The sun rose over Watchpoint: Gibraltar. Elliott woke up at the dawn of the sun and went outside to look at the sunrise. He loaded his flintlock and holstered it for battle. Just then, he heard a couple of heavy footsteps come up behind him. It was Brigitte.
"Hey, Brigitte" Elliott greeted.
"Hi" Brigitte sat down next to him.
"Is something wrong?" Elliott asked.
"No, I just wanted to say, thank you" Brigitte smiled.
"For what?" Elliott questioned.
"For last night, the stars and everything" Brigitte reminded.
"Oh, yeah" Elliott remembered. "No problem"
"You know, when I first saw you and found out that you were Mei's son, I was surprised, very surprised" Brigitte explained. "And now that I've gotten to know you better, you seem like a person who can pack a punch"
"I'm just trying to keep everyone safe, they can call whatever they want, truth is...I'm just a kid who tries to look out for the ones he loves" Elliott replied.
"That's a nice thought, hey, want to challenge me?" Brigitte asked.
"Sure, just be warned that I am a professional in swordsplay" Elliott warned.
"We'll see about that" Brigitte got her flail out and readied her shield. Elliott got his scimitar out and readied his flintlock. "Ready?"
"Just before we start, let me just say-" Elliott was hit with the flail and fell backwards. "Hey!"
"Sorry, didn't hear you" Brigitte laughed.
"Oh, now you're gonna get it" Elliott used the dark ropes to pull Brigitte to him. However, it only gripped to her flail. She then tried to shield bash Elliott, but he slid under her and kicked her off her feet.
"Not bad" Brigitte got up and charged at Elliott, only to be stopped by a rocket that came crashing down. It was a woman in blue armour with a bird-like helmet.
"You guys didn't forget about me, did you?" It was Pharah.
"Pharah, nice of you to join" Elliott crossed his arms.
"Not just her" then flew in with her big mech and Lucio skated in the battle.
"Well...this should be fun" Brigitte readied her flail and engaged. Elliott went for Lucio and saw that he was getting faster with every second.
"Catch me if you can!" Lucio taunted. He then found himself in a puddle of ink. "What is this stuff?"
"My power" Elliott then tied Lucio to a nearby wall. He then flipped over 's mech and shot the reactor core. "Come on Hana"
"I'm gonna shoot you down" fired her micro missles and flew into Elliott. He was now on the mech. The wind breaking past him as if he was on a huge rollercoaster. The sunrise shining over them with a tremoendous orange glow, adding shine the the mech.
"As much as I like the view, your core reactor is about to explode" Elliott swung from the mech and quickly ejected. The mech exploded into a green mess as she fell from the sky. Elliott grabbed her and tied her to the wall next to Lucio.
"Hi" Lucio laughed.
"Hello" groaned. "I hate losing"
Brigitte swung her flail at Elliott, who missed it barely, but grabbed it and spun her around the place.
"Elliott!" Brigitte shouted. Elliott then tied Brigitte to the wall and dusted himself off.
"Looks like I win" Elliott smiled.
"Not yet" Pharah emerged from the building and shot her rockets at Elliott. She may be able to fly, but Elliott grabbed her with the dark ropes that he had and pulled her down to him. Pharah resisted and used all of her jet's power to even lift Elliott into the air. Elliott gained momentum in swinging in order to dodge buildings and soon he grabbed the jets, disabling them and falling to the ground. Pharah's helmet was knocked off and she stared at Elliott with weak eyes.
"Not bad, Fareeha" Elliott tied Pharah to the wall next to the others. "Now I win"
"Well isn't that just pretty" a voice laughed as they turned to their left and saw a woman in light blue clothing with a gun in her hand that looked like it had pincers. A mask was placed on her face to cover her eyes and she some sort of robotic arm. Elliott did not know if it was her real arm, or just a glove. "I see that Overwatch still stands here"
"And just who are you?" Elliott asked.
"Well, look who it is, Symmetra" Lucio scoffed.
"Nice to see you again" Symmetra sarcastically smiled. "And on the behalf of the Vishkar Cooperation, we have to shut this place down"
"Whoa, hold on, 'Vishkar Cooperation'?" Elliott questioned in a tone as if he had heard of it before. "This is not like 2018"
"2018?" Symmetra was shocked. "You are mistaken, we're not in the 2010's, we're in the 2070's"
"What?!" Elliott shouted. "2070's?"
