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max1u3 · 8 months

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Blackwatch timeline

Ok, so, bear with me, this is going to take a lot of little points for me to peace together to make the bigger picture here.

So, we know that Gabriel Reyes worked as a police officer and was know for arresting lots of criminals, but then he didn't find his work having any sort of impact of the criminal rate and figured that to destroy crime he had to cut it off at the source, correct?

And he was born in 2018, making his 58 in the current (Overwatch) year of 2076. We also know the Omnic crisis started exactly 30 years ago, when he was 28.

Then (If we're going with the earliest years possible for everything) Overwatch was founded a year later and he was put in charge of Overwatch as Strike Commander when he was 29.

If we're approximating that the Omnic Crisis lasted about 3 ish years, then he was 32 when it ended and his Command was switched to Blackwatch.

He was 32 when Blackwatch was created!

The sting operation that resulted in Jesse McCree (or Cole Cassidy whatever you want to call him) joining Blackwatch took place when McCree was 17. Which leads me to the question of who was Gabriel Reyes even working with on missions before hand? Did he have a strike squad before he picked up Jesse McCree?

We also know there's about ten years age difference between Gabriel Reyes and Jesse McCree, which means McCree was 12 when Blackwatch was formed.

And Genji joined Blackwatch in 2066, which is only 10 years prior. Making Gabriel Reyes 48 and Jesse McCree 38. That is a huge age gap and what do we even know about what happened during that time?

Roughly a year or so later we know that Gabriel Reyes invites Moira into Blackwatch and she starts her experiments on him? But like, we know nothing about these experiments, only what they did. And if the short story 'Code of Violence' is being added into the mix, then we're led to believe that the initial experiments that Moira conducted on him did not have as dramatic effect. I don't really know what that entails, but it could mean that he could mist and move around a little bit, but was otherwise a full man. In the 'Code of Violence' short story it's mentioned that Moira is the one to find Gabriel Reyes after the explosion of the Overwatch facility, and to 'save' his life she pumped him full of the chemicals she used in her prior experiments, the results being Reaper. It meant his body became more mist like and he had to concentrate on being a full man almost every moment of the day, it also meant he was in constant pain and his anger was harder and harder to control. He also started to find gratification in the more gruelling and cruel acts. Or at least that was the impression I got from the story. But my point is, the most we have referencing the experiments Moira conducted on Gabriel Reyes are this picture:

And a paragraph or two in the story 'Code of Violence' which more focuses on his internal struggles immediately after the incident.

Then, (getting back on track, that was a bit of rant sorry) we know the Venice incident took place 8 years ago, when Gabriel Reyes kills Antonio Bartalotti and reveals Blackwatch to the world, and putting it under the investigation of Jack Morrison, Gérard Lacroix and Ana Amari. As seen in the end scenes of Retribution and in the photo below:

We also know that somewhere in between the next two years Genji moves from the Blackwatch divison to the Overwatch strike team including Tracer, Mercy and Winston. We also know that his cybernetics have been updated in this time. But, I'm not entirly confident on the idea that he was moved to Overwatch from Blackwatch, there's nothing that we know (or I've found) that supports that idea, other than him appearing in the Overwatch strike team during the Storm Rising archives mission and his updated cybernetics.

Then, 6 years ago the Overwatch Swiss HQ is blown up and Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison are presumed dead. The Petras act is ratified and Overwatch is disbanded.

A lot of investigation is put into Overwatch and Blackwatch's activities between the time period of the Retribution achieves mission and the Petras act's ratification. Which is a time period of roughly 2 years.

My point is, there are huge gaps in the timeline and not all the information is concrete, a lot of it is inferred from what we have. (Blizzard I beg give us more lore).

There's the 5 years between Blackwatch being founded and McCree being bought into the organisation, where we know next to nothing.

Then there's 21 years between McCree and Genji joining Blackwatch. What happened in those 21 years? Surely there are some important events to note in 21 years?

The later years of Blackwatch are less murky, but there's still no solid dates or years being handed to us by Blizzard and it's been 7 years! I mean come on! All the dates and ages I used in this are drawn from the Overwatch Timeline on the fandom Wiki, and those are only approximations that make sense with the ages we've been given for the current game.

Anyway, I just wanted to complain about this because I feel like I don't hear enough people complaining about it. It's probably the same for Overwatch, but at least we have more of an idea what the Overwatch organisation was like. We roughly know that there were a lot more foot soldiers than Blackwatch had, at least that's what I thought was implied every time it was bought up or featured. It's easier to fill in the gaps between the years as general peace keeping, but Blackwatch was supposed to handle the more rogue missions (Can't really think of a better word for it). There's only so much guessing and filling in we can do Blizzard!

