The only shout out this time around goes to Charmed Dragon Christian. Thanks :)
Anyway this is the longest chapter thus far and I'm afraid we are nearing the end. It's probably only be about 4-5 more parts then it will be completed. I've had a good time so let's enjoy the rest of the journey.
"Alright team listen up." Commanded Jack Morrison with urgency in his voice. Amelie and Lena had just about arrived to hear his speech about their next assignment. He tossed them both files and while Lena revised it to see what it was Amelie had already looked at it the night before. She didn't want to question how Gabriel got it first but the less she questioned it the safer she felt.
"We have information that there's going to be an attack on the Shambali monks in Nepal. We have to protect them." He said bringing up the temple on the holo-map. Zenyatta made a small robotic noise of distress while Genji grabbed his robotic teacher securely by the arm. Amelie looked guilty but stayed quite.
"I will protect my home." Said Genji who then held Zenyatta's hand to comfort him. Amelie felt bad that she was going to partially cause chaos there but nothing could be done about it now. Amelie looked down to see Lena grabbing her hand. She often said that if one couple in Overwatch was threatened then the other couples should group up and support them. Amelie gripped it tighter than usual and gave Lena a small smile.
It was taking all of her will power not to cry in front of her.
"When do we depart?" Zenyatta asked.
"We have a carrier ready. We leave in 25 minutes." Jack replied seemingly leaving to go get his ammunition and anything else he might need. With the short time scale they had everyone was instantly up and about trying to get their weapons and make sure that they are working.
Lena was already rearing to go but Amelie was running around to try and get all of her things sorted. She found her purple visor and her biotic weapon given to her courtesy of Ana Amari. She had grown attached to it but she guessed she would be trading it in any day now for a real weapon. Something that would kill. As she was putting the strap on it she felt Lena grab her from behind in a big hug.
"Lena, how are you doing?" She smiled down at her. She was so innocent of the knowledge of what was going to happen. Like a naïve child.
"I'm fine Amelie. I can't wait to get out there." She released her from her grasp and then proceeded to be a show off and spin her pistols on her hands while moving fancifully. Lena was always one to show off her tricks at parties.
"I just want you to know I love you so much. I can't wait to see you out there." Lena didn't seem to see anything out of the ordinary, just her wife reminding her that she was in love but for Amelie it was so much more. It was like her real final parting words before she left her. She knew that they would be together again soon one day but it would kill her having to wait for it.
"Cheers. I can't wait to see you too. You don't have to come on missions anymore you know." Lena was still also partially afraid that Amelie was just coming on missions now because she was scared of losing her again and she didn't want to make her do anything she didn't want to. With one simple second long glance she could tell exactly what was going on through her wife's head.
"I know, I just like being close with you." Flirting. They only way to confuse Lena. She gave her a quick nibble on the ear and had completely melted Lena's mind.
Lena didn't know why Amelie seemed so loving today but she wasn't going to question it. She made the logical assumption that the danger possibly made Amelie feel alive so maybe she was obvious with her flirting. Either that or the fact that they were back to their nightly activities.
She got the overwhelming urge to let everyone know how perfect Amelie was and it just so happened that two agents just happened to walk in. "McCree, Ana, look at Amelie. She is the best wife in the whole world and I love her." She squished Amelie's cheeks together and both of the agents laughed while Amelie was turning a shade of crimson red from the embarrassment her wife was exposing her too.
"Very good." Ana said in that mother like tone. It was essentially her non biological daughter dating her old work mate. It was a little weird but they were both happy so she was fine with it. McCree was kind of on the same boat. Lena let go of Amelie's cheeks and gave them a quick kiss to make them feel better. Amelie then returned the favour by pushing her cheeks together only instead of letting go she brought Lena into a deep kiss which went on for about 14 seconds.
"Get a room Ladies." McCree said not wanting to interrupt but seeing as they would probably need to breath at some point.
"Like you 'aven't done worse with Shimada." She said brining up a picture on her phone from a couple years ago form a Christmas party. It was off him and Hanzo under the mistletoe and both of them very, very wasted on a toxic mixture of Sake and Liquor.
He tried to snatch the phone away but she blinked circles around him while laughing, Amelie also doing nothing to actually help him but laughing at he attempts to get it back. Ana sighed. It was like dealing with a young Fareeha all over again.
