She dangled for a good few moments as her hands clamped around the handle of the whip, "Are you ok?" Laios voice echoed in her ears.
Victoria swung her legs up as she dangled, "Yeah... I fuck... this is terrifying," she whimpered as she swung herself like she was on a swing she started going vertical with the arm.
"Come on girl," Laio growled into the comms, watching Victoria from his perch on the other arm his sword dug into the metal of the omnic keeping himself balanced.
"Whats going on down there?" Gabriel's voice was clear to both of them.
Victoria screeched as she slammed against the metal arm as she fully swung herself around, "VICTORIA!" Jack yelled.
"I'm fine... just a heavy landing that's all," she grunted and pushed herself up onto her feet her hand still around the handle of the whip.
She tapped her heels together and the tiny engine roar of her boots, she turned off the energy of the whip as she zipped off at full speed up the arm. "Victoria," Laio warned.
"Keep up old man," She told him as she balanced as best as she could up the arm, she threw the whip forward wrapping around the omnics what would be classed as the omnics bicep and stepped off the omnics arms flying through the air. Her feet hit the omnics chest pushing herself up to walk across the omnics chest plate, the head tilted down looking at her then it turned its head towards Laio.
"Commander I think it's stopped us," Laio told them.
"Hold tight you two there is a large chance this is going to be a bumpy ride for the both of you," thire commander told them.
Victoria pushed up practically leaping up the omnics chest, the titan swung its arm out to the side Victorias feet slipped sending her swinging back the other direction. The drag weight from the destroyed parachute that sat on her back dangled down in the air. "Can not work like this," she growled she tugged the whip slightly giving it a strong tug she could hear the energy burning against the metal.
"You good?" Laio asked.
Victoria bent herself in half lifting her legs up in the air as she shifted one arm wiggling it about in the air as she looked back seeing Laio in the same situation as her, "yeah... a Lil bit of motion sickness, though..."
"Same," he chuckled, Victoria's eyes widened as she watched Laio throw himself up into the air his parachute fell to the ground as it slipped off his back. Victoria's own parachute slipped down her free arm but her eyes didn't leave Laios form as it seemed like he froze mid air giving him the opportunity to push forward and grabbed hold of the arm pulling himself back up. Victoria switched arms allowing her own parachute to fall to the ground, she felt her vision blur for a few moments before she pulled herself up slightly enough for her boots to touch the underside of the titans bicep. Slamming her heels together the shoes roared to life sending her sailing round the titans arm to stand on top of the bicep at an awkward downward angle her hair slammed into the front of her face. "Next fight remind me... motion sickness pills," Victoria murmured.
"You two get to it!" Gabriel yelled.
"Right," they both stated.
A small buzzing sound sounded the joints and small gaps of the titan buzzed a bright blue color, "Torbjion you seeing this?" Victoria asked.
"Aye think its time to use that little device of yours see if it works," Torbjion answered her.
Victoria pulled the black box out of her pocket, Laio smiled at both holdings on tight. The titan violently swung its arm around making both Overwatch members drop to their knees holding on tight. The wind ripped past the both of their ears they couldn't hear the comms. "HEADS UP!" Victoria yelled, "Might want to close your eyes for this!"
Kissing the black box she pressed the small indent on the side before throwing it at the red interface of the omnic, her hair felt like it was standing on end as the box slammed into the glass. A bright light filled both Victorias and Laios vision, both holding a hand over their eyes.
Static continued to fill the air as the light died down, she blinked a few times adjusting her eyesight to the sun. The hair on her arms stood on end as she looked at the joints seeing the bright blue color had died down. A large clicking sound filled both Victorias and Laios ears, the shoulder panels fell away revealing a truckload of heat seeking missiles.
"Commander... we have a problem," Laio groaned.
