Chapter 18: Honor & Combat

Skies Over the Netherlands - 2 PM

The jet flew southward, avoiding anti-aircraft fire and missiles while other jets chased her. She was on her last set of flares, and was regretting flying over a Talon held Airfield. The bullets cut through the hull of the jet, but she held strong, doing various maneuvers that the rookie pilots of Talon couldn't even dream in keeping up with.

Eventually the Talon jets pulled back, retreating as their orders told them, making Lena grow ever more suspicious, Talon never retreated. The minutes passed and now she was flying over Belgium, still unopposed by Talon pilots, making her get anxious for a sudden strike. But what she was greeted by instead was a sudden rain of bullets ripping through her cockpit from above.

The window was shattered, holes cut through the dashboard, and worse off, her oxygen tank had been hit. Lena then saw a single jet fly away, she'd been tailed the entire time, but why leave her now? Why not just shoot her down? Her questions were answered when she turned to her right, and saw a supermarine spitfire flying parallel to her jet.

- Insert Song: No Bullets Fly by Sabaton-

Lena shut her eyes, thinking her mind was playing games on her, then opened them to see the old relic plane still flying beside her. She examined the old machine, black paint covered the entirety of its body, say for a red "28" painted on it's flank, only serving to tell her that this was no ordinary pilot, it was an AB.

But there was something wrong with all of this, for starters, she wasn't being shot down, no missiles were being fired, nothing, not even a flare. Then she noticed the pilot, in a full facemask and helmet, signaling her to go down, pointing forwards and motioning his hand downwards. Lena shook her head, the lack of oxygen finally getting to her and making her vision go fuzzy.

She started diving nose first, making AB-28 chase after her and bump his wing against the side of her jet, rattling Lena awake quick enough to have her pull back up before hitting the trees. She then looked over to the pilot once more, watching as he assumed an escorting formation.

28 Then removed his breathing mask and helmet and looked over at Lena, leaving her silent as she recognized the pilot. He held his radio up, signaling he was on an open line, and made Lena use a shortwave transmission to ask "Drake? Is that-?"

Drake chuckled and replied by asking "Didn't you say you were gonna be the best pilot in the world? C'mon Lena, don't disappoint."

By this time they were leaving the Belgian coast, anti air batteries and SAM sites keeping their sights fixed on the jet, but not firing, to worried to catch AB-28 in the kill zone.

About ten minutes into the English Canal did Drake chuckle and simply told Lena "I'll drop by soon, but this is the last time I save that deliciously tight ass of yours, until then Oxton." She blushed and watched him salute, then bank to his right and rolled away, back to Belgium.

She took a deep breath and focused on getting her jet back to England in one piece, and after an hour of cautious flying did she manage to arrive at Stapleford Airfield, and, in a rather crude and rough manner, landed her jet as the engines started coughing smoke.

Once the jet stopped in place was she picked up by paramedics, unaware that Drake was currently looking back North, sighing to himself and muttering "So much for that cross..." Then was escorted by attack jets back towards Holland.

- Song Ends-

- Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco - 7 AM -

Hana and Captain Myung both exited the hospital and we're greeted by the dozens of reporters and fans being held back by the local police force. Captain Myung ordered the few fans and all the reporters to "Move out of the way" while Hana gave the typical smile and wave routine, but was muttering under her breath for them to leave her the hell alone.

Eventually after five dozen reporters, which they had to shove aside, did they finally reach their limo, but one fan tried a little harder than the others and managed to get pass the police and asked Hana in a rather rude and intrusive manner "Did that edgy looking guy get lost?"

That was it.

The cameras flashed as Hana spun on her heel and punched the fan straight in the face, sending him down to cover his broken and bleeding nose as Hana demanded "Don't you dare even assume you know him, or so help me, I will hurt you and anyone who accuses him of anything he hasn't done. Understood? Good."

The cameras caught it all, and now a group of reporters demanded "Miss Song! MISS SONG!? WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS MAN?!"

