"How did she get away?" 76 asked in disbelief.

"She caught me by surprise. Even with the new hand and gloves, I still couldn't shift the tide." Burr said as he rubbed his head with ice. "It doesn't matter now. She's gone."

"Gone? Talon's most feared assassin that not only escaped our grasp, but also slaughtered many others last night." 76 stated. Burr got up. "I know, I know. The reports Noah sent me confirm that Vishkar private security were killed last night and it would seem strange that the assassin didn't take them out. However she could just stand as a distraction for something else."

"Explain." Ana said. Burr sat up and put his ice pack down. "The thing is that the U.N basically has an army securing them and we're just the icing on the cake. Why would Talon send Widowmaker with no back up?"

"She's good, but not that good. Perhaps she has reinforcements surrounding the area."

"After Egypt? No offense, but we did a lot of damage out. It'd take them another month to amass something similar." Tracer chipped in. Winston came up. "She's right. Despite how bloody the battle was and what happened on our side, Talon dealt with a considerably high blow plus defeating Reaper thanks to Burr and Noah may have demoralized their own troops."

"Here that bud?" Noah chuckled. "Of course. We got spooky man good that day. I think. Still carrying on the conversation, it might be that they've brought someone else to the fray."

"Does it matter? Widowmaker is there. I'm already preparing my armor for the mission."

"No. This mission does not concern you Fareeha. You should stay there and monitor."

"Staying still is not my biggest strength mother. I'm already preparing a ship."

"Noah, stop her."

"Can't too weak besides even if I was able to, she'd beat the crap out of me. Look Ana, Fareeha's coming to America. I've estimated she'll arrive just before the meeting, so adjust your plans with her in it."

"Is her armor even ready?"

"Of course not! I seen what Reaper did to it. We still need a bit more time to fully prepare it, but Fareeha doesn't the armor. She's strong without it." Noah gave an encouraging thumbs up where Fareeha smiled warmly at. She disappeared and Noah turned back to the others. "Now where were we? Oh right, Widow's plan. Burr you've worked with her. How would she execute this?"

"She wouldn't." Burr began thinking more and more and it was easy to see this as a fool's errand even by someone as skilled as Widowmaker. "I mean I expected some kind of attack, but she's only picked off security guards that weren't even here. Weeding out forces would be smart, but this is the United Nations. The best of the best protect the people here and even Widow would call this impossible. It's unlikely Reaper's here either. The bastard has a love for the theatrics."

"How unlikely? Burr, this is the perfect place for theatrics."

"Because he wasn't there when Widow was spotted. He would've gladly appeared on everything and shoot us straight to hell. That man will do his best to ensure that we know he's after us."

"Fair point, but who is here? We can conclude Talon won't attack, Reaper isn't here, and other organizations are too smart to attack here. Who would be stupid enough to…" Burr stopped Ana and got an idea.

"Noah, where was the last sighting of the criminals Junkrat and Roadhog?"

76 stepped up. "You think they'd come here? That's a huge jump." Tracer shrugged. "Winston and I met them a couple of times. They definitely fit the standards of being stupid enough to attack here."

"Yorktown, Virginia. The last sighting was there. And before it was South Carolina and before that was Georgia. They were moving up the coastline. They're probably in the city as of right now!"

76 and Ana stood up. "Then we hunt them."

"No, 76. You two are too new. People still fear 76 and Ana we need you here incase Widow does attack. We need our sniper. Look none of us can leave without leaving the group vulnerable. Our best chance is to defend any entry." Winston said. Burr agreed. "Noah keep us informed if any sightings of the two appear."

"Got it. And guys, stay safe." He hung up and everyone else got ready. Noah pulled up multiple traffic cams. Fareeha tapped his shoulder. "I'm sorry to be leaving you here by yourself."

"What? Ah come pal, I'm fine. You need to focus and help everyone else out." He stood up and Fareeha in old Overwatch soldier armor. "Wow, don't you look intimidating."

