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**DEFEAT**
Flashed across your television screen, while illuminating your studio apartment with its dark shades of red.
*Crap.* You thought. *We had that...*
The enemy team stands proudly with their victory and the "Play of the Game" clip rolls with its classic theme. An all-too-familiar McCree highlight intro with your name on it brings a big grin to your face.
"YES!" You exclaim, while pumping your fist downwards.
You watch the clip play with a well timed 'Deadeye' capturing 4 enemies in its sights. Definitely one of your more thought out ones.
You quickly leave the game before the next match can start. You return to the game's menu to see your favorite character in all his glory.
"We played pretty well McCree," you say to the TV screen in front of you, "but I'm afraid it wasn't enough in that last match. We'll kick butt again next weekend."
You glance at your phone to check the time.
**12:34 am**
*Oh crap! Is that really the time?*
It still felt like your friends had just hopped off for the night, when it had really been quite a few hours ago. The whole weekend had that same effect, and now work was becoming a reality a few hours from now. The last thing that you wanted to be reminded of at 12:30 in the morning.
You grab your controller to put the console in rest mode and then make your way to bed. Calculating it out in your head, you should have a solid six hours to sleep if you knock out now. Although, it began to seem closer to five hours after you noticed the ache in yours eyes just from blinking away from a screen.
You strip to your boyshorts, throw on a spaghetti strap shirt to sleep in and crawl into bed. Turning off the light, you quickly feel the burn in your eyes as they try to close. Hearing the 'purr' of your console in the living room along with the sounds of the occasional traffic nearby, you slowly begin to drift off. Trying to block the quickly approaching work from your mind, with instead the moments you just played through with others in a virtual world.
***
**3:46 am**
A bright, white light starts to fill your apartment. You roll over, still half asleep, to see your TV flickering white and your console turned on. Before your brain can comprehend what's going on, it stops as suddenly as it began. You think nothing of it, and quickly fall back asleep.
***
A comforting warmth slowly wakes you from your deep slumber. Your thighs and chest feel a constant warmth against them. You slowly begin to open your eyes to a blinding light. You squint and frown in discomfort, and notice the sun looking down at you.
*What the...?*
You force your eyes to open wider to see a whole sky above you. Beautiful and blue with a few clouds here and there.
Your brain finally starts to wake up and realize what's going on.
*I'm outside,...how...?*
Your body attempts to make its first movements of the morning, as you try to roll over. You quickly feel a subtle pain throughout your back when you try to move. Sitting up, you notice that you were laying on light colored pavement.
*How...How did I get here? Where am I?* You think to yourself in a slight panic.
Looking around, you see that you're surrounded by large, tall buildings built into some sort of cliff side. You hear the crashing of waves off in the distance behind you. You turn around to see a cliff that leads to the ocean. Your anxiety that had been building up this whole time, slowly disperses. You come to realize that there's a familiarity to this location.
You slowly bend your legs to help your body to stand. You groan to your body letting out small aches and pains as you pick yourself off the ground. Small, sharp pains fill your backside from where you laid. Standing, you can now see more of your surroundings. You notice some people walking around from building to building, but it seems that no one has noticed you yet. Glancing up, you notice a familiar flag with the iconic Overwatch logo waving in the wind.
*Watchpoint Gibraltar.* You thought.
Watchpoint Gibraltar. It looked and felt a bit different from the one you were used to, but recognizable all the same. This one felt more like an actual base instead of a payload map from a video game. It also had real people walking around. Nobody you knew or recognized though, but they all seemed to be busy in one way or another. Many of them seem to wearing a type of uniform with an Overwatch logo on the shoulders.
*How on Earth did I get here?* You thought. *There's no way this can be real, right?*
Everything felt and looked very real, throwing out your thoughts of this being a type of dream. Perhaps a prank? Although, none of the friends you knew would do something like this, or this extreme.
*So how could this be? And who are all these people?*
Interrupting your thoughts, was a familiar AI speaking over an intercom system.
"The MV-261 Orca traveling to Dorado, departs in 15 minutes."
*Athena?*
She's the only "character" you've recognized since waking up here.
You notice that a few people begin to quicken their pace while others seem to have ignored Athena's announcement completely. You stand there and watch them go about their business. Nobody has seemed to notice you, since you were a small distance away and kinda off to the side.
As you were observing, a cool breeze came in behind you from the ocean. Giving you slight chills over your body, reminding you of how little you had on.
*Oh crap!*
You glance down at what you're wearing and remember that it's not the most suitable for a public location like this. Not only that, but you stick out with everyone else wearing types of uniforms.
Your bright blue boyshorts and black spaghetti strap didn't cover much or leave much to the imagination. And being bra less with a cold breeze blowing through didn't help either.
