Welcoming notes: Merry (belated) Christmas and Happy Holidays minna-san, Soul here, and welcome back to The Fox of Overwatch. Sorry this Christmas present is late. Writers blocks, and suffering through retail can really take a toll on yours truly.
This chapter signals a start of a new arc for this story: The Aggressive Expansion arc, where Foxhound's numbers will grow and more. And that's pretty much it
Special thanks to NorthSouthGorem, who beta-ed this chapter, and wrote the scenes involving the OCs he lent me for this story.
NS: And to you I bestow thanks in return. :)
Thanks again :) And now, on with the show!
Chapter 06: One Incredible Weapon
(Omnica Corporation)
Omnica Corporation, the origin point of all the Omnics in the world.
Located in Yokohama, Japan, it was a direct competitor to Stark Industries. The latter was run by Tony Stark, once the legendary hero and Avenger known as Iron Man. When he retired due old age, he bequeathed it to his successor, Riri Williams, aka Ironheart. After an incident involving one of Stark's creations destroying a country, Riri had Stark Industries move away from the robotics field. When that happened, various other companies looked to make their marks, but none were as successful as Omnica.
Leaving all its competitors in the dust, Omnica became a multinational corporate entity that completely privatized the field of robotics. Through the use of their patented omnium factories, they even surpassed the Stark Industries of old in revolutionizing the mass manufacturing of robots. In their success, they created omnics; unique robots with artificial intelligence, designed to bolster manufacturing and create economic equality worldwide. The creation of omnics was the greatest moment in the history of Omnica and their stock went through the roof.
However, Omnica's success was sadly short-lived, when it was shut down after investigations of uncovered evidence of corporate fraud. What really drove the nail into the Corporation's coffin was the event known as the Omnic Crisis. The Omniums that the company had built suddenly became self-aware, and decided that they didn't like working for humans. Reactivating all over the world, they created militarized versions of their Omnics and launched attacks on human cities. Their attacks surpassed the scale of the uprising of Stark's rogue Iron Legion in the past.
That was, until their reign of terror ended with the rise of Overwatch.
Humanity had the unfortunate curse of directing their hatred towards those who are different from them. After the Crisis, Omnics became the new second-class citizens, like the mutants, inhumans, and metahumans before them. In some parts of the world today, they have no rights; while the other parts treat them equally, despite the events of the Crisis.
As for the Omnica Corporation itself, it was mysteriously brought back by a man named Haruka Seameyer. He was a genius scientist who'd invested in the Omnica Corporation. Shifting away from artificial intelligence, he established contracts with the world's militaries to create weapons for them. But in reality, he secretly continued developing robots, not as intelligent as Omnics, but just as dangerous as a Bastion, in order to bolster Talon's forces.
And that's where Foxhound came in.
"You would think that the UN would've had this place destroyed. Even more so after the Omnic Crisis," mused Harley, squatting down and tapping her baseball bat on her shoulder, "Why would they let someone buy it?"
She and her fellow members of Foxhound were perched on a building across from Omnica Corporation, spying at it across the way.
"Probably involved a lot of sweet talking and whatnot," Chikage guessed, checking over her weapons.
"From the data files we obtained from our previous targets, Seameyer managed to buy Omnica after an extensive background check," commented Miki, "He also had the support of several key players in the United Nations."
"But why would they build the main headquarters of Omnic Corporation here in Japan?" Naruto wondered. He felt that it was an odd place to build a manufacture robots.
"A bidding war. America is still recovering from the Civil War thanks to the actions of their previous president enabled several decades ago, so they were out." Miki reported, pausing to take a sip from her drink, "Europe was in the running, but the country had more than enough jobs for its citizens. China and Korea didn't bother submitting their names, leaving Japan to take all the marbles. Omnica Corporation provided more jobs to the new generation of Japan. Plus, this country's creativity is second to none. Hell, Japan is ranked #1 in creativity in the world."
"Huh, makes sense…I guess," he mumbled, standing up, "Doesn't matter. I don't care what Omnica Corporation was in the past. I care about who's running it now and the fact that they're in with Talon. We go in, kill the son of a bitch, and leave. Clear?"
"Crystal as fuck, honey fox." Harley agreed and popped her gum, "Let's kill~!"
"An abrupt end to the conversation, but I understand Foxy-kun. Standby," Miki sighed. She started typing, looking through the building schematics, "There's a network box on the west side of the building. Insert the USB receiver I gave you and I'll be in the mainframe to support you."
"I'm on it, Oracle." Naruto confirmed and turned to his girls, putting on his mask, "Jinx, Fever. Wait for me on the roof. I'll be joining you shortly."
"Oracle?" Miki questioned, with Harley and Chikage sporting looks of confusion, "Like that information broker who helped Batman?"
"Yeah, and now it's your codename," stated Naruto, smirking, "Can't call you by your real name over the comms, can't we? It's been a long time coming, but your codename is Oracle."
"Oracle…" Miki muttered to herself, before brightening, "I like it! It's sticking to me now!"
"I'm happy for you, Oracle. But enough stalling," called Chikage sternly over the comms, "We're counting on you, Fox."
"Don't keep us waiting now. Once we put Sea-urchin's head on a stake, you and I are breaking the bed tonight~" Harley cooed, planting a kiss on his mask.
'Must…not…think…about…pounding…Harley-chan…!' thought Naruto, eye twitching as Chikage dragged the giggling blonde away.
"Now's not the time to distract Fox …" Chikage scolded the crazy blonde, "Let's go, Jinx!"
"Geez! What gives?!" Harley wailed, with she and Chikage rappelling down the building they were on, "You're such a pussyblocker!"
As the two ladies jumped off, Naruto noticed the look of longing in Chikage's eyes, along with a hint of sadness.
'Why does it feel like I'm neglecting her?' Naruto wonderful as he created a zipline to the roof of Omnica Corporation, "I gotta take Chikage on a date soon, before her inner darkness consumes her…"
Out of all the members of Foxhound, Chikage prefered to keep her distance. While Miki and Harley clung to him, Chikage would smile flirtatiously and flash a little skin. However, she made no effort to get to know the team. When they were on missions, she focused 100% on burning everyone associated with Talon.
Naruto hadn't given his relationship with Chikage any thought. But after coupling with Harley and Miki, he found himself concerned for Chikage's physical and mental well-being. She was becoming even distant, and rejected skin-to-skin contact with her teammates. But Naruto knew what was eating her up inside: the fact that she was an unwilling and unknowing participant in Talon's operations. The last thing Naruto wanted was for Chikage to turn herself into a suicide bomber.
Shelving the issue, Naruto landed on the roof of Omnica Corporation. He ran to the edge of the roof and rappelled down to where the network box was located. He ripped it open, rerouted a few wires and inserted the USB drive into one of its ports.
"And we're in!" Miki squealed excitedly, "Time to ruin Seameyer's day!"
