Loc:So X has been...Indisposed as of late. She asked that an excerpt from Locien's story be inserted. Take note that this isa piece of the Reef Prince's story that she is currently working on. The crossover take place in the cinematics and are during a time where Locien disappears for a time in the Destiny world.
King's Row, England - The Meridian
Locien did a double take, Miluion did a third take before they both looked to each other and then back to the world before them. "Mil, did we just...get teleported to another world?" Miluion did a scan of the area. "Can
this even happen? I mean, it was just theory right? Rafiq said it wouldn't activate because none of the equipment was even close to being finished."
"It would seem that we are on Earth Locien but just not on the one we know." Locien groaned, he warned the Reef about the possibilities but no, not even Moira listened to Locien. Locien grumbled and Miluion pushed his curiosity to
his partner.
"They should have listened to us," he replied before throwing his hand up. "At least Moira should have listened me, she's my wife!" Miluion's shell twirled, his version of the adept rogue's head shake. "Now how
are we supposed to get back?" That's just like him, Miluion thought, to claim he was right before thinking about what to do. Something came up on his radar but Locien didn't have his visor on so he didn't see it.
"Locien there seems to be a disturbance of some kind nearby, I tapped into frequencies and there appears to be a...peace rally. Someone named Tekhartha Mondatta, he's fighting for the equality of the Omnics...the Omnics?" Locien hummed,
taking a running start before jumping up onto a ledge and then triple jumping up until he could reach a rooftop. He climbed the rest of the way and broke into a run. He jumped the roofs with the help of his boosters. When he
was close enough Miluion disappeared and Locien was left standing alone watching the large crowd cheer for the robot at the podium.
"I think the Omnics are robots Mil, looks not unlike the Exos back home." but the Ghost didn't say anything back, "Mil? You alright there?" he tapped his head in habit when his partner didn't answer. There was no vocal
response other than his helmet coming on and a sniper rifle appearing in his hand. He caught it in reflex, his thoughts puzzled at the rushed display before a voice played back in his helmet.
"From what I gather, there was some kind of war between the humans and Omnics a while back. Tekhartha Mondatta is trying to bridge the gap left by it but it looks like there are others who do not agree." Locien readied his sniper.
"So they sent someone to kill him?" yes him, with all the Exo Guardians back in the tower it is difficult for the Awoken Rogue to refer to them as it. "Typical, can you find them or not?"
"I'm trying to tap into the frequency a separate the woman that warned the others is using but it's highly encrypted." Locien looked around with the sniper scope in a hurry. A flash of blue and he snapped to attention once he spotted
two women fighting on the rooftops.
"Get to it Miluion; I think I found our culprit but I need to know which one is which." the Ghost was silent and Locien knew better than to vocally rush him any further. They fought and Mondatta was being ushered away, the Rogue kept
an eye on both. Damn they were fast, the woman wearing yellow was using some kind of device to teleport it seemed. Oh wait...the one in purple was taking out the humans...but then again, if they were protecting Mondatta they'd shoot
at anyone right? Oh they're aiming at the woman in yellow as well...huh, the purple lady is strong and the latter is fast. The purple lady detonated a grenade, it looked like a smoke bomb. The latter was caught and for a moment
Locien put a finger to his trigger but the downed woman used her tech and in a flash of blue was back up and fighting. "That's some impressive tech she has...it almost looked like she was reversing time." Mondatta was almost
to the car but then an explosion and everyone turned to look. Locien cursed as the yellow woman was thrown back, enemy or not he couldn't let her fall down to her death. He took a step forward and was about to jump but Miluion shouted
into his ear.
"Shoot the purple sniper!" Locien looked from his sniper to the woman in yellow before he readied his aim as the woman in purple did but with his previous hesitation he changed his aim down to Mondatta, if the other woman used her device
then the shot would hit Mondatta. One shot, one kill and that would mean she'd win. "You're seriously going to try this?"
