Overwatch: A Diffrent Timeline

Chapter 2- A diffrent Timeline

Tracer stood on a roof next to the warehouse. When she looked at it now it really made an innocent look. Only some Talon guards were around. They seem to be very calm and had no idea, that she was there. She checked the area one more time and then started to blink down the housewall vertically. Her accelerator made it possible and within one eye blink she stood in front of one of the guards. ,,Hello Love, this cold air during the morning is refreshing right?", she laughed. Completely surprised the guard tried to pull his weapon from his holster, but the Overwatch-agent was faster. She disarmed him, grabbed his shoulders, and pushed him against the guy next to him, who just had his weapon in his hand. Both stumbled to the ground and fell unconscious. Behind her, the last two men finally realized what was going on. They started to aim their weapons, but from the side, Winston jumped down to Lena and created a shield around them. "My turn.", he said. "They are all yours big guy.", Tracer answered with a smile on her face. The soldiers continued shooting, but the energy field was too strong for them. When they had to reload, the scientist saw his chance. He deactivated his shield and jumped right between the enemies. As he hit the ground, a short electric wave flowed over the ground to the guards and left both of them unconscious. From behind Mercy flew down from the roof. ,, Good work you two.", she said and then looked at the big door, which seemed to be the Entrance of the warehouse. ,,Do you think it is opened?", the Doctor asked. Tracer blinked to it and shook her head. ,,You can only open it from the inside... But I still have my Pulse Bomb" Winston looked to the door and back at Tracer ,,Ok, I think this is the only way. But we should be careful. Maybe it will alert more guards, that are around or inside the building." The others nodded their head. ,,Ok", the time-traveler answered. She took a Pulse Bomb and placed it in the middle of the door. After that, she quickly blinked back to her friends. The bomb created a quiet beeping and within a second the door was gone. Tracer picked up her bomb and the heroes started to walk inside, but once they were there they couldn't believe what they saw. The warehouse was just one big room full of desks and blueprints, but at the end of it, there was a big machine. ,,Wow, what is that?", Tracer asked. ,,I don't know, but it reminds me of a portal.", Winston said while he stepped closer to one of the desks. ,,It's just unbelievable how much Talon managed to build, just because Overwatch was gone.", Angela said while looking at the thing at the end of the room. Winston was right. it really looked like a portal, but what does Talon want with that? Do they want to reach other dimensions with it, or maybe they can travel with it to different Talon bases. ,,Whatever it is, we should deactivate it as fast as possible." ,,As always you are right", answered Lena, ,, Winston Love, did you find anything out yet?" Winston looked up from the desk to Mercy and Tracer. He righted his glasses and cleared his throat. ,,Well it seems this portal is made to reach other timelines." ,,So it messes with time?", Lena asked while looking at her Chronal Accelerator. ,,Yes but not like your accelerator. The portal is very complex and I think the only way to disable it is if we self-destruct it." The others looked shocked and all three of them stared at the machine. After a few second Winston continued. ,,Don't worry I have a plan, how to do it, but there is something else that worries me." He went to another table. Mercy and Tracer followed him. ,,Look at this note. Talon wrote down everything they were testing here but they also mention a prototype, that was build somewhere else here. They just don't say where.." Tracer looked around. The room was very big, but there was no hint of another secret door or anything. It had to be outside of the warehouse. She thought a moment. ,,Wait I have an idea.. what if Mercy and I look for the Prototype and you destroy this teleporter?" Winston thought for a moment. ,,Alright. it will probably take a while until I finished my work anyways. Tell me when you find it or there is anything that looks like Talon soldiers or guards." ,,No problem and tell us if you see anything suspicious or you have some new information for us." Winston nodded his head with a smile and both women started to go outside.

