Chapter 9: Welcome to the Family

Jesse finished packing his weapons into a black hard case, locking the silver clamps tightly and placing it in the back of the ship that Winston had sent for them, which was a mighty fine idea, considering the PETRAS act, the act the deemed all Overwatch activity illegal was still enabled. The UN would probably question two ex overwatch associates and a Mexican woman getting on a plane together to an old Overwatch outpost, with weapons. This was much more discreet. Sombra had her gauntlets put in a purple case, which she ultimately decided to keep it with her considering their worth and without them she would be damn near useless. Jesse was on the phone, shouting something about an "American Classic", waving his free hand around as if animating his speech would help get his point across. Finally, he hung up and returned his phone to his pocket.

"What was that about?" Hana asked as Jesse walked by.

"I convinced Winston to send a ship for my car." Jesse smiled, pleased with himself.

The two girls looked at each other, rolled their eyes and began laughing. Jesse was about to retort but ended up deciding against wasting his breath. Just then, something zipped right in front of him. A slim girl with medium length hair wearing a bright orange jump suit.

"Oi Jesse, you almost ready, love?" The woman said with her obviously british accent.

"Yeah Lena, just gathering a few things, hold your horses." Jesse confirmed.

"Right, what about Hana and your bird?" she asked peeking over Jesse's shoulder. She saw Sombra standing awkwardly before she looked back at Jesse.

"Oh Jesse, you bad boy, I had no idea you were into latina girls, little weird you're bringing her with us. Does it cost extra?" she inquired.

Jesse facepalmed. He wondered why everyone saw him as a drunken gunslinger who made his company with whores all the time. Until he remembered for a time he was a drunken gunslinger who made his company with whores all the time.

"Lena, she's the new recruit…" Jesse sighed.

"OHHHH!" she exclaimed before zipping past him so she was standing in front of Sombra and Hana.

"Ello Hana, and 'ello Miss." she chirped.

"Sombra, just call me Sombra." she said sort of reserved.

"Well, Nice to meet ya Sombra, my name's Lena but most people know me as Tracer!" she puffed out her chest and put her hands on her hips, taking a heroic stance.

Sombra smiled a bit, Lena seemed a bit playful just like her, except Sombra's playfulness masks her feelings of doubt and loneliness. She shook these thoughts from her head before speaking again.

"Nice to meet you too, Lena." she smiled.

"Leeennaaa!" Hana screamed in excitement before hugging Lena in a tight embrace.

"Aw Hana, I missed ya too. But we better get going soon or Winston is gonna think somethin' happened."

"She's right, we need to stop grazin' like cattle and move on." Jesse cut in.

"Right!" Lena confirmed.

"But who's the pilot?" Sombra asked confused.

Lena donned a pair of aviator glasses and smiled.

"I'm your pilot, love!"

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The metal ship shuddered and seatbelts on vacant seats jingled restlessly. The ship leaned from one side to other. Sombra sat awake and nervous, Jesse and Hana had fallen asleep about a half an hour ago. She hated to admit it but she was nervous, she never got along with people and was always a loner, how would she begin to fit in here?

"Nervous are ya, love?" Tracer chimed in from the cockpit.

"I'm just a bit on edge. I've never really fit in well." Sombra admitted.

"Aw that's alright, we have our fair share of misfits at Overwatch but remember, misfit or not, we all have something that makes us great!" Tracer beamed cheerfully back at her.

"Misfits in Overwatch? How so?" Sombra asked quizzically.

"Well for instance, there's me love." Tracer answered.

"You? But you look normal."

Tracer laughed at the notion of being called normal, for those who actually knew her, Tracer was far from normal.

"Haha, normal, that's cute love, see this thing strapped to my chest? It's a chrono accelerator." Tracer explained.

"Chrono-what?" Sombra asked puzzled.

"Basically, it keeps me anchored to this current time. See, a long time ago Overwatch hired me to test a new line of fighter jets that could teleport to locations, unfortunately, there was a malfunction and I kind of lost myself in time. I would fade in and out of timelines, that is, until Winston built this chrono accelerator and basically saved my life. So you see, we all have our quirks that would pin us as misfits or outcasts, but that's also the stuff that makes us heroes." Tracer smiled.

Her smile and kind words touched Sombra, she felt some of the nervousness within her wash away, as it was replaced with a warmth that she could barely begin to describe.

"How long before we get there?" Sombra inquired.

"Oh we're arriving now love, if you look out and to the right, you can barely make out the base."

Sombra peered out where Tracer had indicated and she could make out a little alcove that was carved into the rock face, white buildings were scattered about, a few hangers lined the edge as if greeting the ships that would fly here, if only that were the case. The base looked dead and long abandoned, however she assumed that's what they were going for. It was in a good place tucked away enough to avoid the public eye, but they still had access to the mainland so they weren't entirely cut off from the city.

"The locals are Spanish, so that's a plus for ya right?" Tracer chimed.

