Chapter 29
The Forsaken were very relentless in their hunt for the split teams, though their efforts were in vain by the strength and cunning of their prey. The Overwatch teams are already in the area of the Rendezvous however they met some resistance from the Forsaken. Winston managed to finally hack the console that opens up to the Northern Sector. He grabs his Tesla cannon and charges it up, Mercy was standing behind him boosting Winston with her staff, which was glowing in a bright blue stream of light. "Once I open this door, stay very close to me and watch yourself, you hear Mercy?" Mercy nods and said in a confident tone. "Lets do it, I'll heal you every step of the way.
With that said, Winston Nods and opens pressed a button on the console. The door's locking mechanisms began to disengage. Winston Stepped in front of Mercy and growls lightly. Once the door opened a couple of the Forsaken stood in front of Winston and Mercy, growling at them. However before they can react, Winston made the first move. Winston Charged forward pushing a button on his Tesla cannon, The Cannon unleashed a torrent of lightening and Electricity towards the Forsaken. The Electrical torrent Shocks the Forsaken monsters, causing them to convulse in place even one of their heads blew up in a gory mess and falling to the ground like a ragdoll. Winston was pleased with the results and quickly moved forward as fast as his three feet can take him. Mercy kept a steady pace with Winston, if she thinks she was falling behind a bit, she used her wings on her Valkyrie suit to help her glide towards Winston without slowing down, Streaming her Boost into Winston's body.
Winston opened up his map and looked at it momentarily, they quickly turn left and walked down a dark and bloodied Corridor. Mercy looked at the walls, some parts of the walls had bloodied Hand prints sliding downward, She held her breathe trying not to imagine what happened to the victims that were caught by the monsters.
Winston and Mercy came across a large room, The whole area was large enough to hold three Aircraft carriers, there were rows of Tables and chairs in the room, the tables held what looked like vials and test tubes, though the glasses were broken and whatever they held was long gone, on the floor there were sprawled out research papers, notes, and some mix of lab coats, on the other end of the large room was a vault like door with a picture of a hazard sign behind it. A couple of Forsaken monsters roamed in front of it as if guarding it.
Winston rushed forward and jumped forward, he crushed two of the monsters with his fist and Cannon their blood covered Winston's face. As Winston wiped off the blood One of the Monsters Stood up behind Winston and lifted it's blade to stab him, only to be gunned down by Mercy. The Monster fell on it's side with Mercy holding her pistol in her hand while holding her staff in the other. Winston looked at Mercy and the Monster's Corpse for a moment then chuckled a bit and fixed his glasses. "Thank you for the assistance Mercy." he said in a grateful tone. Mercy only smiled and pats his shoulder. "Its not a problem Winston, Just be careful next time when you jump into the fight." Winston chuckled a bit and pushed his glasses closer to the bridge of his nose. The two scientists walked over to the vault door and looked at it. "I Wonder if this is where Mei and the others are?" Mercy asked cautiously as she looked behind where they came in to hear scratching and groaning sounds. Winston grunts in response as he looked at his map one more time. "This is where the cryo-chambers is located... So I guess this must be it."
Suddenly an explosion occurred behind them, Mercy glides behind Winston, while he turns quickly and charges up his Cannon. Just as they prepared to fight for their lives a maniacal laughter echoed through the smoke. "HAHAHA! HOLY DOOLEY... Mate, I may hate ya for bein' a scrap head but that was just fuckin' Beautiful drongo." Followed by a machine whirring in a high pitched noise. "Zhwee Whee Whiiir." Junkrat and Bastion come out of the smoke, Both of them are covered in blood and soot, Junkrat had his signature smile covering his face while Bastion reloaded his Submachine gun automatically. Winston and Mercy sighed in Relief to know it was one of their own. "Junkrat, Bastion... Its good to see you two in one piece." Said Winston as he walked up to his two Team mates. Junkrat looked at Winston and Smiled wider. "Good Day commer, finally someone who isn't a fucking Omnic and/or one of those fuckers we killed along the way." Winston Shook his head a bit but kept a smile on his face. Bastion Whirrs happily as he hugs Winston. "Veee Beep boop Viiir!" Bastion sounded happy to see a friend that didn't want to kill him. Winston chuckled and pushed Bastion back, Mercy Walked beside Winston. "I'm glad you two Boys are ok, and I'm proud of you for not Hurting Bastion, Junkrat." She pats his cheek like a mother does to a child, Junkrat only pushed her hand and scoffed. "Yeah... well I didn't have much of a choice Sheila, It was other 'im or those Fuckers... I chose what was smarter." Mercy giggled a bit. "None the less I am proud of you."