"It's a gamble but I've done it before!" he replied.
"Once and it was by chance-!" When a shot rang the latter teleported and Locien took a deep breath before he fired. He hope it would be enough. To him it went in slow motion, there was a resounding ding of impact and Mondatta
fell. The Rogue leaned forward, worry etched onto his face behind his visor. Not again! He gave a growled breath and ran off to where he last saw the two women.
"Dammit Miluion, is he dead?" the Ghost was quiet once more but Locien knew he couldn't tell from this distance. He snuck close enough that he was just one building below the two. He hid behind a chimney, one of them was yelling.
"Why? Why would you do this?" Locien himself wanted to hear her answer but all he and the woman in yellow received was a laugh before a large light was shined on the two. Locien crouched, his Blade Dancer's cloaking settings
covered him. He couldn't see what was happening but a pained yell had him look up. She was falling! Miluion took the sniper as Locien dropped it and jumped up to catch her. As he landed in a crouch his cloaking deactivated,
the one in purple looked down at him with a smug smile. He drew the Hand Cannon hung at his back and pointed it up at her but she merely turned away towards the light. He kept his gun up until he saw the aerial vehicle disappear. Locien
turned his attention to the groaning woman, the device on her chest was sparking and seemed to be shorting out.
"Are you okay miss?" his crouch went to kneeling as he gently set her down. She groaned once more before opening her eyes. They were unfocused so Locien gently slapped her cheek. "Miss are you okay? Do you understand
what I'm saying?" She nodded slightly before sitting up on her own.
"Someone is trying to get in touch with her but her equipment seems to be unusable at the moment. He says his name is Winston." Locien hummed, one of his hands on her back to support her until she got her bearings. "He called
her Tracer but his voice is now frantic and is referring to her as Lena."
"Is your name Lena?" Her head snapped up, in a quick motion she was up and pointing her pistols at the Rogue.
"How in the world do you know that?" Locien stood up slowly with his hands raised up in a placating manner.
"Tapped into your radiofrequency, someone is trying to contact you but you're equipment's a bit fried so I'm assuming you can't hear him." he slowly brought a hand up to tap a finger to his helmet. "Winston I believe, that ring
a bell Miss Lena?" she sighed and slowly lowered her pistols so Locien lowered his arms the same way.
"Alright, is there anyway for me to talk to him?" Locien nodded and held out a hand. Tracer gave him a confused look before her eyes widened when Miluion appeared hovering over it. Miluion floated between them before expanding
his shell.
"Lena! Are you alright? I can't see your location! Lena!" Tracer giggled good naturedly at the worried voice filtering through. "Lena?"
"Don't worry Luv, I'm here." there was a deep sigh on Winston's side. "I had a run in with Widowmaker at the peace rally, I couldn't stop her in time."
"Mondatta?"
"I'm sorry Winston..." another sigh. "She almost got me, messed my gear up good she did. Luckily I had someone watching over me." she looked to Locien who shrugged but stepped closer to Miluion nonetheless.
"I happened to be in the area, as for Mondatta..." Locien crossed his arms. "It's not clear if her shot was a killing one." Tracer's eyes narrowed.
"What do you mean?" Winston's voice was no longer lighter, it grew deeper when addressing Locien.
"I mean I fired my own shot." the silence was deafening.
"Assuming you used a sniper rifle," Winston began. "Making a shot that could ultimately deflect another's is next to impossible...not without the right equipment which I'm assuming was not used." Locien gave Tracer a shrug
in response to Winston.
"Guess we'll see," Locien started backing up. "Look I gotta find a way home, Miss Lena seems to be fine now so I'm gonna disconnect the call. Thanks for not shooting me." Miluion disappeared and Asher's cloaking tech
activated as he jumped off the roof. Tracer ran to the edge but didn't see him. She had a lot to explain when she met up with Winston, if it's both Widowmaker and Reaper making an appearance then this may be bigger than she originally
thought and that stranger...well he might be a valuable friend to have.
