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Edit 8/6/2019: I fixed some grammar mistakes, if there still is then FOCK!

Time Error

Chapter 13

The heroes and the two mercenaries walked further into the underground facility, the hallway was lit up by the flat ceiling lights. And due to the nice cold temperature, Engineer could tell that this place is well conditioned. At the end of the hallway appeared a man who wore full black dressed clothes, the man smiled as he spotted them coming.

"Ah great, so glad you could come and assist on such short notice. Greetings everyone." The man greeted.

"It was no issue, and it's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Cranston."

"The pleasure is mine Winston, and please call me Walter. None of this professional business, I am one of your supporters after all. Oh…Are these two new or am I just hallucinating?" Walter said after just noticing Engineer and Scout.

"Ah they're new, but don't worry you can trust them. Engineer and Scout, this is Walter Cranston. He is one of the very few people who know the world needs saving." Winston introduced the two mercenaries. Engineer was the first to greet Walter as he walked up to him and held his hand out for a handshake.

"Howdy." Engineer smiled, Walter shook his hand gladly.

"Ah I know that accent, you're from The Lone Star State huh?" Walter inquired.

"Ha! I sure am. I'm surprised you know the nickname partner, not many know about Texas' nickname." Engineer answered.

"Texas is one of my favorite states Mr. Engineer, I take every chance I get just to go over there. Oh and it's a pleasure to meet you uhhh Scout." Walter turned to give a handshake to Scout but the Boston boy turned it into a cool looking handshake.

"Yo what's up." Scout greeted.

"Boston guy, bet you're hyped for the upcoming game, The Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees." Scout's heart raced and his eyes widened at the sudden information.

"You bet I am!" Scout shouted.

"That's good to hear! Anyway, I'm glad you two have decided to join Overwatch. The world could use more heroes after all the trouble that's been happening. Speaking of trouble I believe now is the proper time to show what I have called you for. Follow me." Walter said before walking, the crew following after him.

They came across another door that was protected by two guards. When they saw Walter coming with the heroes behind him they immediately opened the door. Once they went through the door the heroes and mercenaries were greeted by an entirely different room.

There were workers carrying packages labeled 'FRAGILE' or 'WARNING HOLD WITH CAUTION'. Other workers wore protective gear like masks, gloves, hazmat suits. As they walked by, they noticed 4 workers wearing protective gear as they work together to secure a rather interesting looking item.

Two of the workers held the glowing item with a metal stick that had hooks at the end, the other two waited by a cube like container holding it open. Gently they lowered the glowing item into the container and released it from the hooks, then slowly sealing and locking it inside. All four workers visibly relaxed, looking like as if they were done for the day.

"What in tarnation were they so tense for?" Engineer questioned.

"Well as you can see here Engineer, we do a lot of delivering. We send all kinds of resources across the globe, including radioactive materials. If they aren't cautious enough, there could be another…*cough*…accident. I'd rather not bring up any past mistakes, not of them are pleasant." Walter said, a frown forming on his lips.

They walked further until they walked into another door guarded by even more guards this time, after a couple moments they were let into a room that had less workers in it. And what these workers were packaging and securing really startled Engineer and Scout.

"Is that…" Engineer began thinking.

"No way…it's…" Scout thought.

"Australium!?" Both mercenaries screamed in their minds in union.

"Walter, is that…?"

"Australium? Why yes it is. We've recently gotten a supply today, we have quite an amount." Walter said.

Engineer and Scout were too busy staring at the Australium to listen to Walter. Scout began inching towards the rare and valuable metal element but was stopped by Engineer who shook his head. Although even the Texan mechanic was having a hard time fighting the urge to grab the Australium.

While Walter and the agents continued talking, Engineer pulled Scout over away from the group to have a chat.

"Scout, we can't. It'll blow our cover." Engineer mumbled quietly.

"But it's right there…you and I both know how much they're worth…maybe we could try sneaking a few on us." Scout whispered, his eyes still on the prize.

"Too risky Scout, all of the agents are here." Engineer replied, looking over at the agents who were still paying attention to Cranston. "Scout, I'm almost done with the new TTPB but if either of us are caught stealing the Australium, it will be no good." Engineer explained.

Scout sighed but agreed reluctantly, though he still was tempted. The two mercs gave one last look at the Australium before rejoining the group.

