*Venice*
The city was bombarded with unnatural waves that appeared out of nowhere, crashing against the city. The scared population had loaded their boats or boarded up their houses even more in response to this unfamiliar abnormality.
The authorities have been dispatched to set up barriers and multiple pumps to try to control the situation. Only hours into their task, a disturbing string of reports started to come in, an earthquake, a small but concentrated one, is erupting from the center of Venice itself.
Knowing this, the Mayor ordered the majority of the police force to secure the site until the experts arrive to assess the situation, making it all the harder for Sombra to find a place to land.
"Common you stupid hunk of junk!" she shouted, the shuttle rattling violently in the storm.
"Can't you at least activate the stabilizers or something?" Baptiste muffled, a hand over his mouth.
"I swear Bap… If you say anything unhelpful one more time-"
"Wha'oingon?" Lox groaned, finally awake.
The shuttle shuddered to the side as the storm battered it, which cured his dizziness immediately and jumped towards the pilot seat, pushing Sombra aside.
"What are you doing to my shuttle?!" he asked angrily, so focused on the controls that he had forgotten who were with him.
"Landing?"
Lox was livid and ordered them to keep quiet while he scanned the city for a landing zone, foregoing any stealth as people must have already pulled out cameras to record them. Too low to gain any altitude, his only options were either to risk crashing into the buildings and save the shuttle or dive into the water and abandon it.
"The Commander is going to have my hide for this" he muttered before shouting "Hope both of you know how to swim because we're gonna get wet!"
They hung on as the shuttle crashed into the largest canal, the glass cracked on impact but held. Sombra and Baptiste packed themselves up from the ground as Lox rummaged through a compartment.
"Right! Put these on, we have 5 minutes before this place floods" he said, throwing life jackets at them.
"Looks like you can really man up when you're in your zone eh?" Sombra commented.
"Shut up and put those jackets on" was the angry reply as water poured in.
"Where are we?" she asked Baptiste.
"Too close" he said, pointing to the Mansion, where the waves are exploding out of the hidden harbour.
*Talon Base: Harbour*
Doomfist snarled as Morrison leapt out of the way, the dock shattering into pieces into the waves as his gauntlet punched through it, stopped only by the ice below, causing water to start flooding back into the harbour.
"Go with your pet, I would like to speak to my old friends uninterrupted" he said, eyeing Mercy flying towards Tracer and the prisoner.
"How long has it been since we last met?" Doomfist asked as he walked towards Winston, who helped Morrison to his feet.
"Not long enough" Winston growled.
"Aww don't be so disappointed gorilla, you're looking at the man who will help you save the world"
"By destroying everything?"
"Is that not the way? Look around you! The evidence is clear!" he shouted, his arms outstretched "If evolution has taught us anything, it is that we always adapt to our surroundings! Your ancestors gave birth to the race that dragged the world to its knees, don't you want to do your part to save it?"
They made a move to attack, but could not see an opening. Knowing that their opponent is one of the fiercest combatants Overwatch has ever faced in its history, they needed to be very careful.
"There is no danger from what I can see" Winston continued as Morrison slowly moved to a better position.
"No? Have you not noticed that the so-called 'people' that you are so committed to protecting has become physically, mentally, and emotionally weaker? Just disagree about literally anything and a flock will cluck their days away, arguing the most pointless things"
"Didn't think you'd be so caught up on Reddit" Morrison said, slowly pulling out a Biotic Field.
"The point is, science has become the source of many of our comforts, and we must destroy the source to return to the path of pain. Only through conflict do we evolve"
"I think you punched him too hard Winston"
"Let's allow the victors to decide" Doomfist said, raising his gauntlet once more.
As he attacked the leaders of Overwatch, Lena resumed her duel with SS28, who is now backed up by Moira, guarding Angela as she attended to Quillion, who had slumped to the ground.
"We need to help them!" Mei squealed as they watched the battle from the side.
She looked at Reaper who remained silent, his eyes staring at Morrison.
"24?"
Without saying a word, he swung his shotgun and cracked it across her head, knocking her out immediately.
"You're dying…" Mercy said.
She seems… Older somehow since he last saw her, which is strange considering it has only been a few days, though he thought it must be the darkened circles under her eyes that stood out of her pale face that gave the illusion. For some reason, even her movements seemed to be more experienced, as if she had a lot of practice recently.
