The crowd parted slightly so the car could get in.

Reyes was awake now and trying to look around, I saw something I didn't expect to see—- fear.

" do you need something?" I asked him and he gritted his teeth and laid his head back down.

I gave him half his dose of pain medication, he needed to be lucid but not loopy. His eye lingered on my hand.

" fucking bitch " he mumbled. His vocal chords sound more normal.

" why now?" I asked as I scanned him.

" How do you manage to consistently get everything you want" he asked.

" I haven't" I replied.

" oh fuck you" he grumbled.

" I fixed your throat for this shit?" I stated in frustration, but not surprise.

" wasted time" he answered.

" I can tell" my words exiting my mouth as we pulled around back. The large doors welcomed us to the back entrance, so we could avoid anyone getting a good shot at Reyes.

Government officials began to surround the doors of the couldn't see their faces through all the riot gear, I hated it. I hate not knowing who is holding back the crowds. Whenever we did this we never wore any of that, but we were always trying to keep the peace...

" remain calm, you can walk together as long as you don't cause a fuss" Sojourn said before exiting the driver's seat.

The doors swung open and people wheeled Reyes away, Jack was trembling, but we held hands as we exited the vehicle and went into the large building. Jack removed his mask once inside, his mouth was twitching as a few people stared at us, Lena and the others had already made their way to the courtroom.

" This isn't going to be a usual court hearing, so just prepare yourselves for that" Sojourn whispered.

" what do you mean?" Jack asked.

" is this some sort of trap?" I whispered to him.

" I don't— I don't think so" he whispered back. It was so comforting to hear his actual voice.

To our surprise we were led into the crowd, assigned seating in the witness area.

" This isn't right" Jack said.

" why not?" Lena said as she sat down next to me.

" something just— we've been lied to again but— not in the way we were expecting" Jack says quietly.

Mr. Adawe joins our row and sits down, he looks pleased with himself and shoots us the thumbs up.

" is this—" I started to say but Lena cut me off with " the twilight zone".

It became clear that we wouldn't be on trial, we were just witnesses, exchanging our accounts for immunity. We all nearly burst into tears. Jack did manage to get that deal made back with the pack of cigarettes.I could sit more relaxed in the seat as Jack held my hand, his finger would occasionally rub across the stone in my ring. I barely paid attention to anything because what was the point? We are just witnesses.

-At around noon we were adjourned for lunch and went into a large room all for our group and unfortunately Reyes.

But I spent the majority of time working on him. None of us felt comfortable eating any food brought in from the outside, so we just hung around eating the snacks we brought.

" can you sit up?" I asked Reyes. I know he's chained but I want to see if anything is still working for him.

He just lets out a grunt and turned his head away from me.

" I'm trying to help you" I said in frustration.

" I don't need help!" He grunted.

" I removed a mass from your throat earlier, I am in the position to think that you need my help" I said as I slowly moved his bed upright.

" any pain?" I asked.

" everywhere"

I filled another syringe with a smaller dosage than normal and injected him.

" It's lower, but you need to be awake, I'll give you the normal dosage later" I said.

His hand grabbed my wrist after I put the needle into a container near him. I felt rage and I was shaking.

" why are you doing this?" He hissed.

" I'm a Doctor" I said softly as I desperately tried to quell my rage but it wasn't working well or at all.

He released my hand and I sat down in the office chairs they had provided for us. Jack spun away from his conversation with Torbjorn to kiss my forehead.

" thank you"

" Angel, you don't need to thank me for anything" he said as he held my hand.

" how do you— what do you think is going to happen today?" I asked.

" opening arguments. Then we get to watch the fall of some pretty high ranking UN members. Then some of us might have to say things if we are called but—"

" I want my license back" I said bluntly.

" I know angel, this will probably be settled outside of this"

" and in the meantime?"

" we figure out where we are headed, and what we can do" his eyes squinted when he smiled at me.

I kissed his nose before resting my head on the table, all these nerves are exhausting me.

They buzzed us back in about an hour later, we remained in our seats most of the day but Reyes was going to be brought in soon. The tone of the room had shifted, I was mostly concerned if he would remain coherent the majority of the time.

