The next time Genji woke up, he was in his room, he was covered with a blanket, but he was cold. Slowly he sat up, realizing he had a new arm. He moved it and his hand. *Feels good.*, he thought, then he looked outside the window. It was snowing. *How long was I out? When we fought it was summer ...*, he continued in his thoughts and walked to the window. Genji walked around the base, looking for Angela, who was at her office, patching up some injured soldiers. The ninja knocked on the door. He heared Mercy sigh. "Come in ... I'm busy.", she said and continued her work. Genji stepped inside. "Angela ..", he started.
Mercy turned around really fast. "Oh my god, Genji! You're awake.", she said. "I am ... But ... how long was I out? It appears to be winter, was it not summer when we fought?", he asked and tilted his head slightly, his faceplate was on. "It was ... It took me a lot of time to build a new and better arm for you ... And I couldn't finish my work on you, we got so many emergency surgeries and we lost so many people ...", she almost cried. The man she had been patching up left the room, she was finished taking care of his wounds. "So instead of letting me suffer, you kept me sleeping.", he figured. Mercy quietly started sobbing. Genji hugged her. "Do not cry, Angela. You did your best for everyone. I want to thank you.", he said in a soothing voice. She hugged him back and cried. It took her a few minutes to stop.
"It appears it was quite hard for you. I believe you have not been on the battlefield since? That is why you work so much ... Are you not tired?", Genji asked. "You're right, I couldn't leave you like this and so I wasn't helping in battle ... I didn't sleep for days, I was too busy patching them up and trying to save their lives ...", she sobbed slightly. The ninja lifted her up. "Then you need some rest. Genji is with you now.", he replied. He laid her on a bed and sat down next to her. Mercy fell asleep very fast.
Angela slept until the next morning, luckily she had taken care of everyone yesterday. She sat up and noticed Genji was still sitting next to her, he had fallen asleep. All of a sudden he turned his head towards Mercy. "Good morning, Angela.", he said cheerfully.
"Oh, good morning, Genji.", she smiled. "I slept so well, thank you. Oh, how are you feeling?", she continued. "I feel great. The arm seems good. Oh and I was asked to join the fight again, I agreed. We should go soon.", he replied. Mercy looked at him for a few seconds. "You want to fight?", she asked. "They need us. I want to be of use.", he replied. She nodded.
"Let's eat first.", Angela said. " I feel fi-", Genji started as his stomach growled loudly, "hungry, yes. Let us have breakfast." Mercy chuckled slightly, before she got up and walked to the kitchen together with Genji. They ate something, then Mercy waited for the ninja to finish putting on his armor.
They made their way to the battlefield. Soon enough they reached the front lines. Angela healed up as many as she could and followed them to a very old abandoned Overwatch-base with no interior. Genji didn't feel quite well, there were so many spots for assassins to hide. He drew his sword, so he could deflect a bullet if it came towards him. But of course they didn't aim at him, but at their doctor. Genji heard a shot, he sprinted to Mercy and knocked her over, shielding her with his body. He got hit several times. "Angela ... Stay low ...", he said and coughed. Blood dripped from his body and from under his faceplate. He got up on shaking legs, holding his sword in front of him. New shots came and he tried to deflect them, as he began to lose his balance. "Shoot the targets!", the soldiers shouted and began shooting. "Enemy down!" - "Sniper down!", they shouted.
Genji sunk to his knees. "Genji!", she almost shouted. "Angela ... Can you ... support me ...?", he asked and tightened his grip around the sword's handle, the sword began to glow. "You can't do that, your wounds!", she refused. "I said I wanted to be of help ... I want to protect you ... so please, help me with that.", he replied and got up again.
Mercy supported him with her staff, following him into the buildings. There were so many enemies. "RYUJIN NO KEN WO KURAE", Genji shouted and sliced his way through the enemies, ignoring his wounds that were bleeding even more with his movement. He just kept on slicing through, until he almost hit Angela. The edge of his sword stopped close to her neck, the green dragon flew past her, roaring. "A-angela ...", he said, shocked about himself. "They're all dead, Genji ... You can stop now ...", she said staring at him. "I ... I'm sorry.", Genji apologized, sheathed his sword and suddenly he fell to his knees. He was shaking and breathing heavily, now he felt his wounds - he felt weak. He fell to his side. Mercy knelt next to him and removed the faceplate "Genji! Don't die on me now, Genji! You hear me?", she said loudly, quickly and sad. She was afraid he'd die. The ninja looked at her. " ... Angela ...", he whispered her name and reached for her hand.
Mercy grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly. "Don't die. Please, don't die! You have to stay strong, alright?", she cried. "We need to evaquate immediately! Hero down! I repeat, one hero is down. His wounds are severe, life-threatening. We need to get out now! Emergency surgery neccessary!", she said into her headset, quickly, then she waited for an answer. "Got you. Sending evaq, keep the area secured. Medical team on board, surgery performable in vehicle.", a male voice replied.
"Help will be here any minute, Genji. Just hang on.", she said to him, but he didn't answer. No response at all. "Genji, can you hear me? Genji, look at me. Please! Genji!", she started to panic and shouted at him, hoping for a response. He was losing too much blood in a short time. The ninja's eyes very slowly moved towards her. He was struggeling to breathe. "Genji ...", she almost sobbed and tried to take care of his wounds with what she carried with her. "Stay strong, just a little bit longer ...", she repeated and tried to help him a little bit with the power of her staff. His eyelids flickered weakly, then they shut. Genji fainted, as finally help arrived.
