Well here we are the end of this little journey. I hope ye have enjoyed it so far.
They finally found the armory where their gear was kept.
"Good it's all here." Noir said as she put her gear again.
"Hey they got a Widow's Kiss here Luv!" Lena said and lifted up the all too familiar rifle
Noir hung her energy rifle on her back and went over to Lena and grabbed the rifle in her hand.
"Well can't say that I'm surprised that they have spare gear for ye seeing that ye used to be with them" Lena said.
"Oui you are correct Chérie." Noir said and picked up some magazines for the Widow's Kiss and some venom mines as well.
Suddenly they heard sounds coming from the door so they hide.
Multiple guards stormed into the armory and started to look after them.
Noir used hand signals to tell Lena that they should not fight the guards here and just leave the room instead.
And Lena nodded in reply.
But just when they were about to leave the room one of the guards turned around and saw them.
"There they are!" The guard yelled.
"RUN!" Noir screamed.
And they started running again with bullets starting to fly around them.
They managed to get away to breathe for a few seconds.
"What are we going to do Luv? Escaping this place will not be easy." Lena said.
"Non. It will not. But maybe if we can send out a distress signal to Overwatch." Noir replied.
"Are ye sure they will get here in time?" Lena asked.
"Maybe. Angela knows which country we are in, and I think she probably knows that we are in danger after I hang up on her in the hotel." She replied.
"Well it's better than nothing. But we must find where they are keeping our radio's they were not with the rest of our gear" Lena said.
"Indeed. I think I know where." But just as Noir said there guards showed up and opened fire at them.
"Merde! This way!" She said and pulled Lena with her, and started running.
"Go to sleep." Noir said as she bashed a guard in the head with the back of her rifle.
"You think they have more guards in there?" Lena said and pointed at the door which the guards was guarding.
"Maybe. but our radio's should be in there." Noir replied as she made sure that the other guard was dead as well.
"Well then. Do you want me to do the honor of breaching the door Luv?" Lena said.
"By all means go ahead Chérie." Noir replied with a smile.
And Lena kicked in the door and yelled her normal line.
"Cheers, luv! The cavalry's here!"
But there were no guards only scared radio operators.
Noir immediately pointed her rifle at them and asked.
"Where is our radio's?"
One of them pointed at a table and Lena went over there.
"Here they are Luv!" She said and held up the two radio's.
"Good." Noir said and started to lift her rifle towards the operators.
"Hey there is no need to kill them. They are unarmed ye know. Let's just knock them out Luv." Lena said when she noticed what Noir was about to do.
Noir lowered her rifle and nodded in reply.
The men did not resist and was easily knocked out.
"Well that's that." Lena said and tossed Noir her radio.
"You should probably be the one who send the distress signal Chérie" Noir said.
"Oh yeah you probably right Luv" She replied and started to fiddle with her radio.
"But do it quickly I don't know how long we can stay here." But just as she said that they did not want to hear from the radio sound chaos around them. One order from the noise they could clearly identify "They were last seen heading towards the radio room! Go and investigate!"
"Shite!"
"Hurry Chérie!" The two of them said at the same time.
"There we go. The automated distress signal is on." Lena said.
And Noir just nodded and so they left the room.
When they got out of the room hey were greeted by a hail of bullets.
"THIS WAY!" Noir yelled and grabbed Lena's arm, and the started running again.
At the same time the two doctors stood in the command centre.
"It seems like we are going to have to use it." The female doctor said.
"The recall code was a way of trying to control her before we had implanted a proper kill switch. With all the changes we have done to her since. There is no telling what will happen if we use it." The male doctor replied.
"We are running out of options here doctor. We have just detected a distress signal coming from within the base so it's only a matter of time before Overwatch finds this place. We have to use it." The woman said.
"Very well then. I'll go and make the preparations. And you should prepare to evacuate the base" He replied And went of.
