The last to know [Rein and Ana]

He was already in the bar. He needed to get a drink or two in him before this meeting happened. When the door opened he didn't even turn, he know it was her, no one usually ever came to this bar. The bartender was cleaning a glass and nodded as the woman walked in before glancing at Reinhardt. "She the reason you're drinking big guy? Seems a bit young for you." The bartender muttered, receiving a glare from the former Crusader. The bar tender gulped and moved down to the other end of the bar.

"Hello Fareeha..." Reinhardt said, still not looking at her. "I was surprised when you called me. I thought you were back with Helix." He finished the drink he had and just left his hands on the bar.

Sunglasses raised, she looked at the large man with amusement. She had heard the quip from the bartender and threw him a scathing glare just like Rein had. But it briefly found her wondering if her father was ever seen with other women, she couldn't really hold it against him, Ana was gone. She answered his questions rather efficiently. "Like I'd not jump on the chance to rebuild Overwatch. I got the recall message." She explained. "I'm still affiliated with Helix, for the time being, I suppose, till Overwatch finds its feet, so no need to be cryptic about the threat, to me," She added, with a matter of fact smile. It already felt great to be able to talk in a straightforward manner, paying little mind to feelings and other mushy things, now Pharah didn't have to be too careful of how she couched her words or hurting anyone.

"There is another thing, I just need a little advice," She introduced, still pretending like she didn't know that he was her father, but aware that he'd probably want to know how his son is faring. Pharah would have just kept this to herself had she had any other way. "Mido seems to think mom back. I guess he fell prey to some insensitive prank. I really don't know how to deal with it. I was just with him this morning, I think he is losing it." Pharah declared, hoping her father will be able to shed some light on the matter.

Reinhardt just nodded as his daughter spoke about the recall. "Yes, I suppose you would have gotten it to. I remember when Winston added you to the list..." He chuckled, thinking about how excited she was to become officially part of Overwatch. "I'm just surprised you chose to come to Gary, we aren't seeing much action out here." When she shifted the conversation to mention her brother and mother, Reinhardt felt his blood go cold and his hair start to stand on end. "Your brother has been through a lot recently..." He said, trying to focus more on Mido than Ana. "He was here recently after an incident in London left him some what delusional. Ana...Your mother, she died years ago...People don't come back from the dead Fareeha, that's not how things work. Your mother was a great woman, but she died many years ago, and we can't bring her back..."

The mention of Mido's girlfriend made him chuckle. "Yes...she is a character." He started to smile until his daughter mentioned that she believed Ana was back too. "Oh...she did say that...did she..." He said, trying to hide his cold sweat. He glanced up as the bar tender filled two glasses and set them in front of the father and daughter, it was obvious he was still unsure of their relationship. Reinhardt nodded and slid his empty glass back before grabbing his new full one. "I wonder why they would both say that." He let out a long sigh before downing half his drink. "No matter what your brother is saying Fareeha, I just want you to know that he's still your family. I also want you to know that no matter what it is you're doing your mother is...she would be proud of you..."

Reinhardt realized his slight slip and immediately regretted it. When his wife came back they agreed letting Fareeha know was a bad idea. The more people that knew the more danger it would mean for their family and with how dangerous things had gotten, having their daughter come back scared them. Their son's arrival was already a shock and now it was too late, Fareeha was here. He was so wrapped up with thinking about what he had said that it took him a moment to realize what she had just called him. "What did you...did you call me dad?" He said, staring at his daughter, and for a moment seeing the little girl that ran around Gibraltar, bare foot and in dresses hand picked by Ana. "When...when did you find out..." The crusader put a hand on his daughter's shoulder, a tear in his eyes. "I am so proud of you...I always have been proud of you my little Fareeha..." Reinhardt said, smiling through tears.

"Dammit Torb..." Reinhardt muttered with a chuckle. "That dwarf could never keep his mouth shut..." The old man took another long sip of his drink and belched. "Your mother and I agreed when you were born that it was for the best to not say who your father was, if our enemies knew you were the daughter of two top overwatch agents, imagine the trouble it would cause. We just wanted to keep you a bit safer." He smiled as she got excited, she had the same enthusiasm as her mother, and for a moment he saw Ana when she was young in his daughter's face. When Fareeha started talking about no more secrets, he knew he had to tell her. "Fareeha, there is one thing...Your brother he...he wasn't lying. Your mother is alive, and apparently she always has been. I didn't know until recently either. We didn't know what would happen if you and your brother found out but things happened so fast...I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner my Fareeha." He shook his head and finished off his drink.