Junkrat shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, yeah... So this is where yer friend is?" Asked Junkrat as he examines the vault door. Winston nods his head. "I'm afraid so, it would seem the door only unlocks from a remote or from the inside for emergency purposes... Either way, It doesn't look as if we can get in." Junkrat chuckled slightly, Examining the door for a moment before coming up with a response. "There's a way to open this Drongo of a door..." Bastion Whirs questioningly. "Whiir Beep vwooop?" Junkrat cackled. "Yeah mate, Explosives... AND TONS OF IT... However..." Winston lifted his brow. "What's the problem Jamison?" Junkrat sighs heavily as he sits down pulling out his explosive gear. "I'll need Hog's help, with a door like this, I can blow it up, but its enough to destroy the hinges and cause enough damage to loosen it, Hog uses his hook to grab the loose edges and pull the door open... Without him It can't open even with Gorilla strength." Winston Sighs in this dilemma. "So in Short without Roadhog..." Junkrat Nods. "Yeap... No Roadhog, no opened door."
Soldier 76 and Tracer were running at full speed down a stair case, behind them the Forsaken were chasing them, crawling on the walls and jumping down the stairs, only to fall to the ground below rather then catching them. Soldier 76 turned on his tactical visor and gunned down a couple of the Forsaken with ease, and blown a few of them from the walls with his Helix rocket. Tracer aimed her pistols at some of the creatures that 76 missed and gunned them down, her Chronal Accelerator began to glow brightly, she smirks and takes out a bomb and throws it onto the stair case above them. The bomb explodes destroying the stair case, making the forsaken to fly from the impact and slowing their chase. Soldier 76 grabs Tracer and pulls her into a corridor, he locks the door behind them and smashes the console.
"That's the last time I follow your directions." Said 76 who leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. Tracer only chuckled a bit and lets out a heavily breath. "Well We're Alive aren't we love, I mean sure we may have taken a detour, but we're in the right sector though." Soldier 76 doesn't comment but nods in agreement to Tracer. The two of them got lost through what looked like the base's basement and Tracer thought it was a good idea to get to top side...only to be found by a large hunting party of Forsaken monstrosities that chased them up until now.
"Where are we now, Tracer?" Asked Soldier 76 as he pushes himself off the wall. Tracer pulls up the map of the Base then blinks for a moment. "Seems we're in the Scientists quarters... Or barracks in your terms 76." Soldier 76 looked down the corridor as he notices numerous doors on each side of the walls, each with a sign with a number and a letter. "Hm... Are we near the cryo-chamber?" Tracer looked at the map once more and smiled a little. "Yeah, Actually we're not too far... However its a floor below..." Soldier 76 growls angrily to himself. "Great... We're stuck in this in this shithole With no way to get down from here." Tracer nods in agreement. "I know Love, I used my bomb already to give us some time away from those monsters." Tracer crossed her arms, pouting to the situation they're both in. Soldier 76 walks past Tracer and with his weapon forward, Tracer looks at him and noticed he was moving. "Oi! Wait for me!" She blinks forward to catch up to 76 who wasn't in the mood to wait around.
As the duo travel down the corridor, they notice that some of the doors were unlocked. Tracer peaked her head through a couple, a one of the rooms looked messy and disheveled as if the people who once lived in there was in a hurry to pack, and another room was covered in blood, the walls clawed to pieces and bullet rounds lying on the floor, Tracer knew what exactly happened here. As they continued down Soldier 76 noticed one of the rooms was opened. "Tracer stay here and keep watch, I'll check this room out." Tracer nods a bit. "Alright, do be careful, alright?" Soldier 76 nods his head and enters the room.
