Year of the Rat
Chapter 12
(Autumn)
FALL OF THE JUNKRAT
"Take aim... Fire!" some soldiers appeared and shot some hostile Omnics, then quickly hid behind cover.
"The boots need some help." Soldier 76 said as he and Hanzo ran into the factory facility, then saw the small squadron being assaulted by the Omnic forces, "We need to extract them before the big forces come."
"A rescue mission." Hanzo sniped an Omnic from afar, "Who sent them so deep into Omnic lines?" he grunted and struck another.
"Someone higher ranked than me." 76 grumbled, "My command is limited to Overwatch and its small deployment forces, not the UN Army." he and Hanzo ran to get into a closer range.
"Pharah reporting." Pharah spoke into the radio comms, "Where do you want me to set up, Commander?"
"Stay in the sky, Pharah." Soldier muttered and aimed his rifle, then fired and shot an Omnic, "Over here!" he called out to the trapped soldiers, who were relieved at the sight.
"Something's not right here." Hanzo muttered uneasily, "This seems to easy..." he said and then placed a Sonic Arrow at the far west wall.
Suddenly, the arrow revealed an ambush.
TRAKAKAKAKAKAKA! Gatling guns from Bastion Model Omnics roared to life and nearly destroyed the entire squadron.
"Gwah!" only one soldier escaped alive but landed with a damaged leg in front of 76, "Ah..." he groaned in pain.
"Damnit... They were planning this!" 76 dragged the man to cover as they were being pelted by bullets, "Do you have a shot?" he told Hanzo.
"Not as we're being shot down." Hanzo barely avoided a bullet that had ricochet, "I'd rather not take a shot than lose my head."
"Pharah, we're trapped here! Help us out!" Soldier 76 spoke into the comms device, "Do you have a shot?"
"Coming to your locatio-"
"No! Do not!" 76 warned, "If you are not here do not come! It's an ambush!" he growled and attended the wounded paratrooper, "Here, heal up." he set down a Biotic field.
"All agents, watch out for Omnic forces, they planned an ambush." Hanzo warned everyone, "Be awares-" he saw a sniper trail race across the sky.
"One down." Widowmaker spoke, "But they spotted me!" she growled and a hail of bullets sounded through the comms.
"Let's see..." Hanzo popped out, "Clear shot..." he said and placed a spread arrow, then fired and took out two Omnics, "Thanks for the break."
"No problem." Widowmaker responded, "I have another sho- Oh wait." her voice indicated she had gained a rush.
On the ambush spot, Reaper teleported behind the Omnics and ambushed the ambushers, "Tin cans..." he blasted the last four omnics, "A dime a dozen." he dropped his shotguns and grabbed another pair.
"Is it clear?" 76 asked.
"Clear as a graveyard." Reaper responded, "Not one is left." he grumbled, then teleported over to their position.
"Thanks." Hanzo nodded.
"Hold on." Widowmaker spoke with concern, "Behind you!" she called out, and just as she said that some Special Operations Omnics burst from the door behind the group and opened fire.
"Crap!" 76 yelled and dove for cover, taking Hanzo with him.
"DWAK!" the last soldier was struck in the chest and eliminated.
"Retreat." Reaper followed the fleeing Hanzo and 76 in Wraith form, keeping eyes on their attackers.
"Did someone call backup?" Roadhog appeared and hooked one of the omnics and blasted him, "I brought Mei and the Rat." he informed 76 and Hanzo.
"Good. But watch your backside-" Soldier 76 stopped and fired and a sneaky Spec Ops Omnic, "Like that." he chuckled and reloaded.
"The cavalry's here." Tracer landed nearby and pelted another Omnic with her pistol, "Where's the party?" she asked and looked at Lucio, who came with her.
"They'll come soon." Hanzo grumbled, "That's what they've been doing so far." he sighed and stretched.
"What happened to our objective?" Lucio asked, "Did we save them?"
"No." 76 murmured, "All wiped out by the ambush." he sighed and kicked a box, "Damn it."
"I still wonder why they would send them so deep inside Omnic controlled territory." Tracer muttered, but then felt a bullet scratch her cheek, "Ah!" she gasped when the main omnic forces arrived.
"Damn! They have drones!" Hanzo growled and saw the flying Omnics in the sky.
"I got them." Pharah reported and went airborn, "They will not bother us any- AH!" she gasped, "They brought anti-air omnic- DWAH!" she was struck.
"Pharah!" Soldier 76 yelled, "Damn! It's like they knew we were coming!" he growled and punched the wall, "They countered us at every step!"
"I'm fine." Pharah responded with a deep sigh, "Just took a bit of flak." she muttered, "I really need someone to take those o-"
KAPOOOM! A huge explosion sounded outside, and pieces Omnics crashed through the windows of the factory, then the building itself started to quake and pieces of it started to fall.
"It's not going to hold!" Reaper observed pieces of the roof fall, "Who made that explosio- Get out!" he growled.
"Let's move it!" Lucio turned up his music, and the squad barely escaped the collapsing building, which fell in a large blast.
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"What you did was reckless and irresponsible." Soldier 76 told Junkrat as he was in court martial, "Vice-Commander Reinhardt, Field Medic Zeir." he turned to his fellow prosecutors.
"We find Agent Jamison's actions unnecessary and unacceptable for any mission." Reinhardt added, "'Ze threat of life was high for the reward sought- which was minor." he grunted.
"But I tried to save everyone from the Omnics-"
"No. You tried to save Agent Fareeha." 76 growled, "Not all of us, or you wouldn't had caused such a large uncontrolled explosion." he put up some papers, "Field Medic, say the judgment."
"Yes, Commander Hardwood." Mercy spoke, "Agent Jamison, you have a 20 day suspension from field activity. And you are prohibited to be within 40 feet of Agent Fareeha or have any electronic communications with her." she informed.
Junkrat looked down in anger, but sighed deeply and accepted the terms in defeat.
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3 weeks and 2 days seemed like an eternity for the Australian, who sat by himself in the garden looking at the picture he and Pharah had taken in a photo booth.
"I never even had the chance to tell her I lov-" Junkrat cleared his throat, and held his bravado in order to stop from welling up, "Now I don't have the chance anymore."
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