When he started to list a few of the members of the UN and talk about their involvement I kept glancing over at Jack who was putting together the missing pieces in his mind. Each reveal was making him clench my hand accidentally. At one point the ring actually cut into him, it was a stressful time. I'm just sitting back here watching my patient display signs of deterioration the more he exerted. The pain was evident.

Am I feeling sorry for him again? I really need to stop that. I hate that I have overwhelming urges to help people sometimes. Why can't I just despise and stay in that position? I guess it's a good thing, that somehow that hasn't changed unless I'm in a rage. Amidst all of this; the day must have ended, we watched the crowd thinning as we sat waiting. I tried to get Sojourn or anyone's attention because I wanted to give Reyes some more lights began to dim as we waited in the back lobby where no press could interfere. Still no sign of Sojourn after she went to talk to Adawe.

" I don't like this" Jesse mutters.

" You don't like much of anything" Hanzo replied.

" excuse me?" Jesse said as Hanzo let out a laugh.

" He's tryin' to make a joke" Junkrat said.

" oh" replies Jesse.

Finally the squeaky wheels are rumbling down the hallway and Sojourn is pushing Reyes in a wheelchair instead.

" You shouldn't have moved him from his position" I said.

" we had another doctor look at him while—"

She paused and looked at me " don't give me that look Ziegler... you know I had to legally do that. I was there the entire time" she insisted.

" but I wasn't—" I said as she just let out a sigh and shook her head.

" did they inject him with anything?" I asked as I looked him over, he was half unconscious.

" no" she said.

" if you say so" I said as I decided not to inject him until I ran a full panel. We all left in our respective vehicles, Sojourn was with us and Ellie again, I focused mostly on Reyes medication and testing panels. There isn't much I can do with the limited tools here but I can at least check his vital stats and some more.

Everything seemed rather normal for him, he was just exhausted. But he has been asleep for days.I gave him his pain medication anyways, hoping that it helps a bit, he has more to say tomorrow.I checked Jack's hand and it seemed the cut healed nicely before we carefully held hands. I didn't want him accidentally cutting himself arrival and subsequent unloading of the vehicles went unnoticed so Sojourn and Ellie left once we were all inside the building.

" what an uneventful day" Lena said as she stretched out in the pile of sleeping bags we had in the middle of the room.

" uneventful?! Were yeh not payin' attention?!" Torbjorn said.

" Angela and I were counting the characters etched into the ceiling" Lena replies.

" Well all's well that ends well" Winston states while opening up another jar of peanut butter.

Jack started on the coffee and Junkrat was picking through the assorted baked goods they left with us.

It's almost cozy, I flopped down onto the sleeping bag, I had a view of Reyes, Sojourn had moved him to a cot in the other room. It was probably not comfortable but I shouldn't care- I just care about the ability to heal. Once I get him sorted then I can figure out things with John's system. Winston propped up a mini tv so we could view the news discussions of the case, no cameras were allowed inside for right now and everything was still kept as quiet as possible. But the artist sketchings captured all of us. Including Jack, where they exaggerated his scar. Jack has taken off his mask again now that we are back at base. He handed me a cup of coffee before sitting behind me and pulling me into his lap.

" how do you think it really went?" I asked quietly.

" it wasn't as terrible as I expected, but I think the medication helps. Them ignoring us today was good. That shows that they are trying to stick to the deal" he says as he rubs my arm. The sooner we are done the sooner we can get John and get the fuck out of the public eye for awhile. I leaned back against Jack, and sipped my coffee while watching the news. It gave no details on tomorrow's agenda, but it would probably be more Reyes and even more Reyes. Eventually Jack and I fell asleep in the pile of our friends. Sojourn made no attempt to gradually wake us up. But we were ready within minutes and loaded into the vehicles again.

" I have new pains" Reyes said during our quiet drive.

" where?" I asked as he pointed to the hollow socket and his spine.

" I understand- I can't do much for you until after you speak, but I can give you a small dose" I said as I waited for the vehicle to stop. I injected him and waited for his reaction, he looked slightly better but that's not saying much.

He was wheeled out before us, Jack kept his head down near my hair, so I made sure it hit his nose at one point. He tried to bat my hair out of his face but I kept hitting him with it until we entered the building.

