It has been a month, I'm finally beginning to fit in... but something still feels weird. No one seems to understand it whenever I mention it. No one but Cayde-6. I trust the guy with my life already, I know he is a jokester but there is something reassuring in his almost childlike actions.
The Last City Outskirts: 72 hours after the attack
It happened. I never believed it could... but it did, the end of our livelihood. The Traveller was truly gone and our hopes to win another war gone with it.
My only companion now was my Ghost and though he didn't say anything I knew that he was just as heartbroken and defeated as I was. Armed with nothing but a knife and my empty, severely damaged pistol, ironically engraved with 'Travellers Chosen', we had to fend for ourselves and survive. We barely escaped, but others had to have right?
We walked in silence away from the walls of the city we had protected. Away from the Tower that had served as our base of operations and the safest place for training.
Former Swiss Overwatch Watchpoint, 10 minutes before the Recall
Dr. Angela Ziegler sat in her old office located beside the Watchpoints medical bay. It had been far too long since she had contacted any of the other former Overwatch agents.
I wonder how Lena is... what was her girlfriends name? Nicole? Evelyn? Emily? Emily, that was it. she smiled as she thought back to some of the shenanigans she had gotten up to with the hyper British girl. No one else could tell the story of Junkensteins Revenge with such passion. Not even Wilhelm himself and he was the one who first told them the story before they fought the Uprising in Kings Row. Very few could pull the doctor from her work, but Lena was one of them.
Her smile faltered as she powered up the dusty old computer in front of her. It was still exactly how she had left it. Open on a news report on the illegal goings on of Blackwatch that punished the entire organisation. Horrible memories flooded back as the doctor quickly opened the newest piece published on the website. 'More Anti-Omnic Attacks in Dorado! Mysterious Vigilante Spotted!'
"Today really is not a good news day huh?" she said out loud to herself as a red light began to flash at the bottom of her screen.
"What might this be?" she mused as the red button was pressed. What greeted her was a welcomed surprise.
Old Russia, 70 hours after Rebirth
I was dead? Should I remember anything other than my name? Is my voice really my own? If only the 'Ghost' that follows me could tell this ghost about her past. Angela let out a soft smile at her little joke. After all, she is living a life after death and that is what ghosts do too. She frowned and examined the weapon in her hands. it felt so foreign to her. Yet oddly enough at the same time slightly familiar. Had she been a warrior in her previous life? Maybe... but combat felt unfamiliar to her, maybe she had been in charge of troops? Either way that life is behind her. She is a Guardian now and has to get used to that fact. The sky above her grows darker and she calls out her Ghost to bring her back to orbit for a nights rest.
Low Earth Orbit, 80 hours after Rebirth
Darkness enveloped the Guardian as she felt her body lay limply on the ground. Two voices speak in what sounds like a foreign language, yet it also sounds familiar. She feels her finger wrap around the trigger of a weapon before a gunshot rings out and she awakens suddenly.
"Guardian, are you alright? I felt your heart rate increase drastically." her Ghost spoke, voice full of concern, like an old friend that was sent to aid her. "I... bad dream." she mumbled, her voice still sounding as though it were someone elses.
"Should we go back to the Tower? It might be risky to go back to Russia so soon after a scare like that." the Ghost wanted to keep her safe, even after previously stating she cannot die permanently anymore. Not that she wanted to test that...
Angela softly shook her head. She wanted to get to know herself and her permanent ally first before other Guardians. Which was going to be quite a task since Russia and the Tower, the only two places she knew and had been, were always busy with Guardians of varying skill and age.
Seemingly nodding to show it understood, the Ghost once more faded into nothingness.
Former Swiss Overwatch Watchpoint, 30 minutes after the Recall
Angela double checked all the bags in front of her. They were full of her belongings, her research notes, gear and weaponry and her prized Cadeceus staff.
She was ready to get back in the field.
Angela walked through the abandoned Watchpoint. She had already called someone to pick her up and take her to Gibraltar where Winston was located, but she faltered as she walked past the old debriefing room. Memories flashed back as she walked in.
