"Victoria?" Jack asked feeling his heart stop looking at the titan that laid still within the sand.
"Victoria, can you hear us?" Ana asked.
"Agent Johnson do you copy!" Gabriel sounded worried.
"The girly is trapped in there," Torbjion stated.
"That should have been me," Laio sighed.
"Let me get to her," Reinhardt told them.
The team soon landed or got out of the now broken tank and rushed over to the titan, it was left unmoving in the sand the cold red interface was dull. Six set of footprints embedded themselves into the sand as they ran towards the titan, Ana was fast and nimble was able to climb up onto the titan first she ran across the titan's chest avoiding the bullet holes that littered the omnics chest. Her feet hit the red glass, she lent down nearly pressing her face against the glass as she looked in. Victoria laid still inside the cock pit, her body twisted at an awkward angle. Ana sighed in relief as she could see the soft gentle rise and full of Victorias back.
A large hand rested on Anas shoulder pushing her back a few steps, "Let me deal with this my dear."
Reinhardt gently pushed Ana back till she was standing between Gabriel and Jack, both, in turn, wore the same expression as Ana.
He twisted his hands around the handle of the hammer, he lifted the hammer fchigh above his head before he brought it down on the glass. Spider web like cracks littered the glass spreading out across the bottom half of the glass before they heard it shatter. Jack moved first as he jumped down into the cockpit softly treading across the glass. He froze for a moment seeing the little bug omnics start rushing out of the gap at the back of the seat heading towards the omnic that once controlled the titan.
He scooped Victoria up, lifting her out of the whole allowing Reinhardt to take Victoria in her prone form.
Jack whipped back round and unholstered his assault rifle he jumped back as he realised the helix rockets into the cockpit. The blast threw him back slightly but enough to get out the cockpit.
"Good thinking lad," Torbjion chuckled, "Don't want it rebuilding itself do we."
Ana turned Victoria's head in her hands, the younger woman looked peaceful however blood caked the side of her face. A fresh cut seemed to have spilt across her hairline and her cheek bruised, the team was silent as they hovered around her. Ana fished through her pockets and pulled out a small box similar to Victorias but she pulled it apart and a blue screen appeared. She waved the screen across Victoria's body, the screen burst to life with colors.
"Scans read just a bump," Ana told them, "well and the scratch but other than exhaustion all fine."
"We all did a fine job today team," Gabriel smiled at them, "Proud of all of you."
Victoria groaned pushing herself up, "... Did it go down?" She asked, her eyes didn't open they were squeezed shut.
"Have a look," Reinhardt chuckled gently lowering Victoria to her feet, keeping one hand supported on her back as she blinked a few times. Her green eyes opened owlishly a large grin spread across her lips.
"We did it," she laughed.
Jack rushed forward wrapping his arms around her waist, twisting them both as he lifted her up. The team couldn't help but smile at the pair as Jack pressed his lips softly against Victorias, "You ok?" He asked her resting his head against hers.
"I'm fine Jack," she laughed softly before flinching as he squeezed her softly.
"I think you are bruised," Ana swiped away at her holo screen.
"Yeah I guessed," she stated as she was placed back on her feet.
"It will heal up after a few days I am sure," Ana told her.
"Believe this is yours," Gabriel handed her back the engagement ring.
"Thank you for keeping it safe commander," she told him.
Jack raised an eyebrow his eyes narrowed slightly on Reyes but his commander didn't notice the glare he was receiving though a few of the others did.
"Can we head back now... the sun is setting," Victoria stated, pointing towards the orange horizion.
"Yes," Gabriel told them as he pressed down on his intercom, "Pilots ready for the trip back?"
"Yes sir," They answered.
"Secretary General Adawe has called Commander Reyes," Anu told them over the comms, "She wants a video conference with you and the team sir."
Gabriel groaned slightly as he climbed off the titan, watching Jack jump down and grabbing Victoria out the air as she followed him down. The team where silent as they walk towards the small fighter jets, that had landed in the sand not far away from the titan, the team spilt in tpo three groups, Jack and Victoria, Reinhardt and Ana, Gabriel, Laio, and Torbjion.
Jack helped Victoria strap herself into the heat, the fake smile dropped as she slumped back against his side. The cheerful face showed a tired woman who wanted to sleep the rest of the week and have a long bath. Jack brushed the sweaty blonde hair out of her face kissing her temple softly.
"So tired Jack," she whispered to him, her eyes closed as she leant back against him. Jack took the hand which held the engagement ring and opened it taking the ring in his hand as he slipped back onto the correct finger.