Sojourn pulls me aside almost immediately.

" I hate asking this, but we haven't had contact with Sombra— "

" you think I have her number?" I asked.

" We think you know how to get her out of hiding" Sojourn says as quietly as possible.

" I can try—"

" Also, you need to talk about some— you need to address something that happens in a video and identify and confirm the names of those in the room with you" her eyes are searching my face.

" why didn't you tell me earlier?" I ask, my stomach feeling like it fell to the floor.

" This is court, as much as I wish I had a better document pile and agenda, this is progressing faster than it should be" her foot stamps on the ground, her mouth is twitching.

" is there anyway to get Jack out of the room if they show the video?" I asked.

" I don't think so" she answers.

How the fuck am I supposed to figure this out?

I look over at Jack who returns a questioning glance to me.

" I don't know what to do, I'll talk to him" I replied with hesitation.

I slowly walked back to Jack whose quizzical expression turned into ' what now?' expression.

" We need to get a hold of Sombra apparently, because she hasn't shown up" I said.

" Well she did want the exclusive interview with her girlfriend Olympia Shaw" he said.

" but is that enough to make her come out or?" I questioned as his face answered for him. Probably not...

" surely not everything can stand on her talking too? I thought Reyes would be nearly enough" Jack says.

" well, they are going to show a video today too— and... I don't think they can get you out of the room for it. And—" I felt my voice breaking. A fountain of tears was threatening to rain down but I cleared my throat repeatedly trying to calm myself down.

" you don't think you can handle it?" He asked.

" no! I don't think you can, and I don't want you to see— I don't want you carrying any more guilt over this! It happened! It's horrific but we can't fix it or change it... and I don't want you to never look at me the same way again— I want you to look at me like you love me and not like you carry guilt around 24/7 for me!" My hands covered my face immediately after. He pulled me against his chest and held me tightly. His hand stroked my back for a little while.

" I will always have that guilt. But I won't ever look at you like that, what you went through, fuck we hate this. But it made you stronger. You are ten times the human I am and I feel guilt but I won't let that cloud anything. I love you, and you survived, you are alive and that is all that matters" he said in a hushed voice before kissing my forehead that I tried burying into his chest.

" I'll try to ask Junkrat" I said as I gently pulled away.

" that's an idea, and probably why Ana was adamant about keeping her with us— fuck if she would have just explained—"

" I would have kept attacking her" I said into his ear before walking over to Junkrat.

" what can I do?" He asked the moment I approached.

" Sombra" I said.

" yeah— no" he replied with a shake of his head.

" you don't have any ways to communicate with her?" I asked.

" just type something on the internet and she will see it, especially if it's anything she's honing in on"

" does—- does Sojourn know of any of your involvement with Sombra?" I asked.

" yeh, but I really don't know as much. I know roadie did. But haven't heard about him in awhile"

I nodded and thanked him before returning to Sojourn.

" Nothing unless you have Roadhog" I said.

" yeah, he didn't get formally picked up by anyone we interact with—- that was another group that we could try to reach out too but— limited time"

" then this is useless, why do you need to talk to her?"

" Have you ever heard about her being a war starter?"

" of course"

" well?" She quirked an eyebrow.

" I promise you, if you want an honest answer you won't get it from her" I stated.

" I know I don't have your full record of what happened but, if you know something just tell me, it will be better for you if I know before you go out there"

" she braided my hair, she helped stop some guards from— " my heart started pounding and I leaned against the wall.

" it's okay, she helped you. I see why you would want to protect her but that—"

" I don't want to protect her!" I nearly shouted, I cringed at myself for letting my temper control me for a moment.

" Then what is it?"

" she's not a trustworthy source"

" and Jamison— excuse me, Junkrat is?" She asked.

" you don't understand you weren't there! And leave him out of this. If I'm trying to protect anyone it's him. He didn't do a single thing wrong the entire time I've known him"

" that you know of! Angela, I'm putting my ass on the line for all this shit. I'm choosing to believe you and you aren't the most credible right now"

" well, these are your choices, sorry that we aren't better enough for you! Good enough to use for the UNs dirty work but not good enough to tell the trust with information" I growled.