"However this large amount brought heaps of trouble over here. Like we said in our message for help, we've spotted suspicious activity around the area." Walter began.

The agents and mercenaries started to listen closely.

"We have surveillance cameras setup at ground level, and we have encountered 5 activities, all in different areas. Could be some sort of way of scouting the area."

"Have you seen what they look like?" Soldier 76 questioned.

"No, the figures were quick and shady. We couldn't identify any of them. Though I will say…we could possibly be dealing with more than just Talons group."

"What makes you so sure of that?" Tracer asks.

"I'm not sure, it's just a thought I have. Oh and one more thing." Walter walked closer and whispered.

"We may have a spy around here." Engineer and Scout's back tingled from Walter saying that, and by instinct they checked their backs just to be sure.

"We made sure to keep our sudden supply of Australium a secret, yet it seems word still has gotten out. We shouldn't be having this problem otherwise." He finished before clearing his throat.

"Now is that all the information you need?" Mr. Cranston asked.

"Believe so, does everyone understand?" Winston said.

"Yeah, I'll hold the fort inside and keep an eye out for this suspect that's been sending out information." Soldier 76 said.

"I'll guard inside as well, I think I will do better in here than out there." Symmetra said, finding the narrow hallways to be potential areas for her turrets.

"Uh if I may ask Mr. Cranston, are there any backdoors to this place?"

"If you're talking about emergency exits then yes, we do have exactly six exits. Though nobody should be able to access them from the outside." Cranston explained. Engineer mumbled something to Scout who nodded in response.

"I'll stay here too, and guard the Australium. I gotta bad feeling that whoever is attacking this place is going to try to enter through those emergency exits. You should give Scout and the others something to find those exits so they can protect them." Engineer suggested.

"Right will certainly do that." Walter walked away and called for an assistant to get a map, so that the agents can prioritize which area to secure. After he did that Winston came up to him.

"Mr. Cranston, although I can assure you that we'll keep the Australium safe, I should tell you that you may want to advise the workers to leave the area. Things could get bad."

"Right, I'll send them off soon. Oh and if I may?"

"Yes?"

"If you would like I can send a couple dozen of the guards up there to assist you in defense, I have quite a lot of men around here who have just been standing in an empty hallway guarding literally nothing but air. I'm sure they'd be more than willing to help." Walter said.

"How many men do you have guarding this place?" Soldier 76 arched an eyebrow at Walter.

"Like I said, a lot. Plus this here is one of the best companies when it comes to trading and delivering. It's only natural that we'd have this many guards.

"If you have this many guards, then why would you need our help?" Scout asked, Engineer slapped him on the side of the head.

"Scout! Get yourself together." Engineer whispered harshly as Scout rubbed his head while glaring at Engineer.

"The possible threat of Talon attacking is enough to put anyone on edge, and since we have Australium on us, this could make us a target. And knowing the things that happen in the world today, I won't be surprised if more people other than Talon comes to get the Australium." Walter answered.

"Right, let's begin taking positions." With that being said, the agents including Scout made their way back to the surface level.

Walter Cranston sent his guards up with them to give extra support and giving an announcement to all the workers to vacate the area immediately. Engineer, Symmetra, and Soldier 76 remained inside. Walter decided to stay, feeling as though he should, and remain in his office with guards securing the door.

While preparing, Engineer had them hide the Australium for safety measures. Symmetra setup her turrets in multiple hallways, Soldier 76 started patrolling around, keeping an eye out for this spy. Engineer built a sentry nest at a point where many corridors meet to defend more ground.

At the surface level, agents and guards mobilized to prepare for any attacks. Scout and Tracer separated from the group to protect one of the exits of the underground facility, Reinhardt and Pharah did the same. Winston, Mercy and Mei covered the front. The guards ran around and took positions surrounding the old looking factory.

"Ya sure this is one of those exits?" Scout asked, unsure of the position he was guarding.

"Yes sir, this should be it." One of the guards replied.

"Pfft…don't see any door 'ere." Scout said while placing his scattergun against his shoulder, looking around but not finding the emergency exits.

"You're not suppose to see them luv', their hidden so that no one can infiltrate through the exits." Tracer explained, Scout remained in silence with a dumb expression on his face before replying.

"I knew that…" Tracer suppressed a laugh but still smiled at Scout.

