Chapter 6
Overwatch dropship- 30 minutes from London
The dropship was eerily quiet, the tension could be cut with a knife. A screen on board showed an international news channel, keeping the team on board updated on what was going on. Lena sat in front of this screen, staring at it, taking in every detail possible that the newsreader said.
"The situation in Oasis continues to worsen as Talon forces battle for the prototype propulsion engine, currently being tested in the city. While details remain unclear, pictures have emerged that indicate operatives of the disbanded Overwatch are also involved. Officials are asking people to keep away from the city centre while the current crisis unfolds."
This wasn't what she wanted to know currently. Sure she was worried about her friends still in Oasis, but right now, her heart was focused on one thing.
"Athena could you put BBC news on?" Lena asked. Out of all the channels, the one from her country was most likely to have the information she was after.
The channel on the screen changed and the thing Lena wanted to hear about was mentioned, just like she hoped.
"While the situation in Oasis continues, a crisis has developed in London. The Omnic extremist group Null Sector has returned and has once again taken control of the Kings Row district. We now go live to Debbie Smith, who is just outside the police cordon."
Lena sat up, hoping that the situation was under control and that Emily was safe, however that little amount of hope quickly vanished.
"As you can see behind me, Police have set up an ever extending cordon around the district to stop any of Null Sector leaving the area. While the extremists group hasn't made any demands as of yet, it is believed that they hold hostages in the district. Now as we've been discussing earlier on, the defence minister has authorised the army to be deployed and if you look just behind me, you can see those forces unloading. From what's going on around me, it's clear that the government is taking this matter very seriously."
Lena's heart sank. The last time Kings Row was attacked like this, Overwatch went in and cleared the area, saving countless lives. However that was done without the permission of the British government. This time was different, with the army already on the scene and no Overwatch able to respond, it was clear that the situation was going to escalate.
Angela meanwhile was on her phone to Genji, who had departed from Nepal after dropping off the Bastion. He was ahead of the team by about 10 minutes and was being informed of the situation by Angela.
"So we use stealth to our advantage. Our priority is to locate Miss Oxton's partner and any other hostages they may have taken, then escort them to safety. Then we can move in to clear out the area, or let the British forces do that instead." Genji went over the plan, a basic one at that. Athena was still collecting data on the situation so they were effectively in the dark until they arrived.
"You make it sound so easy." Angela said, trying to keep herself focused. She knew that Lena was falling apart inside and she hated seeing her friend like this. She saw this a lot in Fareeha after Ana died, she wasn't prepared to let someone else go through that.
"Do not worry Angela. We will strike our enemies where they do not expect it. After all, I am a ninja, stealth is my speciality."
"Yeah, I just worry about Lena." As she said this she looked over to her, seeing Lena staring at the screen with the news on. "I need to go, Lena's looking a little worse for wear."
"I understand. Keep her safe."
Angela walked over to Lena, reaching for the remote to the screen and switching it off. Lena looked up at Angela as she sat down next to her, before wrapping her arms around her and cuddling into her, letting out some tears.
"What if we're too late, or if were spotted. What if the military make a rash move." Lena was stressed out of her mind, all these possibilities taking her over the edge.
Angela turned and looked right into Lena's face. She needed to calm her down and reassure her. "Lena, we will get her back. Genji is a master at this kind of thing, remember he rescued ten people from Talon without them even knowing he was there. He will come through for you. Also we have these three with us and they know Ultron better than any of us." Lena wiped her eyes and nodded. She was scared, but she knew she had to be strong for Emily.
Meanwhile, the three Avengers were looking at a holographic map of Kings Row, analysing the district and constructing a plan.
"So thanks to the cordon, out only real way in is the underground train tunnel system. We use that to get close, then stealth our way around." Captain America said, pointing to the map as he spoke.
"I'll head up into the air and fly recon, get you some more info." Falcon added.
"I'll keep our flank watched as we move up through the district." Scarlet Witch said.
As the three Avengers agreed their roles, Steve looked over to Lena. He walked over to her, kneeling in front of her.
"We'll get her back, don't worry."
"Were such a small team, what if..." Lena stared once again but Steve cut her off, trying to distract her.