(Main Office, a few moments ago)
Inside the office of the CEO of Omnica Corporation, a computer beeped an alert. The owner of the computer turned at the sound, having been gazing out the window.
"And there they are…"
He was a young man, with short, light blue hair and yellow eyes with purple eyeshadow. His attire consisted of a gray coat with blue arrow designs, a black dress shirt with a yellow tie and a purple vest. He also wore white pants and black dress shoes.
Haruka Seameyer, mad scientist turned CEO of the once prestigious Omnica Corporation.
He strode over to his computer and typed a few keys. The screen showed the company's blueprints, with a blinking red light on the side of the building. Smirking, he tapped at a few more keys, bringing up a silhouette of a large orb with several legs. Over it were letters spelling out:
PROJECT: OMNIDROID
"Seameyer…" a voice came from the computer.
Haruka watched as the screen turned from the building schematics, to a pair of red eyes. The figure's face was covered with a red hood, obscuring its identity. Haruka knew who it was, and bowed.
"Mr. Desmond. So good of you to contact me," Haruka greeted, a smile on his face.
"I discarded that useless name long ago," the red-eyed individual growled menacingly, "Take care not to call me that again, lest you wish to end up like Foxhound's last victims."
Seameyer backed away, putting his hands up with an easy smile. "Apologizes, Grand Leader. It will not happen again."
"Be sure it doesn't," the Great Leader snarled, "Nobuyuki. Wuncler. Orihara. None of them had the protection that you have. I sacrificed those foolish, yet good men to invest in you and your work. Do not disappoint me."
"With all due respect, Grand Leader, your worries are unfounded. My creation has killed heroes of the past, present, and future," boasted Seameyer confidently, "Unlike the men you mention, my work has so much actual value that even Dr. O'Deorain herself would be green with envy."
"Green with envy?" the red-eyed individual asked in a dull tone, "Did you make that quip because she's Irish?"
"No, no, just a turn of phrase. Sadly, she's currently working within the system, so she can't evolve her work like I can," Seameyer clarified, "Speaking of the good doctor, any luck poaching her?"
"She under the radar. She is not vital to Talon's plans for the moment," droned the mysterious figure, "In addition, it's too risky to get her on board right now with Foxhound running around. First, our former test subjects, then her. Is the salvaged transporter operational?"
"It is up and running, sir," Seameyer confirmed, giving a vicious grin, "And to think that Foxhound thought they were free…"
"When in reality, we were pulling their leashes without them knowing. In the end, Chikage Hizaki, Harleen Quinzel, and Naruto Uzumaki will always be Talon's property."
(Conference Room, an hour later)
"So Oracle, pop quiz baby girl," Harley growled, kicking the huge table over, "When you were watching the cameras outside the building, were you drunk?"
"No, I wasn't! There were people here, when I last checked!" Miki snapped back, "Hell, even the janitor hasn't clocked out yet!"
"I just checked the janitor's closet. The tools and supplies inside are all untouched," Chikage reported with a scowl, "There's even dust on 'em."
"Then how is this place clean?!" Harley shrieked, waving her arms, "This place's practically spartan!"
The three Foxhound combatants had searched the building for an hour. They'd found it as clean as a whistle, offices spaces and labs like brand new. Even all the brand-new computers and devices still have their factory settings. Most importantly, there were absolutely no signs of life, human or otherwise.
"There has to be a reason for this…" Naruto muttered, his eyes wandering the room, "Wait, hold on…"
The blonde ninja noticed that the ceiling tiles all had the same characteristic. There were lines on them that looked almost like rails. They led outside into the hallway, where they continued on.
"Oracle. Scan the building again. Find out where these railings go," Naruto ordered, just as Harley and Chikage noticed them too.
"Railings? There's nothing in the schematics about that," mumbled Miki confusedly. Then, something caught her eye. "Hang on a sec. I think I have something here. There's a foreign signal that the building's communications network is accepting."
"Can you track it?" Naruto inquired
Miki made a noise of disappointment. "No good. The signal is bouncing off the satellites over- what the?" Miki said before an alert flashed on her screen, "Something in the building is coming online. Tracing the location now."
Just then, there came a loud whirring noise from outside the room. The team ran outside to inspect and saw numerous dark-colored discs slowly sliding along the ceiling. The center of the discs then glowed a rainbow color and shone light on the ground.
"Uh, guys?" Harley started, "I think I'm off my meds."
"You've not even taking meds," Naruto deadpanned, "Still, what the hell is this?!"
The light turned out to be holograms of different people. They all looked like employees who worked for the company, dressed in suits. The strange thing was that none of them interacted with each other, only going about their own business; looking as if they were taking a predetermined path to their destinations.
"Well, that explains how people see activity from the outside. Seameyer went through a lot of trouble to set this up," Naruto noted, grimacing as one of the holograms went through him, "Considering that all the upper levels have these holograms, it look likes Seameyer is down below."
"Well, there's a large sub-level basement ten stories below," reported Miki, "Whatever came online is down there. I'm also getting a heat signature. Just be careful. I've got a really bad feeling about this." She frowned, biting her lip. "While you're looking, I'm going to research reports about that location."
"Please do," he requested, before turning to Harley and Chikage, "We're heading down to the sub-basement. Seameyer may be down there."
"Lead the way so we can end this," Chikage murmured, "We wasted enough time already."
"Geez, don't be such a debbie-downer…" Harley scolded lighthearted.
Following Miki's directions, the three made their way to the main office. Naruto's ear twitched when he heard a low hum from one of the walls in the room.
"I think this room has itself a hidden elevator," he pointed out, indicating a specific wall, "Harley, if you please?"
"Will do!"
Harley brought out a large hammer (out of thin air) and bashed at the wall. It dented, with Harley looking peeved at her desired result not being met. She proceeded to rapidly pound at the wall, until cracks began to form. Finally, it crumbled into pieces with a rumble, revealing a small elevator shaft.
"Ah." Harley sighed, acting like a construction work. She wiped her brow with her forearm, despite the lack of sweat on her face.
Chikage activated a light tube and threw it down the shaft. The three looked down as the glowstick fell further and further until it finally hit the bottom. Using his enhanced sight, Naruto used the glowstick to measure the distance.
"It's quite the long way down," he noted, understating it, and looked upwards, "I don't see an elevator either. Oracle, is this shaft in the blueprints?"
"Negative. Looks like Seameyer is the only one who lets his work crew into the sub-basement." Miki responded immediately, "Since he's with Talon, I can understand why he would want sole access. I bet that's where the they keep their huge R&D department."
"I bet Seaymeyer's down there himself," said Naruto, channeling chakra into his hand, "Hope he washed his neck. Let's go."
"This is gonna be fun!" Harley squealed as Naruto grabbed the cable. She and Chikage jumped onto Naruto's body. Harley's arms flew and latched themselves around Naruto's waist, and her legs around Naruto's own leg. Chikage wrapped her own arms around Naruto's neck, and shifted so that she wasn't choking him. With both girls hanging off him, Naruto descended down the shaft. Chikage managed to move her arm and wrapped her legs around Naruto's upper chest, allowing her to activate another glowstick.
