Hey guys, GameQ here, with a new chapter you've been waiting for, chapter 9. By the way, Happy late Thanksgiving and late Merry Christmas and late Happy New years, I hope you all had a wonderful time. I know I did! Anyway let's see the reviews from last chapter.
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Time Error
Chapter 9
Engineer woke up from the sun light peaking in from the little window of the room, his eyes wincing at the brightness. He tried to shield his eyes and return back to the blissfulness of sleep, but the damage was already done and he was awake.
After waiting a couple moments for his eyes to wake up, Engineer checked the time. It was 9:34 in the morning, way too early to wake up for Engineer's liking but it couldn't be helped now. The next thing he checked was Scout to see if he was up too, but to only find his friend face to the pillow still deep in sleep. An muffled snore can be heard from the pillow just to prove he was asleep.
Engineer felt jealous that Scout was able to continue sleeping, but dismissed the thought and sat himself up. After he stood up from his bed he stretched out his limbs to get rid of any stiffness. As he stood he contemplated if he should wake up Scout, but decided to give Scout a little more time to sleep. He then gathered up his new batch of clothes to wear for the day and headed towards the bathroom.
After a much needed warm shower, Engineer exited the bathroom feeling refreshed and ready for the day. His attention however, focused on Scout seeing he was still dead asleep, Scout's face no longer in the pillow and snoring loudly. Engineer was about to wake Scout up but stopped when Scout suddenly starting hugging himself, his lips pressing together kissing the air.
At first Engineer was speechless but then began laughing silently as Scout continued to make out with the air. "Oh what I'd do for a camera right now." Engineer said to himself, before continuing to wake Scout up.
"Wake up lover boy!" Engineer shouted while throwing his shoe at Scout. The shoe landed roughly on his stomach startling the runner out of his dream.
"AHH!" Scout's eyes shot wide open and looked around with panic, then realized he's been played by Engineer. "Augh screw you Overalls!" Angered by Engineer, Scout threw the shoe back at Engineer only for him to catch it with ease.
"Thanks for giving my shoe back, I'm not sure what got into it, it usually behaves so well." Engineer says innocently, only getting Scout more ticked off. Scout retreated back into his blanket to fall back asleep but was stopped by Engineer.
"Scout, get up already it's 10 A.M." Engineer said.
"10 more minutes…" Scout whined, wishing to get a few more minutes of sleep.
"Sorry Scout I already gave you 10 minutes, now get up before I think of another way of waking you up." Engineer said, having already a plan set up in his mind which involved a teleporter underneath Scout's bed and an exit teleporter in the lunchroom.
Sighing, Scout reluctantly got out of bed. "Fine I'm up…" Scout said weakly and headed towards the bathroom slowly. Noticing this, Engineer thought of something that might get Scout moving.
"Chin up Scout, today we might be able to see the city." Engineer piped. Scout instantly lightened up and moved at a faster pace, causing Engineer to shake his head with a smile. After Engineer put his shoes and goggles on, Scout was already in the bathroom getting ready.
Engineer was just about to head out the room, but remembered that he must not leave Scout unattended, and settled on top of the bed with his guitar in hand to let the time go by faster. It has only been 4 minutes until Scout was done getting ready, exiting the bathroom with his regular uniform on.
"You're not gonna change to different clothes Scout? Wearing the same clothes twice is kinda filthy and would make the others think low of you." Engineer said.
"Pfft I can hardly care what the others would think about me, cause if all they got in storage is those dumb lookin clothes, then I'd rather wear my own clothes." Scout said stubbornly. Before Engineer could scold his best friend a knock was heard from the door.
"Engineer? Are you in there?" Asked the voice from none other than Pharah. This surprised Engineer since usually it was either Tracer or Symmetra to be checking up on them.
"Yeah I'm here. So is Scout." Engineer answered.
"Okay, may I come inside for a moment?" Pharah asked. Engineer did a quick scan of the room for any mess but found little to none.
"Sure come on in." After hearing a confirmation from Engineer, Pharah stepped inside wearing her training outfit.
"I hoped you two slept well, because today we're doing some training so you'll need all the energy you can get." Pharah suddenly said, surprising the engineer more, but exciting the runner.
"Woah training? What are we gonna do?" Scout asked.