King's Row, England - The Meridian → One Week Later
"So what you're saying is that I can't move around without my helmet on but I can't get legal transportation while it is on?" Miluion's one optic blinked up at his partner. "Well then how the hell am I supposed to get out of England?"
This was strange to the Guardian, with him remembering a little more than half of his life he knew what England looked like during the Golden Age and this version with King's Row was not it.
"Like you said Locien, you cannot take legal transport." Locien sighed and looked down at the beginnings of construction of some sort down below where Tekhartha Mondatta once stood giving his speech on peace and equal standing for Omnics.
The Omnic monk had survived long enough to write down what he wanted the world to know before his systems gave out. The world blew into chaos, Locien witnessed humans attacking Omnics without provocation. Locien was conflicted,
his purpose as a Guardian was to protect humanity but now it seemed that on some occasions Omnics needed the protection more. What was wrong with these humans? Peace between them would stop these conflicts, some of them sided with
the Omnics and in turn were shunned and at times attacked for standing by their beliefs. It saddened Locien to think that these humans were like the few he had met in the Last City, they shunned droids and Exos alike. Treated them
like things they can use and throw away...he had been reminded that day that though they were on the brink of extinction, people were still the same before and during the Golden Age. During the week he was stuck he went over every possible
way of getting back home, he and Miluion put their minds together but none were very promising with the limited knowledge they had of that Earth's technology. So he started learning.
He snuck into a library and got onto the computer but like with all important technology it led to something called Overwatch. It was an international task force formed during the Omnic Crisis over thirty years ago. The Omnic Crisis is
what really peaked the rogue's interest; a rebellion by the Omnics against their human creators, over thirty years before the present day. Apparently the origins of the Omnic Crisis lie with the Omnica Corporation, and the omniums they had
created. They were created to boost manufacturing and supposedly to create peace and equality throughout the world but Omnica was shut down. It was thought that their creations were as well but they were wrong. The Omnics woke
up, they waged war against the humans and humanity didn't know what to do against this force. The war was consuming the world, battles erupted everywhere; in India, the United States, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, Australia, and Russia. Ah,
good old Russia. It was the only country able to defeat the mechanized beings on their own. Of course in Germany they had won a battle in a town called Eichenwalde but that had cost them all of their Crusaders. Locien didn't
know what that meant and when he found the Crusaders they wrote of well he was pretty impressed. The sheer size of them was astonishing and that was just their armor. Crusaders were a military order of modern knights. Locien
thought back to the Templar Knight in Earth history before he had continued his reading. They were equipped with power armor capable of deploying barrier shields and utilized rocket hammers as their standard weapon...that reminded him of
the Titans back home, they created shields to defend and were often like a hammer raining down on their enemies. Rocket hammers sounded an awful lot like the Titan Sunbreakers living on Mercury,"Bound by an oath, they live as mercenaries,
seeking battles and alliances beyond the Walls." He had gotten distracted and was almost caught by the night guard, he learned enough though. At least he knew now why there was so much anger between the humans and Omnics but still.
Anyway, he needed to track down Overwatch or at least the remnants of the task force, maybe Miluion can make sense of their tech.
"Think they'll notice if I swipe one of those data tablet things?" Miluion blinked once more to his partner. "Or did you already get one?" it appeared on the rogue's lap and Locien grinned at his Ghost.
"I got a lock on Lena's frequency, she appears to still be in England." Locien rose an eyebrow at his partner, not understanding why they needed to find her again. "Winston called her Tracer," his tone was exasperated when
Locien's expression didn't change. "Tracer was a part of Overwatch and there is information on Winston as well."
"So we find them and ask for help?" Miluion disappeared and the tablet as well into his inventory, the visor Moira created for him to wear on theVestige appeared on his face. "Thoughts Mil?"
