Dragon Ball Xenowatch
AN- Ok since the only review I've gotten on the subject told me to get rid of the intro seqeunce bit, I will remove it. Anyone who does want to see it again, I won't be removing it from that specific chapter, so just imagine that it's in there. So without further ado, let's get goin'!
Chapter 6 Introductions
March 30th 2076
Callio awoke groggily to what was a familiar scene to him, an infirmary room, with him being wrapped in enough bandages to make one assume he might be a mummy.
He then was aware of a sensation that felt like a comforting warmth moving over his body, one that made him feel more relaxed than he'd been in forever it seemed. For a while he just lay there, enjoying this feeling.
He might've assumed he might be dead, what with the whole golden, gleaming light he was able to make out, but he was well aware of the nature of the afterlife, no one would be playing Dusty Springfield's "You Don't Have To Say You Love me." at King Yemma's check in station. But it was some lovely music so he let it work with that golden warmth to make the oncoming aches and pains from the fights he just remembered he had.
Because he was in something of a daze, he wasn't alert enough to notice that someone had entered the room.
In fact, he only noticed that she was there when she accidentally dropped something, making him react instinctively by pointing an orb of ki in her direction. This was a mistake however, as as soon as he tried to move he was overcome by the pain all over his body that hadn't really healed since….. well, however long ago the battle was, he didn't have a good idea of how much time he'd missed.
His action had the effect of making the woman dropping the item yet again, and giving off a terrified screech that had turned much of his sensitive Saiyan hearing into a loud ringing noise.
Intro Sequence Song: Limit Break x Survivor: SevenOneFive
After giving the unfortunate woman a heart attack Callio was forced to lean back, and lose control of his ki blast, which quickly dissipated in his hands as he collapsed back into the infirmary bed he was momentarily confined to. Trying to shake off the feeling that someone just set off a flashbang right next to his ear.
After getting a hold of himself, the Saiyan warrior looked to the woman to find that she looked somewhat younger than him, but that scare he gave her might've taken a few years off her life as she was currently holding both her hands to her chest as if trying to stop her heart from exploding out of it, and her eyes looked like those of a deer caught in the headlights.
Oddly enough after taking a good look at her Callio could've sworn she reminded him of a rabbit that had just narrowly escaped him after he tried hunting on Earth once, poor thing was damned lucky he wasn't really as interested in the activity as he thought he'd be.
They stared at each other wide eyed for a moment before the girl seemingly got angry if the reddening of her face was of any indication and she went into a loud rant about something or other, but Callio still could barely make anything out through the ringing still in his ear.
"What? Can you turn speak up? I can't hear you!" Callio practically yelled as he had no real control over his own volume just yet. However this served only to make her even more angry, probably thinking he was being sarcastic, and then she stormed out of the room as an older blonde with a concerned look on her face tried to stop her and ask what happened, but to no avail when she stomped out muttering something, and a man dressed like a cowboy who looked like he was ready to tear the Saiyans head off. Though that quickly turned into slight confusion as they listened to the rabbit girl.
The blonde woman was wearing a halo on her head, which confused the time patroller. If she was dead, then what was she doing here among people who seemed clearly alive? Is she visiting the world for a day perhaps? Like Kakarot had just before Majin Buu showed up? If so then what would bring her here? He asked himself these questions and more as the ringing began to fade.
" *re y** * ***ing *kay? Wha** **ong?" was what he had heard from her. She looked concerned for him, probably because he was using the arm of his that wasn't in a caste to try to cover his ears. Trying to numb the pain.
"Er, what? I can hear you." He said a bit quieter this time.
The woman got the idea and moved over to the device emitting that golden glow, and manipulated it so that its healing beam got bigger, which quickly got the alarm going off in his ears much faster.
"Ah thanks that's much better, can actually hear myself think now." He said relieved.
"Your welcome, but I would like to know what that was about." The woman, who seemed to be a Doctor, asked him.
He thought about it for a moment "I think I might have scared her by moving suddenly or something, I didn't know she was there." The Saiyan explained.