"Can't you just give me some of that stream?" he muttered, pointing at her staff as she injected something into his arm.
"You're not compatible"
"Compatible compatible compatible, why is it never compatible when it matters?"
"I'll be sure to take your complaints into consideration"
"Wow, sarcasm?"
"It's to put you at ease" she said before sticking another unseen needle into his gut, causing him to yelp in pain.
Then he felt hot. Unbearably hot. So much so that he coughed up more blood and began struggling against her, who observed him carefully. Just when he was about to attack her, she removed whatever it was and the heat died away.
"Next time just tell me"
"We need to get you out of here immediately"
"No, I can't go" he groaned angrily, his eyes fixated on Moira and SS28 who ducked behind a pile of rubble.
"Doctor's orders, move!" she scolded. Just as she was about to pick him up, a figure appeared in front of her, his shotguns pointed at them.
"You're not going anywhere" Reaper said.
Quickly pulling out her blaster, she shot at him alongside Quillion, who joined the attack, but their efforts were lazily dodged by the Wraith, only getting out of it when their guns clicked.
"Great, Talon have ghosts too?" he thought.
"What happened to you?" she asked, just as surprised as Quillion at his abilities.
"You tell me doc"
"Mercy!" Lena cried and tried to Blink to them, but the momentary distraction was costly as a claw found itself impaling through her leg. Upon hearing her scream, Morrison glanced over their direction.
"REYES!"
Reaper leapt out of the way of the rockets, cackling as he exited the room in a mockingly slow fashion. If Quillion had not looked away from the door, he would not have seen the blue blur speeding after the Black Mercenary, completely ignoring everything that is going on around him.
"Common" Angela said, but once again stopped as Moira blocked her.
"Tell me Angela, what do you think of my work?" she asked, indicating SS28, who is still fighting Lena.
"Describing your work as unethical would be a kindness" she replied, keeping a careful eye at her hands.
"But the true question is whether or not you can deny my discoveries"
Before Angela could answer, she was roughly pushed away as Quillion launched himself forwards at Moira, his arms outstretched towards her bony neck.
"Quil!" Lena yelled but it was too late as Quillion's body went rigid just short of Moira.
"Tell me… How does this feel?" Moira asked curiously.
It felt strange. All the pain and hate faded away and many things did not seem to matter for Quillion anymore, except maybe that his body began to feel heavy… Extremely heavy. Looking down he saw the strange purple orb directly on his chest, its tentacles snaking themselves into him.
The ground shook and what sounded like a bomb echoed from his left. Glancing at it, he saw a man wielding a gauntlet knocking a gorilla down to the ground. What's even funnier is that the gorilla flew into another man who seemed to be staring into the ceiling, his arms waving around as if trying to conduct an orchestra.
What a funny sight.
Just when he was about to drift off to sleep, the orb on Moira's hand was whipped aside violently. Looking down, he saw that she is now clutching the stump that was once her hand.
"Doctor!" SS28 screamed, using her body to shield Moira and dragged her to safety.
A bag was dropped directly from above at Quillion's feet. Looking up, he thought he saw someone there before using a grappling hook to relocate her position.
"Mercy! It's Amelie!" someone shouted.
He thought he saw an angel flying back to the skies when he dropped down again, his body unable to handle so much activity. He wanted nothing more than to go to sleep, especially in the arms of this beautiful woman who caught him.
Then the pain came. This god forsaken pain that haunted him for so long is back, shaking him out of his numb stupor.
"Quil common!" Lena shouted, throwing away a syringe that Angela passed to her before flying away.
He did not answer as unspeakable anger filled him. Not only is he not allowed to rest, she had to bring him back from the brink to feel pain, to stay in this world to be cruelly reminded that he could not even fulfill any mission that matters. He closed his eyes and stayed still, trying to gulp down his frustrations, which caused Lena to panic.
Without warning, he felt his nose pinched, his mouth forced open and, before he could protest or stop her, he felt a pair of lips clamped around his, exhaling a lungful of air into him. His eyes flutter open and see the lips that he had fantasized in his most private of moments are now firmly locked around his.
It is no kiss by any stretch of the imagination, but the meaning behind this action and to finally feel them upon his sent him to heaven. She may not love him like he loves her, but she still wants him to live. And he responded by tapping her arm.