"Back in World War Two, I airdropped into a camp containing hundreds of prisoners and guarded by a super advanced legion. I destroyed that facility and rescued the prisoners, with no support from allied forces and a shield that was no where near this strong. This time, I have someone who can blink around and move extremely fast. I think we have this one."
This apparently worked. Lena's face relaxed slightly after hearing that small story. "Wait... World War Two? You look good for you age, what's your secret?" Lena was curious on how he looked so young if he was from the Second World War.
"Thanks." Cap smiled "though I don't recommend freezing yourself for years, you kinda miss a few things." Lena chucked slightly as Steve stood back up and walked back to the other two Avnegers. She felt a little more confident after hearing that story.
London, just outside Kings Row
Jack and Ana walked around a corner into a small alley that Fareeha was currently waiting in. They knew what was going on thanks to Fareeha's scouting mission. Jack dropped the duffle bag containing all their equipment and unzipped it. Fareeha took off her jacket before reaching for the various pieces of her armour, strapping them on. After Ana picked up her rifle and her Shrike mask, she helped her daughter get into her armour.
Jack had hidden his rifle underneath the hoodie he was wearing and took out his tatical visor from the bag. Once Fareeha finished putting her armour on, Jack went into his old strike commander mode.
"Right, Fareeha, take Ana up to the roof and then group up with me, providing support from the air where needed. Ana, you keep watch and find those hostages, then, when we have them watch over them as we escort them to saftey." The two women nodded as Pharah picked up her rocket launcher, strapping it to her back as she took ahold of Ana and flew gently to the roof.
Jack meanwhile walked back out of the ally and turned left, towards the police cordon. There were only four officers on duty at this entrance, so he could easily gain entry here.
"Sorry sir, you can't come this way." One officer said. As Jack ignored him, he tried again.
"Sir, you can't go in here!" Jack now unzipped his hoodie and threw it off towards one of the officers, who managed to catch it, despite not expecting it.
"Try and stop me." Jack said as he revealed himself to be Soldier 76. As he walked past the officers they spoke to themselves.
"So, anyone wanna try and stop him, he is a wanted man."
"I'm good thanks, I like living."
Soldier 76 walked into the district, taking his rifle of his back as he stood close to the wall. He checked that the area was clear before proceeding. Pharah flew down to him quietly, the two of them grouping up in an pub, left abandoned after Null Sector took over the district.
Soldier placed his finger up to his com, contacting Ana. "Not that I'm arguing, but where are all of Null Sector or the Ultron drones?"
"They're all up near the Mondatta statue. I'm guessing that there're keeping the hostages in that hotel just next to it, since there's a lot of activity." Ana replied, analying the area through her sniper scope. "Hold up, there's movement."
Emily was fearing for her life. She walked into the flat Lena and her shared and was greeted with a number of robots and the former Null Sector. Now she was here, held hostage to stop her girlfriend from moving against this Ultron.
She knew his name, Ultron made sure she did. What she didn't know was what he was planning. As she sat in the corner of the hotel second floor, Ultron walked up to her and threw her phone down to her.
"You know, for a secret agent, your girlfriend isn't very good at keeping her private life secret. I only had to hack her phone to find out her entire life." Ultron was trying to make conversation, he didn't have a reason to do this, he just decide to try.
Emily now plucked up the courage to ask Ultron a question. "What do you want?"
Ultron smiled before kneeling down next to Emily. "I want to show you something beautiful. Everyone screaming, for mercy. Overwatch wants to protect the world, but their not willing for it to change. Their all puppets, tangled in strings. Just look at the world around you. Talon and Overwatch fight each other on a daily basis, the Omnic's continue to fight for their rights, the world is a mess. I see only one path to peace now. Conquest."
"Why do this? How will taking over the world create peace?" Emily was still scared of Ultron, but she had to understand his motives.
Ultron stood up, still looking down at Emily. "Humanity has to evolve to survive. I tried a meteor, but the Avengers made sure that failed. These Omnic's provide a new possibility however. Humanity will have to adapt, they will have to evolve to survive."
"And if we don't?"
"I guess the Omnic's will decide that. You could be enslaved... or you could all be wiped out." Ultron smiled menacingly before turning around and starting to walk away.