"You act as if you're shocked" Symmetra noted.
"He hasn't been in this place for 9 years, of course he wouldn't remember" Brigitte joined.
"I'm...from the future?" Elliott put his head in his hands. "That means Daniel is too"
"Enough with the surprises, get out of my way" Symmetra ordered.
"You're Satya Vaswani, a member of the Vishkar cooperation, I remember seeing a poster of you when I was little" Elliott remembered.
"Nice to know, now get out of here" Symmetra tried again.
"No, Overwatch deserves another chance" Elliott readied himself. Symmetra sighed.
"Fine" Symmetra fired a beam of energy at Elliott. He tried to block it, but it went right through the scimitar. Elliott suddenly fell to his knees and dropped his weapon, the gun got more and more powerful by the second, which hurt him even more. The pain started to get unbearable and Symmetra stood there in satisfaction. Elliott used his gauntlet to call of the ropes holding the other heroes and Lucio pushed Symmetra back with a concussive bast from his sonic amplifier.
"Stay away from him!" Lucio shouted. Elliott breathed heavily as his wound started to show and blood came pouring out of his side.
"Dammit" Elliott panted. Brigitte gave him one of her repair packs, but that only helped him with his armour. More Vishkar member came to Symmetra's aid.
"I'll get him inside, hold them off!" Pharah ordered. Pharah picked Elliott up and ran inside.
McCree blew a puff grey smoke for his cigar as he loaded his peacekeeper. Pharah then came crashing in through the doors.
"Fareeha, what's going on?" He asked.
"Elliott's injured! Vishkar is planning to tear this whole place down!" Pharah warned.
"Then let's make sure that doesn't happen then" McCree put on his hat and got his peacekeeper ready. "I'll make sure they don't get past 12:00, If you know what I mean"
"High noon, I get it, come on Elliott" Pharah ran to find Mercy.
As luck would have it, Pharah managed to find her.
"Angela!" Pharah shouted.
"Fareeha, what's wrong?" Mercy asked, but then she immediately saw the problem. "Don't worry, I've got him"
"Before you ask, the Vishkar cooperation is here to shut the watchpoint down.
"Hold them off" Mercy ordered.
Elliott was then being healed by her staff.
Elliott pulled out his watch and contacted Rachel. The sever came online and he began speaking.
"Rachel?" Elliott asked. "I have to tell you something"
"Elliott, you sound weak, what happened?" Rachel asked.
"Long story, get the portal masters together" Elliott ordered. Rachel got them together soon enough.
"What is it, Elliott?" Crystal started.
"This might explain why you never see me in the earth that you are on" Elliott began. "I'm not from 2018"
"What?" Everyone was confused.
"Then what year are you from" Drew asked.
"I'm actually from the 2070's" Elliott finished.
Everyone could not speak. One of the portal masters are from the future?
"This, actually explains a lot" Rachel noted. "You act different than the rest of us"
"Which is because he is in a world with more technology and less social people...right?" Jamie predicted.
"Yes, especially with the less social people part" Elliott answered.
"I can't believe it" Crystal covered her mouth. "A portal master from the future, that is SO COOL!"
"Don't get all riled up, Crystal" Elliott said. An explosion occurred outside. "I have to go"
Elliott turned his watch off and ran outside to the fight. He quickly teleported to get Symmetra off of everyone and quickly tied her up with the dark ropes.
"Elliott, you're supposed to be in the medical room" Pharah ordered.
"I heal pretty fast" Elliott picked Symmetra up and put her on an automatic moving pad. "Goodbye"
"I will be back, and we will tear this place down!" Symmetra shouted.
"Good luck with that" Elliott pattern the moving pad and it sent Symmetra away from the watchpoint. "And just when I thought things could not get any worse"
Elliott headed back into the base and drew on the blackboard. He had to make sense of what had been going on recently. Thoughts were running like a motorcycle on a motorway. That was until...
"Elliott, let me do something" Mei grabbed the chalk and drew on the blackboard. "Is this correct?"