If you read this far thank you, you're a real one.

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eternalsawake · 2 years

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10 minutes | blackwatch!gabriel reyes x blackwatch!gn!reader

rating: teen - for swearing, depictions of violence, death? (also kinda angsty idk)

an: hi this is my first x reader TEEHEE i rly hope you enjoy n if this does well ALSO ur powers were heavily inspired by irelia from league of legends idk i think her powers are sick

the uproar of emotions that fell over gabriel’s body shook him to his core. the crackle of red, orange and yellow filled his eyes.

the explosion.

"it's probably nothing reyes, i'll be back in 10 minutes tops," they said.

the last look on their face before they ran off burned into gabriels memory, tugging at his heart strings. not once had they called him reyes. even when the two quarreled, he was still called "gabe" "gabriel" "cariño" but this was, this was different. they were furious, and had every right to be.

a few hours before - reader pov

it was a simple job. get what we needed and get out. genji, you, moira, cassidy, and commander reyes worked together like cogs in a clock, flowing smoothly, but it didn’t last for long. you knew gabriel reyes had a temper, all of blackwatch knew but tonight, he was more on edge than ever.

"the shot heard round the world" is what some people call an extremely loud sound; or in this case, gabriels shotgun puncturing through antonios chest, enough to see straight through as though the pit of a spyglass. "reyes what did you do?!" berated cassidy "this was NOT the plan."

"well.. looks like we're going with plan b." reyes stated as the alarms rang around the five. everyone readied for what was coming next. talon troops.

"cassidy. reyes. moira. take care of the ones above, genji and i will flank from behind." you ordered. all had obeyed, but gabriel was confused, distraught even. "since when were you one to give the orders?" he questioned. "since when were you one to shoot our target that we needed ALIVE?" you retorted back. "focus you two," genji interrupted, strumming his fingers against his grit chest plate. "we don't have much time." you scoffed and went with genji. as you turned around to face him, you felt a pair of eyes digging into your back. you knew it was gabes, and honestly you didn't care.

for the past year, you and gabriel had grown closer ever since. sure, being put on a probationary period for literally kicking reyes in the ass may have set back your relationship for a few months, yet you and him grew closer than ever. you two had been in a relationship for almost a year now: you truly loved him and he truly loved you. unfortunately, throughout the past couple of months, you and gabriel’s relationship had been edging towards the cliff.

doctor moira o’deorain, a brilliant scientist with a fixation on her erratic experiments. inflicting harm onto enemies AND being able to heal your allies was quite the impressive feat, but your indifference towards the doctor prevented any sort of friendship between the two of you. her offer to improve your skills still burned in your memory. you had trained for years, almost a decade, under the watchful lenses of the shambali. your body had found enlightenment, channeling that newfound energy to bend 5 carbon steel blades at your will. the thought that someone believed you needed artificial enhancement felt like she had spit on the shambalis teachings.

moira and gabriel became closer, sneaking away to her lab to do god knows what. at first, you believed he was cheating on you, or at least hiding something from you. the distinct mention of a wife rang from o'deorains lips quickly shut down your thought, but what was with the sneaking around? was reyes being experimented on without your knowledge? is that why he missed your last date? to be experimented on?

the five agents had managed to ward off most of the troops, eventually escaping to the extraction point, only waiting for your drop ship to arrive. cassidy's voice yelled, "get DOWN." you turn and are met with talons assassin, clawing away at you. you were rendered useless as they pinned you down, slashing and clawing at you, until you heard a familiar booming voice, "stay down, this will be messy." a flurry of shadows, a death blossom drifted in the direction of the rogue assassin. shadows escaping around the figure, a swarm of shotguns pacing towards you and your attacker. gaining control of your blades, you used them to push the assassin off of your body. with one quick slash, the assassin dropped to their knees, gasping for any air they could receive before dying. the carbon blades floating around you stopped glowing as you turned to face the shadowed figure.

“gabriel??” genji questioned. all of blackwatch was petrified, the dilation of reyes pupils proved that even he was terrified of his own, raw power. as quick as a whip, cassidy’s mouth flung open, ready to vociferate his thoughts when your hand flew to his mouth. your incandescent facial expression painted on your perspiring face; ready to let all hell loose.

"are you SHITTING me right now gabe? what the actual hell was that? is this what you've been sneaking away to do? to become..THIS?" you barked. the adrenaline coursing through your veins like an indy 500 racer.

