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Chapter 40
"What's happening?" Mei asked the police officer as people were leaving the boat.
"None of your concern, but we need to get everyone off. Can you testify what's happened here?" The man replied.
"These people were taken hostage by members of Talon." Mei answered. "If they're tied up, its them."
"Okay, thank you. Could you please follow everyone else an-"
"Tell me what's happening across the global right now." Mei snapped.
"You have no business kno-"
"I'm from Overwatch." Mei interrupted. "My team are at the locations now, tell me what's happening!"
The officer looked around nervously. Then he leaned in and whispered, "The police are stuck. Tied down. All of our equipment and surveillance is offline, but we're still getting distress calls. The world is in flames and we can't help. We believe a hacker is involved."
"Maximilien seems to be leading Talon here, get him to talk." Mei said as she pulled out a book. "Turn to the page that says Operation: Black Hole, it'll tell you everything." Mei handed him the book.
"Listen." The man said. "I'm a fan of Overwatch's work. But they recently broke out of a high security prison and is on the run from the entire world. If the police go to these locations, it's likely they'll be captured."
"The world will be safe once Talon is off the streets." Mei growled. "Stop standing there, go!"
The officer nodded, and hurried towards where more police were, opening the book as he did so.
"Mei?" She turned to find Andrew looking at her. "Thank you. You and Snowball. You freed all of us."
"Just doing my job." Mei smiled. "Please, get home safe."
"And you." Andrew nodded, before following the line of people and Omnics.
"You know you're annoying." Sombra's voice echoed through the chamber. She had activated her invisibility, and was slowly stalking Zenyatta, hoping to get the jump on him.
"As are you." Zenyatta replied simply. "I do not recall encountering someone like you before. You like technology, don't you?"
"It's a powerful tool in our age." Sombra agreed.
"Yet you seem pretty useless with it if you can't get past my firewall." Zenyatta chuckled. "Compared to your gadgets, I'm quite old. I guess newer isn't always better."
"Or maybe you don't see the potential." Sombra said. She aimed her gun at Zenyatta, still not ready to reveal her location.
"And you don't see the potential the Iris has." Zenyatta replied. He span in an instant and fired an orb at her, removing the invisibility and knocking her to the floor.
"H-How?" Sombra grunted, lifting her head.
"The Iris is all knowing."
"Stop mentioning the damn Iris already." Sombra spat, picking herself up.
Zenyatta shook his head. "But that's the whole reason you're here. And you can't even fully comprehend it. It's why it'll never show itself to you."
"Then help me comprehend it." Sombra said sarcastically.
"My pleasure." Zenyatta nodded.
"Exactly, you- wait, what did you say?" Sombra blinked a few times in confusion.
"I'll help you." Zenyatta said.
"But this whole time, you've, you've been resisting me." Sombra lowered her weapon as Zenyatta started to float back to the middle of the sanctum. "And this whole time, you would've helped?"
"You forced your way in here to steal the Iris, not learn about it. There's a difference."
"So... what do I have to do?" Sombra questioned, slipping a hand into her pocket.
"Simple." Zenyatta said, returning to his original position. "Meditate."
"Meditate?"
"Meditate?" Zenyatta repeated. "The Iris takes years to even glimpse into, and an eternity to master its power. So, meditate."
"And there's no... faster way?" Sombra raised an eyebrow, her hand gripping a remote in her pocket.
The Omnics face lifted from the floor, blankly staring back. He said nothing, just returned his gas to the floor.
"See, I don't have years." Sombra admitted. She clicked a button on the remote, and Zenyatta dropped to the floor, the lights in his eyes gone. Sombra walked over to him, twirling the remote in her fingers.
"Would've been awkward if this EMP didn't work." She laughed. She bent down beside the Omnic, placing her finger on his head. This time, the purple lines of code spread from her touch, covering Zenyatta's head, then entire body.
"Let's see what the Iris really is." Sombra had a gleam in her eyes.
"YOU RUINED US!" Soldier barked from behind cover. Not only was Reaper after him in the abandoned streets of Hollywood, but every now and then, Talon agents would run onto the scene in order to assist. "Your Blackwatch antics gave us a bad name."
"Yet every single time you turned a blind eye, Morrison." Reaper snarled back, scanning the area for his target. "No matter what I planned to do, you let me go off on my own. And when consequences appeared, you acted like you knew nothing. Like it wasn't your responsibility for your team."
"You were a leader Reyes." Soldier retaliated. Seeing a few ledges, he pulled himself up into a roof. "You could've carried teams with your strategy, what happened?"
"I was pushed aside!" Reaper yelled. He randomly fired his shotgun at a nearby car, causing it to erupt into flames. "Again and again, even back in the training program, experiment number seventy six was praised over and over."
"That's what your bitching about?" Soldier asked in disbelief. "I did better then you? Grow up."
"Not anymore." Reaper laughed. "There's so much more on the line now."
"Not if I can help it." Soldier grunted. Peering out from on top of the roof, he instantly locked onto Reaper. He fired his helix rockets, narrowly missing, but close enough to knock Reaper off his feet.
"Well, shoot him!" Reaper roared at nearby agents. The troops nodded, and lifted their weapons to fire. Soldier ran across a metal beam that connected two roofs, just to see the smoky form of Reaper materialise in front of him.
"Enough." Reaper spat. He dropped his shotguns and smacked Soldier's rifle out of his hands. "The one thing I could beat you in is hand to hand."
"As if." Soldier challenged. He rushed forwards, ready to tackle his rival, just to run through his misty body. Reaper grinned under his mask, turning and kicking soldier in the back. Soldier grunted, turning and lashing out, just for Reaper to block and counter back, striking him across his jaw. Soldier shook his head, just as Reaper brought his knee up, making him stumble. Soldier's mask cracked and slipped off, revealing his scarred face.
"Only leaving with scars. Someone's lucky." Reaper grumbled.
"Rather have the invincible ghost body." Soldier admitted. He threw punch after punch, each being blocked by Reaper. Although he didn't admit it, he knew Reaper was a better close quarter fighter.
"There's nothing you can do Morrison!" Reaper claimed. He slipped past his guard and closed his hands around Jack's throat, tripping him in the process and they both fell to the ground. Soldier struggled against Reaper's grip, quickly losing oxygen.
"I win Morrison." Reaper yelled. Soldier's vision started to go blurry, his strength fading. He reached up and ripped the mask of Reaper's face, and what was underneath horrified him.
The man Soldier once knew was gone. Reyes' face was burnt and scared, half decayed, toothless and wild. His eyes were blood red yet sunken, and he smiled widely and Soldier turned blue.
Reaper cackled at the last signs of life faded from Soldier's body.
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