Chapter 4
Ana wakes up the next morning and quickly packs her things. She would need to do this alone, since no one else would believe her, she needed to find everything she could on this room with doctors. First stop, Volskaya Industries, perhaps the library there would prove useful to her. As she sneaks onto one of the jets, a voice suddenly speaks up behind her, nearly making Ana jump.
"Heading somewhere?" The voice is rough and dark, it was no doubt Reaper.
Ana sighs and turns around, as she sees the masked man, arms folded.
"Why the concern?" Ana says
"You're stealing a jet. That's used for taking us to missions, not secret trips." He snarls
Ana huffs and then turns back around and starts to board the jet.
Reaper teleports right in front of her to block her path.
"Get out of my way." Ana snaps
"Not until you tell me where you're going," Reaper responds "Does the boyscout know about this?"
Ana was silent and looked to the side, this caused Reaper to chuckle.
"He doesn't, does he?"
Ana pushed Reaper aside and gets on the jet, as she does she looks back to Reaper.
"Something is going on around here, and I'm going to figure it out; With, or without Overwatch's help." She closes the door and starts the jet
The jet takes off and she sets her destination to Russia.
Meanwhile, back at home base, Soldier 76 is looking for Ana.
He knocks on her room door, but no response.
"Ana? Are you there?" He asks
"She's gone." A voice says
He sharply turns around and sees Reaper
The old soldier readies himself for a fight, but Reaper raises his hand to indicate he wasn't there to kill him.
"What do you want?" Jack asks coldly
"Ana's gone, she left a while ago. So don't waste your breath looking for her."
"Gone? Why would she leave?"
"You know exactly why, Jack."
Soldier 76 feels his heart sink, and he looks away.
"She knows what's going on. So do you. What I want to know is why didn't you tell her?" Reaper says with a coldness to his voice
"Because what we saw, wasn't…" Jack suddenly was caught in a choke hold and slammed against the wall by Reaper
"Wasn't what? Real?" Reaper pulls off his white mask and leans in close to Jack.
"I'll tell you what isn't real." He says, then slowly raises the hand that isn't holding Jack's neck and brings it to the soldier face. He grabs the edge of Jack's mask and rips it off. Soldier 76 struggles to break free but the others grasp was too strong.
Reaper begins to stroke the scars that covered the others face.
"This place isn't real," Reaper beings to say "The people who betrayed you, aren't real," Reaper leans in close to Jack "The little girl you saved, wasn't real."
"You wanna know what is real?"
Jack feels Reaper press against his body and whisper into his ear.
"The room with the doctors."
Jack builds all the strength he has and manages to push off Reaper with much force.
Jack falls to the floor and gasps for air. Reaper picks his mask up and places it back on his face.
"It's time to wake up, Jack."
"NO!" Soldier 76 shouts
"Soldier 76?" A soft voice asks
Jack is shaking, but he manages to look up and sees Mei.
"Are you okay?" She asks very worried
Jack looks around and sees Reaper is gone, there was no trace of him anywhere.
Mei helps him get up and he picks up his mask as he does.
"What happened? Are you hurt?" Mei says
"No… I just. I'm fine. Don't worry." He tells her
"Uhm, okay. Just let me know if something is wrong." She responds
As Mei leaves the hallway, Soldier 76 takes a deep breath and sighs. He stares at his mask, and carefully puts it back on.
He remembers dying that day. The explosion. Everything. When he had died something happened. He didn't survive, he was brought back to life.