Gabriel pushed himself out of his seat leaning over the pilot looking down at the titan as they circled above the omnic, looking at the missiles that seemed to be trained on Laio and Victoria. "Jack you seeing this?" Gabriel asked, taking hold of one of the straps near the door keeping himself steady as the pilot twisted the plane to now circle the titans head. Locking onto the titans head, Gabriel released a hail of armor piercing bullets. Gabriel noted the seven jet fighters all did the same.
"Victoria hold on," he heard Laio ordered her over the comms, Gabriel noticed why as the arm swung upwards.
"Shit," her voice hissed over the comms.
"Pilots swoop under the arms, shooters aim at the chests need to get those two back on level footing," Reyes ordered through the comms, "Ana, Torbjion found the hatch?"
"Sorry commander no," Ana answered.
"Keep looking the sooner we get those two in there the better," Gabriel told them, he was suddenly thrown to the side as the pilot sent the jet fighter into a nose dive.
"COMMANDER I SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE A SEAT, THREE AND FOUR TAKE OUT THOSE MISSILES!" The pilot yelled.
"Gabriel," Anas voice sounded, "You seem to be winding the omnic up."
"Need to keep its attention on us," he grunted as the pilot suddenly pulled up nearly throwing Gabriel to the back of the small plane.
"I agree with Gabe," Jack told them, "Victoria and Laio need to not be on the radar."
"I am standing on the omnics pissing arm, VICTORIA DON'T!" Laio yelled.
Victorias gleeful giggle sounded through the comms lines, Gabriel was able to throw himself forward to peer over the pilot looking down at the two of them.
Victoria had jammed a combat knife into the armor plating, in the seem she was pushing down on the blade with her boot the whip was wound tightly around the bicep. "If we can get through to the power it could," she was cut off by her own screech, "I DON'T LIKE THIS!" The titan's attention moved from the pilots to Victoria.
"Victoria what have you done!" Laio yelled.
"Ah I knew I forgot to mention something," Torbjion chuckled.
"WHAT!" four of the seven members yelled.
"The titans have another defense mechanism, for stealth omnics similar to Victorias and Laios fighting style, as known the nanobot technology pattern originated from," Torbjion started to explain.
"GET TO THE POINT!" Jack ordered.
"Small nanobots are going to try to eat your fiance's feet," Torbjion snapped.
Gabriel could see what Torbjion was going on about the Titans interface was blaring red, it swung his arm upwards, "Jack," Gabriel warned.
"On it," Jack answered, Gabriel watched the fighter Jack was in dive straight into the omnics face unleashing a hellfire of bullets as it went, the titan stopped swinging its arms and unleashed four heat-seeking missiles that locked onto fighter pilot as the jet pulled up inches before it could crash into the titan.
"Fighters take out those missiles," Reyes ordered.
"Yes, commander!"
Gabriel lent against the wall swiping away at his tablet, these fighter jets were small four people could fit in max they were good for stealth and combat which the Un always seemed to boost about. Each jet fighter was equipped with heavy machine guns and four explosive missiles, which Reyes did not want tp use on the titan with Laio and Victoria on the titan the risk of one of these missiles hitting the wrong taret was possible. He shifted the machine gun and released another spray of armor piercing bullets this time aiming straight for the interface. The titan lifted its arms up to shield the interface, "REYES GET IT TO PUT ITS ARMS DOWN!" Laio yelled.
"Oh lord," Victoria whispered.
"You two are doing fine," Ana told them.
"I think I am gonna be sick," Victoria laughed.
Gabriel avoided shooting at the arms instead aiming to shoot down, the large explosions sounded as his own pilot dipped the jet fighter down avoiding another pilot. Looking up Gabriel watched the smoke from the explosion clear as Jacks jet fighter flew overhead.
"You two better want to get a move on," Gabriel told them, as the Titan lifted its arms aiming its artillery at his jet fighter, "Or this is not gonna turn out pretty."