"So I guess we just sit here and wait for them to attack?" Scout asked.

"You betcha!" Tracer said.

"Ok I'm bored." Scout droned as he leaned against a wall.

"Already?" Tracer laughed.

"Is he really with Overwatch?" One of the guards whispered to each other. The whisper went unnoticed by Scout and Tracer, since they were too busy talking. Scout looked up as the sky turned dark, presuming that it was turning nighttime, that means it'll be harder for him or the others to spot the enemy. With that thought in mind, he caught an idea.

"Think I'm gonna climb this building, to give myself a view to keep an eye on." Not waiting for anyone's approval, Scout started climbing the old factory. With his ability to double jump, it was no problem to reach the roof. Though Scout knew he wasn't alone on the roof when he saw two flashes of light, and felt the presence of someone next to him.

"Not gonna stay at the bottom?" Scout asked.

"And let you just go up here thinking your vision is perfect for spotting enemies in the dark, ah no. You're going to need another pair of eyes." Tracer said.

"Aw what? My vision is fine! I have an eye sight of an eagle!" Scout boasted.

"Yeah yeah, but you have to admit it Scout that you're glad I'm up here with you." Tracer teased. This caught Scout off guard and he paused for a moment.

"You…ya got me d'here but that's beside the point." Scout said, looking away from her since he felt embarrassed. Tracer slightly blushed when Scout admitted it, but recovered with a smile. Scout shook his head the shake off the embarrassment.

"Anyway whatever, we both can keep an eye out." Scout said as he continued to stare off towards the distance.

Moments have passed and yet there was still no suspicious activities. It was quiet for most of the time, ignoring the communications between the agents. But then a noise could be heard in the distance.

"I'm not the only one who hears that right?" Mei asks through her earpiece that all the agents have.

"Pharah, see if you can spot the source of the noise." Winston ordered.

"On it Winston." Pharah said as she flew up to the air and looked around. Then she spots the source of the noise, a vehicle is heading their way.

"Sound source spotted, some sort of vehicle is driving directly towards our position. Permission to take action?" Pharah asked.

"No wait, we don't want to attack the wrong people." Winston said.

"We've been waiting here for Talon or any other sort of group that would come here to steal the Australium. I really doubt whoever is coming here isn't coming without a purpose, Pharah should take action." Soldier 76 said.

Yet before Winston could reply, the sound of crazy laughter reached their ears.

"That laugh…" Winston mumbled before Pharah shouted into the earpiece.

"It's getting closer! It's a motorcycle with two riders on it!" Pharah reported.

"Motorcycle, two riders, laughter, incoming headache. The description sounds awfully familiar to someone I know." Soldier 76 replied while rubbing his forehead.

"Junkrat! And his bodyguard Roadhog." Reinhardt said.

"They're here!" Pharah said before taking aim at the duo.

Yet before she could shoot she had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a bullet coming her way. She look to see Reaper and Widowmaker who was aiming at her from an aircraft that just now uncloaked and revealed itself.

It was not the only aircraft, 5 more aircrafts uncloaked. The Overwatch agents and gaurds along with Scout realized immediately that they were being watched the whole time.

Many of the guards aimed up towards the aircrafts to fire but were stopped after receiving fire from ground level. Talon troops had entered the area and began lighting up the place, forcing the guards to focus on them.

"Keep her busy." Reaper ordered, knowing how effective Pharah would be against their soldiers. And with that, Reaper went into his wraith form and dropped down to the ground below with no trouble, and disappeared as soon as he was in the shadows. Luckily for the agents, Reinhardt was able to see that and called him out to his fellow agents.

"Reaper is here! Keep on the look out!" Reinhardt warned.

"I have to get to Pharah! She could use my assistance up there." Mercy said.

"Go help her, Mei and I will handle things here!" Winston said as they got ready.

"HAHAHAHA!" A hysterical laugh came out of nowhere before the Junkrat and Roadhog came riding in, Junkrat shot multiple grenades out with his frag launcher before shouting "Let's cause some mayhem!"

A series of explosions occurred at the front of the old factory. A couple guards lives were taken away while others were blown away. The others who did survive were either smart enough to run from the blasts or were saved by Winston's barrier projector.