"I'll be explaining as we go along." Pharah looked at Scout's clothes and nodded her approval. "You're almost properly clothed for the activity, just need a pair of shorts but you," She looked at Engineer's clothes and shook her head. "need a more suitable outfit. Don't worry though, I believe we have that covered so I'll lead you two there."
As she turned to leave the room Scout smirked at Engineer and whispered "move up engie, you're falling behind." Which resulted with Engineer flipping him off with both hands.
After following Pharah for some time, they arrived at the training area. As soon as they entered, Engineer and Scout stood in awe. The room was huge to begin with, and each side of the room seems to be dedicated to one type of exercise.
The north side of the room was dedicated for weight lifting and cardio workout which was currently being occupied by Reinhardt and Winston. The west side was for target practicing, east side for obstacle course run, south side for sparring. At the center of the training area was a decent size room with walls made of see through glass.
The room looked like it could fit 30 people in it and give each individual enough space to move around. Engineer looked at it curiously, wondering what was its purpose. He was knocked out of his thoughts when a fresh pair of clothes was placed against his chest, by Pharah.
"You two can go get ready, there is a locker room over there where for you to change in, I'll wait here till your done." Pharah informed, getting a nod from Engineer, and an 'alright' from Scout. As the two mercenaries walked towards the locker room, they passed most the agents as they did their exercise.
Engineer caught a glimpse of Symmetra in her training outfit, to say the least his eyes was enjoying what it was seeing. She was currently in target practice, while chatting with Mei who stood beside her. Scout elbowed Engie's side while wiggling his eyebrows after noticing Engineer checking her out.
"Damn it Scout I swear…" Engineer mumbled, Scout snickered as they entered the locker room to change.
"Come on Engie, ya gotta admit it." Scout continued to tease.
"Alright she purdy but what about it? She ain't mine." Engineer said as he took off his clothes.
"You wish she was though." Scout said as he put on his shorts.
"Oh yeah? Can I say the same thing about you and Tracer?" Engineer remarked, making Scout stop his teasing.
"I-I don't know what you're talkin' bout." Scout stammered, a little red showing on his face.
"Uh huh sure." Engineer says once he put his clothes on. "Now come on, let's get going." Engineer walked out of the locker room with Scout following him. As soon as they exited the locker room they were confronted by Tracer, who was also in her training outfit.
"Hi Engie! Hey Scout! You ready for today's workout?" Tracer asked, as she stood in front of Scout. The question seemed to be more for Scout than for Engineer. Scout had a hard time answering that question though, because he was mesmerized by Tracer and what she was wearing.
She wore tight dark blue sport shorts, along with a little tank top allowing Scout to view her abdomen. Scout stayed silent as he stared at Tracer, much to her confusion of why he wasn't answering. Engineer internally sighed before answering for him.
"We sure are Tracer, we're just heading back to Pharah since she is waiting for us." Engineer answered.
"Oh really? Can I come along?" Tracer asked.
"Yeah sure, not sure who what we're gonna be doing though."
"I'm sure Pharah will explain, and perhaps go easy on you guys since you two are new to this place." Tracer replied.
"Nah we wouldn't want that, give us just a second here Tracer." Engineer asked kindly before smacking Scout out of his mind and putting him in a headlock. Then he whispered to his ear, "scout knock it off damn it, we're about to train." Before letting Scout go.
Scout rubbed his cheek in pain but gave Engie a glare, Engineer returning the favor. While they walked back to Pharah who was still waiting for them, Mei noticed Engineer and tapped Symmetra's shoulder. After gaining Symmetra's attention she motioned towards Engineer, when Symmetra's eye found Engineer she was surprised.
"Oh he's here? Surprised I didn't see him come in, why is he here along with his friend Scout?" Symmetra wondered aloud.
"What you didn't hear? Pharah was going to test them out to see how good they are in combat." Mei informed.
"Haven't we already seen Engineer in action?" Symmetra asked, reminding about the night the Talon soldiers attacked, but Engineer helped.
"Not all of us had the chance to see it, besides I don't think you'll mind. And I know you wouldn't mind either~" Mei teased, causing Symmetra to blush. Symmetra didn't argue back because unfortunately Mei was right about that. A flash back of Engineer saving her from the Talon soldiers and carrying her to safety came to her, not helping the blush appearing on her face.
Back to Engineer, Scout and Tracer, they had just got back to Pharah. "There you two are, you were taking your time huh?" Pharah questioned.
