet belt. The inmates went wide eyed as one yelled "It's AB-31!"

The room was instantly filled with loud gunfire as the lmg spat bullets at the enemy, making the medic of the squad yell in a very unprofessional manner "Deploying Bullet Hose Maneuver!"

However as they started pushing the inmates back, and getting more childish comments from the medic, did a grenade come flying at Abel, causing him to throw his gun aside and cover the others by tanking the blast., and instantly knocking out.

Watchpoint Medical Ward - Abel's Room - 8 AM

Abel's eye shot wide open as he gasped for air, and sat up covered in cold sweat. He felt his body as he thought the shrapnel of his memory actually hit him, and sighed in relief when he figured out it was just a dream.

"Bad dream, or memory?"

Abel looked at the source of the question, finding a gorilla with glasses staring at him while eating a banana with peanut butter. Abel tried to jump off the bed, but was interrupted by Winston asking "Can you please remain seated? I have many questions."

Abel already had a leg in the air as he blinked and sat down properly and listened as Winston ask "Do you know where you are?" Abel shook his head as Winston asked "Do you know why you are here? What's the last thing you remember?"

Abel raised a brow and started thinking, trying to remember what happened, but came out blank as he shrugged. Winston fixed his glasses then asked "Do you remember anything at all from before last night?" Abel really tried to remember, but only came out with fuzzy images.

"... Talon..." Was the only thing Abel said as he felt it harder to speak. Winston nodded as he picked up a small mirror and explained "Yes... We found you in a Talon facility... Where they did... Well... this..." He held the mirror up to Abel's face and revealed the bandaged mess that was his head. The heartbeat monitor sounded off at an alarming rate as Abel looked at his reflection.

" AB-31! 31! Damnit! Angela! He's having another panic attack!" Winston yelled as Angela quickly injected another tranquilizer into Abel's neck, and watched his heart rate settle down and Abel slump onto his bed.

He was still awake, much to Angela's surprise, making her mutter "His immune system must be growing resistant to the drug.." Winston on the other hand got into Abel's field of view and asked him "If you can hear me, i have one last question... Do you want a second chance?"

Abel looked at the gorilla's gentle smile, then looked at the doctor, she had a small smile too, but had visible worry written all over it.

Abel then started recalling what happened before he passed out, he remembered hearing the alarm sound off, men and women rushing throughout the facility, and lastly, the reaper. He remembered the scene with striking vividness as the gun was pointed at his face, then bang.

Abel was shaken off his memory by Angela snapping her fingers in front of him. Once he responded she sighed in relief, but both her and Winston watched him sit up straight, his eye now had a fire blazing in it, as he simply nodded at them.

Alright, second chapter up, took me one week longer than expected due to personal health problems, but it's all well and good now. Thanks for the support and patience from those who are enjoying the fic. One thing that i will make clear now is that the Harem will consist only of five girls/women, last time thing got out of hand, and with less i'll be able to develop them more while also having time to keep the fic going. Now to reply some comments.

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I'm still in the Trenches, and i hope You Enjoy.