Soldier 76 encounters a very messy room, The bed covering was sprawled to the ground, Research notes all over the place, and a lot of old, brown and dead leaves all over the place. Soldier 76 lowered his weapon and looked on the table, on the table was a communicator, some scribbled notes and a picture of a large man with a large beard shaking hands with what looked like scientist. Soldier 76 looked closer at the picture, The man looked to be accepting an award. "Professor Dong Zhuo... Huh, So this is your room." Soldier 76 picked up the communicator and accidently turns it on, In it were some messages from years ago. 76 thought it was a bunch of messages from some of the other scientists until he noticed "Destruction" and "Overwatch" in mid sentence. 76 blinked behind his visor and looked through the messages, skimming each one quickly and growls a bit. He pockets the communicator and begins to investigate the room, 76 looked through his desk and found a couple of Secret research notes involving of raising the dead organisms back to life, ranging from Plants to Human beings, the dates went back as 30 years ago, his research must've been going on before joining Overwatch's science division. Soldier 76 placed the research notes in his Jacket for later studying. Next He looked at the bookshelf, most of the books were about botany, methods of reforestation, and some Chinese Prayer scrolls. Soldier 76 pulled out the prayer scrolls out of the way until an envelope falls out from the bottom. Soldier 76 knelt down and picked up the letter, it was addressed to the professor but with the Initials "C.N." as the sender... 76 opened up the letter until Tracer called out from outside. "Find anything, 76?" Soldier 76 placed the letter in his Jacket. "No... Just some research notes and dead plants." Tracer hummed to herself. "Hrm... Alright, Come on 76, We got to figure out how to-"
Suddenly She screamed in pain. "AHH, BLOODY HELL, SOMETHING SHOT ME IN THE ARM!" Soldier 76 ran out from the room and saw Tracer holding on to her shoulder, there was something sticking out of her wound, it looked like a large tooth-pick made of bone. 76 turned his head to see what shot her, in the middle of the corridor was a head, It looked like it's skin was melted off and the neck attached to the head was ripped apart as if it was forced from the body, the head also had bat-wings on each side of the temple, it also has a tail... made from its own spine, at the end of the spine-tail was a sharp blade like quill. The Monster screeched in a high pitch and aimed its tail right at 76, the tail fired off the quill like blade at 76 and impaled his leg. 76 Knelt down in pain and growls. "EAT THIS!" 76 lifted his rifle as the creature's quill reloaded for another attack, however 76 got the upper hand and fired at the creature blowing it out in the air as it's parts painted the walls of the corridor.
76 removed both of the quills from their wounds with a quick pull as it was painful to remove them. Soldier 76 placed a Canister onto the ground and a bright yellow light envelopes the two of them, healing their wounds quickly. "Thanks for the heal love... But I think we overstayed our time here, Lets figure out a way to get downstairs without attracting attention." Soldier 76 nods his head, helping Tracer to her feet as they both continue down the corridor. As they delve deeper down the corridor they heard fighting and loud blasts mixed with laughter. The fight was more and more louder with each passing step until they reached to a door. Soldier 76 and Tracer Readied their weapons for what ever was on the other side of the door. 76 opened the door and the two charged in to find Roadhog and Reinhardt Fighting off the Forsaken brutes.
"COME ON, IS THAT ALL YOU MONSTERS GOT!" Yelled Reinhardt as he punched one of the creature's head in and used his armor's claws to rip out some of the muscle. Roadhog was laughing manically as he guts open another Brute and blasted it's face with his scrap-gun. Both of the large men were covered in Blood and breathing tirelessly from the ongoing fighting. suddenly a swarm of the flying heads come out of the vents and impale their quills into Roadhog's gut, Reinhardt pulled his shield up to absorb the quills, only the creatures were too fast and small for the giant men to kill. 76 and Tracer moved Firing their weapons into the air, taking down the Forsaken fliers with ease and precision. The Flies began to back away and retreat leaving the teams alone.
