More and more people keep following this story and I'm not sure wether to be honored or terrified XD. But in all honesty thank you all. To be completely honest I was considering quitting writing for a while but the good reception from these last few chapters have helped get me back into it. Thank you all

One week. We had one week until Vale makes her way over here for the interviews. Tensions varied between people. Ask the older members and they'd say that the entire operation hinged on this. Ask one of the celebrities, they'd say it's just publicity. Me? I focused on my training...well more specifically Aleksandra made me focus on my training,

"I want to see definition on you when the cameras arrive, Jason. I won't have you looking so small like last time." She said as I did pull ups on the hanging rings of the gym.

"Last time, that bloody magazine made it look like I was suffering from starvation." I swung and held myself upside down, staring down...well up at Zarya, "I'm lean. I can't help that my ribs are defined. I have muscle now. I should be fine, printessa." She simply waved her finger at me,

"Jason, when we actively trained together you had no fat on you whatsoever. The police lifestyle got to you, too many doughnuts?" She teased, I grumbled and continued my pull-ups.

"Excuse me for not eating boiled chicken morning, noon, and night."

"It's good for protein!"

"I'm still glad I broke you out of that habit." I swung myself up and jumped to one of the rafters, "besides it not like I'm gonna be shirtless during my interview, Aleksandra." I hung upside down once again and stared back down at her.

"No, but you will be for mine. I'll be acting as the fitness instructor for overwatch from now on. I need an example of improvement. So a police officer to a true soldier should be good enough." I groaned lowly. At this moment Winston entered the gym, noticing me hanging from the rafters and chortling softly. "Don't-"

"Which one of us is the gorilla again, Jason?" Winston asked before laughing once again and climbing his way up.

"It makes him feel like a ninja." Aleksandra stated from the ground.

"A ninja wouldn't use a high powered rifle, Aleksandra." I said, making my way down to the ground, walking up to her, and planting a small kiss on her cheek, "good guess though."

"Cheeky der'mo." She mumbled and got me into another headlock, "keep teasing me and you may end up doing more sets, Jason. I'm serious, I want to see every muscle you have on your upper body by next week." Winston was laughing from the rafters,

"Might want to do what the lady says, Jason. We got to make a good impression." He said, I sighed, getting out of Zarya's headlock.

"I'm pretty sure I'll be able to make both myself and Aleksandra's training presentable for by the time she gets here, Aleksandra. Don't worry." I said before pointing my thumb over my shoulder at the door, "either way we got to put on a show right? I can use some help setting up a stage." At their curious looks I began to explain, "I want to set up an obstacle course, one that'll show off each operative's strengths and how we're an organized, well trained group. Not a bunch of thugs that the public thought we were when the Petras Act came into effect initially." Winston nodded and Aleksandra hummed thoughtfully,

"It'd do well to pull the public's favor. It did for me when I released my training regimen." She said, I nodded in agreement.

"I already got the OK from Morrison. I just need to program the construction bots."

-The day of the interviews, Interview 1, Winston-

"So, Winston, you're one of the original members of Overwatch, were you not?" Viki Vale asked, she wore simple business attire, her short blond hair straightened out.

"Why yes. I've spent my entire life on Earth with Overwatch. It's my family." He said, fixing his glasses, he sat on a stool in front of her.

"What would you describe your time with the group as?"

"Exciting...purpose-giving. Familial. I wouldn't have it any other way."

"What's your role in the Organization? Are you a foot soldier?"

"Why, Ms. Vale. I am a scientist. I create armor and shields for the team. Yes if need be I will join in combat but I prefer the support role."

"Sorry, what would you say the goal of Overwatch is right now?"

"To regain the trust and approval of the world, and maintain peace. We've already liquidated the remnants of Blackwatch. With their members being assimilated back into the normal ranks. We've been assisting corporations like Helix Security and Volskaya industries to assist in the general safety of the world."

"Thank you Winston, unfortunately that's all the time we have for now."

"It's not a problem ."

-Next interview, Lena Oxton, aka: Tracer-

"Heya!" Lena's bubbly attitude made itself known.

"Hello, Ms. Oxton . Now, to begin the interview, what are the goals of this reformed Overwatch?"

"We're here to keep the peace. To prevent more death. Our goals are to prove to the world that we're not a bunch of tough blokes with guns. We're here to help. That's all."

"Thank you for your time, ."

