So, just wanted to say thanks to all of you for waiting so patiently. And as many of you could guess takes place on one of Overwatch time lines shorts, Mei's Rise and Shine. I also wish to hear your suggestions on new skins, emotes, and other in game interactions for the Reds and Blues.
Church stumbled into the white, clear hallway as all the lights were tuned off. His blood dripped into multiple drops as it hit the clean floor leading a river in his tracks. His body was so freezing, that just a few seconds in the room he was beginning to regain feeling in his body.
He moved from side to side, using the walls as a way to keep his balance. He stopped as he saw a metal container with a green cross on it. He went over to it and found it was locked, and to top that off it was built into the wall. Church dropped the sniper and ripped the box off the wall with what strength he had left. He stumbled into a storage room where they kept water coolers and a few cone shaped cups. He grabbed one of the cups as he was about to do one of the dumbest things he ever attempted.
Church stripped off his heavy jacket, then his thermal, his under shirt, and lastly his tank top. He set them into a small pile near the first aid kit, which he then started to search through. He saw a bottle of ethanol alcohol spun off the lid and prepared for a world of pain. The stinging pain made Church grunt and cry out in pain, "GGGRRRrrraaagggGGGHHH!" He screamed.
He dropped the bottle and nearly collapsed from the stinging from his wound. Church then grabbed the cup and one of his sniper bullet casings and a knife. He took the knife and put the blade against the tip of the bullet head. He sliced the golden tip off the round, and poured the gun powder into the cup. He began to filter the powder into the hole that passed through him. He tossed the cup out of the way and pulled out his lighter from one of the dead fellow soldiers. He flipped the square open the set it off as the small flame burned bright.
He closed his eyes to keep himself from seeing the pain he was about to experience. He dropped the lighter as the flame fell onto his wound, lighting the powder with a bright spark. He made an unknown sound, a mix between a grunt and a scream as his wound was set on fire.
After the fire wound, Church wrapped the bandages around his open wound. He crawled on his hands and knees and made his way to the wall. Church placed his bare back onto the wall and rested his eyes, not knowing there was another set of eyes on him.
[hours later]
Church woke up many hours later after he nearly collapsed from the pain. Only he found himself wrapped in a warm blanket that he didn't remember putting on.
He got to his feet and walked out to the hallway with his hair looking like a mess. He walked down the hall where it was lit further down where he didn't go to. He stumbled down the hallway as he suspected that this place was empty.
He covered his eyes with his arms as the bright light was causing him to go blind. Church squinted as he made out a figure near the frost covered window, "Hey?" He asked as he wondered who it was.
The figure turned around and saw Church, "Ni, hao." She said in an adorable voice.
Church looked confused as he couldn't wrap his head around what she said, "Huh?" He asked.
"Bonjour." She replied again hoping for a different response.
"Uhhh, English perhaps?" He asked hoping for her to understand.
"Oh, yes." She said.
"Good, Um, where am I?" Church asked, "I mean I didn't know there was another base around for miles." He said.
"Well, this is a research center was meant to be a secret to the public, and it's been forgotten by another organization." She added as she looked at the floor.
"Well mine was attacked, and wait...research center? Who are you? What are you doing? Shouldn't there be a whole team?" Church asked.
She sighed as she was about to answer his questions, "Yes, this was a research center. My name is Mei-Ling Zhou. I am...was part of a research team meant to study the atmospheric anomalies here for studies. The rest of the team had died during their cryostasis slumber, I am the only one to survive." She said as she held her head low.
"I'm sorry to hear that. So is there anywhere from here to go. Is there anyone coming to help us?" Church asked.
"There should have been a team nine years ago but, they never showed up." She said.
"Alright then we're on our own, just fucking perfect." He said as he turned around and put his hands over his head in defeat.
Church was at one of his lowest points, not because his body ached, but because he lost all faith. He had only been in this position one other time, and that one other time was when he had a group of people he called family with him. He was alone now, no one to guide him and no one to pick him up. He couldn't have felt any lower, every time that he got somewhere close, no matter what, it was always yanked from him. Church collapsed to his knees on the brink of tears as he covered the sides of his face.
He opened his eyes to see two electronic blue eyes look softly up at him. Snowball stared at Church in his depressed state. Even though Snowball didn't use words something about that small floating both made Church feel reassured him he'd make it through.
Church rose to his feet, "I have suffered a lot, and I'm sorry for cursing." He said as he faced away from her, "But I am too tired to stop now, so what have you got in mind?" Church asked.
Mei smiled, "Alright then, but first, please put on a shirt, it's very distracting and your wound might get infected."
Church looked down at his bloodied bandages, "Oh yeah, right." He said.
[minutes later]
Thus began the epic building montage and the time lapses for building the devices that would save their lives. Taking a hair dryer, a few utensils, a bunch of water jugs, and many other unnamed and miscellaneous items had.