Unfortunately for them, it was now Roadhog's turn as he got off the motorcycle, as did Junkrat, and went 'Whole Hog' mode. He started lighting the heroes and guards up with wave of shrapnel that began pushing them back ruthlessly.

Winston's barrier projector began breaking, and just when the barrier fell Mei's ice wall came into play. The ice wall held strong for only a couple seconds under the fire of Roadhog's scrap gun until it began to break down. The guards took cover with whatever was left of the ice wall and starting shooting at the deadly duo.

Junkrat threw a concussion mine towards the guards with a sinister grin, one of the guards noticed it before shouting "GET DOWN!"

Unfortunately the guard was too late, and they were all caught in the radius of the explosion. Winston growled before turning to Mei. "Mei, you go after Junkrat, I'll take care of Roadhog."

"Thumbs up to that!" Mei said.

"AAACHOO! Augh! Every time I even so much as glance at you I feel like I'm catching a cold." Junkrat sneezed before muttering.

"That means this'll be easy for me!" Mei said as she charges at the explosive freak.

"Alright! Come at me then!" Junkrat shouted with an eager grin while aiming his frag launcher at Mei.

Before Roadhog could go after his client, Winston came flying at him with his jump pack and gave him a hard punch to his mask, separating the apocalyptic man from Junkrat. Roadhog swung his chain hook at Winston, making the gorilla scientist back away from him.

"I'm gonna turn your kind into extinct, monkey." Roadhog said, flipping his hook and gripped it tightly. Winston growled in anger.

"Says the little piggy who cried all the way home!" Winston prepared his telsa cannon. Roadhog let out a low growl before shooting his scrap gun at Winston, the latter squeezing the trigger and activating the telsa cannon.

While Winston and Roadhog engaged in combat, Mei and Junkrat were doing just the same. Junkrat let out a laugh as he spammed frags upon Mei, while jumping out of the way from her icicles. Frags landed all around Mei and were about to detonate at any second. And with quick thinking, Mei raised herself up with her ice wall right before the frags exploded below her.

The hero then jumped off her ice wall and ran towards Junkrat, planning to close the distance so she could put her endothermic blaster into much better use, which involves freezing her opponent into a statue of ice. But Junkrat knew what she was up to, and grinned before shouting "Fire in the hole!"

Junkrat launched his Rip-Tire and sent it rolling towards Mei with speed. Mei's eyes widened in shock as the rolling explosive rolled right towards her and detonated. A huge explosion happened, filling the area with flames and smoke.

Junkrat laughed hysterically as he walked to the spot where he last saw Mei, only to stop laughing when he saw Mei being protected by a thin layer of ice covering her completely.

"What!?" Junkrat yelled in confusion. Suddenly the ice protecting Mei broke down, freeing Mei and allowing her to release her ultimate. Snowball popped out as Mei yelled.

"Freeze!" Snowball began freezing the area surrounding the two fighters, and only freezing Junkrat. However before Snowball could conmpletely freeze him, the explosive one managed to setup a little something that went unnoticed my Mei.

When Snowball was done it retreated back to Mei, allowing Mei to see its handy work and when she did she started seething with anger. The area was covered with ice, and the fires from before were no more. But what caused Mei to be angered was how Junkrat was posed in his frozen form.

Junkrat was flipping her off with both hands with a teasing grin. Mei began marching up to the frozen Junkrat while preparing her endothermic blaster.

"You are so going to- AHH!" Mei was interrupted when she stepped into one of Junkrat's traps. The steel trap bit down on Mei's foot making her cry out in pain. She quickly bent down attempted to break free from its grip but to no success.

Unfortunately for her she did not notice how Junkrat was quickly thawing out of the ice. When she finally got her foot free from the trap, Junkrat was able to do his next move. Tossing a concussion mine between him and Mei then detonating it, sending both flying away from each other.

Wincing from pain after hitting the ground hard, she struggles to pick herself up from the ground. She looks around to see if Junkrat is coming back, but he is nowhere to be seen. She relaxes from this, since if he was coming back she would be in quite the trouble.

"I'm in need of healing, I just fought Junkrat but I think he ran off." Mei said into her earpiece as she sat herself up.

"Winston! Can you go and help her?" Soldier 76 asked. That said Winston currently just crashed to the floor after being yanked down by the hook Roadhog threw at him when he tried to attack him from the air.