Elliott saw what his mother had drew. He was researching on what Talon's base had been organising. She figured out what method they were using.
"That's it, they're making a system that will allow them to wipe out the entire Overwatch army, but they need my power to do it" Elliott took off his glasses and cleaned them.
"Maybe there's more to this diagram then we assume, maybe your magic is the source that they need so that it has an effect that is strong enough to make sure that we stay dead" McCree explained.
"How did you figure that out?" Mei, Mercy and Winston asked in a shocking tone.
"Can't let you three be the smart ones ALL the time" McCree blew a puff of smoke.
"But that means that it will kill you too" Mei gasped.
"I suppose, but let's not-" Elliott covered his eyes as a light went into them, but he decided to follow it outside the base and to his surprise, the book that led him here was in his grasp. "The book"
"That's the thing that brought you here?" Lucio asked.
"Yeah" The book then started to glow and Elliott was sucked into it. But before he was...
"Mum, I'm going now, I don't know why" Elliott panicked.
"But, will I see you again?" Mei cried.
"Of course" Elliott then saw a message on the book.
'If you want to stop your family's fate, find yourself a team of eight, I will show you all the worlds, soon you'll be more powerful'
Elliott then saw eight particle capsules appear from the book. One already got sucked into him.
"I guess this is how I choose" Elliott guessed. The dark blue capsule had already been consumed by him. He had to choose fast. He had just the right person in mind.
"'Team of eight'" Elliott repeated. He grabbed the yellow particle and threw it to Brigitte. "Drink it"
"Alright, I hope this isn't a prank" Brigitte drank the substance and she felt an aura around her. "What just happened?"
"I guess we're only two of the eight people remaining" Elliott said. "Until I find them all, I'm not coming back here"
"Alright, be careful" Mei nodded.
"Always" Elliott then dissapeared and was transported back to Skylands.
The portal masters saw Elliott reform from the particle she that he was being transported by and land in the academy safely.
"You're back!" Rachel and the other portal masters embraced Elliott. "What's going on"
"The book said that I have to find a 'team of eight' to 'stop my family's fate'" Elliott explained. He held up the remaining six capsules. Red, purple, peach, light blue, turqiouse and orange. "I guess these are the ones I have to find in the other universes"
Crystal then came up to Elliott and held his gift.
"I didn't get to give it to you" She informed.
Elliott opened the presents box after ripping off the wrapping paper, what the present was, however, made him stare at it in shock. It was a photo of him and the portal masters gathered around Skylanders Academy. The text on the bottom of the frame said...
'I made changes while you were away, but we are family just by being together'
Elliott put the photo down and took of his coat. Everyone thought that he did not like the present, but eventually they thought the exact opposite.
"You...really made this...for me?" Elliott asked.
"While you were in Overwatch, we changed the text of the frame" Bree explained.
"So, do you like it?" Kairi clasped her hands.
Elliott looked at the photo again and everyone saw that a tear had dropped on the glass. Everyone was surprised at Elliott reaction, it was not like him to cry at all. Elliott held the photo close.
"I wouldn't trade you guys or this photo for the world, thank you, really" Elliott regained his composure.
"Elliott, come on, I'll get you something" Echo led Elliott his bed to lie down.
"He really did like it" Rachel smiled.
"What do you think he meant by 'team of eight'?" Blaze asked.
"I don't entirely know, but it sounds like Elliott needs to find some people to work with" Rachel replied.
Elliott sitting on his bed with the photo on his nightstand and the book in his hands.
"Show me other worlds when you're ready" Elliott frowned and threw the book to the floor. Just then, the book began to glow and a hologram of the Overwatch world became clear. "What?"
"Elliott?" Mei gasped.
"I can see you!" Elliott picked the book up. "The book is doing this"
"It looks like you can communicate with us anytime now" Tracer clapped her hands.
"Well, I still have six more people left to find for a team of eight" Elliott held up the capsules.
"Looks like I'm one of them" Brigitte joined.
"Yeah, anyways, I have to go" Elliott closed the book and Mei quickly said.
"I love you"
"I love you too, mum" Elliott then closed the book, for real, and drifted off to sleep.
This fourteenth birthday was surely one to remember.
