Hey guys, GameQ here, with the new chapter 2. I'm just a tiny bit late to publish the second chapter than expected, was planning on updating once a week but i need to make sure i can keep up with that. Let's see what ya guys left in the reviews.
Godzilla: YES! It back and better than ever before! I love the bar scene hahaha Engie sliding down it is hilarious.
The idea of the bar came from Rockgod, after I had wondered to him if Tracer drinks.
wisesniper67: *eyes sparkle* Its perfect~
Hope it is.
DeltaNinerFoxtrot, thanks for the review, i'll try not to let anyone stop me from making more fanfics.
ripntear045771, thanks for the review, I am glad you liked my original series even though there were a lot of mistakes in there.
Drake, as for my other stories, i may just check them out before publishing them again. However, this may be a bit of a change for the relationships.
I'd like to put more reviews in there but i don't want to make the intro too long so let's get to the story. Oh and i noticed one you readers are thinking Scout is not going to be in this fanfic, which isn't true. Scout will join the adventure soon enough.
Also before you read, be sure to read the outro for a message.
And now I give you chapter 2, i hope you enjoy.
Time Error
Chapter 2
Engineer woke up from a hard shove, and when he came to he winced from the sore pain from the back of his head. He then remembers the woman he had encountered, how she had caught him before knocking him out. Next he noticed he was sitting in a metal chair, his hands were cuffed from behind the seat leaving him in an uncomfortable position. He slowly lifted his head up to see he was sitting in front of a table, in a dark room with only one light source coming from ceiling above the table, a black window on the wall with a door next to it. Suddenly a soldier came into Engineer's view, almost startling him. He looked like he was somewhere around the age of 40, had a red visor mask covering his face, but Engineer noticed the scar on his forehead.
Engineer remained silent as he and the man had a little stare down until the man broke the stare and picked up a bag from the floor, unzipping it and grabbing the contents inside. He began laying out the items across the table, the Widowmaker, PDA, wrench, pistol, the building blue prints, and the TTPB. Engineer recognized all of these items to be his, but he couldn't grab them since his hands were cuffed.
"Appearing out of nowhere in a bright flash, making a wreck in a local bar, running from a former agent to avoid being questioned, then attempting to kill a former agent…" The man listed with a rough deep voice, Engie remaining silent while giving a cold stare.
"You know you're lucky you ain't no ordinary scum or else I would've made you suffer by now." The man said, cracking his knuckles as if to make his point. But Engineer gave no reaction to this, while any other man would probably be cowering and begging for mercy, he won't give a damn.
"What was that all about in the bar!? Where did you come from!? And who do you work for!?" The soldier yelled while slamming his hand to the table, causing the items to shake. Engineer kept silent for a moment before answering.
"Look mister, I'm only gonna say this once so listen up. I can't tell you where I came from or who I work for, and neither will I tell you. But I ain't asking for trouble."
"Not asking for trouble? You just asked for one by not answering my questions." "Can you at least tell me whe-" Engineer was unable to finish his sentence when he was suddenly punched real hard by the soldier in the red visor mask.
"I'm the one asking questions here! And you will give me an answer!" He yelled as Engineer recovered from the punch. It hurt, but Engineer knows what a real punch feels like, he experienced it from the Heavy weapons guy back at his time, so this punch was nothing to him. "Kiss…my…ass." Engineer said, glaring at the man with the desire to kick his ass. The old man grabbed Engineer by the throat, slightly choking the Texan then leaning a little closer to Engineer.
"If you don't answer my questions in the next 10 seconds…I'm going t-" "Oh look, he's using his 'Bad cop' voice." A lady like voice came out of nowhere. Engineer couldn't help but think that voice sounded familiar, but he wasn't sure where he heard that voice from.
The soldier currently interrogating groaned out of annoyance before speaking, "Damn it Tracer! I thought we agreed that I was going to handle this." The door swung open to reveal a gorilla white armor walking in, and NOW Engineer was startled.
"A gorilla? Really?" Engineer thought but was not ready for what happened next. "Yes 76 we did agree but I'm afraid your strategy isn't working on him, he hasn't showed any signs of fear. Not even after you punched him." The gorilla claimed. Engineer's jaw dropped when the gorilla spoke, he knows he's seen a lot of strange things but this was just something he couldn't believe. The man known as 76 began walking out the room while the door was still open but stopped and said one last thing.