"Children enough. We only have about 15 minutes before we need to go. Get moving or you sleep the whole way there." She scolded giving Lena a look which made her instantly delete the picture from existence. She moved the gunslinger out of the room to let the girls get ready. She may have had one real daughter but she had to be a mother to pretty much every hero there. Even Morrison.
"Better go before Ana puts a dart in my arm." As she was about to move a quick hand grabbed her harshly by the arm.
"Wait. I want to kiss you before you go." Amelie know she was getting way to obvious but she still felt like any moment could be her last words to her. She didn't want to give Lena the satisfaction of having it be something stupid like a pun or a stupid yet adorable joke.
"It's not like I'm going anywhere, just to my old locker." Lena said holding up her old key chain. Amelie wasn't concerned with her going anywhere.
It was where she was going.
"Wow, I've always wanted to come here. I think we should vacation here." Lena said poking at Amelie but she seemed preoccupied by looking out of the window. She wasn't looking at the majesty of the temples but rather she was just thinking. Lena once again assumed that she was so stunned by the sight that she didn't hear her.
The journey had been surprisingly lively which shocked Amelie as people she had never really seen together before were now chatting away. and Mccree were chatting about their shooting capabilities while Mei and Bastion were making small ice sculpture, his was a bird while she made a tiny snow Zarya. It had landed and she didn't even realise until Lena was pulling her out of her seat to excitedly show her the sights.
They were greeted by Zenyatta's older brother like figure, Mondatta. Amelie still remembered when she first saw him in person. And then the second time when her wife was a murderous terrorist agent. He was even more exquisite up close. Sure he had a few scrapes but he was just able to have a presence that made all of the agents feel tranquil. Amelie was grateful for this.
"Greetings. It has been a long time Mondatta." He said greeting his brother in arms. It had been so long since Zenyatta had been here it made him feel slightly nostalgic.
"It is good to see you. Are these the ones here to help?" He said pointing towards the group of odd looking humans. He was concerned for his safety after the Kings Row incident but he was surrounded by guards 24/7.
"Yes though I am afraid a few people didn't feel comfortable being surrounded by omnics." He had asked for help but it seems as though certain people didn't want to help. The Junkers, Zarya and Torbjorn hadn't exactly been the most friendly when Zenyatta asked them for help but he accepted it as they still had plenty of his fellow teammates to help him save his home. Hana took a little bit of convincing but she came for Lucio.
"That is fair. They will soon gain the wisdom that we are all one. It may not be apparent now but time heals wounds." Lena was entranced like it was the deepest talk she had ever herd while Amelie didn't really find that time healed all wounds. She still wanted to end Gerard's life.
After all the introductions Zenyatta led them to where they could wait for the Talon agents to come. They didn't have a timeframe so it was going to be a waiting game. Genji and Zenyatta acted as their tour guide showing them around the place. Hanzo seemed to be uncomfortable to say the least but apart from him everyone else seemed to settle in just fine.
"Team, go scour the area in case there's been any devices left beforehand." He commanded them and everyone split up. Mostly in their pairs. Luckily for Amelie Solider 76 wanted to keep her behind to talk over some kind of backup plan if things something went wrong. Lena was always the ace in the hole.
Amelie began to walk around the semi religious buildings. It had quite the beautiful design to it. She admired it only for a moment before she got a bad feeling that someone was watching her. She was getting good at knowing when Gabriel was about to arrive and twist the knife wound of the choice she made.
Naturally enough, no less than a few seconds later he appeared and pushed her into an empty room. She grunted at the force he used but he didn't seem to take notice. She hated how much force he was still using with her. She was already under his gloved finger what else did he have to prove by hearing her in pain?
He however had grown accustomed to the sounds of people in pain. Either minor scrapes or having a major bullet hole in their chest, so it was only natural for him.
"This is where we finalise our deal."
Amelie had dreaded hearing those words. She couldn't believe she had made the deal with him. If this didn't work out like he planned then she would be killed as a result. She reached into a pocket and reminded herself why she was doing this. A picture of her and Lena on their wedding day. Their first one, not the second one.
She was in the area where the file had said to meet him. She was pulled into a small room with open doors but from the pictures and robe in it she assumed that it must have been Genji's room from when he lived her. She still couldn't believe that Hanzo used to look like that. Amelie was surprised that he had chosen this location as anyone could see at any time but since reaper had gotten the same file Jack had he must have known where everyone would be and when, then be able to pick a prime opportunity to talk with her before everything went down.
