Why Does a Spider Kill?

Chapter 11

The base was going into total lockdown.

Talon agents were swarming the place and they had few heroes to defend it. The alarms were blaring out and the clanging of doors could be heard quite clearly. This base was home to many Overwatch secrets and if Talon got them it would be game over.

Jack and Winston had gone to the front lines while Amelie went to a sniper position that had been specifically made for her. It was at the perfect angle so she could see anyone who was coming in but they wouldn't be able to see her.

The enemies were coming in. Amelie smirked as the first shot fired. She could see them beginning to panic, wondering where the sniper was. When they were distracted with the sniper that's when the others made their move.

While they were on the lookout for her she was on the lookout for wanted criminal Gabriel Reyes and M.I.A Overwatch agent Lena Oxton.

Amelie was up in her cosy position, picking off the enemy agents one by one. She felt kind of thrilled that she was doing this. Her heart was beating so fast so didn't know how she was breathing. She had built up so much stress and this was her therapy.

She knew that morally it was wrong but she simply couldn't help herself. Then again this was Overwatch. The moral line was more blurry then Mei's vision without her glasses. And it wasn't like killing people was the worst thing that happened within the organization.

When she was sniping she had the Reaper in her sights and she loaded the tranquilizer in the gun. She would enjoy making him talk. She was still pretty sure that some of Gabriel's old torture equipment was there. She laughed to herself as she realised how ironic that would be. Torturing him with his own equipment.

As she took a breath and gently pulled on the trigger, a familiar whooshing sound was detected and she noticed a presence behind her. She turned the gun on the assailant behind her thinking it was the sound of a grappling hook hooking onto her ledge. She scowled and was going to pull the trigger but when she recognised who it was she could feel all of her senses leaving her.

"My god."

It was like Lena had gone through the looking glass. She was completely different than before. Her usual cheerful orange had been changed for a dangerous looking red and black costume. She had such a murderous gleam it had hypnotised Amelie. She couldn't figure out how her wife's beautiful light had been taken away. And she was looking Amelie dead in the eyes, pointing her guns straight at her head.

She moved away quickly before the speedster could get at shot in. Her body was nearly dropped from the tower like their first unofficial fight but this time she was prepared. She quickly aimed her hook and launched herself back up to the platform, punching Lena in the face on the way up.

She landed back on her feet but as soon as Lena rubbed her jaw from the hard blow she was straight over to her trying to get close and get a good shot. Amelie wrapped the wire around her foot and landed on the ground. She needed a second to make a plan.

Amelie knew the one things that Talon still hadn't changed was that Lena's guns were linked to her accelerator. So if she was somehow able to find a way to overheat it she would be powerless. Looking around she tried to figure out where would cause her to overuse her accelerator.

She heard gun shots and she hid. She looked and realised she was hiding behind a car. That was the moment the light bulb in her head lit up. The storage was the best place to go. She could get to places Lena couldn't and there were several positions she could snipe and hide. She just needed to get Lena to follow her.