Chapter 3: Dark Dawn
Hana groaned as her alarm went off, at 6:30 in the morning. But she got up when she remembered why she set it in the first place, today Abel was finally gonna meet them all. A day that she hoped would go smoothly, no problems, no fights, just, as she put it a "calm day". She picked up a white tank top, a pair of jeans, her favorite bunny panties and bra, and took a quick shower. Over with the junkers Mako was prying Jamison off his "bed", witch consisted of a work bench and torn up blueprints of failed mines and grenades. "I ALREADY TOLD YA, I AIN'T GONNA LEAVE MY ROOM FOR SOME NEW BLOKE, NOW LET GO!" The screams filled the halls, and this was getting on the team's nerves, mainly those who where not gonna attend.
As Hana left her room, she found Lucio waiting for her, with that same "sup girl" look, a look that annoyed the living hell out of her. She just hurried trough the halls, hearing the others barely getting into their shower, giving her a mischievous smile as she walked, with Lucio behind her, and the Junkers behind him. As soon as they arrived to the hall outside the Medical ward, did Hana's smile fade, seeing 76 and Ana beat them, especially Ana, by a landslide. Jack watched Lucio make the turn, seeing him already pumped and full of energy "I thought you said you wouldn't be here early, Lucio" Lucio went pale, and tried stammering a response before getting cut off "If you sleep in again to avoid training... I will shove your sonic amplifier up your ass, clear?"
Before Lucio could answer, Angela walked passed them, wearing an orange turtleneck, black tight jeans, and a lab coat, yawing while opening the ward door "Did he cause problems Ana?" To this, Hana just stared at the veteran Egyptian, but Ana didn't notice it "He did not, and i saw how he makes his weapons, seems similar to Satya's, but has enough characteristic to make it a completely different from hers" Ana showed them the Mauser pistol he made, leaving everyone in Awe, mainly the younger members, consisting of Lucio, Junkrat and Hana, especially Hana. "Well you all are welcome to wait here or the Mess... Just gonna remove his bandages then i will take him to the mess hall to meet up with Winston, Pharah, and you 76. Unless you stay." Angela just yawned and rubbed her eyes while waiting for their response, Ana just left, no words required, Jack just gave her a nod and left too. The junkers groaned and left, food was something they could both agree on. Lucio followed behind them. Hana on the other hand pouted at Angela "I see what you did, not cool" she followed after her fellow recruits leaving Angela to do her work.
Mercy walked in, holding the Mauser her patient made, examining it closely, impressed by the craftsmanship in it. She aimed it and smiled, a fine fire arm, from less civil times she thought, from a time where 41 million men where sacrificed in the name of their country. She sighed and put it in her lab coat's pocket and walked into the "intensive care" area, finding her patient already sitting up, humming to himself as he waited. "Good morning, Abel, my name is Dr. Angela Zielger, or as my colleagues and friends call me, Mercy, did you have a good night?" she walked up to Abel, examining the area to make sure absolutely nothing happened. "Good morning doctor, and yes, i slept as well as a man with a bandaged head could, by the way, thank you for saving my life.." Abel's voice was low, no longer strained, but still sounded moody, and sorrowful. "Don't thank me, thank those who want to meet you and our leader. Now, i will remove the bandages, are you ready?" she watched him nod and peeled off the lose bit she left on the back of his head, and slowly started removing the bandages. As she finished she could see the young man's face and smiled, giving him a mirror, earning her a smile a tight bear hug from her patient and a quivering "thank you".
1 Hour later
Everyone was waiting in the mess hall, the silence was deafening, the tension high, and expectations even higher. Everyone could hear the footsteps of Mercy and Abel getting closer, all the members where staring at the door, some, like Mei, Pharah, Ana, Lena, and Hana, more intensely than others. The doors opened, and in came Angela, and to her left Abel, his raven hair reached his shoulders, his eyes where a dark hazel color. His skin was almond beige, probably a pale contrast from his normal skin tone, his eyes where strange, not in appearance, but the deep dark color reflected every emotion he felt, right now he was nervous, as his eyes jumped from one person to the next. He was not quite as handsome as they expected, but he did look good for his age, only thing that contrasted his calm look was the grey hue under his eyes, from years of having bags they left him looking like some bad guy, gave his gaze a dark and ominous feel if he scowled, but right now they where calm.
