Overwatch: Time After Time
Summary: When a life is ended too early, sometimes there's a second chance. Such is the case of Mark Winters. After a freak accident involving his and his father's invention, Mark is granted another chance at life in the world of Overwatch. Using his newfound abilities, he fights to restore peace to the world. All the while falling in love with a brown-haired Brit who can wield time.
Author's Note: Here's chapter 4 and there's a new character at the end of the chapter!
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Chapter 4: Super Ninja Team-Up Part 2!
Location: Overwatch Headquarters, Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Mark's Lab, Time: A Few Minutes Later
Mark's POV
I groaned as Athena's voice called my name.
"Mark! Can you hear me?"
"Yeah..what's..going on...?"
"Talon is attacking the base. And they are not holding any punches. Winston, and Lena have been captured. Genji and his brother were able to escape."
I instantly sat up and was reward a pounding headache.
"Athena...fire up the Mark III."
"If I could, I would. I don't connection to the base. I'm only connected to Mark II helmet."
"Okay. How far is my lab from where I am?"
"500 feet straight down."
I sighed.
"Okay. We need to make this quick. I'm gonna create a patch to get you into the system."
"Will it work?"
"I never ask that question until after I've done it."
I broke open the old telephone box in the elevator and began to rip out the cords. I quickly grabbed the telephone line, and pulled off the Mark II helmet.
"Athena, I'm connecting you to telephone line. You need to find your way out of it and into the power for the elevator. Let me know when your ready."
"I'm ready."
"Get ready to go in 3...2...1...Now!"
I connected the telephone line, and a shock of electricity went through me. I dropped the helmet, and winced. Just then the elevator kicked in, and started descending.
"Nice work, Athena."
A ding was heard and the doors to my lab opened. I quickly stretched out my arms, and pieces of armor began to fly towards me, and attached to my body. More and more armor pieces attached before the suit powered on.
"Lightknight Mark III armor online."
"Let's kick some tailpipe, Athena."
I quickly flew up the elevator shaft and entered the main floor, only to find it completely empty other then a few Talon soliders who were behind. Apparently, Winston, Lena, Genji and Hanzo were able to hold off a few. I grabbed one who was still conscious, and slammed him against the wall.
"Where are they?!"
He spit at my helmet.
"I will never tell. You can't stop us."
I dropped him to the ground, and activated the electric whips.
"Have it your way."
I wrapped the whips around and shocked him with a five second burst of electricity.
"I will ask again. Where. Are. They?"
"I will never tell you. You'll just have to kill me."
Rage boiled in my veins and all I could see was red. The sound of a blade sliding out of it's sheath was heard behind me.
"Who are you?"
I turned my head and saw Genji, and Hanzo.
"Seriously?"
I opened up the faceplate of my helmet.
"It's me, Mark."
"Mark. You are alive. We feared the worst."
"Yeah, and speaking my being alive. Where the hell was your protection? Why didn't you stop Winston and Lena from being abducted?"
"They told us to escape," replied Hanzo. "Athena notified us that you were alive, and we returned."
"We need to get Winston and Lena back. Now."
Genji put his hand onto my shoulder armor.
"You are in no shape to find them. You will only make things worse."
I shrugged him off.
"And how do I your not working with Talon? This happened right after you got here. Call me crazy, but I don't think that's a coincidence. Now I'm getting my friends back."
Then I noticed another Talon agent with a small walkie.
"Bingo."
I picked it up, and looked at it.
"Athena, can you trace this?"
"I can try. There's no guarantee it'll work."
"Well, right now it's all we got."
The faceplate of my helmet snapped shut, and I spoke into the walkie.
"Where are my friends, Talon?"
A moment of silence followed before a Russian accent came through.
"Ah..you must be the one know as Lightknight. I was wondering when you would contact us. As a matter of fact, my best sniper thought you were dead. You haven't been on our radar for awhile."
"Yeah..well..let's just say Widowmaker isn't much of a challenge."
"For you? Of course not. I want to make a deal with you. Your friends lives for yours."
"Oh, is that all?"
I released the talk button.
"Where is he, Athena?"
"I've got him. St. Petersburg, Russia."
Just then his voice came through the walkie.
"I believe your AI has found my location. If you want your friends back, come alone. And..no armor either."
The walkie suddenly sparked, and died.
I frowned and turned to Genji and Hanzo.
"Look..if the both of you are on my side, then you will help me save Winston and Lena."
Genji nodded.
"We will join you."
Hanzo crossed his arms.
"You are under our protection."
I smiled.
"Let's do this. And we're bringing the armor with us."
Genji was slightly confused.
"How?"
"Let's just say I got a few tricks up my sleeve."
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia, Time: Several Hours Later.
With a loud bang, I landed outside the fence line of the Russian branch of Talon in the armor, and stepped out of it. The cold air bit at my skin.
"Oooohh, that's cold!"
Hanzo came over.
"Of course. It's Russia, you crazy American."
Genji came over.
"Stealth is the key here, you two. Hanzo with me. Mark, go to the gate."
I nodded and slowly walked to the gate. I waved.
"Hey, fellas. You wanted Lightknight? Here I am."
The gate men came over and was about to handcuff me when two arrows flew by my head and struck the guards in the chest. The fell over with a thud.
I gave a thumbs up to Hanzo, and called the armor to me. Once it was attached, I entered the base. Genji commed me.
"What was that? That was not stealth."
"Genji, we can't afford stealth. We need to hit these guys hard and fast. I'm getting Lena back. You and Hanzo get Winston."
