Ashe's Red Dead Revolution Part 2: A Possible Truth
- AB-04's Base, Mid-day -
Abel groaned as he sat up, his head was pounding, body felt weak, and most importantly, his arm was back in place. He looked around, and spotted two guards outside by the doorway, then looked at the small table next to him, and grabbed one of the scalpels. He slowly got off the bed, and approached them, spinning the scalpel in his hand so he can hold it like an ice pick.
He raised the scalpel, but before he could strike, a loud howl like screech filled the air, followed by the scalpel being shot off Abel's hand.
He knew that sound by pure memory, and refused to look up at the source, instead he teleported towards the end of the white hall where he was greeted by 21's guards all aiming at him. He looked both ways, nowhere to go unless he started a fight, and with the weapons they had, not even teleporting would be fast enough to avoid them.
"Little Brother."
Abel froze at the voice, that voice that instilled a sense of absolute loathing and fear within him. He slowly turned and looked at the the crimson red head, her ruby eyes fixated on him with what looked like genuine worry, but Abel knew she didn't worry about anyone.
He quickly outstretched his hand, making a C96 Mauser and aimed it at her, but was caught off guard when she pulled out an M1911 made out of substance and aimed right back at him.
Abel held his position until all the guards had their barrels pressed against his body, causing him to groan as 21 raised the pistol and told Abel "It was in 29's things, you know, before the incident." Abel quickly appeared in front of 21, Mauser pointed up under her chin.
However she had the 1911 pointing directly at his chest, and muttered "Nobody has tried shooting you where Substance comes out of, I'm game, are you?" Abel growled, then made his pistol vanish, then tried to make her pistol vanish too, just for 21 to smile and state "Can't make something I'm re-atomizing disappear. I think I'll keep it."
Abel felt sick, not because his gun was being used against him, it wouldn't be the first time, no, instead what sickened him was the fact that it was a gun that belonged to 29. The guards escorted Abel down to the cell block at the lowest floor of the facility, guns pointed at him as 21 smiled a devil's smile.
Once ensnared, quartered, and bound did 21 order her guards to leave her be with her brother, to which they complied and stepped out. Abel kept a lifeless stare as 21 sat beside him and asked "31, do you know why I haven't taken you with the others?" Abel ignored her, not wanting her to get the satisfaction of rubbing it in his face, causing her to smile and mutter "I knew you would play the silent game... Just like 29..."
Abel kept ignoring her as she continued "I want one answer... That's it. Give me that, and if the answer is to my liking, then I'll let you go." Now Abel looked at her, genuinely surprised by that statement, due to the fact that 21 was not known for lying.
He kept staring at her, signaling her to continue, and she did so by asking "Tell me about... Hana Song..." Abel felt the little hope he had sink to the bottom of his gut, making 21 grab him by his hair, smile long gone, and repeat "Tell. Me. About. DVA."
- Madeline Bay Hotel, Hana's Room, 3 PM -
Ashe sat on the office chair, hands and feet tied with zip ties as McCree told everyone in Hana's room "Hate to say this... But she ain't lying, our partner is in Talon's hands..."
Winston shook his head then rubbed his temples, and muttered "And right when I send half of our team back to evacuate Watchpoint..." Captain Myung looked at the gorilla and told him "We can contact the United States special forces to help us..." Jamison however interjected, stating "Ehhhh ye forgetting that the bloody feds are after Roadie and I, right?"
Zenyatta sighed and told Winston "While there is a strength in numbers, it's better to not rely on said advantage. Lest the enemy prepare accordingly." Winston nodded, then looked at everyone present, then sighed.
The only ones left were Jamison, Roadhog, Hana, Brian, Abby, Zenyatta, Pharah, McCree and Himself. And besides that, they still had Genji and Jack restrained in the bathroom, both struggling to keep themselves put.
While everyone was thinking, Hana walked over to the living room then towards the door. Ashe watched her and asked "Where you think you are going, Korean?"
Hana stopped as she was about to grab the doorknob, then turned and mutter "Shut up... I got something important to do." Ashe now giggled an eerie giggle, then told Hana "You know I put a tracker on him, right?" Hana kept her glare on Ashe, then approached her, and punched her across the face.
Ashe actually felt that, feeling her head spin a little as Hana muttered "That's for taking him." Hana then spun on one foot and kicked Ashe in the face, breaking her nose as she fell and added "That's for using Lucio as a shield... And this-" Hana untied Ashe, grabbed Genji's sword, kept it sheathed, and finished "This is for my back." followed by her swinging the weapon down at Ashe's lower back repeatedly.