The woman (and the cowboy with a gun, thankfully) seemed satisfied with his answer for now and moved on to another question.
"You got a name partner?" The man in the stetson asked.
Partner? Where does this guy think he is? The wild west? "Actually, for all I know I could be, I did just get knocked around a time portal for a bit." he realized. It was at this point he realized it wasn't the time patrol that had saved his skin not to long ago, they'd definantly be able to recognize him, or at least be able to get the info from Chronoa. Whoever these people were, they weren't anyone he was familiar with.
"Callio." He said
"Callio….?" the doctor asked this time.
Confused he thought about it for a moment, then remembered that humans usually have family names attached to their first. It was a practice that hadn't really caught on for the Saiyans before Vegeta was destroyed, with the exceptions of the royal family, but they were always weird.
"Just Callio miss..?" He asked for her name as well.
"My name is Doctor Angela Ziegler," She answered "And this is Agent Mcree" She introduced us as he tipped his hat to me.
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you Doc, Mcree, but would you mind telling me where I am?" Then thought about a secondary question "And it might sound strange, but when I am?" he asked, earning the pair giving eachother a look.
"Well, as for where, we are at Watchpoint Gibraltar, an Overwatch outpost that we've been able use as a home base for a few months now. As for when, it is March 30th, 2076." She said, instantly making him grow visibly worried, and shocked.
"2076? 2076? Have I been gone for over a thousand years!?" He internally panicked.
"Callio, this might sound strange, but do you know if you've encountered any temporal anomalies recently?" She asked making him widen his eyes in surprise at her.
If only she knew dealing with temporal anomalies was basically his job.
"How did you know?" not many people in the world he knew would think of time travel as something to bring up as a first theory as to how someone got somewhere.
"Our commander, and head scientist, has some experience in matters of time manipulation." This made Callio more worried, had he just encountered a group of rogue time travelers? He's in no condition to fight them over it now, and he'd feel real dirty about attacking them to take away anything they had that could affect the timeline negatively after they'd shown the hospitality of trying to treat his wounds.
"How do you mean?" He asked seriously.
"One of our agents, and our friend, were stuck in a temporal anomaly that had been accidentally created. It made her disappear for days, months even until she was found again in the most random place. She was, as far as I understand it, displaced in time. Winston was able to invent a device called a chronal accelerator that was able to keep her anchored to our time, you'll have to ask him when he returns about the specifics of how, but in the end that is what lead to him creating equipment that could detect temporal anomalies, and recently, detect that you yourself have been affected by time travel in some way" she explained.
"He did it to save his friend huh? Well, that's okay then, I'm sure I can let that one slide at least." He thought.
"Ok next question, who are you with then? You don't seem to be part of any organisation I'm familiar with." He asked
Doctor Ziegler then gave a 'brief' overview of Overwatch's history. From the beginning of the 1st Omnic crisis, to the Golden era, to the collapse, then the recall, with Mcree adding his opinion every once in a while. All in all it sounded like they were this time's version of the Z-fighters. Though why they would let some stupid piece of paper stop them from doing what was right was beyond him. But he then remembered how she told him about how Overwatch's leadership basically imploded, along with much of their headquarters. Must've been hard to fight the bureaucrats without a person, or a place to rally to when shit went south.
She also gave him a run down on the state of the world, and it didn't sound very good. Terrorists ran rampant, the 2cnd Omnic crisis brewing in Russia, massive civil conflict over resources, Civil rights for Omnics (because only humanity can fuck up so bad in the process of making their own servants that they somehow manage to give them free will, and a desire to use it. Seriously? He didn't see any other sentient species in the galaxy screwing up this kind of thing. First the Androids, then these Omnics, and that whole Scouter Skynet thing that happened a few years back before he joined the time patrol?), and the world's environmental issues that don't seem to be getting any better any time soon with how humanity is treating their planet (he could go into whole other mini-rant there, but that's an issue for another day).
"Well, shit. Humans getting themselves into trouble, what else is new?" he muttered, mostly to himself, but the Doctor heard him.