"So you actually came?" He knew that she didn't have a choice but he just loved to hear that he had power over them. Also trickery was one of his finer qualities.
"It is part of our agreement isn't it?" She responded, sassing him to shut him up. One thing that Amelie had to keep while working for Talon was her true self. I she let Talon take that away from her she would be reduced to nothing.
He had spent years training a boy who was nothing but sassiness and then having nearly married a man who then would sass the young Jesse in return. Long story short he was well used to this thing by now.
"I know what's going to happen." She had read over what was going to happen. She could do it. Amelie just tried to think of the good points, at least she didn't have to kill anyone she knew. At least she didn't think that she would have to. Maybe injure but not kill. She could kill others fine but not anyone who was her family.
"Then get back to your group petite fille." He mocked. This was a time delicate operation and of she was seen with him the consequences could be fatal for both of them. Even though he was sure of no one else being here to see he couldn't predict everything.
"Don't you want to kill Morrison right now? While he's vulnerable alone in an Omnic room." She said hoping to piss him off one last time before he left. She wasn't going to be treated like some little girl who was afraid of spiders. If there was one thing she hated it was being talked down too. Reason #24 why she divorced Gerard.
He grabbed her by the hair and yanked her down. She hadn't felt this since Gerard. He looked her deep in the eyes which scared her half to death. "You don't get to talk about things like that!" He said in a voice that genuinely did frighten her. It was the normal weird edgy voice but the rage burning beneath it made it all the more intense.
"Release me Gabriel!" She yelled as the pain in her head increased as a sharp part of his glove ended up digging into to her head, not hard enough as to cause any bleeding but hard enough that it would leave a mark.
"Don't bring him up again." He threw her to the ground and she was able to catch herself before any damage was done.
"See you in 20 minutes." He said pulling out a gun from where it was that he kept his infinite stash. He pressed a button and that's when the first explosion went off.
The attack had begun.
Everyone had been more or less ready when the bullets started to fire. The sound of the bullets being fire was making more noise than drunk Hana and Lucio on Karaoke night. All the monks and innocent omnics had been moved to a safer location so essentially it was an open battlefield for the ultimate showdown.
Talon vs Overwatch.
She was in the position and with a small breath and a pull of a trigger she was talking out Talon soldiers one by one. Only she was knocking the out this time instead of doing any real damage. In the file she had been forced to read yesterday it had mentioned that she was no longer allowed to murder Talon agents.
As she kept on supporting her teammates she felt the smoke screen go off behind her and within the mist she used her infrared sight and saw that Reaper was there with another body. Her body double. She remained calm but her heart was pumping out of her chest. It was the thrill of the danger, the fear of messing up and the immense focus she was putting into this all in one split second.
He threw the clone like person towards her and she had a moment's hesitation but she had to do it. She had to kill her. Hesitation was unusual for her. She had only hesitated when trying to subdue Lena but this was different. It was like she was killing her old self and forming this new personality. The thing that made her hesitate the most however was that she felt nothing for the poor girl. She was becoming what he wanted. A cold killer who would kill anyone he told her to.
Amelie took the shot. It pierced the look alike heart. She heard the gasp and felt a shiver crawl down her back at how alike they had made her double. She even screamed like her. Amelie grabbed her by the turtle neck and threw the double from the tall building and listened to the sickening crack as the double hit the ground. She tried not to cringe but while she didn't throw up at the sound she was still disturbed by the noise.
It had all happened so quickly. She was pulled back as Gabriel pulled her out of anyone's line of sight. She was handed a small purple gadget and as she clicked it on to her surprise she had turned invisible. Courtesy of Sombra.
"Enjoy the show." He laughed, leaving her to see what would happen next. She had told she would be camouflaged but not that she would have to watch what happened in the aftermath.
As Pharah called out that there was an assassin and that someone should get her Lena was going to go and take this mystery person out but then she realised who had been the victim. She did something she never normally did. She was 100% still. It was like everything around her had stopped as she saw her wife lying there with her head covered in blood and a bullet to the chest.
She ran over to Amelie and tried to see if she was alright but her eyes were closed and the blood was flowing at a rapid rate out of her chest. She wasn't a medic but she was trying everything she could to try and keep her alive just until a support could arrive.
She pulled her into her lap and tried to wake her up.