"I'm Mexican, there's a difference." Sombra corrected.

"Eehhh." Tracer shrugged knowing she didn't possess enough willpower and a long enough attention span to last through the explanation of what the differences were.

"Anyways, you should take a seat love, we should be landin' anytime now."

Sombra nodded and headed back to her seat, Jesse and Hana were still passed out, she wondered to herself how many times they had made this flight, butterflies once again flew in her stomach as they made their descent.

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The side door on the ship let out a hydraulic hiss as pressure was released and the door slowly opened. Winston stood on all fours ready to greet them, a large ape humanoid man, was the only way to describe him. He could do all the things a human could do and more. Jesse was the first person to depart from the ship.

"Winston, it's been awhile partner!" Jesse smiled.

"Likewise Jesse, haven't seen you since your mission went south in Rio." Winston retorted sarcastically.

"Listen Winston, what happened in Rio stays in Rio." The two laughed while reminiscing until Hana bolted from the ship and leaped at Winston who caught her in his arms.

"Woah! How are you Miss Hana Song."

"I'm pretty damn good Winston." Hana beamed.

"That's good to hear." Winston smiled back at her.

Tracer zipped into view and greeted Winston warmly before rapidly telling him she had a few things to do and zipping off again. Sombra was the last to leave the ship, she slowly walked into view, she was obviously nervous and a little bit afraid, after all, she used to be their enemy, shit, she even had stolen the translocator from them. How could she ever explain that? So many questions raced through her mind before she was interrupted.

"And you are Miss Sombra I take it?" Winston asked in a slightly more serious tone.

"Yes, I am." Sombra confirmed.

"I am pleased to welcome you to our humble home away from home, you and I have much to discuss and we will do so in private, but before all of that I set aside a room for you, Hana can show you, since she's your neighbor."

"Aw hell yeah, this shit is gonna be lit!" Hana cheered.

"Thank you Winston." Sombra smiled.

"Run along now, I have some work to do."

"C'mon Sombra, come meet the rest of the family." Jesse beckoned her over.

"Alright, I'm coming." she nodded and followed him.

Jesse led her out of the hangar and to a tall white square building with a few things detailed on it, including the Overwatch sigil painted right above the door. Jesse punched a number into the security panel and the doors parted and led into what looked like a dorm.

"Ah, it's good to be back." Jesse breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jesse is zat you! Vere have you been my friend!" A large man standing at least 6 and a half feet high approached Jesse.

"Reinhardt, I see you're still up and kickin, you ol' bastard."

"Of course I am, you know I cannot rest until justice is done! Ahh and is zis the new recruit I've heard about?"

"Yeah, this is Sombra, she's gonna be workin with us now."

"Aha! Pleased to meet you fraulein."

Sombra was a little intimidated, he was a giant of a man, she smiled weakly and nodded.

"Likewise sir." she said softly.

"Sir? Just call me Reinhardt, we're all family here."

Sombra smiled, everyone she had met was so nice, and kind, this was already the best decision she had made.

"Grandpa Rein!" Hana cheered and sprinted past Jesse and Sombra hugging Reinhardt tightly. So tightly, in fact, that it she almost made the poor German tip over.

"Ach mein Gott!" Rein exclaimed.

"Yes I know, I'm hugging your gut." Hana said hugging him tighter.

"No, mein g- never mind. It is good to see you Miss Song!" Rein said wrapping one of his gigantic arms around her in a warm embrace.

"Reinhardt, put my daughter down before you kill her!" A gruff voice cut through the air like a knife, sombra turned to see a rugged man, scars on his face his hair had whitened in his age, he wore a leather jacket with the numbers 76 embezzled on the back. His eyes held years of combat, pain, death, love, all these emotions Sombra was captivated by, yet his stern exterior didn't give a hint that he would falter from anything less than death itself.

"Dad!? Daaaaaaaad!" Hana departed from her embrace with Rein and ran towards the man hugging him tightly.

"Jack?! Good to see, you old sonovabitch?" Jesse slapped him on the shoulder.

"We need to talk, In my office, now." Jack was calm and composed but anger burned in his eyes.

"Yeah, we do." The smile on Jesse's face vanished and was placed by a stern visage.

"Hana, take her to her room, your "Dad" and I have some things to settle." Jesse departed with Jack the grim overtone of the conversation left with them.

"C'mon, let's go to your room so we can get you all set up, Then tonight, things are gonna get turnt!" Hana smiled and tugged on Sombra's arm. The thought of drinking brought her back to memories of the day when she met Jesse, all of the things that he had done for up to this point came rushing back, taking care of her in the hotel, saving her life from Talon, holding her that night when she was scared.

Fuck...am I in love with him? He's done so much more than anyone ever has, when he held me I felt safe...I felt alive.

"C'mon bitch, You still owe me a rematch on 16 bit hero." Hana interrupted her thought.

"Let's go then, so I can beat your ass one more time." Sombra smiled to herself.

Jesse…

Was the only thing on her mind.