Chapter 26: The Divide

The trip over the Atlantic was rather stressing, to say the least. Junkrat, Roadhog and Jesse had to keep Genji, Jack and Ashe in check for the whole trip, Pharah, Hana, Yuna and the other MEKA pilots were taking turns flying the stolen Talon transport back to Gibraltar.

Winston and Zenyatta both tried to keep Abel stable throughout the entire 20 hour flight, but he flat lined at least ten times, only saved by Abby sending enough electricity through him to defibrillate him. But the biggest problem with Abel was not his lack of an arm, or just how exhausted he was, no, instead it was the gaping hole in the center of his rib cage.

And to make matters worse, he was getting delusional, slipping in and out of his grasp on reality and memories. Winston rubbed his temples as he held the phone beside his ear as he asked Angela "-and those are his symptoms, how should I proceed?"

Angela supervised as the others moved all the important equipment onto Orca transports, and replied to Winston "I need you to keep the wounds distended, make sure he is well hydrated and under no circumstances is he to sleep."

Abby gave Abel another jolt, waking him up and making him groan and wheeze, causing Winston to inform Angela "Keep a medical pod on standby... And look into a prosthetic arm for him... We'll be there in an hour..."

He then hung up and watched as Abel started painting and slipping back under into his head as he looked up blankly, twitching as he and Zenyatta hurried to help.

Vietnam/Laos Border, 2 Years & 7 Months Ago

Abel covered his eyes as he looked up, staring up at the grey skies as the rain poured down. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked, seeing 29 smile at him as she finished applying green and black face paint.

Abel smiled back and did the same, using substance as Black paint and a special moss and fern mix for green paint. 29's Troops all were ready as they slowly approached and entered the jungle, Abel aiming an M16 into the thick foliage as 29 whispered into his ear "Remember, don't shoot if you spot a hostile. Instead inform the team, then await further instruction."

Abel nodded, but stopped when 29 kissed his cheek and added in a warm tone "Be careful, m'kay?" He gave a stiff nod, and watched as 29 climbed a tree, her sniper rifle hanging off her waist as she did so.

Abel sighed and continued with the mission, and asked into his ear piece "This is Ink, does anyone see any locals?" All the responses were negatives, making Abel sigh and tell them "Remember, the camp is concealed with the foliage, so keep your eyes peeled..."

As Abel finished his statement, did he feel a sharp, cold and metallic blade against his neck, making him stop and look at the assailant. The man was camouflaged well, using a very large fern with large leaves while waiting for unsuspecting Intruders to pass.

Abel teleported before he could even attack, and grabbed the assailant, covered his mouth, dragged him down and started to suffocate him. It didn't really take long to kill the man, all Abel had to do was pull his arms back while holding the man's neck, and "SNAP" he was dead.

But then he heard movement in the foliage and took aim with his M16, and stood absolutely still. Before him there was a child aiming an assault rifle back at him.

Abel was about to pull the trigger, but out of nowhere a rock fell on the kid's head and knocked her out. Abel looked up to see 29 shake her head, and report in "We don't shoot kids... Even if they are armed... Understood?" Abel gave her a firm nod and continued into the dark jungle, the rain pouring harder as the group moved.

The rain didn't stop, not for a second, making the uniforms of everyone feel heavy, initiating fatigue earlier than expected, and forcing 29 to order "Alright boys... Regroup... We are gonna have to hunker down for the night... I got Italian MREs."

At the mentioning of food did the entire squad drop the mission and focused on regrouping, finding themselves a well secluded area to set up shop for the night. 29 Jumped down from the trees and looked as everyone sat in a circle and panted.

She joined them, plomping between Abel and her Comms expert, then asked them all "Alright... Who's hungry?" Everyone instantly raised their hands.

Watchpoint Hangar, 27 Hours after 21's Encounter

Abel groaned as he was slowly lowered into the medical tube, his chest patched up to the best of Angela's abilities as she muttered "It's not pretty... But it should hold and heal properly for the next... Five... Six hours?"

Winston closed the tube and injected enough sleeping medication into the tube to keep a gorilla in a coma, then he looked at the transports.

He saw everyone rushing to get everything loaded, from Reinhardt and Roadhog moving the heavier medical and research equipment, to Junkrat and Lucio helping move everyone's personal belongings.

Winston sighed, then was asked by Zenyatta "Now the question remains... Where will we go? And most importantly... Where will Abel go?"

This caused Angela to look at Winston, and asked "What does he mean with that Winston?" The gorilla took his glasses off, then explained "Abel will not be staying with us... In his current condition he would only be putting himself in too much risk and be unable to help us..."

Now everyone looked at Winston, especially Hana, who simply insisted "W..well, We could take him to Busan. He would be safe there-". Winston shook his head, and told everyone "The point of this is so he can recover... He isn't going to Busan just so your government can interrogate him... He isn't going with us se he won't put himself at risk and delay his own recovery... I have decided that he is gonna go with... Emily."

Everyone looked at Emily, who just finished helping Lena load the Orca and were about to complain, but nothing. Actually, the more they thought about it, the more sense it made, Abel has to be away from the action, he has to recover and he needs to obviously talk some things out with someone.

Eventually Junkrat summed it up perfectly by stating "Welp, you ain't gonna head me complain. Let's go."

Everyone agreed, but Hana hurried to Abby and had the blonde follow her up to Emily as she asked the redhead "Emily, can we talk... In private?" Emily blinked and nodded, telling Lena "I won't take long." while the Brit pilot nodded and helped guide Roadhog with Abel's Medical tube.

