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Chapter 2: The Exhibit
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Location: Skies above New York, United States
Date: 3 days after Recall, 2074
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Tracer took a seat at the wheel, chuckling to herself as she familiarize herself with the wheel of the ship. She looks over to Winston, sitting next to her in the opposite chair. She gives the ape a toothy grin as she flips some switches, shifting the ship from auto pilot to manual.
"So tell me something Winston." Tracer starts, getting a look from him. "You had mentioned that one of Talon's agents tried to hack into our database. And considering the assassination of Mondatta, do you think maybe your assailant and the assassin have some possible connections?" She asks.
Winston puts a finger under his chin, thinking over the possibility. "It is possible. Perhaps they have some connections with one another, however, I'm not entirely sure." He states resting his head back on the chair.
Tracer continued to steer the ship, humming to herself as she began to remember her training as a pilot. Winston continued to look over the rest of the agents, hoping someone would answer, yet no one has answered his call. He groans looking over the list. "Nothing yet, love?" Tracer asks.
"Nothing." Winston grunts. "No word from Angela, Reinhardt, Vivian, Cole, Genji, or Torbjörn." He adds before turning off the screen with the list.
"Hey it's no worries, Winston." Tracer stated, her voice filled with pep. "It may just be the two of us, but we can take on the world." She cheers with a giggle getting a chuckle from Winston.
"Perhaps, but we cannot..." Winston was saying before a blaring sound went off. Winston looked over at the screen, noticing a sign that stated "Emergency" in red letters. "Athena, report." He ordered.
"There seems to be a break in at the Overwatch Museum. My cameras are picking up activity inside the building." Athena states getting a smirk from Tracer.
"Right then, let's get our hero faces on." She cheers as she speeds to the direction of the museum.
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Location: Overwatch Museum, New York, United States
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A guard walks about the halls of the museum, looking at the murals of famous members of Overwatch. He chuckles seeing the memorial to one Jack Morrison, the strike commander of Overwatch. However, before he can react, he feels a sharp pain in his head and his vision goes dark as he falls unconscious, a black fog shrouds the unconscious man before forming into Reaper.
Reaper looked around before noticing behind him was his partner, a woman with blueish skin and in a purple body suit steps over the unconscious guard. Reaper chuckles before following behind the woman. "Keep your eyes open, the gauntlet is somewhere in the area." He states knocking over a statue of Jack Morrison.
"As I recall correctly, it was you who failed to gather the information of the Overwatch agents." The woman states as her visor goes over her eyes.
"Don't test me, Widowmaker." Reaper warns before wisping into the shadows.
As the duo continued to travel through the museum, Widowmaker chuckles to herself as her visor gave her a view of the target, a large gauntlet. "Target located." She states before a sudden chill hit her shoulder. "We are not alone, watch your back." She whispers into her comm.
Reaper looks around, taking in the look of the photos of old Overwatch members, he grunts before fading into the darkness. The room was silent for some time, the two intruders waited for something to happen. After about ten minutes of waiting, Reaper whispers into his comm. "Let's move, get to the roof and get the gauntlet."
Widowmaker nodded and aimed her sights towards the open ceiling they came from. As he launched her grapple hook to the opening, she saw something lunge at her, a large gorilla knocking her off her path, catching her in his arms as the two took to the sky. "Damn." Reaper grunted before following the two of them.
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Winston grits his teeth as he has Widowmaker in his hands, his grip tightening on her body as she shot a few bullets into him, trying to get him off of her. With a swift look, he noticed that the two of them were about to crash into the glass ceiling of the museum.
Widowmaker taking notice of the ape's distraction took advantage and smacked Winston's face with the butt of her gun and changed positions with Winston, and before she knew it, the two of them have crashed through the ceiling, smashing onto the ground. Winston's grip on Widowmaker was lost and Widowmaker took advantage and fired her grappling hook, positioning herself on a perch and taking aim at the large ape.
Winston recovered before feeling a couple shots into his back. Noticing the pair of kids next to him, he moves in between them before taking another set of shots into his back.
"Enjoying the exhibit?" He asks the boys, trying to make light of the situation before being shot once again. He growls before lightly pushing the kids with his large hand away. "Alright, playtime's over, get to cover." He orders before the older of the kids grabs the younger one's arm and runs for cover. Watching Widowmaker, he goes in to rush her down, trying to close the gap between him and the sniper. However, before he can get closer, a black veil of smoke rushed in front of Winston, forming into Reaper, blasting Winston with his shotguns, pushing him back.
Widowmaker, watching Winston turns her attention to the side, noticing the large gauntlet in a trophy case. She smirks, focusing her sights on her objective. "There you are..." She whispers, aiming her shot at the case. Before she can pull the trigger, she hears a voice behind, a familiar English voice. "Psst. What you lookin' at?" Said Tracer who had blinked behind Widowmaker. In retaliation, the sniper fired her weapon at the younger woman, grappling away from her as the orange clad pilot rushed her down, avoiding Widowmaker's shots while also getting a few of her own shots off.
