Hello everyone, and welcome back to another chapter of "Over Time." Thank for all the reading so far. This chapter will also be kind of long but I'll try to make it as interesting as possible. Thanks.
P.S. You will need to know some of the Overwatch characters for this chapter.
-Twix
Beep…beep…beep…
Then my vision faded to reality. I had a pain in my stomach, I looked up to see the blinding lights on the ceiling. "What happened?" I tried to sit up but was quickly stopped.
"It's going to be ok, you just took a bullet wound. Try not to do anything. All you need is rest." I nodded to the doctor. I was about to ask a question when I saw someone barge through the door. The general.
"Hey, how's my boy doing?" The general smiles with his hands on his hips.
"Hey going to be ok, just doesn't need to do much for the next two weeks or so. He'll live." The doctor said as he walked out of the room with a clipboard.
"Good, good." He patted the doctor on the back and walked towards me. "How you doing?"
"I'm alright, but where's Lena?" I tried to sit up again but didn't want to hurt anything, so I stopped myself before doing so.
"Right there." I look over to see my hand being tightly gripped by Lena. "In fact, she was by your side the entire time. You two have something special, but I'll leave you two to figure that out."
"What happened up there?" I asked.
"Welp, I was down on the ground when it happened. I saw the enemy jet fire at your plane. Next thing was that Lena maneuvered the plane to get in line to fire at the enemy and kill him. She was called back in and she carried you to the E.R. and here you are." The general said.
I peeked at Lena to see that she was sleeping, still in her gear. I could only pull a smile. She really did care.
I looked back at the general, "So how did experiment go?"
"It was a success but obviously getting attacked wasn't a part of the plan. Alright I need to get back to the rest. Take it easy. Good job by the way." He smiled and rubbed my hair and walked out.
"Ugh, where am I?" I heard Lena started to wake up.
"In the E.R." I responded.
"Sean! You're alive?" She screamed to the top of her lungs. Her eyes widened.
"You surprised?" Saying this in a cheeky attitude.
"Yeah! I thought you died on me in the plane. I was so scared and I also had to fight the plane…I almost pissed myself…I had sweat coming down my face…I'm just happy you're alive." Lena stuttered a little but I could relate.
"I'm happy you're alive as well."
"You surprised?" She was laying back in her chair.
I smiled. "Thank you for saving my butt."
"Hey, it's what I do." She shrugged. "Hey I'm going to the mess hall to get lunch. Want any?"
"A salad will do." I had to think about it but I figured not to eat heavy so I decided on this.
When Lena came back, I got my salad and tore into it. I hadn't really didn't eat much. All I really ate was some sandwiches, but I would never finished them in one sitting, so I finished one sandwiches in the span of three days. By the last of the three days, it would be soggy. It's eat something in one sitting. So for rest of the day you probably survive until dinner and not really eat any snacks in between. While we ate the salads, we talked about our childhoods. We really never talked about this topic. Both of us were really into the conversation. It was interesting to hear what we did when we were young. After we finished our lunch, I was told by the doctor that I was ready to get back in the field. I immediately jumped off the bed but before I left I had to get wrapping around my waist. The doctor put the wrapping around my waist and we went to the rest of the group.
"What we doing?" I asked Felicia.
"We are learning to shoot guns." Felicia hushed me as she tried to listen.
The general turned to see both of us staring at him. "Well, look whose here." The general walked over to me and patted my back. "Welcome back." He smiled and walked back to where he was sitting. He said a brief reviewer on what they went over. When we were caught up, Lena wasn't really excited to shoot guns. Shooting the jet wasn't really her thing, I guess. We all got up to the range and put on our earplugs and the general directed us through the steps.
"Alright, grab the gun, get the mag, and then load the gun." The general did it with us so we wouldn't mess up somehow. "Ok, never point it at anyone, loaded. Only shoot if you are in danger. Then hold up the gun, but don't lock up your arm, just relax. Point the gun down the range, and pull the trigger."
I got used to it after a few shots. Lena on the other hand, found it hard to take the kick of the gun. Every time, she let out a slight whimper.
"Lena, don't like guns?"
"It's not that, it's that, I don't like the power of them."
"Just relax." I showed her, by shooting one of the dummies. "Just go to your happy place and shoot."
"Alright." She did just that and in no time she got used to the pistol, but next was the assault rifles.
"Uh no." She left and sat down on the bench to watch me.
I looked at it and shrugged it off. I loaded it and shot the dummies. This one kicked a little more but not at much. For me, this was easier for me. I shot all the dummies with ease. I looked back to see, Lena staring at me. "Hey, you are getting good with that thing."
