Chapter Three : Clear the skies for me

A/N: Slowly more OW characters will make an appearance.

Days later after the relapse concerning Fareeha, Angela sat outside with her tablet. Soaking in the warm rays of the sun. The platinum blonde hair tied up in her signature ponytail. Her pale skin didn't see the sun often. It's not that she burnt easily, quite the opposite. The doctor was either cooped up in her research or saving lives. Her eyes always had to get used to the sunlight after long sessions of surgery. She once had a 72 hour surgery, with little breaks to get some sleep. Occasionally Angela had the time to relax.

Leaning back she scrolled through her e-mails and her voice messages. One in particular caught her attention. Jack Morrison. What could Jack possibly want from her? She clearly told the man she was only available for extreme measure missions or war zones. The Swiss was done with field work. Out of sheer curiosity she opened it anyway. "Dr. Ziegler," it started, Jack was always such an uptight old man. He didn't call her by her first name very often. "You are requested at the Gibraltar base for an update on the location of Amélie Lacroix aka Widowmaker and Reaper. Also there has been an accident with Genji's cyborg suit. We've contacted other doctors, yet there's no one who knows it better than you. Please consider, Angela. Your flight is tonight at 5PM. Morrison out."

Angela sighed," Of course there had to be a little reunion now." She hoped she wouldn't be seeing any of the Amari's there. Without hesitation, she packed her bags and left for the airport. She didn't have anything better to do. At least it would keep her mind off recent events. It's been a while since she actually saw the members of Overwatch. Besides Fareeha, she saw Lena the most. On occasion she saw Satya, yet in it didn't happen that often either. She was mostly known to always to be busy. The Swiss doctor wasn't particularly the most social woman either. Her parents were sadly enough deceased and besides maybe a lost great aunt in Switzerland, she didn't really have any family. She was close to her teammates of Overwatch. They had been an amazing support in her younger years. It was as if it only happened yesterday that she met all of them. Her memory drifted off as she sat a the gate waiting for her flight. A young Fareeha being introduced to her by the former captain Amari. The shy little girl who looked up to her mother and wanted nothing more than to be a part of Overwatch. Reyes, Morrison, Reinhardt, everyone loved the little girl. Hana had been a wonderful addition to the team as well. Having lost her parents during an Omnic terrorist attack, Admiral Song and corporal Mrs. Song suffered a tragic death. It left 4 year old Hana in the hands of Jack Morrison. They were good friends and Morrison had no problem of taking the girl in. You could call Jack the dad of the group. It was rather adorable, yet Jack would never admit it.

Once she was boarded on the plane, she absent minded scanned the airplane for familiar faces. Not really recognising anyone she took her seat at the window. Air travel had severely changed since the time her great grandparents flew. It was all much more streamlined and travels didn't take as long as before. You could always take a tunnel flight, but the doctor had to admit to herself she was slightly claustrophobic for such things. To kill time she took out the airplane magazine out. Before she could turn a page someone spoke to her," Angela!", a young voice called out. Her head tilted up to see who it was who called her in the distance. A small brown haired girl speed walked oveR to the blonde doctor. As she came closer, Angela recognized her. Hana Song. Speak about the Devil, she thought. Before she could get out another word, the young Korean woman had wrapped her arms around Angela. "I didn't know you also had this flight to Gibraltar!", she said overly excited. Angela replied with a kind smile,"Me neither. It's nice to see you though." This was going to be a long flight, she thought.