It was becoming increasingly difficult to hide from the guards. Noir and Lena had to start to fight them.
"This is starting to get annoying." Lena said while avoiding some bullets.
"Yeah. It feels like we are getting pushed into a corner." Noir replied.
"We have heard nothing from Overwatch yet." Lena said.
"Just keep doing what you do best for now." Noir said.
"Of course Luv." She replied while blinking around the place still staying close to Noir, and Noir was sniping the targets that Lena was luring out of position.
But Noir could not shake the feeling that they are being pushed into a trap.
But they eventually got some good news as Lena's radio crackled to life.
"Tracer do you copy this is dropship Sierra 5 and we are on high speed aporatch."
"Luv can you cover for while I reply" Lena said to Noir as she took cover by some crates.
Noir just nodded in reply and continued fighting.
"Hiya Tracer here. It's bloody good to hear ye voice Sierra 5." Lena said.
"It's good to hear yours to Ma'am. Mercy had already ordered us to search for you before we picked up you distress signal." The pilot replied.
"Oh really. She would not happen to be there with ya." Lena asked.
"Yes she is Ma'am. Would you like to talk to her?" He said.
"Yeah that would probably for the best." She replied.
"Understood." The pilot said.
And the familiar voice of Angela came thru.
"Lena. Are you two alright?"
"Yeah we are fine at the moment Doc. Just dodging some bullets that's all." Lena replied with her cheerful tone.
"So it would seem." Angela replied with a sigh of relief.
"We are soon there so just hold out for a little longer." She continued.
"ETA 40 minutes." The pilot cut in.
"I'll think we could handle that. See ye soon then Luvs. Tracer out."
"Indeed we do. Mercy out."
Lena looked over at Noir and said.
"They are here in 40 Luv."
"Understood Chérie." She replied.
"Then we must find a good place to hold out." Lena said.
"Oui." Noir said as they fell back from their current position.
But when came to a large room they heard a voice behind them.
"That you would become such a problem for us Noir."
They turned around and saw the doctor standing there. This time in full combat armor and an assault rifle.
"Do you seriously think that you can stop us this time." Noir said with a tone of revenge in her voice.
The doctor just grinned in reply and said.
"I'm sorry that you have forced me to this. For I do not know what will happen when I say it."
"Say what." Noir said.
The doctor grinned again.
"Adieu peu de temps d'araignée pour dormir(farewell little spider time to sleep)"
Suddenly it all went blank for Noir. She could not move, not speak, not even feel anything. She just stood there completely quiet.
"Noir? What's wrong Luv?" Lena said and looked at her.
But Noir did not reply the look on her face was just empty. No emotions whatsoever. It was cold. Colder than she have ever seen her before.
"Well well it would seem that the gamble paid off." The doctor finally said.
"What gamble? What the hell did you bastard do to her." Lena screamed at him.
He just laughed.
"It was just a simple little recall code." He said.
"Recall code? What?" Lena said nervously.
"Now now I have no time to explain. Widowmaker eliminate this little pest now." He continued.
And Noir just slowly turned her head towards Lena and looked at her for a short while.
"Luv?" Lena said looking nervously back into Noir now empty cold eyes.
Suddenly Noir attacked her.
"Luv what are you doing?" Lena yelled.
"She can not hear you anymore I'm afraid. Her mind has been completely blocked of." The doctor said.
"Bastard." Lena said.
And Lena tried to fight back.
But this was not their usual dance.
Noir did not hold anything back this time.
Not showing any will to make the fight longer than it had to be.
Not showing any enjoyment out of the fight that she use to do.
On the other hand Lena had a really hard time.
She did not want to hurt her.
So this led to that she held back more than she used to do.
And this gave Noir the upper hand in this fight.
But during the whole time Lena tried to talk to her tried to tell her that she did not have to do this.
It seemed like to no avail. Nothing was reaching Noir.
It was like she was truly gone.
