Ghosts of the Past

Chapter 12

Amelie smiled wickedly when she saw a bluish flash in the distance.

"Everything ready?" she said to Reaper in her headset.

"Yes."

"Good. I'll get rid of this foolish girl."

The assassin activated her visor and spied on Tracer for a few seconds. Then she climbed down from her position before coming to a small alley.

She stretched out her left arm, activating a mechanism on her bracelet. But this time it wasn't her grapple hook. Instead, a small flask containing a violet liquid came out, with eight mechanical legs attached to it, standing only a few centimeters from the ground. The device clung to a wall, while Widowmaker went to hide.

A few seconds later, Tracer ran down the alley. When she got close to the vial, it exploded and a violet cloud spread in the air. Lena started coughing and had to stop running.

"So predictable," Amelie scoffed as she emerged from her hiding spot, pointing her gun at Tracer.

Just as Amelie pulled the trigger, Lena's body morphed into bluish energy that backtracked her movements in a flash, disappearing from Widowmaker's sight.

But the assassin still had a smile on her face. She went to hide in another lane, activating the precision mode on her weapon.

"She's heading this way now," she murmured confidently.

But Tracer came from the opposite direction.

She reappeared behind Widowmaker, shooting a hail of bullets at her. But Amelie's extraordinary reflexes allowed her to shift in time.

"Surprised to see me, love?" Tracer said.

There was a blue flash and Tracer popped up in front of Amelie, who hadn't found her bearings after the shots. Tracer struck her with the butt of her gun. Widowmaker staggered back and Tracer kicked her to the ground.

"This time I win!" the Overwatch agent shouted.

"Not yet," Amelie replied.

Amelie held out her arm and the grapple whipped out, propelling it at Tracer. To double the impact, Widowmaker kicked her enemy in one swift movement.

Lena was knocked out by the blow. She screamed in pain and dropped her weapon, falling to the ground and unable to push herself up.

"Just accept it, "chérie". I'm better than you," said Amelie, mockingly.

She was smiled with pride, then hit Tracer with her weapon.

"So long," Amélie said, aiming the gun at tracer.

Lena knew that if she didn't do something, she'd be killed. She pulled something out that was strapped to her back and threw it at Widowmaker. It wasn't clear what the triangular, metal object was at first. But Amélie, had already seen one of these. She knew it was a bomb.

Amelie started to run for cover, but the explosion blinded her for a few seconds. When she could open her eyes again, Tracer had disappeared.

Annoyed, Amelie picked up her opponent's guns then flicked out her grapple hook and headed for Lijang tower.

***

Morrison rushed into the night market. One of Talon's agents tried to shoot him, but Morrison jumped out of the way and fired back, taking down the agent. Soldier 76 disappeared into the building.

Meanwhile, Helix's troops had landed on the ground and fired, some shooting at Winston's barrier, others at the Talon agents. The terrorists fired back to prevent them from infiltrating into the market.