"Thanks. I'm going to strike fear by dressing up in blue vests." Noah looked at her and got an idea. "Hey, help me over there." She made sure he didn't fall when he came to the clothes case. "Why don't you look a little more official."

He pulled out an old coat with tails that fall to the back of her knees.. A familiar one though. "Noah...that's-" He placed it over her shoulders and took a step back. "There we go. Nice. A little on the nose on blue, but hey you look official."

"Thank you." Noah held up his hand and reached for a cabinet. He pulled out his repaired grapple gun. "Here. I think you might find some use of this."

"You're spoiling me Noah, but thank you." The agent winked and straightened her coat. "There you are. Nice and battle ready." Fareeha looked at herself and realized she was just missing the cap. The cap would make her almost a spliting image of her mother.

"Well, come on. I wanna see you off."

"Are you that eager to get rid of me?" Fareeha asked. "Of course not. I actually like having you around. You've been a great friend with all that's going on. It's a little hard to see you leave." A happy tone with a hint of real intent.

"Oh. You're welcome." The two made it to the hangar and Noah opened the ship. "Alright, here you go pal." She went up to board it but felt a hand grab her. She turned to see Noah with a concerned look on his face. "Please be careful. I know you'll be fine, but...you never know."

The woman smiled and reassured him. "I'll be fine. Just do your job and I'll do mine."

"I know, I know. It's just...I care too much for you guys. I know you'll be fine, I just can't, um, how do I say this?" She smiled and brought him in for a side hug. "I will be fine. Everyone else is there and besides I promise if things get too hot I'll leave."

"Don't give promises I know you'll break." She shrugged. "Worth a shot. Now get going and make sure you find any suspicious activity."

"Of course. Stay safe Fareeha."

"I will." They held a gaze for what seemed to last quite a while. Noah felt a familiar warmth when looking at Fareeha, but he quickly brushed it aside. Fareeha didn't bother ignoring the expression on his face and slowly turned and boarded the ship. He watched the ship fly off and find himself basically alone in the base. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before walking in and getting back to work.

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Burr fell back onto the couch with Lucio playing soothing beats. "That sounds rough. So your head should feel better in a couple more minutes."

"Thanks Lucio. Hopefully the only person we'll actually have to deal with is Symmetra." Lucio chuckled. "Yeah. That would be the only probably. I almost wish for Roadhog and Junkrat." The two shared a laugh before realizing they were between a rock and a hard place.

"So Lucio, what's your beef Symmetra? She hasn't done anything to you personally, right?"

"She works with Vishkar Corp. And those guys are humongous dicks. My home in Brazil was tore down, people were being exploited for cheap labor, and everything was just going into a destructive hell."

"And then you took some of their equipment and became a revolutionary in your home. No matter how many times I hear that I'm always astounded." Lucio pulled out his gun and examined it. He's done a lot of good with it and he was proud to hold it every day. "What about you? From what I've seen she isn't the biggest fan of you."

"No she isn't." Burr lifted the hem of his shirt and pointed to a scar at his lower abdomen. "One of her turrets got me right there. A very difficult thing to dodge." Lucio whistled and took a closer look at it.

"How did you get one of those? What did you do?" Burr laughed at the very painful memories of getting those scars. A job went wrong, an argument broke out, and…it was something he was both grateful and regretful for. "I did a lot of things getting these scars. Let's just say I'm glad I got them."

The door opened and it was Tracer. "You guys ready? Noah told me Fareeha is gonna be arriving in the next couple of minutes then the meeting will begin. You feeling alright?" Burr stood up and stretched his arms. "Course I'm alright. One measly headbutt's notgonna stop me."

The three got dressed for the part. Tracer just adjusted her chronal accelerator, Lucio tied his hair back, and Burr fixed his tie. They were mission ready, but they still had to appear formal.

