(A/N: I don't own Overwatch)
12:00 PM Korean Time, Busan, Republic of South Korea
I looked at the large lump of metal cradled in my arms, its cold metal surface secure in my hands. This was it. In a few minutes we'd have to deploy and infiltrate the base of Talon in the city of Busan...Hana's home city.
Hana...Would I have to face her? Would she try and kill...no, that's impossible! No matter what kind of stupid shit Talon have done to her, she wouldn't go as far as killing me….right? I shook my head to try and get that evil thought away from me, and looked over toward the group. Lena and Angela with finishing adjusting the wings on the Valkryie system, Fareeha was cleaning the barrel of the Rocket Launcher she was equipped with, and Hanzo and Genji were chatting amongst themselves. McCree however, was gazing down at the door which separated us from the outside world.
"You alright there McCree?" I ask the cowboy who was clearly troubled by something. He let out an exasperated sigh and looked over at me.
"I'll be honest Bigshot, I've never been as scared shitless about anything else in my life. I was in the Army before becoming a traditional teacher- as an educator mind you - and the stories I'd heard from some of my superiors back then...man I thought I'd never actually see that kind of shit up close and personal, especially not over some girl…" he says with a small tinge of regret in his voice. Can't say I blame him. In fact, I should probably be the only one here in relation to Hana. I'm the only one who has an intimate relationship with her…
"...but Song is my student, and I can't let one of my students end up going down the dark road" he says in a voice unfamiliar to me. It doesn't contain any of that cowboy twang or sass in it. It was his raw, unaltered expression of emotion. He wanted to do this not for Hana, but himself. I couldn't believe my ears to be perfectly honest.
"Well, we're getting off in a minute. You'll be in the middle row with Oxton right?" he says, putting a hand on my shoulder. I simply nod back toward him.
"Well then, best of luck. I'll be cheerin' for ya' from the front" he says, tipping his hat before walking over to Genji. The siren sounded, meaning that we needed to get into position. We would be dropped off about a quarter-kilometre away from the base, which would be heavily guarded. While this was officially a Stealth mission, only one of us - Genji - was really equipped and knowledgeable in Stealth. To ease our confusion, Genji went over our plan once more.
"Their base is a relatively small skyscraper building, assumed to be abandoned by the general public, however there have been reports of Lacroix and Song walking in there early last night. I will lead from the front with McCree, with Bigshot, Tracer and Mercy covering our backs. Pharah and Hanzo will remain on the outside as cover from our escape. The rest of us shall infiltrate to locate and extract our target - Hana Song and if possible, eliminate the leader of Talon and bring Amélie Lacroix in for questioning under the U.N's jurisdiction, not the polices. Any final questions?" says Genji, preparing his Shuriken. Nobody responded.
"よし! (Good) Let us go then. We shall be victorious." says Genji with an incredible amount of certainty dripping from his voice. I gulp down my throat as the vehicle we're in comes to a stop, and Genji opens the door, blinding us all slightly, but we quickly overcome it and all hop out onto the streets.
"So, this is where Hana grew up, huh…" I mutter out. I shake my head slightly to bring my thought back to the mission at hand. We slowly make our way to our destination, trying not to draw much attention to ourselves (although when you're dressed in a bulletproof vest and carrying a shotgun, it's hard to be subtle). The U.N have alerted the police force in the area so they wouldn't be an issue for us. After about 10 minutes, we turn around a corner and Genji halts us, asking us to take cover behind the building we were beside.
"Right, let's split up here. Hanzo, I'll press this button if we need you to infiltrate. Pharah, because of how volitile your weapon is, you only come in if Hanzo gives you the go ahead. Do you understand?"
Pharah simply nods in reply.
"Good. Right, let's go….
