Hey guys!
I' quite happy to see how many people already seem to like my story so far! I'll try to keep up the pace of one chapter every two to three days.
If you like to have an Overwatch character included in the near future, you are free to let me know. I'll see if I can make it happen. But do understand, that I'll need to get them into story on a logical way, so don't be sad, if I doesn't happen in the next chapter. ;)
And now, I hope you enjoy the fourth chapter: The Friend!
The clacking sound of Sombra's fingernails on the surface of her desk was the only thing, that disrupted the silence of her apartment. Sombra nervously checked DVa's Twitter channel, her Instagram account and her APM-TV stream over and over again, but she found no trace of activity on either of them. She was tempted to hack DVa's BattleNet account, but she knew, that DVa would be anything but pleased about this.
DVa's fan base was going crazy with theories about what happened. Most of them had witnessed the incident in Busan via live-stream until Sombra's forced shut-down of the stream. Some people actually recognized her logo and now the speculations run wild. The most popular opinion was, that Sombra had hacked the mech, causing it to crash into the building.
The other mystery was DVa's health status. It was a topic even in the worldwide mainstream media. No one has seen or heard of her for the last three days. It was a simple conclusion, that DVa had some kind of injury, which hindered her to address her fans.
In her fear, that DVa's injuries had been more serious, then Sombra had thought, she had hacked into DVa's hospital files. At this point Sombra first read DVa's real name of Hana Song. Beside this information, she found nothing problematic in the medical part of her files. Only a concussion and some bruises. Nothing that would explain her absence. What concerned Sombra the most, was the fact, that no other than Dr. Ziegler was her assigned doctor. Sombra didn't need to check on this woman. She knew more things regarding Overwatch than most people. Even more than some former Overwatch members.
Sombra hated herself for having a weakness, such as caring for a person, who wasn't Sombra herself. But for some reason, she couldn't get Hana out of her head.
"Damn you, girl!", she yelled frustrated.
Right as she was about to punch the monitor in front of her, a phone rang. Sombra linked her system to the phone and answered the call without even touching it.
"Sombra here.", she said calmly trying to suppress her frustration.
"We've got a mission for you.", Reaper's growling voice answered her without any unnecessary politeness.
"Yeah, fine. Not interested right now.", Sombra said and yawned demonstratively. She knew her worth and she loved to play this game of money. And Talon knew, that she would do their missions, if the price was right.
"Sombra!", Reaper said obviously annoyed. "If got no time for your games. We need you for data extraction on a high security target. The price is up to you. Talon gives you all the resources you need."
Sombra went silent for a short time. She didn't expect them to be so generous. Usually they would be more reserved about paying Sombra large amounts of money.
"Where's the catch?", she asked bluntly.
"It's high security.", Reaper repeated himself. "We will send you detailed information through your secured line. We will give you twelve hours to decide."
Without any further talking he had ended the call.
"Charming like scorpion…", she murmured.
A few minutes later the secured data packages landed on Sombra's drive and in an instant she knew, why Talon was so eager to get her into this mission.
"You gotta be kidding!", she said, even though no one was there to listen.
It had been years now, since she had erased her name from this world and had taken on the name of Sombra. She had done all this to uncover the truth about a conspiracy. A group of organizations controlled by someone and running the world from the shadows. Her last encounter had nearly costed Sombra her life, but she emerged from it stronger than before.
One of the companies associated with this conspiracy was the Vishkar Corporation. Sombra didn't find any conclusive hints about their involvement yet, but this mission could be her breakthrough in this part of her investigations. She wouldn't get a better opportunity.
She nearly called Reaper instantly, when she realized, that this may have been suspicious, if she reacted like a child getting a new toy. She started a virtual machine on her computer, which was handling her data crawlers. Talon hadn't given her the information, which data exactly they wanted, but Sombra knew how Talon worked. Information about some stuff was leaked, and Talon wanted the stuff. Probably a new weapon or some kind of military equipment. Sombra programmed her crawlers to search for anything Vishkar related. Since the request of Talon was urgent, it had to be a fresh lead. Sombra added a timeframe of only a few days. Twelve hours should be plenty for her crawlers to pick something up.
After preparing everything she could, Sombra was about to take a shower, as a phone rang. Sombra looked around, confused over the unusual ring tone. Then she remembered, that she gave one of her secret calling cards to DVa. The phone wasn't connected to her system due to security reasons, so she searched for it in panic.
"The fuck are you? You little, fucking…", she cursed, while throwing clothes aside. "There you are!"
She picked an ancient looking phone out of a bag.
"How did you…", she asked the phone, but before ending her question, she answered the call.
"Hello, little sunshine!", she said, knowing that DVa was on the other end of the line. "How is it going? I was worried about you, pequeña caótica!"
Suddenly Sombra got angry over herself, because she sounded way to familiar. She needed to be professional.
"Hello. I'm DVa, but I take it, you were expecting my call?", Hana answered. Her voice was clear and confident as usual.
"I wasn't directly expecting it, but you are the only one, who could call this number. Therefore, it had to be Hana.", Sombra said.
"You know my name?", Hana asked mildly surprised.
"I happened to read it in your medical file.", Sombra explained to her. "I told you, I was worried."
"You read my files?", Hana asked in shock. "What did you read?"
"Well, nothing much. Dr. Ziegler didn't add anything to the file, so I only know about your concussion.", Sombra truthfully answered. "Why are you so concerned. Something I should know about?"
"Not going to talk about it!", Hana said rejecting Sombra's question.
"Well, I won't force you.", Sombra said with a chuckle on her lips. "But why did you call? I told you to call me, when you need something. So, what do you need?"
"I- Actually I think, I just wanted to thank you. You saved me on the most humiliating day of my life. I've never lost a match before. Right know I'm thankful about not being dead, you know?", Hana said.
"Woah, woah. Take it a notch down there, little girl.", Sombra said with an uncomfortable feeling. "I think you have insufficient information about the incident. I was paid by your enemies on that day, to help them kill that general. You shouldn't thank me."
"If you're a bad person, as you suggest, why did you save me then?", Hana asked provokingly.
"Pure self-interest. I can't have my favorite gamer girl die. My Friday nights would get way less funny.", Sombra said.
"So, you're a fan?", Hana asked curious.
"If anyone else asked, if I was a fan girl of the most talented gamer in the world, I would shoot them right in the face. So don't tell anyone… But yes, you can consider me your biggest fan.", Sombra admitted.
"If you're a fan of DVa, I can't think about you as a bad person.", Hana decided. "On the other hand, if you go around killing innocent people, I will most likely unfriend you."
"Can't promise that.", Sombra said trying not to laugh over Hana's naivety. "But I'll try my best."
"Well, I think that's enough for starting this friendship.", Hana said.
"You- Wait- What?", Sombra asked bewildered. "You wanna be friends with me? That's not exactly what I had in mind, when I gave you this number."
"What did you had in mind?", Hana asked provocatively.
"I don't know, to be honest.", Sombra answered.
"I think, you like me - in a strange anti-social way - and you want a friend. Since you have saved my life, you have qualified to be a friend of DVa.", Hana laughed. "But don't worry. My friend list is pretty short, so you don't have to meet high expectations."
"I didn't expect this phone call to turn into a friend request.", Sombra said defensively.
"So, you don't want to be friends?", Hana asked trying to push Sombra out of her comfort zone.
"Didn't said that!", Sombra answered way too quickly.
"Then it's settled.", the young Korean superstar decided for the baffled Mexican hacktivist. "Do you have a BattleNet account?"