Mental Scars and Other Secrets

Everyone made their way to the entrance of Gibraltar. There they saw an 11 year-old boy with short black hair, a white shirt, a blue and white windbreaker, pale blue jeans, and gray shoes. His eyes were hidden behind the black lenses of his sunglasses.

He held himself in a casual manner, and looked unarmed. Though the others knew to be very cautious around him. After all, this was a Tubera or Nonan they were dealing with. They didn't know anything about him, or what would trigger a negative reaction.

Nathan walked up to him and held up his hand. Once Nathan got close, they high fived each other's hand, and then fist bumped. They look at each other and laughed.

"It's been awhile Matt," Nathan said. "5 years to be exact."

"Well, we've all been busy. Besides, couldn't get out of work even if I tried," Matthew said. "I am one of the heads of Talon. I was just lucky I got away from my assistant. They never did deem it necessary to have more than one person look after me. Not after I killed the first couple of groups they sent over."

"I'm not surprised," Nathan admits. "Talon operatives just remind you of that time. I don't blame you. I mean, they should've known about the trauma a group of armed soldiers would bring. I just hope you don't kill this group here."

"I won't kill them," Matthew said. "I might attack a few if I sense they're a threat. Other than that, they'll be fine as long as I'm with family."

"That's good to hear," Nathan said. "Hey, Kiana! Say hi to Matt!"

Kiana walked up to them and waved. "Hey Matthew, it's been what, 4 months? You know, distracting me from protecting ."

"No hard feelings," Matthew shrugged. "It was a part of the mission. Besides, I knew Sombra wouldn't kill her. I asked her not to, because I know how much it'd hurt you."

"Thanks Matthew," Kiana said. "Though, I'm pretty sure it's not required."

"Anything for the family," Matthew said. "Anything for the peace."

"We have a few new family members," Nathan said. "You haven't met them. Unfortunately, some are on missions. Plus, two others that are missing. Matt, meet Genji and Efi, our new family members."

Matthew walked up to Efi. He was a head taller than her. Matthew seems to examines Efi thoroughly, until he cracks a small smile. He stepped closer and hugged her.

"Nice to meet you," Matthew said as he let go. "Welcome to the family, Efi. It's nice to know that there's another prodigy in the Shadow Family. With the way you work, I'm sure all you would ask of me is protection and advice. I am humbly at your service."

"T-thank you, Matthew," Efi said. "I really-"

"Call me Matt or TN for now," Matthew said. "Just until I can … get use to you."

"What does TN stand for?" Efi asked. "Is it your code name?"

"Yes, TN is my code name," Matthew confirmed. "It also stands for Tubera-Nonan. My last name."

"But I thought the Tuberas and Nonans were two different families," Lúcio said. "You know, that's why it was called the D-"

"They were!" Nathan cut in quickly. "Though the family's did come together through love. So there were a few that came from both families. Matthew is the last Tubera-Nonan."

"Matthew, how about you come with me," Dana said. "So you could get familiarize with the base and ease up a bit."

Matthew simply nods and moves to follow Dana. Nathan and Kiana watched as the two leave the area, before sighing.

"I will tell you now that you can't mention anything to do with the Duo Massacres," Nathan said. "Especially around Matthew or Anthony."

"Matthew and Anthony were pretty scarred after that," Kiana said. "They still didn't heal like the rest of us. If you mention it around either of them, I guarantee they will attack with no mercy. As you heard, there was a reason only one person watched over Matthew."

"Matthew is a killer," Ana said. "We need to keep an eye on him."

"Do that with security cameras," Nathan said. "You do that in person, he will attack you."

"I think we can do that," Ana replied. "We wouldn't want Matthew to be overwhelmed or anyone hurt. We'll also warn the other about the circumstances before they meet him."

"Good," Nathan said. "Let's catch up with both of them. Matthew is getting very uneasy right now."

Everyone followed after Nathan, while Kiana and Efi were next to him. Nathan and Kiana seemed to be speed walking, as if in a hurry to Matthew. This worried everyone.

"Why is Matthew so uneasy about everything around him?" Efi asked. "Is it a fatal flaw, or something else?"

"It's kind of both," Kiana said. "Matthew's ability and fatal flaw developed at the same time. Matthew has anxiety and is blind. He's always uneasy, because he can't see too much."

