Stage 53: Intruder Alert!
Standing outside the main entrance to the Detention Center, Reinhardt turned around and entered a passcode into a keypad. But when he did, the keypad's screen turned black and a purple pixelated skull appeared.
"What is the meaning of this?" Reinhardt said as he furiously typed the passcode into the keypad several times but the front door wouldn't open. Frustrated, he stopped and pressed the side of his helmet. "Ana, the front door's not working! It won't budge!"
"The Hacker must have locked it remotely," Ana said on the other end. "You'll have to enter the Detention Center manually."
"And by 'manually' you mean—
"Yes, use the Rocket Hammer to your heart's content!"
"Acknowledged," Reinhardt said and took the large hammer off his back.
Positioning the hammer in front of the door, Reinhardt swung it back and hit it hard. Upon impact, the hammer left a dent in the door but it didn't cave in. Undeterred, Reinhardt hit the door again and this time the door had a gaping hole in it as sparks flew from the door's interior. Then for good measure, Reinhardt swung at the door a third time which caused the door to fall apart completely. Satisfied, Reinhardt stepped into the foyer and charged at the door leading into the main hallway with full force. Immediately, the door caved in leaving the same shattered mess as the entrance.
"Ahh, I'll feel that in the morning…" Reinhardt remarked as he shrugged off the remaining debris before charging down the hallway.
At an intersection he came to the security room door and noticed several icicles sticking out of it.
"Good work, Mei!" Reinhardt said and prepared to swing his hammer. "But let me show you how it's done! Stand back!"
He heard the shuffle of feet and once he was sure they were out of the way, Reinhardt swung his hammer at the security room door. Unlike the entrance door, this one shattered into pieces revealing that the other side of it had been frozen. Mei was standing nearby with her Endothermic Blaster in hand while Ana and Winston were by the monitor which showed the same pixelated purple Reinhardt saw earlier.
"Is everyone all right?" Reinhardt asked.
"We're fine," Ana said stepping forward. "But thanks for the save."
Reinhardt shook his head. "Don't thank me, put it on my tab."
"The intruder must have reached the cell-block area by now," Winston said. "But it's hard to tell with the security cameras turned off."
"Then we must head there," Ana said. "Hopefully Torbjörn's turrets are keeping him busy."
"Him? You mean the intruder?" Reinhardt's head tilted slightly to the side.
"Yes, now let's move!" Ana said urgently. "You lead the way, Reinhardt. I'll follow behind and give you instructions. Winston, find a way to locate the Hacker and have Mei accompany you."
"We're on it!" Winston said, giving Ana a thumbs-up before bounding off toward the entrance with Mei following behind.
"You just told them that to get them out of here, right?" Reinhardt guessed.
"They are still young," Ana said. "Ready for this, Reinhardt?"
"Bring it on, I live for this!" Reinhardt said enthusiastically.
At the end of the hallway, they found Torbjörn's turrets lying scattered on the ground. Concerned, Reinhardt and Ana entered through the sliding door to the balcony. They heard gunfire and metal clicking sounds.
"People always underestimate the engineers!" Torbjörn cried. "You destroyed my beloved turrets, and now you've incurred my wrath!"
"Death comes for all," said a deep distorted voice.
Ana and Reinhardt moved to the edge of the balcony and saw Torbjörn unleashing a volley of bolts with his Rivet Gun at the mysterious figure in black from before who was firing a hail of bullets from his two shotguns.
"Give me the Nano Boost, Ana," Reinhardt said turning to look back at her. "I'll take care of him in one blow!"
In response, Ana nodded. She loaded a glowing blue dart into her rifle, took a few steps back, and shot the dart into Reinhardt's neck. He suddenly turned bright blue and electrical sparks emanated from his body.
"You're powered up, get in there!" Ana said lowering the rifle.
"Thank you, my friend!" Reinhardt said and leaped down to the cell-block area. He landed on his feet, causing the ground to shatter slightly.
"Give me a break," the mysterious figure said, throwing away his shotguns as two identical ones suddenly appeared in his hands. "Two more have shown up. Get over here now!"
As the mysterious figure threw took something out of a hidden pocket and tossed it aside, Reinhardt came charging down the rows of cell-blocks while Torbjörn got out of the way. But just as Reinhardt was about to strike the figure, he dissipated into black smoke which wafted upwards. Meanwhile, the thing that was thrown shot a ray of purple light and a new figure suddenly appeared. It was a young woman who looked to be in her mid teens with black hair tipped in purple dye with part of her head shaved off revealing neon purple wires. Her outfit consisted of a black dress with a purple pink and blue bodysuit underneath, black fingerless gloves revealing pink fake nail-like things on her fingertips, and blue foot shoes.
"Hola (Hello)," the woman said waving to Reinhardt and Torbjörn. "Qué onda (What's up)?"
The smoke appeared on the balcony and reshaped itself into the figure in black. "Take care of those two and get the girl!"
"Copy!" said the young woman who suddenly disappeared and reappeared seconds later in front of Widowmaker's cell-block.
Immediately, Torbjörn and Reinhardt approached the young woman from two sides. Calmly, she touched part of the block the cell was on top of, revealing a hidden keypad. Then just as she was about to touch the keypad, Reinhardt came charging at her with his hammer. Instead of moving, the young woman waved her hand out in front of her causing pink wires to emerge from her fingertips. They attached themselves to Reinhardt, causing sparks to fly from his armor as he cried out in pain and found himself kneeling on the floor before collapsing entirely.
"Whoa, that was wicked!" Junkrat said, watching from inside his cell. "You knocked him out in one blow!"
"What did you do to him?" Torbjörn demanded taking a small metal hammer from his back.
"The same thing I'm about to do to you, dwarf," the young woman said turning to face him.
"Ooh, nice insult!" Junkrat cheered. "I like the way you think, luv."
"Thanks," Sombra said without looking at Junkrat.
"I'm not a dwarf!" Torbjörn shouted angrily, gripping the hammer in his hands. "You're going to regret saying that!"
As the pink wires flew, Torbjörn dodged them and swung the hammer at the young woman's face. She dodged his swing and took out a small Machine Pistol. Aiming it at Torbjörn, she fired several rounds at him, but his metal claw and armor protected him from the volley of bullets. While this was going on, Ana was backing up trying to shoot sleep darts at the man in black but each one went right through him as he kept turning into black smoke.
"What are you?" Ana said, feeling her back hitting the door behind her.
"Your worst nightmare," the man said and pointed his shotguns at Ana's chest.
To be continued…