"My apologies ma'am, didn't mean to keep you waiting for so long." Engineer apologized.
"It's alright, just remember to hurry up next time. Hello Tracer." Pharah greeted her fellow agent.
"Hi luv'! What are you going to be doing with these two today?" Tracer asked.
"I was getting there Tracer. For today's training, we're going to have you two go through sparring." Pharah told.
"Excuse me Pharah but what is that big room for there?" Engineer pointed out.
"Oh that over there is a battle simulator, sends you into a virtual fight so you can train." Pharah answered
"Battle simulator huh? Imitates being in an actual fight? This alone explains how much technology has advanced over the years." Engineer thought.
"Sparring? You mean like a one on one fight?" Engineer heard Scout ask, Pharah nodded.
"Hand to hand fight to be exact, no weapons will be used. Except for some accessories you may have." Pharah included.
"Alright." Scout nodded, he could try following that, although that would mean he couldn't use his bat for the spar. But he does have one accessory he could use, Scout smirked as he took out his favorite soda can for a moment before hiding it away.
"Alright Engineer, you'll be the first to spar." Pharah announced.
"Oh…Alrighty then, who am I fighting?" Engineer asked.
"Me." A rough voice answered, Engineer turned his head towards his sudden opponent who was Soldier 76. To say Engineer was shocked is an understatement.
"Agent Morrison? I was about to volunteer to fight him myself but I suppose you can do it, you'll probably be easier on him than me." Pharah said, earning a little grunt from Soldier 76.
"Oh trust me, I won't." 76 said.
"It was nice knowing you Engie…I only wished we could've spent more time together." Scout bid his farewell to Engineer while patting him on the back, Tracer began laughing.
"And my only regret is not giving you a dispencer when you asked for it…" Bid his farewell as well, before following Soldier 76 to a clear spaced area with a huge mat as the floor. Scout faked a pained sob as his only best friend walks to his demise.
Once 76 and Engineer stood across each other, Mercy walked towards them. Unlike the other agents who were in the training area, she wore a medical lab coat with her staff in hand, and a First Aid Kit in her other.
"Hello Engineer, Morrison." Mercy greeted the two, 76 nodded towards her and Engineer returned the greeting. "Alright so since Morrison already knows the drill here he can go ahead and wait at his end of the sparing mat. I'll go over some things with you Engineer before you continue." Soldier 76 turned and walked away while Engineer stayed with Mercy.
"So what's the deal here Mercy?" Engie asked.
"I'll be you two's medic for this sparing match, like I have always been for every other fight. If you end up with a broken nose, bruised eye, severe bruises all over your body or broken bones or bleeding injuries then it is I you come to." Mercy informed with a sweet smile.
"Oh, so it is expected to be harmed in this type of training?" Engineer wondered aloud.
"Yes, but it is always an option to forfeit to avoid bodily damage. If you don't the only other way these matches end is if you or your challenger are knocked cold, or simply unable to move any longer. Do you understand?"
Engineer risked a glance towards 76 and saw him standing there cracking his knuckles, he can already tell this was not going to be easy.
"Understood Mercy, thank you." Engineer said.
"You know Engineer, there is no shame in backing away from this." Mercy said. Engineer thought of this for a short moment before dismissing it, if he does back away from this fight he will never hear the end of it from Scout. Plus he might lose some respect from the agents.
"Nah it's fine, besides I wanna see how well I square up with 76." Engineer admitted, a little smirk beginning to form on his lips. Mercy nodded, before wishing Engineer good luck and walking to the side. Engineer went to his side of the sparing mat and readied himself.
"Ugh this is probably gonna suck for my pal." Scout mumbled, but loud enough for Tracer to hear.
"Wow luv' you don't have much faith in you friend do ya?" Tracer said.
"Huh? Oh no I believe he might be able to do somethin', but the prob is he doesn't know who he's fighting. He got no leads or anythin' on em." Scout explained.
"Yeah, well neither does 76, though I will say he is quite a vicious fighter." Tracer included, having witnessed his fights before.
Engineer and Morrison stood apart from each other waiting for Pharah to start the spar, Engineer had already taken off his hardhat but his goggles remained.
"You may want to take off your goggles." 76 warned, Engie shook his head.
"I think I'm okay the way I am 76."
"Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you, and don't assume I will go easy on you. I'm gonna be fighting you seriously." Soldier 76 stated as he got into his fighting stance.
"Wouldn't want it any other way." Engineer answered before switching to his fighting stance.
"Ready?" Pharah shouted, catching the other agents attention before they began to watch Engineer and Morrison, both fighters signaled they were ready.
"Begin!" With that, both fighters ran at each other, the agents watching closely.
Dell and Morrison both met at the center and immediately began trading blows. 76 swung a heavy right towards his opponent's head, Engie ducked and made a quick jab to 76's right rib, then backing away with a little jump dodge another punch from 76. Engineer charged in with his gunslinger set to a fist, and attempted to strike for Morrison's solar plexus.
Soldier 76 blocked the hit with a growl, hissing in little pain from the Gunslinger's hard strike. Morrison then struck Engie in the face, stunning the Mann Co. worker before kneeing him in the gut and jamming another fist to the face sounding out a crackling noise. Engie fell to the floor but recovered quickly off the ground before 76 could slam his foot into Engineer's chest.
Symmetra nearly sighed with relief when she saw Engineer dodge the last attack, while Scout and Tracer were cheering the fighters on. Mainly Scout was cheering for Engineer but since Tracer didn't know who to cheer for she decided to cheer for the both of them.
Back into the fight Engie was receiving a heavy beating from Morrison. The hero agent seems to have gotten more serious since he's moved on to kicks and punches while increasing his attack rate, pushing Dell into defense mode. He did his best to block most of the attacks but still took some hits.
"Come on Engie! Don't act like a punching bag!" Scout thought, frustrated with Engineer doing nothing but blocking. And boy was he pleased when his best friend finally decided to make a move.
Dell faked a left hook to see if he can trick 76, and succeeded when he saw Morrison began bring up his left arm to block the attack. Engineer reared back his left hand and brought forth his right hook as hard as he could, aiming for 76's solar plexus again this time successful. Once Engineer struck, the hero hunched over in pain while struggling to breath.
Dell took advantage of this as he got behind 76 quickly and wrapped his arms around his opponent's waist. Then mustering up all the strength he's gained from picking up level 3 sentries to flipping Heavy over, Engineer heaved Morrison up and over him before slamming 76's back against the floor. Dell slowly got up from the floor and stared at 76 who made no attempt to get up, but was breathing heavily.
"Winner, Engineer." Pharah announced. Engineer sighed with relief, glad that the fight was over. He heard Morrison struggle to get up and walked towards the downed soldier, then giving out his hand to offer help. Morrison looked at him for a moment before grabbing his hand, allowing Engineer to pull him up.
"Nice fight. Plus that big slam I gave you? Payback for that cheap shot you gave me during my interrogation." Engineer said smirking. Morrison couldn't help but chuckle a little.
"Yeah I guess I had that coming, though your fighting style is a bit sloppy, you know exactly where to hit at which almost makes up for it. Plus you hit pretty damn hard." 76 complimented.
"So do you." Engie piped as he grabbed his broken nose and pushed it back to its original position, resulting a snapping noise. Mercy lightly jogged towards the two fighters and began checking up on them. While she did that, Scout and Tracer walked over to them.
"Damn Hardhat, didn't know ya had it in ya!" Scout praised.
"Cheers Engie! You did really well in that fight!" Tracer added in.
"Thanks I suppose." Engie said. Meanwhile Pharah pulled Soldier 76 away as Mercy healed him.
"You said you wouldn't hold back yet you did, why?" Pharah said, Mercy looked at Morrison also wondering the same thing. 76 merely shrugged before speaking.
"I only held back a little, was mostly fighting seriously. I allowed him to take some shots to see how he would follow it up, turns out he knows what he was doing as you saw earlier. He just Suplexed me." Morrison groaned as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Mercy finished checking on Morrison and turned to check on Engineer next, and found Symmetra talking with Engineer.
"Greetings Engineer, you fought well." Symmetra greeted.
"Hello Symmetra, didn't know you were in here but I'm glad you were here to watch the fight." Engie greeted back with a smile, but suddenly gasped when he felt a beam of healing coming upon him. He looked to see Mercy holding her staff towards him.
"Don't mind me Engineer I'm just doing what I said I'll do after the fight." Mercy said.
