Hanzo tried to kill his younger brother to protect the honor of his family's clan. Genji tried to run, but his brother was quick at shooting him with his bow. The young ninja ran into a dead end, with arrows stuck in his leg, arm and back, he tried to fend Hanzo off, who now attacked with a sword, since his bow wouldn't do anything in close combat. He cut his brother, leaving wounds to his face, chest, neck, he almost cut off his left hand and damaged his legs and right arm severely before slashing once more across his younger brother's chest. He left a deep and huge cut across his chest and watched him fall. Genji's legs weren't able to carry him any longer and thanks to the blow he lost his balance and stumbled backwards against the wall, almost taking down the scroll with him. He stared at his brother, as his vision began to fade and he could barely breathe. "B- ...brother ... what ... did I ... do to ... deserve this ... this fate ...", he wheezed, before his head sunk towards his chest. Hanzo left the scene, thinking he had saved the Clan's reputation, but at what cost?, he'd ask himself later.
As finally someone of Overwatch found Genji, he was already on the verge of death. He couldn't see, he was barely breathing and his heart did almost stop, because of all the blood he was still losing. It was Soldier 76 who had found Genji. He tried to take care of the young man's wounds as best as he could and then he carried him to the next base of Overwatch, where - luckily - Angela Ziegler, aka Mercy, was at.
Soldier laid Genji onto a bed and let Mercy work her magic. At first she tried to talk to Genji to keep him awake, while she wanted to work, but of course she didn't get an answer from the half dead ninja. Very slowly his eyes moved to Mercy, before he lost conciousness. She tried her best to safe Genji, but to accomplish that she had to replace his left hand, right arm, both legs and part of his neck with cybernetic parts. She could fix the wound on his chest, without using artificial parts there, so he at least had the feeling of still being human, but she did give him some kind of armor. She worked for hours, days even to safe Genji's life. The young ninja was unconcious for much longer. Mercy had to give him several blood transfusions and a ton of painkillers. It took a bit over two months for him to wake up again. He had so much trouble with that cyborg body of his.
The first time he woke up, Angela was beside him, during the surgery he had seen her once. "Oh, finally. You're awake.", she smiled at him. "My name is Angela Ziegler, or as some other people know me, Mercy. I saved you, but for that I ... had to use some cybernetics. It'll be hard for you to get used to that.", she started explaining. Genji looked at her. "Your left forearm and hand are cybernetic parts, your right arm, both legs and part of your neck too ... I tried to use as little artificial parts as possible, so the rest of your body is still normal and you have wounds that need to recover.", she finished her explanation.
Genji looked at her, he looked quite shocked, then he started coughing. In almost two months he didn't drink, he got IV but his throat was so dry. He gave a whince of pain, after coughing a few times. Mercy gave him water with a straw. "Here drink something ... You can't sit up yet, the wound on your chest is just too deep.", she said softly. Genji drank a bit, then he grimaced in pain. "I'll check the wound, just try to relax a bit, I'll give you painkillers in a minute.", she said and did what she said. Genji nodded weakly. His injury seemed to do good, but if he moved too much it could easily break open again. She gave him some painkillers and told him once more not to move too much.
"Genji ... my name ...", he managed to get out through his dry throat. "Nice to meet you then, Genji.", she replied with a smile. The young ninja fell asleep, after the painkillers started working. Softly Angela laid her hand onto his forehead and brushed some hair from his face.
*Poor thing ... You're so damaged ...*, she thought. She stayed in his room, looking after him. As long as she was close, he seemed to be sleeping peacefully.
As he woke up again, nobody was inside the room. And the memory of his brother trying to kill him, haunted him in his sleep. He shot up, then he realized his pain. He placed one hand on his wound, coughed a few times and tried to lay back down. The injury hurt, it stung and burned. Genji felt something warm between his fingers. *This is not my hand ... but I can feel ... I ... I am bleeding ..? Damn!*, he thought. Somehow he managed to get up and make his way to the door, his new legs didn't quite want to listen to him. *What has become of me? I was turned into a monster ...*, his thoughts continued. He left his room, supporting himself by leaning against the wall with his right arm. *I need help ... Where did she go ..? I'm bleeding too much ... I am alive and I want to stay alive ... I need answers!*, he thought. Genji took a wrong step, since this was the first time he used his new legs and fell to the ground, he caught himself partially by holding himself up with one arm, but again it did not work out well. The sudden movement and force caused his injury to bleed even more, it broke open completely. He laid on the ground and stared down the hallway. "H ... Help ... me please ... Someone ...", he whispered.
Angela was just on her way to Genji's room. *I hope he sleeps well and gets some rest. He really needs it.*, she thought before she turned the corner. Down the hallway she saw Genji lying on the floor. She sprinted towards him. She wanted to help him get up, she didn't even think about his wound in that moment. Genji almost screamed in pain. "Gyaargh ... D-don't ... Sensei ... Please.", he said trying to suppress his pain. She tried to ease his pain with her staff, she then took her coat and pressed it against his wound. "Ughn ...", he let out squeezing his eyes shut. "I'm sorry ... this needs to be done. I have to slow that bleeding down for now.", she apologized. Genji looked at her. "Don't worry. I'll help you, I can fix this without making you more machine. Press the coat against your wound, I'm going to get my equipment, I'll be right back, okay? Don't move, just press the coat onto that wound.", she said quickly and laid his hand onto the coat. "Yes ...", he replied. Mercy ran off to get her stuff and then she sprinted back.
