Stage 54: Jailbreak!

Quickly, Ana got out of the way as the man in black fired several bullets in her direction. She took out a small grenade from her pocket and threw it at the man. He dodged the explosion, and continued firing at Ana. Below, the young woman unleashed the pink wires at Torbjörn while he was shielding himself from her Machine Pistol bullets. They caused his metal claw to break and the exhaust pipes on his back to fall off. Pained by his metal claw, Torbjörn fell on his knees as the young woman turned her attention back to the keypad. Instead of pressing the numbers, she touched the screen which caused it to turn purple as the keys typed themselves revealing a set of numbers that turned green. When this happened, the block sank into the ground and the glass around the cell vanished leaving Widowmaker speechless.

"Hey, that's a nice trick!" Junkrat said tapping on the glass. "Mind doing the same for me, luv?"

Ignoring Junkrat, the young woman threw Widowmaker a small duffle-bag with the school label on it and her sniper-rifle. "Save the thanks for later. We're leaving as soon as Reaper's finished."

"Why did you come for me, Sombra?" Widowmaker said slinging the duffle-bag over her shoulder and checking the sniper-rifle to see if it was loaded. "Didn't you realize they were trying to figure out who the Talon agent was and set this up as a trap?"

"Is that so?" Junkrat interceded.

"Si, but we went in anyway," the young woman, who was apparently named Sombra, said nonchalantly. "The information you know is too valuable to fall into enemy hands, so the higher-ups ordered us to rescue you."

"So you're the Hacker?" Junkrat said pointing to Widowmaker but then at Sombra. "Or you are?"

"Even though I'm the least likely to talk?" Widowmaker said, continuing to ignore Junkrat.

"How am I supposed to know what they're thinking? I just work for them under contract," replied Sombra.

"Is anyone even paying attention to what I'm saying?" Junkrat asked out loud.

Irritated, Widowmaker briefly glared at Sombra before picking up the sniper-rifle and aiming it at Ana who was using her Biotic Rifle to block the man in black's bullets. Before Widowmaker could take the shot, however, the man in black dissipated into smoke and appeared behind Ana. He was about to fire his shotguns again when Winston and Mei suddenly burst through the door.

"Ana! Behind you!" Mei shouted and fired her Endothermic Blaster at the man in black.

Immediately, the man in black dissipated into smoke again which wafted down to where Widowmaker and Sombra were before reconfiguring into the man.

"So much for our planned exit," Sombra remarked looking up at the balcony where Ana was briefly discussing the situation to Winston and Mei.

"I had no idea they would show up," the man said glaring at Sombra. "Is there another way out?"

"The only other way is the ventilation system," Sombra said and pointed to a square metal grate above them. "You should have no problem getting up there, Reaper."

"Then what about us?" Widowmaker asked.

"Simple," Sombra replied as Ana loaded her Biotic Rifle and Winston prepared to leap off the balcony with Mei riding on his back. "Use the Grappling Hook to get into the ventilation shaft after Reaper. I'll take care of these tontos (idiots) and catch up."

"Um, guys," Junkrat said, tapping on the glass louder. "Can I come with you?"

"Quiet, rat!" snapped the man in black, whom Sombra referred to as Reaper.

"Jeez, sorry, mate," Junkrat said, backing away from the glass. "Moody much?"

Reaper then dissipated into smoke which drifted up toward the ventilation shaft Sombra pointed to. Once the smoke was through the metal grating on the shaft, Widowmaker aimed the Grappling Hook up at it. Once the hook attached itself firmly, she made her way up while avoiding darts fired by Ana. Winston and Mei then leaped off the balcony and landed in the same dented spot Reinhardt landed. Spotting the two, Sombra vanished.

"Hey! Where did she go?" Mei demanded as she got off Winston's back.

"I don't know, but stay sharp," Winston said, sniffing the air as he walked forward.

While the two split up, Sombra reappeared behind an empty cell-block further down. Nearby was the device with the purple light she used to transport into the room earlier, but it wasn't within arms reach. Reloading her Machine Pistol, Sombra quickly ran toward the device and grabbed it just as Winston spotted her. Using his Jump Pack, Winston leaped into the air toward Sombra as she in turn threw the device toward the balcony. Once it landed there, Sombra vanished in a ray of purple light and reappeared on the balcony where Ana was still firing at Widowmaker who was desperately trying to pry open the ventilation shaft.

"Pardon me," Sombra said and shot the pink wires from her hands toward Ana. "But you're shooting at my colleague."

Startled, Ana was ensnared by the wires which caused her to suddenly convulse and collapse onto the floor of the balcony. After a light chuckle, Sombra walked to the edge of the balcony and fired the Machine Pistol at the ventilation shaft which startled Widowmaker and caused her to duck. Once Sombra was done the bolts that kept the ventilation shaft came loose.

"You might want to hurry up, spider girl, or you'll fall to your death," Sombra shouted to Widowmaker.

In turn, Widowmaker sighed and quickly ran up the wire till she was inside the ventilation shaft. Once she was gone, Sombra walked toward the balcony door while Winston used his Jump Pack to get back up to the balcony with Mei in tow. But by the time they got back up to the balcony, Sombra had already left. They attempted to get through the door, but found it to be locked.

"Drat! Not again!" Winston said, trying to pry it open with his bare hands.

"Why didn't you bring the Tesla Cannon?" Mei asked.

"Because I didn't think I would need it," Winston responded irritably. "And without Reinhardt, it's going to be difficult to open this door."

"Not necessarily," Mei said and held up her Endothermic Blaster. "I'll just puncture the door with enough icicles so you could tear it open."

"Good idea," Winston said approvingly.

Mei then fired several icicle-shaped projectiles from her Endothermic Blaster which left several gaping holes in the door. Once he thought there were enough, Winston tried to tear open the door with his bare hands. To his surprise, it worked. With a large hole in the door, Winston and Mei charged out only to find that Sombra was nowhere to be seen. They ran further down the hallway into the foyer and noticed a large hole where the front door was.

"Reinhardt must have made that earlier, when the front door wasn't working," Winston noted. "And I bet that's where the girl went."

The sound of a whirring engine suddenly got their attention, causing them both to exit the building. Outside a large black helicopter marked with a giant T-shaped symbol was hovering just above the Detention Center to allow Reaper, Widowmaker and Sombra onboard.

"How did she get up there?" Mei said, pointing to Sombra.

"She must have used the same device she threw earlier," Winston noted. "It's probably a miniature transporter of some kind."

"They're too far away for my icicles!" Mei groaned. "Blast! We let them get away!"

"Unfortunately, yes, but now we know that Widowmaker was working for Talon as well as the guy Ana was talking about who kidnapped Scourge. Plus I'm fairly certain that other girl, whom Ana heard Widowmaker call 'Sombra,' is the Hacker we've been looking for based on the abilities she demonstrated."

"You're probably right," Mei said as they watched the black helicopter leave. "What should we tell Soldier: 76?"

"We'll wait on that," Winston responded. "First, we need to get Mercy and see if she can heal our fellow teachers who look like they're in bad shape."

To be continued…