" very good, I think you will do just fine up there"

" is that sarcasm because I am in no mood"

" It's called a compliment, " she said with a smirk.

Frustration almost let's me lose control for a moment but instead I spin around and stomp off to the rest of the group getting ready to enter the back of the court. I took my seat between Lena and Jack.

" what was that about?" He whispers as the room is settling down.

" She was testing me or something" I replied.

His brows scrunched together in utter confusion.

" I guess to prepare me" I said.

" I'm so sorry" he replied as he held my hand tighter.

Everything dragged, each speaker, every testimony just kept dragging on. I don't want to get up there and I don't want to talk. But the sooner we get this over with the better.

When I'm finally called I feel my legs wobble as I make my way into the little wooden booth. Jack's right hand grip felt like it was still on me. So I focused on that sensation instead of the utter terror of being in a small box with a big crowd. I've done this pregnant and without Jack. I can do this.

" Angela Ziegler"

" Morrison " I corrected.

The man looked at his papers and shuffled them.

Then looked back up at me.

" would you repeat your name?" He asked as he fumbled through some documents.

" Angela Ziegler-Morrison" I said.

Sojourn hid her smile for a moment and looked at the man clearly struggling.

" alright, Mrs. Ziegler-Morrison"

I wanted to correct him and say it's doctor. But oh well.

" do you swear to tell the whole truth?" He asked.

" I swear" I said as I tried to ignore the room of eyes looking at me.

" Now, the next video we will be showing is graphic and disturbing. We kindly ask the court to remain seated and in control of themselves at this time".

I shouldn't look but I'm going to need to answer some questions. And I really don't want to do this to myself. I let out a long breath as the grainy video came into focus.

I could hear the voices on the tape but it was focused on something else, I could see bone and muscle through ripped flesh. As the camera slowly panned out you could clearly see it was my back being flayed open.

" I don't know why you can't just answer this question? When you get to the beginning of synthesizing -bleeped- how do you get to the -redacted- ? It's not that hard of a question"

I heard the smallest sniffles in the crowd and I know one well enough to know it's Lena.

The further the camera pulls away the worse condition you can see that I am in. Blood is dripping over me. There is no way to tell if I'm clothed or naked due to the quality and the burns all over.

You can see Edwin trying to coax something or anything out of me. But in the process they ended up revealing their crimes as one by one him and Max shot the innocent men in the room as I refused to talk.

I don't know how I'm remaining calm during this, I'm not looking into the crowd. I cannot see their faces, I don't want to see their faces watching this or hearing my screams in pain. The sound is unearthly, My skin is bubbling under the heat, luckily the rest of that is either missing or skipped.

The next is what confused me the most. I don't remember Max taking me alone, completely bruised, broken and bloody. The clean stuff I was wearing was slowly getting soaked with blood. He tried again to get me to talk, to help him out and to stop everything. But I wasn't talking, and when I was it was just swearing at him in German.

What is the point in showing this?

They showed me nearly freezing then burning while others were killed around me. This happened. This wasn't just some fucked up memory. This honestly had happened. There was just a tiny bit of footage before Junkrat and Sombra broke us out. But the person on camera who was me. I didn't recognize it. My legs couldn't move, you could see the scarring and bruises all over. The exposed bone and muscle. The absolutely haunted look In my eyes. I kept hearing various reactions in the court. And I was trying my best to keep it together.

The video shut off.

" some of you may be asking why we showed this—- and what does this have to do with this case?" The man looked around the room and then looked at me right in the eyes, I know I'm crying and I hate it. I hate showing this weakness.

" this woman— was trained as a doctor. Her parents both died tragically when she was young. She never formally had any war training. Sure she grew up on and off base. Yes, she did work for a fighting operation and had to pull the trigger a few times, always trying to fire non lethal rounds. " he paused again to stare around at the crowd and back at me.

" this tiny frail peacekeeper—- never wanted to fight. She didn't undergo hostage training or hostage negotiations. She'd been hostage a few times when Overwatch was in operation. But got out, but never anything remotely like this. Most soldiers never go through this—- so. I want you to remember this. When you try to decide if this group was doing anything wrong"

He glanced back up at me again and winked.

I feel sick.