"Protect people, stop this senseless violence." Locien got up and followed the marker that Miluion popped on his tracker. The rogue followed dutifully and what he saw down below had his face pull into a grimace. A little boy
was crying over a fallen Omnic while a group of men were standing over them both with metal bats on their shoulders. Smug grins were stretched on their faces and Locien felt something close to disgust come from Miluion though the Ghost himself
probably didn't know what he was feeling.
"Damn thing, went down easily enough." one laughed out before he glared at the young boy. "Quit yer whining brat!" but the boy cried harder, the Omnic raised one hand to touch the crying child, the others laughed.
"He thinks that thing's it's mommy!" the mocked and laughed. Locien's hands clenched into fists, he jumped down from the rooftop just as they started raising their bats again.
"Hey!" he called as soon as he landed. They turned to him and the smiles were wiped from their faces. "I would ask what you're doing but it's obvious so let me ask this," he reached behind him, grabbed his auto rifle
as Miluion made it appear and made a show of reloading it. "Do you want to die today?" they looked at one another before running off. Locien huffed, "Cowards." he muttered as he slid the rifle into the holding clip
on his back. Locien moved forward, kneeling beside the fallen Omnic and the child covering the battered body with his own. The Omnic weakly turned to look at the rogue with his blue optics. Miluion appeared over them and the
Omnic did their best to shield the boy.
"We're not here to hurt you, I need to assess the damage done to see if we can repair you." the boy clung to the Omnic so Locien put a gloved hand over the metal one shielding the boy.
"I swear on my title as Reef Prince, we are not here to cause you harm. Please let us help." the Omnic removed his hand and the boy looked up at Locien with wide eyes.. "Miluion scan and find ways we can help." Locien
reached up, removed the visor and his hood. "Hi there, my name's Locien what's yours?" he sniffled and Locien wished he had something to give him so he could wipe his face.
"Cody..." Locien allowed a smile to appear on his gray face. "You're a prince?" he asked after a while.
"Unfortunately," and Cody tried to repeat the word much Locien's amusement. "'Tis a lot of work and I have a lot of people to help take care of but that's okay, you want to know why?" Cody nodded as he wiped at his eyes,
Miluion sending his exasperation at the male and his dramatics. "Because I get to help save people when I fight, I get to protect people like you and your friend here."
"He's my daddy," he said quietly, as if afraid Locien would get mad but the rogue's smile only widened at the proclamation so Cody pushed on. "He plays with me, and gives me hugs and-and special kisses when I get hurt or cry!"
"That is a very good thing to hear Mr. Cody," the boy gave a low giggle at the Mr. "So what is your father's name?" Miluion finished scanning so Locien winked at the boy before his helmet appeared on him. "Miluion?"
"It's not good Locien, I'm searching the web to see if there is anywhere we can take him to get fixed up properly." Locien looked down the Omnic.
"His status Mil."
"He will survive, but if we do not get him to someone that can properly repair him then over time he will shut down and this child will be orphaned." Locien hummed then placed a hand on the Omnic.
"Do you have anywhere we can take you where you and Cody will be safe?" the Omnic nodded, the wires at his throat sparking some before his voice wafted through the air.
"There is an entrance one block from here, it leads into the Underworld...a place where most Omnics live. We have a home down there, we would be safe."
"There is no known location we can take him." Locien took a deep breath and helped sit the father up.
"Look, with yours and Miluion's guidance I may be able to repair the damage done but I'm going to need you to trust me for a moment." the Omnic turned his head to him, the motion would seem empty to everyone else but Locien has lived with
Exo's and with Miluion so he saw the question behind it. "I doubt those guys were the only non-supporters of Omnics, I don't have weapons to incapacitate. I may be forced to shoot at someone to get them off of us but I will
try my best to not draw blood."
"Very well," the Omnic put his arm around Locien's shoulder. "I am called Uktra and we are in your hands." Locien helped him up and Cody clung to Uktra's free hand. As soon as they stepped out of the small alley, human's
turned their heads. Some looked away in disinterest but the majority were glaring at the trio. Locien wished he could glare right back but Miluion informed him the probability of being seen as an enemy was high. He kept forward,
Locien followed Uktra's directions closely. "You hold a human's shape but not appearance."