| 4 Hours later |

was still out and about. Talking about her life with Lucio. Her streaming that was going well. Occasionally getting called by Jack and saddling up in her MEKA suit. Half of the terms she described her online gamer life with weren't really understandable for the poor doctor. Eventually the seat belt sign broke the Korean girl's monologue,"Oh looks like we're about to land." She said. Angela nodded and fastened hers. "Say, did you see Fareeha recently?", Hana suddenly and asked. Mercy's body froze. Why did she have to ask that now. Of all things she had been talking about, it was now she had to bring up the security captain. Hana didn't seem to expect an answer as she continued," I heard she had a daughter. Not sure how or why they told me. She was in Cairo, last thing I heard. Probably telling Captain Ana she is becoming a granny, I suppose." She rambled on. Angela only semi listened to the information she was given by the MEKA suit pilot. Chances were small she'd run into Fareeha. Although she did wonder how Ana would have taken the news from her daughter. Angela had been over the possible scenarios how or where the baby had come from. Either a wild night for Fareeha and biologically conceived, but kept secret from her. Or someone had stolen her DNA and made a clone from her. Lastly they had perhaps combined it with one of the kidnapper's DNA. Who knows. Extremists or any enemy of Overwatch should be capable of doing such a horrendous thing. It seemed like a dirty move, but Angela had to admit it was a genius one. The doctor remained silent as the 19 year old seemed to have quieted down as well. For a breef moment, Angela closed her eyes on the way to the Watch Point.

| 2 days ago |

"After not seeing you for a whole 6 months. You come visit me. Not only to tell me about you having my proclaimed grand daughter, but also that you broke your relationship with Angela?", a loud angry voice filled the conference room. "How is this possible, Fareeha?", Ana Amari yelled. " Are you even sure it is yours?", she said with a hint of doubt. Fareeha sat in front of her with her head bowed down. In her arms the sleeping baby they were arguing about. She awaited a moment of silence and spoke up,"Look at her,", she said as she held up the little girl. "Tell me that is not an Amari. You tell me she doesn't look like me", she said slightly offended. The captain may have no knowledge about babies, but she knew deep down this was her daughter. Given the circumstances, she had grown attached and began to love the little infant. Yet she felt ashamed she hadn't given her a name yet.

Ana took a step closer to look at the baby. Her eyes went from suspicion to a soft gaze. Fareeha couldn't tell if it was either a tear welling up in her eye, or maybe anger building up in her mother once again. She reached out for the baby. Brushing one of its little hairs,"Maybe you are right, but you can't be sure.", Ana said carefully. "You should have her tested.", she added. The security captain couldn't disagree with her mother's idea. She was almost hoping her mother would suggest it. Although her previous attempt of contacting a doctor, it had gone horribly wrong. Of course she had screwed it up herself. The lack of self control had taken over and leaned down for the kiss. There was no denial there was a spark of passion that rekindled. A feeling they had both missed for a long time. She knew she was in the wrong. Not only then, but also how she treated Angela during the last moments of their relationship. How big a screw up she had been. One of her weakest moments and not in the good sense.

Her mother broke her train of thought,"Have Winston look after it. I'm sure he and Athena can find out the basics of her genetic ancestry. I'll give you a sample of mine as well to fully confirm the ancestry.", she said. Fareeha had no idea why she was being so careful about this. She knew there were still many enemies out there, looking for Overwatch to make one mistake. One falter in their system to use against them. Mostly her money was on the fact she didn't want her daughter to get hurt and find out she wasn't hers before getting attached to her. Either way, the security Captain had already developed a love for the little girl. She was a well behaved baby. Her appetite was strong. Fareeha found it magical when her daughter reached out for her and grabbed onto her finger. IT was a little moment, but she could feel it was when they clearly bonded. Whenever her beautiful blue eyes would fall onto her dark ones, she knew she loved this baby no matter what. Her mind had wandered on a lot of possible ways how she could have conceived her, but none of them made sense. She couldn't remember having any unprotected sex, except with Angela maybe later in their relationship. Other than that, she could only imagine some agent stealing her DNA or eggs to clone her. Or even use it to breed with. The thought alone scared her. What if she wasn't the only daughter she had. What if there were more of them. A lot of them.

|Meanwhile|

Following her mother's advice she went to see Winston at the Watch Point. Hoping he could shine some light on her current situation. She had stationed her bags in her room. The big advantage of being captain was that you didn't have to bunk with anyone anymore. Fareeha always needed some time to warm up to people. She wasn't particularly the social bird either. It's not that she didn't like to make new friends. There was often a misunderstanding about Fareeha's silence. The captain didn't speak much , which made her look uninterested or bored. It threw off a lot of people. She sat down on her bed to take off her gear. One thing that was handy about the Raptora suit was that she didn't need to necessarily take a cab to get to the Watch Point. Or wait for a ferry. Memories came back to her about flying with Angela. Not even for battlefield purposes, but just for the fun of it. How the light touched her beautiful pale skin. The glimmer in her sky blue eyes as they flew through the orange tinted clouds. Warm sunset colours. Her warm touch underneath all the cold metal of her suit. She closed her eyes as she reimagined those nights. How she missed it.