(Outside)
"Huh?"
On the rooftop overlooking Omnica Corporation, the redhead sniper Yoko gave a noise of confusion as the signals representing Foxhound disappeared from her electronic tablet. She scowled and looked through the scope of her rifle.
"Where'd ya go?"
(Foxhound Den)
"Uh? Guys? Are you there?"
Miki frowned when lost her friends' signals. She typed furiously to get them back, but to no avail. Worse, the communication line between her and them went dead.
"This is…" she murmured, running a program, "A jamming device? Then, that means…"
Dread filled her being as she called Naruto's cell. No answer. Harley. No answer. Chikage. No answer.
"It's a trap!"
(Muko-Muko Maid Cafe, outside of Foxhound's Den)
"Doctor. The girl called Oracle just said that the rest of Foxhound's signals are jammed, and that it's a trap," reported the young, brown-haired, green-eyed woman, "How do we proceed?"
"Really?" sighed the messy-haired man sitting with his back to her, "Well, shit. Leave it to Seameyer to booby-trap that old place. That location's been abandoned for some time, so it's no wonder he could set something up like that…" He ran a hand through his hair, staring down at the half-finished device without seeing it. "Hm…"
"Why did you not contact them?" continued his assistant, fixing her unblinking gaze on him, "Surely if you alerted them to the fact that that location was abandoned, it would help them escape the trap, and make them more favorable to us joining them."
The man turned in his chair, pushing up his glasses with a cocky smirk. "Well, the way I see it, the best way to outsmart a snake like Haruka Seameyer is to make him think he hasn't been."
"I'm not sure I follow."
His smile widened. "Now, a guy like Seameyer, he's real smart, like me. Gotta be, if he can't fight worth a damn." He stood up, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. "He's probably got everything set up in order to lure Foxhound into a killbox, where he can dispose of them in a surefire way. As far as that goes, he's probably got contingencies to make sure that happens no matter what. But once the trap's been sprung, he's probably got a lot less planned."
Gisha blinked, her expression changing only minutely, but somehow still remaining stoic. "'The moment of victory is where one's guard is weakest…' yes?"
"Eheheheheh…" the engineer gave an almost sinister chuckle, "Quite right, quite right. While he's focused on Foxhound, he won't be expecting anyone to come to their rescue. They never do, of course. But he'll want to brag, won't he? Smart folk like me, we gotta let 'em know, let them see just who they've fucked with before we pull the trigger. He's gonna broadcast his gloating right to 'em, probably with a feed to watch 'em squirm. And that's where we'll hit 'em."
The green-eyed girl bobbed her head in an odd approximation of a nod, then clapped politely. "As expected, doctor. You've completely over-explained your thought process."
"You're goddamn right I have. Now, let's get on tracking him before good ol' Fox and his ladies get turned into corpses."
"If you are hoping that Foxhound's ladies will be grateful towards you and asking for whatever they can do to repay you~ I will have you know through my spying on them that Fox has coupled with Jinx and Oracle."
The doctor shuddered at the sudden husky voice she put on. "Please don't do that without warning. 'Sides which, plenty of fish in the sea and all that. Sea, stars, factory…" He glanced around. "…Cafe…"
The stoic expression on Gisha's face suddenly morphed into a soppy smile. "Would master like anything further-desu~ You've hardly touched your drink and been fiddling with that strange thing the whole time~ Gigi-chan is getting worried that you aren't having a lovely time~ Shall I bring Miss Kori to make you feel better~?" Then she deadpanned at him.
"Uuuuuu~" the man shuddered, but then chuckled, "Well, nice to know that the 'blushy-crushy' subroutine is working fine."
"Your death will be swift," promised Gisha flatly, "Swift, yet painful."
"No doubt. By the way, I'm out of water. Mind bringing some more?"
"Right away, master~!"
As the brunette woman flounced away in her maid outfit, he did his best to stifle a cackle of laughter before turning back to his work.
"By the way, doctor" continued Gisha, returning with a full glass and acting like nothing had happened, "Have you acquired the information about the tech Seameyer stole from the old Watchtower?"
"Ooh, yes, absolutely. And as an engineer…well, I've got a bone to pick with him. Come, Gisha. We've of bunch of trigger-happy vigilantes to assist."
"Yes, Doctor Fabriek."
"Ah, but first the bill…"
(Omnica Corporation)
"Wow! We must have gone down a least a mile." Harley said after a while.
"The glowstick went down a mile and a half," Naruto commented, "So we're almost there."
"Interesting how there's no elevator." Chikage noted as they finally landed at the bottom, "And now we know why…"
The threesome noticed that ground was uneven when they landed. Under the light they had, they saw that the elevator was in pieces. Wires were sticking out and sparks were flying.
"I guess our dear Mr. Seameyer wasn't taking any chances with us," Chikage noted, kicking the debris.
"Or…someone got here before us," Naruto suggested, nodding towards the knocked over elevator doors that were dented and charred, "And this is weird…"
"What's wrong?" Chikage asked, hearing Naruto sniff the air.
"Something is here. And it's no someone either…" Naruto murmured. Suddenly, he picked up a beeping sound from below them and his eyes widened "Oh shit… MINE!"
Naruto, a freaking out Harley and Chikage bailed from the elevator shaft. After several seconds, said bomb exploded, knocking them all forward.
"Okay, one more pop quiz guys. Anyone think that we walked into a trap?" Harley groaned, as a bright light glowed beneath them, "And…is that a bomb bigger than the ones I love to blow up?"
"Wait, there's nothing in this sub-basement!" shouted Chikage, looking around the huge space, "It's empty!"
"And this light isn't a bomb!" Naruto yelled as the light grew brighter, "This is-!"
The light enveloped the group entirely before fading. When it disappeared, Naruto, Jinx, and Chikage were nowhere to be seen.
(Outside Omnica Corporation)
A figure was on a violet motorcycle, hidden in a purple cloak and hearing a green mask. She was watching three dots on her screen. Then, those three dots disappeared, with various formulas littering on her screen.
"A boom tube? They actually found one?! Shit!" a feminine voice growled. She revved up her violet motorcycle, and took off.
As the cloaked female rode away, she zoomed by Doctor Fabriek and Gisha, the former casting a sideways view at her retreating back.
"Isn't that the hacker who helped you flank Widowmaker?" inquired Gisha.
"Yeah, Sombra. But why's she riding away?" Fabriek wondered. Suddenly one of his gadgets went haywire in his pocket, screeching and buzzing obnoxiously. "Whoa! Fuck!" he swore, quickly digging it out, "Thought I set it on vibrate!"
"Doctor, I'm picking up a massive time-space energy flux directly below us," Gisha reported, just as Fabriek grabbed the beeping device and held it up.