Hana felt a migraine kick in and yelled to them "HE'S-!" but found her answer was rather complicated, so she took a deep breath and corrected in a calmer tone "He's an important person to me... And please, he has a name, and it's Abel. No more questions."

Before anything else could happen did she get into the limo quickly, and had the drive floor it, leaving the reporters with more questions than answers, and having lit God knows how many rumors in their minds.

Inside the limo captain Myung looked disapprovingly at Hana, while the latter barely noticed that the other members of MEKA were also present.

Hana twiddled her fingers, finally understanding what she just did and asked in a small and awkward tone "So... Uh... Are you guys doing well...?"

The guys didn't speak, but Yuna was more than happy to tell Hana in a bitter tone "Well, let's see. First we've been dragged across the Pacific to help you with God knows what, second is that everyone is hoping we don't cause trouble, and lastly you go and start another scandal in punching one of your FANS!"

Hana sunk into her seat, but before any sound could be uttered, someone's phone rang. Everyone looked at each other, the sound of K-pop filling the vehicle, then watched as Captain Myung pulled her phone out and quickly answered "Myung here." King was holding in the urge to laugh like an absolute mad lad, but was shushed by Yuna's elbow to his ribs.

Myung hung up, looked at the team, and simply told them "We've got a lead."

MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas - 10 AM

Abel sat alone on the top of the hotel's roof, watching as Ashe walked through the crowded streets of Las Vegas as he adjusted his iron sights. Ashe on the other hand walked casually down the sidewalk and asked in a low tone "Two guys with suits?"

"I see them." Stated Abel as he fixed his sights on two middle-aged men in Black tuxedos, and asked "Want me to eliminate them?" Ashe smirked, and brushed her hand through her hair, signaling him to go for it. Abel shifted in place slightly, kept his aim down on the men as they got closer, waited for no civilians to be in front or behind them, then pulled the trigger.

A loud boom was heard for a split second, then one of the men's torso was turned meat paste as 14,5*114 , BS-41 round ripped through him, then the second man lost his leg as a second boom was heard. Obviously the people all around started screaming and fleeing the grizzly scene, Ashe taking advantage of the commotion and hurried into the back streets.

Abel felt a bullet whizz right next to him, then looked up, just to see the sniper shooting him get headshot by the Deadlock Gang's own sniper. Abel put his thumb up, then picked up his PTRS-41 and followed Ashe, teleporting rooftop to rooftop, all the while Police helicopters and SWAT trucks mobilized towards Ashe's location.

Abel noticed this and teleported down to Ashe, ran beside her, and told her "SWAT about to block the end of this alley." Ashe nodded, grabbed his shoulder and was teleported with him towards the rendezvous point, leaving SWAT empty-handed.

But before they could teleport out once more, a rock slammed into Abel, sending him over the edge of the roof and leaving Ashe to aim at the assailants. She found herself staring at an old man and a teen brunette wearing a dirty, grease covered coveralls, with the former holding Volcanic pistol, and latter a modified m3 grease gun.

Ashe aimed at the old man, shot him directly in his right shoulder and watched it shatter into a bunch of small pieces of rock. Hollister didn't even seem phased, and shot Ashe's right shoulder, making blood gush out for a second.

Abel appeared on top of Hollister, and dropped a kick down on his head, just for his foot to stop dead in it's track as it made contact. Abel's face was now a twisted visage of pain as he fell down and quickly rolled out of the way of Kira's shots.

Ashe and Abel both quickly jumped to the next roof, with Ashe landing to aim, and Abel making an M1 Garand. Hollister and Kira arrived shortly after and were ready for a fight, until Eve arrived, panting and gasping for air as she yelled "Would you all put your... Your guns down! Ha... One sec please..."

Oddly enough, everyone did so, with Ashe being surprised as she had planned on shooting, but found herself compelled to listen to this woman. Abel and Hollister resisted however, with them lowering their guns slowly, their arms fighting her order.

