Kings Row, 12:37pm

"The skies are clear and you're ready for deployment commander Reyes."

"Roger that." Gabriel replied, his hazel eyes shifted forward. The mechanical drones which continuously augmented the ninja's body slowly drifted away from him and shut down. The restraints on his arms and legs released them – the red illuminations on his plated cybernetics came to life, his red eyes shot open with a cold stare.

"Genji Shimada…ready for deployment. Sa, hajimeyou."

"Finally waking up huh tin man? Relax Shimada, don't give me that look – I know what you can do. But now, look down there to your left."

Genji walked over to the entrance of the still hovering drop ship, his eyes shifted to the left – Nulltroopers surrounded a subway exit tunnel, their programming ultimately causing them to shuffle around in different directions.

"I heard that Tracer caught you off guard during that little sparring session you had with her. Don't worry, Blackwatch made some slight 'alterations' to your cybernetics. You've disappointed me so far Shimada. Lets see what you can do now."

Genji narrowed his eyes towards the man, who the fuck was this guy to look down on him? But as his red eyes stared into his dark, hazel ones – Genji ultimately knew that he was one of the serious, calculating ones. Genji scoffed and looked down, his right arm's shuriken capsule opened, displaying the three rows of his fine black shuriken's inside it.

"Very well…'commander'." Genji said as the capsule closed, "I will show you the strength of the Dragon!"

The ninja leapt off the entrance of the floating hovercraft, diving headfirst deep into Null sector territory. The Omnics looked up, their recognition scanners locked onto the diving cyborg – detecting the human entities that remained on his form. The Nulltroopers opened fire, the bolts aimed directly towards his upper left shoulder, heart and exposed eyes.

Genji grinned behind the tunneled visor as he twisted and turned away from the barrage of projectiles that came towards him. Finally he landed into the ground, his cybernetics creaked as the concrete beneath him shattered beneath his feet and fist. The cyborg looked up, six Nulltroopers slowly walked towards him – their weapon ready to fire once more.

"Come on…" Genji murmured, his mouth tasted nothing but metal – he hated it, but he needed to get used to it. His fingers held onto three of his shuriken's, ready to propel them forward. Quickly he flung his projectiles towards the Omnics, each throwing star found its way into half of the Omnics heads – rendering them destroyed. The other three fired their weapons but the swift ninja pulled out his wakizashi – rebounding the projectiles and hitting two of the Omnics, taking off their chestplates and exposing their inner wirings.

"Enough!" He finally exclaimed, his right leg prepped backwards and pushed his way forward. With his wakizashi still in hand, his swift strike took the three Nulltrooper's heads clean off their core. Fuel, grease, oil and severed wires spewed from the neck of the decapitated Omnics.

Reyes whistled and grinned shortly after, "Render me impressed. Pilot scratch the previous deployment zone – just drop me off at that nice little spot ninja boy cleared up for us."

"Roger that commander."

The hovership slowly descended to the ground yet remained slightly hovered above it. Reyes hopped off and signaled the pilot to refuel at the closest Blackwatch outpost undetected, he can't have that ship go back to Swiss headquarters without the UN noticing it.

"Refuel and rearm, we'll need you to come back once we're done here."

"Roger that commander Reyes, pilot out."

Genji and Gabriel watched as the hovership slowly ascended into the air and took off at detrimental speed, disappearing into the clouds – accompanied by the Anti-air fire in the distance.

"Hmph, those Anti-air guns are gonna be trouble. It's a wonder they didn't shoot us down as we entered the sector." Reyes murmured to himself, he slowly turned to the cyborg infront of him and smiled.

"Colour me impressed Shimada, how are you feeling right now?"

Genji's eyes narrowed as he slowly looked down and across his body, "…Different." Was all he could say.

"Different huh? In what way?" Reyes asked.

"Better, stronger…faster." Genji replied.

Gabriel smirked as he planted his hand over the cyborg's shoulder, "That's good…we're gonna need that strength if we're going to pull this off."