"I am a type of human actually, we are called Awoken. We evolved in order to adapt to our new home, so yes I am human but-" Something bounced off Locien's helmet so he paused their trek and turned his helmed head to a teen who froze
with his arm raised high with a rock in his hand. "Throw it again kid." but the teen ran away with his tail between his legs. Locien huffed and continued on. "But I sure as hell am not like the majority of these
humans." Cody got as close to his father as he could. Locien moved as quick as he could with the two in tow, the stares were unnerving and it was in this moment he wished he had the Guard with him. Since he did not Locien walked
with his head held high and his auto rifle on display. He hoped that weapons would discourage any future attacks, at least until they arrive to Uktra's home.
"Look at him," the people whispered. "Helping an Omnic, they're probably the reason the he is an orphan to begin with!" Locien pushed on, doing his best to ignore the whispers. When they made it to the Underworld's
entrance Uktra tried to stand on his own but one of his legs was not functioning.
"Got into trouble I see," one Omnic said as she let them pass. Locien caught Uktra and swung his arm over his shoulder again. "I still don't understand why you continue to care for the human child."
"The chaos between Humans and Omnics have taken his family, it is my responsibility now." the other Omnic scoffed but said nothing more. Locien looked around as he walked the directions Uktra was giving him. Locien noticed there
were some humans here, men looking at them in suspicion and some women watching the Omnic father in concern. "Some humans help us, they stay here or come visit us; but some Omnics do not welcome their company. Humans who support
us must make friends with enough of us that others will leave them be." Locien turned a corner and did his best to ignore the mounting group following after them. He itched to grab at his side-arm strapped to his thigh but he knew looking
like a threat would make everything worse.
"I suppose it's a good thing I am assisting you then," Uktra turned his head to the rogue. "I don't think I want to end up making more enemies so soon." they stopped outside a hut and Cody ran forward to open the door. Once
inside the boy closed and locked the door as Miluion appeared to float next to the duo. Locien set the Omnic down where indicated, "Do you have tools?" he asked the small boy who nodded and ran somewhere in the hut to fetch them.
"I must go into stasis, my memory drive will overheat if I do not." Locien took a deep breath and nodded before turning his helmet covered head to his partner. As the light from his optics dimmed Locien manually removed his helmet
and set his glowing eyes on the beat up form of Uktra.
"We can do this Locien, in fact with the spinmetal and relic iron we have in our inventory Uktra will be a lot more sturdier than before." Locien looked around the house and saw some paper with a small pencil. He went over to the desk
and started writing down a degree of numbers. He glanced at Uktra and started sketching out ways for the Ghost to help him shape the spinmetal and relic iron. Cody came back into the room, struggling to drag in a large box. Locien
nodded to Miluion and helped Cody by picking up the box. Miluion scanned over the prints he made as the rogue looked through the box of tools. The rogue took out some select tools and started on removing the dented metal from the Omnic.
"Will my dad be alright?" Locien glanced at Cody and offered a quick smile in reassurance.
"He will be fine, I will not rest until both he and you have been properly taken care of." he went back to his task. "Stay close Cody, I may need your help." Locien only hoped that what he said was true. He would do
his best to help the Omnic, not just in repairs but in the way of getting them out of this city. He knows that others are treated the same but he knows Uktra and Cody now. Mara would chastise him for growing attached so fast. "Perhaps,"
he thought idly as he let Miluion look over the exposed wire of Uktra's leg. "Perhaps I'll take them with me...to find Lena and then back to the Reef. Moira would absolutely adore Cody and everyone would respect and accept Uktra
after I explain everything they've gone through." He narrowed his eyes at the scans Miluion gave him. "Yes, I will be sure to discuss this with Miluion before we leave."
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