This weeks shout outs go to the following. David Arcwing, Annabeth73, keli. , Musketeer65, xXxZellyxXx and lionheat09. Thanks for the assist.
She had made the choice.
Amelie had everything set up to give Lena her memories back. The USB was in the holo-vid and everything was set up. Every time she glanced at it, it made her feel like it was the key to Lena's freedom but the lock and chain that would bound her to Talon.
She called Lena into the room and asked what she was putting on. She had been through their extensive DVD collection and had been watching a couple of them when Amelie was out and out of all of them she found the one about the pilots still was her favourite even though her mind was wiped of pretty much everything.
"It's something that might help get your memories back." She was nervous about it not working but she was hanging on the trust of a former Overwatch member who turned against his own. Would he turn against her too? This she didn't know but couldn't afford to think about.
Her finger hovered nervously over the play button as Lena sat herself down and grabbed a pillow to hug. She looked at Lena's eyes one more time just to make sure that they weren't showing any signs of recognition so she didn't have to do this. Unfortunately they were still the same as they had been for the past couple of months so she had no choice but to hit the button.
At first her thoughts were confused. The USB had nothing on it but a black screen with white lines. Her thoughts immediately turned to that Gabe had deceived her and was doing god knows what now with what she could only assume was some type of subliminal message.
However as the tape played Lena seemed like she was hypnotised by it. Amelie called out for Lena but she seemed a thousand miles away. The fear was building up as she began to think that a command that Gabriel had possible put in there was going into effect and Lena would strike at any moment.
As nothing happened for the next five minutes Amelie's breath was caught in her throat as the tape was drawing to a close and still nothing had happened.
The tape finished and Lena was still focused on the screen and Amelie, beginning to think it hadn't worked went up too remove the USB and burn it but then the all familiar English accent spoke.
"Amelie? Amelie!" She yelled as she jumped off form where she had been sitting and ran over to her wife and hugged her with all of her strength. It was like the wall blocking her from her memories had been knocked down into rubble. They were all of a sudden back and she didn't fully understand why but she wasn't questioning it.
"Lena?" Amelie was shocked by the sudden yell but upon further inspection of Lena she saw that she had the old look in her eyes. The one that made Amelie fall in love with her in the first place. Her spark was back and she couldn't be happier.
Lena was crushing Amelie's lungs at this point but she could live with it. Just having Lena embrace her lovingly was giving her everything she needed. She had fantasized about this for over two months and now it was finally a reality.
All because she had made a deal with the devil.
"Iremembereverythingi'msosorryforeverythingi'vedone!" She said all in one go really quickly. Lena got like this when she when she was sad about doing something to make Amelie cry. The flustering was cute and normally Amelie would laugh but she was too busy happy crying to laugh.
"Lena, you remember everything. That's all that matters." Amelie was trying her hardest not to cry. Even though it was meant to be tears of joy it was sadness that was making her eyes water. She had gotten her Lena back but she was beginning to regret it. She wouldn't be able to have days with Lena like this for a while. But she had to keep in mind that this was the best for both of them in the end.
"Amelie are you crying?" She wouldn't have seen her crying because her face was stuck into her chest but she felt something went falling down onto her head. Amelie was good at hiding her tears but they were falling like a water works and making Lena feel like she was in a British summer.
"It's just so good to have you back." She said hoping that Lena would mistake her lying voice for a 'so happy I'm croaking' kind of voice.
Lena was laughing as she remembered how in love with Amelie she was but then she noticed that her wife still had a bandage on her wrist and she was now getting all of her memories back. Including her time as an Agent of Talon.
She pulled away from Amelie and she turned away. The trained assassin had a sleeping dart ready in her hand just in case. She still wasn't entirely sure but it never hurt to be too careful.
"Why do you still love me? I tried to kill you so many times. I hurt you Amelie." Lena remembered how she had beaten Amelie, pushed her off a roof and shot at her. She flinched as the sound of Amelie's rib cracking was re-awakened in her memories.
"Lena, look at me! You have been such a wonderful person to me. You have been since the first day we met. I would do anything for you. I've done so much for you just like you have for me." Amelie didn't realise that she had gave a slight hint that she had done something bad but she waiting to see if Lena had caught it.
"I know luv, but I still feel awful. Oh god." Lena put her hand over her mouth and gasped for a moment. Amelie could recognise this as her shocked gasping and was trying to get close to her again.
"What is it? Are you hurt?" She was scanning her over to look for what damage there was but then she remembered that Lena had been back with her for a while now so any scars should be gone. The now total possibility of mental issues were coming into her mind.
Lena removed her hands from her face and wiped her eyes to stop the small layer of new tears from escaping. Her eyes were beginning to get sore and she was still trying to get her voice back to normal instead of it sounding like she was trembling.
"I just remembered what Gabriel did to make me into that assassin. The torture he put me though." She remembered the techniques he used. The sleep deprivation, the stimulated drowning and the metal suspicion of not knowing if Amelie was alive or dead, all of this which was amplified by the drug had efficiently broken her.
"There was nothing else right? What else did he do? Did he somehow hurt you and Angela didn't notice? Did he-" Amelie was often to jump to conclusions but it had just occurred to her that there might have been something Mercy missed in the initial exam. Lena being the ultimate British stereotype didn't like making a big fuss over things and if something had happened it was extremely unlikely she would tell her.