Genji turned his head towards the Blackwatch commander with a raised eyebrow, "And what exactly are we doing here commander?"

Reyes merely winced his expression and slowly walked forward into the subway tunnel, "All in good time Shimada…all in good time. But for now, keep your eyes on the robots infront of you yeah?"

Genji watched as the Blackwatch commander forwarded into the dark subway tunnels, he paused for a brief moment and shook his head. He's not even going to tell him why they're here – but there's nothing he could do about it. All he's hoping for right now is that they can hurry up and get this over with.

"Hai…Shiki-kan."

The two Blackwatch agents stepped carefully inside the abandoned subway tunnel. The roof leaked droplets of water – possibly from the sewer system that was established above it as an underground route. Electrical wires could also been seen dangling from the ceiling, severed and producing electrical sparks. The tracks had been broken and disorganized – most likely the work of Nulltroopers and Eradicators that terrorized the subway tunnels since the beginning of the uprising.

"Right…the rendezvous is here. Now where's…" Reyes stopped as two Nulltroopers slowly trudged towards the two Blackwatch agents, both of them narrowed their eyes towards the Omnics – Genji changed his stance and produced three shurikens from his capsule, Gabriel cocked his two shotguns from his holsters behind his back and aimed them forward.

BANG

BANG

The Nulltroopers fell forward, a clean bullet hole resting themselves against each of the Omnic's steel head. The sounds of the chamber of a revolver locking itself out of place, six bullets landed on the floor and the restock of the chamber echoed throughout the tunnel. A red laser pointed towards the black chest plate of Reyes' uniform, then slowly drifted towards Genji's core – directly over the Blackwatch emblem printed against his armour.

In the distance a dark figure slowly walked towards them, a lighted cigar in his mouth, the black cape trailing behind him, the clicking of his heavy boots and the distinct black, western-style hat planted over his head. The figure spinned his revolver into his holster and stopped infront of the two Blackwatch agents, one hand holding his belt, the other gently tipping his hat towards them.

"Glad you actually made it to the ground boss…" The figure said with a smile.

"I'm more surprised you actually took so long to get here McCree, I issued you the order to rendezvous here about an hour ago." Reyes said as he holstered his shotguns behind his back and folded his arms.

McCree shrugged, "Kings Row is a big place – but after all the time I've spent here I actually memorise the entire sector." McCree slowly shifted his attention to the ninja standing next to Reyes – his glaring red eyes sparking hostility.

"I see you took him along with you. Finally decided to get some fresh air, huh Shimada?"

"I would appreciate it if you both addressed me as Genji, and I was forced to come here…" The ninja replied coldly.

"The boss does have a knack for dragging guys along for the ride doesn't he? Relax Genji, I'm sure you and I will get along just fine. Anyway. Why are you even here boss? I heard Overwatch was going to send a strike team to put an end to this mess."

"Change of plans…" Reyes said solemnly.

"So…Morrison actually sent you?"

Gabriel smirked as he continued down the subway tunnel, the two tailing closely behind him.

"No…he didn't. Which reminds me, permanently set your communications to the Blackwatch channel – no doubt Morrison is going to chew me out on leaving Swiss HQ."

McCree and Genji did as they were told – yet they were still left in the dark.

"So what's the plan boss? What's the objective?"

"First of all, what's the situation so far?" Reyes asked as they continued down the subway tunnel.

"Well, I can tell you now that no matter how many of these Null Sector pests you kill – there's gonna be more of 'em rushing in. The Anti-air defences are still up and running, there are at least three of 'em in this sector that are operated by terminals scattered across the area."

"And the hostages?"

"Mayor Nandah, Mondatta and a hundred more prisoners are still held up in the power plant. Situation hasn't changed – the entrance is completely walled off. Null Sector are probably holding the hostages as a bargaining leniency…or they might kill them just to prove a point."