"These readings," he muttered, face becoming grave, "They're like the old boom tubes…"
"If that's true, then we're too late. Foxhound is gone," Gisha said somberly. Then she began to poke him in the arm. "This is what happens then you don't hand the maid your bill and instead stuff the money between their breasts!"
"Oh, lighten up, they were good sports about it." Fabriek laughed, not bothered by Gisha's now rapid-fire prodding, "But, if we can lock onto the signature left behind by the boom tube, we can follow it straight to its destination." His fingers curled and uncurled excitedly…until he suddenly looked down and paled. "Gisha. Where's the-?!"
His assistant held up a metallic briefcase. "You left it under your chair, doctor."
He gave a groaning sigh, clutching at his chest. "Oooh, you're a life-saver!" He took it gladly, patting her on the head. "Okay. Okay. So, we head down there, tap into that energy, follow it to the Foxhounds, and copy it into the you-know-what."
At that, Gisha ceased her assault on the doctor, nodding in agreement. "Very well. With that energy, you'll be able to expand your already limitless possibilities…like making a harem of alien women."
Doctor Fabriek snorted, running a hand through his tangled, shaggy hair. "Please, priorities, Gisha! We gotta mount a rescue first!"
"Oh yes," deadpanned the short woman in a dull monotone, "What was I thinking?"
He looked over his shoulder, eying the sniper nest occupied by Yoko.
"Who are they?" Yoko murmured, looking through her scope at the mysterious pair.
(Unknown Location)
In a dark room, a light flicked on, Harley holding up a lighter. She was looking peeved, as she was unable to locate her fellow Foxhound members.
"Alright, who's not dead?" she suddenly asked, "Sound off!"
She then heard groaning below her. She looked down and saw that she was sitting on both Naruto and Chikage.
"Yay! You're not dead!" Harley cheered, hopping off the human pile, "Not that I thought we'd be dead or anything like that…"
"After that, I thought we were," Chikage moaned, lifting herself off the ground.
She ignored that her body was pressed against Naruto, who was on the very bottom, suffering under the combined weight of Harley and Chikage. As he managed to sit up, Chikage held out her hand. He accepted it, climbing to his feet.
"Thanks, Fever," said Naruto with a smile, sighing when she didn't answer, "Hmm..." He tapped his communication device, not being pleased with the static on the line, "We lost coms with Oracle."
"This isn't the room we were in," she noted, ignoring him, "What that light really a bomb that destroyed the ground?"
"Incorrect, Hizaki Chikage!" a voice boomed around them, "What you and your fellow test subject just experienced was an unique transportation via an extra-dimensional point-to-point Einstein-Rosen bridge!"
A bright light suddenly shone down on them, lighting up the area. Foxhound found themselves in a large room similar to the one they were in. Only this time, it had an appearance of factory that produced robotics. Drones that look like orbs with four guns were flying about in random patterns. some humanoid.
But the drone factory wasn't the thing that surprised the group. It was the fact that the voice had referred to Chikage by her real name. Not only that, but the use of the term 'fellow test subjects' sent chills down their collective spines.
"Hey! Up here, you puppets!"
With tickmarks on their heads, Naruto, Harley, and a seething Chikage turned to their right. They saw an observation box, where their target sat, waving mockingly at them. An aide walked up to him and whispered in his ear. Whatever he heard, it made him crack a smile.
"Sorry, where are my manner? Haruka Seameyer. CEO and savior of Omnica Corporation, and Talon scientist, at your service," he introduced himself. He saw the way they stiffened at his words. "Yes, I just outed myself as part of Talon. We might well have gotten that part out of the way, since there's nothing you will do about it."
"That's a pretty dumb thing to say. Because we're going to do everything in our power to kill you, just like we did to your other fuck-buddies in Talon," Naruto growled, unsheathing his Plasma Katana.
"Oh, yes. I'm sure you mean those useless toads you gutted. Sugou Nobuyuki, Ed Wuncler, Orihara Izaya… Oh, and I almost forgot, Minaka Hiroto." Seameyer laughed. "Unlike those failures, Talon actually finds value in me and Omnica Corporation!"
"Don't count on it, asshole!" Harley screeched and drew her Rhino revolver, "'Cause you'll be dead like those shitstains!"
She emptied an entire clip at Seameyer, but the bulletproof windows tanked her shots without so much as a crack. Harley seethed and fired a rocket (from a rocket launcher that she pulled out of nowhere). The rocket flew and impacted against the glass, creating a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, Harley saw that there was still no damage.
"Like it, sweet-cheeks?" Seameyer mocked her, tapping at the window, "I designed this 'rocket-proof' window myself four years ago. Nothing less than a nuclear blast can shatter this baby!"
"So you say. I guess you're keep those for yourself? Your friends could've used something like that before we killed them," Naruto said with a smirk under his mask.
"Ah yes, the men and women of Talon you killed. Funny thing is that those people you killed were no longer useful to Talon. They thought themselves bigger than Talon and were getting too big for their breeches," Seameyer mused, much to the others' confusion, "Oh come on, guys. You have to have wondered why it was so easy to kill all those useless pieces of trash. Sure, Widowmaker was sent to keep the illusion, but come on! A thought had to cross these peabrains of yours that something was going on!"
"What are you going on about, Seameyer? It's obvious that you guys continuously failed to protect your own," Naruto countered, walking forward with his Plasma Katana, "Then again, bad guys like you have the usual habit of backstabbing each other to get rid of the competition."
"Oh no no no, dear Mr. Uzumaki. Talon's not in the business of backstabbing each other. Why would we? We're more organized had any wannabe terrorist in the world!" Seameyer admitted with a spread of his arms, "With Talon's success, why would we betray each other? Each member is equally important, and they make an amazing contribution to Talon's world 's just that we had a few...bad apples. Originally, we of Talon were going to waste our precious resources deal with them...until you all came along! The infamous Foxhound, made up of the runaway property of Talon!"
"And you're telling me that we've been doing your dirty work?! Get the fuck outta here!" Harley yelled, shaking her fist, "Even if they were poisoning your precious tree, since they were Talon, we got rid of them anyway! Everyone aligned in Talon will die and you'll be next!"
"Hate to break it to you honey, but that's not up to you. All three of you, Foxhound, have run your course. And now, it's time for the now obsolete products of Talon to be taken to the back of the woodshed." Seameyer declared and snapped his fingers.
"Sounds like someone read too much Of Mice and Men-" Harley started to say. Suddenly, the spherical drones zoomed down to encircle the threesome. "Uh-oh."
Then the humanoid drones swarmed in to join them. Sharing the motifs of the US Air Force, the Marines, and the Army, they were bulky, blocky and gray, with a single vertical rectangle for an eye. They landed with thuds, and aimed their wrist-mounted guns at the group.
"They're nothing we can't handle," Naruto said confidently, "Let's go, Jinx, Fever."
"Time to scrap some bots!" Harley squealed, readying her hammer, "You cook em', and I smash them, right Fever?!"