"Speaking of which, if you don't mind me asking, what are you? The scans we took showed that your body isn't human, right down to the genetic level." She asked, this time with the Cowboy listening closely.
Callio wasn't entirely certain about answering this question. Sure it was over a thousand years into the future, but his people didn't exactly leave the best impression onto the Galaxy when they were here. Though this was Earth after all, with Saiyans like Kakarot, and Vegeta making this place their home, and their main jobs as the planets best defenders things might be different. In the end Cal decided to give these guys the benefit of the doubt. After all they did claim to want to protect the rights of a race of robots that had tried to exterminate them not too long ago, so maybe Saiyans could get left off the hook?
"I'm a Saiyan." He told her.
"What is a Saiyan exactly?" She asked, mildly surprising Callio. Even if it was a thousand years into the future, the actions and history of the Earth's protectors were fairly well known after they were basically written down in a book by Gohan, so they should be aware of that at least. And even then the descendants of those Saiyans should still be around, because of how Saiyan genetics work they'd at least have some people with Saiyan traits running about.
He thought about it for a moment. "We Saiyans are a race of warriors, and are among the best in the universe at that." He said that last bit with some pride, it was true after all, Saiyans save the entire universe all the time. Frieza, Majin Buu, Corrupted Gods, the Demon Demigra even, all were defeated by Saiyans, not something to scoff at.
She gave him a look that mixed awe, surprise, and suspicion all into one. "So you are an alien this world then?" She asked him. It was beginning to look like someone must have fucked up her callender because there was no way this was 2076, when aliens became common knowledge when the Saiyans Vegeta, and Nappa landed on Earth because they weren't exactly subtle about it. And ever since then it seems the Earth's defenders were dealing with an extraterrestrial threat every other week.
Or maybe…. maybe this wasn't the future, maybe he ended up in another timeline, or universe even. It wouldn't exactly faze him at this point if he did. He's seen, and done so much crazy shit since he's joined the time patrol that he'd doubt anything really could seem impossible anymore.
"Yes I am an Alien, though I'm beginning to suspect it may not just be from your world, but from your reality. On the Earth I'm familiar with Aliens are common, some even living there is a common occurence." He then tried to explain his theory further.
"Yes, well, this is not really my area of expertise I'm afraid. If you don't mind though might I ask what your doing here on our earth then?" She carried on with her question.
"Been wondering that myself actually." The cowboy stated
Callio then explained about the time patrol, his fight with Demigra, and the surprise attack from the fighter jet he encountered.
Doctor Ziegler was doing a very good job at trying to keep a neutral expression about this when she heard his tale, though he did make it sound exciting. "Seems like he and Reinhardt might get along." She thought.
He did purposefully neglect to mention the Dragon Balls, didn't refer to the afterlife, and censored the Z-fighters, and his own strength a bit.
Firstly because the less people are aware of the Dragon Balls existence, the less people wishing for immortality and world domination, the better.
Second because most people refuse to believe anything he'd tell them about it because they all had their own belief system, and didn't really believe him until they had seen otherworld themselves, or seen someone come back from it.
Lastly because some of their feats were quite simply unbelievable to most people.
"...then that girl showed up, fought those Talon guys, I passed out, then I woke up here to the worst alarm clock known to man." He finished
Angela chuckled for a bit "Yes that did give us all quite the scare. Don't worry about Hana, I'm sure she'll cool off in a bit." She told him, for which Callio was slightly relieved, For a Saiyan one of the most terrifying things in existence might be an angry woman, and Gods help you if she was armed with a frying pan!
"Well, since we got introductions out of the way, what now? Not sure how I can repay you patching me up." He admitted, knowing that if this was an alternate reality he probably didn't have any relevant currency to pay any hospital bills.
"Don't worry about that, we're just happy to help. And as for what you do now, you stay in bed until your wounds have healed, we can deal with the rest later." she told him.
"And how long will that take Doc?" Cal asked, already impatient to get out of bed.
"If you were human, about a week, but I'm not quite sure with your unique physiology involved." She explained
He did his best in his head to calculate how long it might take with that data. He knew Saiyans healed faster than humans, but not too much, so maybe 4, 5 days?
