Chapter 14: Gibraltar assault

Overwatch Watchpoint Gibraltar

"As of right now, we can confirm the explosion came from inside the mountain base." Soldier: 76 watched the screen, somewhat irritated by the news reporter and camera crew. That mountain had released large amounts of chemical gas, probably into the air and sea, but for some odd reason people thought simple gas masks worked. God the world is falling apart, he thought steadily to himself. "From the wreckage we've seen, we come to believe Overwatch agents attacked a secret UN military base, releasing powerful chemical gases into the air..."

"What the hell are you watching?" 76 looked to his side to see Red Hood enter the room. He didn't wear his helmet, but nevertheless had one sidearm at the ready. "Great, the Arkham Militia blows up a mountain and the UN turn to us like we did it. Perfect…."

"It could be a whole lot worse." Soldier: 76 stated, standing up and switching the T.V off. "They do know the location of all Overwatch Watchpoint's so it's possible they could attack us."

"How do you know that?" Red Hood asked, somewhat confused. As far as he was told, Soldier: 76 was an 'older', far more trained and experienced vigilante who rarely worked with Overwatch until the previous year. Did he know about the UN's knowledge of Overwatch by Winston, or did he know be some other means? "…. You know what, never mind."

"Right," 76 nodded. "Anyways, with the UN thinking we attacked their 'secret base' now, they'll probably be on high alert now. I say we should ready ourselves for anythi-"

All of a sudden the T.V flashed to life, sending the pair into a defensive mode. The T.V held onto its static for a while, before finalizing into a clearer image of the Arkham Knight's logo. "Well, well, well." The synthetic voice of the Arkham Knight spoke out through the speakers. "Isn't this a surprise? We got found by the UN!"

"Alex, we heard the Knight talking!" Tracer, alongside Winston and Mei, rushed in with guns at the ready. "What hap…. pened?"

"Oh no, we've been found out by the UN and Overwatch! Whatever shall we do?!" The Knight cried in mock fear, before calming back to his normal tone. "To think the world barely knows of our existence. To be honest, this is the first time we've been seen international. To the UN, the US, and most especially Overwatch know this: We are not just here for fun. We're not doing this all for the hell of it, well not all of us that is…. We're here to make a point. A bold, and powerful point, that the world is corrupt and dead, like a broken vase. A vase broken by betrayal, death, and anger."

"But," The Knight continued, and the Arkham insignia shifted into the Talon insignia. "Talon and us, the Arkham Militia are simply the glue. One that will kill, murder, and burn anything in our way, and we will not hesitate unless our demands are met…."

"This is absolutely stupid," Alex muttered, watching the Knight monologue. "What idiot talks about world domination and tries to reason with the world?"

"And on international broadcasting channels," Winston added. "It's like they're trying to get caught."

"I should let you know, people of the world," The Knight stated. "Even though we're broadcasting internationally, we're actually floating on a boat…."

"… I don't like this." Alex stated, nerved rattled slightly at the change of tone in the Knight's voice.

"…Right here…." The Talon image turned to a camera feed, the camera turning from the Talon banner on the wall slowly towards the left. "Outside…."

"Wait a minute…." Winston watched the screen reveal an ocean, showing an island side with a side building built into it. "That's…!"

"Of Watchpoint Gibraltar…!" The screen flashed to show Gibraltar fully, before returning to static. A sudden loud bang exploded outside, followed by a rumble of rocks and metal.

"What the hell was that?!" Alex yelled out in shock and fear.

"Winston, the defense systems have been bypassed!" Athena's symbol came to life on the T.V screen, showing system failures all across the main system. "I'm los-sing syst-t-te-em-ms….. Fai-ll-l-l-l-ll—ll…"

"Athena!" Athena's symbol broken apart, flickering into the image of an 8-bit purple skull with a dark 'giggle' coming from it. "Impossible, we've been hacked!"

"WARNING: DOOMFIST GAUNTLET CHAMBER BREACHED." A warning alarm came to life with red proximity alarms. "ALERT: MAIN DEFENSE SYSTEMS ARE FAILING, STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY COLLAPSING."

"Ah shit, they're taking the Doomfist Gauntlet!" 76 yelled in anger. He rushed to an automatic window, the metal sheet opening up to reveal several helicopters and a large battleship. The battleship was jet black and grey, with sharp corners and several large gun batteries at the front deck and sides. "They brought a fucking battleship just for the fucking Gauntlet!"

"Wait that? That's impossible, the Gauntlet's at the Overwatch Museum!" Alex exclaimed, looking at the 'looks' from Winston and the others. "What?"

"Well, um..." Tracer sighed, giving a worried look. "We may have… Taken the real Doomfist Gauntlet and switched the real one with a fake for the Museum…."