Harley turned to her fiery friend, only for her excitement to turned into concern. Instead of the usual silent visage on Chikage's upper face, her eyes showed extreme rage. She was breathing heavily, and her Taurus revolver melting in her hand.
Wait, melting?
"Uh, Fever? You uh, don't look so good." Harley noted, and jumped when Chikage looked directly at her, "Wait, Fever! You don't actually believe that fucker, do you?! We have nothing to do with Talon! They ruined our lives!"
"Fever, calm yourself, now!" Naruto snapped at her, sensing her emotions getting unstable, "At the end of the day, our targets are Talon! That's all there is to it!"
"But...they used us. We were nothing more...than their pawns," Chikage breathed out, her clothing now smoking "I can't...I can't go through that again! Not after that man had my family killed. He trick me! He used me! He...violated me!"
"Ah yes, Chikage Hizaki. The former sidekick of the idiot that was in charge of our Platinum Lily operation. Yes, it was true that he took your life, but he gave you something more…"
"Something...more?" Chikage repeated, horror dawning on her face.
"Of course! Fire took your family, so he gave you flames to control. From the readings I'm receiving here, your fire's finally awakened."
"What are you talking about?! I was never a mutant, or a metahuman! I was born human! But you...Talon..." Chikage seethed. Suddenly, she screamed at Seameyer, "What have you done to me?!"
She pulled off her glove, revealing the bare skin beneath, before flames suddenly issued forth from it, much to her teammates' shock.
"Oh no, my dear Chikage. It's not what we've done to you," corrected the CEO, "It's what we've done for you. According to your file, those third-degree burn scars would have killed a normal human girl, yet it didn't. Your handler recognized the potential for you to survive the one serum that took the lives of many test subjects before you." He materialized multiple holo-screens around the three. "The Inferno Serum, made from the DNA of prominent pyrokinetics before you. Sunfire, Firestar, Magma, Pyro, El Diablo, and the Human Torch. By combining all of them, we've made the ultimate super-soldier serum! When applied, the subject will develop enhanced pyrokinetic abilities. Their newfound powers will surpass the heroes and villains of old before them! Unfortunately, many of the test subjects were not compatible with the serum and were instantly immolated. All except you..."
Chikage was slowly hyperventilating at Seameyer's gleeful explantation. The smoke that rose from her suddenly exploded into flame, shredding and eating away her vigilante outfit. In its place remained a skintight black suit with a small hexagon pattern shimmering throughout in red and gold. It also bore red tron-lines that acted like pipings for the suit, glowing in response to her power.
"Now, Fever-chan. I know you're upset, but please don't barbeque us! Barbeque him!" Harley yelp, pointing at the smug Seameyer, "It's what he wants! We can't escape because of these drones, and now he's messing with you with this truth to turn you into a living bomb! You'll kill us all!"
But Harley's words fell on deaf ears. Chikage was trapped in her memories, the times where she drew blank spots. She voiced these concerns to her "sensei", only for him to reassure her that it was all right. After being saved, she knew he was lying. Fire broke out from her body on earlier missions with Foxhound, forcing her to craft a fire-proof suit for her to wear.
"What? Was it that obvious?" Seameyer deadpanned, "I mean, that 'Ogawa' fellow didn't take you to Hoshi Labs for nothing-"
"HOSHI LABS?!" Naruto and Harley both screamed together. They would never forget the name of the place that held them captive.
"Of course. It was where we had the serum. I would know, because I was there! When I saw you and heard your story, I knew that you were the one. I wanted to meet you, and get to know you, but alas, "Ogawa" had you drugged. Such a pity." Seaymeyer shook his head and shrugged. "When the serum was injected into you, you never cried out like the others. You took to it as if the power was your own. It cost us the R&D Lab when your power exploded, but it was well worth it. Sadly, the fire inside you went dormant. You were tested on, but the inferno inside was all on you. You were drugged of course, so you wouldn't turned it against us. Ogawa nurtured your hatred for criminals and Talon too well. A bit too well."
"I'm going…to…kill you!" Chikage cried, as fire engulfed her form, "You took my family away from me! You cursed me with this power! YOU RUINED MY LIFE!"
"Your life is of no concern of mine," said Seameyer, waving her off dismissively, "Once you and your friends are gone, we're going to dissect your remains to pass on your power. I think Talon will find a use for some invincible fire-soldiers. The last thing I can praise you for is that...you've been an excellent test subject."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Chikage screamed in agony, the temperature around her climbing to dangerous levels. She suddenly the memory of her little sister crying crying out for her. She was then consumed by flames, and replaced by her "sensei", who cruelly laughed at her. Now seeing red, and drowning in her own despair, she failed to notice how her unwanted power was reacting to her volatile emotions. But none of it matter to Chikage. She wanted it to end. She wanted Talon to end. She wants to burn it all to the ground.
"Yes, that's it, Chikage! Burn yourself and your friends! Burn them all to ashes!" Seameyer cheered, "Out of your ashes, a new future for Talon shall arise-!"
*SLAP*
Chikage jerked at the sudden impact and in surprise, a sharp, stinging pain in her cheek bringing her back to reality. No longer seeing red, she saw Naruto, now with his fox mask off. He was glaring at her, clearly pissed off. At the same time, the heat died down and the flames no slowly shrank away.
"That's enough, Chikage!" Naruto shouted in a commanding tone, grabbing her by her chin and forced her to look at him, "Stop wallowing in their darkness and remember everyone else! All those other people whose lives have been ruined by Talon!"
"That right, you idiot!" Harley snapped, popping up behind Naruto's shoulder, "Talon took Foxy-kun from his home and tried to turn him into a weapon of mass destruction! Talon took me and shattered my psyche to the point that I'm like this! And Oracle! Talon's attacks robbed her of her family! You, me, Foxy, and Oracle; Foxhound was born from our desire for revenge against Talon!"
"But, they used us to clean their trash! They were pulling our strings, just like that man did to me!" Chikage cried, with tears falling from her eyes, "I killed people…for Talon, both guilty and innocent. I joined Foxhound for redemption, but now I know. We can never escape them. We can never escape their influence. We'll always be their puppets. This fire…" Her fist clenched over her heart, pulling at the skintight material stretched over her chest, "Will always be a part of me, until the day I die!"
"Then use it," Naruto said simply, his face completely serious, "With that fire burning inside you, take advantage of Talon's mistake. They gave you the tools for your revenge, so use it to make them pay."
"What? How could you say that?!" Chikage demanded, grabbing Naruto by the scruff of his armor, "These flames are for Talon's benefit, not me! They gave me that Inferno Serum to burn away everyone I would come to care about!"
"That's bullshit Chikage, and you know it!" Naruto shouted over her, roughly shaking her, "Talon may have cursed you, but it's up to you to turn this curse into a blessing!"
"But...they..." Chikage looked over at Seameyer, who looked disappointed on not seeing her burning her teammates alive.
