*Gibraltar: Watchpoint Hangar*
The Watchpoint Hangar has always been a flurry of activity as different shuttles come and go in a rapid but organized pattern. Shipments of equipment, building materials, resources, and troop transports flies in and out throughout each day and night. Combined with the secrecy of Overwatch Operations, it is a miracle that the logisticians and pilots were able to find routes in the modern world to keep the supply lines and flights hidden.
Winston scanned the skies for one particular shuttle, pacing on a platform near the landing pads as his engineering team waits nearby. Another shuttle entered the hangar and, to Winston's displeasure, it is another delivery of rivets and metal for Torbjorn.
"You should calm down Winston, you are becoming restless" a voice called out.
Without turning around, Winston replied "She should be back by now, it has been more than 2 hours"
"From what they told me they are only 5 minutes late, no point worrying" Angela answered gently, landing next to Winston gracefully, which caught the attention of many workers on site.
"Only because her Chronal Accelerator is damaged" he grunted back, sitting down next to the doctor.
"She did not sound too concern about it when she called me, so the damage is should not be serious"
Though her words made sense, the protective ape still grunted in annoyance.
"What are you doing here anyway? You rarely come to the hangar" he asked her.
"I was told that Genji required immediate assistance when he returns" she replied annoyingly "Which is odd since he was only scouting some abnormalities in Ireland. I swear he seems to need some kind of healing every minute of the day..."
Winston looked back and saw that her medical team is now chatting with his engineering team, each of them carefree and smiling. He felt a slight hint of envy that they are able to only worry about their job instead of the overall condition of the world but he shook it off.
"What kind of abnormalities?" he inquired. Her features grew dark before replying
"There were reports of... Severe mutilation on random civilians but these are unconfirmed reports, Jack sent Genji to investigate 2 days ago"
Before Winston could reply, he spotted it.
Lena's shuttle.
He and Angela stood up to welcome their old friend as the shuttle doors open and Lena stepped out, her hair blowing into the wind, her hands on her hips, smiling as she looked around the hangar, waving back at a few crew members, clearly happy to be home. The moment she spotted Winston and Angela, her smile stretched wider as she blink towards them, hugging them both at the same time.
"Winston... Angela... It's been too long..." they heard her say.
"It has only been a week" Angela replied with her motherly tone.
"A week too long" Lena replied.
Winston smiled, "Lena is back to her old self" he thought.
"Come, we must attend to the Chronal Accelerator immediately" he said, breaking the hug and pulling her towards the Engineering Team.
"W-whoa there big guy" she said, pulling her hand free from Winston "I have to introduce Quillion to both of you first"
"Who?" they questioned in unison.
"Him" she said, pointing back to her shuttle.
Looking behind her, they see an unfamiliar face slowly walking down the ramp of Lena's shuttle, his movements careful and cautious, his eyes studying his environment, one hand over his rifle that he wore on with a sling as if expecting an attack.
Seeing this, Lena immediately blinked to him, putting one hand over his rifle as a precaution.
"Hey... You okay?" she inquired.
"Yeah... Yeah... Just... Taking in the surroundings" he stammered, quickly holstering his revolver in his jacket. Though his movements are quick, she noticed.
"Common now luv, no need for any of that" she smiled "I'll show you around yeah?"
Pulling an arm, she led him down the ramp and he found himself face to face with... A huge gorilla and an angel?
What?
"This is Angela" she indicated to the blonde angel, "And Winston" indicating the gorilla, "Angela, Winston, this is Quillion"
He could only manage an "Err..."
First he woke up to find his country destroyed, fought alongside a magical girl against a well-equipped drug den where he passed out, landed on a mountain in the middle of the ocean, where he was told, is a "secret base", and now he is standing face to face with a woman who dresses like an angel and a gorilla wearing clothes and even a pair of spectacles.
"He has been through a lot, but he's alright" Lena added when he did not answer.
Before he could muster the words to answer, Winston spoke, shocking Quillion further.
"Lena, we must check your Accelerator"
"But..." she protested, looking at Quillion, whose mouth is hanging wide open at the fact the gorilla spoke, absolutely gobsmacked.
"Don't worry, Angela will accompany him" he said impatiently, pulling her once again to the engineers. Lena look to Angela for help, who responded with a smile.
"Go with Winston, I will help Qu-ri-rion with any questions he may have"
And with that, Winston dragged her away.
"So... Qu-ri-rion, what would you like to ask first?" Angela said gently to Quillion, who quickly close his mouth.
"I... Err... It's Quillion... Who are you guys?" he asked numbly.
"Ahh, I think it is best if we sit down" she replied, seeing that he is still in shock.
Once seated on the hangar floor, she began her story, some members from her Medical Team joined in to listen as well, as it is rare and hard to find, let alone hear, any firsthand accounts regarding the glory days of Overwatch.