Although this time she actually had to choose safer travel methods, because of the little girl travelling along with her. The baby probably couldn't handle the sever G-force on the her body, especially without any special suit to protect her. Fareeha couldn't risk it, besides her mother forbid her. At 33 your mother still preaches at you. If not worse preaches than when she was a teenager. She had offered Fareeha to take care of the child in the meanwhile. Ana knew that Reinhardt would also love to have a grand child in their life. Not having any of their own. Ana dearly loved her dad who lived in Canada, but they were too young at the time. It wasn't the same love she had felt for Wilhelm this whole time. Instead the little bundle had joined her on the journey to Gibraltar. The little girl must have travelled more than any other regular baby her age. She was sound asleep on her bed, curled up into some blankets. Fareeha thought to herself that she really needed to buy some actual baby gear for her. In the meanwhile she had been thinking about naming her, but no name she had come across really struck her yet.

Her little moment of rest was interrupted by a knock on her door. Fareeha stood up to open it,"Hello there, captain. I hope you and your guest have settled." She gave her familiar friend a kind smile,"Yes, we have. Thank you, Winston." The scientist replied back with a smile. "Let us not waste any time. I presume you are more than curious about the DNA of your proclaimed child. Athena has been brought up to date about the situation.", he informed her as he gestured to follow him. Fareeha went to pick up her sleeping daughter and followed him. "Although, Fareeha I am quite unsure why you didn't contact Dr. Ziegler since there is no better doctor concerning the expertise on these fields.", he said as he readjusted his glasses. The captain awkwardly ran her hand through her hair. How was she supposed to respond to that. She knew the logic reason was to go to Angela, but all things considering she didn't dare to even go near her anymore. The last encounter wasn't planned like this. She originally wanted to ask her, but it took a more unexpected turn. "My mother recommended I come to you, because you have a faster access to any other DNA samples of Overwatch members or other groups.", she tried to make up her weak excuse. Winston paused , analyzing her answer. He nodded,"Fair enough." The large primate scientist made his way over to a tablet coupled to a big scanner. "Let us start,Athena.", he said activating the scanner with a finger print. "Please step into the device. Stand still.", Athena's static voice sounded. Fareeha put the little girl on a platform with her blanket. She was still sound asleep, never aware of what happened. "Scanning for ancestry. Processing. Please remain seated.", she said. A big device came down into the tube. Bright orange lights scanning over the little infant's features. "Insert saliva sample,please." Athena then said as she popped open a drawer to insert the little tube. The captain stepped forward and popped in the little tube. Winston walked over to Fareeha with a jar of peanut butter,"Now, let Athena do her work. It should be done as soon as lunch break is over.", he said with a smile. Fareeha looked at Winston's lunch. That man seriously had quite a sweet tooth for that stuff. She never saw the appeal to it, yet the scientist could always be persuaded by it. The captain nodded and followed Winston towards the cafeteria.

"Genji, you really should be more careful with stand off's with Zarya. And I mean it. Your suit has its limits too, you know.", she said shaking her head. The adjustments weren't that severe, but still. The youngest Shimada nodded," I am sorry , Dr. Ziegler." The doctor sighed and wrote down her last notes on the situation. "Just be careful, please.", she said with a kind smile. It was but a kind warning after all. "Now, follow me please. I'd still like to do a general check up of your health. Let's go to the lab.", she gestured for him to follow. Angela grabbed a tablet and pushed a few coordinates. A small flotation board appeared underneath them and brought them to the lab. Few fingerprint scans and eye scans later, they accessed the lab. Genji knowing the way made his way over to the scanner. Slowly undoing his cyborg suit. His face was still very torn by what had happened between him and his brother, but none the less. He was glad he was alive and he forgave his brother for what happened. Hanzo on the other hand was still on the fence about the situation. Even his younger brother couldn't tell if he felt more guilt or anger. There had yet to be a normal conversation between the two. Funny thing is that he and McCree got along very well. Jesse had been mad ever since Genji deflected his flash bang. Not for long, because McCree wanted to learn how to stand so strong in defence instead of offence.

