Hauru threw her machete across the room and it buried itself into the training robot that had been firing paintballs at her. She watched the robot fall and she summoned her machete back to her. It came flying back to her and into her hand where it belonged. Hauru ran her finger over the flat side of the blade and smiled. She tilted the blade so it reflected her face. She studied the reflection of her golden irises and wolf that was staring back at her. Was this who she was? Was this the real Hauru? Her mind then wandered off to Sandalf. She had peered out her window every night for maybe an hour and he hadn't showed up. She couldn't hear his howl no matter how much she strained her ear to hear. She was happy here with Angela, Genji and the rest of the agents but she felt like something was missing. When she stared at that forest she felt the wild, untamable sensation she felt in her wolf form. The forest called out to her every night.
"How does it feel to be nocturnal?" Hauru turned to see McCree walking over to her, she sheathed her machete at her side.
"Um...I guess normal…" Hauru replied, unable to find the right words to describe how it felt.
"That was a good throw." McCree gestured to the damaged training bot on the floor. Hauru scoffed.
"Thanks...can I ask you why your up at four in the morning?" Hauru asked, it was McCree's turn to scoff.
"I'm here for my hat that you stole." Hauru's eyes widened at that, she had forgotten to give it back to him. Yesterday was very emotional with Tracer apologizing to Zenyatta and stuff.
"Oh, wait here." Hauru said before she suddenly leaped up into the rafters and landed on the beam that held McCree's hat.
She gracefully walked across the beam and to where McCree's hat was. She grabbed it and then hopped down from the rafters and gave the hat to McCree. He smiled before handing her a bag of raw meat. Hauru's face lit up and she snatched the bag out of his hands.
"Venison strips!" she cried, McCree chuckled as she ripped open the bag and took out a raw strip of deer meat. She shoved it into her mouth, smearing blood on her cheeks. McCree patted her head between her ears and Hauru smiled up at him.
"I'll see ya later kid." he said before placing his hat on his head and turned around.
"Where are you going?" Hauru asked, McCree stopped in his tracks.
"America, I have some unfinished business there that I have to attend to." he replied, looking over his shoulder at her.
"America...is it far?" Hauru asked, McCree smiled.
"I've seen ya looking out at the ocean...America, is across the ocean, hundreds of miles away…" Hauru stood in silence at the thought of this America, across the sea.
"People have told me of this America...they said I have a American...accent?" McCree nodded in reply to her question.
"You do...midwestern I think."
"Mid wah wah?" Hauru asked, McCree chuckled and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Tell you what, when Talon is in ground and all of this is over, I'll take you there, we can see it all." Hauru pricked her ears and wagged her tail and smiled as she nodded. McCree ruffed up her hair on top of her head and with that he was gone. Hauru swore to herself that she would be patient and wait for the day she would see this America.
It was 7:00 AM now and Hauru had just drilled her machete into the head of a training bot. She was on its shoulders, her machete imbedded into the steel metal. The bot was starting to fall backward now and Hauru ripped the blade out before doing a backflip off the robot. She landed on her feet in a crouching position as the robot made a big clunk on the floor. Hauru straightened slowly and pushed her hair out of her face.
"Do you ever get tired?" she turned to see Genji approaching her, Hauru sheathed her machete at her side once again.
"Wolves have excellent stamina, and with all the chemicals pumped into my body I can probably keep this up for maybe three hours more and I've been here since 3:00." Hauru replied, Genji studied the damaged bots for a moment before patting Hauru's head between her ears gently.
"Come, Angela wants you in her office." he said.
"Is she going to give me a shot?" Hauru asked a little concerned, Genji chuckled.
"I hope not..." he said, they made it to the door where Hauru had placed the bag of venison strips. As they walked down the hallway, Hauru was stuffing the last of the raw meat in her mouth. Smearing her face with blood. When they got to the office Hauru was surprised to notice the cardboard boxes were in the corner of the office. Angela stood at her desk, working on something that Hauru couldn't see.
"Angela, I have successfully finished my mission." Genji announced, Angela turned and smiled at them, revealing a slightly larger saint bernard puppy.