It had been a challenging day so far for Ana. The morning had started out as normal, which is to say trying to keep track of and current on the situation happening both in the world around them, and within their own base at Gary. Tensions rose, nerves frayed, some of their enemies had gone disturbingly to ground and there was still no information on this eye icon that continued to show up in disjointed places and to random, seemingly unconnected people.

This routine was broken however by a near-frantic call from Mido, disjointed and rambling as he often was as of late. She'd been reluctant to allow him to return to Chicago, but she wasn't sure here was a good fit for him either and he'd obviously been more stressed and unhappy here, then he would have been being allowed to return home in the care of Jessica, who seemed a capable young woman for all of her otherwise poorly bred manners.

In the call he spoke of how he'd talked to Fareeha, that she was here in the States, that she was coming out to Gary to see Ana. Immediately she found herself feeling tense and anxious, this was a reunion she had longed for deeply, and yet at the same time she worried how her daughter might feel and react to all of this. That she was here said something, but it didn't mean it would be an easy meeting.

But time passed and Fareeha did not arrive, while Reinhardt did leave, making some thinly veiled story of needing to go out for a while and it did not take her long to start to suspect what was happening here. Perhaps Fareeha just wished to speak to someone else she trusted, to make sure it was not a trick or rumors. But after all of this time waiting, she could not bring herself to sit here and do nothing and continue to wait. Even if her presence was not immediately requested, she could not help herself. She had a guess, a bar that she knew Reinhardt frequented when he needed some quiet and time to think and that is where she headed first.

She paused in the doorway of the bar, allowing her vision to adjust to the dimmer light inside for a moment. But that moment was all it took to pick out the two, tall, striking and the only other patrons currently in the bar. Her heart rose up in her throat and for a split second she was torn between running forward to embrace her daughter, and turning back out to the parking lot before she was seen. She stood still and took in a deep, slow breath, letting it out again just as slowly before she smiled and came over to join the two, who seemed deeply involved in conversation.

With all the things she wanted to do, instead she held herself still, letting her daughter make the first move to close the distance between them. "Fareeha...it is good to see you again." She spoke quietly, the rough edge of a thousand emotions in her voice.

Ana knew her children's relationship with each other had suffered over this, and her heart hurt for it. She wished it didn't have to be as it was, but it was too late for that...and that so much of this had turned out as it did was squarely on her shoulders. There were many things she could say, that she wanted to say but she didn't at first. There would be time for explanations, for conversations, for making sense of all of this later...after these first few moments.

As the tears came she didn't hesitate, she crossed to her daughter and wrapped her arms around her, pulling her close. "Oh my dear. I'm sorry...I'm so sorry." She murmured quietly, brushing a hand through her hair as Fareeha cried.

So many things she wished she had done differently, that she wished she could take back and change. Everything that had hurt her family was at the top of her list, but all she could do now was try to gather up the pieces, and hope it was not too little too late to piece her family back together. Over the top of Fareeha's head she looked over silently to Reinhardt, the look in her eyes giving away the depth of her feelings in that moment.

Reinhardt watched as his wife and daughter embraced and smiled. He had often thought of this moment since Ana had returned but never thought it would be in a dingy place like this. He stood up, the stool creaking as the weight of the giant man left it and he walked towards his family, wrapping his massive arms around them. "My Ana and Fareeha, together after so many years... I missed you both so much." Reinhardt said, holding back tears. "We can finally be a family again. Like we never got to be before, we just need Mido and then all of us will be together." He said, starting to squeeze a bit tightly.

While the touching family reunion was going on, the bar tender moved into a back room of the bar and picked up a phone. "Hello? Yes, I'd like to report that Ana Amari, as well as Overwatch, is here as expexted. Also, her daughter is here. Yes, I will keep an eye on them." He said before hanging up the phone and smiled wickedly.