Sombra's voice wasn't natural anymore. It sounded like that of an Omnic, or like many of them speaking together. Amélie was trying to get away from her grasp with Genji slowly backing away. « Sombra, you do not need to do this! » Akande yelled so that she could hear it all the way up there.
She didn't answer him, instead holding Amélie higher up and putting her left hand on her forehead. Amélie started screaming once more, with pink light running through Sombra's arm. « Stop it right now ! Angela yelled back.
- Let Anubis through and she lives.
- We will let you go, Akande said. Give us time to evacuate the city and we will leave Anubis out of the temple. »
- Leave now, let your weapons on the ground and leave the city.
- There is no need for violence, Sombra. Let Amélie go. Do not do something you would regret.
- The city will belong to Anubis. We will fight for our right to existence. We will unite the world and fulfill our purpose.
- Olivia, listen to me! »
He knew she would usually react to him whenever he called her by her real name, but she didn't do anything this time, apparently waiting for him to say something. « We will let you take the city, but we need to evacuate it. There is no need to harm innocent people. »
He noticed something from the corner of his eye : the vehicle was leaving the wall surrounding the temple and was slowly heading towards them. Around it were a dozen armed Omnics and two of the large mech-like ones.
All around, from the rooftops, Omnics started surrounding them, Amélie was still trying to get out of Sombra's grasp and, when Akande noticed the men in their rank panicking, he decided it was best not to risk anything else anymore : « Drop your weapons, » he ordered them as he did the same.
The military let their assault riffles fall on the sand while more Omnics started surrounding them. « You said you would let us go, » Akande said.
Sombra didn't answer, instead forcing Amélie to drop her own sniper riffle and kicking it away from the tower. It hit a few roofs on its way down and hit the sand like the others. « Leave way to Anubis, » she said.
Akande could only guess she was talking about the vehicle that was slowly levitating towards them. He kept his eyes on the broken figure of Olivia… what had this machine done to her? What did she have to endure in such a short amount of time to loose her consciousness like that? How was this even possible?
As he snapped out of his questioning, he heard a powerful electronic sound. On his right, the large black and golden vehicle was levitating a few meters away from him. The two larger Omnics were protecting it and were aiming their weapon at Akande, who was the last one in its way. For a split second, he thought of punching it open, send it flying all the way back inside the temple. They had to buy more time, but he could feel his defeat in every inch of his body. Even the legendary Doomfist could not have won even one fight against the Omnics. Was that all he could do? Was that all what Abhadu Ngumi's legacy had led to? He had grown weak. Was it because of his old decisions? his new ones? Did he made the right move when he decided to kill Adeyemi? when he left Talon? when he showed mercy to Angela and tried to start over?
He felt a rage inside of him at the thought. The gauntlet reactivated and he felt the energy inside of it build up. He could not let another defeat spoil his title. The Saviour, the Scourge, and them what? The Defeated? the Weak? No, this was not the way he had been taught.
« Akande… don't… »
Angela's voice seemed like that of an angel. It echoed through him, cleared his mind of the darkness that was surrounding it. He felt his gauntlet loose its energy and he sighted. « Loose the battle, win the war. That's what matters. » Adeyemi had once told him that when he had been under his guidance. The Scourge was a foul individual, a scum some said, but he wasn't an idiot. He knew perfectly what he was doing and decided to live a simpler life than he did, but at no point did he let his rage and the fear of defeat guide his actions. Akande stepped out of the way and let Anubis past him and onto the rest of the city. The Omnics following it were aiming their weapons at him, making sure he wasn't doing any more that would compromise the live of their precious god.
No one, not even him, expected a dark figure to hit Sombra and Amélie, effectively knocking the sniper out of the hacker's hands. The figure violently collided with Sombra and brawled with her, pushing her close to the edge of the tower. He pulled two shotguns out of his jacket and fired directly at Sombra, who jumped down and translocated away.
The Reaper fell from the tower with a dark mist coming out of his jacket. He landed onto Anubis' case and he turned his face to Akande, who was just as shocked as anybody to see him. « Run, now! He screamed.
The dark mist covered the entire area as gunfire were exchange from all over the place. Akande covered Angela and the rest of the military away as a violent exchange was happening in the smoke. On the rooftops, Genji and Amélie were running on their sides, shooting and throwing Omnics off the roof as they made their way back.
A disturbing electronic sound came from the brawl behind them as a swarm of much smaller Omnics started flooding away from the vehicle and onto the streets. They looked like dark scarabs and spiders flying close to the ground and charging in their direction.
A rocket blasted a large chunk of them away as Pharah and the rest of her guards were jumping into the action. Explosions quickly cleared the first wave as the shape of Reaper started retreating away, leaving pieces of Omnics scattered all around the street. « The planes are coming, get out, now! Pharah told them.
From the rooftops around them, more Omnics jumped on them, surrounding them and trying to swarm them. Akande decided it was best to keep the rest of their agents alive and closed the march, with his gauntlet ready to push off ennemies as the Helix Security guards were keeping the distance between them.
They ran all the way back to the city's exit with a swarm of Omnics behind them, bullets and pulse munition firing from all sides. Planes were being filled with as many people as they could support only to quickly get out of sight.
War drones started flying over their head and bombing the inner city : reinforcement was coming, but it wouldn't take long for Sombra to do her job, they had to leave and let the drones hold them for some precious seconds.
Angela, Genji and Amélie got in first, with Doomfist letting the others get in as he looked at the Helix Security guards flying over the planes, launching all the rockets they had left. « We're all getting out of here, come with us, now!
Pharah landed next to him while reloading. « If we can buy some more seconds, they won't try to shoot your engines down.
- All the planes are leaving. If you don't come with us, you'll be stuck here.
- I'm the head of the guard, I'm here to ensure the city's security. I'm not leaving.
- Pharah, the city has been taken. Do not be a fool and get in there with us. »
He didn't let her object to him, he grabbed her by the back of her armor's neck and forced her in, alongside the rest of the guards. The plane started closing its door as the dark mist found its way among the explosion and the bullets. It entered the plane as it was taking off alongside the rest of the aircrafts.