"I know hun," he told her kissing the ring softly, "We will speak to General Adawe then lay down ok."
Victoria peaked an eye open at him a soft smile across her lips, he looked as exhausted as she felt. Her heart fluttered slightly as his brilliant blue eyes looked at only her, "I don't understand why it's the entire team."
Jack hummed softly as he wiped the blood away from the still bleeding head wound, Victoria blinked a few times in confusion seeing his leather gloved fingers were wet. She reached up pressing her fingers to the wound, pulling the bloody fingers away from the wound she shot up. She gasped in pain as pain shot through her, "Ow... was that when the titan went down."
"Think so yes," Jack answered her.
"Oh... we didn't think about it going down like that did we," she laughed softly.
"I can not believe you volunteered to do that," he growled slightly at her in annoyance.
"Jack I am fine," she told him.
"Do you realise how dangerous that was Victoria, you were hundreds of feet off the ground no parachutes what on earth were you thinking," he yelled at her.
"The hundreds of people that would have died if we didn't take it down, for heavens sake Jack we are the halfway point between the omnics and the civilians that are trying to live a normal life," she argued.
"And what about you?" He questioned.
"Overwatch is here to protect the people Jack."
"So what I am meant to sit here every time you think it's a great idea to try to get yourself killed."
"No, I expect you to fight with me."
"I don't want to see you trying to get yourself killed every time you go into a fight."
"Yes because I did that on purpose."
"Well, you seemed damn excited about fighting a titan."
"You jumped at the chance."
"No, I just did not want to leave a teammate out there on his own."
"And giving the ring to Reyes."
"Is that seriously what this is about?" She asked him disbelief written across her face her green eyes wide, "You are jealous of our commander because I asked him to look after our engagement ring because I was worried it would fall off."
"Convenient it was around Reyes this happened and not Ana," he stated.
The jet fighter rumbled as it landed, Victoria struggled to unbuckle herself her hands hurt slightly and the throbbing on her head was worse. She smacked Jacks hand when he tried to help as she three the straps to the side she suddenly stood and threw the door open. She grimaced with every step she took her back felt like it was on fire, "You are unbelievable Jack Morrision," she told him before she stalkefdoff to Ana.
Jack sat still for a few moments before he unbuckled his seat and rushed off after her, "Victoria wait a moment."
She didn't turn to look at him and ducked under Ana's arm, the woman cupped her chin making her look up into the light.
"Everything ok Jack?" Reinhardt came up beside him patting his back.
Jack ran a hand through his blonde hair before he sighed, "Yes fine Reinhardt." He looked up at the shining top of the temple, knowing that Adawe was waiting for the team, "Come on we better not keep the Secretary General waiting."
"Right you are my friend," Reinhardt replied.
The two were silent as they walked into the temple General Anu showed them towards the board room where a large screen was showing General Secretary Adawe reading her tablet. Ana sat next to Victoria on one side of the table wiping away the blood the had dried on her temple.
He decided it was not a good idea to try to sit next to her, he could tell from the other side of the table that she was angry but he kept quiet he did not in anyway want to cause a fuss.
"We are all gathered Adawe," Gabriel told her.
She glanced up her electric blue eyes shined brightly at them before she placed the tablet down next to her before she turned to look at the camera fully. "I can not express the gratitude I have received from the Prime Minister of Eygpt for your heroics today."
"All part of the job General Secretary," Gabriel stated.
"Between the seven of you and now the six pilots you have taken out a titan something which normally takes an entire army to take one down," she continued, "You have done a fantastic service to Overwatch and me. All the countries after watching your fight today are impressed, multiple applications for people who want to join have come in."
"And anything else?" Gabriel asked.
"Well, I also want to say that I have spoken to General Anu about moving you forward, moving the border between the humans and the omnics closure to their home base. But this will only come into effect when Ana and Victoria are back with you," she told them.
"Well then if that is all," Gabriel leant forward to press the hang-up button.
"One small thing, though," she cut him off the smirk that the team hated across her lips, "The UN agrees it might be a good idea for over the next few days to check up on the villages that have recently been attacked and look for surviors," she told them.
"I take it we will be taking a medical team with us?" Victoria asked tilting her head back pressing a cloth against the wound.
"Yes a medical team with each team I suggest three teams as a large group of omnics have swept through an eastern Area of Eygpt," she told them, "I have spoken to General Anu and it agreed to take the rest of the day off, go into the town and have some fun. I will see you boys when you get home, Ana, Victoria I will see you next week."