"Fine. You take care of it, Good cop. And you, I hope you keep acting stubborn like that because if you do, they'll leave this back to me. I'll be waiting." 76 then left the room.
"He used it again! Hahaha!" "Damn it Tracer!" Was all Engineer could hear before the door shut, leaving him alone in the room with a talking gorilla. Now Engineer felt uncomfortable, his hands were cuffed so he couldn't grab his weapon, and this gorilla looks like he could rip him apart without effort. And what worries Engineer the worst is he doesn't know what would happen if he were to die, still not knowing the year he was in, or location he was, it may be possible that he would remain dead.
Seeing how the stranger looked unsettled, Winston decided to reassure him he meant no harm. "Not to worry sir, I will not be beating you up like the man before was trying to do, 76. He usually plays the bad cop in these cases and I am the good cop. My name is Winston by the way, and what is yours?" Winston asked.
The Overwatch agents watched from the other side of the window, outside the interrogation room. Soldier 76 scoffed at Winston's attempt to ask the stranger's name, if he wasn't able to get a single bit of information from him, then neither could Winston. Engineer contemplated on whether or not he should answer the question, even though he stated clearly to the man known as 76 that he wasn't answering anything.
But this gorilla seemed to be someone he can reason with, and maybe he could say a few things about himself. "If I answer your question, could you answer mine?" Engineer asks, "Of course."
"My name is…I go by Engineer, it's what I've been called mostly so you can do the same."
"Engineer? Is that it? Don't you have a real name?"
"Look Winston I don't know who you are, and what I am dealing with so I'm just being cautious." Engineer said truthfully.
"Fair enough Engineer, but I assure you we mean no harm. As long as you don't mean any harm to us." Winston said. "Now you said you have a question?"
"Oh right um, this may sound like a dumb question but what year is it?" Engineer asks. Winston tilted his head a little before answering.
"2076, why?" Engineer gasps after receiving the answer. "But then that means I'm in the future! While I am happy my device successfully time traveled, I put the device to travel 5 minutes into the future! Not 108 years! This doesn't make any sense!" Engineer thought.
Winston notices the frustrated and shocked look on Engineer's face and tries to ask what he was thinking. "Is there something troubling you Engineer? You look a bit shocked by me stating the year is 2076."
Engineer looked back at Winston, his face going back to a plain look but Winston could tell Engineer was panicking in the inside. "Well? Anything you want to say?" Winston questions, but received no reply from Engineer who looked away, shifting a bit in his seat.
Winston sighed before deciding to spill the beans. "We know you are not from here Engineer. We've taken a picture of you while you were unconscious and had a super computer scan it, searching for any profile picture that matches you. But we came up with none, we could only assume you come from an organization that hides your identity, and if that's the case we may have to ask you some more questions."
Engineer was having a hard time keeping calm, they were narrowing him down very easily. "Listen Engineer, we know you're hiding something. If you oblige and answer without any difficulties we will go easy on you. But if you don't I'm afraid the bad cop will come back. Now…where are you from?" Engineer thought of his choices at that very moment, but acknowledging that he was pinned he might as well go ahead and come out with it. He did pull a gun on one of their own so it's the best he could do.
"I wouldn't say 'where' Winston, more like 'when'. And you guys are right, I'm not from here. I come from the year 1968." Engineer came out with it. Now it was the Overwatch agents turn to be surprised, they weren't really expecting Engineer to give an answer to them, especially an answer that sounds so bizarre. Outside the room, the agents began talking to one another about Engineer's doubtful response.
"Blimey! He's from 1968? I guess that explains the old lookin' uniforms he's wearing. Even that hard hat of his looks old, construction workers are equipped with much better protection." Tracer says, gaining some nods from the other agents.
"If it weren't for the fact that his weaponry is like…centuries old, I would have not believed him. And I highly doubt you can get any of those weapons from a local gun shop." Soldier 76 thought. Reinhardt hummed with interest, Symmetra giving a curious look to Engineer. Pharah didn't seem too convinced, finding the answer to be unbelievable and impossible. Mei and Mercy were not sure about Engineer's answer, it seemed ridiculous but with some evidence pointed out from their fellow allies it seemed true. Back in the interrogation room, Winston raised his eyebrows with surprise.