Ashe's nails sank into the carpet, her nose was leaking blood and her back felt like a tank had ran over it and stayed parked on top of her. Now Hana grabbed her by the neck of her shirt, and told her "Now... We're gonna go for Abel, You, Me, and anyone else who is gonna help. And you aren't gonna complain, got it?" Ashe glared at the Korean, both their glares on equal levels.
But, Ashe acquiesced, giving Hana a nod, followed by Hana going back to Winston and telling him "She has something to tell you." Winston looked at Ashe, then at Hana, but didn't ask what happened, he already knew.
So instead he approached Ashe, and started talking to her, while Hana walked up to Abby and asked "Ummm... Hey, Abby, I know this is not the best time-"
Abby placed her hand on Hana's shoulder, and simply replied "I'll do whatever I can to save my brother. Seeing you this worried tells me alot about your feelings for him... So, what do you need?"
Hana smiled at the blonde, and asked "Do you think some of your old unit would help you? Even after what happened back at San Francisco?" Abby raised a brow, and Captain Myung walked up to them and handed Abby a pad with a list of captured Talon troops from her Legion.
Abby smiled, over 200 survived, and she highlighted the ones she knew would still follow her orders, then handed the padback to Captain Myung. The older woman looked at the list and smiled a quick, but noticeable smile.
Everyone was highlighted.
- AB-04's Base, 6 PM -
Hollister and Eve both sat in the lounge as Kira rummaged through the refrigerator, with the older man asking "So, how long before we move out?" Eve stared at her cup of tea, then replied on a low tone "I don't think we are gonna leave..."
Hollister raised a brow, then looked over at the guards standing by the door, and told them "Boys... Get our ships going..." They nodded and hurriedly went to tell the others to close shop, while Eve looked over at Kira and told her "Sweetie, we need a means of escape. Can you do anything about it?"
Kira peeked her head out and rubbed her chin, then snapped her fingers, telling Eve "I got just what we need." She then started sending commands out through her wrist mounted pad, sending out a signal for a "Sky Line."
While these three prepared, down in the holding cells sat Abel, remaining quiet and refusing to respond to any of AB-21's questions. This, obviously enough, earned him a sigh and a slap across the face that rattled him to his bones.
Abel shook his head, then listened as 21 muttered "You are just like her... Always trying to do good for others..." That comment caused him to sneer, making 21 add "What? It's true... She always was miss goodie two shoes. Always being looked up to by everyone of us... Even Adam had her on a pedestal."
Abel tried to reach and grab 21's neck, but his hands were restrained down onto the chair he was sitting on. This action caused 21 to smile and ask mockingly "What? Don't like hearing bad things from your precious 29? Was little brother growing a sister complex~?"
Abel teleported forwards just enough to headbutt her right in the face, breaking her nose after that comment. 21 Fell back and held her nose, then looked at her hand, seeing the clear red fluid covering her fingers as Abel spat at her and muttered "You aren't even half the woman she was..."
Now that was the last straw, 21 picked Abel up from the neck of his shirt, but instead of glaring or giving some look of anger, she grinned. Abel raised a brow as 21 leaned close to his ear and whispered ever so softly "Remember the day you went after her?"
Abel didn't respond, but she knew he remembered, so she added one little dagger into his heart "Well... Here's a secret... I put the order out to kill her~"
Abel teleported again, this time wrapping his legs around her neck and trying to suffocate her to death, or snap her neck, which ever came first really. The guards rushed in and tried to restrain Abel, just for Abel to break the chair and grab 21's head, attempting to kill her with more red hot vigor.
21 attempted to make Abel let go, grabbing his calf's and super heating her hands until the smell of burnt flesh filled the room, but Abel just tried harder as the heat went up. The guards all hurriedly grabbed Abel and pried his legs open, while five held both his arms and torso, allowing 21 to finally breath in air as she coughed.
Abel continued to struggle as 21 stood up and chuckled, muttering "Yeah... Get angry... Wonder what it will take to-" Suddenly the entire facility was shaken to it's foundation, with a guard blaring out over the PA system "Ma'am! We are being assault by AB-07's forces!"
21 Snapped her fingers, and smirked, then approached Abel, his eyes already fixated on her as he continued struggling. Then she leaned close to his face, kissed his nose and whispered "Mind if I burn Hana to a nice, crispy, piece of black chard meat~?"
