Sombra wakes up in bed feeling sore all over her body. Jumping out of windows are never a good idea, especially when you come back to the person that caused you to jump out the window. There was a silence in the room, it was almost pleasant. She was able to have a small moment of clarity while awake for once.
After several minutes of laying down with her eyes open, Sombra was finally able to bring herself up to sitting. Surveying the room, revealed no presence of Gabriel Reyes. She was alone. However she did find a tray of food placed at the foot of the bed. Something basic. An apple, eggs, and some toast. Is she really being treated to breakfast in bed today? Something's wrong.
As soon as she has the strength to reach for the food, the hotel door opens. Gabriel Reyes, here to ruin her sanity. Sombra places her hand down and refrains from touching or even looking at the food. Approaching her, wearing his typical time to terrorize the city outfit, Reyes says, "Eat." The broken woman silently shakes her head no in response. Not the answer he wants.
"We're going to start your training today. So you need all of the energy you can get. Eat."
Energy? Really? From eggs, toast, and a piece of fruit? ...he must never take himself seriously. But, it's the best food she's had since being around him. Much better than that plum he once gave her... Sombra refuses to eat the apple due to the painful memories she has when encountering fruit. And what is all of this talk of 'training?' Shouldn't he be beating her for her failed escape attempt?
"What training?" Sombra lifts her head genuinely curious for what he has in store now.
"I'm going to make a deal with you, Sombra, like it or not." Gabriel walks to stand directly in front of her.
Sombra releases a heavy sigh, there is no deal. There has never been a deal. He bopped her upside the head one day and now she's stuck with him. She's been kidnapped, there's no deals to be made unless it's in regards to her freedom.
There's a dull empty look on Sombra's face as she stares at him. She might as well hear him out.
"I'm offering you a job at Talon, however this will be your only chance to accept this opportunity."
Yes, the chance to bargain her freedom is nonexistent.
"And why would I want to work for Talon?"
"If you take this position, I'll make your stay a bit more comfortable."
Of course he doesn't plan on letting her go, not after the stunt she pulled last night. Now he's just making sure he can keep a closer eye on her while handling other affairs.
"And if I decline this...'offer?'"
He smiles, "Then, you can rest assured knowing that life will be a living hell from here on out. I'm giving you two options, 1: join Talon and make life easier or 2: suffer. The choice is yours."
Nothing can be worse than the pain she's already endured, but she probably doesn't have the capability of declining this 'opportunity.' Sombra remains quiet acknowledging that there really is no better option. Both are equally as bad.
"I'll assume it's the first option," he smirks, "Finish your food and get dressed. Your first mission is tomorrow and I expect that you will be ready to be on the field before then."
Once Sombra has finished her meal she changes into an all-black body suit that was given to her by Gabriel. He blindfolds her, escorts her out of the hotel, takes her to a car, and they ride off to their destination.
When her blindfold is removed Sombra realizes she is inside of a relatively empty warehouse. Is this how he expects her to "train?" Great.
Reyes stands in the center of the empty room. "I plan on teaching you two things. How to defend yourself and how to shoot." There's a slight tone of excitement in his voice, "Punch me."
Punch the man that has caused her life to be living hell for the past several weeks? Sombra would love to. Her arms on the other hand are in pretty bad shape after hitting the concrete.
"I can't punch you," she says nonchalantly.
Another excuse? Now he has to give her a motive.
Pulling out his gun and reloading it, Gabriel points it directly at her nose, "Do it."
"No!" Sombra wants to be obedient, but she knows her limits and the threat of a gun to her face will not change that.
Slightly angling his gun, he pulls the trigger. A good portion of Sombra's hair that fell on her shoulders, now rests on the floor.
"Say 'no' again and I won't hesitate to aim higher." Next time he won't miss something vital.
She's frozen in place and his gun still remains pointed at her. Sombra can't believe he shot at her and intentionally missed. He didn't necessarily miss, he took off a good portion of her hair on purpose. He should have shot her ear off. If he truly wanted to, she could be dead on the floor right now, but he chose to aim near her neck.
"Do it."
She has no option, but to cooperate. Declining his offer of joining Talon earlier might have landed her in this same position, except her head would have been blown off. He's showing mercy.
Balling her small hand into a fist, Sombra raises it and grounds herself. A surge of energy is flowing through her body, after almost losing her ear, allowing her to muster some strength to swing at him. He steps aside. She misses. And now she is exhausted.
"Looks like it's amateur hour."
His comment causes Sombra's face to turn red with frustration. That should be obvious by now. If she could fight, she wouldn't be with him. He's just reinforcing how weak she is. She doesn't need it.
"Fuck you!" the woman wants to calm herself, but can't seem to.
Dropping his gun, Reyes rushes towards Sombra. She struck a nerve. Afraid of what he might do she begins to back away as fast as she can until she realizes he isn't slowing down towards her. He is actually chasing her, like a child playing tag. Picking up her pace Sombra runs from wall to wall, making no effort to reach the door. Its remote controlled and might take forever to open anyway. She's trapped in here with him. Her only option is to fight him and hope to win.
She stops running wanting to conserve her energy for when she has to fight him. With her thoughts consuming her, Sombra runs into one of the walls on accident. Now he has her cornered and her head hurts.
Reyes throws a punch at her cheek, but with just enough luck she as able to duck, dodging it. He missed, he can't believe he actually fucking missed. Gabriel stops and blinks repeatedly trying to make sense of what has just happened. She's just as surprised as he is. Slipping to the floor, Sombra crawls away hoping that threw him off, if even for a second. Once he finds his center again, he turns around and finds Sombra on the other side of the warehouse with a metal rod in hand. If she has to fight him, using a weapon is the only way to make it fair.
He approaches her slowly considering all of what she might be capable of.
Sombra's energy is utterly depleted, but she squeezes the rod in her hand tighter than a snake wrapping around its victim. What she can do now is her only back up plan and if it fails…she doesn't want to think of the consequences. If she's fortunate, he'll end her life now and she won't have to deal with him anymore. If she were to ever escape his grasp, her sanity is beyond repair.
Once Sombra recognizes he isn't getting closer to her, she runs straight at him, raises the pole above her head and swings at him. He grabs it, yanks it from her hands, and tosses it aside. This couldn't possibly be her best plan. Angry that her plan failed to work Sombra screams and tackles Reyes down to the floor. Unexpected.
Reyes falls to the floor and stares at Sombra, waiting to see what she will do with him. Grabbing him by the collar of his shirt, Sombra shakes him repeatedly shouting, "Fuck you, fuck you!" The girl is nuts, he'll give her that. Laughing, the masked man pulls out another gun and points it at the side of her head. "In a real scenario, you're dead."
How could he be laughing at a time like this? Sombra believed she was actually fighting for her life and he finds it funny. This man…is ruining her.
Reyes pushes her off from on top of him and comes to standing. "At least you can recognize when your life is in danger, but try not to act this useless on the mission, you'll end up dead." He helps her come to standing and drags her out of the warehouse without her blindfold on. She's on his side now and there's no point in hiding her from that.