" no formal training and yet she didn't break. She didn't tell them a damn thing! People worry about their little group exposing the members of the UN to be bad. To be uncalled for. To be 'lying to the people'. Now. Remember what you just saw, and now think of the rest of the crew who overly worked to help us. To help expose those on the inside. An ex commander, excuse me, two ex commanders, a scientist, two former covert agents turned Overwatch, a shimada, a pilot, builder, crusader, helix... and a doctor" He took this moment to pause again before shaking a pointed finger at me.

" and she's just a doctor. Was a doctor. " he let out a little laugh " so, I beg of you to realize that if this fragile thing can go through all of that and not break. Then don't you think that or countries were right to have them working for us? To help clean up messes, sort out the lies? Right the wrong?!"

' what is he going on about?'

I'm being used as an example. I'm a fucking example.

" that's all I have to say on this. Angela—- you may return to your seat" he said with a toothy grin.

' he's rather proud of himself'

My legs felt weaker than before, I don't think I realized half that footage was me, the rest I blocked out.

I couldn't look at their faces as I returned to my seat but I felt each of them lightly touch me.

Lena scooted back into her proper seat. I saw the splintered wood of the seat Jack was gripping.

" I didn't let him watch" Lena whispered into my ear.

I nodded as I slumped into my seat, Jack's arm pulled me against him for a moment and his heart was pounding before he kissed my forehead. His shaking hand held mine. The next hour was excruciating to sit through. My mind kept trailing off to everything that I was trying to keep out. Jack's hand just kept trembling in my grip. I just want to get out of here and cry, and that is just what I want to do. I want anything to numb this and just scream. The worst part besides knowing that Jack is completely spiraling, is that I'm still stuck mentally... it happened but my mind is still processing it. I don't want it to be processed, I want it to be packed into a box and stored in the corner of my mind so that I can forget it and delete it. Even Lena was holding onto my arm, are they worried I will suddenly start killing randomly in this place? Because I'm keeping the rage in check, now it's just the dull thud of a huge anxiety attack brewing. The shaky tremor that happens before just stopping you completely with terror. Seeing the cliffs but unable to get off, the only thing that helps is trying to picture it as something, anything.

They start announcing that it's the end of the day, and court will resume tomorrow—- but that just furthers the tension.

" closing statements tomorrow, we ran out of time for everything today" I heard someone mumble. Finally—- I let out a sigh.

But we had to sit and wait, our normally chatty group was silent, I looked over at Lena which was the ultimate mistake, her lip was quivering and Jesse was patting her arm. For fucks sake this is infuriating. I'm so glad that we are driving with Reyes and not our crew, but I'll have to face them back at the facility—- and for however long we know each other. I want to scream, there's the rage. When it was my own I could contain it. What happened to me could be locked up and it was only on my mind. They had an idea but not the full story. They still don't have the full story, just a highlight segment, and that is just a small portion. But now it's in their minds, festering.

I don't want this— I don't want them feeling this way. I don't want this, I don't want this!

The arm Lena was holding I pulled away when I realized I dug my nails through my skin, I pressed the pads of my fingers against the bleeding to stop it.

" oh Ange" Lena whispered.

" I've been through worse" I tried to joke. Fuck why did I do that. She was silent, almost shocked.

Finally we were allowed to exit, the uncomfortable silence was driving me up a wall. Everyone in front of us was slow moving, shoulders hung in defeat, except Zenyatta. Which was a comfort, I noticed Reyes wasn't with us anymore. Probably for his own safety because I can't be trusted with him for a while after that. Or maybe none of us can?

Sojourn wasn't waiting for us, but we knew to just hang out until we saw her. I couldn't look at Jack's face, he was just tightly holding my hand, still shaking.

Nobody was talking, so this was kinda just making everything worse.

" I don't mean to be a bother but can someone just say something?" I asked softly.

" Oh my god Angela" Lena shrieked and then nearly jumped at me, nearly knocking me over, but Jack nearly yanked me upright as a tearful hug encompassed my body.

" isn't this exactly what she didn't want to have happen?" Asked Junkrat.

" fuck off" Jesse growled at him.

" you fuck off!" Hanzo replied angrily.

