(Scrapped) Overwatch: Playing With The Enemy

Chapter Six : Readjustments

Overwatch Shuttle One

August 11th 2081

03:14am

Angela sat in her seat watching Amelie and Lena opposite her. Amelie was still holding on to Lena who had buried her head into Amelie's chest until she'd begun to drift off to sleep while Amelie was making small smooth circular motions with one of her fingers tangled in Lena's think hair. Angela felt her heart warmed by the sight of the pair and quietly gestured Amelie's attention towards the pull out bed at the rear of the shuttle. Amelie looked back silently confused and Angela pointed to Lena and then the bed asking if Amelie wanted to move her there to be more comfortable. Amelie smiled a decline and mouthed a thank you and Angela smiled and nodded back before walking towards the cockpit carefully trying not to clink her heels too much. True to his word Gabriel Had been piloting the Shuttle back to Overwatch Alpha and seemed rather content with being at the helm alone. He turned to see Angela walking in and was about to greet her until he noticed a finger on her lips requesting him to keep the volume down. Not a difficult request but he had a naturally deep voice that echoed and reverberated off most objects around him. "They sleeping?" He asked softly, only slightly more than a whisper. Angela took a seat next to him and let out a small sigh. "Lena is drifting off but Amelie is still wide awake watching over her. I don't know how she can do it; I'm exhausted and didn't go through any of what Talon did to her." She replied just as quietly. Gabriel sighed and returned his focus to the open sky in front of him. "Here, this could help you get an idea. It's all her medical files. Everything they did from day one. Every reconditioning, reprogram, punishment and tactical evaluation." He said a little louder than he meant to due to the irritation he felt towards himself for not doing this sooner. Angela looked at him with a hint of horror on her face. "Did you say punishment?" She asked staring at him before looking back into the shuttle where Amelie sat still caring for Lena, who had now fallen to sleep completely. "Yes. I did. Anything she did that she hadn't been told to do meant punishment. One assignment had her staking out a mall when a CEO of some place was coming down and Talon wanted him gone because he wouldn't filter and clean their money. She was sitting in a cafe blending in, a little girl spotted her and had begun to try and talk to her. Wido...Amelie had decided, independently, that the best way to get rid of the girl was to give her one of the ice creams she had bought herself. After doing so the CEO turned up, she left, made the hit and came back to base. Only when she got back, Talon didn't like that she spared the girl. No witnesses, only corpses they'd said. They lashed her for it. That tattoo of hers, the spider on her back. If you follow every line, you'll feel the scars from those lashings. Another incident caused them to take off her fingernails over the course of a few hours, waiting until the pain had begun to fade before taking the next one." Gabriel growl in disgust and hate, then felt a hand on his shoulder. "There wasn't anything you could have done to stop them at the time, mon amie." Amelie said calmly and with a reassuring smile. Angela hadn't even heard her move. "Could have done all this sooner." He replied still angry at the memories. Amelie sighed exaggeratedly while rolling her eyes with a smile and leaned an arm on one of his shoulders. "You are 'opeless mon amie, truly 'opeless. Perhaps the good doctor can save you, non?" She teased as she stood straight again twitching her eyebrows upwards twice in quick succession. "Mein Gott, Amelie." Cried Angela blushing and surprised while Gabriel kept his eyes forward and didn't open his mouth. Amelie chuckled at the reactions. "It's ok, I love a secret romance, I am French after all. I do however require a blanket if one is available, petite colombe is shivering slightly." She stated as she turn a little to let Angela look down the shuttle to see Lena curled one the seats still asleep, knee up to nearly her chin. "You know, when she's not zipping about here there and everywhere, she actually reminds me of the cute kid she was when she first joined Overwatch." Gabriel said and looked to Angela who smiled an agreement. "I'll come and get you two some blankets." Angela said and went to the back of the shuttle with Amelie as Gabriel push the throttle forward a bit, not anywhere near as far as Lena had done, but enough to get them home sooner.