"Alphonse!" Hauru yipped and Angela placed the pup on the ground to go and greet Hauru. Alphonse immediately ran over to Hauru who had dropped to her knees. Genji and Angela watched in satisfaction at the sight of Hauru's long, fluffy tail wag as Alphonse licked her face.
"You got him a collar." Hauru commented on the new red collar with a dog tag that looked like the Overwatch symbol. Hauru flipped it over and read the words on the back. The tag read his name, Angela's phone number and his confirmed medications.
"Ah, yes. I saw that the other day in town and I had Torbjorn make the tag for him." Angela commented, Hauru giggled as Alphonse licked the blood off her cheeks.
"I see you have already had breakfast." Angela said, Hauru nodded as she was smothered with puppy kisses. Angela smiled and then turned to Genji.
"Have you got most of your things packed?" she asked.
"Yes, it will be strange to go back to Gibraltar…" he said, gazing at Hauru and Alphonse on the ground. Then suddenly he watched his dragon, in a smaller form glide over to the two and circled around them. Both Hauru and Alphonse welcomed the dragon with joy and excitement.
"We will all relive memories there...good and bad…" Angela commented.
"What are you guys talking about?" Hauru asked, she was holding Alphonse in her arms and the dragon was now returning to Genji's sword.
"We are moving to a different base out at sea." Genji explained, Hauru tilted her head to the side and cocked her eyebrow.
"We're leaving? Why?"
"Well, this is a old backup base, designed for traveling or in some cases...hiding…" Angela finished, Hauru nodded slowly and she gazed off into space for a few seconds until she felt a cold rag press against the blood on her cheeks. She studied Angela's face as the swiss doctor cleaned the blood off her face.
"So after I give you a check up make sure you gather your things alright." Hauru nodded as Angela whipped the last of the blood off her face. Angela then washed her hands and pulled on her scrubs as Hauru hopped up on the table. Still holding Alphonse.
"Alright, give Alphonse to Genji and we will get started." Angela said, Hauru's ears drooped slightly as she gave Alphonse to Genji who took a seat on a chair at the far corner of the office. He was saying something in Japanese as the pup licked his faceplate.
Angela checked Hauru's heart beat, her reflexes, her eyes and her vitals to find nothing was wrong and that Hauru was completely healthy. Hauru was just relieved that she didn't need a shot.
"Alright, your done. Now run along now and get your things. I had Athena get you a small bag for your clothes and it's room." Angela said as Hauru hopped down from the tail.
"When are we leaving?" Hauru asked, when she reached the door.
"Tomorrow afternoon." Genji replied and with that he set Alphonse down. The pup followed Hauru out of the office and down the hall to her room. Hauru didn't have a lot of things besides a few sets of clothes that were specially made for her by Mei. Turns out Mei is a really good sewer. As Hauru packed her things carefully in the small backpack she had, Alphonse watched at the door.
"I wonder what Gibralter will be like…" Hauru told him as she placed another black t-shirt in the bag. Alphonse padded over to the bag and placed his cybernetic paw on the bag. Hauru chuckled softly.
"I guess it will be new for both of us…" Hauru commented, she stroked his head gently. Feeling the soft, thick fur that cover the pup.
Suddenly a long howl reached her ears from inside her room. Hauru and Alphonse's ears shot up and their heads whipped around toward the window. Hauru immediately leaped up and went for the window. She peered out at the forest tree line and couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her eyes widened at the sight of Sandulf sitting at the edge of the tree line. He threw his head back and howled again. Hauru rubbed her eyes to see if she wasn't just tired but when she opened them, Sandulf was still there. Alphonse whimpered behind her as Hauru jumped up on the window sill and slid the window up. She felt the morning breeze gently brush past her and into the room. Alphonse barked and Hauru turned back to look down at him. She stared at him for a moment and then back at Sandulf.
"Wait for me Alphonse…" Hauru said and she jumped out the window and into the grassy field below.
Angela and Genji heard Alphonse frantically barking from Hauru's room.
"Athena is Hauru alright?" Angela asked.
"Uh...she just jumped out her bedroom window."