" oh yeah? Gonna protect the asshole who helped with all of this?!" Jesse yelled.

" he helped her escape!" Hanzo shouted back.

" he got her hooked on shit!" Jesse howls.

" SHE WAS ALREADY AN ADDICT BEFORE!" Hanzo yelled.

" maybe if everyone just—" Winston tried to reason.

When it started to hit me, Lena and I crashed to the ground as I started to sob. Jack was rubbing my back gently and Lena was trying to calm me down but she was sobbing too hard.

" can everyone take a moment to harmonize with—" Zenyatta started but Genji shushed him.

" brother, we all know Junkrat wasn't involved directly. Jesse wants someone to blame and he's the closest thing we have" Genji said softly.

I heard his footsteps come over to us as he whispered something to Jack.

I felt his head nod against me as he let go of my hand, his hold on me loosened as he got up and walked away with Zenyatta.

I sunk into the floor and Genji took the place that remained.

" how can we help you?" He asked calmly.

I shook my head and then got control of my tears, I just hate whenever others are suffering and Lena and everyone's reaction is torture.

" I don't want help" I whispered.

" Everyone needs help" Genji said.

The cool metal of his skin brushed my arm, dragging me back down to earth completely.

" shit, can't leave any of you alone for more than five minutes" Sojourn says.

" is everyone ready to go—- wait we are missing a few" she said with a frustrated sigh.

" real sorry that this day has been so rough for you" Jesse sarcastically said to her.

" You know nothing about my day" she replied angrily.

" maybe if you clued us in every once in a while then we'd be able to help— oh wait we already did that!" Jesse growls.

Lena lets go of the tight hold she has on me to back up Jesse.

" Alright alright calm down I'll get you all nuggets or whatever it takes to shut you all up right now" Sojourn says.

" are you serious!?" Hanzo is now pissed off.

" oh don't get me started on—" she pauses mid sentence as Torbjorn nearly charges her.

" I've had just about enough of that out of yeh little missy! Just give us some time to put ourselves back together!" Torbjorn yelled.

" alright alright! " she relented and walked out of the room.

" where the hell does she get off thinking that this was some sort of hard day for her vs us?" Lena grunts.

" where did Jack go?" I asked Genji as quietly as possible.

" He just went to talk with Zenyatta" Genji replied as he rubbed my arm.

" I know that—- why" I asked.

" you asked him to remain in control of himself—- did you not?"

" I don't want him to feel that he needs to hide his-"

" Angela, none of us was okay. We are trying. But nobody was okay during any of that. Him least of all. To expect him to just not feel some kind of sorrow about it is—"

" I don't remember saying—"

" you both need time" Genji's voice was so low and so timid.

" I want to work on this together. I don't want him to feel that he has to hide this!" I nearly shouted as I shook them off me.

" Angela come on— just" Lena tried. But stopped herself and Genji tried walking with me.

But the moment I rounded the corner I heard the softest sobbing. Zenyatta was trying to comfort and keep Jack calm but it wasn't working.

I carefully pushed him aside and held onto him. My arms around his back as I held him tightly.

" fuck, I'm so sorry" he said.

" don't be sorry, I just. I didn't want you to pity me or look at me like— I just. I don't know" I whispered.

" I tried, I'm trying. I just—- I can't Ange. I can't" his body shook harder.

I don't know what to say, I moved to the side of him and tucked under his arm. His large hand touched my shoulder so gently.

This is what I feared. I'm not fragile. I'm not delicate.

But then he crushed me into a hug before I could react negatively.

I felt a tear drop onto my nose, so I leaned up and tried to kiss his chin but he lifted me up and kissed me. Then he slowly lowered me back down to my feet.

" I'm so sorry" he said.

" the guilt" I whispered.

" I'm sorry that I'm crying, I am working on the guilt. But I feel guilty for reacting"

" oh, that's. That's different " I said as I tried to smile up at him in the shadows.

" I don't want you to hide your emotions—- I want you to be open, I just " I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down.

" I can't have you blaming yourself for this. I'm here, I'm with you. I'm married to you" I said softly as I kissed his chest.

" fuck" he grunted as he wiped his face and took my hand into his.

" mask easier?" I asked.