"Everyone, meet Abel" Was all Angela said before most of the members smiled and walked up to him. First one was Mcree "Howdy partner, hope you feel right at home, just don't go causin' a ruckus" he tipped his had, as Abel nodded. Next came Torbjörn, looking up at Abel "So you the new lad? If you ever need somethin' fixed or somethin' to eat, just look for me. Also get some breakfast before these people go and finish it first! heheheh" he chuckled, and Abel just gave him a "Will do" his voice still low but abit more trusting. Next in line was Genji, both standing the same height stared eye to visor "It's an honor to finally meet the new recruit, hope we can... Cooperate in the future" Abel simply bowed his head and Genji returned the gesture before leaving. Next came Satya and she examined the man infront of her before speaking "i heard you can engineer like i do, can you show me?" Abel nodded, everyone rushed to see this.
Abel put his palms together and pulled them apart quick, stretching the ball, then started molding it, everyone watched in awe as he molded this strange substance, then within a minute did he finish it, a Lee Enfield 1915. He handed it out to Satya, who took it and examined it, it was real, the wood, the metal, the mechanism, everything. He made a single bullet and handed it to her, Satya loaded it and looked at the gun, she didn't know how to fire a weapon like this, so she gave it back and walked away, Abel sighed and made the riffle fade to nothing.
Next up was Jack Morrison, Soldier 76, who looked down at Abel "Kid, we don't unload our firearms indoors unless we are in the training room, or under attack, clear?" his voice stern and unrelenting, he looked at the young man, watching him straighten his back and nod. After him came Mei, giving a nervous smile "n..Ni hao Abel, my name is Mei Ling, hope we can be.. " she felt everyone watching her, making her get even more nervous "c...close friends and..." Mei quickly ran out the mess hall, leaving a few chuckling, mainly the next member, Lena "Well hello love, sorry about my friend, she kinda has a crush on you~" Lena skipped away with an innocent smile, leaving Abel blushing redder than a cherry.
Up next was the knight in armor, Reinhardt, who towered Abel and stared down at the child "We fight for justice, law and order, for honor, Abel, remember this, or i might be the Kain to your life... And i wouldn't wanna kill a fellow member of a noble cause.." He walked back to his seat, coming up next was the Egyptian Fury herself, Pharah, looking down at Abel like if he was a worm "You, i don't care who you are trying to convince, but i know what you are. An abomination, a failed experiment that wouldn't die, so stay out of my way and we won't have problems, Got it?" Her voice was stern, cruel and hateful. Abel frowned and put a hand on her shoulder "Hey, i kno-" he was cut off by a back hand to his face, making everyone get up, ready for a scrap, but stood down when they found a certain sniper already helping their fellow comrade.
Ana glared at Pharah as she stood in front of Abel, who's nose was bleeding, but was fine. "I am disappointed with you Fareeha, attacking an unarmed colleague, what do you have to say for yourself?" Pharah was gritting her teeth at the mention of her name, and turned her back to Ana "Keep that thing on a leash... Mother." Ana watched her daughter leave, then turned her attention to Abel, who was getting checked up by Angela, then looked at everyone else, who where now silently eating.
Hana growled audibly, making Lucio and Jamiso scoot away from her, they knew better than to get in the girl's way. She was next to talk to him, but miss high and mighty ruined it. Thankfully, they where gonna train together, an opportunity she was gonna take advantage of, right after she finished her breakfast. Seeing how today was Abel's first day of training, 76 and Angela where both gonna test his physical limits, testing his speed, strength, accuracy, and finish with a one on one with a candidate they deemed challenging. Along with the main tests was gonna be the three other younger members, Hana, Jamison, and Lucio.
Hana ran to Lena's room and knocked on her repeatedly on her door until Lena answered "Hey Hana, what can i do for you love?" Hana smiled and walked in and begged for Lena to lend her her track uniform "Please Please Please Please, i will do anything, just lend me the uniform for a couple of days" Lena thought it through and gave her mischievous grin "A'right love, but two conditions, Don't "soil" it~ and give me the details later." Lena smirked at a now blushing Hana as she nodded, and took the uniform with her to her bedroom.
2 Hours later
Abel was in the men's locker rooms, putting on his training clothes, witch consisted of a black pair of baggy windbreaker pants, an Overwatch blue hoodie, and bandages on his feet, ankles, forearms and hands, along with his hair in a messy ponytail. Not stylish, but he didn't really care, he was gonna get them dirty anyway, so might as well use something expendable. After putting his "normal" clothes away, or at least the clothes he's had since he arrived, Abel walked to the training room, a massive open hangar turned into a makeshift gym, did he find the other men he was gonna train with. Lucio wearing his favorite yellow futbol shirt and blue shorts, along with his running shoes and black tube socks, Jamison was wearing his regular shorts and an old "white", or grey bordering on black, sleeveless shirt covered in soot and burn marks, along with no foot wear, Mako on the other hand just took his normal combat gear, minus the vest and weapons.