…."我が心明鏡止水 (My mind is as clear as a stainless mirror)." mutters out Genji as we split off from Hanzo and Pharah, and walk up towards the plaza in front of the target building. Without a word, Genji and McCree sprinted up to the entrance whilst Lena, Angela and myself followed behind, looking back at where we came from to cover them. No matter how many times I check my sides, there's nobody there. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong, even though this is actually the ideal situation. McCree slowly opens the front door, with Lena covering him with her dual pistol set. Her hands were wobbling a bit. Despite all her bravado and confidence, Lena didn't want to have to kill anyone, even if they were Talon. None of the younger ones did, but it was the only way could see our friend - my girlfriend - again, with that adorable smile she always gave us every day.
After entering the building and checking he foyer, we regroup near the elevator on the north east side of the room.
"We need to find a CCTV station, somewhere where we can monitor what's on the cameras so we can find out where Hana is." says McCree. There was nothing else on this floor however, other than the reception desk and some bathrooms.
"We'd better head up to the next floor, just in case it's the-"
"SHH!" says Genji, hushing the cowboy. Without saying anything, McCree did as he was told, although for a very good reason.
Two Enemies approaching from the opposite elevator. Shit.
We were behind cover so they hadn't found us yet. We had to get away from them quickly.
"Tracer" whispered Genji in a commanding tone. Lena perked her head up and looked at the Japanese man.
"Equip a silencer for one of your pistols and set it to single fire" commanded Genji. Lena's eyes widened from shock, but she did as she was told. After messing with her pistol's equipment, she had fulfilled Genji's order.
"Good. Take out the one on the right. I'll take the left."
An audible 'huh?' could be heard coming from Lena, which drew the enemies attention.
"Less thinking, more shooting!" says Genji, popping his head out. Lena quickly did the same and raised her pistol.
"What the? I-intruders?" exclaimed the two men, who were too slow to raise their guns. Within a flash of a moment, Genji had pierced ones skull with a Shuriken, and Lena had struck the other in the heart.
"H-holy s-shit…"exclaimed Lena, still in somewhat of a shock. I couldn't believe my own eyes. I knew Lena to be quite the fiesty one but, she killed someone without much hesitation. She was clearly upset, her breathing became erratic and her head was visibly sweating.
"Tracer...you did well" remarked Angela from behind, smiling lightly at her lover. With this heartwarming comment, Lena's eyes slowly began to lose the shock present within them, and her breathing slowly returned to normal.
"Good grief…" remarked McCree. "Let's just get on with it and head up to the security room." We all nodded in return and headed into the elevator.
Outside the Talon H.Q
"No signs of movement...not that we can see much…" remarked Hanzo, looking through a pair of binoculars at the higher areas of their target building, scouring to see if he could see anything - or more importantly, anyone - that would help Genji and the others on the inside. Hanzo was a man with great patience though, and would not give up until Genji called him in (not that he would need it.
"Pharah, throw me my water bottle" asked Hanzo kindly. Fareeha was disappointed that she wasn't getting much action, but considering her firepower and the nature of the mission, it was for the best. There was no way that she could do much on the inside with a huge ass rocket launcher. She rummaged through Hanzo's kitbag, eventually coming across the desired bottle of water.
"Here's the bottle of wa- Wait, Hanzo look" said Fareeha, pointing out something in the distant buildings upper section. Hanzo frowned a brow at Fareeha, but turned around and adjusted his binoculars anyway.
"I don't see anyth-" he said before a bullet landed right between him and Fareeha, who immediately got on the comm to Genji."
"Sniper Detected!" cried out the Egyptian. "Use caution inside, who knows what else they have planned for us…"
Hanzo immediately dropped the binos and took out his bow. Whoever this sniper was, they were sloppy. No rhythm, no skill, certainly no aim. And he could tell all this from one shot. They had two targets, in the open, and couldn't hit either of them. Truly, they were an amatuer. With the pull of the arrow complete, Hanzo began his routine before any first shot of the bow: three slow breaths, three taps of the right foot, three blinks of his eyes. He did this to ensure up most accuracy and combat serenity.