"From 1968 you say?"
"Yep."
"But how were you able to get from there to here?" Winston questions, Engineer nodded his head towards his TTPB, which was still in need of repairs.
"That device, I call it the Time Traveling Pip Boy. I have just invented it recently back in 1968 but when I tried going for a practice run, it went haywire and brought me to this time. I originally intended to go five minutes into the future but well, here I am." Engineer finished.
Winston took the device in his hand and started looking over it, causing a bit of stress to Engineer, the TTPB was already broken as it is, he doesn't need it to be damaged even more by a gorilla.
"Please mister, use caution when handling that device, I can't afford it to be more damaged. And I ain't sure what's wrong with it either so I'd appreciate it even more if you just set it back down please." Engineer asked, Winston was still looking at the device but nodded before setting the TTPB back down gently.
"So far you have answered my questions, but now I must ask this, who do you work for?" Winston asks, causing Engineer to wince a little.
"If what you say is true about you coming from the past, then what organization was capable enough to provide you the resources and materials to build such a device that could time travel? What are your organizations intentions?"
"Who's asking? I know you guys probably pose no threat to what I work for, considering we're from different time lines but, I can't just say who I am working for." Engineer says.
Winston pauses to think for a moment, "Besides, you would think it is a bit pointless to know who I work for, again I'm bringing the fact that I come from a different time." Engineer closes.
"He has a valid point, but nonetheless I must know if his work has bad intentions or not. If it were then we must keep an eye on him and ensure he doesn't get anywhere near the city, if it weren't then maybe they could help him." Winston thought.
"Very well Engineer then let's make a deal, we tell you who we are, then you tell us who you work for." Winston offered, Engineer almost instantly refused but thought about it for a moment. "Yeah, okay."
"Excellent, I'll introduce us. We are Overwatch, a hero organization that works for the better of society, a security agency that works with the government around the globe. We use to that is…" Winston concludes causing confusion to Engineer. "Use to?"
Winston nods. "An unfortunate event occurred and a law was passed forbidding anymore Overwatch activities, labeling us as an illegal organization." Winston sighs but continues, "It's been years since that happened and we watched from the shadows as world around us began to crumble. They need us more than ever."
Engineer listened to Winston with some interest, feeling pity for them in their situation. He didn't know what cause their group to be illegal, but it doesn't seem fair to him. They are probably the only ones in their time to attempt to make the world a better place. And in his time things are pretty damn dark, a cruel world. "I believe I said enough about us, hopefully you'll stick to your part of the deal and tell us who you work for."
"Right forgot about that. But if I were to tell them I kill people for a living, fighting gravel wars each day, all for money, they might view me as a bad person. Hell I pretty much am considering the fact that I am a mercenary, and I don't reckon heroes and mercenaries would get along well." Engineer thought, so he did some quick thinking and came up with a lie, one that he could stick to until he is able to get back to 1968.
"I work for a company, called Mann Co. Like you our purpose is to make the world a better place, a hero company of some sort. But we're not known very well since we work without interacting with the government, so whatever technology you got, you'll never really find anything about the company I work for. As Engineer, I play a defensive role in defending our base, but if we have an objective that we need to protect, I set up sentries where protection is needed and build teleporters to get to areas more quickly." Engineer explains, telling only a few true facts to support his lie.
Winston and the agents behind the observing window were amazed, this man they were currently interrogating is a hero in his time. "Wait a minute, if you are a hero then why did you assault one of our agents?"
"I wouldn't say assault mister, I was only defending myself since I didn't know who she was. I wasn't going to pull the trigger, just wanted to scare her off." Engineer quickly explains, remind Tracer of what happened in the alleyway, he was giving her a warning to back off until she easily knocked him out.
"Anyway as I was saying, when we do our missions we would often find ourselves rewards, this includes materials and resources which explains how I made the TTPB, the Time Traveling Pip Boy."
"Hold up Engineer, you say you built sentries and teleporters?"
