Overwatch - Chronos (Tracer x Reader)

Chapter 4: Overwatch

The dropship zoomed low over ocean and sea, kicking up waves in the water as it silently flew above. In the back the air was tense, Reaper sat motionless and stared unnervingly into yours and Lena's eyes. His chilling appearance sent a shiver down your spine as you turned to Lena to try to take your mind off him.

"So whereabouts are we going?" you asked, trying to make polite conversation.

"Overwatch HQ luv"

"And where's that?"

"I don't know. None of the agents do. I know it's on an island and I'm relatively sure it's in the Mediterranean...or the Pacific. One of the two" Lena said with a slight smile.

"Wait, so you don't even know where your own base is?"

"We're a shadow organisation luv, it's for security. Besides, if we're ever in trouble then we can call Winston and he'll send a transport to us in under two hours. So we don't really need to know where the base is honestly, only the pilots and the odd member of high ranking staff know"

"Weird, but I see your points" you replied, glad to see that Reaper had finally turned away from you.

"We're coming in to land! Strap in and prepare for a slight bump!" the pilot shouted over the hum of the engines causing you to smile giddily. Despite all of the action you'd seen in the last couple of days, joining Overwatch was still a dream come true and to finally see the secret base made the look of a kid at Christmas appear on your face. The dropship slowly descended and hit the ground roughly causing the back to rock a little as the pilot flicked a series of overhead switches and lowered the ramp. This was it, one more step and you'd be an official Overwatch agent. Well illegally official anyway.

You stepped out onto the ramp, keeping Reaper just ahead of you at all times and pushing him forwards despite the fact that you had no idea where to go. You found yourself in a huge steel hangar, presumably underground due to the distance you descended during the flight. At least four other dropships identical to your ride were positioned in different landing bays to the side, being hurriedly refuelled for their next mission. The room was a hub of activity as pilots rushed to their ships and began pre-flight checks, flicking a multitude of different switches and levers. Despite your expertise in computing you reckoned even you wouldn't know what half of those controls did, nor did you want to find out. It looked like an incredibly complicated process. Up ahead of you stood a set of double doors leading further into the complex, in front of which stood a...gorilla.

"Winston luv, great to see you again!" Lena said, blinking into a hug with the gorilla as you stood there in utter confusion.

"You too Lena, glad to see you made it back safely. And with our new recruit no less, nice to meet you. I'm Winston" the gorilla or Winston replied, offering a hand towards you.

"Uh...um, nice to meet you too. I'm, um...Y/N" you stuttered, shaking his huge hand with uncertainty and noticing Lena stifling a laugh from behind him.

"It's alright Y/N, most people have a similar response. I'm guessing you must have been too young to really remember a time when Overwatch was legally around in detail but I was a hero back then, used to fight the Omnics on the front lines. Ah but those were the days. Now we're barely managing to operate" Winston explained, leading you and Lena down a corridor as Reaper was forced the other way presumably towards the cells by a group of Overwatch soldiers garbed in blue uniforms.

The corridors all seemed very clean and well maintained, every surface being made of a shiny white material that made the entire place look like a research lab. In fact, considering Overwatch was supposed to be on its knees you couldn't help but think about how advanced their facility was. Security cameras were placed above every door and on every corner and sophisticated bio-recognition software protected vital areas such as the control centre. It really was like a private army of heroes just trying to help the people of the world in any way possible.