Aztec 13: I'm glad to already see someone leaving a recommendation. As for Infamous characters, I think they could work in the setting, but I've never played Infamous. I do hate to immediately say no to a reasonable recommendation though, I've done a little looking around on its wiki and I'm thinking I'll have them appear, though probably in later chapters.
And here is chapter two a slight reimagining of the Recall cinematic with a bit of epilogue.
Next chapter's not going to be a cinematic I promise.
The night was calm inside of Watchpoint Gibraltar. The outside was surrounded by mesh fences with signs that all said different iterations of No trespassing. Inside of the base itself, the Watchpoint was huge. Though inside one room it wasn't as empty as it seemed. One would hear electrical crackling and some more quiet humming if they were to come near the room.
Surrounded by different sorts of weapons and equipment a gorilla wearing some kind of armor was sitting working on something. Shield generator test ready to proceed, a monotone feminine voice could be heard coming from a tablet on the table inscribed with the letter A.
The gorilla lifted his project with both hands and inspected it before tapping it with both of his thumbs and set it onto the table where a bright blue shield came over it like a dome. The gorilla gave his invention a prideful look... Until it began to flicker and dissipate being replaced by holographic red stop signs labelled fail. A blaring alarm sound came from the machine.
The gorilla extended a finger and tapped the machine. A blinding light came out of the machine which knocked the gorilla out of his chair. The gorilla landed on his back; the machine had fallen onto his chest. The gorilla had a slight fit of coughing as he got to his feet. The gorilla threw the machine off of his chest and leapt onto a tire.
Now, now. No need for that, Winston. Your heart rate is through the roof. The feminine voice came again. Winston swung from the tire to a balcony.
"I told you to stop monitoring my vitals, Athena" Winston said sounding frustrated.
Very well came Athena's reply. Winston made his way to a computer and took a seat. Winston grabbed a banana from nearby and unscrewed a jar of peanut butter with his mouth. It has been 43 days, 7 hours, and 29 seconds since your last cardio workout. Remember, a healthy body is- Athena began.
Winston didn't allow her to finish. "A healthy mind. That's why I have this" Winston held up his now peeled banana and spit the peanut butter jar's lid into a pile of other jar lids nearby.
"Arguing with the AI again" A voice came from behind Winston. A young dark-skinned woman had entered the room she was using a washcloth to defog her glasses as she came in. "Are you alright? I heard a big boom from outside".
Winston nodded. "I'm fine, Lunella. Just doing a bit of testing". Thank you for keeping your... Pet outside miss Lafayette. Athena's voice was heard.
"Devil wouldn't come in. I think he smelled something that took up his interest. Good to know you're doing fine" Lunella greeted.
"I was just about to take a look at the news" Winston said. He gave the keyboard in front of him a tap.
A news report was instantly shown on the screen. The Second Omnic Crisis continues to devastate Russia. The conflict between omnics and humans has now claimed over 15,000 lives. So far the international community has been reluctant to intervene..." The NEWS report trailed away after that bit. The two of them were silent for a few moments. Winston began to type something on the keyboard until a question came onto the screen.
INITIATE OVERWATCH RECALL SEQUENCE Y/N
Winston's finger hovered over the Y. He felt a hand on his shoulder. "Are you sure"? Lunella asked.
Every time you see news of this sort, we go through this. I remind you, recalling Overwatch agents to active duty comes with great risk Athena reprimanded.
"Even if you do recall, not everyone is going to show up. Peter will, Lena will, Toshinori will, Natalie will, after that I'm not so sure" Lunella commented.
The Petras Act clearly states that any Overwatch activity is deemed illegal and punishable by prosecution Athena added.
Winston sighed deeply. "I know. You're right" he conceded. Winston seemed to deflate in his chair. "That's the way it is" Winston sighed again, "but I do miss the old days". Winston looked the left at a picture of the old Overwatch team.
Lunella didn't seem to know what to say to cheer up her friend. A roar came from outside the building. "I'm going to go check on Devil's up to. Will you be alright"? She asked.
"I'll be fine" Winston said. Lunella nodded and left the room. Winston was left to reminisce on his childhood for a bit until there was a sound from down the hall. The roaring from Devil became louder and much more noticeable. The words INTRUDER ALERT was displayed on the screen.
I'm detecting intruders Athena told Winston.
"Talon" Winston said. He was briefly worried for Lunella but then remembered who she would be with. Winston removed his glasses. "Athena, kill the lights" he commanded. Six talon agents entered the room under the balcony. The lights flickered off raising the Talon agent's guard. From a dark corner Winston watched them, finishing his banana.
