Christ, 30 chapters guys! When I'm writing this, we currently have over 16k views on the story. Incredible. It may even overtake the amount of views I had on my first ever story when I finished it at 36 chapters. Reviews and constructive critisicm is welcome. Enjoy!
Chapter 30
"We're approaching it." Ana said. Overwatch rejoined her on the deck of the ship, just to find nothing on the horizon. It was just a large island with nothing noticeable on.
"Head to the entrance." Soldier said.
"Where are we?" Tracer asked.
"A secret Overwatch military base, one the world doesn't know about." Ana replied.
"Is this base Vanquish?" Winston looked at Soldier.
"Who did you overhear?"
"Reyes."
"Idiot." Soldier sighed. "Yeah, this is Vanquish. A special one that has tabs on pretty much everywhere. And heavily defended, despite its current appearance."
No one else decided to ask, but instead watched as Ana steered the ship towards a rocky cliff side. There, they noticed a small gap in the cliff, surrounded by rocks. Ana navigated the ship through the rocks, entering the gap. Gasps escaped everyone as the scenery switched from a normal island to a high tech hidden base.
The walls were metal, there was a few dozen boats on the water, with a control panel on one of the walls. The ships were docked on a metal pier, with a staircase leading to a door.
"Welcome to Vanquish." Soldier said. Ana docked the ship and everyone jumped off. "Now, our plan is to take out Talon. Once that's done, we clear our name with the government, and we rebuild Overwatch from here. It'll be the new head base."
"This place is incredible." Tracer laughed as she blinked around the place.
"This is only the dock." Ana told her.
"There's more?" Pharah asked.
"The inside of the whole island is the base." Soldier replied. "Come on, let's head to the main room." They followed their former commander through the island, briefly pausing at certain rooms to look at it all. So many modes of transport, from boats to cars to motorbikes to aircrafts and even a space shuttle.
"Never did launch program Alpha." Ana reminded Soldier.
"Everything is still here, nothing is stopping us." Soldier shrugged. He finally lead them to a large room. It was circular shaped, with a white, circular table in the middle. On the underside of the table was lots of buttons and switches. About them was a world map. The room itself had lots of different doors, leading to different parts of the island.
"Take a seat." Soldier said. He sat down in a chair, and for the first time in a while, took of his mask. Everyone except Ana gasped at the sight. Soldier had two scars running down his face. One from his forehead down to his cheek in a diagonal path. The other went from his jaw to his nose, in the same path. "Right, let's get to it."
He reach under the table and pushed a few buttons. I hologram of the world booted up as the lights in the room dimmed.
"Currently, we don't know where Talon is located, but we have a general idea of what to expect." Ana said. "We believe a global attack on the world is about to unfold. We can guess big countries, like America, UK, Brazil, those sort of places. But we aren't one hundred percent confident on the plan."
"For all we know, it could be an attack as big as a nuclear bomb dropping everywhere, or a single targets death. But it'll be an announcement to indicate they're ready for war." Soldier continued.
"Do the Omniums have anything to do with them?" Pharah asked.
"We assume so." Ana nodded. "Since they had control over the Omnium in Egypt, we think they have more. No reports of Omniums producing more Omnics for attacks, but they could be stored to help them."
"So what do we do?" Genji asked.
"We wait." Came the basic reply from Soldier. "Until they make their move, we can't do anything. We can restock on weapons, get rested and train for a bit. But the attack can happen from now to years in the future."
"Shouldn't we recruit more members?" Reinhardt suggested. "I know someone who would be more then happy to join."
"We can track down other old members like we've been doing." Tracer said excitedly. "McCree might join us again. Or, or-"
"No." Soldier muttered. Everyone stopped to face him. "For now, we stay here. We just broke you out of a high security government prison. They are hunting for us. I don't think we can just contact other members and ask them to hop on a plane over here."
"He's right." Ana sighed. "Winston, you've done extremely well getting everyone together. This will be the beginnings of Overwatch. From us right here."
"T-Thank you." Winston stuttered. "We just want to help again."
"And we will." Soldier smiled.
"What do you want to do? We leave tomorrow after all." Arnold asked.
"Probably jut relax. Work on my next song." Lucio shrugged, putting his feet. "I don't want to be stressing before heading tooooo... where are we next?"
"Italy." Arnold reminded him.
"Yeah, right. Plus, I love this place. Can't go wrong here."
"May I suggest visiting the stadium before we leave tomorrow? It's the most famous place in Brazil after all. Hundreds watch the football games every year."
"Sounds great." Lucio nodded. "Oh But Arnold, don't make it an event. I'll go undercover. As much as I love my fans, downtime away from them is also nice."
"You got it. Don't be up too late. I'll set the plane for six in the evening so we travel overnight."
"Perfect, thank you." Lucio smiled as Arnold closed the door.
"Miss Song, are you in there?" A bang on the door was heard. Dva walked over and opened it up, to find the same guard that escorted her to the last training session.
"Yeah?" She asked, oblivious to his blushing face as once again, she was just in her underwear.
"Um, I... There is not any training today Miss Song. And probably not tomorrow either. It'll hopefully be ready in a few days, the technology is currently down." The guard stammered.
"Oh, that's fine. I would like a request. Is it possible for me to head into Busan tomorrow to look around. I need new clothes." Dva asked.
"Why yes, pilots are allowed into the city under two conditions. One, you must be wearing you watch to call down any mechs in an emergency. Two, a guard must come with you."
"Perfect. You'll be my guard tomorrow. Come here same time and we'll go into town." Dva told him, before shutting the door without another word.
He sat floating, exactly how he was before he was interrupted by his student days ago. Since then, he had heard nothing but the wind from outside. No even a sound of a bird reached him.
But now, there was something.
Not a sound, not a person, but a feeling. A cold, dark feeling. It caused each of his orbs to shiver slightly. It was a feeling that he knew would grasp the world, and change it forever. For good or for worse.
"Prepare, my student." Zenyatta said to the wind. "It is time."
If not next chapter, the one after. Operation: Black Hole will start. It's been a big build up, but hopefully I can execute it well enough for the wait. Hopefully... And hopefully you all enjoyed!