"The hell, am I supposed to do cooped up for that long?" He asked himself more than the Doctor, then his body answered.
'Rumble, Rumble'
The Doctor, and the Cowboy both looked around for the source of the loud noise, then landed their eyes on Callio's stomach.
"Well, I can already tell how you can spend some of it." Mcree told him. The Saiyan did his best to rub the back of his head in embarrassment, and laughed
1 hour later
"And your sure he didn't just hit his head too hard?" Winston was currently out on a mission with Mei, who was currently distracted by numbers and calculations elsewhere at their location, so he was speaking to doctor Ziegler, and Torbjorn over a holocall about the stranger that Overwatch had picked up.
Angela had briefed him on the details that she had received from Callio, but they were quite difficult to believe, even with the evidence available.
"Hm, possible but it wouldn't explain his unique DNA, cellular structure, and many other medical anomalies." she explained "And then there was his armor…" she looked to her left where some of the more unusual items the stranger had with him when he arrived, including his sword and armor,
"That one can only assume without modern molecular imaging is composed of some vibranium, mithril alloy," Torbjorn stated as he lightly banged the damaged chest piece with his mechanical arm.
"Can we think of any way to send him back where he belongs? While it is fascinating to be meeting an Alien for the first time in history he's a member of this 'Time Patrol' and likely needs to get back." Mercy asked Winston.
Winston was thinking about this, wondering what to do about the Saiyan warrior that had shown up on their worlds doorstep.
"I'm not even sure how he got here. I still haven't gotten a chance to go through most of the logs of the black box onboard the Slipstream, but I'm fairly certain that it was involved with him being here. Without the quantum drive however i won't be able to investigate any means of getting him home." he said.
The Slipstream was an ambitious project for Overwatch, even in its prime. Costing millions of dollars in R&D to develop that they certainly didn't have now, so they couldn't just build a new one.
"Well, if we can't send him back then what can we do with him? He has nowhere to go here. And if he did cause that level of destruction back in the Ozarks it could lead to disastrous consequences if we just set him loose." Mercy stated making everyone wonder about it for a moment.
If Callio was to be believed then he was a great fighter, and could help out Overwatch greatly if he was still interested in defending Earth, even if it technically wasn't his own. But there was a lot that they didn't know about him, like if he would even want to. His Earth wasn't even his home world, it was just the planet he happened to live on now.
And then there was the possibility of the Time Patrol finding him, he did mention that if they could find him it might take a while, but in terms of time travel, a while was subjective. So there was no real telling when or if they got to him.
"Well, let's wait and see what he wants." Mei said, speaking up for the first time. In a way she sympathized with the version of the story the Saiyan had told.
"This might not be his home, but its a world worth fighting for, and from what he's told us he's chosen to fight with the good guys before, I'm sure he'll choose to do so on his own again." she said to them.
"Are you suggesting we recruit him Dr Zhou?" Winston asked his scientist friend.
"He's a fighter, that's for sure, whatever he does, if he stays in this world for long he won't stand by for long, so if he's gonna fight, let him fight with us." She explained to him.
"It would be nice to have that kind of firepower on the team. But one has to also wonder if he also has the restraint to not use it when necessary." Torbjorn thought aloud, making everyone worry.
The kind of power they saw unleashed at the crash sight was great to be sure, but it could be just as dangerous to them if uncontained, and uncontrolled. Or in the hands of the wrong person.
"Regardless, he needs to recover for a few more days before we can come to such a decision." Mercy said.
"Where is ET anyway?" Torbjorn asked.
Mercy seemed a bit sheepish for a second "Well….." she trailed off
Meanwhile…
After about that length of time Hana Song had seemingly completely forgotten about the incident, after playing some of Lucio's tunes in her earphones for a while.
In fact she was on her way to apologize for possibly making the poor guy deaf when she suddenly felt the need to eat something.
Since it was closer to where she was she decided then to got to the Cafeteria first and get that squared away, which was when she stumbled upon an unusual scene.
