Gíallaid

Chapter 1

"Genji..."

"Hai..."

"McCree..."

"I hear ya."

Gabriel Reyes was crouched behind the blown out wall of what used to be a two-story apartment complex. The large chunks of rubble made for adequate cover and he was quite thankful that some of the roof was still intact. Judging by the dark clouds that overcast the sky, they were due with a bit of rain.

Adjusting the focus of his specialized binoculars, he scanned the horizon line for their target, "ETA was three minutes ago, either of you have eyes on the transport?"

The silence over the intercom was brief, the stoically metallic voice the man knew to belong to Genji was the first once again to answer.

"Negative."

"You'd think a buncha tin cans would know how to stay on a schedule—"McCree's Southern drawl followed, cutting out a second later.

"Jesse?"

This time the momentary silence hung in the air as if the whole world took and held a single breath.

"We've got incoming, due south!" There was a hint of excitement in the other man's tone, "Looks like that intel was right on the money, huh Commander?"

"Alright, alright, cut the chatter and move in—" Gabriel just shook his head, a slightly amused smile tugging at the corner of his dark mustache. Shifting and hopping down from his hiding perch, the aged soldier made his way in the direction that would put him in the path of the transport ship.

One of their own had been in the city of Oasis when the Omnics staged a rather short-lived siege on the technological wonder. While the city itself had sustained some damage, it was the surrounding area that had received the worst of it.

Having someone on the inside turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Humans were, for the most part, allowed to live their lives. If one could even call it that anymore. Perhaps allowed to survive was a better way to describe it. The ruling bodies, the Ministers, had for all intense and purposes, become recluse. Leaving most of the control in the hands of the Omnics. They were told a transport would be leaving the city and that anything being shipped out of Oasis had to be worth getting their hands on. If it meant being able to take their world back, Gabriel and his comrades didn't question it.

—

It didn't take long for Commander Reyes to locate the transport. It wasn't a very large ship, which in its own way was a good thing. If they were able to get their hands on an Omnic approved craft, it would make raids just a little easier. However, in this way of life, there was almost always a however, fate had other plans. Those plans came on the tail end of gunfire and their target's cockpit suddenly exploding. Slamming into the ground and skidding a good fifty feet before coming to a smoldering stop, the three men were for the moment, at a loss as to what to do now.

 "What the hell happened?" Gabriel turned to see his two comrades standing nearby 

"Don't know sir, there were light ground forces but Genji and I took care of them."

"They may have known we were coming and placed explosives on board," Genji's words were as calm as usual, and what he suggested was logical, "we should go." 

Jesse McCree seemed to think otherwise, perhaps it was just old habits he was falling back on but he couldn't help but feel a bit curious as to what would make the Omnic's destroy one of their own ships. Perhaps there was something worth destroying on board, something worth stealing. Before he could chime in though, Gabriel gave the order he'd been hoping for.