Overwatch x Paladins Chapter 4
Author note: With Inara we got quiet a few champions connected with nature. I explain it the way that they are the three representatives of nature. The Ocean (Makoa), the mountains (Inara), the forest (Grover) (and maybe the desert (Sha lin) but I don´t think so).
Mal´Damba: She is following me. I should have known.
Mal´Damba hid behind a stone before Tracer caught up to him. She blinked past him without noticing. As she was out of sight he climbed on the rock to seek out the way.
Tracer: There you are!
He turned around but nobody was there.
Tracer: Right here.
She was hanging upside down on a vine right above him.
Mal´Damba: When did the girl come back?
Tracer jumped down on the rock Mal´Damba stood on, giving him a grumpy look.
Mal´Damba: What do youu want from mee?
Tracer: First of all I want to know your name and second: What are you doing out here?
Mal´Damba: I will not tell my sstory to a sstranger. You should leave me in peacce.
Tracer: Fine, but one last question. I´m here to discover the source of an unknown signal. Have you seen anything that could cause that?
Mal´Damba: Do you mean electric ssignals or spiritss?
Tracer: Spirits?
Mal´Damba: Yess, there are many around heree lately. But If you caannot see them... no, I have not seen anythhing like that.
Tracer: Ok... thank you...
Tracer ran away and blinked trough the bushes and trees while the druid looked after her.
Wekono: Suhu mase ekona ra!
Mal´Damba: Rest spirit, for now.
After some distance she slowed down and looked around. Still there was nothing but jungle. She leaned on a tree and activated her communicator.
Tracer: Hey Winston, I didn´t find anything. Can you pick me up?
Winston: Not yet. I was able to narrow the location of the signal. Here it is.
Tracer: *grunt*... Thank you. Its the complete opposite direction I was heading to.
Winston: You should hurry. th-
The communication signal suddenly broke.
Tracer: Great, now I can walk all the way back without someone to talk. At least I know the direction.
She made her way back trough the jungle, trying to avoid the strange figure from before 20 minutes. After a while she came back to the stone. He was not there anymore. She continued to run towards the signal.
Tracer: It all looks the same. But I´m close.
Tracer passed through a few vines and looked against a stone wall. She climbed on a tree to look what it was. It looked like an old ruin with antic mechanic gear. She jumped from tree to tree to surround the building to look for the entrance. On the other side was a gate with two guards in front of them with pretty familiar uniforms.
Tracer: Is this a talon base?
Tracer hid herself in the bushes near the guards waiting for an opportunity to sneak in. Then one of guards heard a rustle of leaves
Guard 1: Hey, who is there?!
Tracer kept quiet hoping they wouldn´t notice her.
Guard 1: Who are you?
Mal´Damba: I could ask you the ssame. Thesse ruins do not belong to youu.
Tracer looked up and saw the creepy druid standing in front of the gate.
Guard 2: Ok, run away as long as you can.
The guard pointed with his gun at Mal´Damba who just slightly bowed his head.
Wekono: Marua!
Suddenly the snake in Mal´Dambas hand spit two balls of poison at the guards, melting their weapons away. The last they saw was a glowing snake flying at them.
Tracer: This will do.
She jumped out of her cover and blinked up in the air and shot the incoming guards from the sides.
Mal`Damba just looked at her with unknown expression.
Mal´Damba: Whyy did you follow mee again?.
Tracer:I didn´t. The signal had led me here. Now would you please step aside and let me do my work.
Mal´Damba: I will defeeat these foools. It is Wekonoss will.
Tracer: you don´t have a clue how dangerous these people are. You will stay away.
With that Tracer procceded to work on the gate. It was rare for her to be this angry but after the annoying trip in the jungle the last thing she wanted to do was to get strangers involved. The gate finally opened and revealed a highly modern base inside. She walked down the stairs without looking back.
Tracer: Wow, they really made these ruins a talon quarter.
After a few seconds alarm sounds filled the air. Tracer ran from floor to floor to find a place to hide.
She sneaked in the empty canteen and tried to contact Winston, but there was still no signal.
Tracer: Damn, maybe I can communicate with one of their computers.
The door opened and two guards stepped in. Tracer clinging to the ceiling listened to their conversation.
Guard 1: We have been searching since two days.
Guard 2: We can´t stop until we find it or we all get some serious trouble.
Tracer: They are not searching for me?
Guard 2 started searching in the canteen.
Guard 1: There won´t be anything even if you search a sixth time.
Guard 2: You´re right. Let´s move on.
They left the room, giving Tracer time to breath. She peeked out of the room and ran down the floor. After taking out a few guards she finally came to a hall filled with Talon soldiers. Hiding behind a pillar, she looked for a way to sneak past the soldiers. But there was none.
Talon commander: Listen up, after two days we still haven´t found the source of the signal. I want you to find it. Even if you have to tear the walls apart.
Tracer: Not good.
Tracer climbed the pillar, blinked over the formation of soldiers and dropped a pulse bomb. The soldiers tried to run away, but some of them were caught of guard by the explosion.
Talon commander: It´s an overwatch agent! Kill her!
Tracer took out her pulse pistols ready to fight a though battle.
Author note: As I wrote this chapter Lex got confirmed as champion. Now should I start a story line with Lex or should I wait until release. You decide.