The battle was roaring, and nobody was close enough for Mercy to help. All she could do was hide and wait for someone. There were too many enemies for her to stand even the slightest chance against them. Suddenly, a quiet whiz came from behind, and she could feel a bullet hit the right wing of her Valkyrie suit, cracking it, but leaving her unhurt. Someone found her! Powering up the boosters in her wings, she shot out of her hiding place, straight into the fighting.
Her glowing gold wings blazing like a beacon, all enemy eyes were on her. They knew she couldn't be left alive, or they'd never win. Without hesitation, they began firing at her.
The already-cracking wing breaks and shuts down, and she falls. More shots pierce the suit.
An ear-splitting scream, one I've never heard, but the tone is familiar at the same time, pulls me out of the omnic blasting. I power up my thrusters, and fly to the source. On the ground lies Angela!
WHY?
I can barely contain my rage as I shoot up higher into the sky. "JUSTICE RAINS FROM ABOVE!" I yell, unleashing a barrage of missiles onto the omnics, exploding every one I see.
Finally, after I've destroyed enough to be safe, I land next to my friend. I think she notices, because her eyes flutter open as she tries to look at me. Light footsteps come up behind me, and a faint mechanical whir comes from them. I almost shoot, before I realize it's Genji. In a soft whisper, Angela says, "Fareeha? Genji?"
"We're here, Angela," I reply.
"Go fight. The others need your help, I don't."
"You need our help more than anyone else does. You're our best medic, and our friend. I won't let you go."
"I won't either."
She softly sighs, and her body settles. A slight smile creeps across her face. "Goodbye, I guess."
Her eyes close.
"No, NO! C'mon, heroes never die, remember! You can't die now!"
I look at Genji. He's taken off his mask, and he looks just as heartbroken as I feel. A whisper of a memory suddenly comes to me...
"You've seen me revive those who have just fallen, correct?"
"Yes."
"Well, I think you should know how resurrection works. When someone is about to die, or just has, they still have a spark of life left. If you reach for that spark with your heart, the staff reacts, and unleashes a burst of healing that powers the spark to revive its person."
We could still save her!
I grab the Caduceus staff, focus on that fading life inside Angela, close my eyes, and scream,
"HEROES NEVER DIE!"
