Paladins xOverwatch Chapter 14
It´s been a while so I decided to go one chapter into the new arc. Nothing special, just a little progression.
Mercy was observing the tidying of the operating room. Dr. Willice came up to her with a serious look.
Mercy: How are you feeling?
Dr. Willice: I´m fine, but there is something I need to tell you. The patient is gone.
Mercy: What!? What does that mean?
Dr. Willice: His corpse was nowhere to be found. Even stranger is that the clothes the patient wore are gone too. They were stored in a locker but there was no sign of violent burglary. The only thing he left was an empty gourd. Right now the police takes care of it.
Mercy: In that case he could still be alive?
Dr. Willice: I have no idea. But you seem really happy about it.
Mercy: I was really scared just now. How could I lose a patient and not even give him a proper funeral.
Dr. Willice: Don´t start with that. It wasn´t your fault. It was Torvalds.
Mercy: That´s a bit harsh to say.
Dr. Willice: But it is. He openly took all the blame for it.
Mercy: He did?
Dr. Willice: He even payed all the reconstruction costs.
Mercy: He did?
Policeman 1: This is a big, big hole! You know who did that?
The police was investigating on a bank robbery. There was was a giant hole in the ceiling to the safes.
Policeman 2: Sir! We think it´s part of the recently occurring crime spree!
Policeman 1: Don´t tell me what you think and give me results!
Policeman 2: Yes sir!
Policeman 1: And you all should mind your own business!
He pointed at the crowd that formed around the crime scene. People who took pictures and reporters gathered to see what happened. An elderly man with sun glasses and a scarf walked up to the crowd and spoke to one of the journalists.
Man: Hey, whats going on here?
Journalist: Huh... the bank was robbed a few minutes ago. Eyewitnesses confirmed it was Junkrat, but the polices won´t give any details.
Man: This guy again? Thank you.
The man turned around and walked away slowly.
Journalist: Don´t you want to take a look?
Man: No thanks. I have seen enough of this.
Policeman 3: Is this really all you remember?
Bank cashier: It´s all what I saw. I it´s not my problem I you don´t believe me.
Policeman 1: Don´t get insolent! I have my ways with guys like you!
Policeman 3: Sir, that is not appropriate.
Before the stereotypical bad cop could reply a blue light appeared crashing into the ground, followed by a small explosion.
Policeman 1: We´re under fire!
The sudden explosion caused the observing crowd to break apart. Many screamed and ran away. The police tried to calm down the situation. The smokescreen cleared and the police noticed that the cashier was gone.
Policeman 3: Did he run away?
Policeman 1: Search the area! I want him back on this chair in five minutes!
While the police spread out to find the witness, a the cashier was in the grip of a man on the top of the bank. One arm holding him in place and the other one covering his mouth.
Bank cashier: Hmmmmph!
Soldier 76: You will tell me everything you know.
It was a quiet day at the bank. James Collins stood at his counter and was bored. He was the only one at the counter right now, so he was reading a book. He heard loud noises of breaking glass across the counter so he looked up and stared into a mad smiling grimace. Junkrat just crashed with a car through the front door, while he was standing on the cowling, with his weapon pointed at the unimpressed cashier. He waited in his pose until the car fully came to a halt.
Junkrat: Where is the money, mate?!
James remained unimpressed. He put his book away and pressed the alarm button at the same time.
Then he stood up and waved the maniac.
James: Ok, I´ll show you.
Junkrat: Oi! What a nice guy.
James: Tomorrow I´ll be dismissed anyway. I´ve done this job way to long.
Junkrat: Did you hear that, Bk?!
Junkrat looked back to the driver of the car. The driver steppe out of the car and waved friendly.
James: A big blue robot? Is he an omnic?
The cashier led them to the saves while Junkrat looked around, staring in every corner.
Junkrat: What a nice building. I like it.
James: The bank was build in 1983. It was one of the few buildings that survived the omnic crisis in this city. As the city was rebuild the bank received a mayor technical upgrade. Before that it was used by survivors as a temporary home.
Bomb King: This would be a great addition for my castle!
He pointed at the ceiling that was decorated with little sculptures in the corners and Junkrat took pictures with a phone he had stolen on the way. After a minute they arrived at a big steel door.
Bomb King: Alright, we know what to do now. Thank you.
They both sprinted to the door to started to strap bombs on the door.
Junkrat: You might want to go back a few steps or a mile. Alright! EXPLOOOOSION!
Junkrat pressed the button and the door instantly turned into little metal scraps. Junkrat and Bomb King got hit by the shock wave and fell backward.
Bomb King: See, I said it wasn´t enough.
Junkrat: Who cares. Let´s go grab the money.
The two of them dashed through the door. Meanwhile James stood there, completely baffled.
James: Have they already forgotten about me?
He heard sirens out side, so he hurried back to meet the police. He went through the giant hole that once was the entrance and waved the police with one arm.
Junkrat: alright, let´s get this going.
They had cleared all the money and shoved as much money as possible in one save. Just as Junkrat covered the safe with a big blanket, several policemen stormed through the door and lined up with their gun aimed at them.
Policeman: Hands up! The building is surrounded! Surrender or we have to use violence!
Bomb King and Junkrat lifted their hands, both standing o top of the save.
Junkrat: Hey, hey ,hey. No need to be violent. Let´s all relax. Let´s sing a song.
If you´re happy and you know it clap your hands!
Junkrat clapped his hands over his head two times. In response Bomb King slammed his fists together. Before the policemen could react a big explosion knocked them against the wall. More policemen entered the room and as the smoke cleared there was another big hole in the ceiling. In the distance they could see Bomb King and Junkrat flying away on the safe.
James: And then they interrogated me.
Soldier 76: I see.
Soldier 76 stood up and walked over the roof, away from the police. He turned around a last time.
Soldier 76: You won´t tell anyone I was here. It is better for both of us.
Author note: We won´t get a full lore any time soon. But the new champions and Doomfist are definitely interesting. Do you have ideas for other crossover I could do in the meantime?