Ana couldn't help but hold her breath as she watched both Laio and Victoria through her scope, they both looked exhausted both spent their mornings fighting Bastions now this afternoon they stood on top of a Titan both struggling to get anywhere closer to it. Her chest was pressed against the side of the hatch on the tank, Torbjion stood on the roof of the tank though they did put a safety harness around him which reminded Ana of Fareeha when she was a toddler. He slammed his hammer down om the turret keeping it in working order the turret was in a state on continuous fire against the titan's legs.
"Reinhardt to the left," Ana ordered him.
"Right away," Reinhardt suddenly slammed hard on the breaks making Ana thank the scientists at Overwatch who created her armor as her shoulders slammed hard into the hatch. She couldn't help but stifle a chuckle as Torbjion knocked side to side as Reinhardt sharply turned left going to circle the titan again.
"CAREFUL!" Torbjion scolded the older solider, for his reckless driving, Ana thought to herself luckily it was Reinhardt behind the wheel and not Torb as she had a feeling Torb would not even be able to reach the peddles.
"I am sorry my friend," Reinhardt laughed, "It has been awhile since I sat behind the wheel of one of these."
"Why do warriors like you need the license anyway?" Torbjion asked.
"Ah well it is normally one of each squad will drive us to the location of the battle," he answered.
"And you drew the short straw," Torbjion laughed.
Reinhardt took a sharp u-turn throwing Torbjion around the bungee cords that tied him to the rallying screamed in protest against the sudden movements. Torbjion grunted something inaudible for Ana to hear.
"Sorry, my friend was that all too sudden for you," Reinhardt chuckled as he turned right away from the moving omnic who had slammed its right foot down inches away from where they were once.
"Careful of my turret," Torbjion warned.
"I did not draw the short straw it is a privilege to drive such fine warriors into the battlefield," he told them.
Ana scanned the titans back as they went around again for another viewing when she caught the outline of something, "Reinhardt try to keep to the back."
"Right."
"Torbjion how long does it normally take to recharge an electrical protection... do dah?" Victoria asked.
"Really Victoria do dah?" Laio chuckled.
"Do not make me come over there," she warned.
"You two stop arguing," Gabriel growled at them.
"Roughly about half an hour," Torbjion answered, "But it will depend on the make, the model, the engine..."
"YOU ARE NOT HELPING!" Victoria screeched.
"Torbjion she has a point," Laio stated.
"Careful boy or you will be fixing your own armor," Torbjion warned him.
"Geeze grandpa you would think I asked for extra pocket money," Laio chuckled.
"There," Ana shouted pointing up just below the joint of the neck, was a large outline of a square, "Torbjion is that the hatch.
Ana passed the rifle to Torbjion watching the shorter man fiddle about with the rifle before he held the scoop up to his eye. Ana huffed after a few moments before she guided his sight towards the hatch.
"Yes!" Torbjion cheered.
"How are they meant to get into it, though?" Reinhardt questioned them.
"I think we have the answer to that," Jack chuckled across the comms.
"Laio, Victoria I suggest you both hold on tightly and tell us when you are ready," Gabriel ordered them.
Ana heard both Victorias and Laios breathing quickened, "Ready?" Victoria's voice sounded questioning, Ana knew that Victoria was looking over at Laio more asking him than telling them all.
"Ready," Laio's voice sounded over the comms.
"Let all hell loose Commander," Victoria ordered.
"Right all jet fighters form up we will attack from behind," Gabriel ordered.
"When we say hold on tight you two, we mean hold on tight," Jack told them.
"The sooner we get this Titan down and me into a hot bath the better," Victoria told them, "GET A MOVE ON!"
They all heard Gabriel and Jack laugh, Reinhardt slammed his foot down on the gas throwing the vehicle forward throw the sand. Anas eyes locked onto the jet fighters all soaring higher into the sky in a triangle position. The titan seemed to follow round after round of heavy artillery followed the jet fighters as they flew back down behind the titan.
"Now!" Gabriel ordered.