Eve's head throbbed as she tried keeping them both under control, but watched Abel raise his rifle slowly, like if it weighed more than it actually did. Eve knew if she didn't let Hollister move, then Abel would shoot him down, so she let go of her hold on Hollister, allowing the old man to roll out of the way of Abel's shot, then Abel swung his rifle at Eve, knocking her out.

- Insert theme: Horseplay by Bill Elm and Woody Jackson -

Abel and Ashe both took cover behind a generator, while Hollister took cover behind the stairwell and Kira dragged Eve to Hollister. Abel and Ashe both looked at each other, nodded and we're about to peek, but stopped when Kira sprayed her grease gun until it ran out of ammo. Abel jumped over the generator and attempted to attack them, just for Hollister to intercept him midair and punch Abel in the gut, knocking the air out of him.

Abel landed on his back,and u loaded his M1 Garand's bullets into Hollister, but the old man's body only chipped and cracked instead of doing actual damage, making Abel swallow audibly. Hollister popped his neck and turned his left hand into a rock fist, while aiming his Volcanic pistol at Abel, and telling him in an amused tone "Partner... I've been fighting longer than anyone on this damn rock of a planet..."

Ashe shot Hollister at point blank, causing the old man to jump back slightly, but Kira tackled Ashe off the edge and onto a neighboring rooftop. Abel took advantage of this distraction reloaded, then curled into a ball, teleported behind Hollister and outstretched his legs fast, kicking Hollister in his back and causing the old man to fall forwards.

Both Hollister and Abel then looked each other in the eye, and knew this fight was about to get interesting.

- Insert Song: Have a Nice Day by Bon Jovi -

Abel charged at Hollister head first, causing Hollister to aim and remember his fighting back during the war, and pushed Abel aside and shot him in the back. Abel gritted his teeth then teleported on top of Hollister, pressed his rifle's barrel against the old man's head and fired, just for chips of rock to fly out as the shots hit the old man's head.

Over with Ashe, she punched Kira square in the face, causing the young Russian girl to stumble backwards briefly. Kira responded to Ashe by grabbing the older woman and slamming her head into Ashe's face, breaking Ashe's nose, then kicked Ashe down and swung a wrench at her. Ashe swept her legs horizontally, causing Kira to fall back and jumped on top of the girl and started beating Kira down.

Abel was slammed down onto the street as Hollister landed on top of him with the weight of a boulder, causing the people around to run away or start recording the fight. Hollister noticed this and was about to fire a flurry of sharp rocks at the civilians, but Abel picked him up, slammed him down and show his head until it was gone. But the body continued attacking as a stone head reformed where the last one was.

Abel made his M1 Garand disappear, then let his substance flow around him in a ring, activating his ultimate. Hollister growled and made his entire body turn into a ten foot tall stone, resembling a golem, then took an artillery shell at point blank. Abel looked at the massive cloud of dirt, but when it cleared he saw Hollister was just scratched, making Abel go wide eyed.

Hollister then chuckled and kicked Abel through a department store, all the while an explosion sent Kira flying down into the street, all the while Ashe took the fire escape down to ground level and chased the little grease monkey, hut stopped when she saw the huge stone Hollister looking down at her.

Ashe however didn't even flinch when Hollister popped his knuckles and fired her double barrel shotgun at his fist as it descended onto her, blasting a good portion of it off much to Hollister's surprise. Then, Abel fired another artillery shell at Hollister's legs, focusing on immobilizing him first, while Kira hid behind a car and covered her ears and waited for the fight to end.

Eventually Abel's substance ring disappeared and he charged at the legless Hollister, and started putting the beat down with his fists, then Ashe joined by tossing a dynamite at Hollister's chest, and used Abel to teleport to minimum safe distance from the explosion.

- Song Ends -

- Brian's House, San Francisco - Mid-day -

Brian was speechless, not only were most of the members of overwatch in his apartment, but now he had all the members of MEKA sitting on his couch! He didn't even know what to say, so Abby just held him close as Winston Explained "Now, this Morning Abel was spotted in Las Vegas, along with two other people we are assuming ABs..." The news footage showed the fight from Vegas, making Junkrat grinned at the sight of the destruction.