"Unlike me, Talon agent, you do not see through the dragons eyes" said Hanzo in a overly calm demeanour. Swiftly stepping out from his cover, he aimed and within half a second, the arrow was shot. Fareeha watched as it flew through the sky, looking so elegant, before it landed squarely on its targets head, instantly killing them.
"Nice shot" said Fareeha in awe. Hanzo simply smirked.
"It was nothing special. Come, we must move in. We're sitting ducks out here. Let Genji know we're coming in. I'll give you this Pistol for combat, sling your launcher over your shoulders."
Inside the HQ - Second Floor, Security Room
"It's too damn quiet in here" exclaimed McCree. I sighed.
"You should be quiet then in case they're planning on ambushing us. Tracer, Bigshot - get the Security footage up on the Big Screen will you?" asked Genji of us. We swiftly complied with his request, going through the programs on the PC until we found the ones containing the camera footage. After fiddling around with the projection settings a bit, we eventually managed to project the footage onto the big screen in the middle of the room.
"Right let's see here…" said oddly overly calm Genji. I looked through all the screens and camera with him, trying to see if I could find anything worth giving a damn about.
.
.
We couldn't find anything even after looking for about ten minutes straight. Even the conference room on the top floor was abandoned. I began to think….were we set up by someone?
"We'd best go and scout there ourselves, who knows what we could find. There could be traces of them there" says Genji, seemingly frustrated.
"Hold on a second, let's think about this" says McCree in a worried tone. "What do you expect to find up there?"
"I don't know if we'll find anything, but what I do know is that they had security downstairs. It's obvious they're hiding something. Whether it's Song or not remains to be seen but, we need to hurry up and get up there" says Genji in reply.
"Whatever you say" says McCree, shrugging his shoulders. I shut off the camera app along with Lena and stood up to leave the room.
"Bigshot, you're on point" commanded Genji. I nodded in reply to him and slowly opened the door, turning my head towards the North end of the corridor, looking towards the cafeteria area.
"Long time no see"
These were the last words I heard from behind me before blacking out, not knowing what had happened to me or my squad-mates.
Forty Minutes Later - Location Unknown
When I awoke, I immediately realised two things. For one, I had been knocked out and was in a different location to the second floor. Secondly, I was alone, my mouth had been taped shut and I was bound to a chair. Well, ain't this mission going fucking fantasically. I closed my eyes, not that it did much to help since the room or, whatever this place was, was pitch black regardless of such. My body felt much lighter than it was earlier, probably because of the fact that my vest had been removed along with my Shotgun. Since I'm here, the others must've been captured in a similar manner too. I honestly couldn't believe that. Genji was so calculated and prepared. We're smarter than this, right? McCree was right...it was too damn quiet on the second floor. It was unnatural for a building of this magnitude being used for this purpose to have no real security other than those two guards and that one Sniper Fareeha had mentioned over the comms.
*CLANK BRRRRIN*
The door opened from behind me. Being bound to the chair, I couldn't turn around to see who it was that was walking in, although I definitely heard two sets of footsteps, and one was definitely wearing a pair of heels. The clacks came closer, and closer, until they eventually stopped. The other set of footsteps came even close to me, putting a finger of theirs on my shoulder before stopping in front of me. I took a deep breath, preparing for the worst, and opened my eyes; slowly looking up at the figure in front of me. It was one I was all too familiar with.
"Hmph, how pathetic, and you were supposed to be my boyfriend...to think I might actually be carrying your seed. To think I actually let you touch me with your filthy hands...I don't see what Mistress Lacroix finds so attractive in you...how disgusting" said a voice filled with incredible venom and hatred. And it was once which I couldn't believe those words came from.
Hana Song's.
(And that's a wrap. Get ready for a big old emotional chapter next time, as Jonathan and Hana are re-united in a sick and twisted manner. What has become of the others in Jonathan's group? Will Pharah and Hanzo find out key information about their whereabouts and Talon's secrets? What will happen between Jonathan and Hana? Bad things are coming. Prepare for the worst, as the Busan Arc continues next time on Trapped in the Heart of a Gamer.)
