Crystalline Universe: Team Fortress 2 Overwatch - Volume 3: Crystalline Universe: Bloodline's Curse Chapter 37 Purple Fiction

Overwatch’s 5th fleet’s mothership was destroyed in War’s rampage. It was the first major blow to Overwatch’s moral and military since War’s first attack two years ago. Mike and the rest were rescued in the second day’s morning by an Overwatch dropship.

McCree, Bernhardt, Aleksei, Genji, Mike and Kadyn were gathered at the hangar.

It was Mike’s last day in Overwatch, everyone drank a glass in his honour while blessings and goodbyes were exchanged between the men. It was quite the scene filled with emotion and memories, they all shared the pain and the adventure, it was a great trip.

Kadyn walked toward Mike’s back and pocked her husband’s arm with a finger.

[Mike] – “Yeah? Need anything, dear? ”

[Kadyn] (shy) – “I just wanna go to the bathroom, I will be back in a minute. ”

[Mike] – “Okay, don’t take too long. ”

[Kadyn, while walking backward] – “Wait for me here, don’t wander to anywhere else, Gio ”

[Mike] (with a smile) – “Hehe… I won’t move, I’ll be here, waiting for your return. ”

Kadyn disappeared behind the wall into the washroom.

Ten minutes passed and no sound came out of the toilet almost as if Kadyn disappeared in it. Mike started to question what’s going on inside the bathroom up until suddenly, Kadyn exited the place while rubbing her hairs with both of her hands. The girl advanced toward Mike and wrapped herself around Mike’s left arm with a grin.

[Mike] – “Ready to go? ”

[Kadyn] – “Yeah, I am ready to go on this adventure… ”

[Mike] – “Where should we go first after we leave for good? Got any suggestions? ”

[Kadyn] – “I don’t know… we should probably go have some fun in England? ”

[Mike] (confused) – “England? I thought you wanted to go to Venice! ”

[Kadyn] – “… ”

[Mike, while sniffing Kadyn’s hair] – “(sniff) (sniff) Wait a minute, where’s the odour of perfume on your hair and… ”

[Kadyn] (nervous) – “Maybe the bathroom was stinky… Well… ”

Mike rubbed his hand on Kadyn’s hair and gently touched her fox ears.

[Mike] (in a serious tone) – “Come with me! ”

The young man held the girl’s hand tight and made his way inside a corner. Mike analyzed her face once more and taped on the crystal on her chest with his index.

[Mike] (in a worried and serious tone) – “I will ask you three questions, Kadyn, make sure you answer them properly. ”

[Kadyn] (very nervous) – “Why are you asking questions? Is there something wrong with me? ”

[Mike] (frustrated) – “Shuu! Answer me, what’s your favourite snack, name one of my favourite movies and what’s the name of the diamond-shaped crystal on my forearm? ”

Kadyn looked at Mike with a frightened and nervous look while a drop of sweat dripped from her forehead. She was unable to protonate a single word and kept her mouth shut as she looked in pity at Mike’s cold face.

[Mike] – “Answer me… Now! ”

[Kadyn] (filled with fear) – “I… My favourite snack is… chocolate… Your favourite movie is… is… your crystal name is… emperor? ”

Mike abruptly grabbed Kadyn by the throat and lifted her off the ground in an expression of rage. A fire burned inside Mike’s eyes as he stared coldly at her. Mike slammed the girl on the wall and using his other hand, torn one of her ears down from her head.

No blood came out of the injured spot, the ear was a fake one.

[Mike] – “I knew it! Her favourite snack is cheesecakes, one of my favourite movies is “Godfather” and my crystal is named “The Cardinal star”. You are a bloody awful spy, your skills at impersonation are just as shitty as your little act. ”

[Fake Kadyn] (in fear and anger) – “Gack! Dam… Damn you… ”

[Mike] – “I know Kadyn too much for someone else to impersonate her! Her perfume, her hair, her ears and her personality… I’m too familiar with them to be fooled by a low-life like you, Purple Fiction! ”

[Purple Fiction (P.F.)] (in anger) – “Damn you…! Don’t you dare call me a low-life! ”

Without a warning, Mike pummeled the imposter’s face with a barrage of punches, leaving her face bloody and ugly.