However, Captain Myung kept an eye on Hana, the young Korean's expression, noticing that Hana was worried. After a brief description on the simple plan to all up and head to vegas did Myung hurry and asked Hana "Don't worry, okay?" Hana nodded and winced as her back started hurting again, making Myung help her down to the cars and shot buses.

Meanwhile Winston was on a phone call with Emily, asking her "Is Lena alright?"

In London Emily was in her kitchen as Lena snored on the couch, and replied "She's alright... A bit bruised up and with a fever..." Winston sighed in relief and stated "That's what the cold winds up high will do to you..."

Emily smiled and nodded, then asked Winston "Love... Can you do me a favor?" Winston listened, and gave a surprised look, then said "I... Uhhh... Sure. Just, don't break anything." Emily replied with a modest chuckle and told him "It happened only one time."

Ashe's Manor, Humboldt Nation's Forest - 5 PM

Ashe groaned as her medic dabbed a cotton with alcohol on Ashe's broken nose, while Abel pulled stone shrapnel out of his muscles, wincing with every piece. BOB helped Abel, pouring alcohol directly on the wounds as he continued cleaning them, making Ashe smirk and ask Abel "So, they your old friends?"

Abel looked at her as he growled and pulled a three inches piece rock shrapnel from his thigh, then replied "They're family... Or used to be..." The medic finally finished with Ashe and left to tejd the others, allowing Ashe to walk up to Abel and asked him "You ditched them?"

Abel shook his head, and felt Ash grab one of the longer rocks embedded in his thigh then asked him "So, they threw you to the curb? Rough."

She then yanked the sharp rock out of his thigh, making blood gush out, and Abel groan in pain before BOB poured alcohol on the exposed wound. Abel gripped Ashe's arm tightly as the alcohol seeped deep into his thigh muscles, making Ashe chuckle and mutter "Man up, pussy."

Abel growled, but stopped when Ashe got way to close to his face, her face Less than four inches from his. She smirks and asks Abel "Partner, learn to loosen up, enjoy yourself for a moment." then she walked to the door, knowing Abel was watching her sensual strides.

Before Abel could say anything she tossed him a bottle of Brandy, and left with a grin, making Abel think on what she said then muttered "Enjoy yourself..." He then let BOB finish healing him and served himself a glass of Brandy, and drank up.

After an hour Abel was drinking the last drops of the bottle, and was staring out the window from a dark corner of the room, eyes puffy and body coated in sweat. He then threw the bottle aside and laid on the floor, crying himself to sleep as the booze made him remember 29.

Chapter 18 Status: Finished.

Goddamn is it good to finally have some peace and silence at home, spending a a little over a month with your family can get a little bit tiresome... Sorry to have been gone for so long, but i think that we all get busy around this time of year, so i'm not gonna feel so bad about it. Now, i hope you guys had a good christmas eve and new year's, because mine were just chaotic... onto the reviews:

BlueCrimsonFlames:Hope you enjoy, and trust me, already a month later and i feel miserable, can't sleep right, and i have gotten a shorter temper, but i'll stop complaining and try to finish.

BlueN0va:I honestly don't think i'll be good for some time, but we all have to hit rock bottom at some point, hope you enjoy mate.

He23t:Trust me, it will get worse, also hope you enjoyed the chapter and had good holidays.

Now, with the reviews out of the way, big announcement; Smash Rewrite canceled due to a private mail i got stating the following:

"You do know that Overwatch is on switch now, don't you?"

not gonna lie, that single message completely ruined everything i had written for the rewrite. And besides that, the guest has been on a relentless witch hunt after i deleted his reviews over on my LOZ rewrite, can someone just-

-REDACTED, REDACTED HARD-

Like always, I'm stuck in the fucking trenches, and I hope You Enjoyed.

PS:Might start writing original works soon, will have more info by then.