"You won't win. We have hope." Emily replied, confidence in her voice. "Lena must of rubbed off a little." She thought to herself, never expecting herself to say that. Ultron turned back around slowly, with Emily's confidence disappearing as he did.
"Hope. I'll take that from them first." He walked back over to Emily, causing her to back up slightly into the wall. He kneeled down once again and got as close as possible before speaking again. "Do you think Lena has hope right now? Of course I know she's coming to save you, but we should be leaving before she gets here. Why do you think your the only hostage, when Lena tries to rescue you..." Ultron trailed off, letting Emily fill in the blanks. "Once her world falls apart, once she had nothing left to fight for, nothing left to hope for and she is a shell of herself... I'll kill her."
Emily was in tears, she knew Ultron had her to get to Lena, but hearing what he had planned, imagining the pain she would suffer, she didn't want her to suffer like that.
"Your a monster." She managed to say. Ultron stood up again, smiling before chucking to himself.
"It's all a matter of perspective. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. One man's monster is another man's hero."
Just as he finished, one of the Null Sector Omnic's walked up the stairs. "The dropship is nearly here." Ultron planned to take Null Sector to Volskaya, keeping them hidden until the time was right.
Ultron turned to the Omnic. "Good, take her further into the district and prepare to depart. I have a feeling the authorities are about to try something." Ultron was right, one of the drones had seen a squad of soldiers heading into the district. As he flew out of the hotel to assist the drones, a group of six Null Sector bots escorted Emily further into the district. She didn't know where exactly she was being taken, but she guessed it was their base of operations.
As she passed the mondatta statue, she knew that most Omnic's would never follow Ultron willingly. She just hoped that someone would rescue her soon and hoped that Lena wouldn't do anything rash. Upon being lead under the archway, heading towards the pub she and Lena visited often, the hope of being rescued began to disappear. After all, no one could reach her this deep in the district.
"I'VE GOT YOU IN MY SIGHTS!"
Emily had heard the stories, she knew exactly who that voice belonged to. Soldier 76.
The Omnic's began to panic, not knowing where Soldier 76 was. As they continued to look around, Emily spotted him in the building just above them. He jumped out of the large window, firing his helix rockets at two of the Omnic's and destroying them instantly. Emily dropped down low to the ground as Soldier fired at the remaining Omnic's, his tatical visor making sure every shot landed. He quickly dispatched the remaining four and his tatical visor switched off. Emily stood up, breathing heavily as she did so. "Thanks."
Soldier 76 nodded at her, before turning around and seeing Null Sector reinforcements. He quickly ran forward, grabbing Emily and dragging her into the building next to them.
"Is there anyone else who's been taken hostage?" Soldier asked as the building was hit with a number of shots from Null Sector.
"No, I was told I was the only one."
Soldier nodded before looking out of a shattered window. "Stay here, keep your head down." Emily nodded before Soldier ran out and launched a helix rocket at the group, hitting one of the Omnic's and destroying it. He ran to his left, into an ally, just in front of the pub. He was pinned down, but as he went to run out again, he heard someone else attack first.
"JUSTICE RAINS FROM ABOVE!" Pharah had managed to sneak up behind the Omnic's and had taken a large amount out with a rocket barrage. She flew over to Soldier and fired at a couple of Omnic's that had tried to flank him.
Now Ultron arrived, clearly annoyed with the escape attempt. Once he saw who was behind it, he sighed out loud. "You again. Why can't you just leave me alone?" The Ultron drones quickly followed, engaging Pharah as she took cover with Soldier. Ana now appeared on the roof above Emily and threw a biotic grenade down at the two of them, healing them up. Ana then repositioned herself above the archway, ready to shoot anything that moved forward.
The Ultron drones flew forward attempting to reach Emily, but were shot by Soldier and Ana, while Pharah continued to fire rockets at the Ultron prime. He easily dodged them, but as he did so, he noticed the large 76 written on Soldier's jacket, realising who he was.
As the battle continued, Ultron could not manage to recapture Emily. After another two drones attempted and failed, he was starting to run out of drones and patience. As a dropship he sent from Volskaya arrived, controlled by yet another drone, Ultron had one last go at reaching Emily. The Prime unit fired at Soldier and Pharah, before flying at speed through the window of the building Emily was hiding in. Soldier ran out of cover and towards the building and Ana jumped off the roof she was on, grabbing ahold of the ledge before dropping herself down slowly, using ledges and windows as supports as she dropped down.