"I guess. I guess I was born to shoot things." I responded still shooting.
After firing the guns, we had a pretty boring rest of the day. We just sat around, eat, and then went to sleep.
Fast forward about four years. I left the plane academy to live a normal live. It was going good and it was going to get even better. I was sitting at home at my T.V. to see the launch of the Slip Stream. I had a girlfriend and a nice home in London. Today was going to be the best day of my life or the worst day of my life. Seeing Lena enter the Slip Stream made my heart race. She climbed the ladder to enter the jet. I had a flashback to when we were younger. When we were just getting into the plane. Fighting off the enemy. It brought a tear to my eye. Lena and I wouldn't see each other as much as we did. She was in a group called "Overwatch" and I was just had a normal job. We had our eyes glued on the T.V. just like the rest of the world. Almost all shops were closed because of this very moment. It was cool to see you best friend being one of the best.
"Hey Amber, you going to watch this with me?" I gestured for her to come to the couch.
"Yeah, one sec." She had brought over some grapes and sat down. "Who are we watching?"
"It's a childhood friend. She is now doing better things, like testing this." I pointed to the screen. The caster started to talk about when it will start and how she is one youngest, but best pilots out there.
"Alright, we are just getting ready here. Lena, one of the youngest pilots. Is about the fly the Slip Stream. This is a world-wide event. We are going to get started here in about two minutes. We'll keep you updates." Then the man's microphone cut off. We were left waiting. These were the longest two minutes of my life. I didn't really believe in a God, but I prayed my heart off. I hope everything would go well. Then the big jet started to move. I heard cheering at the event but it was quickly cut short as the jet was led to the runway. The lights were green and everyone held their breath. Then exhaled. We got through phase of launch, but now we were watching for the teleporting phase. We all watched in suspense, all on the edge of our seats. We all thought it was going to go well but we watch in horror as the cockpit was left empty. I heard the gasp of the crowd as I was left speechless. I saw as the jet crashed into the ocean. I couldn't bear to watch anymore so I stormed out of the room.
"Baby, come back." Amber ran after me as I leaned on the bed and buried my hands in my hands. "It's okay, she'll be okay."
I couldn't respond I just decided to lay in bed the rest of the day. Then days turned into weeks. Teen weeks turned in months. I had started to drink. A beard started to form. I got a lot messier and my house started to get dust form layers over all throughout the house. For months, they played the same thing over and over. "Girl Disappeared." "Girl-Jet Accident."
I was about to get ready to go to work, when one day I heard on the T.V. that Overwatch had a 'ghostly' figure in their facility. I shrugged it off and continued to finish my coffee until I heard 'girl.' I immediately called in sick and tried to get contact with Overwatch. I called the number on the screen and contacted Overwatch. I heard another voice pick up on the other line.
"Hello?" I put down my coffee and sat down in a chair.
"Hello." He started to get up and walk around "Can we do anything for you?"
"The girl. Do you know her name?"
"Yeah, it's Lena. What about her?" The person on the other side unlocked something.
"Really? I need to see her."
"She doesn't seem to remember to anything before the incident, but I guess you can come. I'll send you the address." The man then hung up and I took off my work cloths and change to casual.
I look at my phone to see a weird address. So I was sent packing. I kissed Amber good bye and went on my way to visit Lena. I had to take a flight to some part in Switzerland. I wonder how she ended up there. I got to the airport, and got on my flight. On the way to my seat, I thought how I was going get her to remember me. 'I'll think about it later.' I took the window seat. My eyes started to fill up and tears started rolling down my cheeks. Then someone took the seat next to me.
"Hey, you alright man?" The man tapped my shoulder.
"Yeah." I peeked at him and scooted over.
"It's a girl isn't it?"
"How did you know?" I was confused.
"I just know. I had the same feeling. Name is Preston." He held out his hand and I shook it back. "Who's it about."
"It's about the girl on T.V. how she is missing." I responded.
"Really? You know her? Well hope she remembers you." He grabbed his headphones and put them on.
I looked out the window again and murmured, "Me too."
"Hey. Hey." I woke up to see the plane on the ground. "We're here"
"Thanks. See you around."
"Cya." Preston then I was left alone on the plane. I stretched and rubbed my eyes. Time to find this base. I waved for a cab ended up sleeping the way to the location. When we were there I said thanks and gave him the money. I was standing in front of one of the biggest buildings in the middle of nowhere. The building was quite large. I decided to call the man before I entered.
"Hello? I think I'm at the building. Is it a building in the middle of nowhere?" I looked up, as the sun shined on the building.