"Amelie! Luv! Please you'll be alright. Please you have to be alright." She said as she pulled off her jacket and tried to get the blood flow to stop. It seemed as though the more she tried to stop the flow the more it began to pour out of her. The fake's hand fell down lifelessly and this was causing Lena to cry even harder. She had lost friends in the line of duty before and she never normally panicked but she was freaking out.
From the snipers position stood the real Amelie looking down as her wife cried over her dead body. It was horrific. She had seen death in her time but this was something else.
"SOMEBODY BLOODY DO SOMETHINK! MERCY! Amelie cringed as she could see Lena's eye beginning to water. She was in Nepal for god sake, surrounded by Zen healers. Why was nobody comforting her crying wife?
She had seen Lena cry before but it had been over stupid little things, like when she thought the clown fishes son had died or when the lion's dad fell to his death but this was completely different. It was nothing less of raw, unfiltered emotions. Amelie's throat was getting a little sore as well form trying to keep herself quiet.
Angela had been on a different part of the battle field but she heard Lena use her Hero name and she knew that she must be seriously injured. She would be there as soon as she could but when she came she wasn't ready for what she saw.
Her nose was beginning to run and the tears were properly flowing as she cried into the doubles chest. Amelie knew that she couldn't look away she needed to see Lena so sad that she would be reminded what she was all doing this for. Why it would be worth it.
"Amelie, Just think about our wedding. It doesn't matter which one. Just picture it and don't let go, the happiness might stop you from dying quicker." Though Lena had gotten no reaction from her she tried to pretend she was just unconscious from blood loss. Lena couldn't lose anyone else.
She was hugging onto her hoping that down how that tighter she held on she would somehow be able to bring her back to life. There was no use, her heartbeat had gone still and her breaths were non existent. Lena tried to make her warm again but her skin had already gone cold. Her back felt damaged from the fall and Lena hoped to god that she died on impact. She couldn't stand the thought of her being in anymore pain than she already was.
Lena finally accepted that she was not coming back and began to cry even harder, cradling her and saying how much she loved her and that she was sorry, sorry for their petty arguments, sorry for becoming Talon and sorry for not being able to save her.
She knew who had caused this. It had been her. She had gotten Amelie involved with Overwatch and Talon and now she had been assassinated. It was her fault that Amelie was dead.
The rest of the team had been busy keeping the threat back but it was only when their long battle had finished that now they realised what had happened. They were able to push back the remaining threats and make the other retreat.
The other agents surrounded her looking at the lifeless body. McCree looked angrily to the source of the shot. When Amelie noticed that they were going to investigate the source of the shot she had to go. Gabriel and her, as well as the rest of the Talon operatives retreated and went back to their base. To plan their future attacks and finally complete Operation Widowmaker once and for all.
"Mercy isn't there anything you can do?" She said only hoping that Angela could work her magic. Even if Amelie ended up like reaper she would be there to support her and care for her.
"Lena she's been dead for too long. If I had been here sooner I might have been able to but I can't I'm sorry." She said sorrowfully. She felt the guilt she was used to of not being able to save her friend. Any of her friends.
They all watched as Lena broke down and became a sobbing mess. Her face had already reached the red and wet stage as tears were making their way down and drenching the corpse underneath her. It was unusual, even though her torso was all bloodied up her face was clean as glass.
"I'll get the sniper." McCree shouted looking up at the target. He had seen too many black watch agents murdered, to many agents killed before his very eyes. He wasn't going to let them get away with it. Not this time.
"Lena, it will be worth the pain in the end. Please don't cry." She whispered to herself hoping that somehow she would be able to hear her words of comfort. McCree didn't make it on time. By the time he was up the the assassin was long gone leaving behind only a card which had a purple lipstick mark on it.
He was back down and it seemed that the omnic monks of the Shambali had gathered around and were tending to all the injuries but when one tried to go to Lena she pushed him back and only hugged her harder. It was a sorry display. It would be the last thing she remembered when leaving her. Blood and tears.
Amelie was now on her own with Gabriel.
"You did well today Amelie." Gabriel commented. Amelie however wasn't listening. She was lying down on small sofa like area, trying to get some sleep, not trying to block out the bad memories. Emotionally she should have been destroyed at this point but like her mother always said the spider felt no emotions so she would have too as well. It wasn't going to be easy but practice make perfect.
"Welcome to Talon"