Chapter 36:Not Your Enemy
Ecopoint - Men's Locker Room - 4 PM
Abel sat alone in the men's locker room, he was already equipped for the fight and suited up, however he was holding his pad, talking with Moira via video chat. He had informed her about the fight and she responded in a low tone "So you are gonna do it then..? She will be out to kill you..." Her expression was sad, she knew Abel wouldn't strike Pharah down, and she also knew he would have a harder time with then untested suppressor on his back.
Abel gave her a warm smile and reassured his mother with a warm tone "Don't worry, I'll figure a way around that." Moira still wasn't convinced, she simply responded with a bleak "Alright... Come back in one piece... I love you.." Abel blushed and smiled back, responding in a warm tone "Love you too... Tell the others about this.." Moira nodded and Abel hung up, then picked up his weapons, he had a BAR assault riffle, an MG14 Parabellum and two chains wrapped around his arms, each being roughly 3 meters long. Abel was wearing Ana's merciful gear and put on bandages on his head to camouflage himself.
He took a deep breath ,left the lockers and walked out to the frozen fields of Antarctica, the only part of him visible being his eyes and his weapons. He found Pharah waiting roughly a kilometer away from the base, her suit in all it's glory keeping her warm, while Abel was freezing over. Pharah looked at him and stated "Only 3 rules... No dirty tricks... No running from the fight... And no help.." Abel simply nodded and watched as Pharah pulled her rocket launcher out and held it tightly, making Abel hold his BAR with a tighter grip as well.
-Insert Song: The Last Fight by Bullet For My Valentine-
Abel watched as Pharah shot up straight into the air, her rocket launcher aimed at him the entire time. Abel hurried to aim and began to fire at her with his BAR, sadly and as was to be expected, the bullets didn't even dent her armor. Abel watched as a rocket flew his way, he teleported in the last second to avoid it following him. Mei and Brigitte watched in a mix of awe and horror as both siblings fired at one another, none holding anything back.
Zenyatta was keeping an eye on Abel's rage meter, seeing it go up to 3% made the monk wonder how bad this would end up. Abel teleported away from Pharah's line of sight and started firing at her from the side, the BAR wasn't doing much in terms of damage, but it was making Pharah get annoyed by his persistence with a futile weapon. She flew at him at high speeds, unaware of Abel's small trap. Once she was roughly 40 meters away he let go of the trigger, spun on his heel, and swung his chain down at Pharah.
Hanzo flinched at the sound of metal crashing and watched as Pharah skidded along the ice and miss Abel by mere inches. Abel pulled the chain back just for Pharah to grab it and smirk. Her gauntlets came with built in close quarters weapons, including a taser witch she wrapped around the chain and set the voltage to high, sending a current of electricity all the way to Abel, effectively shocking him. Abel was spasming out of control but kept his grip firm and stood tall, while Pharah pulled on the chain to drag a paralyzed Abel to her.
Abel had to think quick, he couldn't survive a rocket at point blank and with the electricity running through his body meant that close combat was out of the question. He came to a conclusion and teleported with Pharah and the chain up high into the sky, where Pharah quickly let go and flew away before they hit the ground. Abel on the other hand crashed into the ice, making a fairly large crater and breaking his BAR in the process. He coughed and stood up again, seeing Pharah fly over him and take aim once more, making Abel use the heavy guns.
Pharah felt one bullet rip through one of her shoulder guards and watched Abel aiming the MG14 Parabellum machine gun at her, with more bullets coming. She avoided the small burst and felt her shoulder and muttered "Thank god... No wound.." However she now could hear the loud rapid firing gun sending 700 rounds per minute, and with Abel making the drum larger, it could easily fire for 3 minutes straight. Pharah growled and started thinking, she needd cover, and started firing rockets down all over the frozen fields, making large pieces of ice fly up and land all over the place.
-Song Ends-
She flew down to the cover and turned her jet wings off, noticing she was halfway trough her energy reserves due to her flight and taser. She let out a sigh and gripped her rocket launcher tightly, waiting for Abel to come after her, instead she could hear a loud variety of cracking and breaking then ducked. Abel's chains missed her by a hair, he had swung them in 360° spin and Sliced through all the ice boulders around him. Pharah was now genuinely worried, Abel was not holding anything back, so now she wouldn't either.
Pharah listened as Abel walked silently through the rubble, chains in hand. She could hear his breathing, hoarse and accelerated, she quickly peeked into her visor and found out he was at 6%, dangerously close to the same as Voslkaya Industries. She had to think of a way to damage him without him seeing her or getting a hit on her, and thus an idea came to mind, she set up a rocket pointing towards a small boulder and threw a small ice rock to make some noise.