"Yep."
"An automatic sentry with sensors? And instant transportation?"
"Yeah." Engineer claims causing Winston's jaw to drop, while making some of the other agents hum with interest.
"But that's impossible! The technology in 1968 is too below for someone to create such an advance device." Engineer smiles and chuckles before answering.
"You doubt my intelligence? I got 11 hard working PhDs, and I have this device to prove how far I've come." Engineer nods again to his TTPB, unfortunately for him his hands were still cuffed to the back of his seat. Winston couldn't argue against that, having 11 PhDs is like a real life achievement and is very impressive. Winston was out of questions to ask, or that was all he was going to get out of Engineer, he was about to exit the room until Soldier 76 came walking back in, he had a very important question in mind and he intended to get an answer this time. This will confirm if he was in 1968 or not. 76 walked right up to Engineer before questioning him.
"Does the name Talon mean anything to you?" Engineer arched an eyebrow, "Talon? No, who is he? Or her?" Engineer asks.
Soldier 76 takes out a pistol and presses it to Engineer's heart, causing Winston to gasp and some of the agents came running in to the room. "Don't play dumb with me Engineer." 76 warn as he placed his finger on the trigger.
"76! Don't!" Winston yells but was completely ignored by Soldier 76. Tracer walks in the room slowly, "76 please that's enough." She pleads.
"If he's smart enough to start spilling then he'll live." 76 responds as he continues to glare at Engineer. Engineer looks at Tracer and recognizes her instantly, "For the record lady, I blame you for this!" he shouts at her, making her chuckle nervously. But everyone (excluding Engineer) jumped when Soldier 76 shot a bullet in Engineer's shoulder, making him groan in pain.
"Morrison!" Winston shouts furiously, but 76 wasn't fazed as he continued to interrogate Engineer. "I'm going to ask this one more time, do you know Talon!?" He yelled as he placed the gun back over Engineer's heart.
Engineer gritted his teeth in pain, but he plucked up the effort to look at 76 with a serious face and answered "I don't know Talon." The hero and the mercenary stared at each other for a long moment until 76 sighed and put his pistol away, walking out of the room.
"Mercy, the guy needs medical attention." 76 says before walking away. After a few seconds a woman came walking in wearing an angel-like battle suit, a metallic staff in hand. She gave Engineer a worried glance before aiming her staff towards him and shot a yellow beam upon him. In a matter of seconds his bullet wound was closed and healed, like as if no bullet ever hit him, the only evidence that he did have a bullet wound was the blood and bullet hole on his shirt. Engineer felt like he should be amazed by her staff, but he already has seen a similar device that does the same type of work, that being Medic's Medigun.
"Thank you kindly ma'am." Engineer thanked her, she nodded at him before exiting the room along with Tracer. "Engineer I must apologize, he shouldn't have gone that far, we do not intend to torture you." Winston says.
"Is alright, I dealt with worse back in 1968, but what's the man's problem? Trust issues?"
"Yes you could say that, and because of the fact that Talon has been quiet now seems to be getting on to him."
"Who is Talon anyway? Some kind of villain?"
"Talon is not a person, it's a name for an evil group which is lead by Reaper, who used to be an Overwatch agent. But after something happened to him which I'd like not to discuss, he has abandoned Overwatch."
"Well that sucks for him." Engineer says, making Winston look at him with surprise.
"Because I can tell y'all are a tough fight, especially from behind that window." Engineer finishes as he stares at the black shaded window. Tracer giggles outside of the interrogation room, already seeming to like the stranger.
"I like this guy, his name is Engineer right?"
"You already trust this man? After he pulled his unknown weapon on you?" Pharah asked.
"He had his reasons, self defense is a thing ya know luv'?"
Back inside the interrogation room, Winston decided to end the interrogation and decide on what to do with Engineer. "I believe you have answered all the questions, I'll be leaving now."
"Wait what about me?" Engineer asks quickly.
"Don't worry, we will be discussing of what to do with you, in the mean time just sit there and relax."
"Was that supposed to make me feel better?" Engineer mumbled, but knowing the situation he was in he had no choice but to just sit there until they decide his fate. He mind as well think of the possible errors in his TTPB device while he's at it.
