This is the last chapter and I just want to thank you all so much for all of the kind review, follows,favourites. I know I've been saying it through but I mean it. On with the show.
The final shoutouts go to CookieSweetness, Rewinded and sunshineueltschy13.
It was all meant to go so smoothly. It was just meant to be her, Gabriel and a couple of Talon agents taking the Dorado power core. It was on an old rusty van type vehicle so it shouldn't have been this hard to steal. With that type of power they could do whatever they wanted.
Overwatch wasn't meant to be here so obviously they had been tipped off. Reaper knew who had told them and he was going to have some stern words with her later. He would literally fire her if he could but she was the world's best hacker so getting rid of her wasn't an option.
Gabriel was taking out the security guards in an alley way. They all fell as he pumped them full of lead. He did this without even breaking a sweat. He was going at a fast pace though the streets of Dorado when he saw him. Standing in the light by the broken vault.
He saw Jack in his sights.
He and Jack then locked eyes with each other. They stood there for a moment before they both took action. Gabriel wraithed towards him and Jack was running at full speed towards him. This was going to be one hell of a clash but Gabriel somehow had that feeling that it might've been their last.
Jack began shooting at him while Gabriel was manoeuvring around him, avoiding the bullets as they came. He didn't know why Jack was here and not where he was meant to be but it didn't matter. He was here now and Gabriel had to deal with this spanner in the works.
This distraction caused an open moment which Jack didn't waste when he shot the 3 heavy rockets towards his ex-fiance. A helix rocket hit him but instead of going through him like it should have it his abdomen. He could feel a puncture wound in a medical bag he had specially tailored into his coat. His suspicions were confirmed when he placed a hand to his chest on felt the yellow biotic solution.
He fell to the ground in pain as his chronic pain almost immediately came back without the solution. Out of all the times for his chronic pain to be acting now had to be the time, when Morrison was standing over him ready to put a bullet in him. He looked up and got what he didn't expect. Instead of a weapon pointed to his face it was Jack's hand lowered towards his face.
Jack had taken off his visor and began to take off Gabriel's mask as well. He tried to protest but it was clear that his pain was limiting him severely. He tried to turn away but then he remembered that since the blast he has burned his eyes so badly he had gone nearly all blind. His still had partial vision but that came and went as it please.
"What are you doing?" He asked in his normal tone of voice, the one that Jack had fallen in love with. It was often modified by the mask and sounded more edgy then it already was to strike fear into his enemies hearts and minds. Gabriel's eyes widened as Jack held out his own mask to his face. He had no idea what he was playing at.
"My mask supplies me with morphine. You look like you need it." He shouldn't have done this but he knew exactly why he was doing this. He need to say a proper apology before he left here tonight. He couldn't go another day living with the guilt of knowing he caused their relationship to disintegrate into nothing.
"Why are you doing this? You know I'd try and kill you if it weren't for this damn chronic pain." He always chose his words carefully and he had used the word 'try' on purpose. He had been going through a lot of thoughts lately. He had seen so many relationships and how they were tearing at the seams and he was thinking about his own with Jack's. He hated him with a passion but he wasn't sure if he wanted to kill him anymore. Amelie doing this for Lena made him confused and what Sombra was doing for Satya as well.
"I need you to listen. I'm sorry for what happened between us. I know I was my fault. I can't change that. I don't want this to be how we end it." He was trying to stay strong but without his pain relief his legs were beginning to give out. As he fell Gabriel got up regaining his strength thanks to the pain relief drugs. Also there was the emotional part that was draining him. O course it felt good to finally get the apology in but it was taking all of his will to do it.
"It's too late." Jack followed the sound of Gabriel's voice and tried to assume where his eyes were and tried to look at him.
Gabriel had every advantage. He had the pain relief and Morrison was blind without his visor. He should have taken this opportunity to kill him right there and then. Something was stopping him. He didn't know what it was but something deep inside was reminding him of all the old memories.
"I'm sorry too, but nothing can change what was done." Gabriel said taking out a small ring he always kept in his pocket. He didn't understand why he still kept it all these years but after seeing what was going on with Amelie and Lena he began to think he knew a little bit more about himself. He threw it down and Jack looked up at him. He could tell that it was the sound of something small and metallic being dropped.
Amelie was did what she did to save Lena, Sombra did what she did to avenge her love now Gabriel was doing this to try and forgive his love.
As much as he was still bitter with Jack and what went down Amelie was reminding him of the good times he had. He couldn't keep on doing this. Seeing Jack and acting like he wanted him dead. Seeing what happened to Sombra when Satya died, he acted like he didn't care but he saw himself in her role and what little sympathy he could muster was eating him up inside. He had spent so many years being mad but for the first time he was beginning to think things through. He was at a mental crossroad.
"Not like this, I forgive you. I won't kill. I'll let someone else do it. Goodbye Jack." He turned to leave him alone when he felt a hand grabbing at his long trench coat.
