Fortune Favors The Good.
Australia, once a beautiful country known for it's amazing nature and lovely towns, was nearly destroyed during the Omnic Crisis. Following the war, government officials gifted the country's omnium and the surrounding area to the omnics, hoping to establish a long-term peace accord. This arrangement displaced a large number of people from the country's vast and remote Outback—a scattered collection of survivalists, solar farmers, and people who just wanted to be left alone. Furious over the loss of their homes, some of the displaced turned to violent rebellion. They formed the Australian Liberation Front and struck against the omnium and its robot population to take back their lands. Events continued to escalate until the rebels sabotaged the omnium's fusion core, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the facility, irradiated the region, and littered the Outback with twisted metal and wreckage for kilometers around.
The Outback became unlivable to most, but there were some who survived. Calling themselves the Junkers, they scavenged the husk of the omnium and formed a lawless, cutthroat society in its shadow. But not everything in Australia had fallen to lawlessness and chaos, there was some small towns that did their best to maintain order. And in one of these towns, a very bold woman entered with her motorcycle.
She had long red hair and was wearing some rough biker styled clothing, including tight pants that exposed the tip of her butt crack as well as a black hat and a pair of biker goggles. This woman was named Sarah Fortune A lone rider whose home is the open road. She takes the wasteland's problems into her own hands before moving on, always another job, always another town, because being a bounty hunter demands that you stay on the move so you don't miss big jobs. But she was not in this town for just another job. She had been here before and helped solve a problem, and instead of money, a friend of her promised to help her with a personal mission. A mission she's been of for over a decade now.
She stopped the bike in front of the sheriff building. She lifted her goggles and put them around her hat before getting of her bike and headed inside. Of course, being an attractive woman did earn her a lot of stares. She didn't care, as long as no one got grabby. She knocked on the sheriff's door before walking in without waiting for a answer.
"Hey Long Horn. Long time no see" Sarah said.
Sitting by a large desk was Alistar Longhorn. He looked like a Minotaur, the result of inhumane experiments where they tried to create human and animal hybrids through genetic splicing. Alistar was one of the only subjects that was a complete success. An attack by omnics allowed him to escape, and being inspired by western movies he saw during his imprisonment, he took over a town and became the main law enforcer that no one wants to risk angering. Mess with a bull, and you get the horns.
Alistar let out a bull sound "Sarah. You are finally back. And with excellent timing too".
Sarah walked up to his desk "Does that mean you've found him?".
Alistar nods "Some of my boys recently returned after paroling the wastelands for a couple of weeks. He has indeed returned after all these years. Not sure why he is here, I can't think of anything that could be useful to him here".
"I couldn't care less what he wants. As long as I can finally shoot his damn head of. Where is he?" Sarah asked.
Aistar grunts as he handed over a map "This is where he was last seen. But Sarah, I just received words that an old friend of yours is on his way. If you wait for a bit, you could use his help to deal with this".
"I've waited long enough. Thank you Longhorn, now we're even" Sarah said as she walked out.
Alistar worried about that woman. She was not thinking straight. She just wanted revenge.
Later, it was nighttime, and Sarah had arrived at her destination. She stopped near some mountains, which looked perfect for the bastard to hide in. She made her way through the terrain and sure enough, she found a whole lot of armed men. But not junkers which the wastelands are known for. These are in fact rogue soldiers, who followed the command of the man Sarah was here to kill.
Sarah looked around and finally spotted him. The man called Gangplank. Once a high ranking admiral in the Military, that was until he stole and proliferated blueprints for a former colleague's experimental weapon. Ending an battle against his enemies in a matter of hours, something his comrades couldn't do in several weeks, he defected with a massive armed battalion and formed a large criminal network, with connections to several other dangerous people, including Talon. He was even wearing a Dreadnova armor that he had costumed made for him.
Sarah knew little about that, all she needed to know was that Gangplank is the monster who killed her mother. Ten years ago, Sarah saw her mother get gunned down by Gangplank when she refused to tell him what he wanted to know. Sarah had no idea what her mother knew that would make Gangplank come after her, but that didn't matter now. Sarah has waited 10 years for this chance, she could finally get revenge on her mother's killer and finally move on with her life.