"Yes, let me let you in." I waited for a couple minutes to see a giant ape at the door.
"Woah! You're an ape?" I recoiled back in fear.
"I'm a scientist, okay? Let's go meet Lena." He gestured me inside.
This place was massive. Entering I saw a front desk with a lady with a smile. The floors were tile with an orange carpet leading two ways. We went right. The front of the building was lined with windows. I look at the massive walls to see enlarged photos of famous people who worked here. The entrance was big but it was silent. Almost nothing was in there but plants and chairs. We went up the elevator. On the way to Lena's place the ape started to ask me questions.
"So, you related. Oh by the way, name is Winston."
"I'm Sean, nice to meet you. We aren't related, just childhood friends."
"Ah, that nice. Hopefully she will remember you. She'll need it." Winston looked straight. The rest of the way was in silence. "And here we are. Now before you see her, she's different, so don't be scared."
"Ok." Then the doors opened the blinding lights covered my eyes. I looked inside the room to see, a ghostly figure was sitting on a chair. Elbow laying on a ledge, looking out the window. She was wearing what looked to be pajamas. I walked up to Lena alone, I looked back and Winston nodded to me. I tried to lay my hand on her shoulder but my hand just went through her. "Lena?"
"Sean!" She turned around and tried to give me a hug but went through me. "Sorry that you have to meet me like this."
"It's fine. I'm just happy you….exist."
"I am too. But I won't stay like this for long. Winston, says he's going to build me something to bring me back to this time." She almost sounded happy. I don't have any idea how you can be happy right now.
"I'm glad you said that Lena. You two follow me." All of us went to Winton's lab to see peanut butter jars scattered everywhere, banana peels laying on the ground. Then we heard another voice.
"Looks like you brought another person here, Winston."
"Yes, Athena. I going to show this two the power of science!" He went over to a table, tightened some screws, and present the object. "Here we are. This you two is a chronal accelerator. This is how we keep you present. First, sit down here." She walked over to the chair and sat down nervous. "Alright stay still. Let me just hold this." He put the object around her chest and let it go. To my surprise, Lena was set in our time. She was actually human!
"Winston. You smart one. Thank you."
"Hey no problem." He hugged each other. His plated armor was ice cold but I turned my attention to Lena. We shuffled to each other and hugged each other for a good five minutes.
"It's been a long time since I've done this."
"Yeah, too long." Lena responded.
"Okay, Lena you can take this thing off, but in really short periods of time. If you have it off too long, you might be separated from our time." Winston was eating peanut butter. He sat down in a chair but quickly got back up. "You two should get some alone time. Athena shut down, it's rude to listen in."
"Yes sir." With that the place was silent. The shutting of the door by Winston was the last thing I heard.
"So. How's life." Lena said staring at her chest.
"I have a girlfriend and good life."
"Ah. I'm was just gone for a couple months." Her voice trailed off, she sounded disappointed when I said I had a girlfriend.
"Yeah I was dead scared. I thought I had just lost my best friend." I took her hands. "I never want to lose you again." A tear rolled down my face.
"Mean either." The hug was longer but more saddening. We started both started to cry until someone came in the room.
"Lena?"
"Oh yes Angela. Tea's done?"
"Yes. Who's this?" Angela asked.
"This is Sean." I walked up to shake her hand.
"Friend?" She pointed at me.
"Yes." Angela offered some tea to me. I accepted and followed the two girls to another room. This place was once again huge. There were so many offices throughout the building. "Here we are." Angela gave Lena her tea and proceeded to make mine. She brewed the tea and gave it to me. "So Sean, how do like it here."
I sipped my tea in silence to think of answer, "It's nice. A lot of space though."
"Yeah. We tend to go above and beyond when it comes to things like this."
"Yeah. So Lena, you work for these guys now?"
"Oh yeah almost forgot. Call me Tracer now, and yes I work for Overwatch now."
"How did you get the name Tracer?" I sipped my tea again curiously.
"I took it from my dad. He was an ace pilot, as great as can be." Lena said while looking out the window, imagining her dad flying. "Well every time he would get in dog fights, they said his aim was spectacular, like he was using a tracer, hence my name. He killed everyone that went up against him, until one day." Clearing her throat, holding back the tears, she continued on. "One day, he passed. He was killed when he was sleeping." Then the tears broke out, but she managed to recover quickly. "That's how I got it, I want to continue what my dad has done, to protect the world from all evil."
I shed a tear before speaking up, "Well I'm sorry Lena, but it's nice to know there are still people like you. I love it."