Outside the interrogation room, the agents started to discuss of what to do with Engineer. "So, he has answered all of the questions I have given him. Is anyone unsure about him?" Winston asked.
None of the agents spoke up, not even sure how they feel about this Engineer. "I say he's alright, plus he doesn't pose a threat to any of us, or all of us combined for that matter." Tracer spoke, having a confident smile on her face.
"And I believe him when he says he's from the year 1968, I mean come on luvs'! Who else wears those clothes?"
"We can't just assume he's from 1968 just because of the clothes he wears Tracer, anyone could wear old fashion clothes." Symmetra says as she watches Engineer, interested of his buildings.
"Wanna bet?" Tracer challenges but was interrupted by Reinhardt.
"Other than the clothes this stranger wears, his guns are not so advance but they could still kill a man. They look…how do you say this? 'Old school'?"
Tracer giggled at Reinhardt's attempt to use the slang word young people would use. "Well anyway, guns like those shouldn't be available anymore, or in any case unwanted since they clearly don't match up to our latest weapons. I highly doubt anyone would equip themselves with them old guns unless they were from a different time." Reinhardt finished, gaining some nods from the other agents.
"Well said, so is anyone still feeling unsure about Engineer?"
"I am." Soldier 76 as he walks back into the room. "He may have answered all of the questions, but I can tell the man is hiding something." 76 says as he remembered staring into Engineer's eyes.
"What do you think he could be hiding Morrison?" Mercy asked.
"Not sure…" Was all he said in response.
"Hmm, while we may not know if Engineer is telling the truth or not, I don't believe we have the right to just throw him in a cell. I say we grant him some freedom but always keep an eye on him. All in favor raise your hand." Winston raised his hand along most of the agents, some still not raising their hand because of their suspicions.
"As long as his weapons are not granted to him, I believe he would be easy to watch over." Pharah adds. Winston agrees before giving Soldier 76 orders to remove Engineer's weapons. Back in the interrogation room Engineer sat there worried but also bored, until Soldier 76 came walking in the room again. Engineer braced himself for another hit just in case but was surprised to see no fist or bullet coming his way. But slightly disappointed with the news he was given.
"We've decided to grant you some freedom to walk around our base, but only some, there will be areas you will not allowed to go to and we will have some of us watch over you. So don't try anything unless you want to die. Oh and another thing, we'll be confiscating your weapons." With that being said 76 grabbed Engineer's Widowmaker, and Pistol.
He hesitated on whether to take away his wrench or not but received a chuckle from Engineer. "Come on now, what am I going to do with that wrench? Fix a leak?" 76 squinted his eyes at Engineer before leaving without the wrench.
"Well I could also whack you folks with it and build a sentry but for now I ain't." Engineer thought. Still handcuffed and stuck to the chair, Engineer waited for whatever else they were going to do. And sure enough another agent did come walking in, that being the same agent who knocked him out.
"Oh no it's you." Engineer deadpanned, giving a little glare to the woman who knocked him out.
"That's right it's me luv'! Oh what's wrong? You don't seem very happy to see me right now."
"You expect me to smile at the lady who chased me, knocked me, and interrogated me?"
"Ahem! I did not interrogate you, and I wouldn't have chased you OR knocked you if you had just cooperated. Plus you ruined my drink back at the bar, what a waste of money." Tracer mumbled the last part to herself as she leaned self against the wall.
Engineer heard the last part she and felt guilty, he knows what it's like to get a drink only for it to be ruined few minutes later. "Ahh, my bad then. Guess this makes us even."
"No need to feel sorry, you couldn't have helped it. And I wouldn't say we are even just yet." Engineer hummed with confusion as Tracer got behind him, then uncuffed his hands, allowing Engineer to move freely. "There now we're even."
"Oh, thanks ma'am." Tracer scoffed at his name for her.
"Don't be callin' me that name luv', you're free to call me by my hero name, Tracer."
"Tracer huh? Suits you well, I assume you know my name?"
Tracer nodded with much energy, "Yep! You're name is Engineer, but I feel like callin' you Engie, how about that?" Engineer flinched at the use of his name, surprised that Tracer picked the same name his co-workers called him.