The Large men looked over to find their allies safe and alive. "TRACER, SOLDIER! MEIN GOT, YOU'RE ALIVE!" The armored German walks over and hugs Tracer and 76 in his powerful arms. Roadhog wheezes heavily as he plucks out the quills with his fingers, before he spoke up and after Reinhardt lets them go from his hug. "Where's Junkrat?" The Bodyguard said in his raspy yet angered voice. Tracer and Soldier 76 Shrugged their shoulders. "I don't know Roadhog... But I think I did see him escaping with Bastion... maybe they're still alive?" Said Tracer who was unsure if they're still alive. Roadhog grunts a bit, accepting the answer until otherwise Reinhardt pulls up a map and smiled under his helmet. "Good news Everyone, Winston and Mercy have reached the Cryo-chambers... Seems Bastion and Junkrat are there as well." Roadhog looked at the map and sighs heavily in relief. Tracer looked a bit upset. "Yeah... and we're above them... Unfortunately the stairs is occupied by those monsters and I don't see a way to get down there." Reinhardt looked at Tracer and laughed heartily. "Do not worry mein friend, I'll make us a way to get to them." Tracer quirks her brow confused by Reinhardt's words until he raises his mace, Quickly she scanned the room only to realize that it's structural integrity was too severe, she quickly tried to yell out. "REINHARDT WAIT!" Reinhardt smashed his hammer onto the floor, It Gave away and everyone began to fall down.
Meanwhile McCree and Hanzo are very close to the entrance to the Cryo-chamber. McCree reloads his Revolver casually as he is already up to 55 kills, Hanzo's fingers are bleeding from the excessive use of his Bow and arrows, but still he strives on with 59 kills. As the two marksmen continue following the arrows towards the Cryo-labs, McCree tripped over and lands on the floor. Hanzo knelt down and chuckled. "Hard to stay on your feet, McCree?" McCree looked at Hanzo and smirked. "Yeah, to hell with you too, Hanzo... Actually what the hell did I trip over?" The two men looked over to where McCree tripped and saw a pulsating green vine. Hanzo and McCree's light humored Selves stopped short. Hanzo Grabs McCree and pulls him up. "What in tarnation is that?" Asked McCree as he dusts himself off. Hanzo pulls out an arrow from his quiver and holds it near the tip. "I do not know... But it wouldn't hurt to make sure its dead... Could be a creature." Hanzo knelt down and placed the cold edge on the Vine then with one swift motion he cuts it off, Separating it from what ever it was attached to... Suddenly they heard a muffled Groan and roar... The two men looked around, now feeling they may have pissed off something.
Suddenly a horde of Forsaken Began to rush towards the Marksmen, without a moment to spare the two men began to run away, Hanzo Fires his scatter arrows, the arrows pierce through some of the Forsaken's Skulls, and impaling their feet to the floor, screeching in pain. McCree fires off well precession Shots at the flying heads that were shooting quills at them, Each shot blasted through the heads causing blood and gore to rain behind them. McCree and Hanzo Stop short in front of two corridors, Hanzo fires two of his Sonic arrows down the corridors. Down the left corridor, a large number of Forsaken monsters were rushing towards the marksmen. The side showed two figures a short dwarf like figure and a tall figure. the Short figure was hit by the arrow as he rubs his head with his metal arm. "THIS WAY!" Hanzo Grabs McCree's arm as they both quickly rush towards the right.