"Tch! I'm afraid I'm unable to at the moment, Junkrat's accomplice isn't making it easy." Winston answered.

"Mercy?"

"I can't either!" Mercy said while dodging a bullet, she and Pharah glided through the air to dodge more incoming attacks from the aircrafts. The enemy aircrafts gave chase as Pharah and Mercy tried to get them off their backs.

"Mercy! Get in front of me!" Pharah held out her hand towards Mercy, the doctor grabbed her hand before Pharah gave her the extra momentum to swing her to her front side. Pharah then turned to face the incoming aircrafts that were equipped with machine guns, along with Widowmaker.

Pharah aimed her rocket launcher and fired 4 rockets, two of the aircrafts were successful to maneuver away from the rockets but the other four weren't so fortunate. The rockets found their targets, knocking 4 aircrafts out of the sky. Widowmaker clicked her tongue and took aim at the two heroes once again.

"Like I'm going to give you the chance to shoot again!" Pharah yelled as she fired 2 rockets directly at her.

Widowmaker wasn't fazed as she shot the first rocket the exploded, and detonating the second one at the same time. The smoke that came after the explosion provided quick cover for her, giving Widowmaker the time to equip her infra-sight. This allowed her to see through the smoke and getting the perfect shot at both Pharah and Mercy who still couldn't see her.

"Kill two birds with one bullet." She whispered as she squeezed the trigger of her Widow's kiss. On the other side of the smoke cloud, Pharah began to feel very tense all of a sudden. And because of all her time in the battlefield, she knew what that meant.

"Mercy! Move!" Pharah shouted with urgency as she pushed Mercy away. A sudden crack filled the air, followed by screaming.

"Pharah!? Mercy!? Damnit, Reinhardt you need to go help Mei out." Soldier 76 ordered.

"Already on it!" Reinhardt said as he swung his giant hammer around, finishing off whatever Talon soldier were left around him. He turned to see a couple guards still with him.

"You allies stick with me, I'll need your supporting fire!" The group nodded to their new leader, and followed him towards the front of the old factory, which was by now turning into a war zone.

"Tracer, I need you to go help out Winston, it sounds like he's in trouble as well." 76 said, and while Tracer was more than glad to help her friend, she hesitated to leave Scout alone. The Boston boy noticed this and spoke.

"Go one Tracer, me and the boys 'ere got dis." Scout said while motioning towards the guards they were with. "Plus ya gotta remember Tracer, dat between the two of us…you ain't the fastest." Scout concluded with a smirk.

"Ha…silly of me to get so worried for you. Just be careful okay luv'?" Tracer said, Scout was a little surprised from the way she was acting.

"Uhh yeah ok, now go. Shoo, scram, outta here!" Scout said while shooing her away with his hands. Tracer giggled before blinking away. It hasn't even been a few seconds since she left when more Talon soldiers came running at them.

"There's more coming!" One of the guards yelled while aiming his rifle at them. Scout reloaded his scattergun and readied himself.

"Alright let's waste em!" Scout cheered, thinking this should be another easy fight. However, little did he know how wrong he was about to be.

One of the guards took the first shot at the Talon troop, only for the figure to jump in and reflect the bullet back at him. The bullet pierced his forehead, causing the guard to fall to the floor dead. Scout including his group immediately halted their attack. And Scout couldn't believe what he was seeing right in front of him right now.

Standing between the Talon soldiers and him was a figure that looked like some sort of cyborg ninja, wielding a wicked looking katana. A black mask his the figures face and only revealing both eyes, the only human part of him was his left arm and shoulder and head, everything else was machine.

Because of his sudden appearance, the guards seemed very intimidated, but Scout…well he was only confused.

"Umm…who da hell are you?" Scout plainly asked. The cyborg ninja remained silent, much to Scout's annoyance, and with the flick of his hand, three shurikens appeared between his knuckles.

"My name is Genji Shimada, and I will be taking you all to your death beds." Genji said as if it was a statement. Scout didn't seem too moved by the threat and even laughed at it.

"Never thought I'd see the day my own trashcan would threaten me." Scout shot back. As soon as those words left his mouth, shurikens were at his face before he knew it.

To be continued…

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Just in case you have trouble visualizing Genji, he's wearing the Blackwatch skin. (At least that's what i think it's called.)