A frown appeared on Genji's face when he saw the following thing in the scanner. "Dr..Angela, there is a… baby in the scanner."he said as he turned to the doctor. The statement made the blonde doctor turn around as well to look at the device. "Th-that's Fareeha's daughter.", she said softly in disbelief. Why was she here, she thought. Was she Fareeha's after all? Or was she not? Had Winston been researching the case? Why wasn't she informed? There were any questions rambling through Angela's head at the moment. How was this possible? Why didn't Fareeha ask her to do a DNA scan? Then suddenly it hit her. Of course, that must have been why Fareeha came to her in the first place. The doctor sighed and went up to the main control panel. "Athena, could you dispatch Winston for me, please? I need the scanner today for Genji's remaining check up.", she said. "Winston called to the Main Genetics Lab, please. Dr. Ziegler calling Winston.", Athena then announced over every speaker of the base.

The announcement immediately got a certain Captain's attention,"Angela… is here?", she mumbled to herself. Winston looked up as he plunged his hand in the peanut butter."Oh she got here fast. Morrison managed to convince her after all." He said readjusting his glasses. Grabbing a napkin to wipe of the remaining peanut butter of his hands. "Excuse me, captain. I have to return to the lab.", he said as he stood up. "Feel free to come along if you wish."Without hesitation, Fareeha joined Winston to the lab.

As soon as the doors opened Angela's eyes locked with Fareeha's. The tension was palpable In between them. It made Winston look over to Genji, who just shrugged his shoulders. "Dr. Ziegler,"Winston eventually spoke up as he cleared his throat." My apologies, I was busy with my own research concerning the little girl in the scanner. It will be done in about a minute." He said as he went to the control panel to check the remaining time. As if the girl could sense her mother's distress she began to cry in the scanner tube. Both Angela and Fareeha turned their head to the familiar crying noise. The doctor wanted to speak up, but instead she avoided Fareeha and went to the other side of the room with Genji. Fareeha made her way to the tube and put her hand on it. Trying to calm down the little baby girl, she tried to talk through the tube. Her crying turned into small sobs and before they knew it the tube released pressure and opened. "DNA Ancestry scan completed." The captain quickly grabbed the baby and caressed her head. Shushing the little cries.

Dr. Ziegler prepared everything for Genji's session which took a little bit longer, since it was a thorough scan. Winston cleared the room for the doctor and went to his office with Fareeha. The doctor couldn't help but be curious about the results. As soon as Genji laid down, she went to eavesdrop. Leaving behind a confused Genji. When she neared the door she could hear Winston's low voice,"Want me to leave you alone for a minute?", he asked. It didn't sound that good. The primate scientist seemed in shock of the results as well. There was no answer from Fareeha. Heavy footsteps approached the door. Angela quickly hid behind a closet. Winston sighed as he made his way back to his office. What was that all about? The doctor didn't hear anything anymore coming from the office. She decided it was best to leave the captain alone. It didn't seem like a good idea to disrupt her at this moment.

|Later that day|

Angela once again sat outside, relaxing in the setting sun for a change. Being stationed in Oasis made the doctor accustomed to the hotter climates. She remembered how she had hard time getting used to the heat when she moved from Switzerland to join Overwatch. It couldn't help but wander in her mind if the captain was still distressed. Before she knew it she heard a familiar sound. She looked above her and saw a trail of smoke. It was undoubtedly Fareeha in her Raptora suit. Why was she flying? She didn't recall any practice or mission scheduled for the Egyptian woman. The blonde doctor hesitated as she stood up. Should she go after her? Who knows what stupid things she could do. The captain once flew away for a day, only to find out she had run out of fuel. She had to admit sometimes she didn't have the brightest of ideas.