- Insert Song: Temper Temper by Bullet for My Valentine -
Abel teleported with every guard still holding onto him and tackled 21 through the reinforced cell walls, slamming himself, the guards and 21 into the hall outside. The guards in the hall aimed and prepared to shoot, but were beat to the punch as Abel fired at them first, full auto fire.
The guards in the back quickly backed up and hid around the corners, while Abel picked up 21 and threw her to the first guard to peek. She groaned as her guard caught her and pushed her back into the fight, then retaliated with a right hook that sent Abel flying back.
He however stopped himself by stomping his left foot down like an improvised handbrake. 21's smirk faded quickly as Abel aimed a Stoner 63 and fired, causing her to quickly jump out of the way and slide to safety as her guards were mowed down in large clouds of scarlet.
She pointed her finger at him and sent a bolt of pure energy through Abel's abdomen, causing him to stop firing. 21 Grinned, then ran up to him, charged her fists with energy, then gave Abel an uppercut that sent him through the ceiling. Abel went through three floors before he stopped and glared at all the guards and workers around him, then fired at them all.
21 Followed after him, but was greeted by him swinging his gun at her face, causing her to spit out a gush of blood and a tooth. She held her mouth for a moment, but quickly caught the next swing and made her hand white hot as she melted the gun in her hand.
Then her hair glowed red as Abel growled, he had tunnel vision, only focused on her as the red blur surrounded the sharp image of 21. He gritted his teeth as she growled, then the ceiling exploded as the fight outside got more intense.
Outside Hana watched from her Mech as the artillery finished busting into the mountain, then she asked Abby "What can we expect inside?" Abby was about to reply as she finished putting on her suit, but came down to her knees as she felt a sharp pain pointing to the mountain.
Winston and Captain Myung helped the blonde up, but she was trembling as she muttered "A...a...Abel..." Hana raised a brow, but then a large red flash shot up to the sky, followed by a black streak.
Abel landed on the top of the mountain, slamming down arms first into the earth as he held his bleeding stomach with one arm, and used the other to keep himself balanced along with his legs, hunched forward and with messy hair like a wild animal. 21 on the other hand screamed as she was airborne then fired various beams down at Abel as he looked up.
Abel quickly teleported out of the way and landed right beside a beam as it cut his left arm clean off, vaporizing it before his eyes as he screamed and felt his adrenaline burning him out.
While this happened, and Abel was gasping and stuttering with the sheer pain of losing his arm again, Hollister and Kira mobilized towards Overwatch, unaware of Ashe and the Australians sneaking around their flank.
Hana and Yuna both guided Abby and her forces to the enemy, the sky going black and red as Abel and 21 continued to fight like savages.
Chapter 23: Done.
And it's good to finish this one, not gonna lie. Been busy with my work, and finally got around to playing Doom Eternal (Still trying to beat it on Ultra Nightmare, no luck as of far. Will keep you guys posted on it.) so my free time has been spent in gaming a bit more recently. Besides that, things have calmed down over here, home town is a alot quieter than i'd like it, but what can you do, right? Will ask you guys somethings to the end, but first, the reviews:
Noble6117: Things will only get faster until this arc ends. Hope you enjoyed this one, Noble-6.
He23t: If by hanging on you mean a hate filled spree against nearly everything that moves? Then you are correct. Hope to hear from YOU soon.
BlueN0va: Been staying safe since 2009 when a car ran me over, so don't need to tell me twice. Good hearing from you man.
Guest(Not the OG one): Now imagine that feeling twice in the same day.
And that would be all the reviews for this one, but i do have two questions for you guys, and i want a straight answer here. Since this whole COVID-19 pandemic has left me, officially, jobless and with some more time, i'd like to know two things:
1) Do you guys want me to try my hand and writing another fic?
2) Do you guys want it to be a crossover?
Reason fo the first question is because... i am just bored, honestly, seeing how my older brother and little sister are now staying with me, i have to share my PS4 with at least one of them every day (Those who have more than one sibling know how that shit is.) and now i find myself with sudden gaps in my day doing... nothing... And for the second question is because I have been getting questions about "When will team rainbow return to the fic?" or "What other cross overs do you have planned?" and honestly... I didn't expect those questions, like, at all. Honestly i'm not sure if i could pull a good crossover, but that's my opinion.
But, those are the two big questions, honestly i'm wiling to tackle something like an Overwatch and Teen Titans crossover, maybe League of Legends again, but not sure really. (Still getting over losing my job to this damn pandemic.) But that's enough of that, so...
I'm still in the Trenches, and I hope You Enjoyed.