"Well, if you love Lena so much and care so much about people. How about joining Overwatch?" Angela gave me a promising look. I looked towards Lena for confirmation but she put her hands up and looked down at the gadget on her chest.
"I'll think about it, but for now, I'm going to stay a spectator. Thanks for the offer though."
"No problem. If you change your mind, you know where to find us." After that the room dispersed.
I was just about to leave when Lena caught up to me, "Hey, you got anywhere to go?"
"No, I didn't really think far into this I guess." I knew I needed a place to stay I just didn't know how.
"Well, you can come to my place, for a little bit until you choose if you want to join or not." Lena's accent really came out. Her voice was happy and jumped for joy when I said sure. Lena's place wasn't very big and was messy. She lived in an apartment not too far from Overwatch HQ. It was only three rooms. One for the main living area one for the bathroom, and one for the closet. In the living area, there was a good sized bed with a night stand next to it. The T.V. was facing the bed. It was standing on a drawer. There were a couch crammed in a corner with a love chair in the opposite corner. A mini fridge was set up on a table with the microwave sitting on top. There was also a tiny kitchen with tiny compartments up above. I also saw a decent sized desk shoved in a corner of the room. The bathroom was actually quite small. A bathtub and shower were incorporated into one, a toilet and sink were opposite from each other. The closet was the smallest but it could fit what was needed of Lena's. Cloths were scattered on the floor and on the bed. Looks like she doesn't clean up as much as I thought. I couldn't help to lie but I wanted to be nice.
"Nice place you got here. All cozy."
"I mean, it's what I call home." Lena went over to the closet to grab a change cloths. "I'm going to take a bath. You can do whatever I guess."
"Alright." I turned to see the view from the room. I went out to the balcony and leaned on the railing. 'Should I join Overwatch? I don't know. It would be hard telling Amber that I joined a new job to risk my life to protect others. I'll call now, matter of fact.'
"Hello? Amber?"
"Yes, Sean."
"I don't know how to say this but I might join a group called Overwatch."
"What is it?"
"They risk and protect people throughout the world."
"Absolutely not. I don't not want to become a widow! You come home right now!"
"I'm sorry but I think I have to do this. I can't let anyone take another person's loved ones away. I have to do this. This is my calling." I tried to explain to her more but she just hung up. I let my head drop down and rubbed my eyes. I just needed rest. I heard footsteps behind me and a hand lay on my shoulder.
"I couldn't help to hear you talking to your girlfriend." She was in a bath rope, hair all messy and staring out into the starry night. "When I don't know what to do. I just look up at the stars and let them control my feelings. I'm not forcing you to join, but if you do join, we'd be a pretty good combo." She started poking my side. I couldn't keep a straight face and started to chuckle a little. "Come inside. I'll put on some cloths and let's get some rest. You especially need it."
I pulled the sheets away and look at Lena at the desk, "You coming to sleep?"
"I will just need to do something." Lena was focused on her project. "And there, perfect. She plugged in her accelerator to charge.
She joined me in the bed and pulled the sheets closer and said, "Alright love, good night."
"Night." I stared at the ceiling and thought about joining again until I passed out.
"Hey. Hey" Someone was pulling my arm. I could barely open my eyes and my sight was blurry when my vision cleared a little to see Lena, rubbing her eyes and fluffing her hair, her orange pjs really stood out. Whatever. "Let's get ready to go."
"Alright." The morning was pretty slow. We drank tea and watched the news. Lena changed into her orange latex suit and put on an aviator jacket. She slipped on her accelerator and was holding goggles. I just wore casual cloths, orange t-shirt and gym shorts. We both called for a cab and drove to HQ. When we were there, apparently there was a meeting about to go on, she we rushed to the room. We barged through the door and found our seats. I stood behind her and listened to the conversation. I peeked around to a bunch of other members at the table. They mostly talked about where they think attacks were going to happen. I also heard "Talon." I guess a group like Overwatch but want to destroy the world.
I was just minding my own business when Angela looked over to me and said, "You think about my offer." The whole room looked at me and I was surprised she'd mention this now. I thought about it for a quick seconds and let my heart take control of my answer.
"I have thought about you offer for a bit Angela. A lot of thinking actually and I have come to a final decision." Everyone moved slightly in their chair, probably thinking about if they were going to have a new member. Some girl bit her nails and when I looked towards the greenish-white robot looking one, he nodded back, that's when I knew when to answer. I hesitated a little bit and finally the words spit out, "….I would love to join Overwatch." Everyone let out a relief of breath, then Angela spoke up.