Four days before leaving to stop the Omnic Uprising in Kings Row
"With all that said and done, it is now time to call up you four that will take centre stage for this operation. Reinhardt, you will be taking the lead on this one. Keep your shield up and your wit high.
Torbjorn, you will be going along with them. Only you are crazy enough to know how your payload works. Turret at the ready Engineer!
Mercy, you will be there to keep everyone alive and well. I know you had research to do but this you are the best choice Angela.
Finally, callsign Tracer is going along with this A-level team as her first mission to prove to us all that the Brits can still dominate the battlefield. Stay safe Lena." the Strike Commander finished his briefing as the four chosen soldiers stood and stepped towards the stage.
Ana Amari and Gabriel Reyes stood up as well and walked atop the stage.
"To the rest of you, continue your work. To you four, get ready and gear up. Meet us in the training hall in half an hour." Amari spoke and smiled down at the four as the others in the room walked away.
The three commanding officers nodded to eachother and stepped out of the room to discuss the upcoming strike. Reinhardt and Torbjorn were discussing the mission between themselves. Angela walked over beside the young Brit and put her arm on the young girls shoulder.
"Lena, I cannot wait to work alongside you here. I know you will prove yourself a worthy ally and a daring foe."
Angela spoke softly to the young Brit and smiled as she did so. Lenas nerves seemed to melt away as she looked up at the doctor, her blonde hair covering one eye as she moved it out of the way.
"You really think so?"
Former Swiss Overwatch Watchpoint, 30 minutes after the Recall
"I know so..." Angela repeated the phrase she had said to Lena all those years ago before the other soldiers had walked over to the pair and they all began to converse.
We came so far back then just to lose it all. They might call us criminals but we will do good again!
"Overwatch, protecting the innocent." she said out loud to the empty and lifeless room.
To the guest who reviewed, first thanks for being so speedy for a lengthy and in depth review. Second, I didn't decide to make Mercy a Hunter in this story because of the staff. I made her a hunter because thats the route I went in game when I originally mafe my Guardian. When I got Destiny 2 I knew none of the lore, it was from a friends reccomendation I decided to buy and play the game.
When it came time to create my Guardian I chose Hunter because it looked the most fun and I chose to base her off Mercy because I am addicted to Overwatch. Once I decided to write this story she was already engrained into my mind as a hunter from completing the Red War and various side quests.
I have since created two more Guardians of the two other types, one of which my design was loosely based on Tracer and I do agree that Warlock is a much better fit for Mercy, but I'm sticking to Hunter. For one its my most experienced class of Guardian so the easiest to write and for two... I see this Guardian Angel as an outcast. The other Guardians are mainly warriors, fighters from the Golden Age. Angela? She is a doctor from a time long before the Traveller. So it seems fitting she would be in a class that doesn't entirely fit her.
As for the armour, one I am definetrly going to try get that for my Warlock, and two, I wrote it as having healing properties because... it just makes sense. Mercy has a passive ability to regenerate health after 1 second of no damage being taken. When using her new Valkrie ultimate she is constantly healing and the Valkrie ult increases her armours ability to its peak potential, which means her self healing came from her armour all along. And this fact combined with the fact Sombras hack disables all abilities (except passive I believe, but thats just for gameplay imo) just makes it all work in my eyes.
So again, thank you for the review and I have considered changing her to a Warlock for the story, but I prefer the idea of her being a Hunter.
To TheReaderOfTheThings, there are and will continue to be a lot of time shifts. Its the nature of the story and the opening to Destiny 2, which is what inspired this writing style. And as seen in this chapter the various plots all have a lot of time within them.
From here on I plan to update this story at least once every two weeks and at most once a month. While other writers can get better and longer chapters in less time, I am one who bulk writes one day and dissapears for a few again.
Finally, as seen a few paragraphs above, I am answering reviews at the end of chapters, I feel it is much nicer for readers to get right into the action.
Until next time, I have been CrazyGamerJack, hope you enjoy and see you in the next one!