"Much obliged Doc." Engineer thanked, receiving a smile from Mercy.
"Alright so who's next? Me? Cause I'm ready for a fight, let's go!" Scout said, jumping lightly up and down to pump himself up.
"Eager aren't you?" Pharah asked.
"Hell yea I am! So who am I doing this sparring thing with?" Scout answered.
"I don't believe I even have to answer that question, Scout." Pharah nodded her head towards Tracer, who was already getting ready by stretching.
"Ha! You came along for this reason only Tracer!" Scout laughed.
"Been looking forward to it! But I have to say I also wanted to see how Engineer did as well." Tracer finished her stretching and walked onto the sparring mat. Scout about join her but was stopped by Engineer who grabbed him on the shoulder.
"You do remember she is expecting you to teach her some stuff correct?" Engineer reminded.
"Yeah don't fuss about it Engie I got this, I still remember the advice you gave me earlier." Scout assured. Satisfied, Engineer let Scout go on his way to the sparring mat after wishing Scout good luck. Once both of the two runners were on the sparring mat, Mercy went to do her usually announcement before the fight begun.
After she finished she checked on the both of them to see if they understood. "Do you understand Tracer?" Mercy asked.
"Yep, got it luv'!" Tracer confirmed.
"Scout?"
"Gotcha doc!" Scout confirmed.
"Alright then, Pharah they are ready for your signal." Mercy said, Pharah nodded and waited for her to leave the sparring mat. As soon as Mercy got off the sparring mat and stood at her position, Pharah initiated the match to start.
"Begin!"
Tracer was fast to make the first strike, but Scout was faster. As Tracer blinked towards him, he dashed to the right to avoid a direct kick to the head. He punch at her as she turned to punch at him, at the same time Scout and Tracer blocked each other's attack. Scout and Tracer stood in front of each other giving off a playful glare with each of their fist being grasped by the other.
Both of them were fighting to out-strength the other as they pushed against their opponent, but neither seems to be succeeding. Seeing how this was going nowhere, Tracer decided to make another move. She brought her knee to Scout's face, causing him to stagger backwards.
Spinning a full 360 degrees, she delivers a round house punch Scout, sending him falling to the floor. But Scout caught himself before bouncing back to Tracer, much to her surprise. Sensing her being caught off guard, Scout struck her in the cheek. She blinked back away from Scout before blinking back towards him.
Scout swiftly dodged her attack then gave her to hard punches to the gut. Tracer blinked away again before Scout could do anymore damage. She blinked back to her side of the sparring mat for a moment, criticizing herself for forgetting her fight with Scout earlier back on the rooftops. Blinking directly towards Scout would not do anything for her. She tensed when Scout sprinted towards her, his fist flying towards her. She blinked away till she was behind him and swung her fist to the back of his head.
Scout spun around to face her and blocked her attack then swung his left leg at her, Tracer swung her left leg at him. Both attacks collided with each other, hence neither attack was successful. At least that's what Tracer thought. She recoiled in pain as she blinked away, but once she separated she couldn't move without limping. She felt like she just kicked a heavy metal pole.
Scout smirked at Tracer, knowing that he put her at a disadvantage. "Lesson one Dolly, never skip leg day!" Scout shouted as he advanced forward, while popping out a soda can from his pocket.
Engineer saw this and yelled to stop him, "Scout! That's a bit too much, you already got her!"
"Relax Hardhat, I'll go easy on her with this, besides I thought I'd finally teach her a thing or two of how I got things done!" Scout explained before continuing. He brought the Bonk! soda can to his lips and only took a little sip before stashing it away.
"Engineer, if I may ask, what was Scout drinking? And why is it too much for Tracer?" Symmetra questioned.
"You'll see in a second." Engineer said before he and Symmetra turned back to the fight. After Scout put his Bonk! Soda can away he shot forward to Tracer at amazing speed, Tracer gasped at the sudden new speed from Scout and immediately started blinking away, only to find out a terrifying discovery.
Every where she blinked, Scout would already be there about to strike at her. It's as if he was following her, he was giving her no room to breathe. And to make things worse for her, her accelerator suddenly went down meaning she's been blinking too much and needed to wait for the cool down.
And then came in all the rapid punches from Scout. While Tracer did her best to block them all, she was only able to block 2 hits. After Scout's final hit, Tracer gave in and fell to the floor panting. Scout stood over her victoriously, as Pharah announced the winner.
