4:45 AM, 17th March, 2070
"Regal, you are arrested for the attempted kidnapping of one Madona Gibson, and murder of her parents surrender yourself or prepare for the consequences."
"No...No i was trying to save her! I mean why wou- why would I try to take her! No..no!"
"NO! " screamed Regal waking up to find himself alone, again. He had the same nightmare over and over again. How he failed his people,his family in life. All of his village burnt to the ground and he could do nothing. And in the end he couldn't even save her.
Panting for air he sprang from bed for some water at the front of this bed. "I need to get out of here, I can't do this! Best to do it quietly, But first must quench this thirst,lets find some good ol' water."
He soon noticed the door to his cell was unlocked and handle was wide open.
"Looks like they really have dropped their case on me. Thank God, I can't afford to be that reckless again."
Everyone was still blissfully asleep in the base apart from a small group of night guards but they wereng too much trouble.
He quietly walked out of his cell onto the exit of the Prison Bay and to the assembly grounds.
"This must be the place where they get Briefed about Missions" Regal thought to himself looking at the large garden along with a white board which presumably used to give detailed written commands and explain strategies.
"Where the hell is the exit goddammit?" he mumbles to himself hearing a soft chuckle behind the corner.
"If you wish to find a way out of your problems, I'm afraid you'll have to face your fears first. " he heard a slightly metallic voice from behind. He quickly turned around to find some kind of robot ninja with his legs crossed as if he was meditating
"You must be that Human Omnic guy the U.N was making a fuss about a few weeks ago. Am I correct? "
" You are half right. A heart of a human still beats within me. But that's not why you came here did you.. Regal? " the person responded with a calm voice.
" I was actually trying to escap-erm I mean look around the place that's all, I'm hearing I will be getting an offer tomorrow to join"
"That's good, I saw your fighting prowess yesterday on the feed, we have use for people like you, but you might not want to.br instated in your current state. "
" I'm sorry, in my current state? What do you mean? "
Regal asked curiously, he wasnt expecting a no for an answer.
"Yes right now you are a liability, filled with wasted potential. You need...Well for the lack of a better term, get your shit together. To help others, you must first help yourself.
He continued "You are from the Shinja clan aren't you?"
Regal's eyes widened, "What the fuck is that?! Screw it, roll with it."
"How-HOW did you know?"
"I didn't "
Regal could just see him smiling under his mask as he continued "but the kind of power and technique you have only reminds me of them. So I made an educated guess."
Regal threw his hands in the air "Well I guess the cats outta the bag, I'm the Last decendant of Shinja clan-well it was more like a village or a community."
"I understand, and if I'm right your clan were the ones to escort the spiritually awakened Omnics to the Himalayas wasn't it? "
" The very same " he replied with a sense of pride in his voice."
" One of those Omnics included my master Zenyatta, seek him when you feel lost. You'll know when you are. I'm not sure if he can help you, but he made me whole again and I hope you find similar peace. "
"oh god I can feel I'm falling into some shit that I can't get back from , gotta...Get ...Out ..Of...Here"
" That's a nice offer Genji truly it is but I'm afrai-"
"You know he's not wrong. You need to lighten up! " he was interrupted with a voice from the back. He turned around and saw Angela leaning her shoulder on a wall beside her in her dark blue tank top and black yoga pants with her hands crossed on her chest.
"Dr. Zeigler! , I didn't expect you to be awake at this hour!" replied Regal nervously and tried to back away from them
" I can say the same thing about you you know, and please you can call me Angela right now no need to be formal. "
"This is beginning to feel like an intervention. Goddammit."
"Be that as it may but, Angela, what are you doing here right now? If i worked as hard as you I would be sleeping like a horse for a whole day."
The Doctor replied with a warm smile "Isn't it obvious from the sheets and clothes? I am meditating with Genji! There are too many times where I felt anxious at night and ever since Genji returned a couple of weeks ago I sleep early and wake up when no is around, to talk with him, let myself be Angela and not Dr. Zeigler and meditate. It's basically as refreshing as a nap"
She continued "Now as I was saying it's not a bad idea Regal, you seem to be just like Genji when he first showed up, you are conflicted I can see it in your eyes. You want to help but your past is holding you back."
"It's not that THAT bad guys, I can take care of myself ,In fact I'm suddenly feeling really tired soo Imma kick the bucket for tonight".
Angela intervened again,
"I never said you couldn't take care of yourself Regal but if you are going to be part of Overwatch- which I hope you do- you must embrace yourself fully. Make peace with your past, next time I want to see you I want to see AND know the real you. Not this conflicted ghost of yourself. "
She finished with a cheery smile and hopeful face that just destroyed Regal's intentions to step away.
" I really think this is happening fast guys I haven't even thought about if I will join or not!"
Genji at this point got up and put a hand on his shoulder and wisphered "We watched the footage of the bank, do you think our men are capable enough to bring you in on their own?"
"Accept it, if you didn't want to join we couldn't do a damn thing to stop you and yet here you are. You could have ignored me and walked away."