Torbjorn rubbed his head, muttering some curses in his native tongue, Genji took the blunt arrow and examined it, before noticing Hanzo and McCree Running past them. "Brother?" McCree turns his head and yells out. "RUN, THEY"RE ON OUR DAMN TAIL!" Torbjorn and Genji turned their heads slowly from where the marksmen ran, only to witness a flood of Forsaken monsters charging towards them. Torbjorn Sets up a turret in the middle of the corridor, but he didn't have time to upgrade it as Genji Grabs the Dwarf and ran quickly to catch up with the others. The turret none the less did it's job as best it could, gunning down as many of the Monsters it can take before tipping over and destroyed by the monster's blades. "AGH... She wasn't even prepared!" Torbjorn said in anguish over his creation. "Run now, mourn Later!" screamed Genji as he carried the Dwarf on his back. They both Reach up to McCree and Hanzo. "Its good to Find you two, I thought you two perished?" said Genji as he looked at the two men. "Well partner we just took a wrong turn to Albuquerque and got lost." McCree said as he chuckled. Hanzo merely Scoffed. "I blame the McCree's Sense of direction." McCree chuckled once more as they reached up to a corridor that lead down towards the Cryo-labs. "Sweet Sassafras... We finally made it... Hopefully we're not the first ones." As the four agents tried to get a breather, a heavy growl could be heard behind them, Suddenly three large brutes came into view and charged towards the agents. All Four of them screamed in horror and quickly ran down the corridor. The brutes used their large arms to carry their bodies as they smashed their way towards the agents. Hanzo Pulls back his arrow and yelled out. "Ryƫ ga waga teki o kurau!" Hanzo's arrow soars from his Bow and twin Dragons appear. The arrow pierced through the first brute's small head as the dragons phases through them, Burning the brute's bodies. However one of the brutes survived, it only looked more angered and roared in both pain and fury and charged it's way towards the agents. Hanzo cursed at the failed attempt to kill all of them and quickly caught up with the other agents.
Genji, Hanzo and Torbjorn ran through an opened door. Torbjorn did his best to quickly close it, Hanzo and Genji used their Weapons to take down the creature that was chasing McCree. McCree quickly rushed towards the door that soon began to close. In a last ditch effort he jumps forward and rolls towards the door, his hate dropping near the entrance, the door was very close to being shut, McCree Noticed his hat wasn't on his head and quickly stuck his arm out to grab the hat just as the creature almost grabbed him and the door finally locked.
The Four agents breathed heavily and sighed in relief. "Everyone alright, partners?" McCree asked as he wipes off his hat and puts it on. Genji and Hanzo were leaning against each other's backs nodding at the cowboy, while the Swedish dwarf was laying on the floor holding his right hand up with his thumb out to show he was good. McCree chuckled lightly until something large walked up towards them. McCree looked in shock as if the brute got through, he rubs his eyes for a moment only for his vision to clear to show Winston. "Geez big guy, don't scare the hell out of me like that!" Winston Chuckled and held out his hand to McCree who happily grabbed it as he was pulled up. "Glad to see you four made it." Said Winston as he walks over to the other side of the large lab. Genji and Hanzo pushed off against each other and walked over. McCree Lifts Torbjorn to his feet joining the others.
Junkrat was Muttering to himself as he sets up some explosives against the edge of the vault. Mercy looked over to the recently arrived agents and sighs in relief knowing they were safe now. Bastion was in his turret form keeping an eye on the hole he and Junkrat created and towards the door on the other side. Winston sat down on top of one of the tables and waited for Junkrat to finish, setting up the explosives. "Alright mates, its all ready... However I'm tellin' you drongos, Without Hog this thing ain't gonna budge." Winston grunts in acknowledgement. "I know... But We'll have to make do with what we have for now." Junkrat sighs heavily and nods. "Alright... Then everyone stand back, this is gonna be a big bang!"
Everyone but Bastion and Junkrat hide behind the tables and waited for the Explosion to occur. Junkrat twirls his detonator in his hand and giggles madly, his thumb rests lightly on the trigger then lifts it close to his face. "Time to Light this Fuckin' Candle!" With a quick push from his thumb, the bombs light up and detonate. Fire and soot engulfs the vault. As the smoke cleared Junkrat's conclusion was correct, The vault was ajar, showing a large opening, but it did not fall off. Everyone looked at the vault and sighed heavily. "Damn... Well It was worth a shot." Said McCree as he tilts his hat forward hiding his eyes under the hat's flap. Winston walks over to the vault and grabs the edge. With all his strength he tried to pull the Vault door back, but to no avail. With one last pull Winston finally gave up. "Its no use, the Vault is stuck." Junkrat leans against one of the lab tables and chuckled darkly. "I told ya mate, Roadhog use his hook Thin' to grab that egde and pull with a lot of force... Since he ain't here... We're fucked."
