A young 19 year old Lena Oxton waited anxiously and impatiently in an Overwatch hangar. She had been recruited to test a new jet they had built that could supposedly travel through time, which she thought was preposterous. Regardless, she loved flying and would be ecstatic that she was the one chosen to test something for the UN assembled team of agents

Lena's hard work had finally paid off for once. In some way, Lena was glad she grew up in a hell hole, for if she wasn't, then she wouldn't have been sent to the military, and then she wouldn't have found out how much she loved flying. She didn't know what she would do if she wasn't a pilot. Ever since she joined the Air Force branch, she wanted to be the best of the best, to be a somebody.

Lena bit her nails atop a wing of one plane in the hangar as she waited for the leaders of Overwatch to come greet her. She wasn't nervous for flying the plane, she was actually rather excited for that. A plane that could travel through time? Who wouldn't want to try that? She did fear failing however. If she messed this up, then she could kiss her chances of becoming a difference maker goodbye. If the young Brit failed, then what would she do outside of the military? She wanted to be a part of Overwatch and help save the world from the omnics

Lena played with the white scarf of the Overwatch given flight suit while she kicked her dangling legs back and forth. She noticed a Bastion unit on duty marching passed her and she quickly jumped off the wing and ran over to it

"Hi!"

"Beep boop beep boop" it said with a robotic wave

"Wanna play tag?"

The Bastion tilted its head, signifying it doesn't understand. Lena smiles at it and pokes the robot "You're it. Now you try to get me. Got it?"

The bot gives an affirmative beep and begins marching towards her. Lena yelped and dodged the oncoming omnic. The clunky Bastion chased around the giggling Lena all around the hangar. All eyes were on the two and there were murmurs amongst the workers.

"Oxton!" said a booming voice that quieted the entire hangar

Lena stopped dead in her tracks and the Bastion caught up to her and poked her. There were two men and a woman approaching her. A darker skinned man with a beanie ordered the Bastion to return to its duties. He had a gruff and unamused expression while the other two seemed more welcoming.

"I am Gabriel Reyes, strike commander of Overwatch. This is Jack Morrison and Ana Amari"

The names rung a bell to Lena, but she wouldn't have been able to place faces if not for the two standing right in front of her. They both greeted her with a smile while Reyes merely glared at the interaction with a gruff expression. Lena had just met this man and she was already scared of him.

"So are you ready to fly the Slipstream?" Morrison asked

She nodded nervously and Reyes gave a head nod for her to follow him. Lena took a deep breath and followed them before Ana stopped her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry. You'll do great" She said in a thick Egyptian accent

Lena nodded with a smile and the two men led them to a hangar that dramatically opened up to reveal the sleek black jet she would be flying. Lena looked like a kid in a candy store when she saw the Slipstream and she immediately ran up to it and inspected it. Jack and Ana laughed at her curiosity while Gabriel remained emotionless.

There was an engineer that was informing her how to operate the aircraft in the cockpit, but Lena just ignored him and kept staring in awe at all the jet had to offer. The three leaders were discussing what they thought about Lena, well, Gabriel didn't say too much as usual.

Jack held up a thumbs up to Lena who was in the cockpit, asking her if she was good to go and she replied with two thumbs up and a bright smile. The three went to a control center to watch the test flight. There they met up with Winston and other scientists. They told her she could take off whenever she was ready

Lena took off with ease with a "Woohoooo". She got used to how the Slipstream flew for a while, doing fancy maneuvers such as barrel rolls and cutting it close to the the ground before rising. She did this until she got comfortable with the jet. She actually spent more time getting used to the aircraft than she needed, she was just having too much fun with the innovative jet

"Alright kid enough games, let's see what the Slipstream's got" Gabriel told her into the radio from the control center

"Aye aye cap'n" she quipped

Suddenly the jet teleported forward with a flash of blue across the horizon, causing all the soldiers on duty to crane their necks at the jet that was travelling through time.