You separate your hair to lay on both sides of your face in hopes to cover up your nipples that were trying to poke through. Tugging downwards on your shirt only slightly hid the front of your underwear, but nothing could really be done about the back. And pulling it down only added more cleavage to the mix.
*This is bad.* You thought, while trying to keep everything covered. *I need to get out of here!*
You slowly backed up and tried to walk around the backside of one of the buildings.
*Where should I go?* You wondered. *I'm close to the attacking spawn, maybe I should go in there? That should be Winston's lab, right?*
Your mind was running with questions and on how you were going to get out of here.
You continued to sneak around the back until you met the wall of the cliff side. You knew in the game there was a side entrance here, and thankfully it wasn't much different in its real world version.
You quietly snuck up the small tunnel leading into the main lab until you heard voices. You froze, and peered inside. You didn't see anyone.
*Maybe they're up top? Maybe they can help me?*
You listened for a moment to see if you could recognize anyone's voice. Sadly, they weren't talking loud enough to tell.
You quickly sneak across the lab to the stair case on the other side. Listening again, you hear a deep chuckle as you slowly go up the stairs. You freeze again at the top of the stair case. You look in to see a familiar gorilla working on something while laughing.
"Lena," he says between chuckles, "that could never happen."
*Lena...? Oh, Tracer! It's Winston and Tracer! Thank goodness!*
"Oh come on Winston, that would be so much fun!" Lena giggles.
Relieved, you finally start walking towards the entrance normally while building up the courage to speak. Still trying to keep things covered on your body, you stop at the entrance to see the two of them working on things. Winston appears to be tinkering on one of his bubble shields, while Lena was running a program on one of the many screens in the room. Before you can speak, Lena notices you. She smiles at first but quickly her mouth drops after noticing who you are.
"(Y/N)!" She exclaimed.
Winston turns towards you and has a similar reaction. "(Y/N)?"
"You guys know who I am?" You speak quietly.
"Of course we do, Love!" Lena quickly blinks over to hug you. "Why wouldn't we?"
Winston nods and looks at you happy but concerned.
Your eyes widened when Lena embraces you.
*She sounds and looks just like Tracer! And did she just blink?!* You think to yourself shocked.
Lena pulls away and holds your shoulders at arms length.
"Its not like we haven't spent hours training together or anything!" Lena says sarcastically while giggling.
"Hours training together....?" You repeat quietly to yourself.
Winston gets up and walks closer to the two of you.
"Are you alright, (Y/N)?" He asks with a concerned tone.
Before you can answer, Lena looks you over and quickly hugs you again.
"Oh no! Where are your clothes?!" She exclaims.
Lena pulls away again and quickly glances around the room for something to cover you.
"Hold that thought." She says before blinking downstairs.
You can hear her rummaging around through things at a quick pace before blinking back in front of you holding what looks like a folded flag.
"I'm afraid this is all I could think of that could work at the moment."
You pick up the flag and let it unfold in front of you. It's a lot bigger then it looked at first and has a large Overwatch logo embroidered on it. You turn the flag sideways and wrap it around you. Lena helps pull your bed hair out so that it lays over the flag.
"I suppose that will have to do then. Unless you would rather wear one of Winston's suits instead?" She giggles.
"Thank you so much." You smile softly.
"So what are you doing here?" Winston finally asks. "We've never gotten to meet in person. How did you get here?"
"I...I don't know..." You say looking down.
You were still having trouble processing everything yourself. And you still couldn't believe that you were standing in front of a real time traveler and a talking gorilla. Your legs felt weak. This was all starting to feel very real and believable. Your brain felt like it may explode with all its questions and fears. An awkward silence grew while your mind was racing.
"Poor thing." Lena breaks the silence. "Let's get you cleaned up and checked in first and then we'll figure things out, alright?"
You look up and nod.
"We probably should take her to see the Commanders and see what they think." Winston says to Lena.
"I was just thinking the same thing!" Lena smiles, as they both look back to you.
*The Commanders?* You thought.
Your heart began to race again like it had already done countless times this morning. You didn't know what to think anymore. Things only continued to escalate. You were nervous at what they may have to say.
You and Lena started out of the lab through its main entrance.
*It feels just like if I were attacking on this map.* You think to yourself while leaving the lab. *What a cool feeling.* You smile.
Lena breaks your train of thought.
"Come on, Love! We'll get this all figured out in no time." She smiles brightly.
Winston had decided to stay in the lab to finish up a few projects but asked you to come by later after things mellowed out. You were definitely feeling better than when you first woke up. You couldn't help but wonder if you'd run into anyone else while you were here. Suddenly, your stomach filled with butterflies when remembering someone you'd love to meet.