Meanwhile Soldier 76 and Ana were waiting with Winston outside for Fareeha. 76 and Winston were calm, but Ana was fidgeting in the very slightest. Burr told her that Fareeha wanted to be part of this mission, but seemed reasonably restrained when she heard Ana was part of it. It wasn't disappearing and hurting Fareeha that bothered Ana, it was being reintegrated back into her life. The two shared their arguments on Fareeha's life goals on protecting fighting and Ana's dream of a life of peace for her daughter. Perhaps some time together will begin the mending process.

"This seems surreal doesn't it 76." Winston was still in earshot and she wasn't going to expose Jack's secret. That was up to him. "In what way?"

"Ever imagine being here? With Overwatch?" 76 raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "I'm only here to fix my mistakes. Once that's done, I'm done."

"You seem so sure. What makes you think you're done?"

"Believe it or not we're capable of aging." Ana chuckled at that. He seemed more relaxed whenever she talked to him. Give it any other agent, he would've given basic answers with no sense of his true feelings behind it. "It would seem retirement would be nice, though given this day and age; kids today need a little more guidance."

"Kid's today are idealistic and hopeful. Not bad for a first step, we can teach them better." 76 looked up to the sky and found an approaching drop ship. "Good she's arrived."

Winston walked up with U.N. troops saluting at the gorilla as he passed by. The ship dropped in and the hatch opened. Winston and the others were taken back by how familiar Fareeha looked.

"Fareeha. I'm glad you could make it."

"I'm glad to be a part of it." She pressed a button in the hatch and the autopilot engaged. It lifted itself up and flew back to the base. Winston walked with her as they approached 76 and Ana.

"Good to see you join us, Amari."

"76." She turned to her mother who was smiling gently at her appearance. "Good afternoon Fareeha. I trust the trip was fine."

"Of course, let's begin. Mother." The four walked in and suddenly Fareeha's comm went off. Ana looked to see her answer.

"No, no. I didn't forget anything." Fareeha answered. "Yes, that would be embarrassing if I did, but I didn't...just focus and keep an eye out...I see what you did there, but no we got work to do...I think you just called in to make that joke...I'll keep you updated till then. See you later." Ana smiled. Seemed her companion was a little concerned. A kind gesture.

They walked down the halls and bumped into Symmetra who seemed furious. "Pardon me."

"Please understand we will conduct a full investigation, but we must question your superiors as well."

"How can that be? Men and women were murdered by an assassin according to your friends in Overwatch. I do not see how you could question my superiors." The official was doing his best to seem unphased, but was failing with each passing second. "Because we wanted to their intent. They had their eyes on our other guests and tracked one of them when he left the building. It falls completely in our right to question why."

"It is a mistake. You would be wasting your time."

Fareeha stepped up and stopped the two from arguing anymore. "Captain Amari!"

"That's enough. We have enough tension as it is. I think we all could move this discussion to another time." She glared at Symmetra angrily. "And as for questioning, this could fall under Overwatch's investigation at any time. Especially since you were spying on us."

"Do not attempt to step in this situation. Your organization is the last thing we want to deal with."

"Then let things go as they will. Otherwise we'll step in." Symmetra looked furious at the what she was facing. She walked past Fareeha and the other agents without another word. Fareeha shook her head and faced the official. "Apologies. I did not mean to interrupt your conversation, but our focus is needed elsewhere."

"No that's was fine. It's just that now we've doubled security because of this attack. Thank you again." He left and the others looked at her with surprise. "What? Diplomacy has its merit."

"That was exceptional." Ana said and Fareeha looked away with a blush. Though it seemed she was giving her mother the cold shoulder, Ana could see a small smile on her face. The woman was happy to hear that.

"Oi, Fareeha!" A blue light flashed before them just to see Tracer smiling. "Don't you looking fetching."