"I thought I lost you there" she gasped.
"You're leg… How's your leg?"
"Can you just stop thinking about others for one second?" she cried but smiled at the same time.
"I could say the same for you" he groaned, sitting up before dumping out the contents from his bag.
1. Magazine for his pistol
2. His parang
3. One of Mei's Weather Control Drones
4. A few Grenades
5. The last Barrier Projector
"Enough!" Doomfist shouted, crashing his gauntlet into the ground once again, knocking everyone off balance "The world has changed after the crisis. It is overdue for a new test. This time I will make sure we do not fail"
No longer holding back and driven by bloodlust, Doomfist shocked everyone with his strength as he sent Winston's flying into the ceiling, followed up by a direct punch in the chest that created a hole in the wall, knocking him out immediately.
His words clear even above the sounds of battle and the crashing waves, everyone who heard it felt his dedication to destroy everything they hold dear, and they fought all the harder to take him down. To Quillion however, it has a another world of meaning, one that reminded him of his main purpose to even continue his life in the future.
"New test? Overdue? Do not fail? They started the First Omnic Crisis?" Quillion thought, shocked at this revelation.
"Where's your rifle?" Lena asked, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Destroyed, here" he said, passing her a grenade "Go help Winston"
She nodded and Blinked away. He was about to stand up when she appeared in front of him again, pushing him back to a sitting position.
"I forgot, Angie says stay here and don't move until she gets back" she instructed, Blinking away before he could reply.
"Stay here? Yeah right" he thought, but decided she was right. He is too weak to attack someone as powerful as Doomfist right now, the best course of action is to observe the field first.
He could tell Moira and SS28 are nearby from the sounds of someone whimpering as they take cover from Widowmaker, Lena has gone off to assist Winston, who had been struggling against Doomfist, and he could hear Morrison and Reaper dueling furiously somewhere.
"I thought I'd taken care of you. You're more resilient than you look" he said when he caught the grenade she threw at him.
"I've come back from worse"
Lena did not see the punch that came at her, but was saved when the gauntlet was blown to the side by sniper fire.
"Lacroix!"
That's when Quillion sprang into action as Moira immediately jumped out of cover. She will not escape this time. Unsurprisingly SS28 stood in his way, her fangs and claws more visible by the second, as if the living incarnation of a vampire.
"You will not harm Doctor any-!"
He shot a bullet straight into her fangs, her head whiplashed violently as the bullet bounced off. Before she could recover, the parang found its way into her, causing her to grunt in pain as he pinned her to the wall. Firmly secured, he was turned to continue the chase but his eyes met a very strange sight, an ice wall that materialized out of nowhere.
"D-Dr Zhou! I've always been interested in your research!"
Mei said nothing, instead she shot a stream of frost at Moira, who within seconds, became an ice statue.
"No!" SS28 cried, struggling to remove the parang, but it remained firmly in place.
Quillion walked forward, placed his pistol against Moira's head and was about to pull the trigger when Mei stopped him.
"We need the body in one piece, or else we can never clear our name" she said firmly.
"Clear your name? You mean-"
"We have gotten too much attention here, if you want Overwatch, or at least Lena, to have normal lives, we must present proof who we were fighting and who is here, we can't do that if they're in pieces"
He looked at the hateful face of Moira that sneered at him just weeks ago in that alley is now frozen with fear, literally. That's it? That is the end of someone as hateful as her? Someone who, more than anyone, deserves a bullet through her brain?
"Are you sure she is dead?"
"Yes"
He looked at her and tried to detect any lies in her face, but she looked back without any sign of faltering. Seeing this, he nodded and snatched the gun away from her.
"Hey!"
"You killed one of my targets, I'm taking this one" he said as he walked to SS28, who was staring at Moira with blank eyes.
"Hey" he said, forcing her to look at him as he freezes her body "Welcome back to hell"
She said nothing, merely staring back with blank eyes until her body is frozen solid. Finally, two of his targets are now dead, he just needs to take care of one more. Just one last one. Making his way to the unconscious Sigma, he began to find it more difficult to breathe and collapsed to the ground.
"Quillion! What's wrong?"
"Aww… Looks like you really are going to die" Sombra commented, deactivating her invisibility.
"Who are you?" Mei asked, pointing her blaster at her.
