Ana felt nervous as she waited for the plane to arrive. Pharah, Bridgette, Lena, and Angela were all heading back safely, but she hadn't seen her daughter in almost 20 years now, 5 of which Pharah had thought she was dead! She glanced at Widow, who was calmly standing beside her, waiting for them to arrive as well. Jack was on the other opening to debrief Angela away from everyone else.
"Did they survive?"
"Yes." Ana said shortly, not surprised Widow found out about the danger they were in.
"Hmm."
"You could at least pretend to care."
"Why waste the energy?" Widow walked away at that, and Ana barely managed to keep calm. That woman…what happened to the woman she had trained? The plane landed, and Ana shielded her eye casually, used to the launching and landing gusts of wind. Lena was the first one off, racing over to Jack. Angela was next, heading over to Jack as well. Pharah hopped off the plane calmly, looking around. Ana grunted quietly: She had grown up, but still looked like her little girl. Pharah locked eyes with her mother, and was suddenly hugging her.
"It's been ages, Mom!"
"Oh, I missed you…I'm so sorry for lying to you…" Ana held her daughter tightly, barely able to keep tears at bay.
"It's alright. I know why you did." Both soldiers regained composure, but had a look of happiness on their faces. Ana grinned.
"You're going to have to talk to me about what happened to you after Talon is gone."
"Deal." Ana noticed the bandage.
"What happened to you?"
"It's a graze. I couldn't get out of the way fast enough." Pharah dismissed.
"Well, that is a field patch. I'm checking that."
"Mother, I-" Ana shushed Pharah quickly.
"It's been 10 years: let me mother you."
"…Just today." Pharah submitted, making Ana very happy. *Just today, Ana. She's fully grown and can take care of herself. Oh, I missed so much…* Ana shook the sadness away: she had finally met her daughter once again, and that's all that mattered. She started off leading Pharah, but Pharah quickly took over, heading straight to the doctor's office.
"When did you learn where everything was?"
"I was practically raised here, Mom: just because I haven't been here since I was 8 doesn't mean I can't remember where everything is."
"That is true." Pharah entered the office calmly, sitting down on the chair as Ana got the supplies she needed to re-patch it. It didn't need it, but she wanted to do something. Pharah explained various missions she completed in Helix as Ana worked on it, Ana talking about various missions she had done for Overwatch while it was technically disbanded. After she finishing with the wound, the door opened.
"Oi, Angel…" Ana looked at Junkrat in surprise, Junkrat looking just as stunned. "…You ain't Angel."
"…Her name is Angela, and no, I am not. Can I help you?"
"…Do you know where I could find cellulose?"
"…The explosive?" Junkrat nodded eagerly. "It's not even sold in the states, Junkrat."
"It ain't? That's rubbish-oi, I know you!" Ana looked at Pharah, who seemed unsure what to do. Junkrat almost seemed excited to see her. "Mind if I look at some of those rockets you shot at me?"
"No!"
"Thanks!" Ana grabbed the Junker before he could run off. "Let go, Sheila!"
"She meant no, you can't look that them. How do you know each other?"
"Oh, we're friends! She shot a rocket at me in Egypt!"
"…I'm sorry?" Ana was having trouble understanding how on earth that made them friends.
"We're not friends, Junkrat." Pharah said hotly. "You blew up 30 citizens."
"They were bots!" Junkrat dismissed.
"Citizens."
"Oh, yeah? Well, then I'm sorry I saved 10 people from them!" He replied hotly. "Aiming weapons at folks, yet I'm the one who does something…what was I doing in here?" He paused, looking confused briefly. "Right, knife, knife…" He felt around his pants, then dropped a knife on the table. "Bye, Sheilas!" Ana frowned at the man racing off.
"…Would you explain?"
"He and his…companion, I suppose? Anyways, they got involved in a hostage situation. A remnant of Sektor was causing trouble, and so were they. Helix was called in. 50 citizens were involved: 30 were Omnics, 20 humans. Helix was ordered to being the Sektor members in, to get information, but we didn't know how many there were. Next thing I know, the whole buildings in ruins: 10 humans were dead from gunshots, and 10 humans with severe injuries. All of the Omnics were dead, and Junkrat and Roadhog were in the center of the whole thing."
"…He killed at least 30 civilians in Egypt?" Ana said softly. She knew they had killed a lot of people, but to hear Junkrat killed 30 in one sitting… Pharah nodded sadly.
"And he's the one with less blood on his hands. Tell me you just have them here to keep them away from everyone." Ana shook her head.
"They joined, but I had no idea they…"
"You can't trust them." Ana shook her head.
"They have done nothing for almost 10 years, and have had several opportunities to do something worse. Junkrat was even the one to do the investigation on the Switzerland Explosion! I can't just forget them being willing to help us fight Talon."
"Mother, you can't trust someone who killed so many just because they could."
"We don't know why he killed so many people, and I can't make assumptions. I'm not cutting out two people who could turn the entire battle because of some horrible things they have done. I have done things I regret, has have Angela and Reinhardt. I'm sure you have, too." Pharah looked away.
"…Mum, they didn't do it in the line of duty."
"I understand that, but they could have had their reasoning. I know I can't understand half of the things that man does, but I'm sure he has his reasons. I'll warn Jack and Gabriel-"
"Gabriel?!" Ana paused.
"…Jack didn't tell you."
"What do you mean, Gabriel? Gabriel is dead, right?" Ana winced.
"…Not exactly, Fareeha…"