The soaring sound of high explosive missiles sounded through the air, multiple explosions hit the titans back sending it lurching forward Ana gasped for breath as the foot slammed down into the sand next to them crushing the sand dune throwing the natural element up into the air and a wave hit the truck sending it veering off course.
"Shit," Reinhardt hissed.
"MY TURRET!" Torbjion roared our in anger as the force of the sand knocked it off the vehicle to lay in the sand. Ana was impressed to see that it was still shooting into the air after the titan.
The truck slammed into another dune, the vehicle huffed and puffed for a few moments before he popped and clicked. "You three ok?" Jack asked.
"Think it's dead," Reinhardt grunted.
Torbjion huffed watching the titan slowly turn around before he unclicked the bungee cords from his armor and threw himself over the side. He slid across the windscreen and scrambled off the bonnet, he popped it open and coughed as steam filled his senses straight away.
"Seems like the girl took a big hit," he muttered before he pulled out a few scraps of metal.
"How is it looking up there?" Ana asked.
Victoria made a small whining noise sounding like a kicked puppy whilst Laio grunted in annoyance, "We are going to have hit it again, Ana, Torbjion get in the tank and close the hatch. Victoria, Laio when you are ready," Gabriel told them. Ana ducked down closing the hatch with her as she went as Torbjion climbed up into the passenger seat after Reinhardt opened the doors for them. Overwatches tanks more looked like trucks, though with a moving turret on the top, the front was of it was a truck.
"Victoria?" Laio questioned.
"I don't know if I can..." her voice was shaky and slightly watery.
"Come on girly you can do this," Torbjion told them, "Once the hatch is off, you will need to climb into the titan and into the cock pit to take out the omnic that is controlling the titan is that clear?"
An audible gulp was heard down the comms, "We are ready for the next hit," Laio told them all.
"Victoria...?" Reyes asked, there was a small pause of silence, "Victoria I will not fire until I am sure you are ready."
"Victoria love," Jacks concerned voice filled their ears, "Answer us, hun."
A few more moments before, "Gabriel just fire already," Victoria didn't sound entirely sure of herself but her voice was filled with determination.
"Alright," Gabriel breathed, "Alright jet fighters everything you got!"
The formation formed again dropping down and unleashing seven more missiles into the omnics back. This time Victoria screamed as the omnic lurched forward again, a cracking sound filled the air, Laio grunted letting out a string of curses as the titan threw itself backward to stand upright. The cracking sound filled the air for a bit longer before the sound of nails straining to hold onto its components sounded.
"Please... I can not be thrown about like this anymore," Victoria whispered.
"You're doing great Victoria," Laio chuckled, "Your hair needs brushing, though."
"Laio I swear," she hissed which earned a chuckle from him.
Then suddenly a loud crack sounded Ana, threw her head back looking through the rear mirror. The group held their breath as they heard something falling through the air. A loud crash of a giant plate of metal slamming into the sandy ground sending the sand flying up into the air. The titan violently twisted to the side, "This is your opening you two you better take it."
Victoria moved first turning off the whip for a brief second, her feet wobbled as she looked up at the giant shoulders that held roughly about another forty rockets on. Victoria bit her lower lip, contemplating the blast radius of it.
"What are you thinking?" Laio asked.
"It will be helpful for them if this was taken out," she stated, "Shit!" She cried out as the titan threw its arm to the side trying to bat away one of the aircraft. Her feet slipped out from under her, she slid down towards the shoulder her body slammed into the large shoulder pauldrons with a grunt.
"Victoria!" Laios voice bounced twice in her ears, she groaned tucking in on herself forcing her body to roll up onto the shoulder of the titan.
"I'm ok," she answered, she bounced up to her feet and dashed across the shoulders her feet slammed down onto the reinforced steel that held the titans together.
Laios footsteps soon fell in sync with her own, Victoria pushed herself upwards jumping over the titan's cock pit, she tucked into herself and rolled across the other shoulder. She was pulled to her feet by a strong hand, looking over her shoulder Laio smirked at her.