"Chill amiga, I'm just here to offer my assistance"
"Now let's get a good look at you" Baptiste said from behind Mei, making her jump.
She did not know what to do, but seeing that he looks like a combat medic and has not killed them yet, they should be friendlies, however, she kept her weapon trained on Baptiste just in case he would knock her out.
"You're with Overwatch?"
"Nope, but he is" Sombra laughed, pointing to Lox whose pale face is sticking around the corner.
"Lox! What are you doing here?"
He shook his head and hid himself again, not wanting any attention to be directed to him.
"Wow, he is in bad shape, how is he still alive?"
"Just keep him alive for now, he could still be useful" Sombra said before pulling out her machine pistol and shouting "Alright Doomey! Time for round 2!"
Upon hearing her voice, Doomfist grinned. Instead of him hunting for her, she foolishly came back. Does she actually think she could kill him? Especially after the last encounter? He tried to set up an attack towards her but was shot again by Widowmaker, who had been patiently looking for openings. She must be taken care of first.
Sombra tried to hack Doomfist as he launched himself into the air, but her fingers are still stiff and could only watch as he spotted Widowmaker and Mercy, who is amplifying her damage.
"Goodbye Lacriox" he said before punching with his fully charged gauntlet. Widowmaker lined up her shot and squeezed the trigger, but nothing happened. She has ran out of bullets.
"Look out!" Angela shouted, throwing herself between them to protect Amelie.
Her world became white as Doomfist punched.
The Dragon Protects!
She knows she was punched. She felt the gauntlet crashing into her body and was flung to the side violently. The damage is more than enough to kill her outright, but somehow she survived with all her bones unbroken.
"What?"
"Looks like the Dragon has chosen you" Genji said, ripping off his visor to look at her with unfiltered eyes.
She looked at herself and saw an incredible sight as the green light fades away. Her whole body has been adorned with a beautiful green armor, much of it protecting her most vital points while allowing her to remain flexible, even her Caduceus Staff has changed, gone is the white and gold staff, replaced with scales and what looks like a dragon egg as its tip.
"Are you alright?"
Normally she would be concerned about a sudden change of this magnitude, but somehow, she felt completely safe, like a heart that knows it is protected behind a powerful beast. Slowly she nodded and remembered where they were.
"G-Genji? How did you get here?"
"We had contact with Faheera, she led us here"
"Faheera? But -" she looked around before whispering "- Wasn't Ana with you?"
"She did not reveal herself, enough questions, we are still in battle" he said, pulling her to her feet, confident that her body has already repaired itself to its full health.
"Doc! I'm gonna need some help here!" McCree shouted, standing on the ledge. He had just thrown a flashbang at Doomfist's face and its effects were quickly wearing off.
Grabbing her staff, she sent a blue beam towards him, her hand shaking as it seemed to give out more power than before.
"Oh I feel like a man possessed!" he exclaimed as Doomfist launched himself back at them, so engrossed into bloodlust that he did not realize his attacks had become predictable.
Falling into their trap.
Pulling out Peacekeeper, he Fanned the Hammer not at Doomfist, but at the gauntlet before dodging to the side and fanning it again. Widowmaker saw what he was doing and, having already reloaded her rifle, added her own shots at the gauntlet.
"Now!"
Dashing up into the air, a Nano Boost was shot straight at him, electrifying the cyborg with terrifying power as he pulled out his katana and the dragon came into existence.
Ryujin no ken wo kurae!
Doomfist realized that he had fallen into their trap, raised his gauntlet to defend himself as Genji slashed his blade at him. The Gauntlet, once the symbol of strength and defiance that has survived through all challenges, trials, even wars, finally succumbed. He was forced to watch helplessly as it is split in half by the Boosted Katana, destroying it forever.
He felt something that he had not felt in a long time. Fear, helpless, hopeless fear. Just like that time when he was running away from the Omnics, where his parents were mercilessly gunned down and he could not avenge their deaths. It was this very Gauntlet that saved him that day, that showed him the path of strength, to show him the truth about the weakness of humanity. He was known as it's Successor. Never in his wildest imagination that its legacy would end in his hands.
The tip of the katana lifted his stunned head.
"It is over Akande, surrender"
Unwilling to accept, he raised his other fist and attempted to shoot but nothing happened.