"i did it for you," he replied, softly.

"did what exactly gabriel? hide your little experiment from me? you missed nightly training AND not to mention, our last two dates? are you serious right now?"

"i did what i needed to do, and i know i should have told you, but this was MY choice," his tone of voice adjusted with each word that rolled off his tongue, growling bitterly between the small pauses.

"or did you just want your time in the spotlight like morr-" you retorted, but before you could even finish your sentence, your blackwatch pilot piped in. "sorry to interrupt your couples therapy commander, but i have visual on your position. i'm coming in for a landing, but it's gonna be hot."

"let's go, we will have a long debriefing ahead of us, won't we?" moira sniped. cassidy scoffed and he and genji waved down the blackwatch ship. as you were about to walk toward the ship, your senses were heightened, the hairs on the back of your neck standing up. an unknown feeling, pulling you away from the incoming ship.

'leave.'

"i feel somethings off," you state, forcing the words to spill from your mouth, "i'm gonna run a quick perimeter check." genji and cassidy return a puzzled look in your direction. "we have cleared the area of all the troops, any more coming and we will be killed." genji specified. your vision shifts to cassidy, painted with a look that could bring tears to your eyes. "don't worry, it's probably nothing, but let me check, alright?" you replied.

"first giving orders, now going on your own? god what has gotten into you, hm?" the raspy voice questioned.

"it's probably nothing reyes, i'll be back in 10 minutes tops," you said, masking your internal anger and melancholia.

"just... be careful alright?"

you nod as you walk off, configuring your blades into a makeshift hoverboard, gliding back through the courtyard, into the art gallery, hopping off at the bridge. taking a moment to look out of the scenery. venice, italy. a gorgeous city filled with breathtaking views. as you stared off, taking in the night sky, you pondered yourself. you pondered blackwatch, overwatch in general, all of your feats and defeats: the memories flooding your brain like a tsunami. could you just give all that up? all that effort put in? at what cost?

composing yourself together, as you readjust your posture; you scan the scene. you see troops collapsed over the bridges railing, blood splattered across the ground. a set of clothes piques your interest. despite being so dull and quite plain, you immediately undress from your suit, peeling off every last layer. the clothes felt foreign, yet comforting. you jump immediately as your cochlea's hear a rolling sound, only to find out it's a barrel rolling in your direction. as you stop the barrel, you notice it's unfamiliar logo plastered on the side. explosive possibly? as you look up, your eyes dart to the knocked over barrels - with the exact same logo.

your stone cold expression formed into a small grin.

without thinking, you swipe the abandoned assault rifle from the deceased talon agent. by using your blades, you tear your suit into shreds. you messily toss the mangled artifacts of clothing around the barrels and run a solid 400 ft away from the barrels. you hoist the rifle up to your eye level, stabilizing your breathing for better control. your finger clicks the trigger, the knockback sending you back a few feet, as the bullet pierced through the barrels.

as soon as gabriel reyes planted his left foot onto the dropship, an irregular tremor set him off balance. "what was that?" cassidy barked. "was it more talon troops? ...reyes?"

reyes was engulfed with the sight infront of him. the uproar of emotions that fell over gabriel’s body shook him to his core. the crackle of red, orange and yellow filled his eyes. his body gave out, instantly making him fall to his knees in anguish. "i'll go." said a sullen, soft voice. "no genji, let me do this." reyes choked out.

rising to his feet, he sprinted, going as fast as his legs would carry him. the sting in his calves, the tightness in his chest, it fell to the waist sides. the only thing that was on his mind was you. the explosion turned into a tremendous fire, roaring as high as the hilltops. gabriel ducked an incoming material on fire, unknown of what it was. as he was blowing on it, ceasing the fire, he noticed the familiar emblem sewn meticulously into place.

their blackwatch logo.

he couldn't hold back anymore. a eardrum blasting caterwaul rang from his mouth, a stream of tears gushing from his eyes. why..why did it have to be you? "it should've been me," he thought to himself. his scarred, blemished hand clutched the fabric, as his tears strolled down his face.

the faint wailing you heard just about shattered your heart. in the almost year of you and reyes dating, you had never heard so much emotion in his voice. yes, he did cry infront of you, but it was a one time thing. your body tugged at you to return, to embrace gabriel, to sob with him, but you knew this had to be done. to stop a wound, you first have to stop scratching it. stepping back from blackwatch, no, overwatch was your way of scratching it. you had to stop, you had to move on. who knows, you may return one day, when you are needed the most. but for now?

you right foot leads first, and without looking back, you take your first step.

next part here (:

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