With that, the Secretary General switched off the camera and the room was silent, "Fucking Adawe and her publicity stunts," Gabriel muttered, "Go get cleaned up into something nice for the damn cameras."
Gabriel stormed out of the room a cloud of anger surrounded his head, Victoria stood next waving off Anas threating hands, "I will wash it off."
"It needs to be cleaned," the others left leaving Ana, Jack, and Victoria in the room. Ana pulled the cloth away from Victoria's head, pressing her fingers under the wound the flow of blood had stopped.
"See it's fine," Victoria stated.
"Ana is right Vicky," Jack told her.
"Sorry are you sure you want someone else talking to me or are you going to get jealous again," she snapped at him.
"He is only trying to help," Ana told her softly.
"No, he's..." Victoria didn't finish her sentence as the voices in her head started to argue that she needed to make him happy, that her job was to make Jack happy and above all else, she must smile.
"Victoria?" Jack stood up and walked around the table pressing a hand softly on her arm, "You..."
A smacking sound of her hand against his forearm sounded, "I don't want to talk to you Jack just please... leave me alone."
Jack sighed a look of defeat washed over his face as he left the room, he over reacted he remembered her asking people she trusted to hold the ring when they were on patrol. Why was Gabriel someone he didn't want holding her ring he, he was there commander for god sake.
The Captial of Eygpt Cario was a gorgeous city, their own version of Las Vegas. Gabriel knew what Adawe had planned as they saw reporters from the corner of their eyes as they stepped into the Cleopatras night club. The club was loud with both the music and people within the club it was rather packedto the brim full of people. A woman dressed as Cleopatra one of the many waitresses that was dressed as the famous female pharaoh, she leads them through to a VIP area of the club.
Victoria looked and felt uncomfortable from the moment she walked into the nightclub her skin crawled slightly feeling like she was being watched. She slid onto the velvet sofa and ordered a tall glass of water, Ana ordered lemonade whilst the others ordered something alcoholic. Victoria sat silently listening to the others speak, giving a polite smile whenever Torbjion or Laio tried to crack a joke. She hated this, something told her she always hated nightclubs never wanted to step foot into them at all.
"You ok...?" Ana whispered in her ear watching the small blonde from the corner of her eyes seeing the girl felt uncomfortable.
"Fine," she forced the smile as she spotted a woman with a camera pointed towards the team, it was a lie, why are you still lying, you trust them. It ran over in her mind a few times before she stood, "I am getting a glass of wine... want one?"
"Yes red," Ana told her.
Jack watched Victoria's sudden departure not feeling Ana slip into the seat next to him before she spoke, "What did you say to her?"
"Shit..." he hissed slightly, "Don't do that Ana."
"What have you said, she seems heartbroken Jack," Ana stated.
"I might have gone off on one for no reason, she..." Jack ran his hand through his hair, "Always takes her ring off in dangerous fights. She took it off when we fought the titan. She gave it to Gabriel to look after."
Ana glanced around looking for Reyes who seemed to have ended up on a dance floor pressed up against a tall brunette, "You got jealous didn't you?"
"Yes," Jack stated, "I don't get jealous of Laio he's married, Reinhardt is smitten with you and Torbjion just seems to be only interested in his turret." Ana couldn't help but laugh at the last comment, "Just Gabe is a single man and the way he looks at her sometimes."
"What look?"
"The look of him just watching her."
"I think you are worried," Ana reassured him, "She hasn't been home for about ten months she is still adjusting to life at Overwatch. You are worried that some other man has come into her life and you think she's turned her eto him."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, it's not Gabe you are worried about it's her. You know she has changed, she's not the rule breaking Victoria you fell in love with when you were young. She's a hurt young woman who deep down no matter how many smiles she flashes to the cameras. She is terrified Jack, and you are worried that she is going to just leave you," Ana stated.
Jack was silent for a good two minutes before he answered, "Yes."
"You know she loves you," Ana tried to tell him.
"Loves me or brainwashed to love me."
"Is this about ..."
"I know Adawe said something to Victoria," Jack explained.
"I don't think Adawe would have brainwashed Victoria too."
"Do you know on those nights she lays there screaming from nightmares, she still has them, Ana. She mutters must keep Jack happy."
"Jack I think you are over thinking this."
"The Golden Couple, Ana, That's what they are calling us. Who do you think came up with that."
"It's the papers Jack."
Jack slumped in his seat and downed the rest of his drink, "She... should have been back by now."
