The small Talon base wasn't one of the important ones; there was no real information stored there and it was more of a temporary safehouse for agents to lay low between strikes. When Overwatch arrived, it was already up in flames. went in first, Jack following, then Jamie. Mei stayed behind to cover them. They made their way through the small base, avoiding the areas that still burned. They found a few bodies, but no survivors. Until they heard the screams. They rushed in, but came to a still, weapons raised when they saw Allegra. She held the man off the ground by his throat, his hands clawing at her and his feet kicking.
"Put him down!" Jack yelled, fixing her in his sights. Allegra lowered the man, but never let go of him.
"Why does Overwatch always want to save the bad guys?" She asked with a long sigh.
"Why are you doing this?" Jack asked, never lowering his gun.
She snarled, tightening her grip.
"Because they deserve it! Talon deserves to be punished for what they've done."
"Then give him here, we'll take him in." Jack reasoned, slowly lowering his weapon. Allegra growled low in her throat but then gave a sugary sweet smile. The man screamed, fire shooting from his mouth and eyes. She turned and threw the body down at Jack's feet.
"You can have him; I'm done with him anyway."
"Hooley Dooley!" Jamie gave a crazed giggle. Hana gave a little gag, covering her nose to the smell of burned flesh.
"Are you crazy?" Jack yelled, getting in her face.
"We didn't release you for you to start hunting them down. You were supposed to stay under the radar. Being a vigilante isn't staying under the radar!"
"Who is she?" Jamie whispered to Hana.
"She's a rogue talon agent that we ran into a few months back." Hana replied, whispering as well.
"I like her!" Jamie grinned widely.
"They ruined my life! There wasn't anything to go back to. They thought they could take my life, so I'm going to spend it hunting them down." Allegra snarled at Jack.
"I can't just let you run around going after them like this."
"Do you honestly thing you can stop me." Her voice got dangerously low.
"Oh!" Jamie waved an arm in the air to get their attention.
"Join Overwatch!" Everyone just looked at him, a mixture of confusion and astonishment at his suggestion.
"We got tha' goods to help you find 'em. And imagine the looks on those drongo's faces when they see ya' with us."
"Wow, that's actually a pretty good idea." Hana admitted. Allegra felt a smirk creep onto her face and she gave a humourless laugh.
"Sounds like fun." Jamie and Hana looked expectantly at Jack who sighed, hand kneading his brow.
Allegra followed Jack and Hana out of the carrier, seeing the rest of the base for the first time. The base she could see on the way to Jack's office anyway. Agents would pause in the hallway, stopping to watch this new player follow their commander; neither one looked particularly happy. Allegra ignored them.
"Athena, have Winston meet me in my office." Jack growled, a ping of an automated system confirming his request.
"Sit." He ordered, gesturing to a chair as he went to sit behind his desk.
"This is ridiculous." He groaned, sitting forward in his chair, elbows on the desk.
"I can't just approve you to be a new agent. There are a shit ton of protocols that I have to go to when signing on a new agent, especially a supernatural one. But I'm guessing Talon made sure there isn't any really proof that you actually exist, which will make this easier." Allegra shrugged, unsure just how thorough Talon was after they abducted her.
"If you do become an agent, there will be none of this vigilante bullshit. You are free to chose some missions, others are assigned to you. You will have a handler, they will be your partner. No use of any of your abilities in front of civilians. If you can't handle that, then you can leave." Allegra scowled. She didn't like him, and it was clear that he didn't like her.
"You are not going to needlessly kill Talon agents."
"I'll do it because it will fuck with their heads. Any extra damage is a big old bonus." She leaned back crossing her arms across her chest.
"I'll play by your rules, but the moment I get tired of playing soldier, I'm out." There was a knock on the door and Jack called whoever it was in. A large Gorilla walked through the door. Pushing glasses up his nose he looked in surprise at Allegra.
"You're the Talon agent from months ago." He said.
"And you're a talking gorilla." She replied sarcastically.
"Jack?" Winston asked, turning to the man behind the desk.
"The person behind the recent attacks on Talon." Jack gestured to her.
"An offer to join Overwatch was extended, and she has… accepted." Jack chose his words carefully.
"It wouldn't be the first vigilante we offered a position on our team." Winston gave Jack a pointed look.
"You weren't so keen on me last time I was here." Allegra pointed out.
"Last time you were here, you were a hostile enemy. If you are serious about joining Overwatch then we no longer have a problem." He sounded much more calm about it then Jack had. Allegra grit her teeth and gave them a serious look.
"Talon used me for 15 years, I thought it couldn't be any worse. After you let me go I found out that the night Talon took me, they killed my family and nearly burned down the entire town. I literally had nothing to go back to. It's bad enough that they made me a killer, but they also took away any chance I had to being normal." She gave a heavy sigh.
"If I had to be honest, I have a lot to work on personally, my anger and my desire for vengeance will most likely get me killed. I don't want to die knowing that all I ever did was hurt others." Winston gave her a long look and then nodded.
"I say yes." Jack nodded as well.
"I'll start up the paperwork. You'll be set up in the barracks, and will have to get a basic physical. Your information will be put into Athena and a handler will be chosen. Don't expect to go on any missions for a while though. You will need some training to make sure you're up to snuff."
"You doubt my skills?" Allegra asked him with a smirk.
"No, I doubt your ability to work with a team." Winston chuckled before gesturing to her.
"I'll take you to the barracks, let you pick out one for yourself."
"Before you go, I'll need your legal name, prefered call sign, and supernatural species classification." Jack told her, pulling papers from drawers. Allegra felt a jolt of fear.
"Allegra. I won't go by a call sign." She faced Jack.
"Talon took me because they found out what I was. It's not something I'm willing to share with others. I'll let the Doctor know, but it's important to me that no one else is told." Jack looked to Winston, before finally agreeing, striking it out on her file.
"Dr. Zeigler will have to inform both Winston and myself as your superior officers. But you have my word that no one else know." Allegra gave a short nod of thanks before following Winston out. They past Angela and Jesse on their way out, both stopping with surprised looks.
"Was that…?"
"Red?"