-Y'all should get the gist of this, next: Zarya-

"Ms. Zaryanova, what convinced you to join this new overwatch?" Vale asked, Zarya simply shrugged.

"Putting it simply a very persuasive police officer got me to join. You'll be interviewing him later in fact."

"Alright, what's your role here?"

"At this moment I'm the acting fitness instructor for the team. I keep them in shape and ready for action if need be. On the field I act as Heavy Weapons." She turned to the gym where I was running laps, as she said, shirtless. "Ah, there's the police officer I told you about. JASON! Keep moving! Five more laps! IDTI! IDTI! IDTI!" I simply kept running, noticing the cameras following me. I let out a small sigh before speeding up my run.

-Hana Song-

"Ms. Song , why did you join Overwatch?"

"If you had the chance to work with one of your idol wouldn't you take it?"

"Who are you referring to?"

"Why Lucio, of course! Jason had recruited him the day before and they both came to convince me, helping the world and getting the chance to work with Lucio? I wasn't going to let that go."

-Lucio-

"I don't think you need any introduction, Mr. Correria"

"Please, call me Lucio. So, what do you want to know?"

"What's your role in the organization?"

"I do what I can in the field. Providing support and aid to my teammates, here at base I'm free to produce my music. It helps keep morale up for everyone to be able to do what they enjoy here. continues her streams, Mei blogs. Things like that."

"In the last two interviews the new member named Jason was mentioned. said he recruited you? What'd he say to convince you?"

"I won't stand for injustice, Ms. Vale. Jason knew this and offered me a way into a group who's sole purpose is to help people and preserve justice. It's not that difficult to grasp."

"We're interviewing him next, as a matter of fact, anything we should know?"

"He sings well, and plays a mean saxophone."

-Jason-

The reporter entered the armory where I had made my workspace, I turned to her and waved her over to the seat across from me, the cameraman set up the camera where it could capture the both of us talking.

"We've heard a bit about you in the last few interviews Mr…"

"Reyes, Jason Manuel Reyes." I said, offering a friendly smile, "Sergeant, when I was in the force in Numbani."

"Alright. So, you've acted as the main recruiter?"

"That is correct, although to be honest I'm not sure how I've managed to get so many of these people to join...I'm just a cop." I chuckled a bit at the reporter's doubting face,

"So, what's your role here?"

"You know I acted as the primary recruiter for our newer operatives, in a combat role I provide close-to-mid range fire support. Here I run maintenance and upgrades for the team's weapons. Hence why we're in the Armory." I gestured to the surrounding area, earning a nod.

"Why'd you join Overwatch?" The reporter asked.

"I was at the attack on the overwatch museum. I fought Talon there...they attacked the city I was sworn to protect. They aren't gonna get away with that. Too many people have died from the first Omnic Crisis. I won't allow them to spark a new one without a fight."

"It says here you're the main field operative of the new members, how has your time in the field working for Overwatch been?"

"Those were mainly the recruitment operations. However the time in the field has always been exciting. I never felt unsafe in the field until my most recent operation. But even then Overwatch rescued me before Talon could do any major harm."

"You were captured?"

"Yes. However the joined forces of Overwatch and Volskaya industries extracted me before any harm was done. It also lead to the joining of Aleksandra Zaryanova, an old friend of mine-"

"And now his girlfriend." Zarya quipped, leaning on the doorframe of the Armory. I sighed softly,

"You have to drop that bomb on them in my interview, Aleksandra?" I turned to , who was turning her head, looking back and forth between us before a large smile split her face.

"Congratulations . Now...how did it come about, come on. The world wants to know."

"That is a story for another time, , the amount of time that story would take, well, we would be here all night. Anyways, follow me. The world wants to see what this new Overwatch is capable of, Si?" The reporter nodded as I got up and walked through the halls of Gibraltar. "You see, we set up a bit of an obstacle course for each of the members. We're calling the area it's in 'the Hub.'. Everyone should be about ready by now."

-ten minutes of walking later-

The entire membership of Overwatch stood at the center of the hub. Doors labeled with the callsigns of each member circled them. Morrison stood at the head of the team.