"First things first, we have to make certain that we get out of here as soon as we're done – therefore those guns need to be taken out. Second priority, breach the power plant before they kill the hostages - especially Mayor Nandah."

"Why Nandah?"

Reyes paused and gave McCree a cold look; "I need to have a chat with him…"

As the three Blackwatch operatives slowly came to the exit of the subway, the rumbles of an anti-air defense gun could be heard pounding away.

McCree stopped, taking a heavy puff from his cigar.

"What do you think's the best way to handle the guns boss?"

Gabriel turned with a raised eyebrow, "Are the defence nodes armed with anything that can cause complications?"

"Complications?"

Genji sighed and crossed his arms, "He means is there anything on the defence nodes that will trigger the guns to become unstoppable."

"Oh…" McCree replied sheepishly, "Not that I'm aware of."

"Then just destroy them…we don't have time to waste. Do you remember where these nodes are?"

"Affirmative boss."

"Mark them on our individual tablets, you two can handle yourselves right?"

McCree smirked and held onto the edge of his hat, "You sent me here for days – of course I can handle myself."

Reyes turned to the ninja beside him.

Genji furrowed his brow and nodded, "Karera wa watashi no ha shirudarou."

McCree rolled his eyes, "You mind speaking in English during this operation?"

Genji turned his head towards the cowboy and narrowed his eyes, "It's not your place to tell me what or how I speak. Fool."

"Woohee. You sure picked up a fiery one didn't you boss?"

Gabriel growled as he peered over his shoulder,

"Enough you two! Fighting like that really pisses me off. McCree have you uploaded the co-ordinates to each of the defence nodes?"

"Affirmative."

"Good. McCree you'll take the one next to the power plant, I'll take the one in the cathedral and Genji, you'll take the one in the courtyard next the clocktower – we'll rendezvous with you there once we're done with ours." As the three Blackwatch operatives slowly emerged from the subway – Gabriel suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Oh…by the way. You two are Blackwatch – I'm not accepting any casualties or incapacitations today. If you plan on dying – die where no one can find you, we can't afford anyone discovering us, and I'm not planning any deaths at the moment. Don't disappoint me."

"Roger that boss."

"Rikai. Shiki-kan."

Gabriel drew his shotguns from the holsters strapped to his back. McCree gripped the handle of his holstered pistol. Genji slowly reached behind and held onto the handle of his katana.

"Lets move out. Rendezvous at the clock tower as soon as possible, don't keep anyone waiting."

Overwatch Archives, Records Analysis – Blackwatch Operation Authority [Updated]

Blackwatch Operation Authority: 12:58pm, Kings Row – London, England

Commander/Squad Leader: Gabriel Reyes

Affiliates sent: Gabriel Reyes [Squad Leader], Genji Shimada, Jesse McCree. [Number of squad members reduced from standard amount – refer to Approvement of Operation]

Approvement of Operation: None, operation conducted under the jurisdiction of Commander Reyes – UN unaware of Blackwatch activities in suspended zone, standard number in a squad will attract unnecessary attention.

Objective[s]:

- Destroy all Anti-air defences in Kings Row

- Rescue any or all hostages held by Null Sector – Mayor Nandah rendered as top priority.

- [Updating objectives…]

Transmission received – Overwatch Commander, Jack Morrison conducting signal towards Global Communications channel. Unable to reach Gabriel Reyes, Genji Shimada and Jesse McCree.

Blackwatch Intelligence…disregarding Commander Morrison's transmission – resuming current observation over Operation Authority.

A/N: Hi all, for those of you who are wondering or curious – this story will eventually tie in to the current canonical timeline – however it will be revealed towards the end of the story.

Decided to add a little Blackwatch terminal pop up – overseeing the progress of Reyes and his squad.

Chapter 3 is up next – 'Trapped'

Translations from Genji (google translated):

Sa, hajimeyou – Lets begin

Hai…Shiki-kan – Yes…Commander

Karera wa watashi no ha o shirudarou – They will know my blade

Rikai. Shiki-kan – Understood. Commander