Chapter 8: Conversion Theory

Jesse slowly awoke when the sun's dim glow penetrated the closed blinds. He looked down and saw that Sombra was still within his embrace. Her face was buried in his shirt, her breathing slow and even. Jesse felt his heart melting, she was so beautiful and he found himself regretting ever even yelling at her. Suddenly Sombra stirred, she groaned before slowly rolling on her back and sitting up slowly. She looked over at him her eyes half closed and her speech slow as she began to awaken.

"Oh...Hi there...Jesse." she smiled.

"Mornin' Sombra." he replied.

Suddenly, they felt that eyes were upon them, they both turned unanimously to see Hana peering through a crack in the door, her hand over her mouth and her eyes wide. When she dropped her hand, it revealed a devilish grin. She then darted out of view, giggling. Jesse shifted as he was about to get out of bed before he realised Sombra had curled back into his arms with her eyes closed.

"Five more minutes.." she pleaded.

"Alright, but then we gotta get up. If we don't feed Hana, she might explode."

"Fine." she muttered defeated.

After the allotted five minutes had passed, Jesse was the first to walk out into his living room, which the sun had generously invaded, dust particles danced in the epherescant beams of yellowish light. He found Hana on the couch playing games, but she still had the same grin on her face.

"If you don't knock that off, your face will get stuck like that."

Hana stuck out her tongue.

"Up yours, old man!" she mocked.

"Old ma-, I'm thirty seven!" he replied defensively.

"Whatever you say Jesse" she winked.

"If I hadn't risked my life saving your ass, I would kill you right now."

Jesse went into the kitchen to start cooking breakfast, bacon and eggs, an American classic, at least in his mind. He heard Hana bound in and sit at the dining table, followed by Sombra slowly meandering and plopping down on a chair. The sound of sizzling bacon grease was the only sound to be heard.

"Soo...did you fuck?" Hana broke the silence.

"Hana! That's rude!" Jesse berated as he placed their meal in front of them.

"Yepp." Sombra said with only a hint of sarcasm.

The sarcasm seemed to go unnoticed by both Jesse and Hana because Jesse's jaw almost hit the floor.

"What!?" Jesse almost shouted surprised.

Hana ran out screaming. "Ew ew ew ew!"

Jesse looked at Sombra in bewilderment.

"Did we actu-"

"No." she smiled wickedly.

"Well you're gonna have to tel-"

"You're like her brother, it's in your hands now." she cut him off again; before standing up quickly and taking her breakfast to the living room. Jesse sighed and rubbed his temple before following her. Hana sat quietly her face red.

"Look Hana, nothing happened, it's just a joke." Jesse assured.

"Yeah Hana, I was screwing with you, I wouldn't do anything with Jesse, that would be loco." Sombra chimed in.

"Oh really?" Jesse thought to himself "Two can play at this game."

"Well, nothing serious happened, but on the other hand, I never knew Latino women were so good with their hands." Jesse said almost matter of factly.

Hana's face reddened even more and the look on Sombra's face was priceless.

"I think I'm gonna die." Hana stated weakly.

"No you're not, I was just fuckin with ya, nothin' happened, swear on my life." he promised.

Hana slowly eased up and stuck out her tongue.

"You both need Jesus." she replied.

They all laughed, the first time they had all laughed since yesterday's incident, as if all transgressions had been washed away.

"Look, I hate to bring this up now but it needs to be talked about. Sombra, I need to know why Talon kidnapped you." Jesse asked seriously.

Sombra took in a deep breath and looked down quietly for a moment before finally speaking.

"I was ignoring Reaper, he wanted me on a mission. Why? I don't exactly know."

Jesse nodded "What is it exactly that Gabe needed you for? Like why did he recruit you?"

Sombra held up her hand and Jesse stared at it inquisitively.

"You...give good massages?" Jesse asked sheepishly.

Sombra's eye twitched before she realized she wasn't wearing her gauntlets. She then stood up turned around, and lifted up her shirt slightly so he could see the implant she had on her spine. Jesse's cheeks turned a little pink and the sight of the small of her back but he pressed on.

"So, what exactly does it do for ya?" he asked puzzled.

"It basically makes my body a computer, in a way, I can hack computers just by touching them." She frowned; a part of her felt like she had sold her soul just to become the ultimate hacker, was it really worth it?

"Interesting." was all Jesse said.