As the Team began to felt Despair, they heard groaning and moans from the other side of the vault. Mercy covered her mouth in shock, thinking that the Survivors turned into those Forsaken creatures only for a gruff voice heard, as her fears calmed instantly. "Agh... I think I broke something..." Followed by a loud and stoic voice to comment. "I Am broken everywhere, you don't see me Complaining... Ow..." A peppy voice soon entered the conversation. "Well ain't this Just peachy... Darn it Reinhardt I told you to wait!" Reinhardt Retorted back with a bit of fatigue. "I'm sorry, I'm Just tired from this running and fighting larger monsters to hear what in the world you are saying!" Lastly a growl was heard followed by a booming voice. "Will You two cut it out... Hell you two sound like Junkrat!" Junkrat rushed up towards the vault door and yelled through the cracked edge. "ROADIE, IS THAT YOU!?" Roadhog lifted his head Towards the vault, he pushes 76 and Tracer off his frame. He walked up to the vault door and looked through Cracked edge to see his small Employer looking at him with a cheeky grin. Roadhog sighs in both relief and slight annoyance. "Glad to see you're not dead Rat." Junkrat merely Chuckled. "Yeah, Good to see ya too, ya drongo... Say, how the hell Did you get on the other side!?" Tracer was the one to Answer. "Reinhardt smashed his hammer against the floor and we all came crashing down... Wait, Junkrat is Winston with you!?" Junkrat stepped aside, as Winston walked up and poked his head into the crack. "Tracer, Thank science you and the others are alright!" Tracer Giggled Happily and pulled Winston a peace sign with her hand. "Well no worries love, the Calvary is here." Winston chuckled a bit. "Good to hear... Listen We need this Vault door opened, Is there a way to open it on your side?" Tracer looked around to find a door hinge that unlocked the vault, only it looked broken. "Sorry love, the hatch handle is broken." Junkrat scoots in and yells through the crack. "Oi, Roadie! Can you Push The vault While we try to pull on this side?!" Roadhog looked at the unhinged yet sturdy metal Vault door and nods. "Yeah, I think I can... Though I'll need help with Reinhardt to get any chances of opening it."
Junkrat nods his head and chuckled. "Alright, Looks like we got a plan!" Junkrat explained the Others what to do, while Roadhog and Reinhardt Pressed their large bodies against their side of the waiting on Junkrats signal to push. Winston grabbed the edge, getting ready to pull. Torbjorn sets his hammer on a small crack on the vault and prepped his hammer as a leverage to pop the door out of place. Bastion reverts back to his Sentry form and grabs a corner of the vault, getting ready to pull. "OK, ON MY THREE!" All the agents prepared themselves.
"1...!"
"2...!"
"3, pull!" Junkrat yelled out loud as he pulled with all his might
Roadhog and Reinhardt pushed with all their might trying to get the vault opened. Soldier 76 Rushed forward and Slammed his Shoulder against the door to help, his shoulder was hurting like hell but he didn't mind it. On the other side Winston,Torbjorn and Bastion Pulled hard at the vault door. The other team members couldn't sit there and let the others do this alone. With everyone grabbing onto a Corner and broken edge the door began to move, It was slow but they were making progress. The Vault door was stuck almost opened. "Alright everyone, Give it all you got!" With one last Push/Pull The Team finally got the Vault door to open, the hinges broke and fell loudly on the floor.
"Sweet hell, That was a heavy Mother hubber..." Said McCree as he wipes off the sweat from his forehead. Hanzo chuckled heartily. "What's the matter McCree, out of breathe already?" McCree Looked at Hanzo and slaps his back in a friendly way. "Up yours too, Hanzo." Soldier 76 walked out the Cryo-chamber entrance and growls. "Come on, Lets just get this done and get this whole shit over with." All the agents set their attention at 76 and nods their heads. Everyone entered through the vault door and into the Cryo-chambers.
