Title: Against the rules
Chapter 22: Getting together.
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Ewa Kowal's POV
I let the water splashdown me. Relaxing in its warm embrace but also the feel of Ana's body on my own.
"I'll put Widowmaker on a mission to tell them all to meet somewhere. I've booked out from after lunch today and the rest of tomorrow. We need to do the meeting in that time frame." I tell her. Pushing my face in her wet hair.
"Send me a message when you need me. I'll stay in the area." she replied keeping her facade completely neutral. She must be worried about Fareeha.
"It'll be okay Scarab. I promise."
"We can only hope. Do you want me to play with your penis a little before you go?" she finishes with a cheeky smile as she presses against me a little more.
I look down at my erecting member and know she already knows the answer.
"Yes."
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I walk towards the Talon base tapping away at my phone. I really hate the business side of what I do.
"Commander Kowal! You called?" a perky young woman ran up to me, stepping in speed of me. She's one of my personal assistants.
"Send Widowmaker to my office. I need to talk to her privately." I say to her, softening up for the woman. From her file I understand she was forced into the job and I'll make sure she'll be safe when everything goes tits up.
"Of course ma'am." She says, starting off at a jog to get to Widowmaker's quarters, knowing it's the most secluded and far away.
I carry on walking towards my office, locking my phone and slipping it into my pocket.
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The door opens suddenly as Widowmaker is guided in by my assistant but was soon left alone when she turns and shuts the door behind her as she goes to do other work.
"Widowmaker." I greet, clasping my hands together on the desk.
"Commander." she replies with the same formality, taking a seat like she has come here plenty of times before.
I turn back to my screen and finish typing out an email before I start with Widowmaker. Unfortunately the assistant is too good at her job.
I press the send button and turn back to face the blue skinned woman, her brow arches in question and to test if I'll say anything.
I stand up slowly and walk around the desk. I lean against its dark frame and look at the assassin on a more familiar basis.
"I have a mission for you. It's about the plan." I say. Her eyes get hopeful for a moment before she hides it with her emotionless face.
"Yes. I want you to go back to Tracer. I need to to get everyone together that can be involved. Only the closest though. I'll come over when you send me a message to say that you have got them all in a secure location." I say formally, not willing to show a weakness just in case she uses it to her advantage.
Her face morphs into a small smile as she has that far away look on her face that I've experienced plenty of times when thinking of my love.
"Okay Commander." She says, not able to wipe the grin off her face.
"You've figured it out?" I ask, us both knowing I'm talking about her love life.
"Oui." she says, smiling at the ground like an embarrassed teenager.
"It gets better, little spider. Trust me." I say. Smiling too at the amazing times I've had with Ana.
"Merci." Widowmaker says softly as she stands herself. Ready to leave.
"I'll see you later." I stand upright and move back around my desk to continue my work.
"Au revoir." She says before the door shuts softly behind her.
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Widowmaker's POV
I grab my bags that I've just repacked from my last trip out.
Lena…
I get to see my Lena again.
I feel a flutter in my stomach at the thought. I need to see her again.
I pull it on my back and quickly leave the room, straightening out my hoodie.
Moving to the airship that's taking me, I try to look emotionless but the thought of her makes me giddy.
I jump into the airship and buckle myself in giving a swift nod to the pilot.
I can't wait.
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I stand in the middle of an old warehouse. It's interior looking abandoned with dripping pipes and paint peeling off. This place is perfect for the meeting.
I activate my visor and look around for any electronic trace. Nothing.
This place really is neglected. Some old crates litter the floor and contain packing hay and some old chemicals.
I should tell Lena the coordinates then start getting this place ready.
Lena…
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I shifted the large crates to make a tight circle in the middle. Just in case anyone happened to slip inside and overhear our conversation, we would be able to see them. They also double as seats.
I activate my visor at the sound of footsteps not too far away from the warehouse, I see 5 figures walking towards me and know exactly who the front one who is dashing into the building.
I quickly send the coordinates to commander Kowal before I deactivate my visor, seeing the mop of brown hair coming at me fast.
A sudden blue flash causes me to be knocked back onto the floor as I feel Lena's slim frame on top of me with her hard bulky coronal accelerator pressing into me uncomfortably but nothing I couldn't handle.
I feel her nose press into my neck as she tries to get as close to me as possible, her nose taking in large amounts of air just to get my scent.
I bury my face into her own locks to smell her scent. God I missed this.
I slip my arms around her as I squeeze her close. I never want to be parted from this beautiful woman ever again. My beautiful woman.
I hear a throat clear behind me and I see Sombra smirking at me as I have a moment with Lena.
Kowal will be here soon. We need to get up even though I don't want to.
I slowly slide my hands to Lena's hips as I ease us into a sitting position.
"Come on Beau. We have work." I whisper to her. Making sure to get close to her ear.
"But… But…" Lena tries to convince me to stay in this position with her but no reason is coming up to help her case to stay here.
"If we do this then we'll never have to hide again." I whisper again, trying not to give too much away.
She pulls back and her brows furrow at me. Wanting to know more.
"later Chérie. We just have to wait for someone." I say to her and the group. Making sure they know what's going on.
I manage to stand up with Lena still close. Not wanting to be away from me for a moment and I understand completely. I didn't want to be away either.