"Man, what, The Hell, are you wearing? You look like a mummy in those bandages" Lucio looked at his fellow partner with a disappointed look, earning himself a quick comeback from Abel "At least i don't look like a futbol player wanna be" This made Jamison burst into his maniacal laughter and put his good hand on Abel's shoulder "Good one mate! This BLOKE thinks he is some kind of futbol superstar!" Lucio's eye twitched at this but surrendered when a certain Korean gamer walked into the room. Hana walked in wearing a pair of blue and red track shorts, exposing her creamy white legs, along with a matching tank top, that revealed her slender and smooth belly, white tube socks, and track shoes. Her hair was pulled back to a low hanging ponytail, with only a few strands of her hair grazing her soft facial features.
All 4 guys where looking at her, Lucio and the junkers slack-jawed, and Abel wide eyed. Hana smiled at the reactions, but was left abit sad when Abel put on the hood to hide his blush, but this was a sign that he had some respect for her, something that made her smile grow brighter. Then came their supervisors, 76 wearing his standard combat gear, Mercy, still in her casual clothes, and Ana, still in her hood, as always. "Alright, good to see you all on time, Lucio, today we are gonna have 3 tests, each one focusing on one attribute, first off is gonna be a speed test, so begin warming up and line up in the running track" Jack informed as he and the other supervisors walked to the observation area, Ana abit surprised with Abel's attire, for it resembled her own, if only loosely.
The guys all started warming up, Lucio doing quick stretches, Jamison just popped his neck and knuckles, mako didn't move at all, and Abel stretching his legs and arms. Or at least they where until Hana started stretching, giving them a view that most of her fan's would kill for, she took a quick peek at the boys, Jamison was redder than a tomato, Lucio was ogling her up and down, Mako was just silently looking, and Abel was blushing but looking down, averting his gaze from the beautiful Korean girl, this made her pout and switch spots so she could be next to him. The order was, from Abel's right to his left, Mako, Lucio, himself, Hana, and Jamison. Lucio watched Abel and noticed Hana looking disappointed at him, so he thought of something "Yo guys, let's make this interesting, first one to win gets to dare anyone here to do something, what do you think?"
This caught Jamison a bit, making him grin "Make some poor bugger do something for me? Count me in mate!" Mako shook his head, not wanting to join in such childish games. But Hana looked up at Lucio, giving him the exasperated "Why" look. "Sure, why not? Got nothing better to do... Or at all for the matter" Abel answered him flatly as he kept stretching and stood up right, ready for the test. Hana blushed and smiled brightly "Seems i got no choice, I'm in" Lucio grinned a fools grin and nodded "A'right, who ever gets best 2 out of 3 tests wins, let's have a clean competition"
All five members took their running stances, and gave 76 a nod. But before 76 used his "Bang" gun, the rest of the members arrived "This is not a spectacle, leave now.." 76 ordered to no avail, everyone was here, even Winston came to watch, and by his side was a giddy Lena already hyped for this "Place your bets here! Who will win?!" Lucio rolled his eyes and stood up "Yo Lena!, we already have a bet goin on, best 2 of 3! Anyone wanna add to it!?" Jamison smirked and nodded, mako shook his head, Abel remained silent, and Hana blushed. "Sure love! Winner gets something real juicy, and loser has to do something!" Lucio put a thumbs up and took his stance again, seeing this, 76 fire his "Bang" gun up, and all 5 members took off.
Abel and Lucio where the first to get ahead of the group then came Jamison, Hana and in the back Mako. Jamison oddly enough was catching up with the two leaders, Mako was just jogging in a steady rhythm, but Hana was already feeling the stress on her body. Within 6 and a quarter laps did she finally give up, to most people's surprise, then at 10 laps Mako simply stopped and put his hands up, surrendering, at 17 and a half Jamison tripped on his peg leg and was disqualified, and left with a bloody nose, leaving Abel and Lucio running neck to neck. Angela kept her gaze on both young men, they where both sweating furiously, their breathing was getting ragged, but heart rate was stable. What surprised her and the whole team was the fact that Abel was keeping up with Lucio, his muscles showed hardly any use, but right now he looked like he has been doing this from birth.