He kept a secure hold on her they both peered over the side of the titan looking down at its back, they could see the hole that was created from the panel being knocked loose.
Another set of missiles of hit the titan which threw the titan to the side, Laio wrapped his arm around her waist he slammed his sword into the metal. Victoria wrapped her fists into his jacket, as she felt the titan lurch to the side sending them both to the side her feet swung out from under her.
"OTHER SIDE GUYS!" Laio yelled.
"It looks like its going to fall over Reyes! Get it up right!" Ana ordered. them.
"Who on earth put you in charge?" Gabriel asked.
"GABE!" Victoria screamed the titan was thrown to the side again.
A sudden explosion sounded behind them, "PILOT FOUR IS DOWN!" Someone's voice filled both their ears.
The titan soon steady itself Laio yanked the sword from the titan's shoulder, Victoria's hands slipped from his chest as he took hold of her wrist and dashed across the titan digging the sword into the top of the back he wrapped his arm around her waist and swung them both around. They dangled for a few moments before Laio flicked something on the side of his handle.
Victoria buried her head into his shoulder as his sword burst into flames, she hissed as one licked her cheek briefly.
"Hold on tight," Laio instructed.
It took a few moments for Victoria to understand what he meant. The fire from his sword was created especially for slicing through omnics she remembered that from when they all received their Overwatch grade weapons. That did also include the giant metal panels that came with any titan, her arms wrapped around Laios neck as they flew down he twisted the sword slightly pointing towards the missing panel sending them that way.
"Commander gonna need a favor!" Laio requested.
"What is it?" Gabriel questioned.
"Going to need to be caught," he told them, "I can get Victoria in, but if I try to stop this I will go flying."
"Hang on!" Gabriel ordered.
"On the count of three I am going to throw you," Laio told her, gesturing with his head towards the large gap in the titans back, "You have to be prepared right."
Victoria nodded into Laios shoulder she felt herself shaking slightly her hands sweaty around the handle of the whip, "Ready."
"One..." Victoria took a deep breath.
"Two..." she loosened her arms slightly.
"THREE!" Laio let go of her waist swinging her round as he passed the gap, her hands slipped from around his neck she shot the whip out into the gap catching one of the power cords in the back. She swung round in an arch pushing herself forward she slammed into the power cord wrapping her legs around it.
"I made it," she laughed as she looked into the depth of the titan's body, the omnic was filled with wires.
Laio breathed a sigh of relief hearing that, releasing he was coming towards the hip joints of the omnic.
"NOW LAIO!" Reyes ordered.
Laio switched off the flames from his sword and pushed back off the titan flying through the air. The wind pressure suddenly changed as he grunted his back slamming into something cold and hard. Moments later the sound of rushing wind stopped with a big metal clank, Laio cracked his eyes open seeing Gabriel above him holding out a helping hand.
"You did good kid," Gabriel grinned at him.
Laio grinned widely up at Reyes before he hissed in pain as he sat upright, he slid down the wall as the plane righted itself to be horizontal again.
"Thank's boss," Laio grunted in pain, "Are you in Victoria?"
"Yeah... I'm in," she answered, "Just don't tilt it back or I am going to fall out."
"Don't worry Reyes won't let you go spalt," Laio chuckled.
"Laio I swear to god," she breathed under her breath.
"Pilots aim for the sides only, that is not a negotiable rule are we clear!" Gabriel ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Six unknown voices to the team sounded.
"Victoria, how are you doing?" Jack asked.
The woman in question had holstered all of her weapons as she squeezed up through the wires, some as thin as her nails whilst others were as thick as her waist. "It's dark... rather dark in here," she answered as she continued to pull herself up.
"Head towards the red light," Torbjion told her.
"Torbjion... the omnic who control this... that hatch wasn't for them to get through was it?" She asked.
"No... that was a maintenance hatch, I have a feeling the truth on how they came to be," he told her.