But she was not stupid. She was fully aware than charging in would be suicide. She needed to wait until Gangplank was alone and kill him when no one else could interfere and ruin it for her. She followed him around until he finally began heading away from his men. Her patience shrinking by the second, Sarah followed him until he came to a stop in a more open area and lit a ciggar. He smocked for a few moments until he heard a voice.
"Turn around, Gangplank. I want you to see who finally killed you" Gangplank turned around and saw Sarah aiming her gun at him.
"And who may you be, young lady?" Gangplank asked.
Sarah glared, of course he didn't remember her, since her mother made sure she was hidden when Gangplank arrived "Does the name Fortune ring a bell?".
"Fortune? Ah yes that woman who was foolish enough to defy me. You do look a lot like her, you her kid or something?" Gangplank asked.
"That is right! I am here to kill you for what you did to her you rotten bastard!" Sarah declared.
Gangplank looked unimpressed "After all these years, you came all this way just for petty revenge? What a pathetic waste of your life. I can tell your mother didn't teach you anything meaningful".
"How dare you!" Sarah shouts as she fired right at Gangplank's head.
Gangplank simply moved his head to the side, allowing the bullet to pass harmlessly, before lifting his far more advanced gun and fired. Sarah was forced to duck to the side, but the shot graced her side. She cursed, but her guns where not normal themselves. She took aim and fired a explosive shot which managed to hit Gangplank in the chest. But thanks to his armor, it didn't do much damage. Sarah continued to fire but it was hard to get a clear shot as Gangplank returned fire while walking closer to her.
Sarah growls as she was running out of places to run. She suddenly felt one of her guns get shot out of her hand as Gangplank got close and disarmed her of her other gun. Gangplank aimed his gun at her head, before he smirked and stepped back before putting his gun away. Sarah glares, he was getting cocky, but if he wanted to be beaten to death, then she would accept. She let out a angry shout as she throws a punch that could've broken a guy's nose easily. But Gangplank caught her fist before punching her in the face. Sarah staggered but attacked again, she was not a bad fist fighter by any means, but she couldn't hope to beat a fully trained ex-soldier.
Gangplank caught Sarah's wrist before twisting it in a painful manner. Sarah cried in pain before she managed to use her free hand punched Gangplank in the jaw, hard enough to make him let go. Gangplank spat out some blood before kicking Sarah in the chest, making her fall to the ground. She saw one of her guns and hurried to crawl towards it. She was about to grab it, until Gangplank's fist came down on her hand, making her shout in pain.
"You spent 10 years, longing for revenge that would never be yours" Gangplank said as he suddenly pulled out a sword that was glowing red "I have a feeling you are regretting that choice right now. And it will be the last thing you ever feel. Say hello to your mother for me".
Gangplank rose his sword, ready to end the Fortune bloodline forever. But suddenly a gun shot was heard before his sword was hit by a bullet, which knocked it out of his hand. Moments later, the sound of an angry bull was heard before Alistar punched him in the chest, sending him flying across the ground.
"Longhorn?" Sarah asked in confusion.
"Don't worry, I brought help" Alistar said.
"Howdy there, Sarah" Came a familiar voice.
Sarah looked and was surprised "Jesse?".
McCree smiled at her while holding one of her guns "Long time no see Sarah. I see you are still reckless as always".
Sarah picked up her other gun from the ground and took back the one McCree was holding "Like you're one to talk. But thank you".
"Anytime, now how about we sink this guy's ship" McCree said as he aims his trusty revolver at Gangplank. Said man glared before he raised his gun to the air and sent out a flare. Signaling his men "Crap, looks like this place is about to get a lot more crowded".
"Then we better wrap this up qucikly" Alistar declared as he pounded his fists together.
"We will see if there is anything left for my men to kill" Gangplank said, ready to fight, despite currently being outnumbered.