But of course Lena refused to accept that, and continued to try to talk to her.
Suddenly Lena accidently fell, and as she looked up at Noir that held her rifle pointed at her.
"I know this isn't you Luv. So I am not angry at you. How could I possibly be angry at you. I love you with all my heart." Lena said
And for the first time since the battle started, Lena got a some sort of response from her.
Noir showed signs of doubt, and it looked like she was about to lower her rifle.
But then the doctor said.
"What are you doing Widowmaker? Finish her!"
And she lifted up her rifle again to take the shot.
But that moment in doubt gave Lena the time to stand up again.
So the dance began anew. But this time Lena showed a little more confidence.
She now knew that Noir was still in there somewhere.
Then Lena's radio crackled to life as well and Angela's voice that said.
"I hope you are not directly by the door for we are breaching it now."
And Lena quickly responded.
"Nope we're not."
Angela said a short "Gut" followed by an explosion.
"Just hold out we are soon there." Angela said after the explosion.
Lena did not reply she was too busy fighting Noir
"Damm it seems like we are running out of time. Widowmaker finish this." The doctor said.
"No you don't Luv. You are not their tool any more. You are not Widowmaker you are Noir." Lena said.
Again Noir gave of a small response to this.
This time perhaps a little more noticeable.
"Ignore her Widowmaker just do your job." The doctor said with an irritated voice now.
"No you do not have to listen to him Noir." Lena said.
"Widowmaker kill her!"
"Noir!"
Suddenly Noir just screamed.
"Can you please stop! Just stop confusing me!" And just as she screamed that she took a blind shot towards Lena.
The shot hit and broke the front of her harness.
The three of them just froze as the broken pieces of the harness fell down onto the floor.
This made Noir snap back to her normal self and she fell down on her knees and just screamed.
"No what have I done!"
It was all black for a moment it almost felt like she was back under Talons control again.
But then she heard Lena's voice that said.
"It's okay Luv."
Noir opened her eyes to see Lena standing in front of her.
The bullet had not gone thru her chest the metal from the harness had stopped it from going so far. But almost the entire front of the accelerator was gone.
"Is this a dream? I shot you. I destroyed your accelerator." Noir said with tears coming down her cheeks.
"No this is not a dream But look you just destroyed the outer casing of it." Lena said.
And Noir could still see a blue light coming from something cylindrical in Lena's chest.
It was a lot fainter than it normally was. But it was still a light.
"How?" Noir asked.
"The harness is there to keep the core stable and protect it and also making sure that is does not run out of power. It is also the thing together with the core of course that grants me the ability to bend my own time. Don't worry the core will not go unstable like just like that" Lena replied with a smile.
"So this is your true heart Chérie." Noir said and stretched out a hand to touch it.
Lena hesitated at first but still let her touch it.
"Yes you could say that. I admit that I was afraid to show it to you before but." Lena said but Noir interrupted her.
"I understand."
"Oh how cute." The doctor suddenly said and janked Lena away from Noir.
"Hey let me go!" Lena said and tried to break away from him.
"So you can't use your time bending abilities anymore how sad" He said as he touched the core.
"Hey! Let go of her you bastard." Noir said and pointed her rifle towards him.
"Hey now Noir don't do anything to heasty. I could easily break this little core and she would vanish forever." he said holding his fist towards it ready to punch it.
"Don't listen to him Luv. Just take the shot." Lena said.
"What will it be Noir? If you lower your rifle now. I promise that I will let her go." He said.
"He's lying. You know he is. Take the shot. You never miss a target." Lena said.
Noir just stood there looking at the doctor's head thru the scope.
"Aw too bad you're out of time." The doctor said and punched Lena in the chest breaking the core.
"NO!" Noir screamed and fired
And the bullet went true. Right between the eyes of the doctor.
Noir just tossed aside her rifle and ran to catch Lena out of the grasp of the now dead doctor.