"The circumstances by which you've gained this power is irrelevant. It's what you do with your new gift that determines who you are. So what's it going to be, Chikage Hizaki? If you let it consume you and your very allies, you really will be Talon's bitch." Naruto stated, not backing down from Chikage's murderous glare, "Get a grip, and WAKE UP! These are your flames now, so YOU CHOOSE WHO THEY'LL BURN!"
"Or else," Harley added, pointing her hammer at Chikage, "You and Mr. Squeaky are gotta have one painful date together!"
Chikage 'tched' and turned away, "I won't be responsible if I accidently burn you both!"
"You won't. I trust you, Chikage-chan." Naruto said with a smile.
In the briefest of moments, Chikage saw her dear friend Mikoto Kiba overlap Naruto's figure. She gasped before resigning to her own smile. Being her hand to her face, she wiped her tears away.
"Are you serious?! Dammit!" Seameyer shouted in a childish fashion, "I wanted charred corpses for study, not feel-good moments. Oh well, we can't always get what we want. Now it's going to be a pain removing all those bullets from your organs!"
"We'll see about that, Seameyer. With any luck, the hell we raise will have the police on your ass!" said Harley gleefully, "Then again, we're gonna rekt so hard that Japanese horror film director would hurl with envy!"
"You say that, Harleen Quinzel, but I doubt the Japanese police and military will be keen on making a trip to Africa of all places," Seameyer retorted, wiping the smiles off Foxhound's faces.
"Wait, Africa?" Chikage repeated.
"Like, the Safari?! I didn't even pack sunscreen!" Harley wailed.
"Why yes, Africa. After all, Cairo is home to the second headquarters of Omnica Corporation. All under the radar of course. Beside, no one would take a second look at his country of wonders. But of course, we're not in the city," bragged Seameyer, "We're underground on Nomanisan Island, just off the coast of South Africa. Your operator Oracle will have a lot of trouble finding you here."
"An island. Surrounded by water. Oh fuckberries…" Harley groaned and rounded on Naruto, "Get us outta here!"
"I've been trying during our talk." Naruto grumbled, putting his mask back on, "Whatever that transportation did, it made my chakra network go haywire. It's gonna take at least ten minutes before I can stabilize it."
"Like I would give you that chance!" Seameyer's voice boomed, "All drone units! Turn them into bloody smears! Attack! ATTACK!"
"Harley-chan! Chikage-chan! Time to play whack-a-drone!" Naruto shouted and charged ahead, beheading an Air Force drone.
"Way ahead of you, Naru-chan!" Harley cheered, jumping onto one of the aerial drones.
Chikage watched as her team sprang into action. Naruto was handling the ground drones by slicing them into spare parts. As for Harley, she was riding one of the aerial drones, crackling madly with two tasers to hand. Both were victims of Talon, yet they barely cracked like she was doing. They already moved forward, readying to cut and burn down the giant tree that was Talon. Despite their quirks, they were laser-focused in their goal in destroying the terrorist organization, and could wait for the next step in giving Talon one black eye after another.
"And here I was, acting like a child. How pathetic," Chikage murmured, shakily pressing a hand to her forehead. She smiled, even as a barrage of missiles homed in on her.
They exploded where she stood. In the next moment, flames erupted from where the missiles hit her. An unharmed Chikage emerged, shaking out her hair, with a sphere of fire around her.
"Fever. Did you know that name was given to me by Black Label?" Chikage muttered, channeling flames to embrace her body, "Well, they had it wrong. My true codename is Pyrina! Let me show you why!"
Feeling that the others would be okay, Chikage unleashed her power by producing white-hot flames around her. She summoned a massive, whirling flame tornado, which hurled a torrent of fireballs at the drones attacking Harley. They instantly melted into molten metal, with Harley none the wiser as she electrocuted the drone she was riding. The crazy blonde hopped to another flying drone, allowing Chikage to melt it with a fireball.
Naruto smiled in pride at Chikage's mental comeback, before returning to fending off the bots. He jumped and spun around, deflecting shots and cutting the drones down to size. He even took a page from Harley's book, using the flat side of his Plasma Katana as a baseball bat. When one of the aerial drones got in close, he smacked it away with a mighty swing. The poor drone bounced against the ground drones before exploding.
"Nice strike, Naru-chan!" Harley shouted from above.
"That's bowling, Harley-chan!" Naruto corrected, leaning to the side as Chikage shot a fireball past him. It struck a drone attempting to flank him, melting it into slag in an instant. "Thanks, Chikage-chan."
"My pleasure," Chikage responded, "Just remember that these buckets of bolts are not our targets. He is." She pointed at Seameyer, who grinned manically at them.
"Oh touche, Hizaki Chikage. Which is why I'm raising the bar!"
With a snap of his fingers, the manufacturing machines slowly sank away into the floor. The walls around them gained an extra layer of reinforced steel. Along the walls, turrets appeared, trained at the threesome and ready to fire. Small barricades popped up in random spots on the ground as well. In addition, the floor tiles opened up, allowing more drones to swarm the area.
"Okay, now that's not fair." Harley complained, pointing at the drone swarm.
"As if I'd ever play fair with you puppets," Seameyer taunted them, "Especially when I have you right where I want you! Round two! Attack!"
"Naruto, how much longer?" Chikage inquired, conjuring up a wall of fire.
"Five minutes." Naruto responded, "It's enough for this!"
He instantly formed a Rasengan in his hand and kicked an aerial drone away. Whirling around, he drilled the Rasengan into a Marine Drone. With no loss of momentum, Naruto continued to slice away at the drone fodder rushing at him.
The walls turrets opened fire, forcing Chikage to block the shots with her fire dome acting as a shield. Naruto was forced to blocked the shots of the turrets aiming at him, but the move left him open to the drones attacking him. The ground drones opened fire, with the shots punching at his armor and knocked him back.
"Oh, fucking hell!" Harley cried, staying close to Chikage after a few bullets grazed her, "How about this?!"
She pulled out a device from her coat pocket and slammed it on the ground. It opened up and created a blue bubble shield that surrounded Foxhound like a dome.
"Don't worry, I got a few of these." Harley assured her team. Naruto managed to roll into the shield in time, "Oh, Foxy-kun!"
Naruto was looking the worse for wear. His mask was partially broken, armor heavily damaged, and his exposed skin had cuts from bullets grazing him.
"Protect Naruto! He's the only one who can get us out of-" Chikage started to say, until an explosion shattered their barrier.
Naruto, Harley, and Chikage were sent sprawling across the floor with a cry of shock, with the turrets continuing their barrage. The drones closed in on them, as Naruto quickly used his body as a shield for the girls. While taking the brunt of the assault, he managed to get another shield device from Harley's coat and threw it to the ground, erecting a shield.
"Heh, I think it's time we stopped dragging this out," Seameyer snapped his fingers, stopping his drones and turrets. With a wave for his hand, the drones retreated to the floor, and the turrets into the wall, "It's time for my latest creation to take the stage!"