The banana peel was thrown to the ground in front of the agents. The talon operatives all focused on it. Suddenly Winston dropped from the ceiling, landing on an agent. The agents opened fire at Winston, but he was unharmed. Winston throws two of the guards away and smashes another into the ground. He slams the last two guards into each other.
A cloud of smoke came from behind Winston. The black smoke flew up to the balcony Winston had come from. The gorilla attempted to give chase but was dragged back down with a taser. An agent had recovered and was giving aid to whoever had come in. Three other agents recovered and did the same.
Atop the balcony the smoke dissipated and revealed who had entered as the Reaper. Reaper approached the computer where Winston had been a few minutes before and attached a device to it. Athena's screens began to glitch as the DATA BREACH appear on the middle screen.
Security protocols failing. Winston, Reaper is extracting the Overwatch agent database Athena attempted to warn. Winston looked up but couldn't move due to the tasers. Fortunately, an agent slipped on Winston's banana peel, freeing one of his hands. Winston laughed and activated his primal rage. He grabbed a taser tether and used it to use an agent as a wrecking ball knocking out the other three.
On the balcony Reaper was watching the screen. Extraction at Athena began. Behind them a Talon Agent was thrown through a window. 32%. Reaper sighed, and cracked his neck. Reaper dropped off of the Balcony. Winston, who was now calming down was taken off guard by Reaper's attack. Winston collapsed on his back.
Reaper looked up and noticed an escape pod hanging from the ceiling. Reaper shot at it, causing it to fall on top of Winston. Winston zoned out for a few moments, before he regained his senses and saw Reaper walking threateningly towards him. Winston! He's going to have all agents' locations Athena warned.
Reaper threw away his pair of shotguns and pulled out another pair. "I'll be sure to send them your regards, monkey" Reaper said, taking aim.
Winston noticed his shield generator from earlier laying nearby. Just within arm's reach. "I'm not a monkey" Winston said. Winston slid the Shield Generator towards Reaper, causing FAIL to appear over it once more. Reaper laughed. "I'm a scientist" Winston finished just before the generator blew up. Reaper was knocked against a wall.
Winston threw off the escape pod and leapt towards the table, grabbing his tesla cannon. He fires the weapon at Reaper causing him to dissolve and disappear outside of the open door in a cloud of smoke. Extraction. 90% Athena called out not giving Winston any time to celebrate.
Winston leapt onto the balcony and rushed over to the computer. He smashed Reaper's device with his hand. Failing. 98% Athena said.
Winston began to frantically type on the keyboard. "Hang on, Athena" he pleaded. Every monitor in the room went off, shocking Winston. "Athena? A-Athena"!? Winston called out to the AI. Athena rebooted, her logo appeared on the screen in front of him. Virus quarantined; I'm running diagnostics on the core database. Restoring systems Athena said.
Every screen in the room reactivated.
INITIATE OVERWATCH RECALL Y/N
The prompt came back to the screen. Winston stared at the screen, and contemplated. Winston put on his glasses and stared back to the screen. A muffled growl sounded behind Winston as a large red tyrannosaurus entered the room, Lunella sitting on its head. She gave Winston a quizzical look, before nodding.
Winston pushed the Y on the prompt.
Establishing agent connections Athena said.
The screen flashed between several different agents of Overwatch, and their location on the globe. The list ended with a picture of a woman labelled, Tracer.
Winston? Is that you, love? A-ha! It's been too long! A cheery voice with a British accent spoke over the call. Winston smiled.
"Yes. Yes it has" he answered.
Two weeks later
Watchpoint Gibraltar was more crowded then it'd been since the glory days of Overwatch. Agents had begun to show up a day or two after the call. The first to arrive had been Lena Oxton, as one would suspect. It wasn't long until Peter Parker appeared at the door after that. The very next day Toshinori Yagi made his appearance at the base.
After that more and more had come until three days ago, when the last hero arrived. No more had shown up after that. It was a little disappointing but with the ten heroes who'd already appeared he supposed they'd have to do.
Winston called a meeting and every hero who'd showed up assembled just outside of his lab. "Hello everyone... Thank you for coming" Winston started. "After the Petras Act the world decided they didn't need us anymore, but... They're wrong. The world still needs heroes. The world still needs Overwatch".
I've got another little audience participation thing to do. Not only are fandom recommendations being accepted. If you want to see any characters from the fandoms included in the story or in a certain scenario, I'm all ears. I do have quite a few plans but I'm open to new ones so long as they're reasonable.
Fandoms included: My hero Academia, Borderlands, Marvel, DC comics, Ben 10, Apex Legends, Horizon Zero Dawn, Kim Possible(Cause nostalgia) and a few Nintendo things from Super Smash brothers(Realistic-Humans and robots only for that one please).
Next time on Overwatch heroes united.
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