Pharah continued to engage Null Sector Omnic's, hitting them with rockets and causing them to fall apart. Ana now was on the ground, helping Pharah finish off the Omnic's. As they numbers of Omnic's dropped, they stopped firing and retreated towards the dropship. Ana took this opportunity to enter the building after Ultron, while Pharah continued her attack and chased after the Omnic's.
Meanwhile Soldier 76 and Ultron were engaging each other in hand to hand combat. Ultron had landed a few hits on 76, but he had managed to hit him a few times before, leaving damage thanks to some pulse rifle rounds. While Soldier distracted Ultron, Ana ran in and found Emily, taking hold of her hand before pulling her away from the fight. She then aimed her rifle at the two before firing and healing up Soldier, giving him the chance to disengage and reach for his pulse rifle.
Ultron realised that he could not win this fight, he was down to his last seven drones due to these three and he needed to get Null Sector back to Russia so his plan could move forward, he simply accepted that he had lost his leverage. He fired at the two armed heroes before flying backwards out of the window. He retreated to the dropship, that had taken off and landed on board, as the doors shut and the ship zoomed off, leaving the district quiet."
Soldier grunted in annoyance, before walking out of the building and back onto the street. He noticed a damaged Omnic lying in the street and walked over to it, pulling out his pistol strapped to his leg. He knelt down next to the Omnic and aimed his pistol at its head.
"Why are you working with Ultron? What do you gain?" He demanded to know. The Omnic's eye changed colour to a dark red as it laughed at him.
"Who says they're working with me?" The Omnic replied with Ultron's voice. Soldier understood perfectly and pulled the trigger, deactivating the Omnic, before placing his pistol back in its holster and standing up. As he did this, Ana walked out of the building, shortly followed by Emily. She looked at the two masked individuals before her and spoke up.
"Hey, thanks. Who knows what would of happened if you hadn't shown up when you did."
Soldier looked over to Emily. "You'd probably be on that dropship."
"Heading to who knows where." Ana added.
Soldier had put a large piece of the puzzle together. He understood that Ultron had obviously used Anubis to take control of the Null Sector Omnic's. What he didn't understand was why this girl had been kidnapped.
"You said you were the only hostage. Why were you taken?" He asked the girl.
"I think it has something to do with my girlfriend... do you know the ex Overwatch agent Tracer?"
Soldier 76 sighed, he knew exactly why she was taken now. Obviously Overwatch had been interfering with Ultron's plans, so he tried to create leverage.
"So your the infamous Emily that Lena would never shut up about." He said to her. It was this that made Emily realise who Soldier 76 really was. She recognised the voice from somewhere but couldn't place it. This was Jack Morrison, the former strike commander of Overwatch.
"Remeber that one training session where she tried to find a date for Angela. It ended up turning into a group conversation about all our love lives." Ana chucked as she reminisced on the old days. Jack also chuckled before Emily spoke up.
"Your Jack Morrison... you should be dead."
"Technically both of us should be, but us old soldiers are hard to kill." Ana answered for Jack
Emily guessed that this woman was another former Overwatch agent but she didn't know who. She didn't ask, considering there was a reason why both of them kept their identities secret.
Pharah now returned, landing a short distance behind them and jogging over to them.
"They got away, I managed to take out some of them, but there were too many."
"That's alright, it seems Jack figured out more of the mystery." Ana said to Fareeha. Jack took this as the hint to tell them what he figured out.
"Ultron has used Anubis to take control of Null Sector. It's possible that they didn't want to attack but they were made to. I'm guessing that Ultron took Emily because Overwatch are disrupting his plans."
"That's my girl" Emily thought to herself as Morrison stopped speaking. He paused for a moment before speaking to Pharah."
"Any sign of any Omnic's left in the district?"
"I didn't see any, most seemed to get into that shuttle, but a few may still be around."
