Sombra, or Tita, had a weak, but surprisingly big smile on her face as more tears began flowing down her cheeks. Her makeup had already been ruined by the beating and the crying, and these fresh new tears only fed the mess.

"It's really you..." She tries to get up, "You were right in fro- AGH!" Her hands slip, but before she could hit the ground, Soldier: 76 immediately catchers her.

"Woah there!" He places her down very gently, "You're in no condition to move. Just stay lying there. Maybe this will help."

76 takes out his biotic field, and placed it on the floor, creating a healing field.

He says, "It won't get you on your feet, but it should reduce some of the pain.

"... I do feel a little better... I just want to give my soldado a big hug..." She sniffs.
Instead of giving the beaten hacker a hug, Soldier extends his hand to her cheek, and pets it with his thumb, "Let's just keep it simple."

She then asks, "Wait... How did you know it was-... it was me...? I wiped all traces of my existence..."

He reaches inside his collar, and pulls out a half-circle necklace. He opens it, and inside was a picture of Tita, when she was a child, smiling, and shows it to her... "Remember that necklace I gave you before I parted ways from you? All those years ago?"

"Yeah I-... I still have it... I can't believe you still have-... Aghh..." She tries to hold her side.

"Yeah, I still have it. During our fight against you, I let my guard down because I saw the necklace hanging out of your collar. It was open... With my face in it."

Sombra looked at the picture in his necklace, and tried to reach for her own. Barely being able to go into her collar, 76 helped her take it out. It was also a half-circle, and when he opened it it, it revealed a picture of him in his younger days.

"I can't believe you still have it."

He showed both pictures to the hacker, and when he put them next to each other, it was actually one picture cut into two. It was a selfie. Soldier: 76 was holding the camera, and was smiling. Tita was around his right arm, smiling shyly.

The soldier says, "Brings back memories, doesn't it?"

Sombra was feeling emotional, "... It was the best comfort-... I ever had outside my family... I remember being trapped under all that rubble, with you being my shield..."

Soldier: 76 thinks back at that time "Almost a day under all that rubble with me taking all the hits for you, and a month trying to reach for help with barely any food... but it was worth it."

Tears were still fresh on the woman's face, and the smile would not leave as she stared at her hero.

She remembers something, "By the way... What secret did you want me to keep...?"

"My identity. No one can know that Jack Morrison is alive. Keep this between you and me. you do that, and I will keep your real identity a secret. Jack Morrison died, and Tita has faded into obscurity. We both want it to stay that way."

"... Agreed..."

The juice on the Biotic Field runs out, and the soldier picks it up to put it away, "We have a whole lot of catching up to do... but I have to take care of a few things."

"You- You're leaving? But you just got here...!"

"I'll be back, I promise. I'd take you with me, but I doubt Voklskaya would want you to leave this room. In the meanwhile..."

The man takes off his 76 jacket, folds it, and gently lifts Sombra's head to place it under it, "... make yourself comfortable." He then takes out a spare granola bar, opens it, and puts it on her hand, "In case you get hungry. I hope you like peanut butter."

"Not really... but I'd eat anything right now... Gracias..."

He smiles, and pets the back of her neck, "I'll be back soon. I promise."

A smile was still on her face, and takes a small bite of the granola bar. She didn't mind it despite not liking peanut butter. With that, Soldier: 76 grabs his mask, puts it back on, starts waking out the room, and shuts the door.

The old soldier had made his way to Katya Volskaya's office to have a quick discussion with her.

"Still alive, is she?" The Russian ruler says while sitting down on her chair.

Soldier: 76 says, "Barely. I used some of my Biotic Field to reduce her injuries and pain, but it won't be patch her up significantly. I'll have to ask for bigger help. Maybe Doctor Ziegler will help... Hopefully..."

Katya questions, "Wait... you want to restore her condition?"

Soldier: 76 realizes what he said, but there was no going back now, "... If you would allow it, I request to take Sombra off your hands an onto mine."

"Hmm." Katya thought, "Quite the request. I understand you and her share a friendly history, but there's also the fact that there's an international manhunt for both of you."

76 chuckles, "Humorously enough, we're both here in your building."

"Yes... But you did help Russia and Volskaya Industries get rid of a powerful threat. For that I will make an exception, and grant you your request."

He bows politely, "You have my thanks, Mother Russia."