Moments later she was all buckled up in her suit. She quickly went to the highest point of the base , trying to spot Fareeha. Squinting her eyes she saw the black Anubis Raptora suit and locked her guardian angel. As soon as she approached her former lover she heard a sound of surprise,"A-Angela?!" Angela softly smiled at her,"I-I couldn't help but wonder if you were okay, Fareeha. I am a doctor after all.", she said using the medical position as an excuse. Wasn't the first time she had done that. Captain Amari seemed to appreciated the gesture as she nodded. The frown was still on her face as she brought them to a ledge. Carefully landing so Angela could join her as well. Angela sheathed her staff and approached the taller woman. "What happened,Fareeha?", she asked. The Egyptian woman avoided the blondes gaze. "I don't understand…", Fareeha spoke up softly as she stared into the distance. She rubbed her sleep, a sigh escaped her lips. Angela frowned as she didn't understand where she was going with this. Instead of clarifying herself, Fareeha turned around to Angela," I have picked a name for her, Angela." The doctor rose an eyebrow,"Did you? What name did you settle for?", she asked with a hint of curiosity. The captain locked her eyes on Angela's sky blue ones. The once familiar tint of the sunset reflecting in her beautiful eyes. Flying together was magic for Fareeha. When she looked into Angela's eyes, she saw.."Alya. It means sky.", she said with a soft smile. Holding herself back to not caress her former lover's cheek. The expression in Angela's face fell. She knew what she was hinting at. The name was referring to the colour of the child's eyes. Heaven, sky. All meanings of the name Alya in her mother's tongue. "It's a beautiful name, Fareeha.", she said with a small smile.

The captain took a step closer to the doctor,"I have something else to confess," she started carefully. "Alya is mine, but.." before she could finish her sentence a wave of purple glow boosted them apart. Angela and Fareeha instantly tried to get out their weapons out of sheer reflex, but they didn't react. Frantically searching for the source they eventually saw someone appear. The smaller tan woman had an evil smirk pasted on her face. Neon pink tubes running over her body and hair. Fareeha tried to boost away as she ran towards Mercy to pick her up, but only fell in the process. The weight of the Raptora suit made them immobile, almost crushing Angela underneath her. They were paralysed, or hacked. Was that even possible? They both looked up and saw the small Latina chuckle.

"Who are you?!", Angela yelled in anger. Meanwhile Fareeha tried to pull them up, but the Latina revealed a small machine gun in her hand. Pointed at their head. She spoke up with a thick accent,"I've been here all along. I'm offended that you don't recognize me.", she said not once changing the smirk on her face. "Or not even recongizing your own flesh and blood.", she grinned. Fareeha's face fell as she suddenly revealed who the hacker was holding,"Don't worry about Alya, mommies. Tia Sombra will take good d of her." Fareeha suddenly felt her systems rebooting and converted her anger into pulling the trigger of her rocket launcher. As soon as Angela picked up on her reaction, she pulled out her staff to give her a damage boost. What was this woman thinking? Unfortunately she fired into the roof. Where had she gone? Angela turned around trying to see the woman anywhere, before she could warn Fareeha. There she was in front of her, but instead of taking the kill. Sombra reached out with her index finger,"Boop! See you mamis!", she laughed manically before disappearing once more into a veil of purple digits. Captain Amari screamed out as she fired all her bullets into the air. Angela saw the captain come back down and tears in her eyes. She couldn't make up a thing out of the situation. She got down on her knees to get closer to Fareeha. Brushing away the tears, Fareeha spoke up,"I lost her.", she said with a voice full of anger and regret. The doctor sighed and brushed away the strands of hair in her former lover's face. " We have to alert the Overwatch team. They will do anything to get her back. The chance is big that she is part of Reaper's group,Fareeha." Angela said trying to get some hope out of Fareeha. Although without success, the captain turned to the blonde. Firm hands resting on her upper arms as if seeking for support or perhaps holding her back for bad news. With hesitation in her voice Fareeha spoke up,"Angela, Alya is not only mine. " The doctor frowned, she understood the procedure of procreation. You were never alone for such activities. How ridiculous. The taller woman noticed that the doctor didn't fully understand. Her grip tightened on the blonde,"Angela, she's our daughter! Alya's also yours."

A/N: I hoped you liked this longer chapter. Revelations need to happen right? Stick around to find out how they're going to get their daughter back. Did you like Sombra making an appearance?

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