"Now, we all know Jason has been cooking this place up for the last two weeks. I'm sure you're all eager to show off your abilities to the world. However, to add a bit of dramatic flair, has asked we all input the names of our abilities into the terminals in front of each of the doors. Now that that's over...show the world what overwatch is made of. Make the fallen proud." After his small speech we each made our way to our individual doors. The terminals, which were just datapads held up to chest height by tri-pods. I inputted the weapons I was using and when it asked for the name of my special abilities I paused for a moment...what did I call my powers? Wait...I got it. "NovaStrike." I whispered, thinking of the massive projectile I used during my rescue.

-Soldier 76/ Jack Morrison-

Morrison sprinted through his course with military efficiency. Downing training bots with bursts of plasma fire and Helix rockets, using his recovery field to engage the tank-bot I had placed at the center of his course. When he got to the portion absolutely littered with training bots, both moving and stationary, he activated his tactical visor and unleashed a stream of plasma fire and Helix rockets that all made contact. Reducing the bots to pieces within thirty seconds.

"I still got it." He stated with a smirk as he exited the course.

-Ana Amari-

"Oh my...Jason you've really outdone yourself this time." Ana said, unslinging her rifle. "I may have to put more effort into this than I thought." She proceeded to slowly make her way through the course. Training bots with precision beams firing at her from absurd distances. She picked off each of the simulated snipers one by one. Each from even longer distance and with one shot. "I wonder how Fareeha is doing in her course." She stated as she exited her course.

-Mei Ling Zhou-

"Oh my...this'll be interesting." Mei mumbled, holding her weapon in both hands. She proceeded to run through her course with relative ease. Slinging ice projectiles at medium ranges, retreating into an ice-block while Snowball froze an ambush that had gotten her by surprise. She bested the Tank-Bot at the end of her course by springing an ice wall from underneath it, crushing it into the ceiling. "Oops...I'll get the construction bots to fix it when I have the chance, Jason!"

-Fareeha Amari/ Pharah-

The easiest way to describe how Pharah went through her course would be...a near endless barrage of air-bombed missiles and concussion shots. She piloted her Raptora suit with scary efficiency as she navigated the airborne obstacle section. "Fly...like an Egyptian." She stated with a smirk as she exited the course.

/ Hana Song-

"This is gonna be fun." Hana giggled in her mech. The training bots in her course had been built to resemble the Zerg. She utilized her mech's durability and flight capabilities to rush through the course in as short a time as possible. "I'm still the champ!" She shouted as she left her arena.

-Reinhardt-

"HAHA! I still got it!" Reinhardt roared as he fought his way through ever increasing numbers of training bots. "HAMMER DOWN!" He cried, sending a shockwave of plasma that incinerated an entire platoon of training-bots.

-Jesse McCree-

"Little punk…" McCree mumbled as he entered the western themed course. Running through the course he dispatched the training bots with precise shots and bursts of quick fire. When facing the final tank bot, he switched from the .458 rounds to plasma ammunition with a single reload. He stunned it with a flash bang and unloaded the clip into the bots head. Destroying it.

Angela Zeigler

"My, my...That's smart." Mercy stated as she observed the friendly training not she was to escort to the end of the course. She did so with relative ease. Only having to draw her pistol twice.

-Lucio Correria dos Santos-

"LET'S BREAK IT DOWN!" Lucio shouted, slamming his amplifier into the ground, dodging through the platoon of training bots utilizing his wall running and speed boosts, taking out the few he couldn't avoid with concentrated bursts of fire.

"This was great!"

-Aleksandra Zaryanova-

"Tsk...should have known he wouldn't go easy on me." Zarya stated, projecting a field around herself as an entire battalion of training bots fired at her, "no matter...KEEP CRYING BABIES!" She shouted, unleashing a powerful stream of plasma, along with several mortar-like shots. "I will need to have a conversation with grandpa Mikhail about that...it is fun."

-Sombra-

"Hmm...this will be interesting." Sombra mumbled, going invisible and navigating the course, avoiding conflict as much she could, hacking the bots to fight for her when she was discovered. When faced with having to eliminate only a specific training bot she went invisible and eliminated said not with a burst of fire from her machine pistol before translocating to the exit of the arena.

-Lena Oxton/Tracer-

"Little bugger is smart, I'll give him that much." Tracer remarked, rushing through her course, eliminating the bots with her pistols and explosive. Often utilizing blinks to leap long gaps. "I wonder if he's gonna upgrade these?" She mumbled as she exited her course.

-Winston-

"Jason's really outdone himself with this. This will be interesting." Winston stated, he also had to escort a friendly bot. At the end of the course there were only a few surviving enemy bots, Winston was simply replacing his glasses on his head. "Sorry for that, let my wild side get the better of me."