"Hey you alright luv'?" Tracer noticed how he flinched.
"Y-yeah, just surprised really, the people I work with back in my time called me the same thing. So yeah I don't mind you calling me that." Engineer permitted her, but as long as she stopped calling him 'luv'.
"Awww why not?"
"It's kinda getting on my nerves, so I'd appreciate if you did stop calling such thing." Tracer rolled her eyes before agreeing. Seeing how they were still in the interrogation room, Tracer decided it was time he got out of there.
"Come on Engie, let's get ya out of this creepy room, grab your stuff while you're at it." Tracer began walking out the room as Engineer took whatever was left on the table, his PDA, Wrench, and TTPB. Engineer wondered why they didn't take away his TTPB, but immediately dismissed the thought and to be just straight damn grateful.
Walking out of the interrogation room for the first time, where Tracer was waiting patiently for him by the door, Engineer checked out his new surroundings. The space was much larger than the room he was in, much brighter too. And he notice several other figures he knows he will be meeting soon, and they stared back at him too. Clearing his throat he chose to break the silence first.
"Howdy, pleasure to meet y'all." Some of the agents ignored his introduction and left the room, not interested in talking with him at the moment.
"The pleasure is mine Engineer." A big old man came walking up to him, towering over him like Heavy, although this man seems a bit taller with muscular appearances.
"You may call me Reinhardt, I hope we can get along." He offered his hand for a hand shake which Engineer accepted, but Engineer couldn't help but be amazed at how tall he is.
"Good God almighty you're tall…" Engineer awed, earning a chuckle from Reinhardt and a giggle from Tracer.
"I know right!? I tell him this like every day!" Tracer exclaims.
"Hello Engineer, I am Symmetra, pleased to meet you." Symmetra introduced herself, before Engineer could send his greetings back to her, he noticed a fascinating accessory on her. A metallic arm had replaced her right arm, with a blue glowing core at the center of the palm. A very beautiful design in Engineer's eyes, he was in awe as he stared at it, making Symmetra wonder what he was staring at.
When Engineer realized he was staring a bit too long he apologized quickly, greeting her back afterwards. Winston was next to speak, "Alright Engineer, seeing how you got to know some of our agents, I believe it is time to find you a place to settle for the time being. I'll let Tracer guide you to your temporary room, and about your device, the TTPB. I'd like to know more about it and even better, help you fix it. After you settled in come see me afterwards. Good bye for now." Winston dismissed before walking away, Symmetra also requested that Engineer goes to her lab so she can learn more about his buildings, to which Engineer accepted.
"Alrighty then Engie, let's find you a room! And I know just the room that will do." Tracer yanks Engineer's arm as she pulls him towards the room. After some walking and yanking with some "Move old man!" and "I ain't old, you're hurting me." they made it to their destination. Tracer unlocked the door by pressing the number code in, "1 1 1 1, huh the same number code to unlock the intelligence brief case." Engineer took note of it.
"I noticed you watching me enter the code in, but I'll let it pass since this is gonna be your room for now, but just know that there will be a different outcome if you were to try that again. Now get in there and check it out." Tracer warned and commanded, Engineer walked into the room and looked around.
The room was pretty decent, the room held two beds that were separated, each hugging their side of the wall. There was a bathroom with a shower inside, and what looks to be a studying table with a lamp to the side. There were also drawers next to each bed to hold clothing.
"Wow, gotta admit this room's good looking. Still, I prefer my room best." Engineer notion before sitting on one of the beds, "Hmph, also would prefer my bed." But Engineer couldn't complain and shouldn't, for all he knew he could be in a cell if they wanted him to be. Engineer took in a long breath before sighing, this was all a lot to take in for one day, he could go for a nap right now, but the day wasn't finished with him yet.
To be continued…
Hey guys, GameQ again. Thank you for reading this chapter, leave a review if you enjoyed. If you spot any errors, send me a PM so i can take note of it. Now as for the message.
Thank you. Shouting out to the people who encouraged me to write again. Rockgod, Wisesniper, Godzilla, Hunting Brothers, ShizzySavage16.
Alright, hopefully the next chapter will be done in a week, until then, stay awesome readers.
