Hey, everyone!
It's been so great, looking at the reviews on my story. I wish I could respond to show everyone my individual thanks!
As you saw, my last chapter, published yesterday, was titled "Friends (Part 1)." This is because, while I was writing, I got really tired and needed a break, but I knew that I wouldn't keep writing that day. I just decided to make it part 1 of the longest battle I've written and publish part 2 today.
I'm sorry if this chapter wasn't too interesting, but trust me; I have a lot of drama planned out ahead.
Without further ado, here it is.
Chapter 8
When everyone is gathered in the ship after the first attack, we buckle in and get prepared for a five second ride to the next location. The doors open after a brief journey and a countdown.
"Alright, team," I say as we step out of the aircraft, "Remember the plan. We need to split up."
I look at each of the faces around me and come up with something logical enough.
"Alright. I've got it," I present, "McCree, you come with me. And...Torbjörn. We'll be one group. Then, Reinhardt and Tracer. Mercy, you can pick a side. Whoever you think will need it most."
"Well, since there are six of us, I should probably go with Tracer and Reinhardt. You know, to balance it out."
"Right," I say. "Well, let's get going. How about you three can take the left path and attack. We'll go right, so Torbjörn can find a place to set up his turret. Let's go before they capture the point again."
"Yes, sir," announces Torbjörn with a jolly salute.
We split up, my group heading down the cracked stone pavement to the right while the other three go to the left and disappear down a gradual stone staircase. As we rush down the alleyway, I look up to see the tall shape of a sky-blue lighthouse, standing against a brilliant sun. The paint on the sides peels here and there, revealing old white brick, the original foundation for the structure. The lighthouse towers over white and blue houses made of stucco.
We turn the corner and see the objective, glowing under a deep blue roof with a bell jutting out of the top, held up by thin but sturdy blue walls, which close around the edges of the area in dull ninety degree angles.
Reyes is the only man who stands on the point. He's backed up in one of the corners at the edge, looking around frantically for someone. As I sneak closer, McCree and Torbjörn following close behind me, I notice that the holographic image hovering above shows a white circle. A red line runs slowly along the outer edges, filling the circle's outside a quarter of the way. I decide then to attack, not only for the win, but for the kill. McCree runs outside of the point, looking for the other half of our team. As I step quickly onto the point, Reyes jumps but prepares quickly. He begins to shoot at me and I counter. I blow bullets around him, some penetrating around his waist. He shoots at me, alternating his shotguns right and left. A bullet goes through my chest, knocking me back so I have to circle my arms at my sides for balance.
He fires again, hitting my stomach and I fire back, taking shots at his chest. Most of the bullets scatter around him but some make it. I'm still, however, losing the fight. Just in time, I hear a voice speak behind me:
"Your support has arrived," cries Mercy over the gunfire, but I don't look behind me to see her, as I already feel better when her healing rays hit my back.
I shoot at Reyes again, feeling better, more confident. I don't do much damage, so I pull the red trigger at the back of my gun, pointing at his head.
My helix rockets explode out, rushing at his head, and he dies immediately when they hit, falling back into the wall. I look behind at Mercy and see that the others are here, too.
"Thanks," I breathe with relief.
She offers a wink at me and my face feels hot and sweaty, not just because of the sun. The next second, she's knocked into the wall and killed by a combined force of Junkrat's concussion mine and Zarya's energy globe.
"Holy shit!" I yell, ducking back as Zarya and Junkrat enter the space, a smiling Mei following behind. Reinhardt takes charge, literally, and misses Junkrat and Zarya, but knocks Mei into a flowerbed outside of the point. She doesn't die but retreats into her block of ice, healing. Suddenly, Reinhardt is shot in the head by an unseen sniper. We all know immediately who it is. Widowmaker falls back into the building that acts as her nest when Reinhardt pulls his hammer back but misses her completely when his fire-strike hits the wall of the room where Widowmaker made her attack.
Reinhardt had almost forgotten about the woman who popped out of her icy cocoon, fully healed. She freezes Reinhardt over quickly while he's distracted and headshots him with an icicle, killing him.
Meanwhile inside the point, only four of us are left; me, Tracer, Torbjörn, and McCree, who's already half-dead after killing Junkrat. In the next second, however, Symmetra emerges from behind the corner and rushes into the point. McCree has no time to react as Symmetra charges a ball of hard light and aims it at his head, finishing him off easily.
Tracer has been standing by and reacts quickly, unloading a full cartridge onto Symmetra's chest. However, she isn't prepared for Zarya, who attacks her from behind as she shoots Symmetra. While Tracer is distracted, Zarya kills her with a few easy shots to her back, along with her laser. It's now three against two and, with the enemies on the point, we have made no progress.
Now, Widowmaker runs into the point with her gun in automatic mode. She tries to kill me but I kill her instead with a single shot from my rockets, now reloaded in the gun. Torbjörn has a level one sentry and he upgrades it quickly. This is when the unexpected happens.
Before Symmetra disappeared from the point, she had set up a turret on the wall, unnoticed until now as it shoots Torbjörn. I rush over and thrust my gun at the eye-like circle on the top, an easy destruction. Symmetra herself now rushes inside, back to full health and I start to shoot at her. I kill her halfway, and Torbjörn's turret finishes her.
"Nice, Torb," I yell over the commotion. He gives me a quick thumbs up.
Two enemies are left. The battle rages two on two. Mei comes up behind me and before I can react, she freezes me.
"Oh, god," I think, believing that this is the end of me.
However, I'm wrong, because as Torbjörn's turret kills Zarya in a matter of seconds, he himself rushes to my rescue, shooting at Mei. He gets a headshot and I unfreeze and capture the point with him. Mei is dead, and we win the game in our best mindset.