As the Team Enter into the Cryo Chamber, Genji Pulls at Winston's shoulder. "Forgive me Winston, but I thought I might get your attention on the issue of the Forsaken." Winston Raised his eyebrow. "Is that what they're called?... Kind of unoriginal... Though I'm not too picky on the name... Anyway, What about them?" Genji goes on to explain what he found in the Guard station above them, the guard's message and final will. "And so, if we have any chance of destroying these monsters, and Professor Dong Zhuo, we must destroy the facility." Winston sighs heavily as he thinks deeply of the situation. "Genji, this... This is Bad on many accounts, Many lives were killed by him, and all of their research is held in that one flash drive with everyone's research... All their life work." Winston held the box in his hand, he removes the envelope and removed the flash drive, Winston sets the drive inside his small compartment next to the picture. "I wish we were here to save them..." Genji placed a hand on his shoulder. "There wasn't much we could do... But now, the best thing we can do... is put them out of their misery and suffering." Winston looked and Genji and nods his head. "Once we find Mei and the others... I'll make a plan to deal with this." The two agents quickly rushed forward to catch up with the others.
The Agents finally reached to the Cryo-Chambers. The Cryo-chambers was very large, larger then the other rooms they had passed through, The Team were standing on the ground floor of the Chambers, it was cold, Dark and a sense of dread over came the team, the only shred of light that illuminated the room slightly was a console blinking red. Winston began to worry as he walked over to the console. The others began to take a breather, Reinhardt kept his eye on the door if the Creatures came through. Winston looked at the Console and typed a few keys on the holo-board. Winston typed in some console commands to get the lights to come on. After a couple of minutes, The Lights turned on. In front of Winston was a giant wall Filled with rows upon rows of pods that go up to the Ceiling as far as the eye can see, Nearby was a stare well for each row going up, it looked to be thirty floors by an estimate. The pods were darkened for a moment then all of them turned on with the lights finally illuminating the whole room. Winston looked at the console and saw that These were Cryo-Chambers. Winston opened up a file and saw that all the vitals of the Cryo-pods were positive and glowing green... They were alive... all of them.
"Guys, they're alive... all of them, Thank Science!" Winston Laughed heartily. The Team were all relieved of the situation, realizing that they went to hell and found them all alive and well. Soldier 76 walked over to examine one of the pods, only to find it with a mummified Corpse. "Winston... is the Console updated?" The Team's victory was stalled by 76's investigation. Winston looked at the console closely and noticed the date was around six years ago. Winston updates the Date on the console with a manual override command. The console Reboots and updates itself, then suddenly all the Green lights turn to red, and the vitals for each pod was unknown, The white letters on the red lighted pods said "Deceased". The others rushed towards the other pods and were Distraught and sickened at what they found. Some of the bodies were mummified, meaning that the liquid nitrogen they used on the pods malfunctioned causing only the temperature to go down but without the liquid nitrogen the process would only cause the victim to have his whole body go through Hypothermia, many of them died in a matter of hours apparently some were holding smaller corpses in the same pod. a few of the pods had only skeletons and frozen blood, in the hands of the skeletons was a handgun, apparently the Victims woke up from Cryo-stasis but the locks were deactivated, with no hope of escape they must've committed Suicide to avoid starvation or madness, there were smaller skeletons in a couple of the pods as well.
The Teams all looked through some of the pods and were horrified by the realization, that help never came, and they all died by either Freezing or ending their lives to avoid the painful realization.
Mercy covered her mouth as she looked in the pods, She tears up at the sight she witnesses.
Soldier 76 growls to himself and looked away, he couldn't look at the bodies straight in the face as it reminded him of those lives that were lost when the Omnics attacked.
Torbjorn and Reinhardt bowed their heads sadly to know that they let a lot of people here down, and left them to die.
Genji and Hanzo looked at one another in disgust at the situation, Genji heads back to Winston, while Hanzo kneels down on the grated Floor and begins to chant prayers in a low voice.
Tracer only shivered at what she saw and backed away, bumping into McCree, She stood there shivering severely, McCree Wraps his poncho around her shoulder, Tracer looked at him only to notice his head was down, and his hat lowered to cover his eyes, She noticed that he was hiding tears, She merely hugged McCree, The two of them walked back down.