"That doesn't make sense!" Lúcio said. "You say he's blind, but can't see too much!?"

"Ever hear of echolocation?" Kiana asked. "Matthew has something very similar, but instead of using sounds, he uses vibrations. It's called seismic sense."

"It's pretty limited due to vibrations not traveling very far through solid objects, but it helps him with close quarter combat and moving around," Nathan said. "However, it leaves him open for projectile attacks and flying or floating objects."

"If I had to guess what's making Matthew so uneasy, it's probably the weapons vault," Genji said. "With all of them being mostly projectile weapons, Matthew would get uneasy."

Nathan led the way, and sure enough, Matthew stood frozen before the weapons vault. Dana stood before Matthew with worry etched in her face. Once she saw the others, she raced over and pulled Nathan next to Matthew.

"He got like this when we got here," Dana explained. "He hasn't responded to anything I said. Why is he like this?"

Nathan flicked Dana's forehead again, showing their earlier conversation to her. Nathan walked up to Matthew and placed his hand on his shoulder. He used his Soul Force to snap Matthew out of his daze, but wasn't able to calm him down.

"They have so many weapons," Matthew said softly. "So much danger here! I won't be able to dodge all their attacks!"

"Matt, you may be the youngest, but you are still stronger than most," Nathan said. "You just gotta believe. I mean, you survived being gunned down by Volskaya or Blackwatch."

"Yeah, well that was when Kiana or Anthony were there. They had control in their organizations, so a few dead under their watch wasn't bad. Here, I'm not allowed to kill them."

"I see your point," Kiana said. "That and the fact Melanie would end up bringing back whoever at the cost of her sight or sanity doesn't help much."

"Where is she," Matthew asked. "Last I've heard, Melanie was captured and brought here. Commander Reaper, Agent Widowmaker and Sombra went after her."

"Wait!" Lúcio said. "Reaper's a Commander of Talon now?"

"Yes," Matthew confirmed. "He's been commander since the 'Endgame' debacle with Commander Shallow. Doomfist wouldn't allow such an incident to happen again."

"Doomfist!?" Efi asked. "End Game!?"

"Yeah," Kiana said. "I heard Doomfist broke out of prison. I believe 'Endgame' was the suicide mission Talon went on to take Overwatch down, but it failed misiberly."

Those in Overwatch now knew the final attack plan against them. They would definitely be prepared when Talon attacks like that again.

"Is that why we're here?" Matthew suddenly asked. "The fact I haven't seen her on base concerns me. So she was taken from here, I presume?"

"Yeah, she was taken by Overwatch agents that have a grudge against her. Mercy, Pharah, and Symmetra," Nathan replied. "They've committed the highest sin against our family, but it doesn't mean what you think. We can't go about this like usually."

"They will pay dearly for this act against our family!" Matthew shouts despite what Nathan said. "They'll be tortured repeatedly until they beg for death. And when they think they'll die, we'll give them hope that they're saved. Only then do we actually crush them!"

"Matthew, we can't do that," Dana said. "Melanie would just heal them."

"And why would she do that!?" Matthew asked incredulously. "They could've been hurting her this whole time for all I know! Why would she heal them!?"

"They're unfortunately needed in Overwatch," Kiana explained. "You know, once Melanie is no longer needed here, they could rely on them. Once all of this is over, we're moving Melanie, Orisa, Efi, Genji, and Hanzo out of Overwatch."

"What!?" Genji asked in surprise. "Why us!?"

"You're apart of this family," Kiana replied. "Pretty soon, you'll agree with us. Unless the two of you are going to stay and keep an eye in Overwatch. You would have to very influential or close to the higher ups in order to stay."

"Well I'll be your connection if you were to stay," Ana said surprising everyone.

"But why?" Efi asked. "Why would you do that?"

"I may not agree with your family's lifestyle or choices, but they're effective if you need to get a job done," Ana explained. "You care for your family above all, though you try to prevent as many deaths as possible with your positions. I believe it's right to keep your family here."

"Plus, my brother and I will be staying," Dana said. "We're not safe anywhere, so staying in Overwatch is our best option for now. Until there's a place better for us."