Sarah and McCree fired at him, while Alistar bull rushed him. Gangplank avoided the charge and fired at Sarah and McCree. He then had to duck a punch from Alistar and delivered a hard blow to Alistar's gut. Thanks to his dreadnova armor, Gangplank's blow was strong enough to knock the wind out of Alistar. But the bull man snarled and managed to grab Gangplank in to a bear hug that would've easily snapped a normal human's spine like a tooth pick. Gangplank grunts in pain before he managed to shoot Alistar in the leg, successfully making the Minotaur let go of him. Gangplank then managed to land several pointblank shots to Alistar's body. Alistar's muscle mass and genetic enhancements saved him from any kill shots and allowed him to punch Gangplank away.
Gangplank tumbled back, and the moment he got back up, McCree emptied the chamber of his revolver in to Gangplank's armor, successfully damaging parts of it. Gangplank rushed McCree and grabbed him by the neck before he could reload. He lifted him up with one arm and began crushing his neck.
"You've been a nuisance! Now die!" Gangplank growled.
However, in his blind focus, it allowed Sarah to take aim and she fired... the charged shot flew through the air and hit Gagplank right in the elbow. Blowing his arm completely of. Gangplank howls in pain as he steps back, holding the stump where his arm used to be. He glared at Sarah who walked towards him, her gun already reloading. She kicked him in the chest, knocking him down on the ground and aimed her gun at his exposed head. He was completely at her mercy now.
"For my mother" Sarah declared as she was about to pull the trigger... only for McCree to tackle her down to the ground as a hail of gunfire flew through the air. Gangplank's men had finally arrived and were shooting at the three heroes. McCree pulled Sarah behind cover as she saw Gangplank's men pull him to safety "NO! GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!".
"Sarah, stop! It's to late!" McCree shouts as Gangplank was pulled in to a flying ship and the flew away while firing their canons to destroy the whole area.
When the dust cleared, it was revealed that all three heroes were alive, and were only a little roughed up. Sarah saw the ship in the distance and glared at it in frustration. She was so close to finally finding peace. Only for the monster to slip right out of her fingers. She was so close... so close.
"I'm sorry Sarah. I'm sure we'll get him next time" McCree said.
"I will chase him to the end of the earth if I have to. But next time I will be smarter. And make sure I have some help" Sarah said as she turned to McCree "Thank you Jesse. If not for you, I would've been dead now".
"Someone had to look after you. Your mother would haunt me for the rest of my life if I let you die" McCree said.
Sarah chuckled "Maybe she would. And thank you Longhorn, for coming here".
"I couldn't just let you run of to your death. But now I need to head back to the town. I can't stay away from it for long" Alistar said.
Sarah nods "I understand. Give me a call if a job needs doing".
"I will. And if Gangplank is ever stupid enough to show his ugly mug here again, you will be the first to know" Alistar said before walking away.
Sarah looked at McCree "So what brought you to these wastelands anyway?".
"Well I recently had a "Reunion" with some old friends of mine. And I just happened to pass by Longhorn's town. Once he told me about you, I had to high tail it over here to save your stupid back side" McCree answered.
"Hey! I admit it was not a smart move to go after Gangplank alone, but I couldn't wait and risk him slipping away... which he ended up doing anyway. But at least I left a scar on him this time" Sarah said.
"Sure did... up for a drink?" McCree asked.
Sarah thinks before she nods "Sure, let's go".
With that they got on their bikes and drove away... not long after they left, a blue haired crazy looking young woman was skipping around the equipment that Gangplank and his ment were forced to leave behind as Gagplank needed urgent medical attention. She giggled when she saw all the stuff.
"So cool!" She said before she called someone "Uncle Junkrat and uncle Roady, we hit the jack pot!".
"Stop calling me that" A rough voice said in annoyance.
"Alright little Jinx, we're on our way. This will be great!" A louder and more energetic voice said.
The woman named Jinx giggled. A lot of fun waited for them.
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I picked Road Warrior Fortune for this, rather than her Cow Girl look, since she looks more like her original counterpart, but still looks like she could fit in with Overwatch. I know Gun Goddess Miss Fortune fits with the whole technology thing, but I wanted her to be more grounded for this story.
Jinx is not related to Junkrat or Roadhog. And she has her original look, since she is one of the few League characters who's original design would fit right in with a certain part of the Overwatch world.
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Tell me what you think.