This all feel so familiar. Lena thought to herself as she felt it all was slipping away.
But her thoughts were soon interrupted by a voice.
Who is that?
Winston?
No.
It's.
And her vision cleared up for a bit and saw Noir's face.
"Hiya Luv. I told ye, you don't miss" She finally said.
Noir was holding Lena in her arms. She was crying.
"I'm so sorry Chérie. Please stay with me." She cried.
"Well do you ever get the feeling of deja vu?" Lena said looking first at her chest then at her hands that was becoming more and more transparent as she started to fade away.
"I've failed you Chérie. I'm sorry." Noir stuterd.
"Luv." Lena said taking of her broken goggles.
He voice sounded so faint compared to what it usually was.
"Please stay with me." Noir said.
"I'm not dying ye know Luv."Lena said.
"I'm sorry." Noir said.
"Hey. Stop saying that Luv. I may disappear for a while. But i will return to you one day I promise. But promise me one thing." She said.
"I'll will promise you anything. Just stay with me." Noir replied.
"It's too late for that I'm afraid. But promise me this Noir. Stay alive. Fight and become a hero either thru Overwatch or what ever way you chose to go. Promise me that. And remember even if you don't see me I will be watching over you Luv" She said.
The last part of that sentence was almost like a whisper as she became more and more transparent.
"I promise. I promise Chérie." Noir stuterd.
She could barely hear the last that Lena said before she disappeared
"Tha… Noir… se.. agai.. soo… I.. Lov… Yu..."
"I Love you to Lena." Noir said
She heard something fall to the floor and she looked up
It was Lena's goggles and radio that she had been holding in her hands.
She picked up the goggles and held them close to her chest.
And she just sat there and cried for a while.
After a while Angela came running into the room.
And she saw Noir standing by the window.
Angela looked around the room and saw the dead man on the floor, and also pieces of metal that looked familiar somehow.
"Where is Lena?" She finally asked Noir In a low voice.
And Noir just looked back at her with devastated eyes, And Angela noticed that Noir was holding Lena's broken goggles in her hand.
"Oh no." Angela said as she realized what had happened.
"She's gone." Noir finally replied as the tears returned.
"Oh come here." Angela said and pulled Noir in for a hug.
"I failed her." She cried.
"I think you did all you could." Angela said.
"She's gone."
"There there she is not dead. She is just lost somewhere. We will find a way to bring her back you'll see." She said still holding her.
They stood there for a while Angela just let her cry on her shoulder.
That was all that she could right now.
Noir needed some support.
Soon Winston arrived.
"Dr Ziegler did you find them? Oh." He said as he noticed them.
"So we were too late." He said as his eyes started to tear up.
He was about to say something more but Angela stopped him with a finger to her lips.
So he sat down and the three just stood there quiet for some time.
"So what are you going to do now Noir?" Angela asked after a while.
"I don't know. I think I need some time alone." She replied.
"Why don't you come with us?" Angela asked.
"I may come back to Overwatch at some point. But right now I need time." She said.
"Very well I understand" Angela finally said.
"But how are going to be able to contact us again. If you decide to return." Winston asked.
"Well I have this." She replied holding up Lena's radio.
"I see. I don't trust you. But I know that Lena did, and I trust her. So I will not deactivate her access codes. So you can enter the Overwatch facilities. When you decide to return."
"Merci Winston. I will take my leave now goodbye and thanks for all the help." Noir said and put Lena's goggles around her neck.
"Goodbye Noir And take care of yourself" Angela said and Winston just gave her a nod as goodbye.
As she left the base she swore to herself.
"I will make Talon pay. They will pay for hurting me and Lena."
Well It's done. It's finally done. The longest story I've written so far, but far from the last. And Noir's story will not end here I promise. What will she do next? Well we will just wait and see. I have enjoyed writing this one and I hope that you have enjoyed reading it as well. And as I always says reviews are always welcome.