"So, Talon kidnaps one of their own operatives because she goes AWOL," Jesse seemed focused on putting the whole picture together.

"Not to mention it's probably Gabe who ordered it to be done. Do we know if Los Muertos had reported to Talon that they had captured you?" he questioned her.

"As far as I know, he never was able to make contact." she replied.

"Okay, that means we still have some time, as for now, we need to move and lay low. Los Muertos knows where this place is and we can't risk being outmanned and outgunned again." Jesse stated.

"Did you have some place in mind Jesse, maybe Hana's place perhaps?" she said a bit sarcastically, a part of her felt that the situation was a tad bit hopeless. Reaper usually got what he wanted.

"Not quite, There's an Overwatch outpost that my team is using at the moment, but before we make anything set in stone, I need to know one thing."

"What is it?" she asked nervously.

"Would you be willing to join us? I mean total conversion, no trying to split between the two of us, can you handle that?

Sombra mulled it over in her head. The agents of Talon used to be her friends, but they had turned on her, ordered her to be kidnapped just so she could be a part of their little operations. They definitely weren't her friends anymore, but was she ready to leave it all behind and join another organization. She could just spend her life on the run, but that's no life at all; Overwatch was a fresh start. It was the best option she had. She finally settled on a answer.

"Absolutely." she stated calmly.

Jesse was silent for a moment before finally speaking. "Well then, I'll put in a call to Winston see what I can do."

"OOH, OOH, tell Winston I said hi!" Hana chimed in, Jesse had almost forgotten that she was even sitting there, though it was nice to see she came out of her shocked state.

"Will do Munchkin, now I'll be right back." Jesse grinned. He stood up from his comfortable position on the couch and proceeded to his bedroom so he could make his call in private. He quickly dialed Winston's number, anxious himself to see if he could get a handle on the situation. The phone rang once, twice, then he finally heard a gruff voice on the other end.

"Hello, This is Winston, uh… you probably already know that since you have my number…"

"Winston, how are you big fella?!" Jesse said cheerfully.

"Big? I... I've lost 10 pounds, I've been exercising regularly!"

"Listen, all that aside, I've got a favor I need from you and I need you to trust me; this gonna be something serious."

"I'm listening." Winston said his tone serious.

"Okay, long story short, there's this girl, we spent some time together for the holidays, turns out she's an ex agent of talon, because she got kidnapped and she doesnt want to be in an organization that kidnaps their own members, so...we need a place to stay and I was thinking she could join Overwatch because she's got some serious skills with computers. So what do ya think?" Jesse finally ended his long winded epic.

"Jesse...Just when did all of this happen?"

"Uh...What day is today?"

"It's Tuesday."

"Soooo...Yesterday."

"Jesse, do you think I was born yesterday? Do you seriously think I would ever let a Talon agent, whether she's a terminated agent or not, into our organization?! Did you fall and hit your head hard or did you forget that we are at war with them?!"

"I haven't forgotten." Jesse snarled.

"Listen Winston, Talon just betrayed her and now she needs our help and I thought you would be someone who would get that. Isn't that what we are about, helping out others?"

For a moment everything was silent before Winston finally huffed.

"Fine, she can come, but she is going to be severely limited in her activities until she proves that she is on our side and a valuable asset to the team." Winston said coldly.

"Thank you Winston...I promise you won't regret this."

"You better hope so..."

"Wait, before you go, Hana says hi."

"Tell Hana I said hello and that I look forward to seeing her soon...Winston out."

Jesse smiled to himself, at least it worked, she can become a part of Overwatch. She could start anew. It was better than nothing. Jesse closed his phone and opened the door to his bedroom to find Hana and Sombra had been both kneeling down with their ears pressed against the door.

"Can I help you?" Jesse asked a bit sarcastically.

"We just really wanted to know what the deal was. Winston sounded pretty angry." Hana said

"Yeah, Winston does go bananas sometimes." Jesse joked.

Hana sputtered as she tried to hold in laughter, Sombra didn't get it but she didn't care she wanted to know about Overwatch.

"What about Overwatch, can I join!?" she asked anxiously.

"Yeah I got you in, but just know you are going to be severely limited on what you can do for awhile, so you better be on your best behavior." Jesse said smugly.

"I can do that" she replied.

Hana busted out with laughter, tears flowing from her eyes as she fell on her side and curled up into a ball.

"Hana, what is so funny?" Sombra asked quizzically.

"HE'S A MONKEY!"