Victoria hated this as she squeezed through the crowds of people, a few noticed her and asked for pictures. This made her feel more uncomfortable as she wore a scoop neck Overwatch Blue Satin dress that ended up at the top of her thighs. It had been snuck into her luggage by someone her bet was one of Adawe's spies slipped it in as Ana wore a deep orange dress as well.
She slipped into the bar after the fifth photo and signaled the bartender, "Patient Zero..." A voice whispered in her ear, she froze as hands brushed over her hips. Her blonde hair was brushed back over her shoulder.
"How can I help?" The bartender grinned at her, he was dressed as an Egyptian slave. His bare chest shined under the low light, white material wrapped around his hips. He smirked as he watched Victoria shift slightly thinking it was him, not seeing the hand that rested on her hip.
"Of course," he went off and started to make the drinks.
"It has been awhile," the hand dipped lower, "You escaped use Master Daniels has missed you."
Victoria screwed her eyes shut as the hand slipped up the hem of her dress, "Remove your hand, sir."
"A slave doesn't argue against a Master," the voice told her.
"I am not..." she whispered, she felt the body press against her back pushing her against the bar top.
"No... you are a whore," he growled in her ear. She whimpered holding her hand to her mouth the words echoed in her ears, "Lying under me moaning begging for more," the mouth was pressed against her ear. "Is that what you do now, for your Commander...?"
Victoria breathed deeply looking up at the glasses that hung above the bar, Jack was walking towards them through the crowd. She slipped her free hand up thigh feeling the holster strapped to her leg. She looked up as the bartender placed the glasses of wine down in front of her, "Sorry Miss I was taken aside by my manager."
'Help,' she mouthed.
The bartender glanced over her noticing the man pressed up behind her, "Excuse me, sir."
"Mind your own business mate," he growled.
"The lady seems uncomfortable I am asking you to remove..."
"Look my girlfriend."
"Your girlfriend?" Jack questioned.
"Jack..." she whimpered.
The hands were suddenly pulled away from her as Jack had dragged the man off her holding the man's hands behind his back in one hand, she suddenly turned before she breathed out, "Weasle face..."
"Victoria, you ok?" Jack asked her his face full of concern, she nodded back to him.
Jack watched her nod her head to him he noticed she was going for the pistol that had been strapped to her thigh. A large man nearly on the same muscular size as him came over, "Everything ok here?" The bouncer could tell that it wasn't Jack knew it was standard procedure to ask.
Weasel Face as Victoria called him now started to struggle, "Look I was minding my own..."
"I was asking Miss Johnson," the bouncer cut him off.
"He tried..." she whimpered her green eyes shined brightly with tears under the low light, "He started whispering in my ear, touching the hem of my dress I..."
"Look at the way the whore is dressed asking for it if I tell you," Weasel face stated.
"Victoria do you know this man?" Jack asked all she could do in response was the nod in return not knowing how to answer him.
"Mr. Morrision please hand him over him..." The bouncer started.
"No, he... he is a part of Talon this is..."
"Overwatch territory," Gabriel sounded over all the noise, "Would it be possible to speak to the manager here."
"Of course, please follow me," the bouncer sounded to them.
Gabriel went to Jack before following the bouncer, "Let me take him, Victoria needs you."
Jack nodded his head in response handing the Talon operative to Gabriel, Victoria wrapped her arms around her middle hugging herself. All eyes of the club had turned to them, Jack wrapped an arm around her shoulder as he drew her away from the crowd into the back.
She sobbed as the door closed behind them, her body shook violently she didn't know what would have happened if it was in another location.
They headed up to the Bosses room, a tall woman similar looks to Ana stood with her back towards the door. Unlike Ana, though her black hair was curled with strands of gold through her hair, "Gabriel Reyes, Victoria Johnson and Jack Morrision miss," the bouncer introduced them.
"Leave us, Brutus," she commanded turning towards them.
Brutus nodded his head in understanding as Gabriel shoved weasel face into the seat on the other side of the desk.
"I have called the UN embarrassery, I am so sorry Miss Johnson for the trouble this has bestowed you," the woman stated before she sneered at the weasle face in the chair across her desk.
Victoria tried to wave it off but Gabriel spoke before she had the chance to reply, "We would rather this not leave this room, this is Overwatches current jurisdiction."
"Of course not I am Mrs. .Deleawatt," she answered, "I will allow you four to have the room."
She swept out the room within moments of her words taking her phone with her, the weasel spat on the floor at her feet making her back away a step her breathing quickened. "Do you get on your knees for them like the good little whore you are," his voice felt like grease against her ears.
Something started to nag at the back of her mind, 'men prefer whores on their knees' that's what she was a whore.