You and Lena continued to walk down different pathways and through different corridors. Some were familiar while others you had never seen before. All the while people would continue to stare and share whispers as the two of you walked by.
*Lovely...* You thought.
"I'm guessing not very many people go streaking through the base?" You ask with a half smile.
Lena laughs. "Not that I've ever seen." Lena wraps an arm around your shoulders while you walk together. "Don't worry, you won't look like this much longer. We'll find you some clothes right after this. I can't wait to see the look on Jack's face when he sees you!" She grins.
You glance around noticing that you're coming up to the end of the map that your used to. Where the payload has to reach in order for the attacking team to win. Instead of the recall shuttle though, it's the MV-261 Orca preparing for departure.
*That's right, it's getting ready to go to Dorado.* You remind yourself. *It should be leaving soon.*
"Umm...Tracer- sorry Lena, where are we going exactly?" You ask, knowing that there's not much on this side of the map.
Lena smiles. "You can call me Tracer if you'd like, and we're pretty much here."
Lena leads you towards what you recognize to be the last defending spawn.
"Here?"
"Mm-hmm." She steps off to the side of the entrance and motions you in. "After you." She grins excitedly.
Your nerves kick it into full throttle as you begin to descend down the stairs. It feels weird to be going down these stairs instead of up them. You begin to hear voices as you turn the corner on the staircase. You enter the underground meeting room and notice three people gathered around the table. Your body also informs you of the temperature drop by adding goosebumps to your already nerve racking situation.
*I completely forgot that this was a meeting room!* You think as you glance around the room. *I'm usually in such a hurry to get of here to stop the fast approaching payload outside.*
You slowly walk down the last few steps before reaching the table. Once there, you notice Commander Morrison, Commander Reyes, and Captain Amari. AKA: Soldier 76, Reaper, and Ana. Whom they were all dressed as such.
*That's odd...* You thought. *It's their present day forms?*
With the way everyone was talking, you were expecting to see their young versions.
*If this is present day, than why is Reaper here since he's supposed to be with Talon?* You ask yourself, confused.
The three of them seemed to be discussing the upcoming mission in Dorado and haven't paid you any attention yet. You noticed that they're all wearing their iconic clothes and outfits, except for Jack and Gabe, who each had their visor and mask resting in front of them on the table. Ana also had her hood down and seemed to only be listening to the other two.
You didn't want to interrupt them and this sounded pretty important. You look over at Lena who also seems to be waiting patiently for an opening in the conversation.
Lena finally steps forward and catches Gabe's eye on the other side of the table.
"What is it, Lena?" Gabe asks, sounding irritated.
Suddenly Ana and Jack both turn to face Lena as well.
"I'm sorry to interrupt everyone, but I know that Jack is heading out soon and I wanted to check with you all about something." Lena speaks confidently.
"What's up?" Jack questions.
Lena then steps out of the way to reveal you standing behind her.
"(Y/N)?" Jack says surprised.
"My goodness, what are you doing here, Dear?" Ana asks worried.
Lena speaks on your behalf. "She doesn't know, but she's here now."
Gabe stands and walks towards you while removing his infamous, Reaper leather cloak.
"And terribly underdressed I see." Gabe remarks as he removes the flag and drapes the cloak over your shoulders.
It's so big on you that it ends up covering everything better than the flag could. Gabe takes the flag and folds it back up and tosses it on the table in front of Jack.
"So, you just showed up here randomly?" Jack asks.
You nod.
"That's definitely weird, but not unwelcome." Gabe states as he starts to walk towards the stairs.
"Certainly not." Jack agrees. " We just need to figure out why."
"We'll have to figure it out after you get back." Ana points out the time to Jack.
"Right." Jack gets up to leave and starts heading up the stairs. "Get her all cleaned up and situated, and we'll discuss this more when I get back."
Jack puts his tactical visor back on and heads outside to the dropship.
"Oh shoot! I better head back too!" Lena remembers. "I'm supposed to be supervising this mission."
Lena looks to you with a smile and a wink. "Don't worry, Love! I'll catch up with you again later. Until then, Ana and Gabe can look after you."
"Ok, thank you so much, Lena." You smile softly.
"No problem! See you soon! Cheers!" Lena suddenly recalls out of the room.
Ana stands and walks over to the stairs with Gabriel. "I believe Angela is back from her mission and can probably treat you better than I can."
"Reinhardt should be back too, and him and I can clear out a room for you." Gabe says to Ana before turning back to you.
"So what's first?" Gabe asks. "A shower or a check up?"
"I can go inform Angela on the situation while you run through the shower." Ana says, walking up the stairs.
"Excellent. Then let's get you cleaned up." Gabe holds out his arm with a wink.