A/N: I forgot if I put what new name Taz picked, so I'll put a new one. Thinking of keeping Taz until he introduces it himself in the story.
Chapter 3: Now there are two
Taz walked into the bar and grill place, heading straight for the bar and sitting on one of the stools. He pats the counter hard and three times to get the attention of the bartender. "Oy! Oi'd loike some service here! Oi'm celebratin', y'see. Get me the best ya got, mate." Taz is in a good mood and he'd hate to see this place burn. The bartender comes to him next after serving one other person. "Celebratin', ey? Whot's your pleasure. Got loads of choices, mate." The bartender gestures behind her, showing Taz many shelves full of different kinds of booze. He looks at all of them, which takes a few minutes as some looked really good and it was hard to choose. Taz soon gave in and picked one, thinking of coming back here sometime to pick a different one.
"Oi pick that one." Taz points to the one he wants, rubbing his hands together in excitement as he waits for the bartender to pour him a glass. He smiles really big when it is finally put in front of him. "Aces! Thanks, mate!... oh! And, keep 'em comin' 'til oi say so." As Taz drinks, he tells the bartender stories of what he does, but changes things, so as to not self-incriminate himself because those stories are crimes he committed. Time passes and he gets drunk with how much he is drinking. He finds there is a karaoke and goes to see if his favorite song- The Bomb by Pigeon John- is there. Taz lets out sounds of delight as he found it. Since he is singing it, there is an Australian flare to the song- d'uh.
As Taz sings the song, the people in the bar start gathering in front of the small stage, liking the song, but mainly because most of them are drunk too as his new voice isn't the greatest- sounding horrible to those who are not drunk. When it got to the second time the 'Woowo wooo Woowo wooo' part came up, the gathered crowd sings that part too as he encouraged them to join in. Right when Taz is going to say 'I'm the bomb and I'm 'bout to blow up' for the fifth time, he sees two men approach him. One looked like an American cowboy, while the other looked like a DJ with wheels. Taz stops singing, but he lets the music keep playing, although lowers it for him to hear what these two strangers have to say. "Whot do you two want?"
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McCree and Lúcio unintentionally ignores Taz's question as they focused on seeing him closer and are convinced Taz is Junkrat. they look at each other and Lúcio speaks first, looking at McCree. "Did someone tell him? He must've really wanted to find her too." He gestures over to Taz with his thumb, who is looking at them confused. McCree shrugs. "Hard to tell from a guy like him. He…" He glances at 'Junkrat' before covering one side of his mouth and whispers to Lúcio. "… ain't right in the head, if ya know what ah mean? Forgettin' things, bein' paranoid, that weird and creepy laughter that comes when it wants, and who knows what else. All ah'm sayin is-."
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"Oy! You guys need somethin' or whot?! Oi don't have all afternoon. Oi hate waitin'!" Taz is getting pissed off as he doesn't like being ignored. He is no longer in the mood to continue singing and gets off the stage. He goes back to the bar to get even drunker, sitting on the same stool as before, since nobody took it when he went to go sing. Taz calls the bartender over. "Same koind, mate?" he nods. "Yeah." A moment later, he is given a glass filled with the same drink he asked the bartender before. McCree and Lúcio look at each other, then follow Taz to the bar, McCree leans against the counter on one side of him and Lúcio sits on the stool on the other side of Taz. "Sorry about that, Junkrat. We didn't mean to upset you like that. We were just surprised to see you." Lúcio said apologetically.
Taz is confused and his face matches, catching the name they called him even when drunk. "Who you callin' Junkrat? Do oi look loike another bloke oi don't know 'bout?" As he thought about that name, he has been thinking he needs a change in name as Taz was what he was called before he got the surgery- from being a female to now being a male. McCree and Lúcio watched as, who they think is Junkrat, begin mumbling to himself for several minutes and have to wait. When Taz finally spoke up it was loud and sounded excited, which startled them for a second at the suddenness of it, but they composed themselves quickly as they are used to Junkrat's voice. "Oi've got it! Oi'll name meself Junkko- with two k's." He smiles proudly at them with hands on his hips.
"Junkko? That's…" McCree glances at Lúcio and decides to make a compliment, rather than the truth, which is him thinking it is a ridiculous and unimaginative name. "Uh… a nice name ya picked there, Junkra- I mean… Junkko." He gives an awkward smile, then nudges Lúcio's arm. "Ain't that right, Lúcio?" Lúcio looks at his arm where McCree nudged and then looks at him. "… Yeah." He is kind and wasn't thinking of the same thing McCree did. If Junkrat wants to change his name to something else, then there is nothing he can do or say to stop him as it is his choice and not his. He checks the time and sees he needs to head back to do a livestream, so he decides to speed things up. "Yo, Junkko, how about you come back with us and then later you can help us find who me and my pal here are looking for? Sound good?" Lúcio smiles as he asked nicely.
Taz- now Junkko- thinks about what Lúcio asked for several minutes. His curiosity gets the better of him and he agrees to go. Maybe wherever they will take him, they will have better things than he has, so he decides to play along in pretending to be this Junkrat bloke. He smiles and it got bigger the more he thought. "Yeah… sounds great, mate!" He finishes off his drink before standing. "Lead the way." He has a big smile on his face and can't wait to see their place… and the loot they may have.