I closed the channel, and took to the sky. I flew into the building and opened fire, using the new weapons system on the Mark III. Surprisingly, the Talon soldiers I fought were either fleeing or were few in number. My armor had only taken a few hits of damage.
Athena spoke.
"Mark, there's a 97% chance that we're walking into a trap."
"And the other 3%?"
"Talon sucks at their job."
I chuckled before getting into a more serious mood.
"Increase power to environmental awareness sensors."
A bar on the right side of my HUD went up.
"Thanks, Athena."
After taking care of a few more Talon soldiers, I entered a room. What I saw made my blood run cold. Lena was chained up to a wall, and she was slumped over. What scared me the most was her Chronal Accelerator was off and was damaged. I quickly ran over to her and broke her free from the chains, and began to work on it. I managed to patch it up and turn it on, but the power was fading. And fast. I quickly checked her pulse.
"Hold on, Lena. Just hold on."
Her pulse was weak, but it was still there.
I put her onto my shoulder, and commed Hanzo and Genji.
"Genji, and Hanzo. I have Lena. Do you have Winston?"
"Affirmative," replied Genji. "We will meet you at the rendezvous point."
"Copy that."
I ran as fast as I could without hurting Lena. Then I heard the voice.
"It's good to see you. After so long..my own flesh and blood returns to me."
I turned around and saw a man. He had fading brown hair with wisps of gray in them. He wore thick-rimmed glasses and a nice suit. For some reason, he looked familiar.
I primed my electricity repulsor, and aimed it at him.
"Who are you," I asked shakily.
He smirked.
"I'm your father."
"I don't have one."
"Take off the mask, son. You need to wake up! You're no hero. You're just a kid."
I put Lena down slowly, and stared back at him.
"I. Am. Not. A. Kid!"
My electricity blast from my chestplate fired, and struck the man dead on. Surprisingly, he was still standing, but he began to collapse. I went over to him and stood above him.
"I could kill you right now, and end Talon right here. But somebody will just take your place. I'm going to tear Talon apart piece by piece. You come after my family again, and I will end you."
I turned away, and picked up Lena before reuniting with the two brothers and Winston. Winston was not in the best shape but was awake.
He looked over at Lena.
"Lena! Is she..."
"She's alive," I replied. "But barely. We need to get her a hospital."
Winston nodded.
"I know of one. It's not too far from here."
Location: St. Petersburg Hospice, Time: A Few Minutes Later
Mercy's POV
I sat in my small office I had in the St. Peterburgs Hospice when suddenly my pager went off. I looked at it and gasped.
"Oh, no."
I quickly grabbed my coat, and rushed to the entrance of the hospital where Winston, Genji, a man with a bow and arrow, and an armored individual were. In the armored mans arms was Lena.
"Winston, what happened?"
"Talon. Abducted us. Genji, his brother and Lightknight here rescued us. Lena is hurt."
"Right. Put her on ze gurney."
I quickly paged everyone. Winston and the others sat down as we pulled Lena into surgery.
Location: St. Petersburgs Hospice, Time: Next Morning
Mark's POV
I paced around in the armor, drinking the hospital coffee to keep myself awake. I wasn't going to rest until I knew Lena was okay. Just then the doctor who meet us the night before stepped out from recovery. I turned to her.
"How is she?"
"She's recovering. It's a miracle that she's even alive. She had several broken ribs which we fixed."
I hugged her as tight as I could without hurting her.
"Thank you so much, Dr..."
"Dr. Angela Ziegler."
"Thank you. Can..can I see her?"
"She's not awake, but I think she will be soon. Though I would ask to leave your armor outside the room. I don't think stress is the best thing for her right now."
"Right. I can do that."
She led to the room, and I climbed out of the armor. I quickly locked it and quietly went inside the room. Lena was asleep on the bed. She was wearing a hospital night gown and the chronal accelerator only. The accelerator glowed lightly as she slept. I quietly sat down next to her and took her hand.
"Lena...these past few days have been...crazy to say the least. Um...I've been thinking about...life..and life is..kind of short...but..I've...been...having these feelings..and.."
I sighed and looked down. A voice caught my attention.
"Are you asking me out on a date, Luv?"
My head snapped up to see Lena awake, a bit groggy, but awake nevertheless.
"Hey..you're awake."
I chuckled lightly.
She smiled.
"I've..been..having those feelings too..."
As I moved closer to her, she smiled.
"Oh, just go ahead and kiss me, you bloody fool."
I smiled and pressed my lips to hers. She pressed back as hard as she could without hurting herself. We were so busy kissing, we didn't notice Angela open the door to let Winston in, and they both left to give us time together.
Location: Winter Technologies, Our World
Steve's POV
I couldn't believe it. My own son tried to kill me in the game world he was trapped in. It made sense though. He wasn't in his right mind.
"Mr. Winters? Are you alright," asked a technician.
"I'm fine. I can't go back in there though. Too many risks. We keep figuring out how to free my son from his prison. On the outside."
Ooh, now this is a twist of events, Steve was the leader of the Russian Branch of Talon in the game. So the people outside the game can get into the game. And Lena/Tracer and Mark finally admitted their feelings! Yay! Want to know what happens next? Stay tuned.
Also just wanted to point out here, that the new Lightknight Mark III suit has the self-propulsion system that the Iron Man Mark 42 Armor did in Iron Man 3. Other then that and a few new weapon systems, which I will go over more in the next chapter, the Mark II and the Mark III are virtually the same armor.