"Where does it all go?" asked Tracer, who was watching something like one would look at a terrible car crash. You want to look away for how disturbing it is, but you can't bring yourself to do so.
"I beginning to believe that he may be an anime character." Said Genji, who had just returned from a long personal mission to Japan "That, or he has a serious problem." he thought, though he would not say it aloud without good reason.
"If he's staying long, we're gonna have to make more supply runs than usual." the Cook for today depanned.
"To be fair, he was out cold for 3 days, most people would be starving by this point." the Squire pointed out.
Hana had then followed their line of sight and looked over to a table in the far corner of the cafeteria, where a certain Saiyan warrior was finishing off a 5th bowl of rice and beans, after his 3rd helping of meatloaf, and 3rd serving of mashed potatoes. And even through that, the fact that he was currently in a wheelchair, and that he didn't seem to have much use over one of his arms didn't seem to be stopping him from inhaling his food.
He had been wheeled over to the Cafeteria not too long ago by Mcree, who was eating his own meal at a much slower pace, mostly due to not feeling that hungry after watching the Saiyan consume his food like a sinkhole.
Reinhardt then walked over to him, originally to make an introduction, then to try to stop the Saiyan from overeating.
"Er, I think you may have had enough dinner there friend." The old crusader told him.
The Saiyan analyzed his unbelievably high stack of plates, thought about it for a second, and said,
"Yeah, I guess you're right." to the relief of the Knight before him.
" Aww, rubish. And I was just thinking we should place bets on how many plates he stacked." Tracer said in a state of some kind of awe at how much Callio ate.
"Well, shows over now, as strange a show it was." Brigitte stated, just before all the agents in the room received one of the greatest shocks of their entire careers.
"So what's for dessert then?" The Saiyan asked, as the Agents all comically fell over. Making the Saiyan scratch his head in confusion.
Same time, same Universe
Location ?
The room echoed with the sound of a shotgun gone off, with the smoldering corpse of one of the Talon soldiers that Callio had spared the day of his arrival falling to the floor in response.
"Thank you for your report Sergeant. It's always good to hear when the men you pay good money for fail miserably." A deep, gravelly voice informed the dead body. He then looked to one of the other survivors that had been brought in. "Congratulations Corporal, you've been promoted." he stated, making the man shiver in his armor at the prospect of ending up like his comrade.
"You do know those minions do not grow on trees yes?" Another voice asked, from the other side of an executive chair one would think belonged to a big-wig executive "Though he may have failed as a commander he could have proved his worth as a soldier in battle." .
"The report he gave us showed his entire unit could not bring down one man, and one with one foot in the grave already supposedly." The first voice retorted. Watching the same screen the other was as it played footage of the incident.
"Yes, but a remarkable individual at that. Not only one of incredible power, but one of unknown origins. And if there's one detail that can ruin the best of plans, it's the unknown." The chair swiveled around just as one of Cal's blasts exploded, revealing Akande Ogundimu, AKA Doomfist, flanked by other members of the Talon Council. "You should know that better than anyone Reaper." He told the masked man, whom was now watching the screen with renewed interest as he watched the Saiyan bring down a Talon heavy unit in one strike.
"Then, we'll just have to perform a little investigation." The former Blackwatch commander stated.
"I think we both know who among us is most suited for such a job." Doomfist said as he looked to Reyes left, making Reaper turn to look as well, a decision he instantly regretted.
"Boop." The form of an infamous Latina Hacker appeared as he turned, making him move his face directly into her finger, which poked his masks nonexistent nose.
"Hey Gabe! We going on a trip?" She asked with mock excitement in her tone.
Barely containing his newfound anger, and if he had any left, new blood pressure level he stomped out into the hallway.
"Just stick to the plan this time Sombra."
"No promises anciano"
Outro sequence song: (Far Away) MasakoX
The End
AN- So there you have it, Overwatch just made first contact, and already encountered one of the Saiyans more extraordinary feats. And Talon is beginning to make its moves through the shadows, what will happen next time on Dragon Ball Xenowatch?