"What? No I meant as in the mind tricks. I was still holding back the first time you found me. He used electricity, fire and everything and I fell for it." She was meant to be an Overwatch agent and she had turned on her friends in 2 days. She should have been stronger. Lena had a slight problem when it came to being strong. Amelie would hear her drone about how she wished she could be stronger and it always ended with Amelie telling her how she was only human
"It's not your fault. You're safe now." She brushed part of Lena's hair out of her face and stroked her soft pink cheek. She gave her a quick kiss but Lena was having none of it. She pulled her down and it quickly went from a cute little kiss to a deeply affectionate and passionate snog.
They cuddled and made sure to tell the other how much they had missed each other. Lena never realised how badly she needed Amelie's soft lips against her own. She missed the familiar taste of her purple lipstick. It had a hint of blueberry in it which made them all the more delicious. In fact some morning members of the team would point out that she had some weird purple stain on her neck and cheek.
As their make out session continued and her hands were nearing Amelie's lower side she felt a vibration come from Amelie's back trouser pocket and she tapped Amelie to get her to stop. As Amelie then felt the vibrations she got off Lena and too out the small buzzing device.
It was a message from Angela. She sighed and took it out of the room. She signalled to Lena that she should be back in a minute.
She rang and waited until she heard the Swiss voice coming though on the other end. Before she could even get a word in the doctor was cut off by an excited Lacroix.
"Angela, it's Lena!"
"What happened?" Angela was getting up from her desk to go to where she was. She couldn't tell but she assumed that Lena had gone AWOL again and was ready to go patch Amelie up form whatever new wounds her wife had inflicted onto her.
"She remembers!" Angela didn't expect her to say that. After all of her and Winston's attempt to get her back and now out of all the times, right out of the blue, was now back to normal according to Amelie.
Ziegler didn't realise she hadn't said a word back and was only when Amelie was asking her if she was still there.
"What? Really? How?" She needed information and now. She wanted to ask her every single question she could think off. Amelie needed to think of a plausible excuse and fast. She couldn't well show Amelie the clip on the USB or she would put together that something had happened.
"I was playing an old video and it came back to her." She said without thinking. She was waiting for a reply with bated breath.
"What video?" Angela asked suspiciously. They had already tried she her videos of her old life but the results were poor. It hadn't worked. She didn't understand why just now it was working.
"It was of the Slipstream incident." She lied. It had just been a series of lines and code but luckily Amelie still had the tape she had taken of the slipstream incident of when she had been filming. If Angela got suspicious she could just show her that instead.
"Gabriel must have known we wouldn't show her that memory." Amelie heard her say over the phone. She could tell that she was probably sitting down and doing the normal hand gesture she did when she was heavily thinking about something. Angela could see it as being the most plausible theory.
Amelie cleared her throat before resuming the call.
"Should I bring her to the base?" She asked changing the subject and hoping to end the call quicker. Angela had a bad habit of talking for way too long. It was fine for some people, specifically people who wear gold and blue, but for Amelie it was becoming an annoyance.
"The sooner the better but take some time for her to rest up and make sure that all of her memories are back." Amelie nodded as if she was there and gave her thanks and pressed the hang up button.
When she looked back to Lena she had a look on her face. She was plotting something. Amelie could sense it. After years of being with her she could tell these things, even if she wasn't in the room with her. It was like even if she was on the other side of the world if she was going to pull a prank or trick she could sense it.
"What are you doing?" She was eyeing her up but then she saw that looked really tired all of a sudden. This sudden change made her suspicious but she kept up her guard as it could have been a trick to get her into a false sense of security.
"I think I need to lie down on the bed." She yawned and that was the signal for Amelie to use all of her strength to carry her to their bed like a small child. Surprisingly this wasn't the first time that Amelie did this and it certainly wouldn't be the last.
She picked her up and carried her to the bed. She placed her down and got her comfy, pulling the blanket around her, like a tightly packed burrito. She was going to kiss Lena and leave her to rest but it seems that Lena wasn't going to let her go that easily.
"Oh no! I need someone to keep me warm. Or else I'll freeze." She deliberately threw the blanket off her body and stuck a seductive lying down pose. Sort of like Junkrat when Roadhog just happened to be entering the room.
She gave an obviously fake shiver and Amelie was completely sold. She got into the bed with Lena and snuggled her from behind. Lena was trying to hold back her laughter but Amelie was failing to see what the joke was. She assumed that it was just going to be innocent spooning for warmth but it was in fact only part 1 of Lena's plan.
"On second thoughts I'm too warm. I burning up. Better remove these clothes just to be safe." She said quietly into Amelie's ear. Amelie's eyes had been closed but they shot open at Lena's attempt to bribe her. Lena's seductive talk could have been considered cringing material but it worked on Amelie like a charm.
"Lena, only you could get your memories back and then 5 minutes later you seduce me in this way." She was going to hit her playfully with a pillow but then one more kiss form Lena and she knew she couldn't resist any longer.
Amelie and Lena knew they would be taking a while before getting back to the base.
If anyone wants the full smut let me know and I'll it separately as this story is going to be kept T rated.