"Well that's convenient. Now it's up to them to make a choice. Efi doesn't have a choice in this matter," Kiana said. "She's not a fighter, … for now anyway. You have some time to decide on where you want to stay, but not much. I fear Melanie is first priority."

"So, what's the plan?" Matthew asked. "Since we're just going to imprison the traitors, where are we going? When are we leaving to get Mel back?"

"I've narrow down their possible locations," Dana reported. "But there's still to many. I'm narrowing the search even more, while we wait for the other four."

"Other four?" Matthew asked excitement lacing his voice. "Does that mean you did it? Did you free her? Is she-"

"No, we didn't free her just yet," Nathan interrupted. "That's why we need to get Mel. Miah needs her help in order to get Jay. Dana's talking about Hanzo."

"Hanzo?" Matthew asked. "As in Hanzo Shimada?"

"Yes," Genji replied. "My brother."

"You're Genji Shimada," Matthew said. "You killed off most of your family."

"What!" was shouted from almost everyone.

"How do you know that!?" Genji asked in surprise. "That was highly classified."

"You were once a Blackwatch agent of Overwatch, correct?" Matthew asked. "Until the Strike-Commander stole you away, right?"

"The Strike-Commander did not steal me," Genji said. "Commander Reyes released me."

"No, not really," Dana spoke up. "You were suppose to stay with Commander Reyes, but Strike-Commander Morrison force transferred you. Reyes couldn't do anything, because Morrison was his superior."

"Not only that, but I got this information from the man who let you slaughter your family," Matthew said with a glare. "You killed every single one of them in cold blood. Why should I trust you in our family? What if I killed someone precious to you? Will you kill the rest of our family? Just like they did!?"

Matthew thrusted his right hand at Genji, making the cyborg fly and hit the wall behind him. Genji hit the wall with a loud thunk.

"Genji!" Ana and Lúcio yelled as they moved to his side.

Kiana was restraining Matthew, who was trying to rush at the downed cyborg. Kiana was able to hold him back due to her strength, while Nathan used his Soul Force to calm him.

"Matthew, he could never kill our family," Nathan stated. "Genji and Hanzo are a part of our family. There is no way he could do that to any of us. We're the Seven Generation of Miracles, our Legacies help make it so that none of us could be killed so easily by anyone."

"Right," Matthew sighed. "I forgot about that. Sorry for losing my cool. I just couldn't deal with the same thing happening again! I just wanted to make sure Genji wasn't a threat."

"That's understandable," Genji said as he made his way to Matthew. "I'm sorry you had to learn that from someone else. You would have learned that they killed many of my family members who tried to make a time of peace. I let the young ones and their mothers live."

"I … see. I was wrong. Sorry for not asking you," Matthew apologized. "It's just, Gabe told me how your brother cut you down because of your elders. He allowed you to take revenge against your family, but never going into detail about only killing the elders."

"You met Gabriel Reyes?" Ana asked. "He told you about his past?"

"Yup, pretty much," Matthew said. "I just asked him in private and he spilled the beans."

"Gabriel Reyes would never talk about anything so willingly," Genji said. "Not even to his superiors. So, you getting him to talk is unbelievable."

"Not really," Nathan said. "I mean, Miah just needs to look at him to get everything. Mel, just needs to use her phrase healing to get the same effect. So, this isn't so surprising. Especially with his ability. It's not hard from Matt to ask and get results immediately."

"Wait, I thought his ability is seismic sense," Lúcio said. "How does that help Matthew get what he asks? Does it help see through souls like you, Nathan?"

"No," Nathan replied. "Matt's seismic sense is how his body compensates for the lack of sight due to his ability. Matt's ability is something else. You can't fight what he asks you to do."

"Let's just say his ability has to do with his eyes and leave it at that," Kiana said. "So long as he wears his sunglasses, his ability has no real effect on you or those who are blind."

"So, who else are we waiting for?" Matthew asked. "Besides Hanzo."

"We're waiting for Alex, McCree, and Anthony," Dana said. "They're on their way. If I checked right, Anthony will get here, while Hanzo will be the last on here. By then, I will have their location."

"Where's Miah?" Matthew asked. "Shouldn't he be on his way too?"

"No," Nathan replied. "Miah's covering my position as Mondatta's head of security for now. This is usually when people try to infiltrate his security to assassinate him."