-Jason-

"Morrison cooked mine up...wonder what he- son of a bitch." I cursed, looking at my parkour course style area. Unholstering my shotgun I ran forward, rushing through the course and blasting the bots that were in my way. Towards the center I was faced with three tank-bots. I growled and sent a NovaStrike at the three, destroying two and damaging the last, I leapt to the next point, sending a plasma shot through its head as I did. I holstered my weapons and looked forward, I had to go up now. Jumping and running as much I could I reached the end of the course with a training bot on top of me, I pushed it off and blasted it away with my shotgun. "Not gonna lie...this might be better exercise than Zarya's regimen…" I mumbled, exiting the course.

-one hour later, Rec room-

We all amassed in the rec room, staring at the large television in the center. We waited anxiously for the coverage of our operation. When the reporter came on screen with a smile we let out a small sigh of relief, that probably meant that she wasn't gonna bash us too much.

"During today's coverage of Overwatch's base and operation, we were surprised at the level of commitment that their members have to their cause. Which, according to them, is to keep the peace that we all know and love, intact for years to come. Quite frankly, here at the studio we're inclined to believe them. With members such as Lucio Correria dos Santos, renowned music artist and former freedom fighter, and Sergeant Jason Manuel Reyes. A former police officer of the Numbani Police Department, they have, at the very least, a few individuals whose very occupation is to maintain justice. Those who claim that this group are a bunch of delinquents with guns and no training, put your fears to rest. Veterans of the original overwatch and experts from around the world are keeping these operatives up to the highest training and fitness standards in the world." Footage of Zarya yelling at me as I ran laps played, as well as footage of Morrison's course. "Now we'll begin showing you our interviews of this new Overwatch. I think you'll find that they're just as, if not more dedicated to the public trust than the original."

A collective cheer went out at that statement, we weren't being used by the media. We did it right. After the first interviews played, I noticed something with mine, they had edited out Zarya's interruption...ah crap.

"Along with all of this, there's even romance brewing amidst the ranks. Aleksandra Zaryanova seems to have found a flame amidst the smoke of Jason Reyes. The two have recently began dating after years of close friendship. We here at the WNN wish them luck." A still shot of me kissing Aleksandra's cheek appeared on screen, looking to have been taken from the rafters of the gym, I turned to Winston who was chuckling behind his hand.

"You took a picture?!" I growled, a grinning Aleksandra holding me back from lunging at the gorilla.

"I'm the one that told him to give it to the reporter, drakonchik. Now calm down. We need to break you from this embarrassment of being in an open relationship. Unfortunately, I am a celebrity. So a private relationship is practically impossible. Am I not wrong, Hana, Lucio?" Aleksandra explained, the two other celebrities simply shrugged while nodding.

"It's best just to deal with the publicity. The stress of hiding all the time can lead to a breakdown in the relationship. Or worse: infidelity." Hana stated with a grimace. I sighed and nodded before calming down,

"You can put me down now, Aleksandra. I won't go ballistic." I said, Zarya just chuckled and hugged me back to her chest, once again placing her chin on my head.

"I like this spot, drakonchik." I sighed, she liked the fact I was smaller than her. She was proud of her strength and found it cute when she had me in her arms or seated in her lap.

"What's that mean, Zarya?" Lena asked, taking out her datapad and snapping a photo, I could feel Aleksandra's smile.

"Little Dragon. Appropriate, da?"

"Lena I swear if you send that photo to a tabloid I'm-"

"Too late love. Thank you for helping me tease your boyfriend Aleksandra."

"Is no problem...just don't make pornography of us. That is something I'd rather keep private." I sank further into my girlfriends embrace trying to hide the blush that was no doubt encompassing my face.

"What'd I do to deserve this…" I mumbled, Aleksandra answered,

"You kept a lovestruck woman waiting for eight years. This is fair trade. A bit of embarrassment for years of frustration.Da?" I sunk further into the embrace mumbling,

"Love you too, Aleksandra."

IDTI!

Go!

Da

Yes

Drakonchik

Little dragon.

Yeah I'm having too much fun with the fluff...anyway I hope you all are enjoying these lighthearted bits. I'm new at writing romance in general so yeah, adding the little action segment seemed appropriate, considering the last few chapters have been kinda slow. I hope you all enjoyed, please remember to review!