Emily then took Abby and Hana to the empty mess hall and asked her "Okay sweetie, we don't got time so let's get straight ti the point... What's wrong?" Hana looked rather uncomfortable as she replied in a low tone "I... Um... I sorta... Fused with Abel..."

Emily blinked, and looked at Abby for the first time in her life and asked them "Umm... Can you explain?" Abby rolled her eyes and split into Positive and Negative, them both told Emily "We fused them during the battle when both had reached their absolute limits... Now I believe she saw something and needs to inform you about it..."

Emily looked at Hana, the Korean girl taking a seat as she rubbed her temples then replied "I saw... Abel's life... Not all of it... But enough to make me worry..." Emily then noticed she was showing a lot of Abel's reactions, nervous ticks such as her foot hopping up and down, hands constantly looking for something to do, and she looked woefully sad.

Emily pulled out her phone, and started recording as she asked "What exactly did you see?"

Hana inhaled, calmed her nerves and replied "I saw... 29... I... Give me a s... second..." Hana rubbed her eyes, she didn't know why she was sad, she didn't know why it hurt so much to think about those memories when they weren't even hers. Emily and Abby both held Hana, calming her down as she explained "I saw her... And... I felt her... She felt genuine... God, I don't have the words..."

Just like Abel, Hana couldn't find the right words to describe 29, so she explained a memory "I saw Abel and 29... They were in a jungle... It was night, it was raining... And while the other soldiers slept... They both stayed up on guard duty..." Hana smiled a bit, and continued "She explained to him some philosophy... The value of life... And how he should value every second he spends with people..."

Hana then inhaled and exhaled as she chuckled and added "I remember how she held me after that talk... There weren't enough blankets so we had to share and-" Emily cut in and informed Hana in a worried tone "Hana, you weren't there... Those are Abel's memories..."

Hana raised a confused brow, then nodded and replied "Right... But... It felt so real... I felt everything... The coldness of the rain... The leeches on his legs... Even the hug 29 gave him... It was so real..." Abby rubbed her chin as she asked Hana "Did anything else happen? Anything strange?"

Hana gave it some thought and shook her head, telling Abby "No, nothing else happened... Just my memories the way I remember them... I mean his memories... The way HE remembers them..." Now Emily was worried, and she asked Abby "Has this ever happened with you?"

Abby nodded and explained "The first few times, yes. Seeing how back then we hadn't honed in on how to keep our minds apart, we constantly recalled something the other did..."

Emily sighed in relief and asked "So it's temporary?" Abby nodded and left, by before Emily could turn her recording off, Hana added "She took care of him you know... She really did care for him at a deep level... I felt it..." Emily smiled and nodded, then hugged the small Korean girl.

All the while this was happening, Lena waited on the Orca as Winston entered the cockpit and told Lena "You're gonna stay with Emily this time Lena... Seeing how we aren't gonna be moving around much until we settle back down in Ecopoint."

Lena nodded and asked Winston "Love... What happened over in America? The last fight I mean." Winston stopped at the doorway, and replied "Something I need to discuss with Zenyatta."

Lena sighed and listened as Winston got off the Orca, then heard Emily tell her "We're good to go!"

Lena smiled and nodded, double checking all systems before having Athena open the hangar doors.

Everyone quickly moved the equipment out of the way as the Orca's thrusters started up, then launched the transport out the side of the rock of Gibraltar.

Winston watched as it flew off into the distance, heading north as he sighed and told everyone else "Alright, we don't got much tine left... Let's get going."

Talon HQ, Unknown Location, 2 Days after Agnes's Encounter

Adam looked down at Kira as she finished her report, then asked her "Are you sure that Eve, Hollister and 22 are all dead...?" His tone was stale, making Kira swallow and reply "Y.. yes Adam... Eve was on the Skyline as it came down... Hollister was beaten down by AB-31... And 22 was inside the mountain when Agnes went nuclear..."

Adam stood up, walked up to Kira and told her "Leave... Now..." She obeyed and got out if the room before Adam started wrecking his own office, making her tremble at the thought of being in there again.

Nevada Desert, 10 Hours after Agnes's Encounter

In the middle of the desert was 22 as she coughed and groaned, her body was bruised from the explosion that almost killed her. She only survived because she was in her transport at the time, and it was just slung across the desert when Agnes blew up.

But now she was alone, no orders, no place to crash at, she was assumed dead, and worst of all, she just finished her last piece of gum.

Chapter 26: Done.

And have no idea how i finished this one is such short notice, like not kidding, started writing it today at 9 AM and finished it at 1:25 PM (Not including editing and posting) and here we are again. And because of that nothing much to say again ladies and gentlemen, except that one of you put an idea in my head that i can't get rid of no matter how hard i try. Let's get to the reviews before the idea returns-

He23t: Hope this chapter left you with more questions mate, but in all seriousness, enjoy man.

BlueN0va: Let's see man, let's see. And don't worry, we're all late a few times in our lives.

And that's it, should have waited more, but i couldn't keep these fingers from typing out a chapter. so...

I'm still in the Trenches, and I hope You Enjoyed.

PS: Those who asked for a RWBY fic and lost the vote, i might still try for RWBY, only problem i'm having is getting a proper first chapter going, i literally feel every intro i have written is mediocre, and that's saying something.