"Why is Hanzo on his way?" Ana asked. "I know he requested a personal mission, but he said he would be out a few days."

"That would be my doing," Dana said. "I know he always carries his quiver with him, no matter where he goes. So I asked if I could give him our Kapamilya alert signal. He gladly accepted. I was going to ask to augment your helmet the same way," Dana said looking at Genji

Genji took off his helmet without a second thought and held it out Dana.

"Here, you can set the Kapamilya alert," Genji said. "Our family is important. I'd drop everything to help out in any possible way. Or at least when I'm not busy."

When Dana didn't take it, he noticed she was staring. Genji looked around and saw that everyone was staring at him with the exception of Matthew.

"What's wrong?" Genji asked. "It's my face isn't it. I know, it's hideous."

"Man, when Melanie told me you look handsome, I thought she was exaggerating," Kiana said. "Now I see what she was talking about."

Genji was taken by surprise at the comment. As far as he remembered his face was scarred, but Kiana wasn't one to lie. Everyone staring was in awe. So did they see him as handsome with all the scarring, or was it something else.

Kiana saw Genji's confusion and sighed. "Did you really forget what Melanie's ability can do? She used it on you, so you shouldn't be so surprised."

Genji knew Melanie's ability. It could heal and- oh! He forgot that it also removes scars and fixes inanimate objects. The reason Melanie's clothes are still in one piece. The reason everyone was staring at him right now.

Everyone smirked or chuckled as Genji's face turned a bright red in embarrassment. They all saw he forgot Melanie fixed his wounds and scars. Efi wondered how he looked before Melanie healed him. Lúcio thought Genji looked wonderful. Ana saw Lúcio and chuckled.

"I-I'll get this done quickly," Dana said snapping out of her daze. "It'll only take a sec."

To those who haven't seen Dana actually hack, they were surprised to see it happen. From her fingertips, frosty blue circuit lines left them and encased Genji's helmet, while Dana's eyes glowed the same frosty blue. In her eyes, they saw ones and zeros fly through them.

When she blinked, all the lights suddenly ended. "All done," Dana announced as she held Genji's helmet out to him. "I added a GPS that uses voice commands. That way, if you need to find any one of us, you just need to say something like 'find Hanzo'."

Genji quickly took his helmet and put it on. Then, he went to test it out. "Find Hanzo." On his visor a map popped up. Then a marker show the position of his brother. Genji was satisfied, but the GPS zoomed in and showed video feed of Hanzo moving through Hanamura.

"I can see my brother!" Genji said in surprise. "How is this possible!?"

"Oh! I must've made your helmet open to different systems," Dana explained. "You're helmet can hack into security systems to help you keep track of who your looking for."

"This will come in handy," Genji said. "Can it work for anyone other than family?"

"I think so," Dana replied. "So long as they live, you should be able to track whoever. But be careful, depending on who you're looking for, you might get detected by others through the security system you unintentionally use."

Genji was going to test it out, but he lowered his voice to a whisper. "Find Mercy." He knew that Melanie wouldn't be found since she's considered dead. This was a good test.

Genji watched as the GPS calibrated to the new position of Mercy. It shifted out of Hanzo's camera feed and back to the world map. Then it marked a position on it, Oasis. Then it gave camera feed of the room Mech was in, and boy was it a sight.

Mercy stood next to a metal table, that had Melanie strapped to it. She was still unconscious, and Pharah came in followed by Symmetra. Both of them brought in a tray of tools. Pharah had torture tools, while Symmetra had surgical ones.

There was a beeping in the background and Mercy went off screen. After a few seconds, the feed was cut off and showed static. Then it agent back to the world map view, but the mark was still in its place.

"Their in Oasis!" Genji shout. "I found them! They have Melanie chained to a table!"

"They have Melanie … what now?"

Everyone's head snapped to the new voice that entered the room to see a 21 year-old man standing there.

"Anthony," Nathan, Matthew, Kiana, and Dana said in unison.

Anthony had a deadly scowl on his face. "Who the hell has Melanie?" he asked. "They must truly have a death wish if that's the case."

The room was dead silent as they could see pure anger radiating off of Anthony. He was pissed, and the few who knew him were trying to stay as calm as possible.