"Woooaah! Did you guys see that! That was awesome!" Lena yelled into her comm

Everyone was cheering in the room with the success of the invention. Even Gabriel had a smirk on his face with his crossed arms

"Nice job, Oxton" Jack praised the girl

Lena kept blinking around in the jet, waiting for it to recharge, then doing it again. She was having the time of her life up in the prototype. Her joy brought smiles to Jack and Ana's faces

One of the scientists turned to Gabriel and he gave a head nod. Suddenly the anti aircraft turrets of the Watchpoint went online. Jack and Ana went wide eyed.

"What are you doing Gabe?!" Jack asked frantically as the heavy guns were ready to fire

"Listen kid if and when you take damage I need you to reverse time. Can you do that?" Reyes completely ignored his once good friend

"Pssh of course I can. But you have to hit me first" She giggled after her quip

"Fire when ready" He told the workers

"Do not fire" Jack raised his voice overtop of the strike commanders and one of the workers stopped from operating on one of the computers

"I said fire! She knew the risk when she signed up for this Jack" The two men gritted their teeth at each other as they stared face to face. Ana watched in worry. She knew her two good friends had tensions between them and she hated to see them butt heads

"Winston aren't you going to say something? You're gonna let this girl get shot at" Jack asked

Winston sighed and remained silent. Both men were right. Lena did know this is just a prototype, yet it doesn't feel right shooting their heaviest guns at her. If something was to happen to her, Winston would feel the responsibility. After all, he was the head scientist and engineer behind the Slipstream.

Gabriel ordered the men to fire. Lena began to dodge the oncoming bullets with relative ease. Her desire and training to become the best pilot has certainly paid off. That in addition to the fact she has already gotten the hang of this whole time traveling.

Jack nervously watched the test flight. He watched few bullets hit the ship, as well as the Brit who maneuvered her way through the bullet rain. After a while, enough bullets had hit to cause fire to one of the wings. This was the moment of truth

"Now!" Gabriel ordered

The Slipstream disappeared as Lena attempted to recall and take away the damage done. Everyone held their breath when the jet disappeared. It seemed like minutes had gone by, but in reality it was only a few seconds. There was just silence as they awaited the return. Suddenly, the jet returned in the timeline and continued moving at full speed. The damage had been reverted.

"Weeeee!" they heard through the radio.

Everyone sighed and began cheering as they realized the Slipstream had been a success. Everyone praised Lena with smiles on all their faces. Lena felt great, she had done it and it felt weird, like a feeling of Deja Vu, but she didn't care about that.

They decided to run one more test just to make sure the time traveling jet worked, merely for formalities. They ran through the same procedure again: Lena would dodge the bullets until she got hit. So she did just that. The control center was still cheering from the previous success. They watched when Lena had taken enough damage. She disappeared again, everyone smiling without a care in the world. Their smiles faded when Lena didn't return into the timeline

Lena reappeared in the sky just like the previous time. She noticed that the Slipstream was still damaged, hmmm that's weird

"Hey guys, she's still damaged. I'm gonna take her in" she informed the control center

No response. Lena ignored the odd silence and landed the jet near the hangar where she had taken off. Her head hurt badly and the feeling of Deja Vu was back, but this time it was worse. She felt like she should have a memory of landing the prototype, but she couldn't remember.

Lena jumped out of the cockpit and there was no one to greet her. She casually walked to the control room, rubbing her temples along the way. She noticed that half the people in the room were still staring at the sky with a worried expression while the other half frantically ran around the room. Gabriel and Jack were giving orders and arguing with each other. Lena frowned at the sight and entered the room.

"Hey everyone. What's wrong?" She stared at the sky with some of them, trying to see something out of place. There was no response. They completely ignored her, so she repeated herself, but louder. Still nothing. She heard them talking about the Slipstream and herself, trying to figure out where they went? That's weird, she was right in front of them.

She tried to get their attention again, but still nothing. Then she waved a hand in front of Gabriel's stone cold expression. When she did this, she noticed her hand was gradually disappearing. Her jaw dropped and she held up her hands in front of her face, both of them were disappearing

Lena began to hyperventilate as her person was becoming invisible to her. She tried to put he weight onto Gabriel, but she went right through him and she tripped and fell onto the ground. The panicked woman quickly got up and tried to feel herself, but her hands were nearly if not completely transparent.