Morrison nodded before raising his pulse rifle and turning around. "Our priority is to get her clear of the area, we'll use the Underground Train tunnels since they won't be running right now. Pharah, get in the air and scout out ahead of us, Ana watch the rear, I'll take the front. As for you Emily, stay behind me, but do exactly as I say." Emily nodded as Morrison jogged away towards the tunnel.
London, Kings Row Station.
The team of Tracer, Mercy, Genji, Captain America, Scarlet Witch and Falcon had landed in London and made their way to Kings Row. After landing, one of the shuttles returned to Oasis, leaving the one as transport for the small team. Falcon was flying above the district, trying to find out any information he could. This left the other five to make their way into the district.
With the cordon around the district, they decided to us the underground train tunnel to get to the station, then sneak their way to Emily, wherever she was. Genji was leading the team, using his hands to tell the team to move up, as he kept to the shadows in order to scout further ahead. Captain America was the next, followed by Tracer and Mercy. Scarlet Witch brought up the rear, making sure that they weren't flanked.
"Cap I'm not seeing anyone in the district." Falcon reported as the team reached the underground station. "Wait hang on... someone's entering the station, they're armed."
The team reacted, going close to the wall and out of view. From the door no one could be seen, but if anyone walked in, they were very easily spotted. Genji moved next to the opening in the wall, pulling out his dragonblade and prepared to attack anyone who entered if they posed a threat.
As they heard footsteps from beyond the doorway, someone approached and looked into the station. They edged slowly forward, aiming a weapon in as they did. As soon as enough of their body was in, Genji reacted. He placed his dragonblade across the targets chest, but lowered it once he realised who it was.
"Morrison." He said to his former strike commander as he put his blade away.
"Genji." Morrison replied.
The team now walked out of cover, Angela speaking up. "Jack, what are you doing here?"
Jack walked back out of the station, waving someone over before walking back in. Within a few seconds Emily walked around the corner and saw Lena.
"Lena!"
Lena meanwhile looked at her in disbelief for a second. "Emily!" Lena wasted no time, blinking over to her and hugging her tightly, before kissing her. "Oh my god, your okay. I was so worried I'd lose you." Lena now had tears in her eyes as she hugged her girlfriend again.
"You came for me. I knew you would. I'm safe now." Emily replied, tearing up also.
The two of them hugged for a few moments before Lena spoke up again, taking off her goggles and wiping away her tears as she did.
"How did you escape? No offence, but your not much of a fighter." She asked Emily, lightening the mood.
"Your old strike commander saved me." Emily replied, pointing at Morrison. Lena kissed Emily again before walking over to Jack, stopping just in front of him.
"Thank you." She said to him before hugging him tightly. He smiled, a smile that was hidden under his visor.
"Old habits die hard it seems." He said, causing a smile from Lena as she let go of him.
"Your just a big softy really." Lena replied, causing Jack to roll his eyes under his visor.
As Emily walked over from the entrance, Fareeha and Ana walked around the corner, causing everyone to raise their weapons, before lowering them again.
Angela saw Fareeha and walked forward, her arms folded in a disapproving manner. Fareeha spoke up. "Hey Ang."
"So, it was a little chaotic at the temple?" Angela replied. She wasn't mad really, just disappointed that Fareeha didn't tell her what was going on. "Why didn't you just tell me you were working with Jack? We could of helped."
"Sorry Ang, I wanted to tell you... but things kinda got a little complicated." Fareeha didn't quite know how to tell Angela that her mother was standing right next to her. Fortunately, Ana spoke up for her.
"Well I did tell her not to, thought you lot might be a little busy."
Angela looked at the woman next to Fareeha. Her face was covered by a mask but she knew that voice from somewhere... she just couldn't place it. What she did recognise was the weapon she was carrying. The biotic rifle, the gun she was concerned about building. "Why? Why tell her not to contact us?"
"Well, mother knows best."
Angela went wide eyed, her arms slowly dropping to her sides. "Wait... it can't be."
Fareeha realised Angela had worked out who was next to her. "As I said, complicated."
"Ana?" This got the attention of Lena and Genji. They both looked over as Ana removed her mask. Their jaws dropped upon seeing the former second in command still alive.
"Captain Amari?" Lena asked, walking over and standing next to Angela. Genji remained where he was, but stared at the ongoing conversation. The two Avengers meanwhile stayed out of the conversation, Captain America telling Falcon to return to the dropship, since their mission was completed before they even got here.