Church grabbed all the tools and materials they needed and set them on the table. He helped out half of the time because he was A) wounded, and B) not familiar with the stuff she was doing. The materials piled down as the device was near complete and the ramen bowls piled up. The final step, Mei took the fluid from the cryogenic chambers and transferred them through multiple containers with hoses connecting each of them. Mei pushed a final button on a remote to see if all their hardwork would pay off. She looked closely as she flipped the switch and saw a single drop turn into a mini ice glacier.
Mei smiled and jumped up with excitement, "Cool!" She said. Church nodded as he couldn't celebrate too much, Snowball put a hand icon on his face signaling a high five. Snowball took one of his fins up in the air as Mei gently high fived her robotic, unfortunately their victory was short.
At the same time they clapped, the lights in the room went out, "Oh no." Mei said, fearing the worst. She pressed the button in her hand multiple times, "Come on, come on, come on, come on." She pleaded hoping the machine would work again.
They rushed to the power room, in hopes that their worst fears weren't realized. Unfortunately they were, "That was the last battery, wasn't it?" She asked, knowing the answer. She started to blame herself, "How could I have forgotten about the last battery?" She asked herself. She was now in Church's position, "Without power, we're dead." She said as she tried to come up with a plan.
Church then remembered something that might help, "There is one battery I know, but it's out there in the snow, chances are if I trace my steps it should still be there." He said.
Mei looked in disbelief, "Are you crazy, going off course by even an could kill you. It's suicide." She said.
"There's no time, I am not dieing in a glacier, today." He said.
However, there was no need for that, as the screen started to light up and glow. They both looked back at the screen with surprise, "Power, Snowball." Mei called out to her friend, "What?" She said as she saw Snowball's battery going down.
Church looked over as well, "No, no, no, dammit Snowball don't do this to us, please, just stay with us." Church demanded.
Mei saw his battery go into the red, then down to nothing, "You can't." She said as she lost Snowball to the sacrifice he gave. She took off her glasses to wipe away the tears, "Thank you, my friend." She said.
They immediately went back to work, using the remainder of the power he had given to fill up the ice gun. Mei grabbed the device they made, as Church grabbed the antenna and the laptop as they loaded up.
Dressed in the heaviest coats possible and ready for the task at hand they stood at the satellite tower. Mei froze one part as a starting point for their long climb to the top. They put hand after hand and foot after foot without looking back at how far they came. They stopped at the place Mei had her eye on for a while, she stopped to connect the metal beams with a large amount of ice. She then continued to climb with Church on her heels, the next beam would be fatal.
As had both arms on the beam the bolts that connected it fell out of place on one sidside then came off. Quickly she pulled herself up and lept to one of the side bars for safety, but the bar she lept from fell breaking the ice. Church was right next to it as part of the yellow gas main exploded away from him. The tower was tilting and leaned to the ice glacier with great speed, they held onto the beam to the side as Mei made a desperate act and fired the ice gun to the glacier.
Mei and Church closed their eyes to avoid the painful demise they would feel, only for their to be nothing. They opened their eyes as Mei's gun stopped the tower from falling onto it's side and created a huge ice formation between the tower and the glacier wall. Church looked at Mei as she looked at her gun, "Woah," was all she got out.
Mei took one part of the server dish and plugged her computer into it, while Church hand one hand in the air with the makeshift antenna. Mei was pressing all the buttons on the computer trying to make it work, "C'mon, c'mon." Mei demanded.
She then saw a familiar ape she hasn't seen in a while as he spoke, "To the agents of Overwatch..." The ape said.
"Winston? Winston! Oh my gosh." Mei cheered.
"Who's Winston?" Church asked.
"Shhh." She said trying to listen.
"...The people decided they were better off without us. They even called us criminals, they tore our families apart. But look around, someone has to do something, we have to do something! We can make a difference again! The world needs us now more than ever." Winston said as he neared the end of his speech.
Mei looked at the data hard drive in her hand knowing well that the data could save many lives. Then took a look at the sky, seeing the northern lights up close made her realize how far she had come, and reminded her how far she could go.
"...Are you with me?" Winston asked.
"Yes, Winston. I am with you." Mei answered.
[3 hours later]
Mei had poured five cups of hot cocoa for her five friends in their crycryostasis chambers. She placed them down in front of each of them and bowed her head as she hoped they were in a better place.
Church was in another room as he took out a huge bag that seemed to jingle in a way. In the bag were the dog tags from the many men who died at his base. He poured them onto the floor and placed a pistol and one stray bullet next to it. Church walked away and closed the door behind them, giving them a resting place.
Mei and Church stood at the door leading to the outside cold, dressed in their heavy coats.
[Later Still]
The white hills had a single line through it as the two walked away from the base. Church hauling the load to earn his keep from being useless before. Mei walking with the backpack strapped on as she trudged foot after foot through snow. They looked back to see how far they were, knowing they'd have an even farther journey.
Suddenly two electronic eyes woke up from a solar powered sleep, it was none other than Snowball. Mei smiled at her friend being alive, "Rise and shine, Snowball. We're on our way." Mei said as they continued walking.
Author's note: Sorry for the long delay, I've been in a sort of depressed state and I've been trying to get back in the game. Also, please list the skins and emotes you want to see.