Junkrat didn't see what was the big deal with a bunch of dead Scientists, he thought that it was just how life is, You live or you die... However seeing the smaller Corpses just reminded him of the Outback, it was nothing traumatizing to him, Adults or kids... they were all the same to him. Roadhog was nearby looking what looked like a frozen family, Both the mother, Father and Child, the child held one of those Pachimari plushy, that they gave out in the arcade, Roadhog shook his head sadly and noticed Junkrat looking very serious then his usual insane and maniacal Demeanor, he tilts his head sharply, indicating that it was time to leave, The Two Junkers headed back down to join the others.
Bastion Merely tilted his head at the Human's emotions, First they were Excited and happy to find everyone, then They all became quiet and saddened, He looked at the Console where Winston was sitting, Rubbing his eyes, his glasses held in his Hands. Bastion read the Word Deceased on many of the pod numbers, Bastion began to understand the situation and this emotion humans call "Grief"
Bastion walked towards the Console and accidently opened up a holo-board, He noticed that some of the pod numbers contained names as well... Realizing that it showed the initially deceased, Bastion types in the Board. "Locate non-deceased Pods." After a moment of loading The Console comes up with one result.
"VWEEP BVEEP BOOP!" Bastion Cries out loudly. Winston lifted his head in shock. "What, Someone is still alive!?" Bastion Nods his head and points to the console. Winston looked at the Pod Number. "25-Row Z... Mei-ling Zhou... Her vitals are stable, its on today's date... Her Pod is still intact!" Winston was once again hopeful that they can still save at least one person here... Winston Sees the others heading down then begins to climb up to the 25th floor. "Guys, meet me at the 25th floor, Mei could still be alive!" Before anyone could respond he continued to climb up.
Soldier 76 cursed under his breathe and began to Run up the stairs, Mercy points her staff at Winston and flies up following him. Tracer gives back McCree's Poncho and speeds off towards Winston's location, Genji used his acrobatic Ninja skills to jump from floor to floor following Winston's advances. Everyone else began to make their trek towards the 25th floor.
Once Winston arrives followed by the others, he looked at the pods until he reached row Z, which was all the way in the back of the room. Winston looked inside the pod and noticed something odd, The pod itself was cold to the touch, and Liquid nitrogen affected the inside of the pod... However there was a large block of ice inside. Winston looked to the side to find a console for the pod. Once he hacks into the pod's security, the other members arrived just as the pod's doors began to open, the Nitrogen is released and cold air engulfs their vision for a moment. Winston looked inside, he was definitely not hallucinating as there was a large chunk of ice inside the pod. "What in the name of Science?" Junkrat looked inside and growls a bit. "That's it?... We came all this way, fought our way in... OVER A BUNCH OF DEAD PEOPLE AND A FUCKING ICECUBE!" yelled Junkrat, he steps inside and growls at the ice. "Well, thanks a lot Sheila... NOW WE'RE GONNA DIE 'ERE BECAUSE OF YA!" Junkrat Swiftly kicked the Ice with his peg leg. Roadhog grabs Junkrat's arm, turning him to face him, he growls dangerously and loudly at Junkrat's Attitude towards all of this. Junkrat looked fearfully at Roadhog, Even though he was the boss, Roadhog acted as a controller impulse acting like a parent rather then a bodyguard once in awhile when Junkrat had said or done something completely stupid. As Junkrat was about to chewed out silently by his partner, He hears a crack. "Oi, anyone 'ear that?" The Overwatch team looked inside the pod, the ice was cracking, thick crack lines appeared all over the Chunk of ice until it breaks apart. A woman Fell out of the ice and her body landed Backwards, She looked to be breathing slightly but unconscious.
At a quick glance the woman was heavily dressed in Arctic clothing and boots, on her back a giant tube with what looked like water or Liquid Nitrogen, and her hair was in a bun, kept in tact with a hair pin.
Mercy was the first to respond and quickly assessed the woman, After a minute, She looked back at the Team, with warm tears falling onto her cheeks, a smile over her face as she looked at the team.
"She's alive... Mei is Alive."