"Winner…Scout." Pharah said with disbelief, clearly shocked from what she saw. The same could be said for the other agents who watched the fight. The fight between Tracer and Scout was already amazing to begin with but at the very end of the fight where Scout suddenly got faster is what astounded them.
"Whoo! Hell yeah!" Scout cheered as he ran and jumped, but stopped and winced in pain a little as he rubbed his chest. While the Bonk! did have its ups it also has it's downs, drinking even a little amount results a sort of chest pain and interfered with his breathing, causing him to move more slower than he regularly does.
A pained grunt from Tracer caught his attention ,he looked down to her to see she was struggling to get back up. He jogged over to her side before Mercy could get to her.
"Hey, need some help Tracer?" Tracer looked up to see Scout extending his hand to her, she stared for a short moment before smiling and grasping his hand in hers.
"Thank you luv'." Tracer said as Scout pulled her up.
"Ey' no prob Tracer, you were doing good, until the end of the fight but we'll talk about that later. I'll leave ya to the doc for now." Scout said while giving her a thumbs up with a wink, causing Tracer to pause for a bit.
Tracer was not sure if it was because Scout hit her too hard or if she was hallucinating but for that moment, Scout looked very…striking. Her heart started fluttering and a faint hint of red started to form on her cheeks, and unlike Symmetra, Tracer knew why they were happening.
Then it came to Tracer's mind that Scout was leaving her, wishing for him to stay with her a little longer she tried to stop him. "Scout wait-!"
"See ya!" Scout parted away from her, clearly not hearing her over the sound of the other agents who began speaking about the fight. Including Mercy who began checking on her.
"Tracer hold it will you? You're in too much of a bad shape to even walk right now." Mercy chided, Tracer sighed before allowing Mercy to heal her.
Meanwhile Scout was getting a lecture from Engineer.
"So? Ah? Ah? How was it? Did I do good?" Scout asked.
"You did alright Scout, you're getting a bit slow though. If it was your uh…" Engie checked to see if anyone was listening. "your nemesis that you were facing, I'm sure he would have won in a heartbeat." Scout clicked his tongue with annoyance before getting a hard knock on his head, courtesy from Engineer.
"And you call that going easy on her? It was overkill at that point, her leg was already hurt and you were already able to keep up with her blinking around. You should have pinned her down instead of punching her like as if she's your punching bag." Engineer scolded while Scout rubbed his head while grumbling something about 'lousy stupid mechanic', luckily for him Engie didn't hear that.
"I must say to you two, your spars were quite impressive." Winston spoke as he and Pharah approached the two.
"Almost makes me want to offer you a second time to stay." Pharah said.
"A second time?" Scout asked, confused.
"Oh right you weren't there Scout. Early I was offered to stay with these folks after I helped them deal with them bad mother hovers that were attacking the base." Engineer explained.
"The offer still stands of course." Winston stated.
"We could really use heroes like you here in this time." Pharah said, after seeing the performance from Engineer and Scout, she couldn't really ignore the opportunity.
"And so does the people in our time, we appreciate the offer really but we can afford to stay." Engie declined the offer once again. Symmetra heard this and again felt a feeling a disappointment in her heart. "Right Scout?" Engie asked.
"Yeah…yeah we can't stay sorry." Scout said while scratching his head, not sure what to think of the invitation that was offered to him. Tracer heard this and felt pain in her chest as she slowed to a stop.
"Hmph, really is too bad, we could really use more men here since there is mostly women in here." Reinhardt said.
"Is that a problem Reinhardt?" Pharah asked, giving off a glare.
"No of course not I was just saying!" Reinhardt explained while chuckling nervously.
"Don't ya have any other heroes hanging around?" Scout asked.
"We do have some more agents that are still out there, but they still haven't responded to us, at least not yet." Soldier 76 answered.
"Oh." Scout finished, before Pharah confronted the two before they could go anywhere.
"Well? Ready for more? The sparring was not the only training I had for you two day, and we won't be leaving till it is 1 P.M." Pharah said, causing Engineer and Scout to sweat drop, both gulping and mentally preparing themselves for what lies ahead of them for the next couple of hours.