"Oh no, you're not going to do anything anymore Doomey" Sombra said, appearing next to them.
Unclasping his shaking hand and grabbed his stump, he looked up at them hatefully, the people who had dared to delay his dreams. He attempted to stand but stopped when Genji's blade cut deep into his flesh, his intentions clear and only needed validation for a kill.
"How are you feeling, Lacroix?" he asked finally.
"You do not have my permission to say that name" she growled, her aim steady.
"And they say chivalry is dead" he chuckled.
"Doomfist, under the authority of Overwatch, you are under arrest"
"Go ahead, arrest me, but as long as I live, the world will never know peace"
"Hold that thought" Sombra interjected and squatted down next to him.
"What are you doing?" Angela asked.
"I know for a fact some parts of him should have a connection to The Conspiracy, I just need to-"
Before she could finish the sentence, Doomfist's arm twisted like a snake once more and before they could do anything to stop it, it placed itself under his head… And the trigger was pulled. They watched in shock as his headless body landed onto the ground in a loud thud.
"Well… That's aggravating" Widowmaker commented.
"Dr Ziegler! You better get here!" Baptiste shouted as he activated his Immortality Field.
They quickly gathered and saw Quillion once again on the floor, his face pale.
"What's wrong with him? He was fine a moment ago!" Lena shouted.
"I do not know, with the injuries he has sustained he should've died hours ago" he replied as he and Angela checked him again.
"Don't say that!"
"Quiet please" Angela said.
The ground shook again and they looked at each other.
"Where's Jack?" McCree asked when a distant array of gunfire answered, along with a familiar, echoing laugh.
"Fancy meeting an old friend Genji?"
"Lead the way"
They took off while the rest watched the medics work on Quillion, whose breath has become ragged. Minutes passed and the situation seemed to have worsened as Angela's actions became more active, even asking Baptiste how many Immortality Fields he had brought.
Another few minutes passed and an additional Immortality Field was activated, Quillion showed some signs of improvement but remained in a world of pain. Worse still, their battle has attracted a lot of people outside, who had gathered since the waves stopped.
"We need to get out of here soon Doctor" Baptiste said.
"No" she snapped, they still have so much to do, why isn't his body healing?
"He needs adrenaline"
"No, any more will definitely kill him"
"Morphine?"
"Too weak"
"What happened…?" Winston groaned, finally awake.
"Wow, you really do talk" Sombra said, looking at him.
"Medic" a voice grunted out.
Morrison, McCree and Genji have returned, with Reaper in tow. Each of them looked as if they just battled through the apocalypse, McCree has lost his hat and his face has a noticeably large scar, Genji's body is sparking as it is filled with new holes, but the worst looking ones are Morrison and Reaper, who looked like they swam through a volcano, completely covered in shoot and burned marks.
"What are you doing? Why isn't he dead?" Sombra shouted.
"Killing him would be a kindness" Morrison growled, kicking Reaper to his knees.
"And you will regret your decision here Jack"
"Don't tempt me Reyes"
Reaper chuckled, a chuckle that slowly led to a loud laugh that echoed in the harbor.
"What's so funny?"
"And you call yourself the perfect soldier?" Reaper said gleefully, his masked face looking at something.
They looked and could only gasp. How could they have forgotten to secure him?
Sigma is high in the air, his eyes closed as he listens to one of the greatest compositions of sounds that only he could hear, swinging his hands around enthusiastically. Gravity shifted dramatically, not only in the base, but the City of Venice itself as unhindered power was unleashed.
"Stop him!" Morrison roared.
They charged and attacked with enough firepower to take down a Behemoth, they could only look on in awe as boats and boulders revolved around Sigma like a solar system, protecting him from all attacks. With a flick of his hand, they were blown away, leaving only Widowmaker was able to keep up her attack by grappling to one of the boulders. In the air she held on and shot at him, but was met with the second line of defense, vortexes that also orbit behind the flying debris.
Lena, falling closest to Quillion, felt him grab her arm and when she looked down, she saw Quillion awake and alert. She was about to smile to see his recovery when she saw an adrenaline shot in his hand.
"Why?!" she yelled, slapping it away but knew it was too late.
"Where is Doomfist?"
"You need to stay down!"
"Where is he?"
"Dead! Stay down!"
"Promise me something"
"What?"