"Thank you Tracer. To you as well." Burr and Lucio quickly followed up and greeted Fareeha. They all went over the plan and soon the group dispersed to their positions. The minutes turned into hours as U.N officials dropped in, took their seats, and waited for others to arrive. Most journalists and some of the population tuned in to hear what's going to happen for the fate of Omnic and human relations.

Noah watched on the TV and propped his feet up. He held open radio with the absent Overwatch members not there and keeping them informed. McCree was with Genji as the two wandered the plains in search of someone. Reinhardt and Zarya were defending innocents from riots bursting out in western Europe. Angela was in Egypt providing medical help.

"I would first like to say before we begin this meeting, we are glad to have the agents of Overwatch be here defending us while we discuss the topic of martial law for both Omnics and human."

A few leaders voiced their concerns, but the majority quickly silenced them. Noah and Burr smiled at the exact same time. Overwatch was back and they were now acknowledged. "Now, now. The discussion of the official reinstatement of Overwatch will be a topic for another day. For now let us focus on what we are to focus on. Lately the world has been hanging in the balance of another Omni Crisis. It is reasonable we do not have to bring up the bloody past."

"These sanctions to control them is needed! Omnics and humans were not meant to walk as equals! I say we do away with efforts of integration and employ back segregation. Our kind cannot risk being with these machines."

"Are you mad?! Separation is the last thing we need. We should focus more on finding peaceful ways to talk between our kinds. We, Omnics, have more than enough humanity to meet as equals. Please just listen."

"I agree with the Omnic leader. We have had bad blood between us for too long. It is time to bury the hatchet and move on from what remains of our past."

"Traitor! The only reason you defend them is because your nation relies on Omnic technology to stay afloat. They got you in their back pocket." Burr, Tracer, Fareeha, and Lucio were in the crowd watching the discourse happen. Burr seemed to be nodding off along with Tracer. Lucio and Fareeha kept a keen eye on things and kept in quiet while the proceedings happened.

An hour later a sniper took her position in a building over a few hundred meters away from the meeting. Her scope zoomed in on all the leaders with their hearts in the center of her reticle.

"Hey Widow, you ready to see some fireworks?"

"That depends is your voice going to be silent while I take my shots?"

"I dunno. That depends if you intend on following Burr's offer. You seemed rather touched by his declaration to protect you."

"He is a fool. There's no coming back for me and this shot will prove it." Sombra watched Widowmaker place a finger on the trigger and steadily pushed it. However she noticed that there wasn't enough pressure on the trigger. She took a deep breath and found Burr standing next to his comrades. She aimed between his eyes and imagined pulling the trigger there. Her targets would live, but that man will have been removed from the equation. Widow found herself trying to squeeze the trigger, but couldn't. It was frustrating the assassin. "Aren't you gonna fire?"

"I will! Just where are the other two? I need this shot to be silenced underneath all the explosions." Sombra pulled up footage of an escape tunnel underneath the U.N building where it showed Roadhog and Junkrat. The two were in New York for sometime before the agents of Overwatch arrived, but kept things silent on the down low. Everything they've done was done quietly. Not their style, but it was for something bigger. "You two ready? It's almost show time."

"Hell yeah, we're ready! Oh can taste all the sweet things we can get once we're paid. We ready, Roadie?"

Grumbling answered Junkrat. "We're all ready darling. Let's do this!" Sombra gave the go and the two pressed a button. Charges placed all over the structure supports blew up and the building groaned. Smoke and fire flew high into the air and into many personnel there. Burr and the others were taken aback by the sudden explosion shattered the glass.

The news captured it and Noah sat up with fear as he saw the building come aflame. "GUYS!" Everyone was in panic with everyone scrambling to safety. 76 and Ana ran back into the building to help evacuate with the others. Noah scanned the cameras as he could see many people leaving the building. Several bodies were found, but he couldn't identify them. Going deeper underground, Noah found two shadows in a camera. One big, one small. He zoomed in, but a skull appeared and blocked his view. It was easy to identify how that was.