Winston continued to brawl with Reaper, leaping into the air and slamming his hand into the earth, causing the floor to break underneath the power of the landing. Reaper jumped away from this attack before retaliating with a few shots into the large ape. Tracer called Winston's name signaling the ape to throw her towards Widowmaker and Reaper. Tracer fired some shots torwards the two of them, making Widowmaker move away while Reaper dodged the attack.
"Die!" Reaper grunted as he tossed his guns to the side, pulling out another pair of guns and firing at the duo. He stops for a split second before chuckling darkly. "Yes!" He whispers before forming a large cloud of black smoke around him. Winston stopped in his tracks watching this cloud form before it turned into a cyclone of smoke and bullets firing in all directions. Tracer noticing the attack ducked behind a stand, seeing her accelerator was low on power she sighs to herself, before noticing the two boys again.
The boys looked at her, confused and afraid. She thought at the moment what they could possibly do, and how to keep these kids safe before looking to them. "Uhm." She starts trying to find the right words, a barrage of bullets still firing behind her. "Don't worry loves, the cavalry's here." She states in a reassuring voice getting a gasp and smile from the younger child before watching Winston rush Reaper but stumbling at the end. "Come on, big guy, get up." She whispers as the case holding the gauntlet is shattered, sending an alarm throughout the museum.
Winston slowly begins to pick himself up, noticing Reaper approaching him with his guns aimed at him. Chuckling sinisterly, Reaper readies his guns before noticing Winston's glasses, and with one look at Winston he steps on his glasses, crushing them under his boot. As if a fire was lit in his soul, Winston roars with rage, his hot breath hitting Reaper's face before delivering a giant punch into the black-robed assailant.
Gathering the energy she needed, Tracer makes a dash towards Reaper, firing a couple shots at him before watching him get attacked by Winston once more, all the while Widowmaker continues to shoot at the duo. Winston rushes Reaper once more, slamming him into the ground before trying to punch him, only for Reaper to change into black smoke once more.
As she returns to gather the gauntlet, she comes to realize that the item is missing from the case. As she readies to turn the corner, she hears a voice call out "Watch out!" distracting her. As her scope goes one, she hears another voice behind her before her face is met with a mighty blow of metal, sending her flying across the room with a large blast. She had come to realize that what had hit her was a child in a blue sweater. As she readies to attack the boy, she's greeted by a large angry gorilla roaring at her. Shooting at Winston, her gun is immediately kicked away by Tracer, using it against Widowmaker herself, this sends Widowmaker in a bit of a panic, grappling out of the venue with Reaper behind, dropping explosives on the Overwatch agents. Winston continues the chase, leaping from perch to perch before exiting the building through the broken ceiling.
Tracer watches Winston go before turning around and seeing the two boys again. She gives them a smile before seeing the older of the two hand her the now destroyed gauntlet Widowmaker and Reaper were after. She takes the gauntlet from him, keeper her reassuring smile before giving them a wink. "You know? The world could always use more heroes." She says to them, giving them a two-finger salute before blinking away, placing the gauntlet back in its place and following Winston through the skyline.
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Winston continued to follow the two criminals, his anger slowly subsiding as he watches the two of them flee into a small aircraft. A blast of air rushes past Winston as the aircraft lifts up to the sky and takes off, leaving Winston behind just as Tracer catches up with him.
"Shouldn't we go after them?" Tracer asks as Winston adjusts himself from his Primal Rage.
"There's no need. Our mission was to make sure that they didn't take Doomfist's gauntlet." Winston states taking a quick breather. "We'll get them next time."
Tracer nods before playfully punching Winston's shoulder. "Just like old times, eh Winston?" She asks.
Winston chuckles. "Just like old times." He states before his comm begins to activate. "Athena, what is it?" He asks.
"It would appear that a message has been received from Ecopoint: Antarctica. Playing message now." Athena states before a buzzing sound is heard from the communicator. As the buzzing continues, a female voice can be heard, though it's a bit muddled due to the static.
"Winston...its...Mei...recieved...message...need...assiss-" The voice is cut off, getting a shocked look from both Tracer and Winston.
"Mei...she's..." Tracer starts.
"Alive..." Winston finishes.
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And with that, that concludes chapter 2 of this story. Sorry it took a bit longer than expected, balancing writing, plus work and personal life stuff. But thank you for reading through this chapter, and thank you for everyone who has followed, favorited, or reviewed this story, seeing the enjoyment you guys have with this story makes it easier for me to write more. But with that said, you guys have yourselves a wonderful day or evening whenever you read this and I'll see you all for the next chapter.