She stands up from her chair, and walks up to the aged soldier, "But know this." She stands in front of him, "I am making you a fair offer. If you wish to set her free for her to continue doing more damage, or if you so desire to use her for the same reasons, you may do so..." Her face gets closer to his, with a serious look, "But I will make sure the entire world knows of Soldier: 76."

"... Understood."

Katya moves her face away from his, "But other than that..." She smiles, softly scratches on her chest, right above her right breast, in a slow and gentle way, "If there's... anything else you need, anything at all, let me know~"

That last part sounded quite... seductive. She was smiling sweetly, and was also rubbing the sole of her right foot onto the floor.

Soldier: 76 found it odd, but he simply nods, "Thank you, Miss Volskaya. And for granting my request."

Volskaya nods sweetly, "Of course." Her smile was very gentle.

"I will be off now. I'll ask Doctor Ziegler treat Sombra's injuries. It'll take a while, but as soon as she's in good shape, I will take her with me."

"Don't do anything stupid with her." She dusts off the chest area of his jacket, "You do have the whole world looking for you."

"I won't." He turns around, "I bid you a good evening." And walks towards the elevator.

Mother Russia was slightly disappointed he didn't notice her... signals, "Well... I'm sure he has priorities."

Soldier: 76 and Mercy were in Sombra's room, treating her back injury. Sombra had already finished her granola bar by the time they arrived, and Mercy had brought her equipment. A hospital gurney to place Sombra on, lights to illuminate the dark room, her laptop, and a table with general hospital equipment. Tita was on her back, currently under anesthesia, wearing an oxygen mask, and her top off.

There was a huge stretch of red on her back, right on her spine area, and Mercy had cleaned up the blood, while a small machine similar to her Caduceus staff was elevating over Sombra to prevent further bleeding, and to heal the injuries from her beating. Lastly, for precaution purposes, both her hands were handcuffed to the gurney's rails.

Soldier was standing on the opposite side of Mercy, "Thank you for helping Sombra, Doctor Ziegler. I didn't think anyone with a history at Overwatch would help two wanted people."

Mercy responds while treating her patient's back, "It's what I do. I save people, not let them die. Criminals or not."

"Not everyone things that way, unfortunately... Myself included... So it's always nice to have someone so open-minded."

The Doctor couldn't help but smile, "Thank you. It makes me happy to be appreciated for that."

76 smiles under his mask, and looks down at his old friend, "How's she doing?"

"The damage is around her spine, and thankfully not directly on it. I'll still need to inspect it to see if it suffered anything serious." Wires were sticking out of the hacker's back, "She certainly had some cybernetic enhancements. Removing them would take some time." Time that I don't have."

"Leave them, then. As long as she can stand up, whatever cybernetics she has left can stay."

"I only hope she can't utilize what's left. If she can, just remember who was left in charge of her."

She looked directly at him, with him not saying anything. She was right. Sombra was a sneaky one. If she still had use of her cybernetics, and decided to go rogue, it would be all his own fault for wasting a chance.

She continues, "I can seal the injury to prevent the wires from sticking out. The progress shouldn't be too difficult."

"Sure." 76 was still looking at Sombra. Her face was towards you direction, eyes closed, slowly breathing under her oxygen mask. He then noticed the cybernetic from her back, lying on the floor on close to the doctor.

Mercy asks, "I hope it's not too personal to share but, what brought you all the way to Russia?"

He walks up the the cybernetic, and picks it up, still full of blood, "For the same reason you and your friends did. To find Talon. And while we do have a trail on them, this piece might help us even more."

Angela looks to her side, and notices the man kneeling down, "Oh, that's her back piece, isn't it?"

"Yeah..." He stands up, holding the enhancement. He grabs some thick napkins from the table, and cleans off as much of the blood as he could, "If anything, this could be the source of her abilities. Maybe even data. Your friend Winston might get some use of this."

"You should take it to him."

"Right." He turns to the door, "I'll be right back then. Please be watchful of her."

"I will. Don't worry."

76 proceeded walking towards the entrance of the room, and left, while Mercy continued her procedure.

In the drop ship, Winston was on his laptop inspecting the traslocator Sombra had stolen, and McCree was sitting on the table drinking some hot chocolate. Tracer however, was not in the best mood.

