Shadows and Dust

Chapter 11


Zenyatta stood silent as he boarded a small boat, then finally turned around to face Reaper as he got on, "Are you sure you're ready for this perilous task, Agent of Death?" he asked and looked at him.

Reaper reloaded his shotguns with some mystical matter and looked blankly at him.

"From here on out, there must be a great price paid to return back to the Realm of the Living." Zenyatta warned, "Even for you, Death." he spoke and tapped the boat with his feet.

Immediately, the gates at the back of the boat closed and the small vessel started to lumber forward across what appeared to be a vast river whose waters were extremely cloudy and filled with bones.

Reaper was perplexed by the water, as it seemed to lure him in.

"Beware the waters, Agent of Death." Zenyatta warned as he pushed the man away from the starboard, "For if you fall in, you may never come out." he held him in the center.

"What's the big deal with this place?" Reaper growled as he looked around the sullen area, "All gloomy and shit." he grunted as he walked to the keel of the ship.

"This is just the beginning, my apprentice." Zenyatta spoke, "There be more horrors deeper in the Infraworld... but there also be your loved one." he counteracted, "Now we are crossing the River of Lost Dreams, where all souls abandoned the lives they had or could have had." he said and saw Reaper look overboard again.

The man was mesmerized by the mysterious waters, until he saw a very bitter sight.
What appeared to be some kind of life event with his grandfather appeared in the murky waters, and it was a sight that terribly displeased Reaper.

"What the hell..." Reaper growled as the life event shifted to that summer of discord, where he saw himself hugging his dear abuela-

All a facade.

"This fuc-" Reaper was stopped by Zenyatta from jumping in, "Let me go!" he roared and tried to dive.

"You have much to learn!" Zenyatta used all his might to hold back the furious man, "Enough!" he pushed him away, "These are but visions! Nothing that affect the course of your life!" he scolded Reaper, only to get a grunt in return.

The boat groaned as it hit ground, opening the keel in order to let the two out.

"Come, your task is at hand, and it is best you finish it quickly- Lest you stay here forever." Zenyatta advised as he hovered off, "Let not the waters of Lost Dreams devour you, Death, for you will also become their victim." he said, urging the man not to walk to the shoreline.

Reaper growled, then released a couple of Hellfire shots into the water out of spite, "Next time I see you again.." he told the river, "There won't be a Boaty McBoatface stopping me..." he kicked the keel of the ship, sending back adrift.

Zenyatta sighed, then grabbed Reaper's arm as the landscape turned to one of a scorching desert- this time in color.

"I hate this place already." Reaper grunted as he started to feel the effects of the heat, "Reminds me of Durango." he complained, then stopped feeling the festering solar rays assault his body, "Que madre?"

"You are not dead- yet." Zenyatta chuckled as he saw Reaper's confusion, "You will not feel any of the trials of the Infraworld if you are alive." he informed, "And I don't feel them because this is not my area."

Reaper shrugged his shoulders and continued walking forward, then saw a lone man sitting on a stone, wiping his brow in pain.

"I know that man." Zenyatta commented as the two walked towards the stranger, "This is the brother of my brightest pupil, Genji." he raised his finger and saw the middle aged man with a black ponytail.

"Sucks to be him." Reaper commented as he saw the man was clearly dismayed by the heat, "What did you do, vato?" he asked the man, however, the man did not respond.

"Ah... It's you." the man grumbled as he caught notice of Reaper, "It is you who have brought me to this terrible place." he stood up and glared at the man.

"This is the Realm of the Violent." Zenyatta told Reaper, completely unnoticed by the man.

"Remember my name!" the man pointed at Reaper, "Remember my name, Death! I am Hanzo Shimada! And this is my domain!" the man kicked the sand, however it all went through Reaper's body.

"..." Reaper stood silent as Hanzo stood defiant.

"You have dragged me down here to suffer for my wrath." Hanzo growled, "Yet you do not know the stakes of honor I had to sacrifice!"

"What did you do?" Reaper crossed his arms and rolled his eyes, "Pray tell."

"You should already know!" Hanzo spat, "I tried to kill my own brother!" he raised his arms in the air, "And now this demonic sun is trying to kill me for all eternity!" he stepped back and turned away.

"Hanzo tried to kill Genji due to the latter trying to abandon the Shimada clan." Zenyatta spoke, "Now, for his violence, he suffers the violence of a thousand suns bearing down on him." he commented at the man's terrible position, "We should move on now, there's is nothing much to see here."

"Hmph." Reaper grunted as he let Hanzo wander off with others of his kind, then followed Zenyatta, "Hey, Zenny. Why didn't that little islander see you back there?" he asked, quiet curious.

"I am only your guide, Agent of Death." Zenyatta responded wisely as he hovered around a stone, "Have you seen your Amelie yet?" he asked as the man looked around.

"No." Reaper answered, not catching sight of her, "That's odd, she was pretty violent." he chuckled and looked at the sand below him, "One of the things that turned me on-" he paused when Zenyatta stopped.

A large mountain with massive gates stood in front of them.

"This will take us deeper." Zenyatta spoke as he stood in front of the gates, "Maybe your loved one will be in this Realm."

Reaper walked next to the wise Omnic and looked at the gates.

ENTERING THE REALM OF GREED

"Hey hey!" the man yelled and pointed at the omnic, "Amelie was not a greedy rat! You take that back!" he told him.

"I never said she was." Zenyatta shrugged his shoulders and stood next to the gates, "The honors?" he said.

Reaper grunted and touched the gates, only to receive a terrible headache as soon as he did.

DIE DIE DIE!
The Reaper and his Death Blossom consumed his enemies, leaving a trail of bloodshed behind him.

"I will destroy Overwatch, no matter the cost!"

"What the hell!?" Reaper stepped away from the gate as he received the ghastly vision, "Zen!"

"It seems you too have been Violent." Zenyatta briefly said, and then opened the gate for him.

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The two stepped in to what appeared to be a... factory.

"The Realm of Greed."