They carried him inside the van and began to perform surgery, removing the bullets, that stuck in his wounds and sewing them up, after the bleeding was stopped, but after all, they didn't get everything done since it was just an emergency surgery. Mercy stared at the ground in front of her, it was covered in snow, that was now stained with Genji's blood. Her hands were shaking, slowly she got up and also got in the van. She sat down and grabbed Genji's hand. "Please tell me he'll make it ...", she said rather quietly. "There is a chance.", one answered. "How are his vitals?", she asked. "Pulse too weak to measure, heartbeat weak, but stabilzing, breathing barely noticeable. Once we get to the base, we must check wether his lung has collapsed or not. It doesn't sound too good.", the same guy answered again. Mercy cupped Genji's cheek and softly stroke it with her thumb. "He's strong ... He has to make it ... he will make it ...", she almost whispered.
On their way back, Genji flinched every now and then, he appeared to be sleeping, but he was in pain. "We're almost there.", Mercy said and looked at Genji. She watched his expression. He was sleeping and dreaming, he had another nightmare. Angela got up and laid both her hands onto Genji's cheeks and whispered next to his ear: "It's okay now, Genji. You're safe. I will take care of you, calm down. You'll be fine." He calmed down, drifting to a more peaceful sleep, but still he was in pain. "Angela ... help ... me", he whispered in his sleep. She stroke his cheek with the back of her hand. "I will help you. Don't worry.", she replied softly and went to prepare for the surgery. They fixed him up pretty fast and put him in his room.
Mercy sat on the bed right beside him, holding his hand and stroking his cheek softly with the back of her other hand. *You're so hurt again ... I hope you recover quickly. You shouldn't risk your life so easily, Genji ... What would I do if you died?*, she thought.
Genji woke a few hours later. Angela was still looking after him and held his hand. He looked around the room and slowly blinked a few times. Mercy placed her hand on his cheek again and softly stroke across one of his many scars with her thumb. "How are you feeling ...?", she asked. Genji looked at her. "Better now ... I am sorry ... for making you worry ... and for making you cry.", he replied, his voice sounded a little hoarse. "It's okay. You don't have to apologize. You saved many lives ... but, please don't sacrifice your own. The day will come, when I can't help you as a medic and you'll die ... and I truly wish this day will come when you're old and lived your life.", Angela said, tearing up. "P-please, don't cry ... I am sorry. I will take care.", Genji replied and tried to sit up, to hug her, but pain shot through his body and forced him to lay back down. "Ughn ... That hurt ...", he said. "Genji, just keep lying down please ... You need to rest and let your wounds heal.", she said worried and sad. "Angela ... you need rest as well.", he replied and looked at her, she did look tired, a lot.
"I'm fine ... I'm more worried about you ... If you keep going like this ... I really might not be able to help you much longer ... And I really don't want you to die ...", Mercy said and stroke across his cheek again. He grabbed her hand. "Please ... get some sleep too ...", Genji said. "I ... can't leave you, what if something happens again ... And I'd be in my room sleeping and wouldn't notice ...", she started. Carefully the ninja made some room for her to lie next to him. "This bed is big enough ... I can see how tired you are ...", he replied. Mercy's face grew red. "But ... But ... ...", she sighed, " ... fine." She laid down next to him. Genji fell asleep quickly, the wounds and the pain made him tired. Meanwhile Mercy needed a lot of time to get comfortable, it wasn't usual for her to just fall asleep next to a man, she felt like a teenager. Almost an hour went by until she finally got to sleep.
In the middle of the night Angela woke up from Genji's soft whimpers. She sat up and looked at him. He was still asleep, but once more nightmares haunted him. His eyes flung open and he wanted to sit up quickly in shock, but Mercy softly pushed him down. "It's okay ... You're safe, just keep lying down. Try to relax, I'm here, there's nothing to be scared of.", she said in a soothing voice. Genji looked at her, then he took a deep breath; he flinched, it made his wounds sting a little. But he calmed when he realized it was a dream. "Sorry ... Did I ... wake you up?", he asked. "You did, but don't worry, it's okay. Do you ... want to talk about your nightmares?", she replied. Genji shook his head. "If you want to talk about it, I'll listen to you. Thought it might help you ...", she said, her eyes scanned the bandage, to see if he was bleeding again, but it seemed just fine.
"My nightmares ... come from the time my brother almost killed me ... When you saved my life the first time and made me like this ... My brother thought I was going to ruin our clan ... So he wanted to kill me ... He hunted me down ... Shot me with arrows, I could not flee ... I was trapped and he almost killed me with a sword, that was supposed to become mine. I dream of that night often ... And I ask myself, what did I do to deserve this ..? To be almost killed by my brother and to become half machine ... Do not get me wrong ... I want to live and I am glad you saved me ... But ... Why did all this happen?", he explained. "Your brother did that to you ...? Just for some Clan's name?", she asked. "He did ... For the Shimada Clan ... We were once a mighty clan of Yakuza ... Heirs of the dragons, but not anymore ... Hanzo isn't suited to be a leader and neither am I.", Genji replied. "I wish I knew what happened at home in the past years ...", he added. "We could find out ... but let's do that tomorrow. We could still use some sleep, alright? And you can be sure, that I am here. No need for nightmares.", she smiled at him and laid back down. Genji blushed and turned his head away. "R-right ... Thank you", he almost whispered and closed his eyes. Angela chuckled slightly. Soon both of them had fallen asleep.