She yells out of frustration, "I just don't get it! There's two wanted people in Valskaya Industries, and Katya Volskaya is gonna let them be all lovey dovey with each other just because they share a history together!? And then Angela decides to go ahead and help Sombra!?"

The cowboy says, "In Angela's defense, she's a doctor. She's supposed to use her abilities on all kinds of people. Good guys or bad guys."

"But still! Who knows what Soldier: 76 has planned!? He has a criminal record! He could just run off with that hacker!"

Winston says as he typed on his laptop, "We don't know that for certain. I doubt Miss Volskaya would be so careless. Besides, Sombra's neutralized. She can't get anywhere without her hacking."

Tracer reminded herself, "Oh yeah, Katya beat the crap out of her and ripped off her device, she told us. That must had been a very painful downgrade."

Winston continues, "Yes. What matters right now is that we have a trail on Talon. It may not be a big one, but it's more than we've ever gotten before."

"I'm just not liking the possibility of her returning to Talon! And I don't trust that Soldier: 76! Who knows what he has in mind!?"

"Not what you think." A voice from behind them says.

All three Ex-Overwatch members looked towards the direction of the voice. It was none other than Soldier: 76, holding Sombra's mechanism in his hand.

Tracer only says, "Hmph."

McCree asks, "Well look who it is. What brings you over?"

76 looks at Winston, "I got something for you."

He threw the device over to Winston, who caught it with one hand.

The gorilla asks, "What's this?"

Soldier answers, "Sombra's device. There's a chance it could be some sort of power source to her abilities. If you could inspect it, or extract any sort of information that can help you, it might lead you closer to Talon."

The gorilla looks at the item, "Anything we can get out of the enemy, I suppose." He places it down next to the translocator.

McCree notices something about 76, "The way you said it sounded as if you specifically wan'us to find Talon. You bailin' out on the search for them?"

76 answers, " ... Change of plans."

The Brit realizes something, "Oh don't tell me you just wanna help your girlfriend!"

He looks directly at the girl, "Mind your damn business..."

She crosses her arms, and 76 continues talking, "What I do with Sombra doesn't concern you. This is between me, and her. All you need to know is that she's a close friend, and now you folks have something from her that can further help you look for Talon." He turns around, "Good day." And begins walking back to Volskaya Industries.

Lena curses under her breath, and McCree looks at the device, "Just be careful with that thing, Winston. With so much hackin' she's done with it, we don't know what meddlin' with it will do."

Winston replies, "I'll be cautious."

Mercy was sitting on a small chair in front of her desk, her laptop in front of her, checking the results of a scan she performed on the Mexican woman. Her spine itself had very minor fractures that Mercy patched up quickly, but wanted to make sure in the results. Her back area was mostly stabilized, sealed shut, bandaged and the injuries from the beating had healed nicely. Angela didn't have all of her equipment with her, so the process took longer than normal, but did well enough for Sombra to recover soon. However, while had passed since Soldier left.

She began to wonder, "He's taking a little too long. What's he doing?"

"Nnnmmm..." Mercy hears. She looks over at her patient, and notices she starts moving. She stands up from her chair, and walks over to her.

"Gaahhh..."

She mildly twisted and turned, slowly regaining her vision. Angela waited until Sombra gained full consciousness, and when she did, she was greeted by the sight of the angelic healer.

Mercy says, "Finally awake."

Sombra blinks a few times, "Hey doc... How long have I been out...?"

"Two hours. Your injuries and back are fairly stable. How are you feeling?"

"Still hurts but... better than before."

"Good to hear. Now, let's have you sit up and do some soft excersice. It'll help your muscles." Angela removes the two handcuffs on Sombra's hands.

Sombra sits up on the gurney with Angela's help. She was still topless, but she didn't care, and Angela was used to seeing topless women due to physical inspections, so it wasn't awkward or embarrassing for either of them.

The doctor says, "Good. Can you move on your own? Try rotating your right arm around."

She does as told, and slowly rotates. Still feeling pain, but not as terrible as before.

"Hahh... Hahhh it hurts..."

"I know, but just follow my steps."

Sombra did as told, and with Angela's help, she carefully stretched, twisted, and moved to release the stress on her body. After a few minutes of stretching, some of the stress was relieved.

Ziegler asks, "How is it now?"