Ana smiled before she spoke up again. "It's been a long time, but explanations will have to wait, this Ultron has control over Null Sector. I assume you've already met him, since your here."
Angela nodded for the team before Captain America walked forward. "Ultron has control over Null Sector?"
"Indeed." Ana replied.
"Then our theory that he now controls the god program is correct. We need to get back to Gibraltar, Ultron will move again soon."
"Then we're coming too." The sudden comment from Ana caught the three Overwatch agents and Fareeha off guard. "As much as you may grumble Jack, we need to work together to defeat Ultron."
Jack didn't grumble, instead he looked down away from everyone. He always felt partially responsible for what happened to Overwatch. He thought to himself for a few moments before deciding Ana was right. "Your right. The districts clear, lets get back to Gibraltar."
As the team began to walk back through the tunnel, Emily turned to Lena. "What about me?"
"Until all of this is over, the safest place for you is Gibraltar." Lena said, smiling at Emily as she put her arm around her and walked with her back to the dropship.
Russia- Volskaya industries
Talon had managed to get the prototype engine they were after, though it took a large battle to get to it. Ultron finally managed to fly away with the engine, using four drones to lift it out of the building after destroying the roof. However, the cost of the battle was clear. Ultron had lost all but six of his drones, most falling while distracting the Avengers and Overwatch while he escaped with the engine. After what was left of the Talon forces returned to Russia, acting as their base of operations while working together, Ultron recalled a breach in his security.
He now walked through the facility, heading towards the office Sombra was using. It turned out the Omnic's had a much lower security when under control by him, even when assimilated directly. Sombra had hacked into one during the battle in Oasis and found a large amount of data, mostly what Ultron was thinking and memories. He only realised this after he left Oasis, not able to act on it until now. If he wanted to keep Talon on his side, Sombra had to disappear, perhaps he could blame it on Overwatch.
Sombra meanwhile sat at the desk in her office, looking over all the evidence. While they were all in Oasis, Kings Roe was taken over and guess who was behind that. She had all the evidence she needs to show that Ultron was up to no good... well, not acting in Talon's interests anyway. She just hoped that Ultron didn't realise she knew everything.
When she hacked into the Omnic back at Oasis, she saw all of his memories and thoughts. He was from another universe, where these Avengers had stopped him once before. She had seen what he was planning and what he had done. He had tried to destroy his world by slamming a city into the planet, now he planned to take over their world, using the Omnic's to do so. It seemed that he wanted humanity to adapt and taking over the world was the way he planned to do that.
Sombra knew she needed to tell Reaper, even though he held a grudge against Overwatch and frankly hated everyone other than herself and Widow, he didn't want to destroy the entire planet... she hoped anyway.
As she closed her computer and went to stand up, the door to the office opened. "So you managed to hack in. Seems the security on the Omnic's is a lot weaker than I thought."
Sombra was wide eyed and was afraid of what Ultron would do. He knew, which meant he needed to get her out of the way. "You won't succeed. Reaper knows, he's heading up here right now." She lied, hoping that Ultron would react. Ultron wasn't fazed however, instead walking further into the office.
"I don't think so. You see, if he knew, he would of probably attacked me by now." Sombra didn't show it, but she was terrified. Ultron had called her bluff and she was alone with him. Fortunately her weapon was just below her, hidden by the desk, just in case. Ultron once again advanced, speaking up as he did. "Now I wonder, you've fitted large amounts of tech into yourself in order to enhance your abilities. What would happen if I tried to assimilate you? Let's find out." He grinned an evil smile before Sombra shot up, grabbing her SMG and firing at Ultron.
"Let's not." She replied as a barrage of bullets hit Ultron. However, he didn't seem bothered, raising his hand in front of his face and continuing to advance. Sombra decided to not stick around, cloaking and running out of the office. Ultron taunting her as she ran. "You can run, but you can't hide."
Sombra ran through the facility, passing by a number of Talon troops before reaching Reaper. He was currently standing in the middle of the main factory, speaking to Widowmaker and a number of Talon troops. As she Decloaked next to him, Reaper turned and looked at her, slightly confused on why she looked so flustered.