"Gabriel? Gabe! Help me. Jack, Ana, someone please help! Please anyone!" Lena went about the room shouting to what seemed like everyone, but no one heard her. She pleaded for someone, anyone to help her. The pilot began to cry and scream at the top of her lungs as she watched herself disappear, no one there to hear or see her leave the timeline

Lena jolted upright on the bed breathing heavily. She grasped her chest to make sure her accelerator was still there, keeping her within this timeframe. As she caught her breath, she ran a hand through her sweaty and wild hair. She looked over to you who was sound asleep. Then she sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing her eyes with her palms. She hated that dream. The amount of times she relived her chronal disassociation was too many to count and she hated how her mind plagued her so with these memories.

Come on Lena, you're ok. You're safe now. You have (Your name) here with you she told herself. She looked at you again and carefully got out of bed as to not wake you. Part of her wished you felt the shift and stirs so you could be there to comfort her. She wanted to get back in and snuggle with you. But that couldn't happen because she was way too sweaty and hot for comfort. Also she has no desire to fall asleep again.

Lena quietly made her way to the kitchen and looked at the clock in there. It was about four and she groaned, for if she didn't want to go back to bed, then she'd have a long night until sunrise. Lena took off her short shorts and tank top, revealing only underwear. She was much too hot to have clothing on

Lena decided to make herself a cup of tea. The whole while she did this, she always kept one hand on her accelerator, gripping tightly. She hated this clunky thing on her chest, but it also brought her comfort. It reminded her that she wasn't normal, that she had the potential to disappear into a ghost, not to mention it was uncomfortable. But she also felt safe with it, that potential of becoming a ghost is severely reduced with it on. Lena's mind went back and forth between feeling safe with it and feeling like an outcast.

The Brit sat on the couch with her cup of tea in hand. She played with the teabag in between sips, dunking it and swirling it. She had time to think, which she didn't want. Her mind always reverted to one memory that changed her life.

This is not to say that Lena's normal bubbly and cheerful attitude is fake. Quite the contrary, she believed that if she was nervous and depressed all the time, then she'd never get those memories out of her head, so she distracts her mind by being happy, which in turn does make her feel better. This could be why she made her way through the streets of London with such a positive attitude.

"Are you ok?" You asked

The sudden voice startled Lena and she dripped some of her tea from the jump so she tried licking it off the cup before burning her tongue"Oh..yeah I'm fine. You can go back to bed luv"

Part of you wished this was true. You had woken up and noticed Lena was not beside you, so you went to investigate. You were tired, but you had to see what was wrong. She however was glad you were awake now

"What's wrong?" you asked practically ignoring her

"Nothing...just can't sleep is all" Half of that was true

"Do you want to talk about it"

She thought about it for a little while before shaking her head. Damn her pride. She did want to talk about the events of her dream, but for fear she may bore you, she kept quiet. You sighed and took a seat next to her and then rubbed your eyes. She leaned her head onto you and you put an arm around her before unintentionally drifting off. It was still only about 4 and your head hurt, so you couldn't help but fall back asleep

Lena, however, was wide awake, there was no use trying to go to bed. She cupped her tea and curled up in your arm. You just being next to her was enough to bring her comfort. She ended up turning on the TV and putting it at a low volume to get her mind off things. She never could fall asleep again that night.

You woke up to a rather pleasant sight to say the least. Lena was in the kitchen in just her underwear cooking breakfast that smelled divine. The sun had hardly arisen, its rays barely shining through the blinds of the windows. You rubbed your eyes then your head, it still hurting badly for obvious reasons.

Lena turned to you and gave a little wave with a smile before returning to her business. You leaned forward on the edge of the couch to wake up. Eventually you managed to get up. You walked behind the chef and wrapped your arms around her. You put most of your body weight on her and put your forehead on the back of her head. You gave her a kiss on the back of her neck and she smiled.