"Could be better... but I can't complain too much... thanks, doctora." She looks around the room, "Where's-... Soldier: 76?"

"He said he would be back, but he's-"

As soon as they spoke of him he entered the room, holding a small traveling bag. Both girls turned to face him, but neither of the two had realized something.

Sombra was still topless.

The only man in the room only said, "Oh uhh..."

He slowly turned his head around and rubbed the back of his neck. As soon as he saw his reaction, she remembered she was topless.

"Oye oye!" Sombra yelled out in Spanish while covering her breasts. Angela took off her white coat and put it on the girl.

"Uhh..." Soldier quickly turned around.

"Could you knock first, Dios mio?!" Sombra yelled out embarrassed.

"Sorry sorry! Just got kind of used to walking in... Anyways, I brought you some stuff." Still facing his back, he kneels down, opens the bad, and takes of clean new clothing. "Since your clothing got torn during your... well, I decided to bring you new clothes. They're my clothes, so sorry if they're a little too big. I brought you a black shirt and sweatpants, white socks, and simple white sneakers. And make sure you tighten up the sweatpants. I would had brought you undergarments but... that's kind of embarrassing especially when... looking for... some for women."

The two women couldn't help but giggle to his stuttering, and Sombra says, "It's alright. I don't wear underwear, anyways."

The Swiss doctor gives her a funny surprised look, while 76 continues looking through the bag, "Well then... the more I know... Well there it is. Me and doctor Ziegler will wait outside while you dress."

Mercy tells him, "Emm, Soldier? She's still in no condition to move on herself. I'll have to help her dress."

The hacker says, "Yeah now get out! Being my friend doesn't give you privilege to watch me-"

He yells out, "I get it! I was just on my way out!"

He marched himself outside, and shut the door.

The doctor asks, "Was he this dorky when you met him all those years ago?"

Sombra smiles, "He was very protective, which, now that I think if it, it's kind of cute."

Soldier heard it from outside, and smile at the comment.

About 10 minutes or so passed. Soldier: 76 was laying against the wall, arms crossed.

"Alright, Soldado! You can come in now."

As soon as he heard that, 76 walked into the room, and saw his young friend sitting back on the gurney wearing all black, with only the white sneakers standing out.

Soldier says, "You seem all set up."

The Mexican replies, "Yeah. But you weren't kidding, they're way too big. Doc had to fix everything for me."

Ziegler comments, "I had to fix its legs to make them look shorter, and tighten up the knot on the pants. Plus I had to make this little knot on the shirt collar" She points at it, "because if she was a little thinner, she could fit right through."

"I see..." He only says.

"But hey," Sombra smiles at him, "Don't take it harshly. Thanks for the clothes. I wouldn't want to walk around in my old torn ones. And besides, I love dark colors in clothing."

Soldier smiles under his mask, "You're welcome. I'm just glad you're at least standing." He walks up to her, "How do you feel?"

"Better. Still hurts, but I'll manage. Gotta thank you girlfriend for that." She smirks at Mercy, who blushes at her comment.

"Wha- I- I'm not-... Where did you get that idea?"

"Hahahah... relajate, doctora. Just a little joke." She winks at her.

"Oh... yeah... just a joke..."

76 couldn't help but chuckle, "I remember you showed your more playful side after we were finally found. I always did like that quirk."

"Well, you made me make me feel more open again after the crisis had ended in Mexico. And I had to make things lighter somehow. Everything was too depressing..."

The man then raises his hand, and places it on Sombra's shoulder, "... It's just good to see you again."

Sombra smiles again at that, "... Oh stop. You're gonna make me feel emotional in front of the doctor."

"Don't you still want a hug from earlier?"

When she thought back when she said that, she couldn't help herself. The hacker got off the gurney, with Soldier's help, and carefully put her arms around her hero, while he did the same for his friend's fragile body. He couldn't see it, but he heard her sniffing. Her eyes were closed, and already releasing tears.

"... I missed you so much... mi soldado..."

This only made the old dog want to hug her tighter, but gently enough not to hurt her. He was now the one who released tears, but with his mask on, neither of the women could see it. Mercy couldn't help herself either. She may not know either very well, and they may be criminals, but the sight of two old friends hugging after so many years, it was heartwarming. She was smiling, and her eyes were getting watery.

"I missed you too..."

It was a very emotional reunion for these wanted criminals.