Chapter 9

Sorry for getting this to you so late. I was working on a prequel for this.

Tracer was eating breakfast in the mess hall. Thomas was late… again. Then she heard the doors to the mess hall opened. Thomas walked in with a top hat and a nice looking trench coat. Tracer said "woah… Thomas what are you supposed to be.". Thomas didn't say anything took of his hat and pulled a rabbit out of it. However tracer noticed something about thomas… he was pale… very pale. Her train of thought was stopped when she founded herself petting the bunny. Thomas just smiled and sat down next to tracer. Mercy was the second to noticed how pale he was… like he saw a ghost.

Thomas POV

Thomas looked around he suddenly found is himself in ottoman house. He was pointing a rifle at a family of a mother and two children. The commander behind him said "Kill them… they might be spies.". Thomas raised his rifle at the family. He looked at the commander with pleading eyes and said "No… their innocent. We can escort them to the ship.". The commander just said "They might sabotage us. Kill them now.". Thomas raised his rifle again he looked down the sights. He pulled the trigger only three times. The Family fell to the ground limp. As the commander left the home Thomas could only wonder… why, just why? Thomas looked at the family and regretted his actions. He slowly dragged the bodies outside and buried them. He left the house with blood on his hands… Literally and metaphorically.

Suddenly the scene snapped back to the mess hall. Thomas just wondered… why had he had to do that.

Third person POV

Mercy noticed that thomas that Thomas looked dazed. Like he had no idea where he was. He suddenly snapped back to where he was and promptly left the mess hall. Mercy followed Thomas to his labs where she saw him just staring at a blank wall. Mercy came in and said "Thomas… are you alright? You are not yourself.". Thomas replied "I fear what I did during the war is catching up to me. Mercy I had to kill more people than I could count.". He looked at mercy. Their eye's met… mercy noticed that thomas eye's were filled with fear and guilt. Thomas just said with tears on the verge "I just wish I could say sorry to all those people I killed.". Mercy didn't know how to respond. She just said "I'm sure they would forgive you.". Outside a lab a curious tracer had her ear to the door for several minutes.

Talon's base

Location:somewhere in the arctic circle. blocking scans.

Widowmaker was not happy. Firstly a man with a pathetic pistol had defeated her just before she got tracer. Secondly the boss had called her. Two things happen when he calls You failed too many times or that you have failed so many times you leave the room in a body sack. Widowmaker slowly put her hands on the cold doorknob. Taking a deep breath she was about to knock when the boss said "come in.".

A bead of sweat feel down widowmaker's forehead as she opened the door and sat in a seat. The boss said in a cold tone "The man that defeated you during operation denial. We found his name… took ridiculously long cause according to the records he's supposed to be dead.". The boss handed her a file with the name "Thomas jacobs". The boss switched on a old news clip on the TV behind him. A large face of a man in his twenties appeared. The boss continued on "He was born in 2046 in the month of december. His exact date is unknown in kings row. Then after the birth we lose track of him. He appears again 20 years later in Air corps academy at yorkshire. Two years later he loses all his known family during an omnic attack on Dover. Tested the slipstream as Lena Oxtons co-pilot. After the failed test. Failed to find him. 1 year later is declared dead by courts. Few years later pops up and ruins the museum job. Foils several attacks. Last I heard in critical condition following operation denial.". Widowmaker studied the file for a few minutes and responded "Why are you telling me?". The boss looked at her "Because we are interested in his strange set of skills. Studie him and report back. Make contact if only necessary.". Widowmaker was leaving when the boss said "Before you leave… according to his accounts he fought in the first world war. Most particular…"

Watchpoint gibraltar

Location:Mediterranean. Country:spain.

Tracer hid in a corner as thomas and mercy left the lab. She snuck into his lab and saw on a table his book he was working on. She opened the book.

1916 august 26. Gallipoli

Death. Death. Death. Blood. Flies eating my beef and me. Almost got myself caught in wire and shot to death. My team tried to a field gun that was pounding out dreadnoughts. We failed… All because of me. I couldn't turn the gun around fast enough. The tank took out half my team. We took the gun and destroyed it. But we lost 7 elite riflemen. I can't belive it. Doctors said i'm still in schock.

Tracer flipped a few pages forward. Many were ripped. Some even covered by blood.

1916 October 31. Gallipoli

I got myself shot. I am currently in a medical bay somewhere. Tried to assault the beaches and hit by machine guns. I blacked out and found myself in this medical bay on Hms neptune. I being sent back to britain and then to the western front. If the stories are true then I heading out of the frying pan and into the fire. God I miss Lena.

1917 january 12. France

The stories were true. Expect the fight here is worse than those storys. The trenches smell. Someone near you dies every 10 minutes. Rats everywhere. I don't know how I can put up with this. I miss Lena so much. Just wish I could hear her voice one last time. See her for real. Find a way back to my own time. But until that day comes… I am willing to fight and stare death in the eye. Just anything to see her again. Anything.

1917 january 27. France

Tomorrow me and wilson are going over the trenches to the german town of airmiles. The artillery should destroy the germans. After that the war should end.

Tracer flipped to the next page only to see a blank page. She put the book down. She had wondered what Thomas had gone true. She now wished she hadn't. She flipped a few more pages. One of them even said he had no choice but to eat a rat or starve to death. She walked out of the lab and to the firing range. She found thomas practicing against the bots. She walked up to him and put her hand on his shoulder and said "If there's anything wrong". Thomas turned around and saw eyes that were red from crying. Thomas said "Lena… you don't want anything to do with me… during the war I had to kill innocent people.". Tracer didn't know what to say.