[Mike] (in a furious voice) – “You bloody vile nauseating repelling born abomination of an atrocious pig inside a pile of puke, where did you hide her? ”

[P.F.] (with joy and anger) – “I sent her to our lord and saviour, Sniper. He will take great care of her for you, Mike. ”

[Mike] (enraged) – “You insane ugly-ass bitch, tell me where is she right now! ”

[P.F.] – “You still kept on calling me all those names even though I asked you to stop… You human are indeed a dirty creature filled with greed… I was your servant before you got me replaced. Do you know what I had to go through during all this time? Do you? ” (chapter KD-555 (kadyn) )

Mike remained in a fit of rage but stay in a calm silence as he hatefully let his frustration strangle Purple Fiction.

[P.F.] (in pain) – “You… (cough)… You have to put me down if you want me to talk! ”

Mike launched the girl on the floor with all of his strength and anger. The murderous thoughts were like dark smoke behind his head, the more he thought about Kadyn, the more he wanted to murder Purple Fiction in cold blood.

[P.F.] – “You won’t get away with this, Mike! I have been given a chance to humiliate you by fate, I will get the chance to watch you die at the hands of lord Sniper… As for Kadyn, you can see her in hell! ”

Purple Fiction suddenly disappeared using her invisibility powers before Mike could react. In response, Mike smashed his fist on an alarm button on the wall.

The siren cried all around the base while all the exits doors closed all possible escapes for Purple Fiction. McCree promptly ran toward Mike and thrown his cigar away.

[McCree] – “What happened, partner? Why did you sound the alarm? ”

[Mike] (in frustration) – “Kadyn… That bitch, Purple Fiction kidnapped her! ”

[McCree] – “Where is she? How does she look like? ”

[Mike] – “She has 2 golden horns on her head and I punched her bloody face so look for an injured woman. ”

The two men quickly headed around them in an attempt to find the escape. Mike’s heart was crumbling with fear and hate every second they spend searching without result. “Where is Kadyn? “, “Is she going to be alright? ” and “Is she afraid? “. Mike kept asking those questions in his mind, he was drowning once again in the shadow of his dark thoughts.

This feeling of agony, his broken mind still in recovery and his unstable personality. Mike will never be strong enough to handle the pressure if anything happened to Kadyn. All he wanted was news, news that will bring bondages to his wounded soul.

After a few hours of search, hope degraded like an old piece of paper.

Mike crumbled inside a corner, his eyes bulged like blood balloons, his pulse was faster than a fatigued athlete and his hands crisped to the floor.

McCree watched Mike from afar, he never saw the confident and caring young man so broken.

He slowly walked toward Mike and reached his hand out to the young man.

[McCree] – “Hey, let’s not give up, the others are trying to help you too. ”

Mike looked at McCree for a second and with a sigh, stood up by grabbing onto McCree’s hand.

[Mike] (in an emotionless voice) – “What if she was really gone? ”

[McCree] – “Hey, don’t give up, young man, don’t let this pull you down to your knees, you faced challenges greater than this before! ”

[Mike] – “Wait a minute, if she wanted to escape then she must be trying to find an easy exit… ”

[McCree] – “We looked through every weak point of this base, she was nowhere to be found. ”

[Mike] – “Unless… the reactor room, there is a ventilation exit. ”

[McCree] – “What? Let’s go check that out then! ”

Without losing a second, both of them speedily made their way toward the reactor room.

