Reaper76 Week, Day Five: Empire of Dirt
Empire of Dirt / POST FALL
Smoke billowed from the cigarette between Tali’s fingers. A newspaper sat in front of them, headlines varied from the things Blackwatch did to what Overwatch tried covering up. It’d been about a year since she lost Gabriel and Jack, longer than that since she lost Ana. Reinhardt and Fareeha were still with them but losing the three people closest to them closed their heart to others.
Fareeha wanted them to stop smoking.
Reinhardt came over with Brigette and Torbjörn all the time with food and love in hand.
It never made a difference. No matter how hard they tried, Tali was too hurt. The grief from watching Gabriel die right before their eyes while lying next to an already gone Jack shattered them so completely nothing reached them. They felt the comfort and love and warmth from the people around them but not once feeling it for themself again. Their feelings locked away carefully as to avoid more hurt. Avoid more pain.
Avoid what Tali knew would inevitably become a lonely world.
The trauma didn’t allow for them to keep anything they ate down and when they did, it always had consequences. The metabolism they had from SEP devoured anything and everything put into their body but too fast to digest it properly. Leaving them unable to function normally.
Sam, Fareeha’s father and Ana’s ex, even visited them. The heartbreak and suffering getting to him too. Both had grown closer but only as friends. Ana and Fareeha were the only common things between them though they made it work.
It’d been months since the collapse of Zurich HQ and the disbanding of anything and everything having to do with Overwatch. Anyone caught violating the Petras Act would be arrested and given the maximum sentence.
Tali wanted to rip the throats out of every single one of the fuckers who approved the decision.
What Gabriel did to Antonio wasn’t right nor were they condoning the act but it was a very small act in a much bigger plan. A force who leaked the information from the inside of Overwatch.
Their thoughts were brought back to the present when their computer pinged. Something they’d been waiting almost two weeks for.
“You’re sly but so am I, Sombra. Or should I say, Olivia?”
A white skull answered her, no camera. But then Tali had stopped caring if they’d been seen. In both Overwatch and Blackwatch missions, they were a ghost never noticed and always hidden. It was what made Jack and Gabriel both agree to utilize their talents.
“A very booby trapped precaution. As of this moment, my little virus is moving all those files on your computer into a hard drive out of your reach. Deleting the originals and any copies you may have made. This virus can track and neutralize those in case you thought you had backups.” Tali took another hit off their cigarette before crushing it out only to light another. Messing with world renowned hackers was the highlight of their year.
They knew they had Sombra. Nothing she did would stop the virus and by the time she thought up a plan, the files would be gone and safely hidden away. Those same files were most likely getting deleted from the original place they were hacked from.
Since Sombra did work for Talon.
“Nothing now. I have what I need.” Tali disconnected from the chat as the virus finished its work. There was a reason a lot of their coworkers had called them a ghost.
After all, their hacker name was Faded Ghost.
Another ping sounded but this time from their phone as they packed away their laptop. They pulled it out looking through the files tucked away where no one would find them. Luck was on their side as they also found files on high ranking Talon members. One by one, Tali would make them pay for what they did to their family.
And they would start with the operative known as Reaper.
Revenge was sweet in this case.
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