Once the drones all cleared out, a door opened from the wall ahead of them. What stepped out of the doorway was a metallic, segmented, jointless limb, ending in a steel claw. What followed was a large spherical body, with a flat head popping out from the top, with a single, red, slit-shaped eye. As it trundled forward, four more tentacle-like legs supporting the main body appeared.
"What the hell?! Isn't that the Omnidroid from six months ago?" Naruto demanded, "The one we destroyed in Brazil?!"
"Looks like it got an upgrade…" Harley chimed in. She shook a step back as the Omnidroid spotted them. After scanning them, bringing up a video file of its last encounter with Foxhound, it made a beeline for them.
Chikage growled and unleashed a stream of flames at the Omnidroid. The area where the flames licked its main body turned white hot from the heat. But to her shock, it didn't impede the Omnidroid's advance. It continued its approached like her attack was nothing.
"Chikage, get back!" Naruto yelled, readying his Plasma Katana, "I don't think so!"
The Omnidroid brought its claw down, with Naruto swinging his katana to slice the offending limb. As it clashed with the Plasma Katana, Naruto was surprised that his sword wasn't going through the attacking claw.
Like that time in Brazil.
"That's…impossible..." Chikage breathed. She clearly remembered Naruto's sword easily slicing through the machine.
The Omnidroid moved to attack again, with Naruto jumping up to avoid the robot's other claw. Gritting his teeth, he formed another Rasengan, and expanded it so it would increase in size. "Odama Rasengan!" he roared, plunging the large orb of chakra into the main body.
However, as he drilled the orb into the Omnidroid, he was horrified to see that his most powerful attack shrinking against the machine. The Plasma Katama had barely even nicked it, and now the Odama Rasengan wasn't even denting it!
The fight against this machine was the complete opposite from the last encounter!
"It's bigger!"
Naruto was suddenly scooped up by one of the Omnidroid's claws, before another one speared at him, slamming into his armor. He gritted his teeth in pain as he was lifted high into the air. The Omnidroid smashed him into the ground near Harley and Chikage, letting him bounce, before smacking them all away with one quick, almost contemptuous swing.
"It's badder!"
Then, one of its limbs lashed out at Naruto again. The masked blonde infused his chakra into an explosive tag, a scrap of paper with the kanji for 'explode'; quickly detonating it so he can counter the attack. He tried stabbing the limb, but Omnidroid's claw suddenly spun like a fan and sheared the blade of the Plasma Katana clean off. Another limb blindsided Naruto, slashing him where its first wounded him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's too much for Foxhound!"
Opening up its back, the Omnidroid fired a barrage of missile towards Foxhound. Chiage tried to raised a fire shield, but they maneuvered pass her defenses. They exploded on their position, knocking them across the floor.
"Yes, it's finally ready! Woo-hoo!" Seameyer cheered triumphantly, "And now, for the finishing touch, kill the Fox, Uzumaki Naruto!"
The Omnidroid vaulted from its position and landed above the prone forms of Foxhound. It grabbed up Naruto and repeatedly slammed him against the nearby wall. It's blade dug deep into his injured side, with Naruto gritted his pain to prevent himself from crying out in pain.
"Let him go!" Harley screamed, running forward with a rocket launcher. She opened fire, with the rocket hitting the Omnidroid's eye area.
The Omnidroid ceased its assault on Naruto for a moment and turned its gaze towards Harley. She prepared to fire again, but the Omnidroid erected a lightning rod from its bottom. It fired a stream of electricity that violently electrocuted Harley. The electricity seared through her, making her scream in pain. It also caused Harley's rocket launcher to exploded, sending her sprawling on the ground.
It was then knocked off balance by Chikage, who slammed her flame-covered body against the machine. But in the next second, it punched Chikage downward, making her bounce on the floor. At the same time, Naruto managed to pry himself out of the Omnidroid by damaging its claw with the remains of his Plasma Katana. However, he became part of the punch with Chikage, and was sent rolling along the ground.
"There's nothing you lasses can do! The Omnidroid's new body is made of one of the most powerful ores out there: Vibranium!" Seameyer taunted the fallen Foxhound, "All vibrational energy can only be absorbed or bounced off its body! It over for you!"
"And for you, maybe," said a voice right behind him. With surprising speed, the green-haired man whirled around, whipping out a pistol and firing blindly…into a cloud of purple and black fog. "Quick on the draw, aren't you? Shame you missed."
A tall, bulky, masculine figure stepped out of the cloud, holding a bullet casually between his fingers. At the CEO's wide eyes, a harsh laugh issued from a jagged, shark-toothed metal jaw, over which jutted the rifled barrel of a revolver. "What's the matter, Mr. Seameyer? Never seen a cyborg before?" He tossed the bullet away, drawing the man's attention to his hands, which were covered in the mismatched coloration associated with the more 'inconspicuous' cybernetic enhancements. In addition, he spotted a revolver's carousel embedded in the back of one hand, with a small barrel protruding from his index finger's knuckle.
Seameyer gave a rictus grin, even as he steadied his aim. "A cyborg, eh? I suppose they'll let people do whatever they like to their body, won't they? Don't make any sudden moves before I put a bullet in you."
The mysterious gun-headed man grunted. "Betcha I could do it faster." Behind him, the black cloud continued to swirl about silently.
"How did you find this sub-basement?" demanded the CEO, "Answer quickly and I might just drop you here and not toss you in with your friends down there!" He indicated the members of Foxhound, who were all attempting to crawl away from the advancing the Omnidroid.
"Hm…" Despite not having any easily definable facial features, it was clear that the newcomer was decidedly unconcerned by the proceedings. "Well, the good doc would prolly wanna take a close look at that droid. Working that much vibranium into a huge machine and having it work that well ain't no small feat."
Suddenly, without warning, he lurched across the room, seizing Seameyer's gun and twisting it violently. The man yelped in pain and released it reflexively, only to curse as he belatedly realized that now he was deprived of his weapon. "F-fool! If I'd been any faster, I'd have shot you!"
"I'm prepared for that," said the cyborg, shrugging, even as he clicked on the gun's safety and tossed it over his shoulder into the cloud, "As for how I tracked you down, it involves some mad science mumbo jumbo that neither of us have any time for. You made a boom tube, you fucked up and didn't clean up after it. That's about the extent of it."
The green-haired man backed up a few more steps, sweating, only for his eyes to flick over his assailant's shoulder. "Heh…who, exactly, fucked up here?"
Like a freight train, a muscular man hurtled out of the shadows in the corner of the room, a massive golden power-fist propelled by jets, to slam headlong into the mystery man and send him flying forward.
With a cry, the cyborg smacked heavily into window, which sadly didn't even crack, before his attacker pinned him against it, arm behind his back. "Seameyer," rumbled the man, his dark voice thickened with a Nigerian accent, "Don't tip off an enemy that I'm here!"