Genji had his eyes closed, but as he heard Angela coming back he forced them to open again, he was weak, but he knew she'd save him again. Mercy used some local anesthetic to then stop his bleeding and to sew the wound up again. A man came down the hallway. "Ah, Jack. There you are. Please help me to carry him back to his bed.", Angela said as she saw him. Soldier carefully lifted Genji up and carried him back into the room, to lay him down onto the bed. "Th-thank you ... Both of you ...", Genji said weakly. Jack left the room and Mercy sat down next to Genji, after thanking Soldier for his help. "So ... What happened? Why were you even out there? I told you not to move around.", she said to the ninja in a worried tone. "I shot up after a nightmare ... The wound was bleeding ... I wanted to look for help ... then I fell ...", he replied, barely more than a weak whisper. "I see ... I'll have to spend more time here then. I can't risk something to happen to you again.", she replied softly.
It took almost a full month until Mercy allowed Genji to get up. She helped him move around, supporting him when he tried to walk a few steps. In that time they got to know each other pretty well and Genji started to call Mercy by her first name. She helped him to slowly walk around the base, but every time someone walked past them, the ninja turned his head away, since they always stared at him for his scars. Mercy noticed and made a "mask" for him.
Month after month Genji worked to get his abilities back, after all he was a proud ninja, even if he lived like a playboy before. A full year had passed by now and Overwatch sent him to his first mission. They've sent him to a battlefield.
*What am I even doing here? I'm a ninja and I should be an offensive warrior?*, he thought and stayed back and hidden to fire shuriken at his enemies. He looked for his allies, a man in armor with a gigantic shield, a woman who was so fast, he couldn't follow with his eyes and much to his disliking Angela. The shield broke and Mercy did her best to heal everyone, but it was too much for her alone, plus she got hit a few times too.
Genji growled and grabbed his sword. "RYUJIN NO KEN WO KURAE!", he shouted and swung the sword, a green dragon following the blade. He ran to the enemy's lines and started to dice them all. Only a few did flee from the scene and soon Genji stood on corpses. He panted and the armor released steam from it's cylinders. He swung the sword once more and sheathed it on his back, then he turned to his allies. He walked back to them, meanwhile everyone stared at him. They started cheering for Genji, after all he saved them without thinking twice about it. Mercy and the others were healed up, they didn't have any severe wounds.
"Angela. I made it.", the ninja said. "What was that just now?", she asked, stunned. "I summoned my spirit beast, my dragon. Is everyone safe?", he replied and Mercy nodded in response.
"Genji, you're hurt!", she noticed. "It seems so ... I also feel like I damaged my arm ...", he replied and pressed his left hand into his side, he had taken some hits. He let his right arm hang down, using his dragon after such a long time and with new limbs didn't seem like a good idea. "Let me see the wound!", Angela said and wanted to take his hand away. Genji sat down and lifted his hand off the wound. Mercy took care of it, as best as she could without her supplies. "There must be at least one bullet stuck in your wound ... We have to get to the base, so that I can take care of that.", Angela said. Genji nodded and got up, again pressing his hand against the wound. "I'm sorry, I didn't take care ...", he started. "Don't apologize ... I'm glad you jumped in to save us. Now the only thing I can do, is to help you. You saved our lives. This is a battlefield, it's only natural that you got hit as well.", she interupted him. The ninja nodded and followed the woman to the base, where she took care of his wound properly. After that she had to find a way to make his cybernetic limbs more durable.
"Angela ... After all this time I still did not thank you for saving my life and taking care of me. So ... Thank you for everything you did for me.", he said. "You don't have to thank me ... I am always happy to help.", she smiled at him. This time, Genji was happy he had his faceplate still on, he was blushing. "Angela, I will protect you on the battlefield. You can put your faith into me.", he continued. "Thank you, Genji", she replied and started to work on his damaged arm. He flinched and suppressed a scream. "That hurts a lot ...", he said, clearly pain in his voice. "I'm so sorry ... But I have to check where the pain comes from, to see how much you did damage your arm. I'm afraid you'll have to endure it.", Mercy gave as an answer and proceeded her work, carefully she lifted his arm up a bit and moved it. "STOP!", Genji shouted. "Stop ... please ... It hurts too much ...", he continued, this time she could hear he teared up. Carefully she let his arm hang down, then she slowly took off his faceplate. A few tears ran down the ninja's cheeks, he was in a lot of pain. "I'm so sorry ... I'll take care of that differently ... I'm sorry.", she said, regretting what she did. She placed her hands onto his cheeks and brushed a few of his tears away. Genji closed his eyes. "I didn't intend to shout at you ... Forgive me ...", he said. Mercy nodded. "I'll make you sleep now, so I can fix your arm.", she explained and did so.
Later on, as Genji woke up, he was in pain. He wanted to grab his right arm with his left hand but there was no arm. He almost panicked, as Mercy took his hand with hers and placed her other hand on his cheek. "Please stay calm ... I'm working on a new arm for you ... This one was too damaged, beyond repair. I'll make the new one more durable, so you can use that special ability without hurting yourself. Painkillers won't work this time, so I'll have to keep you sleeping, I'm sorry.", she explained. Genji looked at her. "Alright, Angela ... Thank you ...", he nodded, before she gave him some anesthetic.