"Are you feeling better?" you ask her

"I should be asking you that"

You let go of her and lean against one of the cabinets. "I told you, I'm fine"

"I talked to Ange about it"

You groan and look to the sky "Of course a doctor is going to say I need medical attention"

Lena set food on two plates for both of you and you sat down to eat. "Hey I'm just looking out for you luv. Besides, we have to go back to Gibraltar today anyway"

You rubbed your eyes with one hand. She was right, you actually should've been there last night like you told Winston. Regardless, you didn't really feel like doing anything today. So, you just remained silent.

"Did you ever go back to bed" you asked her after a while

She sighed and looked down in her cup of tea "No...but on the bright side I got all my chores done!"

That'll catch up to her later you thought. When you were done eating, you two decided you should get to the Watch point as soon as possible. So, after about an hour of gathering stuff and just waking up, you and Lena left her apartment for the Watchpoint. You went to the nearby aircraft that was on her roof and took off.

As you expected, after Lena set the aircraft into autopilot, she fell asleep on you. You went on your phone to return the Overwatch aircraft that you had brought to London to the Watchpoint it came from. You also took off your bloodied bandages on your foot and inspected the wound. Perhaps waiting so long to properly treat this wasn't the best idea because it did not look good at all. Oh well, nothing you can do now. You wiped off the blood around it and applied new gauze. You also informed Winston you'd be there at Gibraltar soon.

Lena didn't shift nor stir while she was in her slumber, a much needed rest for the young woman. When you got to the base, you let Lena sleep in the aircraft, worried that if you picked her up, she would awaken. So when you greeted Winston, he of course asked where Lena was and you told him.

"Angela wants to see you" Winston told you

You sighed "I know"

He motioned for you to follow him down the road like walkways of Gibraltar, so you did. "Tell me...What happened in Numbani? The public is going crazy, even rioting"

"Well...I can't lie to you, I just wasn't ready. None of this is Lena's fault, don't let her tell you otherwise"

"You know, Lena would have told me the same thing"

"Well only one of us would be right. Since I'm telling you first, you should believe me"

Winston smiled at you "I appreciate the honesty. But I have a hard time accepting it was either of your faults. You two are both great agents, I'd hate to see you ridicule yourselves like that."

"It was a simple mission and I failed"

"When dealing with Talon, no mission is simple"

You sighed "Maybe you're right, but still I-"

"No buts. Don't give yourself a hard time, and don't let Lena either. Now go see Angela"

You hadn't even noticed you made it to the medical facility of the Watchpoint. So as Winston kept walking away, you watched him walk away, thinking about what he said. You scolded yourself by not going into detail about the mission, but you were reassured when you thought how some things are best unspoken

But Angela knew the story, Lena had sought comfort in talking with her. Angela definitely would have judged you if the only information provided to her was from a distraught Lena. Now you'd have to go explain things, which you didn't really feel like doing. Alternatively, you could have Lena go explain for you, but she was asleep...dammit

You entered the building reluctantly and went to her office. You knocked on the open door to draw Angela's attention, who was writing something down at her desk. She looked up at the visitor. Normally she would have greeted you with a smile and a hug, but instead she merely picked her head up, set her glasses down, and acknowledged you with a "(Your name)"

She lead you to one of the rooms with the medical equipment. The checkup was quiet and awkward. The only words spoken were those from Angela giving you directions. You really wanted to explain yourself to her, but you didn't know what to say. But surely if Lena texted her, she'd know that you had made your amends with Lena, right?

"...Lena forgave you awfully quickly for how distraught she was over the phone" Angela said after a long while of silence while she continued the checkup

"She didn't have any reason to be upset anyway" You retorted, a little more aggressive than you intended.

"She told me otherwise"

"Well she's here with me now, so I must have done something right, or nothing wrong"

"Lena is blinded by love. You're the first person to bring her true comfort after her...incident. She wants to believe you did nothing wrong, even though you and I both know you certainly did"

"..."

"You have a concussion and a broken foot. No missions for 7-8 weeks. Take these for your head once a day" She gave you a bottle of pills, changing the subject. You began heading for the door when she firmly took hold of your shoulder and turned you towards her

"Never hurt her again. Do you understand?" she said sternly. You've never seen Angela this aggressive and serious.