"Who-" Pharah starts to say, before she was cut off at the sight of a black figure coming through the ceiling.
It lands squarely on its feet in a crouch to brace the fall. It was clothed in a black, leather long coat that drapes on the floor, it has a hood connected to prevent people from seeing who it is. It wore black gauntlets.
As the figure stands the curves of a woman become evident as we see she's wearing a vest of some sort with knives all over it, all of different variety, the same was apparent with her cargo pants that lead to heavy duty upper calf length boots. We see now the coat reaches just below the knee and has knives of all sorts on the insides.
The gauntlets come up to the hood as it gets tossed back, showing the long mullet of commander Kowal and her solid dark blue eyes.
"Commander." I say, more out of respect than a greeting. I must say, now she's in her battle outfit I think she's fine with her dietary needs.
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Ewa Kowal's POV
"Amélie." I reply with the same amount of respect, noting how close she was to Lena. God I hope this plan works out for them.
I look at everyone stood in the warehouse. Most seem shocked at my sudden arrival but one.
I look straight into the so similar but different eyes of Fareeha. She looked like she recognised me. I've only met her when she was younger but had to leave for a job. But I knew Ana kept photos of me.
I avert my gaze to make it less suspicious as I turn to the rest of the group.
"I am Commander Ewa Kowal of the Talon base in England. I requested for this meeting because… well, we'll have to wait for our last guest." I finished with a small smile playing at my lips.
All of the people who didn't know me looked shocked, I see the small Korean move closer to the Hispanic Talon operative and Lena frowning softly.
I could hear swift pads of feet above and know she was getting close. I stepped to the side as she also jumps from the same hole as me. Her hood up and her sniper posed on her back.
She stands up and I notice her eyes go straight to Fareeha.
There was a long pause before anyone said anything. Most people absolutely shocked to see Ana alive once again.
However, it was the least likely person who spoke next.
"Y-you're alive?" I heard the blond stutter out first. Tears very evident in her eyes. If I'm not mistaken, they was close when Ana was still overwatch.
Before Ana could speak I could see Fareeha slowly getting angrier as her feelings are festering inside of her. I slowly step closer to Ana just incase something bad happens.
"How…" Fareeha starts, trying to understand her feelings and coordinate what she wanted to say.
"How could you just leave?!" she suddenly yells. Her body prickling with anger. I see Mercy move closer to her to try to calm the warrior.
"I thought you was dead!" she exclaims, taking a step forward as words aren't setting her anger.
I growl rips out of me as I get into a protective stance in front of Ana. She wasn't going to hurt my Scarab.
"And now you have a guard dog to stop you from getting in fights. Where is your honour? Cooperating with the enemy? Not standing up for yourself? Are you even my mother anymore?" her voice was thick with emotion, trying to vent her anger for her mother.
A silence comes over the group. I stand up straight, believing the threat is over.
Turning around to face Ana, I try to understand what she's thinking. Her eyes are trained on Fareeha and refused to meet my own.
Sighing heavily, I figure that I have to start my speech why we're here. I turn to face the rest of the group.
"We're here to discuss the fall of Talon." this caught most people's attention. The Hispanic smiling giddily at the prospect of drama. The rest just being confused why a commander of said cooperation would want it to fall, well apart from Amélie.
"I'm sick of the way Talon treats people and how it plunders what it wants without question. They deserve to pay for what they've done and to stop their plan to destroy people's lives."
"Why did you join Talon then? It's all they ever do so why did you join them?" Fareeha asked with more venom than necessary.
"At first. It was for Overwatch. I was the mole for them. After they fell it was just for money. And now it's for them to fall." I list all of my reasons, making sure it's clear why I was only using the cooperation.
"So you're just as selfish as you look. Did you buy a nice car with all the money you got 'Commander'." she emphasises my position, almost mocking me.
"No. I bought your mother's debt and paid for the eye operation." I say, not ashamed what I spent Talon's money on.
At that comment, Fareeha looked taken aback. Her eyes observing me closely for any lie evident.
"Once Ana was shot, she wasn't the same person. Her life crumbled in her hands and she didn't know what to do. So I was there to help her get herself back together. She couldn't come back because she didn't want you to see her like she was and soon enough it was too long since she did 'die' that she couldn't come to see you." I explain, making sure she had all the facts before assuming things.
After that she stayed quiet and just listened to the conversation.
I looked back at Ana to see her looking at the ground, possibly ashamed of her actions in the past.
"How can we trust you?" I turn back at the sound of the Swiss accent.
How can they trust me? I am a commander of Talon after all. What would stop me from telling my higher up about all of this and get them all captured or possibly killed.
"Because we love each other. And we want the best outcome and that doesn't involve Talon. She won't betray your trust while I'm involved." Ana unexpectedly answered.
Looks like we are just going to tell them we're in a relationship. Well, the cat's out of the bag now.
I look to check Fareeha's reaction only to be surprised at Mercy being more annoyed than her.
"What is everyone's thing with falling for the bad guy?" she growls more to herself than to anyone.
I look around and notice that her and Fareeha was the only couple that didn't consist of a Overwatch agent and a Talon agent. I smile slightly and step back to stand next to Ana.
"No one can resist a bad ass." Sombra says for the first time causing everyone in the room to burst out into laughter.
This team will do well.