"And so, you brought the real one here…?" Alex finished in an annoyed voice. "Well, shit…."

"Look, lies and problems and other crap can wait later," 76 cut in, taking up his rifle. "Right now, we have to raise the defense systems!"

Meanwhile

The Arkham Militia troops alongside three brutes, weapons ready, watched the doors leading into the chamber holding the Doomfist Gauntlet. The Arkham Knight and Reaper enter the wide cylinder chamber, the center holding the gold and black Gauntlet. "Ah, the Doomfist Gauntlet." The Knight stated with a cocky tone, pulling out his handgun. "Once used to destroy entire buildings in simple punches, and almost used to kill that annoyance of a pilot. But now, it's back in Talon hands."

The Knight's handgun sounded off, letting the glass break and the Gauntlet drop onto its pedestal. Reapers clawed hand took up the Gauntlet, chuckling darkly as he vanished in a black mist. "We're done here." The Knight stated happily, turning to make his leave. "Finish setting the charges, and blow this Watchpoint to hell."

"Yes sir," One of the brutes nodded, pointing to another troop. The troop nodded, placing a large, bulky bomb like device onto the side wall. Other troops did the same, setting their timers and arming the explosives. "The explosives are armed, now what?"

"Now? You defend it with your lives." The Knight stated, walking to the bridge of the large Talon Destroyer. It was one of its kind, built with a powerful shield system and defense system and was honestly Talons main mobile base. But for now, it got to serve its purpose for the time being.

Inside Gibraltar medical center

"Dr. Zeigler, hurry!" Genji gripped his Dragonblade tightly, ricocheting bullets back from the Militia troops. "We've got to leave now!"

"Look out!" Genji was pushed to the side as a rocket ripped through the room behind him. His visor looked to see Mercy pushed him down, Caduceus staff and Valkyrie suit ready. "Hurry, let's get out of here!"

"Of course!" The pair rushed away, bullets and cries of anger following behind them. "Hurry, this way!"

They made a corner, but came face to face with several troops and a brute. "Don't move!" a Militia ordered, weapons loaded with bullets.

Genji's eyes narrowed under his visor, and the Shimada Sparrow rushed forward, firing shurikens and slicing Militia troops down. The Brute rushed forward to Mercy, his arm wrist blades extended. Mercy tried to hover away, but the brute pulled her back down. "Ack!" She screamed out in fear, making Genji turn in horror.

"Angela!" He cried out, his eyes watered under his mask before he felt his metal helmet get his on the side.

"Die!" The brute roared, raising his blade arm wrist. Before he brought it down though, several loud bangs filled the air and the tall brute fell down in bloodied and riddled armor.

The Militia troops backed away from Mercy, who opened her eyes to see Red Hood standing in between her and the dead brute.

"Now that's no way to treat a lady," Red Hood stated, reloading his handguns. "Is it?"

Genji looked up, and glanced at his Dragonblade. He looked to Red Hood, who looked to the younger Shimada leader and gave a silent nod. Genji nodded, jumping into the air. "Ryujin no ken wo kurae!" He roared, the twin dragons of Shimada spiraling out towards the troops. Red Hood, meanwhile jumped to the side with Mercy, chuckling as the Militia troops were sent flying with screams of fear.

Outside, the Redstream fired endless rounds at the helicopters and Talon Destroyer. The Destroyer fired back rounds of plasma and bullets, but Lena forced the Redstream to bob and weave. "Winston, please tell me those guns are online?!" Lena asked in worry, rushing past another Militia helicopter.

"Almost done, Lena! We've nearly finished connecting main power to the outer cannons!" Winston stated, looking from screen to screen at the slowly readying systems. "We'll be able to raise systems, but-!"

"Wait, the Destroyer!" Lena blinked, making sure to pull off her goggles to see the Talon Destroyer was… "Leaving?! The hell, they're retreating!"

"Winston!" Mei suddenly rushed back into the command center, raising several ice walls as she and Snowball entered. "The Militia! They've set up explosives all across Gibraltar but here!"

"WHAT?!"

"Did I just hear that correctly?!" Red Hood asked on the comms. "They put BOMBS all over Gibraltar?!"

A/N: Well, it seems Gibraltar is under attack! Again... I want to say thank you all for the support you've given me by reading my story and waiting patiently. Thank you are so much for that! I will be posting part two of this chapter, probably next Saturday because of my first week of school! yay! So yeah.

Oh, I should also mention the new story I'm going to be doing will not be starting till the end of this story, Let's Pick A Fight. But I will say the story's name at least.

Destiny: The Reign of Mischief

That said, this is the KnightOfZ3R0 signing off!