You nodded slowly and she let go of your shoulder. She motioned for you to exit and you did. You walked out of the building and rubbed your head. You hated seeing the doctor disappointed in you like that. You sighed as you made your way to the edge of the cliff that the watchpoint overlooked and took a seat, letting your legs dangle.

You took one of the pills and stared at the afternoon sky, trying to clear your mind. Normally a vacation sounded nice, but with the world on the brink of war, time off didn't seem too appealing. Suddenly you heard the sound of boots behind you

Mccree took a seat next to and lit a cigar. You acknowledged him and he stared off in the same direction as you. He tipped his hat down a little to block the sun and sighed as he cracked his neck

"Where've you been partner" he asked

"Just failing missions, letting important people die. I take it you wouldn't understand" you said gloomily

He chuckled "Boy do I know a thing or two about failing. Tried to stop the Blackwatch rebellion, here's my reward for it" He held up his robotic prosthetic arm

"You were in Blackwatch though, right?"

He nodded as he stared at the ground "Ya see, we did all the dirty work the public wouldn't be too happy seeing. It was dirty, but important. I didn't mind it though, it beats being dead like the rest of Deadlock. Reyes on the other hand wanted the spotlight like Morrison" he took a huff of his cigar "So he 'n the rest of Blackwatch had the bright idea of attacking and raiding an Overwatch base. Long story short, the base blew up with all of us in it. It all went downhill from there"

You bit your lip after hearing the story. Part of you wanted to hear about the Deadlock gang, but you figured that was for another day. Mccree looked off into the horizon as he took another hit of his cigar, reliving that part of his life. He hated Reyes for that. The Blackwatch leader was like a brother to him. He took the cowboy under his wing and saved him from a life of crime with his gang. All those years thrown away because of a rebellion Mccree didn't want to be a part of.

"Anyways, the lil lass is lookin for you. I can tell her I ain't seen you if you wanna be alone" He said with a smile, somewhat joking

You smiled with him "No it's fine. I'll be here"

Mccree nodded and stood up. He gave you a pat on the shoulder while you walked away. You remained seated, meditating more so than just thinking. After a while of listening to the waves crash against the rock below, your heard the quick and light footsteps of Lena coming from behind. You decided to hide behind a large rock and wait for her. When she got to the edge, she looked around and frowned. You got out from behind the rock and pushed her then grabbed her, making her think she was going to be pushed off the edge.

She squealed and punched your arm when you let go and you laughed "God I hate you" she said frowning while her heart pounded quickly from the feeling of falling and you just laughed. You took your seat where you were and she sat cross legged next to you

"Did you talk to Angela?" she asked and you nodded "And?"

"Concussion and broken foot."

She put her hands over her mouth "That's terrible luv"

You remained silent. You squinted as you looked off the cliffside, the bright sun enhancing the pain in your head, but the breeze felt nice, so you didn't know whether to stay here or go inside

Now what?" she asked

"I don't know..."

"Ooo! Let's go to London"

You stared at her questioning her proposition "We were just there a few hours ago"

"Well...yeah but we checked in with everyone. And plus you can't do anything anyway"

"You can though."

"Pleeeease" She asked as she laid on top of you, her head in your lap looking up at you with her hands clasped together

"No. I don't feel like it"

"Come on! Let's go!" She wrapped her arms around you, trying to persuade you

You grabbed her wrists that were around your neck and you held them together in front of you "Lena, I said no"

She sat up and frowned. Normally her constant begging eventually convinced you to do something. Lena didn't like it when you said no to her when she wanted something. She liked being your little princess who got whatever she wanted. She also didn't like it when you seemed mad at her, which happened rarely if ever. But of course you weren't mad at her, but rather you were just agitated at the moment.

Lena stared at you while you gazed at the clear blue Gibraltar sea. Then she looked at her feet and kicked her heels against the cliff repeatedly. She bit her cheek, trying to decide if persuading you at this point was worth it.

After sitting in silence for awhile, you got up and walked away from the edge. Lena who was absorbed in thought did a double take when she noticed you weren't next to you

"Where are you going?" She asked when she caught up to you by blinking

"I'm tired. I need a nap"

"Can I come"

"You just took one didn't you"

She laughed awkwardly "Right right..."