"Promise me that after this, you will destroy all the drug dens in my country?"
"Wh- I… I don't understand"
"I planned to do it before I got here but… Promise me you can help me with that?"
"S-sure? But you don't need me luv, you can do it yourself"
"Thank you…" he said as he pulled out two discs from his pocket.
"What are you planning to do?"
"The world needs you, all of you, it does not need me"
He sped off before she could register what he meant, she stood up to stop him but was forced to duck down as a boulder was sent her way, Widowmaker tumbling across the harbor.
Even with Battle Rage on, the speed of the rocks are still incredibly fast as he dodged and weaved between them. It also became apparent to him that the closer he is to Sigma, the more 'normal' time around him has become, as not only his eyes could actually keep up with Quillion, he is reacting 'on time' as well.
Shooting and blasting apart obstacles with the last of his grenades, Quillion penetrated the first line of defenses just below Sigma, where, for the first time, Quillion spoke to someone whilst in Battle Rage.
"Did you really think your speed can outmatch gravity?" Sigma asked with his eyes closed, his arms still conducting the invisible orchestra.
"Never my intention" Quillion replied, watching everyone outside doing their best to join him.
"Then why have you come?"
"I'm just a man who wishes to do what he was created to do, despite waking up decades too late... And also to stop a man who is too scared to admit he has gone insane"
"Insane? Insane? You claim that you can understand the Universe better than myself?"
"Of course, didn't you know that the Milky Way was from the tits of a goddess?"
"You are not worth my time" Sigma said angrily, turning around to find the music again.
"Ya know, even the Horoscope told me to be wary of people who don't want to engage in meaningful conversation today, I guess even the newspaper knows what the Universe is saying eh?"
Quillion hid his smile as Sigma looked back at him, his face unbelievably outraged, and everyone could only watch as he launched an avalanche of boulders down at Quillion, burying him alive.
"This man dares question my genius with superstition?" Sigma shouted.
First there was silence, then a Pulse Bomb initiated everyone to attack, desperate to take him down as quickly as possible, but vortexes appeared, catching everything thrown into his way.
"You can't stop me! Nobody can stop me!"
He heard the music change, as if the strings were warning him of an impending danger. He looked around, trying to detect the source of the music as it became more and more frantic despite opening vortexes around him.
"Why? Why do you persist?!" he shouted to the music, forced to stop the orbiting debris to lessen the songs echoing around him.
That's when he realize the source of the warning cymbals and chimes are loudest from below. He looked down and saw a hint of the blue dome under the rubble. He does not understand why that would be a danger, but it does not matter, the Universe does not lie. Flicking his hand, he crushed everything into dust below him, an overwhelming display of gravitational power that the world deserves to see.
However, the music continued, this time from behind him.
He looked back to meet the danger, but before he could attack, Quillion shoved the Weather Control Drone into his mouth, taking immense pleasure to feel his teeth breaking apart before activating it.
As he took his time to enjoy the pain on Sigma's face as the frost gushed out of the drone, he forgot that the freezing method still takes some time and small rocks are pelted at him. Quillion held on, ignoring the stones that tore into his flesh, no matter what happens he must…
Blood poured out of his mouth as a large stone smashed into his back and shocking pain soften his grip.
"Impossible…" he thought to himself "Impossible that I will survive this time… Have I done enough?"
It was enough, as Sigma turned into ice, his body falling down with him to the ground. Satisfied, he felt his face stretch as he couldn't help but smile, unable to believe what just happened. He had forgotten his promise to Jampang, only to be reminded about it this very day and yet he somehow still managed to fulfill it, out of sheer coincidence and luck, he fulfilled the decades old promise.
But that was not the main thing that lingered with him.
It was Lena.
Lena will be able to live on, knowing that justice has been brought to Mondatta and Emily. She would be able to move on now, to live knowing that their deaths, her struggles, her pain, were not in vain, maybe even find someone else who can make her happy?
"Quil!" her voice echoed in his head.
"Really? The last thing you think about is her calling your name?" he joked to himself as he closed his eyes "Not bad..."
Hope everyone has been doing well and enjoying the story so far?
Just a little disclaimer:
I know that skins don't add any advantages but I can't help it when I saw Mercy's Dragoon skin, since it's green and all, so I just gotta put it in haha...