"Not bad mummy, but i hope you can take a loss, cause you ain't passing me." Lucio smirked at his competition, who only responded with "Not trying to pass you... Trying to out last you" Now Abel gave a small smirk, Lucio knew he could last 2 or 3 more laps, but he didn't know Abel's limits, a factor he didn't take into account, leading him to his fall. At the 22th lap did Lucio finally slow down and fall to his knees, leaving Abel run until the 28th lap, where he just stopped and shook his head. Angela caught his top speed, within the last laps by himself to be 68 km/h. And this was without any conditioning for running, this baffled her as much as it would any doctor. As for the rest of the team, they where all clapping at their new member's resistance and commended him for it, well everyone except Pharah, Reinhardt and Symetra, they where just observing him silently.
30 Minutes later
Next up was the strength test, measured by a force plate behind a punching bag, the point was to punch, without using any abilities, and to measure the pounds of force. Mako was disqualified for his size and muscle mass, leaving only 4 members. First came Jamison, punching with his good arm at a good 290 pounds of force, above average. Next Hana, giving 277 pounds with her hit. Lucio smirked and packed a 440 pound punch, then Abel coming short with 413 pounds, still great, but nothing compared to Reinhardt's 1333 pound punch. But the fact that he lacked muscle compared to Lucio, and gave a near powerful punch, was leaving Dr. Zielger puzzled, is he using his abilities unconsciously? Or is he genetically like this now? She needed to solve this dilemma later, for now, it was time for the simplest test, accuracy.
For this test they where all given a standard pistol, all expect Abel, Mercy gave him back his Mauser for this test. There where 5 targets for each, one at 5 meters, another at 10 meters, 25 meters. 50 then 100 meters. For this test, Ana would be the judge. Examining their accuracy, speed, and way of aiming. Hana had a standard hold on her gun, a tight grip with her second hand used to support against the recoil, she hit the first one in the head and the next two in the chest, but missed the last two, she took 45 seconds in her test. Jamison had the same score, but shot with only one hand, and only aimed at the general direction of the target. Lucio held his gun side ways, something that always made Ana grit her teeth, he hit the first two in the chest and shoulder, but missed the rest, he took 12 seconds in his test, he rushed it. Mako couldn't hold his gun, so he threw it at the 5th target, the gun breaking the wooden target like a wrecking ball, abit unconventional, but worked, he took 30 seconds, last was Abel, he shot the first 3 in the head with ease, he missed the 4th, then took a deep breath, aimed carefully with both hands firm, and shot the 100 meter target in the head, he took a minute, but his time was used wisely. The winner was obvious.
Well, i managed the impossible (at least for myself) and pumped out 1 more chapter withing less than 2 days. Now, i have received some feed back, along with questions and criticism, all being valid arguments, and genuinely good questions, i will not mention names, nor will i address any people in specific, i will just answer some questions and arguments i have obtained and deemed valid.
Q: Can we obtain a list of the girls in the harem?
A:Yes, The list goes as Follows (Will update and remove the ''Mini'' in the description, thank you guys for pointing it out)(Girls will be addressed by operative name, not their real name, unless they don't have one ((I.E Mei))
Tracer
Mercy
DVa
Mei
Widowmaker
Ana (if supported)
Q:Can we Propose girls?
A:if i missed any in specific, yes. (note: Not gonna include Pharah and Symetra, couldn't put a scenario where these two coulld be with the OC without contradicting the role of the girls or the OC, willing to hear any opinion however, and ideas))
Criticism:''I don't like what you are doing with the character (OC) mostly because of the crying, i get the depression, but the crying i can't handle''
Response: I know where you are coming from with your opinion, and i respect it, but i did state in chapter one that the OC had extreme depression, much like the other (AB-30) had extreme anger. But i am also gonna try to develop the character more, expect some changes.
If you where not mentioned here, i'm sorry, but some questions had to be answered first. Maybe next time you will get an answer. And for an update, i wanna hear your opinions, and get some help spreading the word on this fic. It is my first Full Time fic i have ever worked on in any platform, and i would be grateful if we can get more readers, so we can keep sharing ideas and opinions. So until next time, Hope you enjoyed, until next time.
P.S If you are wondering why i limited his firearms arsenal to weapons from WW1, is for some more, unique, weapons. And yes, it's also my favorite war in human history, i kinda see it as what started the modern era, would love to hear your opinions, and also, question send them to my inbox, but any comments place them in the review, especially jokes.