She fixed his arm as quick as she could, while Genji started meditating. "You seem different by a lot, Genji. Zenyatta must've really helped you.", she said while working. "He did. And I'm a different man now. I am whole. At peace with who I am and what happened. If that never happened, I wouldn't have met each one of you. Therefore I am grateful.", he replied, not lifting his head.
"Genji ...?", she asked, her voice let him know, that she was curious about something but also that she didn't know how to adress it. He looked at her. "What is it?", he asked. "Are you ... How do I put it? Are you afraid of pain?", she finally posed the question. The ninja looked at her, studied her expression, before he looked down. "I am ... I always was ... But more than that, I am afraid of losing those close to me. I want to protect you all ... And I want to talk to my brother, maybe ... maybe he has changed and we can start over, he's what's left of my family after all.", Genji replied. "I see. You really should see your brother ... After, you've healed.", Mercy said. The ninja nodded. Angela turned away and sneezed. "Excuse me.", she said. "Bless you ... You didn't catch a cold did you?", Genji asked. "Don't worry. There was just something tickling my nose for quite a while now.", she replied.
Finally Mercy was done fixing his arm. "Try moving your arm. Tell me if it's okay.", she said. Genji tried using his arm with different motions and different speeds. "It's great. I just can't believe how you always fix me up again.", he replied, a little smile creeping on his face. "Thank you.", he added. Mercy smiled at him, then turned away and sneezed again. "Haah ... Excuse me.", she said after letting out a sigh. "You did catch a cold. How's your temperature?", Genji said and tried to touch her forehead. Angela took a few steps backwards. "It's nothing, really.", she replied. "Angela, listen. If you are sick on the battlefield, you will die. You can't focus and you'll be slower, you'll be dead faster than you think you'll be. And I ... we don't want to lose you.", Genji said, first loud and almost aggressive, then he talked calm. Mercy looked at him. "I can't join the fight now, I need to recover, so I will stay. But I hope they can do it. And now you will have to take your time to recover too, you're sick.", he continued and got up, forcing his legs to support his weight. He took one step towards Mercy on shaking legs. "Please. Listen to me just this once.", he begged. "Genji, you shouldn't be pushing yourself-", she started. "The same goes for you.", Genji replied. She sighed and moved towards him. "Sit back down, this isn't good for you.", she said. The ninja hugged her, partially to hold his balance. "You do have a high temperature.", he noticed and took a step back, after letting go of her and almost stumbled back onto the bed. "Are you okay?", Mercy asked. "I'm more worried about you.", he replied. She sighed. "Fine, you're right ... I'll stay here and get well. But the same goes to you.", she said. Genji nodded.
She sat down next to him on the bed and leaned on him, her eyes closed. The ninja pulled her close to him. "You should sleep and recover.", he said. "Mhm ...", she replied, she really did sound tired and was about to fall asleep. Genji held her in his arms. Mercy fell asleep, her temperature was really high and Genji didn't know what to do. He couldn't get up and go look for someone, his legs couldn't support his weight yet. Also the ninja didn't want to wake her up, she needed to rest and maybe after she slept enough she'd be better; he told himself.
The next day, when Genji woke up, Mercy was gone. He found a note. I'm sorry I left without telling you, but I felt a lot better and the others needed my help on the battlefield. Please stay in the base and let your wounds heal. I'll be back as soon as I can. -Angela, it read. Genji sighed and got up, to try and walk a bit. His legs were still unwilling to support his weight for long and he had to sit down again. "Damn! Why can't I be of help?!", he asked himself. Again he tried to get up and walk as far as he could, then he leaned against a wall, forcing his legs to support his weight. "Come on! You can do this. Move, you'll be fine!", he thought and continued walking, slow and supporting himself with one hand on the wall. He walked to his room. It was cold inside, but he didn't mind. He sat down and gave his legs some time to rest. "Damn it all ... I always get hurt, almost killed ... And I make them worry and I put Angela in a bad situation ... I make her chose between helping me or the rest of Overwatch. I must be more careful.", he thought and laid down on his bed, staring at the ceiling.