She was hiding in a position where she could see the target slowly walk in, once Abel stepped into her small trap she clicked a small switch in her gauntlet, making the setup rocket fly towards Abel. He dodged with no problem, but didn't see Pharah sneaking up behind him, a fatal mistake. She ripped the MG14 off his back and crushed it, then dodged the swing of chains, while also firing a rocket straight into Abel's back. Abel went flying into a large boulder and was dazed, giving Pharah the perfect opportunity to fly up and lock on. When Abel shook his daze off he was greeted by a cluster of missiles coming his way.
-Insert Song: Dark By Breaking Benjamin-
Zenyatta and the other watched the explosion in the distance and saw Pharah still up in the air. Brigitte shook her head and was praying to god this wasn't happening, while Mei and Zenyatta both stared at the crater, something didn't feel right about it. Then it clicked to them, and they all prepared for the worst, steam was coming out of the crater and the rubble was shaking violently from a force beneath the ice and rock, Pharah watched and knew exactly what was about to insue, Abel reached 10%.
-Insert Abel's Theme: Failure by Breaking Benjamin-
The rubble shot up as a beam of red energy shot up into the sky, Pharah watched and saw it, Abel was standing at the core of this energy, but unlike with Gabriel, Abel was looking at his hands. He noticed that he wasn't losing control or falling apart, the suppressor was doing it's job to perfection. Abel looked up at Pharah and yelled "Come get me!" He made two orbs of substance and rammed his fists through it, covering his hands and arms in a coat of liquid metal.
Pharah tried firing a rocket at him, but when it got half way there it detonated from the pressure and force being emitted by Abel. She swore under her breath and put her rocket launcher on her back, knowing it was time to fight like a man. Both charged at each other, with Pharah coming down like a meteor and Abel launching himself up to her. Both fists clashed in a beautiful, or horrifying, mix of blue and red, the promised child of Overwatch and the banished son of Talon. Abel and Pharah both flew back after the clash, Pharah landing near the base and Abel in the rubble.
Abel stood up and noticed his clothes was torn up, mainly his right sleeve was gone and his back was completely exposed, while with Pharah her armor was cracking and some components fell off. She took off once more to prepare a volley of missiles, until she felt a sudden weight on her back. Abel teleported onto her and gripped her wings, yelling "Let's see how you fight without THESE!" and ripped both her wings off, then held her down as both started falling. Pharah and Abel punched, kicked and headbutted one another until they both slammed into the ice.
-Song Ends-
Pharah opened her eyes and stared at the clear skies, she was laying on the ice, cold, and hurt. She raised her hand up to thr neck lf the armor and made her way down to the hem, pusshing two small and specific pressure pads made the front of her armor fly off, exposing her skin tight body suit to the elements. She shivered as she removed the sleeves of her armor and winced when her left arm was out, it was dislocated. She just sat there and looked around, no Abel in any direction, making her sigh and reach down to her waist to use a spare communicator.
Before she had it out however did she notice where Abel was, she watched a small cloud of steam in front of her, and lo and Behold, Abel. He was sitting similarly to her, he had blood running down his head and out his mouth, but he was still alive, somehow. Pharah stopped and tried dragging herself away from him as he stood up, she had no means of protecting herself and Abel still had some juice left in him. However she stopped when he started coughing and fell to his knees, unable to move.
She watched him try to recompose himself, but judging by the steam stopping and the lack of the red glow, he had nothing left, he was burned out. She knew she still had some strength, she could go up to him and end him in many ways, but something about seeing him like this up close made her decide against it. He couldn't hurt anyone in this state and she knew it, however he kept trying to make his way to her via a shaky and slow crawl. Pharah prepared for the worst, even if she lacked a functional arm.
However the temperature was getting to her, it was so god damn cold that she started rubbing herself to keep warm, even though she had to prepare. Abel noticed this and hurried to her, he was dripping blood from his many gashes peppered around his body, but pressed on towards her. Pharah watched as he started to practically climb on top of her, she kicked and pushed but to no prevail, he simply took the hits and climbed onto her until they were eye to eye. She prepared for the end, shutting her eyes and letting the sharp cold take her.
However it never came, instead she felt warm now, like if her mother was holding her during a cold winter's night. When she opened her eyes did she find the reason, Abel had his arms wrapped around her and used the substance around his arms to make a blanket. She blushed and noticed he was keeping himself on the outside and taking the cold directly to his skin, then, her eyes widened, he laid his head on her shoulder and spoke in a stuttering voice "S...s...siss...ttreeerrr... Pro...p..protect... Sisssssterrrrr." She watched him as he finally collapsed by fatigue and pain, making her contact the team quick, and hold him with the blanket even quicker.
And the siblings have finally found the middle ground, even if Abel is on the brink of death. So far only support, so nothing much to say today really.
Until next time, i'm still in the trenches, and hope you enjoyed.