"Gabe…" He didn't want to lose him again but he was sure that this time for sure it was truly over. At least he could be grateful that this time they left on good terms. He felt the cloth slip through his hands and he heard his mask fall with a crack. He was left there staring at nothing. He felt around for where he thought that the mask had fallen but that's when he felt it. The small round ring. He never knew that Gabe had kept the ring all these years.
A couple of centimetres away he was then able to find his visor. He felt that the glass had been cracked slightly but thankfully nothing had been broken. He adjusted it and it took a few moments before he was allowed his vision back.
Their ways had been parted but a part of Jack was relieved. He held the ring to his chest and replayed the images in his mind. Gabriel was relieved too that it was done. He didn't know what to feel. He still wanted Overwatch destroyed so he knew he should probably get back to the fight, Amelie was probably needing him by now.
Amelie was needing his help by now. She was being ambushed by several people at the one time and holding them back was not an easy task. Well it was for her but it was more of an inconvenience to her.
She was taking them out wait ease as she used her acrobatic tricks to send them flying off the roof top. Doing this type of thing had actually begun to bore her. Killing just seemed like another job that needed doing.
"Amelie!" A yell stopped her from shooting. She looked round and her visor readjusted to the sight in front of her. Just like Overwatch, Lena wasn't meant to be here. Gabriel was supposed to be distracting her by attacking the support. She was angrily thinking about what on earth was so important that he had to leave mid battle and deal with it. She swore to god that if it had something to do with Jack she would kill him.
Amelie shot at Lena with the specially made tranquillizer darts Talon had made specifically for Lena. She kept on missing her. So far Lena had been the only target she had missed. All of her other targets had fell, then again her other targets didn't have a condition which essentially made them a superhero.
Lena got the upper hand on her. She was able to disarm her and before Amelie could grapple away Lena shot at the wire and effectively snapped it in two. Amelie looked at the cord before she looked back to Lena. As she looked Lena's fist collided with her face. Amelie spat out a tooth as Lena had hit her that hard.
"That's for leaving me!" She said looking pissed as hell. Amelie knew she deserved it and when she anticipated the next hit to the jaw she readied herself but no such hit came. When she opened her eyes beneath the visor she was greeted with the image of Lena looking at her in all 7 of her artificial red eyes.
"Let me see your face." Lena demanded looking at her, she didn't want to look at her through the stupid visor. It looked so different on her but then again it might have been due to the fact her skin was discoloured.
Amelie considered it for a moment. As long as no Talon agents could see her from this height then she was sure that she would be okay, if they heard her then it would be a problem. Amelie took her visor off and threw it to the side revealing her face.
Lena was face to face with Amelie once again. The real Amelie. It was hard to believe that this was her wife. This was the first time she got a proper look at her. Her skin was a light blue, it seemed so unnatural. Amelie's eyes also told a story. Lena could read that she had been though a lot the past couple of months, what she didn't know and she didn't want to find out.
"I know why you're doing this." Lena said putting her guns away, knowing fully well that she wouldn't shoot her. Amelie couldn't feel fear but her heart was beating slightly faster than normal. She inwardly counted and it was about 3bpm, three times her normal heart rate.
"You don't know anything. You do not know me." She screamed at her, fearing that Talon might be listening in. Lena realised why she was panicking and began to shush her. She used to be so cute when she panicked but now it was awkward due to the situation.
"They can't hear us luv. Zenyatta got into their communications and disable them. We have at least 5 minutes." Lena told her, looking at her watch and checking the times just to make sure that she was correct. If she had timed it wrong then it all would have fallen apart. Amelie felt her heart go back into its regular pattern. Lena was giving her the face which crushed her. It was the one which tried to assure her that everything was going to be okay. Everything was not going to be okay, this was the least okay it could be.
"Lena, I just want you to be safe. I need to destroy Overwatch to do that." She admitted openly. She knew how bad it sounded but it was the honest truth. She couldn't cry but if she could she would be crying into her arms and telling her how sorry she was for letting all of this happen and how she wished she could take it all back.
Lena hated seeing this side of Amelie. The worst part was that she had no idea if her hatred of Overwatch was this strong before this mess happened or if it had to do with Talon messing with her mind. Now wasn't the time to find out though.
"I am safe Amelie, It's you who's in danger. You got in over your head."
Amelie could have scoffed at her. She couldn't comprehend how Lena could think that she was safe. She was in gun battles on a daily basis where she was being hunted but other who possibly still had mental triggers in her. She was anything but safe.
"I know what I'm doing." In truth she had no clue what she was doing but this was the only option in her mind.
Lena had been in a relationship with Amelie for years now and one thing she knew was that Amelie always thought she could do things on her own when in reality she would need help with them. This was one of those times. "No you don't. I am here to save you." Lena tried to explain calmly.
"For God sake Lena what must I say to make you stop trying to save me?! I am the one saving you." She cried falling to her knees, she didn't want to be making Lena hurt when she didn't this but she couldn't see any other way of making her go away.
Lena cringed at the angry yet sadness that was conveyed in her voice. She had shown so little signs of emotions Lena thought that Talon might have removed them entirely.