"Sombra!" Noah yelled. The hacker laughed and pitched in. "Sorry amigo, but this one thing you can't do."

"My friends are in danger. Patch me back in." He growled. Sombra rolled around in her chair and considered it. "You'll get point of view. Don't worry I got the best views."

"Can I contact my allies?"

"Try."

"Burr, Burr! They're on the lower floors! You need to head to the lower floors and stop them there!" Sombra switched to a shot of Burr. The agent was helping several people up and didn't seem to hear Noah. Actually it seemed he was trying to call Noah. "You bitch. I need to talk to them."

"I know, but just for calling me a bitch, I'll hold you off for five minutes."

"Five minutes? Fine." Sombra pulled up a timer. "Five minutes is a long time."

"I...I believe in them. They can take on your two idiots. Just you wait." Sombra loved his spirit. It made things interesting

Across the U.N. building, Widowmaker took aim. Most leaders were gone, but she just needed to take out one. No matter how insignificant they were, a leader was still a leader. The bombs were strategically placed to cause panic. Though only maybe a few of the lesser known staff were down.

"I'm asking you as a friend not anything more to just leave Talon. You don't have to be tethered to them." She imagined Burr looking at her right now. He acted so familiar. Too similar to, "Amélie, I'm not Gerard."

'Of course you're not, but still. What if-what if I throw away my shot, where will I go? He cannot defend me from everybody, but Talon...fails to hold me down. I can feel things.' Her mind was wrestling with such choices that she furiously took aim and fired one round. The bullet whistled through the air, cutting through the space between it and its target. The bullet grazed and left a scratch on an Omnic running from the building. That infuriated her.

"Damner tout!" She tossed her rifle onto the floor, clutching her head. "Va te faire foutre Burr! Va te faire enculer et vos mots!" Her brief breakdown ended when she punched a wall hard enough for her fist to go through. His words kept repeating in her mind as Sombra watched her. She whistled at the results and called in.

"Hey Widow? Are you alright?"

"I'm-!" The assassin stopped herself when she felt a throbbing pain in her hand. The pain subsided and she once again felt nothing. "I'm fine."

"How so?" Widow took one last aim at the panic and fired three rounds. Behind the noise and all the destruction several leaders fell under the assassin's bullet. She could almost see the light of life snuffed out in an instant. The thrill of the kill sent chills through her body, but seemed rather dulled by what part of her mind thinks. A burnt bridge.

"Whoa." Widowmaker knew her job was done. The terror attack and the death of another more of their opponents would satisfy her superiors. "For a second there, I thought you were going to run away with your boyfriend."

"He will do nothing, has nothing, and is nothing. It doesn't matter anymore." The night before, Burr lingering on their photo together and how he still showed mercy stuck with her. "There is nothing he can do to make me leave."

"If you say so." Sombra left the conversation leaving Widowmaker alone. The assassin smirked at a job well done and didn't notice a few tears streaming down her cheeks. Flashes of Gerard and Burr flashed in her mind, but she quickly buried those feelings. She was the perfect assassin, the perfect assassin did not let feelings run her life. No matter how happy she felt with either man they couldn't change who she was.

Sombra felt a little disappointed in the resolution. Her timer beeped and she remembered her other friend in Overwatch. The hacker released the barriers and let communication flow again. Behind her a man was watching the screens. He smiled and pulled up his phone.

"Commence the Operation. Take him in." Hidden on the cliffsides was a wraith snaking its way into the vents of Gibraltar.

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Burr finally managed to move the others away when he heard static. "Bu-can yo-ad me?"

"Noah?" He answered. Noah smiled at the response and went back to work with whatever energy he can muster. "Great, I got a hold of you. Something went wrong with our comms and I've been trying to fix it."

"Whatever I don't care. Look do you know where the cause is? Is it Junkrat and Roadhog?" A loud crash was heard as he could hear 76 grunt. He ran out to the door and pushed it to see 76 be thrown to the wall. "Nevermind I see them."