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If you would be in a plane and look at the area around the warehouse from above it wouldn't look so big, but now while Mercy and Tracer were looking for a secret building or maybe a way underground they realized the real size of it. They just hoped that they would find it before Talon appears with backup. ,,What do you think Love? Why should Talon leave all the instructions, the note, and the portal just so unprotected" ,,I don't know. Maybe it's a trap. We should be prepared for everything.", answered the doctor. Tracer nodded her head when she finally saw a small tunnel behind some big trees. ,,I think I found it". The agents went closer to the trees and right between them was a long tunnel that seemed to lead underground. It was made out of stone and illuminated with only a few flares. They followed the path underground until they finally reached a big wooden door. ,,Do we need another Pulse Bomb?", Tracer asked smiling. ,,I think it is opened, but I can hear voices on the other side. It looks like some people are working there." ,,Don't worry I'll handle them. Winston? Winston can you hear me?" Lena pressed some buttons of her communicator, but the underground was blocking her signal. ,,I'll go tell him. Take care that nobody leaves the room and nobody sees you." ,,No problem Angela.", the adventurer answered and Mercy started to hurry back to the warehouse. A few minutes passed when Tracer suddenly heard some slow steps coming in her direction. 'They are too slow and too heavy to come from Mercy...' Still, they were far away but the Overwatch-agent wanted to stay unknown. ' They probably want into this room.' She started to think but she had not much time left. The steps came closer and the only other way she had was the wooden door. 'Alright... here goes nothing.' She opened the door as quietly as she could and started to look around. Inside the room, she saw the other big teleporter on the left side right next to the door and on the right side were three Talon-members. Tracer immediately recognized their clothes but she couldn't tell if they were scientists or guards, who were maybe taking a break. Because on the one hand, they were wearing what looked like laboratory coats but on the other hand, they were all armed with a little pistol. However, they seemed to be unaware of her appearance. She looked through the room again and suddenly spotted some desks next to the portal. 'Perfect, this should be a good hiding spot. And as soon as the other Talon-members come inside the room I can just recall out of it'. She slowly stepped inside, closed the door, and sneaked behind the desks. Luckily nobody noticed her. She peeked over the desks to have a better view when suddenly the door opened and another Talon member came in. ,,Guys we got a visitor." The other three turned their heads around and were clearly confused until another guy came through the door. He wore another laboratory coat and pushed Mercy through the door. Tracers heart stopped for a second and she couldn't believe her eyes. The Overwatch healer tried to escape, but the man grabbed her by her arms and held her tight. ,,Is she not a former Overwatch agent?", asked one of the other guys, ,,And when Yes, what is she doing here?" Everyone started talking until the room started to shake for a short time and suddenly a loud explosion was audible. 'Winston,' Tracer thought, 'he did it.' For a short moment, everything was quiet in the room. The criminals just looked at each other like they would have to realize what happened until another man stepped through the door. Tracer could tell, that he was clearly the commander by the clothes and head he was wearing but she was still unsure if he was just a scientist or maybe a soldier. ,,All Talon agents, we have to retreat. We don't know how many Overwatch-agents will follow, but we are only six... and that is not enough." ,,But Commander, what should we do with her?" The Talon-commander looked first to the Talon-agent and then to Mercy. It took a while but then a dark smile formed on his face. ,,She helped to sabotage many of Talon's plans and now she wants to sabotage our project. I think we should show her what happens, when that happens. Activate the portal." ,,But Sir it will explode:" ,,I said, activate the portal." One of the agents followed the instructions. After a few seconds, the portal started humming. A blue circle appeared right between the structure of the machine but just after seconds it disappeared again and the whole thing started sparking. ,,All done, the portal will explode in 30 seconds." 'That's enough time.', Tracer thought. She jumped out of her cover and started to blink right through the enemies and within seconds she disarmed them. The time-traveler then sopped, dropped the weapons next to her on the ground, and looked at the Talon-agents. She could see the fear, that started to grow in their eyes, which was unusual. Normally they knew about her abilities, but this time only the commander seemed to be very calm. The others were probably new recruits. Lena smiled ,,Sorry for interrupting your little party, but I think you got something that belongs to Overwatch." She looked to the man, who held Mercy still tight by her arm, and could see, that he clearly got nervous. The whole situation was new for him and because of all the fear he seemed to have loosened his grip on Angela because now the Overwatch-healer managed to struggle her way free. ,,You fool, get her.", the commander shouted but Tracer blinked right next to her friend, and they both got their guns out. Actually, Mercy was more of a pacifist, but in emergencies like this one, she had to, at least to scare the enemies a bit. ,,I don't think that's a good idea Love, also the portal will explode soon", Tracer said. the commander looked at the machine and seemed to think. He rolled his eyes. ,,All Talon-units... Retreat." he got a little device out of his pocket, what looked like a remote control and pressed the bouton on it. A secret gate, within one of the walls, opened and the Talon-units started to run through it. ,,Enjoy the explosion.", he said while pressing the button again. Tracer tried to blink to the gate, but it was already closed. She went back to Mercy. ,,Are you okay Love?" ,,Yes thank you." ,,No problem, but I think we have to get out of here now." The doctor nodded her head, ,,But I don't think we can make it in time Tracer, we only have a few more seconds." ,,Don't worry, time is on our side. I have an idea, hold on tight." She grabbed Angela's hand and blinked out of the room. Just when they passed the door, the portal started to explode. A big energy wave appeared right behind them, but because of Tracer's abilities, they were always just one step ahead of it. Mercy closed her eyes, she didn't have use to such a speed, but they had no other choice. ,,Sorry Love, but we are almost out, only a few more blinks.", Tracer said, when the Chronal Accelerator started beeping. 'That's not good, I don't have much energy in the Accelerator left, but it's only a few more steps...'. Suddenly the device stopped glowing, Mercy opened her eyes again and both women started to stumble to the ground. But just before they hit it, the energy wave passes them and time seemed to stop around them. The Overwatch-agents were floating over the ground when suddenly the Chronal Accelerator started sparking and glowing again. ,,What is going on Lena?" ,,I don't know... but the Accelerator can't be recharged yet." Suddenly a feedback-impulse came from the device, which was strong enough to throw both of them unconscious to the ground in front of the underground tunnel.

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Mercy slowly opened her eyes. She was still feeling the pain from the impact of the hard ground underneath her. The doctor sat up and rubbed her eyes. At least time seemed to be normal again, because now she was able to feel the wind blowing around her. She started to look around to see if Winston was around somewhere, but suddenly she realized, that the warehouse was gone and the whole area around it looked different. The big threes were gone and all the buildings further away seemed to be purple and not in the usual black and brown anymore. Still shocked she looked to her side, where she saw Tracer laying on the ground. She put her hand on her shoulder. ,,Lena are you okay?", she said with worry. ,,Only five more minutes...", the speedster muttered. Mercy smiled, ,,Alright, I think you are, but I still can't tell where we are." Tracer rubbed her eyes. It took a few seconds, but then she realized, the cold wind and the hard ground underneath her. Immediately she jumped up and looked around. ,,Angela.. are you okay?" The healer also stood up and nodded her head: ,,Yes, but I still can't tell where we are." Tracer first looked down at her Accelerator, which was normally glowing on her chest again. 'Thank god, it's working.' She got a feeling of relief, but then she started to look at the area around her. Mercy was right, it really looked different. She thought a bit, and suddenly she knew what was going on. ,,Angela... I...I think my Accelerator sent us to a different timeline."