A light started to pop up on his desk, he got up again and checked it. It was a laptop, Mercy's, that was low on battery. Genji plugged it in and sat down in front of it. A few files were opened with a lot of medical data according to the latin words. It had Genji's name all over it. One document was labeled "Day 67". He started to read. "First time the patient woke up, after the surgery. He didn't answer me at first, but I explained everything to him, I hoped he'd understand me. He coughed a lot, due to a dried throat, but the wound did not reopen again. After he drank, he told me his name was Genji. He is resting now, finally he had woken up, my efforts weren't wasted.", he read to himself. He found another opened document. "Day 0" it was labeled and he read it, now curious. "Critically wounded patient coming in. Name unknown so far. Possible recruit? I must save his life if it is as bad as Jack said. - Patient is barely even alive. Neck - severe damage, still saveable. Left forearm and hand - beyond saving. Right arm - almost cut off, beyond saving. Both legs - severely damaged, beyond saving. Cybernetics required. Blood loss is immense. But bleeding is now stopped, patient unconcious. Ein Albtraum. Will need days to save this one. At least the wound on his chest I will be able to fix without turning him into full machine. The worst wounds I've ever seen in my career." Photos had been added and Genji stared at them, the wounds, the blood. He was shocked but continued to look at each photo. When he arrived, after she cleaned up all the blood and stopped the bleeding, amputated limbs, cybernetic limbs. Genji swallowed hard. "How did she make it to keep me alive, I should have died that night ...", he told himself. "Day 42 - Running low on painkillers, tried to reduce dose. Fehlschlag. He needs every drop of the painkillers. Ordered more, helping out with staff until I have enough painkillers for him. Can't sleep and let him be alone. Tried talking to him to see any response, but no reaction at all.", he continued reading. "But I heard you ...", he whispered. "Day 33 - Breathing on his own, no support needed. I believe he can make it. Hoping for response." - "Day 68 - 4:30 a.m. Genji's wound reopened after rapid movement, as he woke from a nightmare. Wound is treated, hoping for fast recovery." - "Day 93 - He's walking his first steps again. He's doing better day by day. Support is still needed, but soon he'll be fine.", he read a few more. Every day she wrote about his condition and his treatment. "Day 556 - About one and a half year ago I saved Genji's life for the first time ... Now I know it was his brother who did that to him" - "Day 578 - Genji left to go to Nepal. I hope he can find his peace there." - "Day 2403 - Five years have passed since I last saw Genji. I hope he's well." - "Day 2410 - Genji joined us in the fight. He changed a lot and yet he didn't. He protected us once more and almost died. Wounds are deep. Legs damaged, right arm busted, faceplate destroyed. Started repair.", he read. "Up until now she wrote down everything. Seems she missed me just as much as I missed her when I went to Nepal ... I should tell her, shouldn't I?", he thought to himself and walked back to his bed. He laid down and drifted to sleep, the pictures of his broken body still on his mind.
It took almost a week until Mercy returned, she was exhausted, but happy to be back. Genji had been waiting for her. He walked over to her. She had a few small wounds and scratches here and there from the battle. "Angela ...", he started. All of a sudden she hugged him tightly. "I'm happy to see you really did stay here and waited for me to return. I'm sorry I left while you were asleep.", she said. He hugged her back. "Are you okay? Did anything bad happen?", he asked. "We ... lost some people ... I ... I couldn't help them ...", she replied, her voice giving away that she was tearing up. Genji hugged her more tightly. "You did everything you could to try and save them, I'm sure of it. You always give it your best.", he tried to cheer her up. Mercy pushed her face against his chest and nodded. She cried and sobbed silently. Genji hugged her tightly. "Angela ... You always do an amazing job as a medic on the battlefield ... We would've died long ago, if you weren't there.", he said in a soothing voice. Mercy looked at him. He wiped her tears away. "You saved many lives ... You saved mine so many times, I don't know how to thank you ...", he continued. Mercy wiped the rest of her tears away. "Thank you, Genji ...", she said, but walked away and headed to her room. Genji didn't follow, instead he went outside and sat down to meditate.
Hours later Mercy searched for him, but she couldn't find him. She searched the base until she finally walked outside and spotted Genji not too far from the entrace. He still sat there, meditating. "Genji ... There you are. I've been searching for you.", she said. "Angela ...", he looked at her and got up. "Come with me to Hanamura. Please.", he continued. "You want me to go with you? Why is that?", she asked. "I want to show you what was once my home ... And I don't know how Hanzo will react, when he sees me ... If he hasn't changed, he might try to kill me ... this time for good.", he replied. She nodded in response: "Alright. I'll come with you then." He smiled at her. "Thank you.", Genji said and walked towards her. "You are excited to go back, aren't you?", she asked with a slight chuckle. "Of course I am. It was once my home. And Hanzo is the only one, who is left of my family. I just hope he really has changed ...", he replied. Mercy nodded. "We'll see. First your wounds have to heal completely, then we can go to Hanamura.", she said and smiled at him. He smiled back.