She followed you to the room you two shared and both of you entered. You shut the curtains and plopped down on the bed. Lena decided to take a shower because why not?

When she got out of the steaming bathroom, a towel on her head and another that came up past her chest, you were sound asleep in the dark room. She wiped away the condensation on the mirror and let her towels fall to the ground. She stared at her naked body, turning for different angles. Her eyes couldn't be diverted from the clunky piece of metal on her chest.

No matter what angle she looked at herself, the accelerator couldn't leave her sights. She grabbed a hold of it and tried pushing it off her chest. She grunted and sucked her teeth when it didn't budge at all. She sat on the sink with her back facing the mirror and her arms crossed. She punched the harness and swore when the contact with the metal hurt her hand.

She sighed and left the bathroom to put on clothes. She stared at your motionless body on the bed and sat down next to you. She leaned down and gave you a kiss on the forehead.

She stared at you for a few moments when suddenly a devious smirk came across her face. She quickly blinked out of the room and down to the walkways of Gibraltar. She moved swiftly looking for something. She made her way to the training room and scanned the area before jumping with joy

"Rein!" She shouted and blinked over to the large man known as Reinhardt who was bench pressing in the gym alone. He had on a black tank top and shorts as opposed to his big beefy crusader armor

Reinhardt looked up and placed his bar with a large sum of weights on the rack. He sat up and looked at her with his typical friendly smile "Aaahh Lena! How are you" he said panting. He opened his arms for a hug but Lena stared in slight disgust at the sweaty shirt off his "Oh come on, bring it in. You've been through worse"

Lena thought about it then hugged the soaking wet Behemoth. After the quick embrace, she wiped the sweat off her arms and Reinhardt laughed "What brings you here?"

"Well I sorta need you for something"

"Like what"

"You promise to do it?"

"Uhhh...Sure!"

"Pinky promise" Lena held out her tiny finger and the large man wrapped his pinky finger around the woman's

Lena led Reinhardt to her room and opened the door. He looked at Lena, questioning her motives. Lena pointed at your unconscious body

"Can you put him in one of the planes"

"Uummm"

"I want to go somewhere but he doesn't. But he will enjoy it once we get there, I promise"

"I don't think this is such a good idea, Lena"

She sighed and looked to the ground "Forget it. I knew you weren't strong enough, thanks anyways. Maybe I can get Zarya to help me?"

"Now hold on. I can easily carry (your name)."

"No need to lie Rein, it's ok."

"Just you watch!"

Reinhardt carried you out of the bed and Lena led him to one of the aircrafts that you two typically take. She giggled with a grin, almost wondering how her reverse psychology worked. She thanked him greatly and said goodbye before taking off.

Lena was smiling in the cockpit of the ship. Though part of her felt bad for taking you to London against your will, she thought there were more positives than negatives to this. While she was flying, she kept looking back to make sure you were still asleep, which you were. Then she got a call from Winston

"Hi!"

"Really Lena..."

"Wot? I didn't do anything!"

"So you felt the need to trick Reinhardt to practically kidnap (your name)?"

"Ya know, I wouldn't say it like that"

"Lena."

"Oh come on, no harm no foul right big guy?"

"You're taking (your name) somewhere he doesn't want to go when he is badly injured. How is that no harm?"

"He's gonna love it, trust me. He just needs a little...encouragement." Winston groaned and she giggled

"If he doesn't approve, you have to bring him back ok?"

"Well he is gonna approve, so Bye!"

The gorilla scientist sighed "Goodbye"

Her smile grew after hanging up the phone. She tried to fly steady as to not wake you, but it was fairly hard considering she had a great desire to do a barrel roll. You began to shift and she looked back. Her heart beating, eager to see what you'll say about all this.

You blinked a few times, trying to wake up. You rubbed your eyes then your head. You looked around a little while your vision became less blurry. When you noticed you weren't in your room, you jolted upright. Then you yelled when you came face to face with the smiling Brit when you sat up. You laid back down and grabbed a hold of your chest, trying to steady your breathing while Lena laughed and laughed

"Where are we" you asked urgently

"Luv, welcome to London!...again"

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