" Yeah, I can honestly say that would have been easier" he said with an awkward laugh.

I led him back to the group, Sojourn had returned just a moment after we did. She had an annoyed expression as she led us down and out the secure exit. I wanted to ask where Reyes is, but I don't think that matters anymore. He's not my problem, I have all the samples I need and tomorrow is closing down this entire bullshit investigation.

We all got to ride in the same vehicle back, it was cramped but nice. Despite our driver being less than thrilled with any of us.

Nobody really said much, just a few idle conversations to take away from the boring drive. Each day a different way, a different car trying to follow ours. It was getting exhausting, and soon we won't be able to travel without being noticed.

I don't know what Jack has planned for us, but considering that this seems like we can get away it's probably somewhere nice. I hope.

I nestled against him, just listening to his anxious chest.

When we arrived we just trickled out of the vehicle and said goodbye to Sojourn. As she was leaving she paused and looked at us.

" don't go on any news sites tonight if you had enough trouble today" she says before climbing back into the vehicle.

" That's probably wise" Winston said as we walked through the long hallways. It was weird not having to check on Reyes.

I have absolutely no obligations, nothing to keep my mind distracted.

" so—- I guess tomorrow we are out of here?" Asked Lena.

" That's the plan" Jack answers to her confused expression.

" but like— what if we wanted to stick together?" She asked.

" I don't see a problem with that" Winston said.

" Well, we could all use a snowy getaway" Torbjorn said as he looked at Jack who nodded.

" so we really don't need to wait around for deliberation? We are just off the hook?!" Lena asked again.

" it seems that way, we may have committed some crimes but uh. We were under covert protections—- it's tricky but I think from what I've read that the deal you struck before helped a lot as well" Winston sounded confident so I didn't feel like questioning him.

At one point during the long and quiet evening Junkrat insisted those of us who needed to relax needed to eat some brownies he made. But none of us wanted them and just laid back staring at the cracking ceiling. Eventually I used the mask and gave Jack some medication. Nothing was really working to take the edge off, not even the joint Jack and I silently shared.

" I don't think we did a proper walk around this place" Junkrat said to Hanzo.

So eventually they left to explore while we all stayed back. We know it's safe, we had surveillance just about everywhere in here. An intricate system of baby monitors.

I had my head nestled against Jack's armpit, I could feel his muscles twitch whenever he'd give me a side squeeze. At some point we fell asleep.

But my dreams were of things I couldn't remember. Things I didn't want to remember, so half the night I spent waking up and snuggling closer to Jack, or he'd wake up and bury his face in my neck.

It went back and forth, I just want a real damn bed. My spine is aching and I have more than just age to account for that. The injections have been helping to repair but it's such a process, the damage was more extensive but I still haven't run a full through scan on myself. I know there are no secret trackers embedded or anything. But I know the muscle tissue must be a mess in there.

We woke up earlier than the others so Jack quietly nudged me and dragged me out of bed with him. Our bare feet padded on the cement floors.

" I wanted to find out what you wanted to do" he said.

" You know what I want to do" I replied.

" I meant about after this— first thing"

" I want to see him" I whispered to him. And he nodded.

" But I don't know if it's safe for me to be near him" I added.

" You are fine" he replied.

" am I?" I asked.

" You are the strongest person I know" he said as he kissed my forehead.

" awwww isn't that sweet" came a voice I knew far far too well.

" fucking hell Sombra!" I shrieked.

" heard you wanted to get ahold of me, and I'd keep it down" she said.

" what the hell do you want?!" Jack growled.

" I know I said my offer was final before you threw me from a plane but uh—- what did you want from me again?" She asked.

" we needed you for the trial" Jack says.

" blah blah—- I don't do that shit, but I know she needs something from me" Sombra said as she tapped her nail to my nose and smiled.

" I don't know what you mean" I said.

" that's too bad, because my price is low"

" the tapes?" I asked.

Her eyes rolled and she smiled again.

" whatever, this isn't worth my time or her time" she says before she begins to walk away.

" I honestly don't know" I whispered to Jack.

" you want the interview? Fine, both of us... but you have to show up tomorrow—- otherwise nothing" Jack says to her.