She gave summaries for the First Omnic Crisis, how the United Nations formed Overwatch, the Swiss Headquarter incident, its disbandment, its current re-organization by Winston, the Second Omnic Crisis, and their fight against Talon.
The entire time, the group stayed silent until she finished speaking.
"So... You are saying you are the good guys?" Quillion asked.
"Many years ago... Yes... But now... We do what we must to make the world a better place" she hesitantly replied.
"Sounds a bit delusional, especially since she just confessed they are criminals" Quillion thought to himself.
"I do not expect you to trust me or any of us" she added, as if reading his mind "Everyone here is a volunteer to the cause but are allowed to leave if required"
"And if I decide to walk away right now? Won't you be afraid that I will reveal this location to the rest of the world?"
"We are in a hidden and dangerous area, if you walk out now, it is a guarantee that you will not be able to get to the mainland without drowning" she smiled "Should you choose to leave, we will blindfold you and drop you off near a city of your choosing and you will never hear from us again. That being said, only those who give their lives to the fight will know this location by name"
"CLEAR THE HANGAR!" came a shout, the crowd scattering to every direction.
"Wha-" Angela said, jumping to her feet.
In the distance, they could see a shuttle, billows of black smoke trailing behind it, gliding towards the hangar at high speed.
It is going to crash.
"Run!" she shouted. Everyone ran as Angela activated her Valkyrie Suit and flew into the airstrip, pulling a worker who had tripped and dragging him to safety.
It was not long before the shuttle smashed itself into the hangar, destroying everything in its path. With a loud groan, it stopped after screeching to the other end of the strip. The moment it stopped, the reaction was almost immediate, Quillion saw the workers running back towards it with firefighting equipment and began putting out the fires.
Quillion ran forward to observe the shuttle and saw that it sustained damages he never expected. The shuttle looked like as if something with giant hands attempted to crush it into a ball. It is also covered with strange scratches, as if a wild animal attempted to dig into the airship.
"An Omnic?" he thought "But the damage is too random and... Wild... To be done by a machine"
With a loud hiss, the ramp forced itself open... And an Omnic limped out.
Quillion jump backwards, pointing his rifle at it's head and was just about to shoot when Angela flew between them.
"Stop! Put your rifle away!" she shouted.
"Why? It is an Omnic attack!" he shouted back.
"Angela..." a robotic voice sounded behind her "I need healing..." before it fell to its knees.
"Genji!" she cried, turning around and caught him before his head hit the ground, her medical team was with her in a flash, quickly lifting it on a stretcher and, with Angela, ran into the base while others ran into the shuttle, obviously looking for survivors.
Quillion stood there confused, not knowing what to do. Soon a group of strange looking individuals poured into the area.
First was a towering armored giant armed with a huge hammer while wielding a wide blue shield, followed closely by what looks like an old man with red visors, a dwarf, Winston and finally Lena.
"Put down your weapon!" the armored giant shouted at Quillion as he lumbered towards him. Quillion, without thinking, instinctively walked backwards and fired a warning shot at the giant's feet. To his surprise, his bullet was absorbed by the shield, disappearing harmlessly in a puff of smoke.
"Engage!" the giant shouted, charging forward with surprising speed. Quillion could not dodge in time and was knocked aside, slamming into the wall and felt his revolver flying out of its holster.
With the wind knocked out of him, he could not raise his rifle in time to defend himself before it was blown aside by a blue beam. The next thing he knew he was staring into the barrel of a gun held by the man with red visors.
"Tell me" he shouted "Where is Talon?". Without waiting for an answer, he kicked Quillion in the ribs. Hard. "Where?" he demanded, landing another kick as Quillion tried to stand up, the sound of bones breaking made the onlookers wince.
"Stop!" Lena shouted "He was the one who turned on the Emergency Beacon!"
"A Talon spy then!" the man shouted, stomping his boot on Quillion's hand, who tried to grab his legs in an effort to fight back, causing him to cry out in pain as he felt his fingers shatter.
"He is not!" she screamed, "He saved my life!"
"Don't be naive Lena!" he shouted back "That's the oldest trick in the book!"
"Jack!" roared Winston, which stopped Jack from throwing another kick. He looked around him and saw that everyone was staring at them, shock written all over their faces as their leader is brutally beating an unarmed man and shouting back (even berating) at one of his most capable soldiers.
He took a moment to collect himself before giving out his orders.
"Reinhardt! Arrest this man. Torbjorn! Confiscate his weapons. Everyone else, get this airfield back to operation!" he shouted. The effect was immediate, the workers resumed their firefighting and Reinhardt pulled Quillion to his feet roughly and shoved him to walk forwards.
"But he is not– " Lena protested as she walked forward, an action that Winston stopped by grabbing her shoulder.
"Winston!" she pleaded.
"Not now Lena, we will figure this out soon" he replied, trying to comfort her.
She tried to catch Quillion's eye but he was in too much pain to notice, clutching his broken ribs and hand while being forced to walk by Reinhardt to his cell.