"Sombra? Did you run down here?"
"Gabe, I need to talk to you, like now, this can't wait." Sombra replied. Just as she said this, Ultron landed behind them, Sombra reacting by raising her weapon and aiming it at Ultron. The Talon troops looked at each other, unsure of what to do.
Sombra now activated her computer screen, showing the evidence she collected. "Look, he's attacked he temple of Anubis and now the god program is missing. He's attacked Kings Row and gained the trust of Null Sector... or taken control of all of them using Anubis." Widowmaker now raised her rifle, aiming at Ultron, the other Talon troops following her lead and aimed at the prime. As the situation developed, a number of Omnic's appeared from the left and Ultron drones appeared to the right. Talon's troops aimed their weapons in all different directions. Reaper continued to look at the evidence as Sombra stared at the Ultron prime, worried of what he may do.
"Thank you Sombra." Reaper was pissed off now to say the least. He was wary of Ultron when he first appeared, but he had thought Ultron was helping. It seems his hatred of Overwatch had clouded his vision and now they were all in trouble. Sombra closed her computer and walked slightly away from Reaper, still aiming at the Ultron prime. Reaper simply stared at the prime, speaking up after a long silence.
"Seems you haven't been completely honest with us."
"You were all easy to convince. The Reaper, too fixated on destroying Overwatch that you couldn't see a threat right in front of him. The hacker, the interest in me enough to let it slide that Talon was working with a total unknown, her inquisitiveness getting the better of her. And the Assassin, tortured to a shell of a woman and made to kill her own husband."
Sombra knew this would strike a nerve and looked over to Widow. Sure enough, the anger could be seen in her eyes, as she gripped her riffle tighter. "Stop it." She said but Ultron ignored her, continuing with his verbal assault on Widow.
"The woman who has become a monster, never able to walk down a street without being stared at. Stripped of all emotion and made to kill. You will never be forgiven by anyone. Not by Overwatch and not by Gerard." Widowmaker suddenly screamed in anger, her rifle changing into sniper format as she fired at the drones near her. She took out three in an instance before everyone else fired.
The Talon forces and Ultron controlled forces clashed, Reaper pulling out his shotguns and firing at the drones which dared to approach him. His attack was interrupted when he heard a cry of pain coming from behind him. He turned around to see Sombra on the floor, clutching her right side and noticed that her hands were covered in blood. He quickly realised that an Omnic had managed to land a shot on her and was now preparing to kill her. He quickly wraithed over and appeared in front of the Omnic, taking the shot intended for Sombra, before firing a round into the Omnic and destroying it instantly.
Reaper reached down and picked up Sombra, taking her into the structure on his right, Sombra firing her weapon as he carried her. A couple of Talon troops followed him, firing out of the doors at the enemies. "These are Null Sector bots." Sombra managed to say, clutching her side while wincing in pain as blood continued to seep from her bullet wound. One trooper ran over to Sombra with a medical kit, but was quickly shot by an Omnic that managed to enter into the building. Reaper stood up and shot the Omnic, before he looked around, noticing Widowmaker wasn't here with them. He looked out to see her attacking the Ultron Prime in hand to hand combat, anger taking over her actions.
As the fight went on, she kicked away Ultron and grappled her weapon, grabbing it and firing at the Prime unit. A drone quickly appeared next to her, hitting her head with force and sending her flying backwards. As she landed, her head was once again filled with images and she clutched her head in pain. The drone walked over to finish her off, but was quickly stopped by Reaper, who had walked out of cover and stood over Widowmaker, protecting her.
"Widowmaker, get up!" He said but she didn't reply or acknowledge him. "Widowmaker!" He tried again but still no answer. He fired at a couple more drones and Omnic's before trying once more. "Amelie!" This worked, Widow sat up and looked up at Reaper, who spun around and faced her, still firing at the enemy forces. "Sombra has been wounded, get her out of here!"
Widow looked behind her to see the building Sombra was in, she had stood up and was holding her side, her purple clothing starting to turn red due to her blood. Widow didn't need to be told twice, standing up, grabbing Widow's Kiss and running over to Sombra. She took ahold of Sombra, wrapping her left arm around the wounded woman as she walked her out of the factory, firing at the occasional enemy with her free hand, that was clutching her rifle.