The sound of cracking bone broke her chain of thought as she saw Jack hovering over weasel face blood splattered on his knuckles. "Want to repeat that?" He questioned.
The weasel chuckled as he spat a mouthful of blood on the floor smirking at Victoria, "You were gorgeous when you were beig fucked only time when you did, she used to moan on command. Didn't you?"
She remembered being raped, clearly, she couldn't remember what she was told. "I would be careful what you say about her you bastard," Gabriel growled at him, "Now tell us what is Talon doing here?"
"Well what do you -" he grunted in pain as Jack again slammed his fist into the Talon operatives face.
"Stop looking at her like that," he growled.
Weasle laughed before he turned his eyes to Victoria, "Do you miss it?"
Jack grabbed the weasel by the silk collar of his shirt pulling him out of his chair to look straight into his blue eyes, "I dare you to say that again."
"What is it Morrision, afraid to admit that your fiance was a whore to the heads of Talon," he grunted.
Gabriel froze, "Wait for the heads of..."
"What you think those idiots you arrested last year was important," the weasel snorted, "They only touched her once... they were never meant to drug her right away."
Victoria blinked a few times looking like a gawking fish her green eyes showed confusion before they glazed over slightly, "They... they were pawns in a game weren't they."
"Oh the Lil slut is remembering," he chuckled before a punch sounded Victoria flinched as the sound of crunching bone filled the air, Weasle continued to laugh as blood poured from his broken nose, "Why aren't you fighting...?" She questioned.
"Master Daniels," he answered weaving slightly in pain.
"I don't," she grabbed hold of her scalp her long nails dug into her own skin.
"No..." he laughed at her watching her panic over his words, "They think that it's all gone, all traces of what we did to you but we will always be there. Might not be in person but Master Daniels is quite upset that his favorite didn't return."
"No... no... no... no..." she whispered to herself shaking her head trying to rattle her brain for actual thoughts of this Master Daniels. Her nails started to dig deeper into her scalp, strong hands wrapped around her wrists pulling her hands from harming herself.
"It's ok Victoria," Reyes told her.
Her bottom lip wobbled as her eyes filled with tears as she sobbed, she thought this was over that it was those men who they arrested ten months ago were the ones that raped her. But they weren't even high up members.
"Gabe get her out of here?" Jack asked never commanding his commanding officer.
Gabriel nodded back to Jack as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and led her out to the dim hallway, she sobbed as Gabriel closed the door behind them.
"You are alright girl," he told her, "They can't harm you now."
"But he..."
"We do not ever listen to Talon in that way, Talons only threat to us is drug pushing and human trafficking they have not hurt us in any other way," Gabriel told her.
She mutely nodded her head holding her hands up to her eyes trying to block the tears that were falling, "I don't remember a Master Daniels... I remember the weasel but I don't..."
Gabriel's hand landed on her shoulder giving her a reassuring squeeze, "The team won't let them hurt you, Victoria I promise you that."
"But..."
"Gabriel Reyes," A voice sounded behind them.
Victoria noticed Gabriel did something that Jack always did when they were put into an awkward situation. He stepped in front of Victoria, "How can I help?"
"Kerry Banks," The woman told him, "I work for the Us Embarrass any I am here to take the Talon Operative into Custody. Under General Secretary's Order's this man will be removed to Overwatch Headquarters for questioning."
Gabriel jutted his head back towards the door as Victoria buried her face into his back, she hated this weakness she had.
"Back there," he told them.
"On his own?" The woman asked him.
Gabriel shook his head, "No Jack Morrision is with him."
The next few moments in Victoria's mind was a blur as she watched the Talon operative being dragged away his eyes locked onto Victoria's as he was being pushed down into the car, "Master Daniels will find you!" He yelled as they stood in the warm evening air outside the nightclub, watching him getting pushed into the car, "You were his favorite," the laugh now unsettled her, "He will find you."
She looked small standing between Gabriel and Jack who were huge and muscular compared to her, but she stood tall unable to falter in front of so many people.
"Oh shut up," one the guards growled as they slammed the door shut.
They stood for a few more moments watching the van drive off before Victoria turned on her heels back into the club, "I really need that drink." Her mind was playing on Master Daniel's who was he exactly, was he the head of Talon or was he a man that paid Talon for work, she shook her head allowing the bright golden blonde locks to fall around her. No, she couldn't let Talon into her head not again she can't focus on them because it would take her off her main goal. To finish the omnic war and go home that's all she needs to worry about. That is what she will worry about.