"A-ah, my apologies, Doomfist, sir," mumbled the smaller man, bowing his head quickly.
"Well? Out with it already!" barked Doomfist, his massive gauntlet easily keeping the cyborg pinned, "Who are you?"
Groaning with discomfort, the man replied, "Errgh, y'can call me Ballistic. Like hell you're gettin' anything more than that."
The Talon Commander's glare darkened. "Do you think that my specialties are just in combat? Do not make me angry, Ballistic, or I will decide that I really want to know everything about you."
Ballistic's metal teeth ground together.
While Seameyer was distracted with the newcomers, a weakened Naruto threw two Hiraishin kunai near Harley and Chikage. Since Chikage was closer to him, he teleported to her. He ignored the stabbing pain in his side as he grabbed her. He then teleported with her to Harley, and grabbed her as well. Holding the two close to him, he used Hiraishin to teleport away from the chaos.
Despite not having any eyes, Ballistic spotted the yellow flash through the glass. "Heh. Heheheh…"
"What's so funny?" asked Doomfist, only to stop as he noticed the Omnidroid slowing to a halt. "Seameyer! Why is your machine stopping?"
Seameyer blanched at being addressed so angrily. "Th-that's not possible! Since I ordered it, it wouldn't stop as long as the targets were within its range…" He peered out through the glass, only to pale even further as he saw no sign of the three Foxhound members. The Omnidroid's method of attack would have certainly left plenty of blood and viscera as evidence, but there was none of that. The spherical drone's disk-like head swiveled back and forth, a second head deploying on the body's underside to survey even more, but it remained where it stood. "WhaT DID YOU DO?!" he yelled, losing his composure, at Ballistic, "You've let them get away!"
Ballistic gave a chuckle. "Answering your own question? This is the easiest interrogation I've ever been in." Suddenly, his tone turned serious. "You've definitely won today. Chalk it up as a victory for the great Talon Organization. You managed to make Foxhound run away. But…they'll be back, hankering for a vengeance. I aim to give 'em a shot at that. So, take care, Haruka Seameyer." Barrel scraping across the glass, the cyborg turned his head to fix an eyeless stare on Doomfist. "You too, Akande Ogundimu."
Doomfist's eyes widened, and he drew back his 'normal' fist (which itself was fitted with a shotgun-like implant), when suddenly a pair of slender arms wrapped around his muscular torso. Before he could register anything more than surprise, there was a small, subdued, "Hup!" And he found himself lifted off his feet, the world flipping upside down. However, not being a high-class combatant for nothing, he immediately pulled his power-fist away from pinning Ballistic to interpose it between him and the floor. His fingers dug deep into the reinforced steel floor and the servos in the joints creaked minutely, but he was able to stop the German Suplex from crushing his neck into the ground. Bracing his arm, he vaulted up and back, twisting to break free of the person who'd grabbed him.
He caught a glimpse of a pitch black, bony figure with blazing green eyes, before it too twisted in midair, bracing small feet against his considerable mass and launched itself away. The force of the kick knocked him back, winding him, and in fact he thought he felt a rib or two crack, as the figure shot towards Seameyer, who was standing stock still, completely unable to respond.
Swearing, Doomfist bolted forward, thrusters in his arm flaring, reaching out, and he swatted the black thing out of the air, smashing it into the floor hard enough to make a dent. Then he grabbed hold of it and before it could wriggle free, dragged it sideways along the ground to hurl it at a recovering Ballistic.
The gun-headed cyborg grunted in surprise as his ally crashed headlong into him, sending him in turn crashing into the corner of a computer. "Son of a bitch!" he yowled, holding his back, "God damn it, right on the edge too! Fuck!"
Not wasting any time, the Nigerian man leveled his other fist at the intruders and opened fire even as he dashed forward, intent on unloading every spread-shot into the man who'd dared use his old name.
However, the strange creature bolted upright and stood in front of Ballistic, the shots bouncing uselessly off its shiny, oddly corded skin.
Suddenly, the black cloud that Ballistic had arrived in roiled into motion, surging across the room in a tide of dark purple. Doomfist leaped aside as it passed, not wanting to find out what it might do to him, but instead it wrapped around the two intruders.
Ballistic stood tall, and pointed at Seameyer, even as he became obscured. "Start counting," he called, "Your days are numbered!"
The fog swallowed him and his companion, then immediately dissipated, showing that they'd vanished.
"I'm sorry, Doomfist sir. Even I have no idea who they are," Seameyer suddenly said, only to jump when an agitated Doomfist rounded on him.
"You should! That cyborg was the one Mrs. Lacroix described from the Orihara incident. How many cyborgs with a goddamn revolver for a head can there be?!" he barked, "Start sweeping for any cybersurgeons who would be that insane! Put out a search for that black freak of nature as well."
"S-sir!" yelped the CEO in an embarrassingly high voice.
Doomfist only gave him a contemptuous look and stalked out of the room, fist clenched ominously.
As soon as he was out of earshot, the green-haired man grimaced. "Tch, Damn those fools. No matter. It's unfortunately that Foxhound escaped thanks to those interlopers, but results of this test is good enough," he muttered. Suddenly, he brightened. "Still, if my creation can send them into retreat, then no one can stand up to it! On the same note, this could be a way to mass-produce the Omnidroid! Assistant, get the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the line! Since they want Foxhound gone, an Omnic who sent Foxhound running with their tail between their legs could definitely attract their interest! With this data, we can secure funding for my creation! Imagine...a whole army of Omnidroids, all thanks to the UN!"
As Seameyered laughed in an evil manner, the Omnidroid directed its emotionless gaze at its damage claw, marred by Fox's blade. Acting on its programs, it scanned its damage claw to gather data.
With the information from the latest battle, Foxhound would be exterminated; one hundred percent chance.
END OF CHAPTER SIX
Next time on The Fox of Overwatch! Chapter 07: A Visit to Switzerland
-Foxhound are sent running after their defeat at the hands of Haruka Seameyer. While licking their wounds, Seameyer holds a news conference, unveiling the new and improved Omnidroid to the representatives of the UN. Knowing that the world is at stake with the existence of the Omnidroid, Naruto has the most craziest idea of all time: personally warning Overwatch of the impending threat, and hope they could help.
Foxhound and Overwatch under the same roof, in Overwatch's backyard.
What could possibly go wrong?!
-After-chapter notes
This is gonna be Foxhound's toughest target yet! Note that I have not watched Dimension W, save for a few clips of Haruka Seameyer? I don't know. Did I do well when it comes to his personality and dialogue? Let me know.
The drones that Seameyer used are the Hammer Drones from Iron Man 2 and the drones from Oblivion.
Also, I threw in a hint for a future filler chapter (hint: maids)
Next update, and the first update for the New Year, will be Shinigami's Devil Huntsmen. It's gonna be gud!
Once again, special thanks to NorthSouthGorem, for beta-ing this chapter, and helping me in becoming a better writer :)
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Released: Thursday, December 28, 2017