The emptiness was all they can find inside the reactor chamber but Mike knew that she was around. Mike looked around the place and examined the ventilation conduct with care. To his shock, 3 of the bolts were snatched from the seal to the conduct. Purple Fiction was already trying to exit from the ventilation system. She was one bolt away from managing her escape.

All of sudden, both McCree and Mike heard light footsteps behind them but by turning their head, there was no one behind them.

Mike looked around him and with his power, made a small glass jar using an exit panel.

[Mike] (in a hurry) – “McCree, I need you to pee in this jar! ”

[McCree] (confused) – “What? Why would you think of something like this? ”

[Mike] – “That’s a familiar recipe, that’s a tactic we use when we are dealing with invisibility. ”

[McCree] (confused) – “What? How’s pee in a jar gonna help us find her? ”

[Mike] – “For f.u.c.k’s sake, McCree, just f.u.c.k.i.n.g do it! ”

[McCree] – “What kind of f.u.c.k.i.e.d-up trick is this? ”

McCree turned around all emptied his bladder inside the small jar.

[Mike] – “Come on, quickly! ”

[McCree] – “I’m definitively taking you to a doctor after this! ”

McCree handed the jar of piss to Mike and the young man looked around him. He waited for a sound, breathing and a movement in calm and readiness.

Suddenly, Mike launched the jar his right.

[Mike] – “JARATE! ”

The glass jar exploded on the wall and the yellow liquid soaked Purple Fiction wet.

[P.F.] (in confusion) – “Wha… what… don’t tell me… AAARGH, EW EW EW! OMG, you sick man! ”

McCree busted in laughter while he watched the girl trying helplessly to wipe the urine off her face.

[Mike] – “You are just the shittest spy I ever encountered in my entire existence… Good grief, I will give you 30 seconds to tell me where Kadyn’s at. ”

[P.F.] – “No, this humiliation… You dirty man, you son of a bitch! ”

[Mike] – “20 seconds left, you piss stinking little shit! ”

[P.F.] – “Hehe, hehe, hahaha! ”

[Mike] (in anger) – “What’s so funny, dumbass? ”

[P.F.] – “Because even if I tell you, you won’t be able to catch up to her again. ”

[Mike] (in a panic and frustration) – “What the f.u.c.k do you mean by that bullshit? ”

[P.F.] – “During all this time you guys were trying to find me, she was already delivered to a secret location. ”

[Mike] – “Then where is that f.u.c.k.i.n.g place, you dirty ass little shit? ”

[P.F.] – “Like hell, I would know! You have lost, Mike, you had what you deserved, you had what people like you deserved! All hail lord Sniper, all hail mother justice. ”

[Mike] (unable to hold the rage inside him) – “You… You… filthy little f.u.c.k… YOU HAVE GENUINELY PISSED ME OFF! ”

Mike stabbed Purple Fiction in the chest with his hand and then proceeded to slam her body against the boiling hot generator’s cooling tube. Finally, in a fit of rage, Mike launched her down the reactor shaft and watched her fall until he couldn’t see her shadow.

Mike stood motionless for a few minutes while McCree watched the young man with a sorry look. Droplets of tear dropped from his eyes while he contained the rage and sorrow exploding inside his heart.

[McCree] – “Mike, it’s okay, we will find her… ”

[Mike] (in tear) – “Leave me alone, McCree… I need some time alone… ”

The young man walked out of the reactor chamber without a word. He looked down on the floor, remembered all the promises he made toward his wife and let another tear of sorrow fall from his eye. The hallways were empty, so was his heart.

While he walked slowly inside the long corridor, his mouth opened and the young man started to sing a song he remembered.

[Mike] (in pain) – “Is this the real life, is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide. No escape from reality, open your eyes, look up to the skies and see… ”

[Mike] (in sorrow) – “I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy because I’m easy come, easy go, little high, little low. ”

[Mike] (emotionless) – “Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to meee, to meee… ”

Mike continued his way down the hall while singing his pain away.

To be continued…

*Reference: Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen, remastered 2011.