" and who is to say I didn't already get what I want? " she said.

" what do you—"

" I already got a photo of the newlyweds. Congratulations by the way— not a bad idea, glad to know that usually you are both two steps ahead of everything" Sombra said as she walked out of the building.

" fuuuuuck" Jack grunted.

" we don't need to chase her?" I asked.

" we don't need to do anything" he says as he scoops me into his arms.

" did you just mention Sombra?" Asked Lena who peered into the hallway.

" yeah we had a nice visit" Jack replies sarcastically.

" how?" She questions.

" how does she do anything?" I quickly stated.

Everyone was waking up when we returned to the room, after we explained what happened everyone just nodded indifferently.

" it's kinda strange, we went from wanting to bring back everything to now just being done with it all all over again" Lena says as she shoves a muffin into her mouth.

Jack placed a cup of coffee in my hand and a muffin in the other before grabbing his own.

" it takes it out of you that's for sure" Jack says as he sits down next to me.

" so what's next then?" Asked Jesse.

" probably eating then leaving this place, don't forget to pack up anything. " jack says.

" yes sir " Lena jokes, but her face then shifted to guilt then relief when she realized she didn't say anything wrong in Jack's opinion.

And that was that, we chatted leisurely while packing up our gear and eating.

Then the transport arrived for us and Sojourn looked even more miserable.

" well that inspires confidence" Junkrat whispered but his whispers are more like regular tone.

" I know I told you to avoid the news but that was some story you two" Sojourn said as she looked at us.

" what?" I said.

" newlyweds make out in hallways of safe house" She said as she showed her phone to us.

" oh that was just a kiss, either way we are married what's the issue?" Jack asked.

" Who go the photo?" Sojourn said.

" well Sombra did" Jack said.

" it's cute!" Lena gushed.

Sojourn shot her a look and Lena burst into giggles.

" Sombra was here and you didn't bother informing me?" She asked.

" it was like an hour ago, and she disappeared. As she always does" Jack said.

" you aren't working with her?"

" work with Sombra? That's a joke" Junkrat said with a laugh.

" shut up, what did she say?" Asked Sojourn.

" she was basically playing with us, her usual deal. I don't think any of us have had a productive conversation with her" Jack said.

" fuck, alright. This didn't happen" Sojourn said as she continued driving.

" oooookay" Lena replies.

" what are we supposed to do after this?" Torbjorn asked bluntly.

" shit, didn't brief any of you on that did I? Been hectic. As long as things go according to plan then it will be alright, you will be free to fly home"

" what if we don't feel safe doing that— I mean we have made a lot of enemies" Lena says.

" you know how to defend yourselves, but just wait for further instruction" Sojourn said.

" huh well it is actually a good picture " Jack said as he showed me his phone.

It had just the proper amount of grainy hallway paparazzi shot, I was more visible than Jack, because my hand was on part of his face while I kissed him.

" for the first photo of my actual face in years I'm not mortified, but I think it's because you are in it" He said as he lightly stroked my cheek.

" awwww you two are gross" Junkrat said with a laugh.

" that's how we like them" Lena said.

" I hope you all know that you are beyond ridiculous" Sojourn says as she turned her head back for a moment.

" we try" Jesse responded.

We had arrived at the building again, and continued with our normal routine of walking through the closed entrance and into our trial seats.

" how long do ya think this will last today?" Lena said to nobody in particular.

" probably not too long, everyone has been up there, it's a pretty solid case and this is just a formality" Winston said.

" well that's good" she said softly before getting more comfortable in her seat.

The talking started after a few minutes, Sojourn and her team went first for awhile, then the others went. We know deliberation is up to the jury at this point, or Atleast that's what I understand. I'm not much into legal talk.

" so do we wait?" Torbjorn asked.

" we can head to the area we usually do once this area clears" Winston says.

" that's so specific" Torbjorn states.

" sorry, I don't have a good explanation for it" Winston said with a hurt expression on his usually cheerful face.

" I think we are all exhausted" Genji says trying to keep the peace but the majority of us are just indifferent.

One by one we stand up and return to the alcove where we can sit and wait, before being escorted to a large private room to wait.

A/N: I truly hope this chapter met some sort of expectation!

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