"Torbjion I understand that you do not want to upset the lass but the more she knows the easier she will get to it my friend," Reinhardt told them.
Torbjion huffed then sighed, "Titans are built around an omnic, the omnic is locked into a battlesuit until the battlesuit is destroyed."
"That's horrible even before..."
"Yes even before the omnics started to rise up against us," he answered.
"Red light, right?"
"Yes, that is the glow of the omnics interface."
Victoria continued to pull herself up, her mind flashed with a few images a few images of her, then some of Jack. Both dressed in standard military grade uniforms, arms and legs wrapped round rope pulling themselves up to the top. The military boots clicking together sounded in her head, "No... not now..." orders yelled in her mind, 'GET YOUR ARSE IN GEAR CADET!' The images flashing in her mind changed to an obstacle course, reminding her of the set up in the Overwatch Washington Hq training area.
"Victoria," Someone's voice rang in her ears, it was all a murmur she felt underwater as she clung to the thick power cord.
"Breath Victoria," she spoke to herself.
Heavy footfalls sounded the standard march, sweat trickled from her hairline, a phantom feeling of rope burn across her hands.
"VICTORIA!" Multiple voices sounded in her ears knocking her back to reality.
"Sorry... fucking hell why now," she hissed.
"What happened?" Ana asked.
"Memories, fucking hell I have a headache," she laughed, "I see it!" The bright red glow of the omnics interface shine brightly above her the wires started to become more compact. Victoria felt her body being squeezed against the heavy wires as she pulled herself up.
"Victoria we can swap," Laio told her, "Let me do it if your having flashbacks it's not..."
"No!" She ordered, "I am fine just..." small clicking sounds sounded through her ears, her comm's filled with static as she wrapped her hand around the back of the what she assumed was the omnics seat throwing herself up and over. Her feet slammed into the back of the pilot omnics head, the titan suddenly lurched forward in turn throwing her forward across the top of the of the pilot and into the reinforced glass. The omnic was human all in shape, its eyes glowed a dark red scanning her face. Its arm reached out as it leaned forward in its seat, she felt herself being tilted back sliding across the glass as the omnic grabbed hold of her throat.
Victoria glanced around as her hands reached up grabbing hold of the omnics hand. The cold metal pressed against her windpipe, the cockpit was massive similar to the pilots one. Though the glass was entirely red, with an unsettling glow like the eyes multiple screens popped up on the glass of stats of the titan, and cameras that seemed to be glued to their pilots.
She tucked her knees up into her chest before she threw legs out slamming into the omnics chest. As the omnic flew back so did the titan, she needed to end this and end it quickly it was dangerous the omnic had to be connected to the titan's movements. She fiddled with the pistol on her belt, it slipped from her fingers sliding down across the glass floor.
She dived onto the floor as the omnic followed her, she realised that the omnic was attached to the seat the long cords that she had crawled through was twisted around the lower half of the omnic keeping it glued to the seat.
She pushed herself back off the glass standing in the cockpit, she slammed a gloved fist into the omnics side. It twisted and turned in its seat, Victoria threw herself forward grabbing hold of the plasma pistol fumbling to grab hold of it and aim it correctly before she fired. The system shut down suddenly the omnics eyes went blank, the screens shut down as the omnic slumped back in its seat the static in her ears suddenly cleared.
"It's stopped?" Ana questioned.
Victoria heard the creaking sound before gravity went out from under her as she floated for a few moments. "She did it," Gabriel actually laughed, "She bloody well did it."
"ITS ALSO FALLING!" Jack yelled.
"Pilots up!" Gabriel ordered.
"VICTORIA CAN YOU HEAR US!" Jack yelled.
"Stop friggin yelling!" She shouted back. The titan was falling back wards she couldn't tell how close it was until a loud thump filled the air, her back slammed against the glass before she was thrown forward and her head cracked against the harsh cold metal of the broken omnics chest.