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Chapter 6: Prodigies
Kneeling on the edge of the building, I peered through my binoculars. Scanning the area for any potential targets. Hmm where would I be if I was an official? I felt a tap on my shoulder and looked back to see Anna pointing towards the main doorway. Peaking over, I saw a short fat man, walking in with two bodyguards. He looked like a posh man, walking in with a cane, cigar in between his teeth. Two more security guards stood at the door in black suits. An upper level with two more guards, patrolling back and forth. "I reckon you have aim with those javelins. How about you take those two on the upper level."
"Sure." Anna pulled two out and walked back for a running start. Holding both in her hand, she sprinted up and launched the two javelins. They both whistled threw the night, piercing their targets, stabbing the ground.
"Alright we go above." Sprinting across from ceiling to ceiling, we managed the get to second floor without a trace. "So far so good." We slowly walked forwards into a luxurious room, a glass chandelier hung, red carpet, fountain, and multiple doorways leading to different rooms. The only thing was that guards were like bees in a hive, they were everywhere. "I count ten on this level. We take them out quietly, one by one. I'm trusting you that you have my back."
"I got this, don't worry." Anna shrugged off my comment and crouched and jogged towards the first target, silently taking him out. I pulled my silenced pistol took out one by one. While Anna was taking them out with her javelins. Reloading, we made our way down the stairs, peaking around, it was silent. The short guy from earlier, walked into an unmarked room, the two guards, at the door. Two shots, two down. Stalking the door, I put my ear up to the door trying to hear anything of interest but to no avail. "How do we get in?"
"Ugh, we don't have time for this, we break in. Good?"
"Break in! Are you crazy? They probably have guards on guards in there, we'll be mowed down! We are not breaking in." Anna slightly pushed me, giving a frustrated look. Looks and sounds exactly like Mercy.
"Good." I stepped back and kicked the door down, entering, gun ready, Anna shaking her head. It felt good at the moment, barging in, shooting down guards. I looked around with my pistol, when I heard someone yelling in my ear, static filling. "Chase abort. Abort mission!"
"Whatever." I took the earpiece out, putting it away in my pocket, not giving a care about it.
Back at base, it was pretty silent in the room, being occupied by two individuals. Only the scratching of what sounds like coloring filled the room with the quiet sipping of tea. Lena's head was cocked slightly to the right, she moved her arm, right left, right left, right left. "Ooo, that's a pretty pink." Grabbing the pink crayon, she added it to her picture.
"I can't believe you are actually coloring in that thing. I thought you hated being treated like a toddler. Now look at you, you look like a two year old." Winston stared down at what Lena was drawing. "What are you drawing even?"
"Well, I mean, I don't want to get bored, plus Jack asked for a pretty picture when he gets back, so in your face!" Lena looked up and stuck her tongue out, both of her hands on the table, supporting her weight, she came up to Winston's face, then back to finishing her photo. "And this is two people in each other's arms, sitting on top of a hill, staring into the sunset." She set the piece of paper down and continued to make extra finishes to it.
"That's supposed to be you and Chase, isn't it?" Winston questioned.
"Maybe…." Lena looked away and her voice got lower.
"Heh, Lena has a crush, how cute!" Winston cocked his head sideways. Lena started to blush and her cheeks started to get rosy red.
"Stop it! You're making me blush!" Lena whimpered. (If you didn't know, Winston and Lena are best friends, so they tell each other things you wouldn't normally say to people. So think of this conversation like that)
"Ah, you know I'm just playing, it's okay to have crushes, I understand, for me it's just on my kind though. You see I had a crush on this on ape right, super cute, but she zoned me." Winston started to shuffle, his hand went outward, like an elder telling a folk tale.
"Aw, what happened after that?"
"Not sure what happened after that." Winston quickly became saddened and changed the subject. "And you know, Jack was joking right? He didn't really want the picture, he's messing with you."
"Lena, you done with the picture I asked of you right?" Right when Winston made his comment, Jack walked in, looking at the two companions.
Lena's eyes budged, giving a 'told you' look, standing up, giving the picture to Jack. Winston on the other hand, gave a 'really?' look, eyes staring out the window.
"It's beautiful." Jack pulled Lena in and messed with her hair, Lena smiled and was proud about her work. Jack chuckled before speaking up again. "Who are these two?"
"It's a special two." Winston turned in his chair, towards Jack.
"Who? A couple?"
"Kind of, you're on the right track." Winston grinned.
"Is this the Chase and Lena thing I've heard, like all yesterday?" Jack's hands fell down, looking at Winston with concern.
"I'm right here." Lena spoke up, trying to be acknowledged.
"Yeah, that's supposed to be Chase and her." Winston pointed to the drawing.
"Ah, so what is this a crush or something? Lena, I don't want this interfering with your missions." Jack turned to Lena, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Hah! Jack's got it!" Winston jumped up and high-fived Jack before falling back in his chair.
Lena made a motion, looking like she tried to clear her mind, getting a little annoyed. Voice getting lower, she tried to mime a teen talking to a father. "Okay dad. It's not a problem, I promise." Lena patted Jack on the chest.
"Whatever, but on the flipside, that's pretty cute." Winston immediately jumped up and the two started cracking up. "Chase and Lena, I can see it. My little girl is growing up." Jack could barely talk as he pretended to paint out the scenery with his hand, arm around Winston, looking up at the sky, getting Winston to see his imagination.
"Boys…" Lena just shook her head, as she left the two in their own world, shoving the paper in her pocket.
"Oh, what do we have here? Two, amateur agents, b-and-eing into my home. Dane Cook reference by the way, love him. But to the point, what do you want on this lovely evening." The official smiled as he plopped down in his chair.
"You, um, need to come with us."
"Oh, why is that? So you can have the glory of killing me? I don't think so, you see, it doesn't work like that anymore boy. I suggest you leave, but consequences will ensue." The man stood back up, pressing a button on his computer, releasing the robots in the room. "Now, you know this but I run a gang, highly deadly. I could even send them to your base without notice. Listen Chase, I know you feel good and all but I know who you care for. I see you, trying to pull a few tricks." Turning around in his chair, he pulled up a live feed, zooming in, he found Lena, walking to mess hall. "That is who you care about, I could end it right now. You'd kill me but people would know about my death, I'm too widely known and my followers would know. So what's the choice? Have a world-wide war or have your friends killed? Clocks ticking, Chase." He pointed to the screen, projecting the scene, gun fights ringing out. It quickly ended though, with most of the Overwatch agents, walking out being thrown down in the center of the base, hand-cuffed. Last to be thrown in the pile was Lena, who groaned, in stress because of her injury, head on the ground, she began to cry.
I turned back violently, my hand covering my mouth. Anna walked up to me with one question. "So what's it going to be?" Hands on her hips, I peeked back, the man still smirking in her chair.
"I'm sorry." I muttered under my breath, patting Anna on the shoulder. I walked back the man, response waiting to be heard.
Don't you love cliffhangers? Mean either, but I felt like it had to be done this chapter. So yeah, we peaked 1.1k views so thank you for reading :D See you in the next chapter