*Four hours later*
Engineer was leaning on Scout for support to stand up as his legs were starting to give, Scout was doing only a little better than his best friend since he is usually energetic. But even then Scout's body was sore and bruised, struggling to keep Engineer's weight up. That was until Engineer whispered into his ear his final words.
"I ain't going to make it…goodbye…Scout." The Texan mercenary fell off of Scout's sore shoulders and onto the floor, down for the count. Scout's eyes that were once filled with sweat are now filled with tears, everything seemed to have slowed down for a moment as Scout's cry filled the room.
"Engie….!" Scout's cry for Engineer echoed throughout the entire area. The agents in the surroundings gasped before stepping into the room and running towards the two tired mercs. Scout spotted Mercy in the group and called for her.
"Mercy! Mann down! Hardhat needs healing!"
"I'm on it!" Mercy slid to Engineer's side and began checking his heart beat. Symmetra came in third behind Tracer who entered second, Symmetra's eyes filled with sadness while Tracer's filled with shock. Mercy pressed her head against Engie's chest to check for a heartbeat, almost making Symmetra jealous, but gasped when she couldn't find one.
"Mercy! What gives!? Heal the bastard already!" Scout demanded.
"I can't! H-he doesn't have a pulse! He's d-dead!" Mercy stuttered in disbelief, causing panic among the other heroes.
"What!" Mei screamed.
"Impossible!" Soldier 76 shouted.
"It just can't be!" Reinhardt said, his voice nearly trembling.
"He can't die! Not now! He still needs to return to his time!" Winston cried.
"Engie no!" Tracer yelled, Symmetra sobbed as she hugged Engineer's head with what strength she had left.
"No wait! Maybe there's still enough time, I could revive him before it's too late!" Mercy grabbed her staff and activated her resurrect ability. "Heroes never die!" she shouted as Engineer's body was engulfed in a bright golden glow. Soon the glow faded away, but Engie's body stayed still.
Symmetra checked his pulse this time, but moved her head from his chest slowly before looking at Mercy, shaking her head. "Nothing…" She stated.
For the second time the room went quiet as the tragic news spread quietly to the other agents including Scout, who took off his hat and covered his eyes. "No…not again." Scout whispered.
Soldier 76 cursed under his breath while tightening his fist, Reinhardt bowed his head down in shame for not being able to save him. The ladies all started to cry for Engineer's death, well…all for Pharah who shook her head with a sigh.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm working with actors than heroes. You all are way to dramatic when it comes to training…And stop acting dead Engineer I can still see your chest still moving!" Pharah barked, rather annoyed of the sad scene before her.
A snort came from Engineer's nostrils before he started laughing his ass off, including Scout and the heroes. Their laughter was so contagious it even managed to make Pharah chuckle for a moment until she shook it off.
"Alright you had your laugh, now exit the battle simulator we're done for today." As she turned to leave she heard cries of "HELL YEAH!" and "WE'RE SAVED!"
To be clear of the situation, Pharah has been showing Engineer and Scout including the other heroes no mercy for the entire training session. The heroes and mercenaries were rather desperate to leave at this point and were willing to go as far as to fake someone's death to cancel the training session for the day.
"Finally the horror is over! I thought it was never gonna end!" Scout celebrated.
"I have to say Engineer that was some incredible acting, you even got your heartbeat to slow down until it was hard to detect." Mercy complimented.
"Thanks Mercy, and yeah I learned some things from Medic back in my time." Engineer said as he and the others exited the battle simulator.
"You too Scout! You were all like 'nooooo!' so dramatic!" Tracer included.
"Ha! I'm one step closer to getting a Saxxy!" Scout said, Tracer blinked in confusion.
"A what?"
"Oh yeah, you don't know about that since it's in my time, but whatever! I'm just glad this nightmare is finally over, I'm gonna go change now!" Scout said before running to the changing room, Tracer following with that same idea in mind.
Engineer was just about to go as well but was held up by Symmetra.
"Engineer?" Symmetra called out.
"Yeah Symmetra?" Engineer looked towards Symmetra.
"I was wondering…" Symmetra began.
"About what?" Engineer beckoned her to continue.
"Do you…still want to go out?" Engineer raised both eyebrows in response. "To see the city I mean! You said you wanted to go explore the future right?" Symmetra asked.
"I didn't say that, I said I would like to go get a drink but yeah I still do. Why? Can we go out today?" Engineer inquired.
