FADE IN: DORADO, MEXICO - SUNSET
EXT. PANDERÍA LAS NIEBLAS
The door to the bakery opens and Alejandra walks out with a money pouch in hand.
ALEJANDRA: I'm not a baby anymore, mamá! Stop treating me like one!
ALEJANDRA'S MOTHER: [offscreen] Listen to me, mija. Get the flour and get back quickly! No stops.
ALEJANDRA: Fine!
Alejandra stops for a moment and cringes as if wanting to yell something, then changes her mind and walks away and up the stairs to the left, past Los Muertos graffiti.
ALEJANDRA'S MOTHER: [voiceover] I worry about Alejandra every day. No longer a child, and nowhere near grown up. She is at a crossroads.
Alejandra kicks a can. She walks by a wall of posters, most torn, and stops to look at an intact Overwatch poster before looking away with a resigned expression.
ALEJANDRA'S MOTHER: [voiceover] I tell her about the heroes who saved our world time and time again because I want to give her hope.
Alejandra continues into the marketplace, where she sees three Los Muertos members beating an omnic on the curb. One has a makeshift bat.
ALEJANDRA'S MOTHER: [voiceover] But I am afraid that she will be forced to make a choice that will decide the direction of her life.
Alejandra tries to walk by without attracting attention, but they notice her and she stops.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER A: Hey! Hey, Ale! Where you going, girl?
ALEJANDRA: No... nowhere...
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER A: Heh! Nowhere's right. Come 'ere! You gotta see this.
The Los Muertos member puts his arm around her shoulder and leads her to the injured omnic.
ALEJANDRA: Uh...
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER A: Here! Here, look at this thing! Give him what he deserves!
The Los Muertos member gives Alejandra the bat. The injured omnic looks up at her in despair.
ALEJANDRA: I... I don't know... I gotta go.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER A: Heh heh heh! Come on. Do it! It's just a bucket of bolts!
ALEJANDRA: Uh... I have to go to the store before it closes or my mamá's gonna k** me.
Another Los Muertos member grabs Alejandra's money pouch while she is turned away. Alejandra tries to take it back, and the three pa** it between each other while laughing.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER B: Gonna be hard without any money, niña!
ALEJANDRA: Hey! Come on! Give it back! I need it!
A truck nearby honks, summoning the Los Muertos members to it.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER C: Come on! Let's go, let's go!
They all jump onto it and drive away.
ALEJANDRA: Hey! Where are you going!? My money... [screams in frustration]
Alejandra runs through alleyways and scales walls to find their hideout. She peeks through a gap in a fence to see them getting out of their truck, and tries to follow. She runs into a dazed Los Muertos member, who falls face-first in front of her. Another is thrown out from behind a wall, but gets pulled back, screaming.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER D: No! Please! No! No! [grunts] No! No! Nooo!
Other Los Muertos members drop their crates to investigate.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER E: Yo, go check that out.
Alejandra hides behind several stacked crates. The two approach their injured friend and help him up.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER F: Hey, come on, aúpa, get up.
The previously dragged away member gets thrown into a fuse box, and the lights around the alley flicker out, revealing Los Muertos' glow-in-the-dark skeleton tattoos. The three look around, confused and scared. They pick up their bats and clubs.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER G: What was that? D-did you see anything? Who's there?
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER H: Enough games, perro! Come out and fight!
Behind them, Soldier: 76's visor lights up and he punches one member in the face. He swiftly dispatches the three, as well as a fourth that had joined the fight. The crate-carrying member from before (E) notices the commotion, and whistles to summon others. He hops onto the truck and pulls a minigun out of a pinata-filled crate. Soldier: 76 takes cover as, in addition to the minigun, other Los Muertos members begin firing at him from the rooftops. Soldier: 76 runs out of cover and fires Helix Rockets at the truck, which explodes. He then jumps off a stack of crates and locks onto the rooftop members with his Tactical Visor, firing at all three of them in quick succession. As one member attempts to crawl away, Soldier: 76 approaches slowly and bashes his head with a burnt pinata.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER I: [gasps] Oh no! No no! No no no no no! Please... Please please please!
SOLDIER: 76: [growl] These! Aren't! Your! Streets! Any! More!
Alejandra screams, and Soldier: 76 notices her for the first time.
ALEJANDRA: No! Please, I-
Another truck drives up behind Soldier: 76. Los Muertos members climb out and help up their fallen friends.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER J: Get on the truck! Let's go!
SOLDIER: 76: You don't get off that easy!
A Los Muertos member lobs a grenade at Soldier: 76 as the truck drives away.
LOS MUERTOS MEMBER K: Eat this!
It rolls and stops in front of Alejandra as she panics, trying to back away. Soldier: 76 is conflicted about whether he should save Alejandra or continue going after the gang. After the explosion, he slides to the ground with Alejandra safely in his arms.
Soldier: 76 stands up, clutching a wound in his ribcage and growling. He turns away.
ALEJANDRA: You... you saved me... Why?
Soldier: 76 turns back towards her while growling. Alejandra is initially startled, but Soldier: 76 relaxes.
SOLDIER: 76: Old habits die hard, I guess. Run home, kid. It ain't safe out here.
Soldier: 76 tosses her the stolen money pouch and picks up his Heavy Pulse Rifle. Alejandra stands.
ALEJANDRA: You're one of those heroes, aren't you?
Soldier: 76 stops and looks back at her over his shoulder.
SOLDIER: 76: Not anymore.
Soldier: 76 walks away.
ALEJANDRA: I think you are.
EXT. MARKETPLACE - TWILIGHT
Alejandra runs back down the street, carrying a large bag of flour. She stops at the wall of posters and takes the Overwatch poster. She walks into the Panadería las Nieblas with both in hand.
ALEJANDRA'S MOTHER: [offscreen] You're late, mija. I've been worried sick!
ALEJANDRA: Sorry, mamá, but you won't believe what happened tonight! Los Muertos, they came, and they took my money...
Alejandra's voice fades out as she closes the door behind her.
ALEJANDRA'S MOTHER: [voiceover] And then there are the times when I see her smile, and the hope in her eyes, and I think maybe I don't need to worry about Alejandra after all.
EXT. ROOFTOP - CONTINUOUS
Soldier: 76 watches the shop from a nearby rooftop. He turns around walks away with the moon behind him.
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