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Sometime later, they get on the aircraft they arrived in when coming to Australia, 'Junkrat' with them. McCree has more experience flying, so he went to the controls and begins their flight back to base, while Lúcio and 'Junkrat' sat in the passenger seating. Lúcio sees 'Junkrat' looking around the aircraft like a curious animal, which is abit odd as he knew the Junker has been on their team's aircrafts before. "Everything alright, Junkrat? Something happen before we came?"
Junkko stops looking around to look at the skater guy- already forgetting his name. "Yeah, oi'm foine. Just bored already and busyin' meself by lookin' 'bout. No worries, mate." He smiles and then continues to look around, busying his mind with his thoughts as he waits for them to arrive. At one point, Junkko just looks at his prosthetic hand and thinks of some improvements he could do. He isn't sure how much time passed, but he soon felt someone tapping his shoulder. "-rat… Junkrat, you hear me, pal?" He blinks a few times and look up to see that skater guy. "Whot?" He hadn't heard anything that was said as was lost in thought. "Say again, mate. Oi was busy thinkin'." Junkko rubs the back of his neck and chuckled a bit.
"That's alright, man. I was saying that we arrived. Come on." Lúcio gestures for Junkko to come out of the aircraft as he walks out. When he does, he sees the cowboy is already out and is hugging a serious looking bloke with half his chest showing. Junkko doesn't mind what they are doing. In fact, he knows a few pals of his who do the same. He wishes he too can find a match for himself one day. Well, there was one he had a small crush on, but then… they somehow died by something. This happened a few more times, so Junkko thought to put his romance aside for now for fear of losing them before getting the chance to tell them how he felt. He shakes off the thought and began calmly walk away, hoping they won't notice he left to go explore.
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McCree is happy to see Hanzo greet him when they came back from Australia and even hugged him, smiling. "Looks like yer charm worked, Honeybun. Thanks again for givin' it to me." He kisses Hanzo fondly, while he places a gentle hand on his cheek. He doesn't notice 'Junkrat' leave the hanger and into the base as his focus is on his partner. He talks with Hanzo for a bit more before going with him to the cafeteria, leaving Lúcio behind and forgetting he needs to go with him to report to Winston.
Lúcio knew McCree can get distracted when Hanzo is around, so he didn't mind being left alone in the hanger. He checks on the aircraft they were flying in, making sure it looked ok, as he has been instructed to do by Pharah, before leaving the hanger too. He hums as he makes his way to D. Va's room, managing to find what she wanted. It didn't take him long to reach her room with how quick he can get around in his skates. Lúcio knocks on her door and waits for a bit before knocking again. "Hana, you in there? I got you-." He wasn't able to finish his sentence as D. Va's door slides open and he is pulled into the room seconds later.
D. Va made happy noises when she saw Lúcio with what she asked for. "I knew I can count on you, Lúcio. Now, gimme!" She took her snack from her friend before plopping onto her beanbag. "D. Va back online. Get ready, guys. You're gonna eat my dust!" She resumes her racing game she had paused. "… Oh! Say hi to my viewer's, Lúcio." She gestures to the camera briefly before focusing on the game. D. Va liked to play all types of games and streamed it on her channel, getting lots of viewers. Lúcio gets into frame and crouches down a bit to get into view. "Hey, everyone! Hope you're enjoying her livestream. Mine will be hoppin' on in tomorrow at three in the afternoon. See you then." He smiles and gives a thumbs up before standing up and waving bye to his friend, then leaves her room. Winston's lab isn't too far from D. Va's room- well… when he has his skates on, that is. He gets there and knocks on Winston's door politely. "Yo, Winston. We're back from Australia. Can I come in?" Lúcio waited for a bit, then heard someone approaching the door, which revealed Winston when the door opened.
"Greetings, Lúcio! So glad you made it back." Winston begins to walk back into his lab, leaving the door open for Lúcio to come in. "How'd the trip go? Were you and McCree able to find his sibling?" He begins to organize his mess as he asked his questions, having decided to take a break for a while before continuing his work tomorrow.
"Uh… How do I put this?" Lúcio rubs the back of his neck as he thinks of how he should tell Winston what happened. "It went alright, but… we didn't find his sibling. I'm thinking me and McCree will go back tomorrow and search again. We'll stay even longer this time, so we have more time to search. Thing is… we found Junkrat there, while we were searching. Last I saw him, Junkrat and Roadhog went riding into town with disguises, just like Soldier 76 ordered them to on the count of them being wanted pretty much everywhere." He shrugs. "Maybe he changed his mind and went back home." He is just guessing why he saw 'Junkrat' in Australia.
"… Perhaps." Winston scratches his chin as he listened to the DJ. "How long ago did you see them leave with the disguises?"
"Almost a week."
"I see. Well, it is probable." Winston wants to be sure, so he goes over to his computer. "Athena, scan the base for Jamison."
"Scanning. One moment."
Lúcio becomes curious and walks over to stand next to Winston, waiting with the scientist. It only took three minutes for Athena to complete the scan. "My scan indicates there are two Jamisons."
Winston and Lúcio look at each other, surprised as they weren't expecting it, "Two?" they said in unison.
A/N: Thanks for reading and please review.
I know I haven't put that Lúcio got what D. Va asked for in the previous chapter. Let's just say he did off screen, so to speak.
Aussie Slang:
Bugger off: F*** off