"Of course you do." He turned to see Symmetra at his side. He flinched at her appearance as she built hard light projections around them. "Do not mistake my assistance. I'm simply here to ensure these trespassers face punishment."

"Sure. Whatever you say." He pushed the doors opened and saw a full scale battle happening. Winston and Roadhog locked together. The scientist was red as he pushed Roadhog away and roared. Tracer and Fareeha were dealing with Junkrat who kept throwing miniature bombs at them.

"Nice try sweet hearts, but you'll need to try harder!" He laughed. Burr pulled out his gun took aim at Junkrat. Symmetra stopped him. "Don't be a fool. If intend to rush him, be protected." Her hand glowed with blue energy as a shield was granted upon Burr.

"Oh...thanks." She glared at him and pointed to the battle. He ran away from her as fast as possible since these events were getting out of control. Junkrat saw him coming and fired a grenade. Burr crossed his arms and the shield took the brunt of the explosion. The surprise on Junkrat's face was enough for Tracer and Fareeha to take him down. Tracer disarmed him and struck him hard in the gut.

He lurched back before coming back swinging. Fareeha rushed in and blocked it. Using her training, she placed several hard strikes to his ribs and face. Finally she placed a palm on his neck and pushed down while sweeping him off his feet. He hit the ground hard and barely conscious. "That fuckin sucked."

Burr stood up and dusted off his coat. "Always a pleasure to see professionals at work." Tracer gave him a thumbs up while Fareeha massaged her knuckles. "What about the others?"

"Look out!" Tracer grabbed them both and forced them to duck. They saw Winston fly through the air and into a wall with his primal rage wearing down. Tracer blinked next to him and helped him up. "Winston, you alright?"

"Of course. Just a little sore in some places." He groaned and got up. Fareeha and Burr ran up to Roadhog and saw him taking on 76. 76 was dodging each strike Roadhog was dealing out with his hook. "Stay still!"

76 looked behind him and moved out of the way. Behind him turrets were placed on the pillars and looking down at Roadhog. Symmetra stepped up and smiled. "Enough of this foolishness."

The machines hummed before firing their beams right at Roadhog. Burr froze at the sight when the light died down. Roadhog was on the floor barely breathing. Symmetra stepped up and looked at him curiously. "You seem to be rather stubborn."

"Stop!" Burr yelled. Symmetra glanced at him before leaving the defeated Roadhog on the ground. Burr looked down and saw the damage. "Jesus Christ, you almost burnt him to a crisp. We need him stabilized. Noah, get me Lucio or Ana! 76 give me a biotic field." Symmetra rolled her eyes, but seemed a little taken back how much damage she did. 76 complied and placed the canister on the floor.

It slowed the damage down and everyone watched for any vital fallings. Even Junkrat. "Roadie! You bitch." Fareeha tightened her grip in his hold while they waited.

A few seconds later, skates were heard as Lucio came in. "I'm here, I'm here. Let me take care of this." The local authorities and the U.N's personal security came in and detained Junkrat and Roadhog who was being transferred to a nearby hospital before detainment. Burr looked around him at the partially destroyed building. He could feel eyes were on him as he looked a mess in front of the world media. He walked away from them and called for Ana. She missing during the battle. He wanted to know why.

Walking back into the meeting hall, Burr was greeted with sight of the American President, the Omnic leader of Numbali, and the Prime Minister of India. Ana was inspecting the bodies when Burr ran up to her. "Ana! Thank God I thought something happened to you."

"I'm fine. These people aren't." She moved one of them over and Burr could see a bullet hole exiting the front of his head. She rolled the other bodies and he could see the same hole. His fists clenched because he knew only one person could make this shot. "Amélie."

"Yes Widowmaker shot these men. Those two were diversions."

"Were you looking for her?"

"After I helped the people escape, yes. Though I was too late when I saw these leaders down."