"Shit he has a point" he confessed to himself.
"All right you won, where do I find your master Zenyatta?"
" The place where your clan left them. They are still there. "
"And where the fuck is that? Oh god I never should have even saved those incompetent bastards at the bank."
"What but it was my clan who left them, I wasn't there! Plus that was decades ago! How would I know? Maybe all this is just a bad idea" he made a last attempt to sneak out of this situation.
"if you are truly a Shinja then you really don't need anything more to know. You can 'sense' him I believe? "
"Is he a fucking psychic?!" He froze in shock of the words that came out of his mouth.
"I just said that out loud didn't I.."
What he got in return was much to his surprise, laughter from both Angela and Genji who had to shush themselves up to avoid waking the others but they could still barely hold themselves.
"Oh that was so cute" commented Angela wiping tears from her eyes while holding her stomach with her other hand
Regal was beyond baffled, he wasn't among people very often so interacting this much was ready wierd for him but he tried to tone down the wierdness nonetheless.
" I'm impressed Genji I didn't expect you to know that much about us" he admitted.
He replied with a amused tone "I didn't, another educated guess"
"Damn it, fell for it again" he chuckled and am then asked in a serious tone
"But what about the Commander Morrison? He will surely rain hell upon you two for letting me go"
"You give him more credit than he deserves. He can't talk to me like that" Angela assured him with a mischievous grin.
An hour later
"Ok I'm ready, are you sure this is the right thing?"
"For you definitely, for us we'll find out" Angela giggled as she whispered to him while hugging.
"Now go and be sure to write me from time to time. Genji told me it can get pretty intense there so that's a good way to focus your mind."
" Thank you Angela, truly I-If this works then I'd be forever in your debt. "
"Haha once I'm Outta this compound goodbye suckers!"
"Did I forget to mention we install a tracking chip in the right wrist of every prisoner in case they go missing?" Genji chimed in carrying Regal's bags and handing it to him.
"This motherfu.."
He contained his frustrations and plaster a wide smile on his face to hide his real thoughts .
"Ah that wasn't even necessary, I can't even begin to think about running from you guys!, Even though I was a prisoner less than 3 hours ago, but thanks again Genji and ..You too Angela!"
" Oh just shut it, I already get that a lot from Genji" she shushed him and escorted him outside the HQ with Genji
"So whats the plan, how will you be going there? I can provide you a small jet if you want "
" No that won't be necessary, I can go like this " he says says as he begins to float in the air and he builds white aura around him until he gets a firm lift off and he flies away.
Angela just watched in shock and awe until Genji broke the silence.
"You know, I don't like the way he looks at you."
Angela feels surprised at the sudden comment.
"You think so?" She rises her eyebrow
"Hm.."
She tries to change the topic,
"By the way, do we really insert trackers inside our prisoners?"
"I hope not." He replies which causes them both to chuckle.
Years in the future, 2098
Former Talon Stronghold, Numbani
"Is it done?! " Black demands as he charges in from the roof.
" It has only been 5 minutes! I need more time to extract the footage "
"What you need is more motivation." He said as he grips her neck in his one hand an begins closing his grip slowly.
Sombra clenches her fingers in anger which cuts her hands 'cause of the long metal finger nails and scrambles to breathe.
" God I'm too old for this.." she mumbled to herself.
" What did you say bitch?"
"Nothing! Just lamenting my mistakes thats all sir." She assured him with a convincing enough smile.
"He shouldn't have been able to vanish like that... " She quickly glanced back at Regal and it looked to her that he was taking to himself.
"There has to be some other factor at play here. That Machine. The way my ring started to react I hadn't noticed at first. I just need to confirm. " he calmly process his thoughts all the while he was tightening his grip on Sombra.
"You're that guy from the posters aren't you sir? Regal was it?
" Quickly girl".
"Yes... yes it's done sir! " she barely makes it in time before he chokes her out.
He quickly releases her as she falls on the ground heavily breathing for air.
He leans on the desk to watch the security footage closely on the screen. Apparently there were still some cameras embedded in the walls outside the entrance of the Watchpoint that survived which brought him the footage.
He watched and rewatched it multiple times for what seemed like an eternity and then stood up again in his signature posture, with his eyes closed and a smirk on his face.
"So he became that desperate. I'm impressed with the capabilities of these humans. They are like ants, you have to crush them before they grow in number. And I will give the world the cleansing it yearns for. "
" Um.. Sir? Did you get what you wanted? I can go now? " Sombra asked with a relieved tone as she began to stand up
He chuckled and began to fly out of the hole in the roof from where he came in and replied
"I suppose you did what was asked of you as much as one could expect from your foolish race..
As for what now? I have a meeting with a certain monkey and you can go now too" he pointed his finger at her head and uttered a single word
"Hakai"
And flew away Leaving her alone just as she began screaming from her skin beginning to tear apart and cracks formimg on her face like a piece of wet paper until her molecules disintegrated into thin air.