"Welcome to Overwatch!" The whole room cheered and clapped in celebration. Lena walked up and hugged me hard. Her grip was strong, I tried getting out but she wouldn't let me go.
"So what is your name going to be?" Lena said joyfully.
"I haven't really thought about that, but I do have one in mind." I thought for a second before speaking up. "Plus I don't know any powers I have."
"Well. You can just shoot a gun." Some cowboy in the back responded.
I thought about it. I think just a gun is good for me. "What guns do you have?"
"Come with me. Name's Jack." He spoke my hand. His smile was guaranteeing that I would be a good addition to the team.
"Name's Sean."
"Nice to meet you. Let's go to the armory."
This armory wasn't small either. The whole room was filled. Gun after gun, explosives after explosives.
"Choose what you like." Jack tapped the door. "Take you time." He me alone to look around. There were so many options. Any gun you could think of, it was here. I just took some original ones. I took an M4 and what looked to be an automatic pulse pistol, some ammo, and some nades. I also took sling, to put my main gun in the back and the nades in front. Taking an extra pistol wouldn't hurt, so I took a glock. When I got back to the room they were taking about a mission.
"Ah, I see you're ready." I nodded. "First before you actually go out there. We have to run you through our obstacle course. It's just to test, how efficiently and smoothly you do it. Plus we might find a secret power in you."
The start line. It was painted in white and look chipped. I couldn't get a view of the course, so I guess no cheating in the first part. I was blocked off by a door. I heard through an intercom, "Alright Sean, get ready to show us what you can do. Remember all of us are watching. No pressure. Three. Two. One. Go!"
The door flung down and some robotic targets appeared. Five rounds. Five killed. Running up to the first barricade. I peeked up to see some on multiple floors. Then I didn't know what got into me. I stood up and just started walking towards the enemy, absorbing the bullets, and shooting all the targets down.
Third P.O.V
"What was that?" Mercy said.
"Looks like the kid found one of his abilities." McCree responding, lighting a cigar in the process.
"Hah, he's like a younger me. Ha Ha!" Reinhardt's age started to show from his voice. His voice was scratchy but loud. He smiled in appreciation. "That's your boyfriend isn't it?" Reinhardt starting to play with Lena. Lightly slapping her.
"No he isn't just my bestie." Lena responded.
"Bestie." Reinhardt said, making air quotes. They proceeded to watch Sean burn through the course.
"He has potential, but he needs work." Genji said.
"That's obvious, but he will do fine. Lena, I want you and Sean to go on a mission. You two have to infiltrate a house to get important information to a base. Get ready though. You go tonight. Jack left the room, knowing that his new hero, was already an all-star.
Sean's P.O.V
Boom. Boom. BOOM. There was really nothing else that could stop me. I finished the course in record time, just under two minutes.
"Good job son, but tonight is the real test. You are going to infiltrate a house to get info for another base. You and Tracer are going to go. Think you can handle that?" The gigantic man spoke to me. I nodded and went to one of the room to get some rest before the mission. I was here for a couple hours and I am already on a mission. Then I passed out. I woke up to Lena tapping me on the shoulder and mouthing.
"We have to go. It's night time." Lena left to look out the window for the view. I stood behind her, looking out to the vast land. "It's beautiful, isn't it? The moon, stars, shining on the ground. I wish we could just sit down and enjoy the view. Oh well, let's go."
The house with the info was small. We jumped through the open window. We entered, quiet as a cat. It was dark, very dark. We entered into the kitchen. There wasn't much but a refrigerator and a table in the middle. We silently sneaking through the house, trying not to awake anyone inside. Step after step was intense. Thinking that people we ready to ambush, I had my pulse pistol at hand. Aiming through corners that I think people we in. Lena motioned me to go upstairs with her. We walked backwards looking up at the hanging ledge. We searched around the cozy home and eventually found the computer.
"You good at hacking Sean." Lena asked.
"Not really, but I give it a try." I actually got the password right but the amount of other passwords was insane. Plus they had 'walls' to protect it. I started to sweat, the silence didn't help either. Then a bunch of voices started talking and ran into the room.
"Sean, hurry up love."
"I'm trying. Give me a minute." I tried every password that I was provided but not of them worked. I kept trying until I heard gun fire. I slammed on the computer and turned and pulled out my M4 and returned fire. I tried to get as many as I can but I was shot with a dart. I pulled it out and threw it on the cold wood ground. Before I could shot some more. I collapsed on the ground and my vision went white.
Thanks for reading this chapter! Please leave a review and fav. I hope you enjoyed. This chapter took a lot of time to type. I hope you enjoyed. See you in the next chapter.
-Twix