Angela walked down to the wing Lucio had set the 4 kids up in. "How are they handling everything?"
"Alice and Locarno seem okay, but the other two are freaking out. I know the twins are Reaper's kids, but how did he know their birthdays? And is today really their birthday?"
"I have no idea. I didn't even know Gabriel had children." Angela sighed. Lucio frowned.
"So, Commander Morrison has a daughter?"
"Yes, but I haven't seen her in years. I'll try to calm them down after I talk to the commanders."
"Okay. I'm going to tell everyone else about this. That okay?"
"Jack was supposed to have told them already, but go ahead. I'm not sure he will if we don't push." Lucio nodded in understanding, racing off. Angela knocked on Morrison's office. "Jack? Are you in here?" Reaper came out, adjusting his mask.
"Jack's probably in the training room."
"…Why were you in his office?" Reaper growled, but didn't reply. It clicked. *He wanted privacy, and rarely anyone knocks on Jack's door on a Saturday.* "Gabriel-" Angela reached for his shoulder, realizing why, but Gabriel jerked away from her grasp.
"Don't." He walked away, and Angela pulled her hand closer.
"We need to have a conversation about what we're going to do." Reaper paused at her call, and turned to face her. He didn't say anything, and Angela took it as a 'yes' to talk. "We need to get Jack, too." Reaper growled, but didn't protest, entering Jack's office again. As the wraith had predicted, Jack was in the locked training room. Angela glanced at the level he was training at: Level 30. "Athena, please pause the program."
"Of course." The sounds stopped, and Jack exited the room.
"What, Angela?"
"We need to have a talk about what we're going to do with this."
"…Alright." Jack led the way to his office, where Reaper was standing to the side. Angela firmly closed the door, and Jack said, "We can't let them stay."
"What?" Reaper stated, sounding surprised.
"It's dangerous here, and we already have 16 people staying, which is about to become 17. If we add 4 to that, the police force will find us in a second."
"Talon found all of them scattered around the Americas. Where can we hide them safely?" Reaper questioned, sounding frustrated or concerned: Angela couldn't tell.
"I…don't know, but we can't let them stay here." Jack admitted, rubbing his head.
"This is as safe a place as we could find for them." Angela inputted, for once agreeing with Reaper.
"Angela-" Jack sighed, hands starting to clasp behind his back
"Don't even try the commander tone with me, Jack." Angela warned. Reaper uncrossed his arms for once, them dropping to his sides.
"We should ask Ana. She'd know." Angela sighed.
"She's still looking for Genji. One of her contacts heard a rumor about a cyborg in Illios."
"And she maintains complete radio silence until she's done." Jack sighed, rubbing his forehead. "I have no idea what to do…alright, they can stay, but no one tell them what's going on. It's the best bet to keep them out of harm's way." Jack conceded.
"More secrets." Angela sighed in annoyance.
"Angela, it's the best option."
"I realize that, but eventually, this secrets will catch up, and I'm worried that you will get burned. Gabriel, how did you know their birthdays?" Reaper scoffed.
"You think I'd leave them like my dad did me?"
"Oh, I'm-"
"Don't apologize." He hissed, walking out. Jack frowned.
"His dad left?" Angela nodded, looking after the wraith.
"Yes, but I'm not sure when. What started that fight you had a few days ago?"
"…I went too far." Jack sighed. "I think he's over it, but I need to work a few things out right now, and I could use some time."
"Oh? What do you need to work out?"
"There's only 14 workable quarters: the others aren't available for various reasons, and we haven't gotten around to fixing them." Angela did some quick math.
"There's 21 people staying currently." Jack nodded, sighing as he sat down.
"Roadhog and Junkrat-"
"Jamison and Mako. He asked us to call them that." Angela reminded.
"Right. They're already sharing a room. I swear Mako's Jamison's dad." Jack muttered to himself. "We need to minimize the moving around, so I'm just going to double everyone up."
"That's reasonable. Changing rooms tends to cause issues."
"…Would you be okay with sharing a room with Hana Song?"
"As long as she minimizes the late-night streaming, I'm okay with that." Angela stated, swirling her thumbs.
"You have other stuff to do. I can handle this."
"Are you sure?" Angela asked, not wanting to leave Jack alone after what had just happened.
"Yes. Go on." Angela nodded, walking towards the kid's rooms. She heard quiet arguing in the room.
"How do we know they aren't working with that lady?" Arach hissed.
"Pops wouldn't do that: he hates terrorists." Locarno stated with certainty.
"A few years ago, I would agree with Locarno, but now…" Alice wandered off. Angela knocked politely. Who she assumed was the girl twin said,
"Come in." Angela did with a small smile.
"Guten Tag. I was coming to check on how you were all feeling."
"I'm fine." Arach stated. Mortica shrugged. Locarno gave a thumbs up, and Alice just looked at the ground. Angela's smile faded.
"I'm a doctor. You can't lie very well to me."
"…They think you're in league with the guys who took us."
"Nein, we are not with them. They're called Talon, and we're trying to stop them." Arach looked Angela right in the eyes.
"We're young, not stupid. What's going on?"
"…I wish I could tell you more than that, but I'm under orders." Angela explained. Alice nodded in understanding, while the other 3 seemed more annoyed than ever.
"Okay, so his father is in Overwatch, her father is in Overwatch. Why did they go after us?" Arach asked bluntly. Angela hesitated, not knowing what to say.
"…I don't know for certain." She knew it was a lie: so did the kids. "Try to rest." She left the room, taking a deep breath as she headed to her office.