Getting to my favourite part of the story. Now I'm really excited! Reviews and constructive critisicm is welcome. Enjoy!
Chapter 25
"Free everyone?" The man spluttered. "Can we do that?"
"The key opened two cages already." Mei pointed at the key she'd given the man. "If it unlocks all of the others, we could break everyone out."
"I-It sounds good... but-"
"What's your name?" Mei asked politely.
"My name... Andrew." The old man answered.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Mei, and this is my partner Snowball." Mei replied. "Let's see if we can free everyone Andrew!"
Andrew looked at the smiling woman, feeling her passion and spirit almost roll off of her onto himself. He nodded, and started unlocking cages. All of the other humans and Omnics saw what was happening and instantly attempted to sit upright. The feeling of freedom was literally coming towards them with a set of keys.
Mei ran back over to the bookshelf. She tried her very best to cover the hole leading into the room, but it was difficult from the inside. She managed to cover most of it, but a small gap remained. Turned back towards Andrew to find lots of the captives climbing out of their cramped cages, stretching their limbs like they haven't before.
"Thank you." A little boy ran up to Mei, tugging at her jacket. "Thank you so much."
"Of course." Mei smiled, ruffling his hair, causing him to giggle.
"What's the plan?" An Omnic approached her. Only then did Mei notice that everyone who was free, and those still in cages, were looking at her, almost for guidance. "We don't even know where we are."
"Er... well... I think... we aren't far from the Artic." Mei said, addressing everyone. "We are on a ship, to where I don't know. But you were all captured for slavery. I think with our numbers we can overpower those in charge of the ship and make our way back to land. From there, we can try to get you all home!"
"We can do that?" Andrew asked and he helped a few small puppies out of a cage.
"We can try. It's either that or staying locked in here." Mei shrugged.
"I saw we do it!" The Omnic smiled. "Surely we can overrun this ship!"
Everyone cheered, causing a few of the animals to make noises.
"THEY'RE BEING LOUD AGAIN! IS SHE IN THERE!" Someone roared. Mei froze. Footsteps were heard running towards their position.
"Is everyone free?" Mei asked.
"Yes." Andrew nodded.
"Okay, a few guards are coming. We just need to tackle them down." Mei told the group. They all nodded in response, with a few looking nervous.
"The bookshelf has been moved. Who's in here!" Someone yelled. The bookcase covering the hole was roughly shoved aside, and two men came storming into the room. They froze at the sight of all of the freed prisoners.
"Get them!" Andrew yelled. Ten of them rushed forwards and dived on top of the two, pinning them to the floor.
"Everyone go up to the deck!" Mei called. The entire group rushed outwards, along the corridor with Mei and Snowball at the front.
They headed up a flight of stairs and just ran, top speed, through the boat. They passed doors and extra corridors, but they ignored everything. They didn't try to be quiet either. They were stomping around, and some of the dogs who were trailing behind were barking loudly.
"Which way?" One of the ladies asked Mei.
"Not sure." Mei answered. "Er... up here!" Mei quickly turned left and headed up a big set of stairs. Daylight as above her, and she had reached the deck. A swarm of faces spun around to look at her, including Maximilian.
"Ah, there's our guest." He laughed. "Would someone plea- ahhhhh!" He yelled as the group of captives had appeared behind Mei, and then rushed towards him and the rest of the staff on the ship. The guards were too confused to even react before they were tackled towards the ground, being pinned by the horde of prisoners.
"Wha, how, when did you?" Maximilian gasped, watching his crew get wiped. "How did you manage this!"
"Wasn't too hard." Mei laughed. "Get him!" Mei pointed towards the Omnic. Two of the stronger men grabbed Maximilian roughly by the shoulders.
"I found some rope." Andrew called.
"Good, tie them all up!" Mei ordered.
Tracer sat huddled in her cell, feeling naked without her chronoaccelrator or her pulse pistols. She knew they were close by, otherwise she would've vanished by now. It didn't help the nervous. She stared at the cold floor, thoughts swirling her head. She hated being locked up, especially when knowing that the world needed her help. She didn't want another Mondatta situation to unfold, and that was the only thought on her mind. She couldn't shake the feeling of someone being in danger at this very moment, but she was unable to do anything.
A single tear rolled down her face, and she let it drop to the floor. She had to think of some way to get out of the cell and to her equipment, or at least a way to communicate with Winston and the others.
Suddenly, an alarm went off, flashing bright red around her cell and the room next to her. Someone spoke over the intercom.
"Attention, attention, we have two intruders. They are making their way towards the cells. Repeat, two intruders are making their way to the cells."
"What?" Tracer gasped. She ran over to the cell bars just as an explosion blasted a hole through the wall. Two figures stumbled through the smoke, coughing.
"You couldn't have been any louder?" One of them snapped. "Honestly..."
"If they know we're here then there isn't a point in being quiet." The other replied. "Huh?"
The pair turned towards Tracer, and her mouth dropped at the sight of them.
"Oh, hello Lena." Ana said cheerfully. "Need some help."
"We'll explain later." Soldier told her. "Know where the others are?"
Action is taking place! I did say this was my favourite part of the story. Hopefully you all enjoyed!