While Widow escorted Sombra out, Reaper stayed in the middle of the Factory, firing at every enemy that he could see. When he started to get overwhelmed, he unleashed everything he could.
"DIE! DIE! DIE!"
As he destroyed a large number of drones and a few Omnic's, more reinforcements arrived. The Omnic's had stopped attacking, letting the drones attack instead. One attempted to run at Reaper, but was stopped by a sniper round. Reaper turned around to see Widowmaker standing next to him, the left side of her suit slightly red due to Sombra bleeding.
"I thought I said get her out of here?" Reaper grumbled.
"I'm not leaving you Gabe." Widow replied. This gained Reaper's attention. Was that emotion in her voice? Did she just call him Gabe instead of Reaper, or even Gabriel?
Those questions had to wait as the two of them needed to get out. "Go, I'll be right behind you." He said as Widow ran back towards the exit. Reaper fired into the group of enemies before turning to black smoke, catching up to Widow before stopping and firing once again. When the two of them reached the exit, the drones stopped their pursuit, returning to the factory and shutting the large doors.
They regrouped with Sombra, who was being tended to by a Talon trooper, the only one that managed to survive the betrayal. Ironically, it was the same one Reaper had threatened and had Widow shoot during the initial attack. As Reaper and Widow approached, the trooper stood up, clearly angry at Reaper.
"You see, this is why we should never of trusted Ultron. Your anger towards Overwatch blinds your vision!"
"You lot didn't do much better against him" Reaper growled back. He was in no mood to deal with this trooper, his main concern was Sombra, who was looking worse than she did a few minutes ago.
"Hey we fought to the last man..." Reaper had enough, pulling out a shotgun and aiming it right at the troop.
"Evidently not. Let me rectify that."
"No wait!" That was all the troop could shout as Reaper pulled the trigger and killed the annoying trooper. He then knelt down next to Sombra, throwing away his weapon as he did. Widow was tending to her wound, trying to reduce the bleeding but struggling to do so.
"How bad?" Reaper asked
"Not good, the bullet's gone in deep and I can't get to it. I've reduced the bleeding but she needs proper medical attention soon." Widow replied, giving Sombra a reassuring smile before standing up, letting Reaper speak to her.
"Don't you dare die on me." He said to her causing her look at him.
"Didn't know you cared that much Gabe." She joked back.
"Well you are the best hacker we have, it'll be inconvienient if I have to find a replacement." This caused Sombra to laugh, before wincing in pain due to her injuries.
"AH! Damn that hurts. Look Gabe, Ultron wants to destroy the planet... I know your going to hate me for suggesting this... but I think we need to go to Overwatch for help."
Reaper stood up, turning around and facing away from the other two, grumbling to himself before replying. "We can do this ourselves, we don't need their help."
"Gabe, our forces were just wiped out in minutes, you just killed the last one. Were no match alone." Reaper stopped grumbling and remained silent. Sombra continued, presuming Reaper was listening. "Whoever these Avengers are, Overwatch has teamed up with them and they've been effective against Ultron. We need to work with them to stop Ultron."
"She's right. We need help and Overwatch are the ones who can give us that. We need them." Widow added.
Reaper stood for a moment longer before turning around and replying. "I hate it when your right Sombra. Fine, can you still get us a dropship."
"Easily." Sombra replied, activating her mobile computer screen and calling a dropship. It landed next to them a few moment later.
"Good, now don't bleed out while we're on our way to Gibraltar." Reaper said. Causing Sombra to chuckle once again. She knew he cared about her and Widow in his own way. This was his way of saying hold on until she could get medical treatment.
As the dropship took off, Widow placed Sombra on a seat, keeping an eye on her bullet wound and trying to reduce any blood loss. Reaper looked out the dropship door as it closed and noticed a large amount of Drones flying off from the factory as well as one of their dropship's.
"What is Ultron up to now?" Reaper said aloud before turning around and letting the door shut, watching Widow as she tended to Sombra's wound. He knew something had happened to Widow during that fight and he had a brief idea what may of happened. However, he wanted to speak to Sombra first after she had recovered.