"Amelie we can save you! Please just come back to the base. We'll make sure they can't get you." Lena got down to her level as well to try and beg her to come with her. She had forgiven her for the path she went down, she didn't have a choice in all this. If anything she thought it was her fault. If she had just done what Amelie had asked and left Overwatch for good none of this mess would have happened.
"They aren't going to let me go but that's okay. I know what I'm doing." She said cupping Lena's cheek, putting on a façade of her being alright. Her face wasn't able to show it but she was breaking down on the inside. It had gotten to such a bad point she wondered if it would be better if she was dead. She considered it for a while but she eventually came to the conclusion that it would probably only make things worse for Lena.
Lena didn't want to believe that this was the same Amelie. "It's Talon Ame! They're going to hurt you!" She yelled in her ear. She knew what Talon did in terms of torture methods and she knew that Talon had probably corrupted her to think that there was no escape. She just wanted these 5 minutes to last forever so she could comfort her.
"If they found out you know they'll kill you." Amelie had now thought about the implications of her knowing. Talon's master plan would be destroyed and they would do something drastic, she didn't know what but it would be something that would destroy her either physically or emotionally.
"Amelie….Please…I still love you." Lena was about to lose it. She had been an emotional wreck and all she wanted was her previous life back with her. Amelie wanted to reach out and just cling on to her for whatever time they had left. She didn't want her to talk, she just wanted to embrace their moments together.
"I love you too Lena but this needs to stop. I have to save you. Move on for the time being. I don't think Overwatch will be destroyed for a while." She knew that she was never getting away from talon at this point. It was inevitable that this war between them would go on until one fell but that wouldn't be happening any time soon. She sighed but she knew that in the end it would all work out. It had to. Right?
She honestly didn't mind if Lena was with anyone else while she was with Talon. She knew that Lena was always living fast in the present and she didn't want to keep her anchored down in the past. She secretly hoped that Lena wouldn't find anyone but she knew how Lena was and how she looked, she could have a girlfriend tomorrow if she wanted. Amelie guessed that in the time she had been 'dead' she had probably met someone. She would make sure that whoever Lena chose treated her right. And if not then they would get a widows kiss.
They were left in silence for a moment before Amelie decided suggesting a plan that could have worked. Amelie had spent nights thinking about this.
"What if you helped me destroy Overwatch from the inside? Talon aren't going to kill you they just want Overwatch gone." Amelie suggested. It was a stupid idea as she doubted that Lena would even consider the option but it would be nice if her love for her was stronger than her love of Overwatch. She waited for her response but when she saw Lena's face she knew the decision was made.
Lena sighed. Her response sounded like a total dick move but it was the cold hard truth. "You can't ask me to do that Amelie. And do you trust Talon?" Amelie looked to the side dejectedly. Once more she had lost Lena to Overwatch and she had a very good point about Talon. She had no idea whether or not when Overwatch got destroyed if they would keep their end of the barging or would they kill her as she could have been seen as asset and didn't want anything connected to them.
They had nothing left to say. Both of their paths were clearly set out but these roads weren't crossing anytime soon. Amelie was staying with Talon to destroy Overwatch while Lena was staying with Overwatch to destroy Talon. They looked at each other until a noise drew their eyes of each other and down to Lena's wrist.
Lena's watch bleeped. "There is not that much time left. You must part your ways." Zenyatta told her. It didn't feel like 5 minutes, it felt more like 5 seconds and they were both pissed that this was how they spent it, filled with regret. As Lena looked back up from her watch Amelie was already on her way to leave, walking away as if nothing had happened.
"Goodbye Lena, mon cherie." Amelie said for what she was sure would be the final time. She couldn't look back to say it. She couldn't look back period. She would only allow herself to look back when her contract was finished.
"Amelie. Wait!" She grabbed Amelie by the waist and pulled her into a dramatic kiss. They both savoured their final intimate moment together. Amelie worked her tongue and made Lean blush. Both had missed the feeling of it. Amelie cupped Lena's soft pink cheeks and tried to remember how the felt so when she was lying alone in a base away from her she could remember what they felt like. She looked at her face and began trying to remember every single last detail from the way her eyes sparked to how many freckles she had to which earring she had decided to put in today. Lena was doing the same thing, remembering how her new skin looked and how her eyes shone a golden yellow colour.
Amelie broke away from the kiss when she head a faint static noise coming from her visors earpiece.
"Foolish girl." She smirked before disappearing in a cloud of venom mine smoke. Lena recalled and got the poison out of her lungs. She looked once more at Amelie as she looked down from her snipers perch.
"Target escaped. Back to base." She said leaving with Reaper and the Talon aircraft. Lena was left utterly broken and it showed. Her face was red with tears and she was having to use a hand to hold back her sobs. Amelie was the same only she had to do it internally. Amelie looked at her gun and thought about all the people who had died during this and the reason why she had killed them.
Amelie didn't kill for power, she didn't kill so that she could know the answer to everything and she didn't kill for her personal gain.
The only thing she killed for was love.
And that is why a Spider Kills.