"Yes, but later on in the day, because we got work to do." She said as the two began to walk side by side.
"We?" Engineer wondered aloud.
"Yes, your TTPB, remember?" Symmetra reminded, Engineer face palmed when he remembered.
"Of course! That's what was bugging me, I knew I was forgetting something!" Engie exclaimed. "Listen Symmetra, thanks for reminding me, I'll meet you with Winston so we can get started again." And with that, Engineer went off to get ready.
After 30 minutes or so, Scout was already done washing and changing. He was about to go wander off in the base but remembered how he was not allowed to be alone yet, and settled to wait near the changing for Engineer. He would have died of boredom if not for Tracer who came back to him.
"Oh hey Tracer! What's up?" Scout greeted.
"Hi Scout! What are you up to?" Tracer asked.
"Just waiting for Goggles to come out so I can walk around." After hearing this from Scout, Tracer saw an opportunity to spend some more time with Scout.
"You can come along with me, so you don't have to wait up on Engie." Tracer offered, hoping Scout would accept.
"Really? Thanks pally!" Scout nearly bounced off the wall he was leaning on and was now walking next to Tracer. The two exited the room and were now walking in the hallway. Neither were talking for the moment, so Tracer decided to start up a conversation.
"So about our fight…" Tracer started.
"Oh yeah, that was awesome! I felt like I was in one of 'em action movies or somethin'."
"Ha! I can relate to that, and your reflexes are almost top notch Scout, I was really surprised." Tracer complimented, Scout smirked and was about to say one of his prideful comments but was stopped by Tracer, who saw what was coming.
"But!" She interrupted. "I still gave you a good run for your money!" Scout snorted and went 'pfft whatever' to which made Tracer giggle. Scout can't deny it, because everyone else saw that, even Engineer.
"You did alright Tracer." Scout said suddenly, catching Tracer's attention. "Gonna admit I barely was able to keep up with your fast blinking thing, but I was able to dominate you when your blinker stopped workin'. We gotta talk about that later."
"You mean about my accelerator? For what?" Tracer asked.
"Ehhh…to keep it short and simple, your relying on it a bit too much. Sure when you use it, you can take on like 10 villains or somethin' but when you don't…you're screwed." Scout explained.
"Oh…Yeah." Tracer's eyes fell to the floor after hearing Scout's explanation. Of course Tracer already knew this from experience, sometimes during a fight she would have to take cover or hideaway until her accelerator was ready again. Seeing Tracer's saddened expression, Scout was quick to change that.
"Which is why I will be willing to help ya grow more quicker!" Scout said fast, making Tracer stop in the middle of the hallway.
"You are?" Tracer looked to Scout with a look on her eyes that made Scout a little uncomfortable.
"Umm…yeah." Scout confirmed. "It's gonna be tough though, so really oughtta-" Scout was interrupted when Tracer engulfed him into a rather tight hug, in fact it was too tight.
"My soul is being squeezed out! What da hell!?" Scout screamed in his mind, seeing how easily he could have been defeated in the spar if she had just latched onto him like this.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" Tracer exclaimed.
"lungs failing…ribs collapsing…can't breathe!" Scout managed to mutter. Tracer gasps and released Scout from her, but blushed when she realized what she just did. Scout took in a deep breath to make up for the oxygen that has been lost.
"So, when do we begin?" Tracer asked, Scout shrugged.
"Well not now, maybe later. I don't know I guess we'll have to see. But right now I'm starving! Is lunch ready yet?"
"I believe so, let's go check it out, I'll race ya!" Tracer challenged.
"Ha! Bring it!" Scout accepted, both runners counted to 3 and then went off like a bullet.
To be continued…
Hey guys, GameQ again. Thank you for reading this chapter, leave a review if you enjoyed. Sorry if the fighting is out of style for the heroes and mercenaries, but to my defense I've never scene any of them in a fist fight before. To be honest I could've made a little more progress in this chapter to make it a bit more longer, plus it would show some more interesting things. But I believe you guys waited long enough so yeah.
I am not going to even bother apologizing for the long wait because y'all already know i'm sorry. When the next update will be? At this rate, i'd say in 2020. If I happen to update earlier than before then I can cross that off the bucket list.
Again thank you guys for reading this chapter, you guys are awesome! And i will see you awesome readers in the next chapter, bye!