The two heard the doors open as other officials, security, reporters, and the other agents make their way into the room. Screams of shock, anger, and sadness could be heard echoing in the chambers. The more hostile people were pointing fingers at the Overwatch agents, still determined defenders tried stopping them, but the cameras were rolling. On every news site and channel, the defeated faces of Burr and the others were on clear display. Headlines of failure at the U.N. appeared and all Overwatch supporters, un-official branches or regular people, were down.

When a shot of Tracer's depressed face was shown, Emily reached out to reach for her girlfriend. She wanted nothing more than to comfort her lover. Noah had the other agents on video chat and they all watched it. Genji and McCree were silent, but McCree's expression told it all. Reinhardt and Zarya were furious and disheartened by the events. Hana stopped her charity streams at the events.

Angela stood frozen. "My God." Noah felt horrible. Everything seemed ruined under smoke and three bullets. "Angela...what're we gonna do?"

"I...I don't know. I'm going to shut down this channel for now. I'm going to check up on them." Noah put his head in his hands. They shook just holding the weight of his head, but in his mind it might as well have been holding all the weight of the problems. This was not what he expected. "Burr. Burr do you read me?"

"Not now." He sounded disheartened. Noah saw the bodies and heard Ana confirm it was Widowmaker. The broken tone could be linked to her. Especially since he heard Burr's promise of protection. "Just stay strong pal. Ok?"

He left Burr and switched over to Tracer. "Lena, Lena can you hear me?"

"Ello Noah." He sighed and tried his best to think of something. "You, uh, okay? I saw the battle and I thought you were a goner."

"Ha, come on you know me. Too fast for that wanker to hit me." He smiled and joked with her. A sad Lena was something he didn't want to encounter. "Well I'm gonna check up on the others and talk to them."

And he did. They were disheartened, but Ana and Winston seemed the more hopeful. 76 was just as discouraged as Burr. Noah stopped him before he got taken over by negative thoughts.

"Hello?"

"Hey Fareeha. How goes the mission?" He could almost see her rolling her eyes. "What do you think?"

"Right, right. Sorry to ask. I'm sorry about how things turned out." He looked up and saw the news headlines.

Overwatch's Failure. Leaders Slain, Where Were They?, Debate Over Their Stay, Was It Right To Call Them Back?

"The media is running with this hard." Noah took a deep breath. "I'm going to return tomorrow evening."

"What, why?" Fareeha's frustration could be felt. "I just need to get back to the base, alright. I'll see tomorrow." She turned her comms off before Noah could stop her. His phone rang and he took a glance at the contact. Sombra. Anger ran through him as he answered the phone.

"The hell do you want?"

"Whoa calm down. I just came with an update on your mystery glove owner."

"Keep it. After what you guys did, I'm done."

"Really? You're just ending it right here. I thought you wanted some answers about your past." She seemed appalled by the his mood.

"I do, but my friends need me. So take your answers and piss off."

"You know, I thought she wouldn't fire." He almost hung up before putting the phone against his ear. "What?"

Sombra pondered on memories of Burr's infiltration. "Widow. I thought she wouldn't complete her job. You may not know it, but when Burr was here they were very close. It's almost tragic to look at it now."

Noah almost calmed down. "You expect me to believe that, Widow hesitated. I thought the perfect assassin wouldn't hesitate." Their first and hopefully only fight spoke volumes on the lack of hesitation she had.

"You'd be surprised."

"I'm sure I would be. It doesn't matter. Look I've got other things to take care of. So excuse me while I try to do my job."

"That'll have to wait." A raspy voice said. Noah turned around and found Reaper there with his guns out. "Hello Noah. You seem to be recovering rather nicely." Sombra could hear Reaper and was terribly surprised by that.

Noah stumbled back and hit the keyboard. "Athena! Alert-!" Reaper grabbed his head and slammed it into the desk. Lights and blood was all he could see when Reaper lifted him up. Noah swung and Reaper caught his arm. "Even in this state you try to fight."

The blow to the head was making him fade in and out, but with the last bit of strength he moved his hand and hit Contact Emergency.

-Overwatch Agents Alerted. Base Infiltrated.- Athena spoke. This alerted the other agents of what was going on, but Reaper laughed. "Call them, it won't matter in the end."

"You know I expect Amari to stay here when the others left, but this works just as well." Noah cringed at being held in his grip again. He struck Reaper a couple times, but his strength failed him. Reaper chuckled and chucked him across the room. Noah crashed into piles of Winston's books and clean glass beakers. The books bruised while the glass cut. He reached up and felt blood drip down his forehead. His glasses were knocked off and the light was not helping him.

He found an emergency gun on the floor which he seemed to have knocked over when Reaper threw him. He reached for it and turned to Reaper. The enforcer turned into his wraith form and phased through the table.

Noah didn't even fire a round as Reaper kicked gun out of his hands and stepped on his wrist. A painful crunch could be heard as Reaper looked at the arm he broke last time. "The doctor seemed to do a fine job. Let's undo that shall we." Another loud bone-cracking sound was heard clear in Noah's head as Reaper broke his arm again.

The pain was too much and Noah passed out. Reaper lifted him over his shoulder and picked up his phone. "Sombra. Thanks for the distraction." Before leaving he picked up a pair of his goggles on the workbench.

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Everyone was looking at their communicators at the emergency alert when a chill went through some of their spines. Burr, Fareeha, and Tracer were one of the first people to try and contact the base to hear no answer. Winston called Athena and the AI responded.

"Athena, what's going on? Why did the alarm go off?"

"Familiar Entity which we have identified as Reaper has seen inside the base." Everyone's blood ran cold. All the agents were listening. Those who were and were not at the U.N. understood what that meant. Angela dropped her staff and tried calling the base directly. Genji and McCree summoned their dropship. Fareeha already left the group, running to her own dropship with Tracer following her.

Burr fell to his knees. This couldn't be happening. Reaper. Noah. Gibraltar. Alone. The self defense measurements should've activated, the sensors would've gone off. How come they didn't? How did everything go to hell so fast?

Ana put a hand on his shoulder. "Go back. We'll handle the mess here." He didn't need to be told twice as Burr ran out the room without stopping to catch up to Fareeha and Tracer. This couldn't be happening. No way, why now? Widowmaker burns their bridge, Overwatch's reputation takes a serious blow, his best friend kidnapped. His fears were becoming more and more a reality.

He hopped over desks, flower stands, and shoved people out of the way as he tried to catch up with Fareeha and Lena. Clammering up to the port, he saw Fareeha and Tracer begin lift off. He jumped up and grabbed the side. Fareeha gave a yelp of surprise as she quickly recovered and pulled him up.

"Tracer, get us there as fast as you can!" Fareeha helped him strap down when the ship flew faster through the sky. Burr looked at his hands and could almost feel tears well up. "Noah. Please don't be a corpse when we get there. Please, please, please, please." He pleaded.

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Well that was a fun chapter. Anyways special announcement! You'll love this: Among Heroes will be going on HIATUS! Yay!

Okay let's be truthful here. These past few chapters I've been dealing with writer's block. The greatest thing since anxiety, inspiration deprevatation, and literally anything that hurts creativity. These last few chapters have been great, but I feel their quality lacks and some may have a problem with it. The thing is most of this story has been fueled by two things: creative overload and audience participation.

I love it when you people leave your reviews. It inspires me to do better, to improve or change, and allows us to have something to talk about. And since the last two or three chapters, I understand that I'm not putting out the best and I apologize for that. I hope when the next chapter comes back it'll be interesting fresh and new.

Anyways enough with getting that off my chest, please remember to leave a review if you have an opinion, follow/fav for updates, and I'll see you all in the next chapter. Ciao!