Chapter Two
Trigger warning: This chapter contains conversation about a rape. Not in detail mind you but I just wanted to let you know as a Just in case.
Mei wakes with a start, the echo of screams fading from her ears slowly. Laying still a moment, Mei stares at the office door numb that is until the sounds start to filter into her brain. Soft sighs and moans, little whimpers and cries told her that someone, a couple of someone's, were having a very good time. Blushing, Mei sits up and turns to get out of bed and leave, but someone is sitting in a chair on the other side of the bed startling her.
Satya gave her a smile, not paying attention to the soft noises coming from the swiss doctor's office. Constructing an elegant tea set out of hard light, the light mancer begins going about making tea for her and Mei. As she moved about the kitchenette that was tucked in the corner of the bay, she could see Mei's reflection through the clouded glass of the doctor's office. A smile formed on her face as she watched her little friend turn redder and redder as the sounds began to grow in volume. With the water finally done, she grabs the kettle and walks back to the side of the med bed that held an embarrassed and, Satya dared to say, flushed scientist.
She finished steeping the tea and pours some into a small hard light cup then places it in Mei's tiny hands, a small honey stick laying across the top of the small cup. Taking her seat again with her own cup of tea, she crosses her legs and looks at the young woman." From the look on your face when you first awoke, I could swear you were trying to escape." She said as she blew lightly over her cup. Yet before Mei could respond, a loud crash was heard from the office, causing Satya to give a tiny smile. " They seem to be enjoying themselves." She said watching as Mei turned even redder and redder. " Yes, it seems so. " Mei whispered as she looked at the glass window then back to her tea, stirring the honey in slowly. Another blush came over her features as they heard the couple again."Maybe they think I am still asleep." She mumbled. "Perhaps." said the architect. "Perhaps."
To distract her friend from asking questions about her flashback, Mei asked about the woman's partners. If there was one thing Satya love more than the hard light she worked with was talking about her two lovers. " How are your girls?" And just like that, Mei managed to turn the conversation in her favor. She was glad for the distraction, it kept her from Imaging what was happening just a few feet away. As they spoke, Mei could feel herself growing sleepy. It was hard to keep her eyes open. Looking at her tea, she pouts. " You drugged me, Satya. That's not...very..." Mei tried with all her might to keep her eyes open, she truly did but the warmth of the tea and now the drugs in her system made sure she never finished her sentence. The climatologist had fallen fast asleep.
The architect gives a soft chuckle as she takes the cup and places it on the side. She tucks Mei back under the covers, then turns to leave the room only to see Zarya and Lena watching her. She waves them out of the infirmary and closes the door behind her. As she turns around she managed to catch Lena as the younger woman jumped into her arms. " You big softy you." Satya rolls her eyes but there was a loving smile on her face. "I don't know what you are talking about." Lena pulls back, her legs wrapped around the slim woman. " Uh huh, sure you don't."
Several hours later
Mei opened her eyes slowly, licking her lips at how dry they felt. She had the worse case of cotton mouth she's ever had. Bringing her hand up to her forehead, she held it there for a moment another soft moan falling from her mouth." Ugh…" Damn Satya for blocking her escape. Damn that woman for drugging her! She huffed and fell back against the pillows, eyes glancing over to the office. Logically she knew that Satya did the right thing, otherwise she would be back in her room working on her research to avoid thinking about her dreams. That still didn't mean she would forgive the woman easily. She brings her hand down as she glances at Angela's office. The window was still in privacy mode which meant she could sneak out if she was quick enough.
Another quick glance at the door, she begins to take off the monitoring equipment. For all their advances in medicine, she thought that they would have figured a way to avoid the glue that some of the medical scanners still used. She was pulling off one of the last electrodes from her side when she heard movement coming from the office. Shit, she thought to herself. Moving Quickly she takes off the rest of the electrodes and manages to slip off the bed, only to find herself nearly tripping over the chair. She froze for just a moment, gripping the chair tightly as she waiting to see if the office door would open. She lets out a tiny sigh of relief realizing that they didn't hear it. Wasting no time she in trying to make her escape to freedom, she lets the chair go gently and makes a beeline towards the door. Almost there, she thought to herself. She thinks that she's made it. Her hand turning doorknob when she heard a familiar voice. " Where do you think you are going?" Fuck, well I almost made it. Mei thought to herself as she braced herself for what was coming. The tone told her just how much trouble she was in. It was a tone everyone respected and feared all at once. The good doctor knew how to use it too.
"Mei?" She heard Angela call out to her but Mei didn't move,didn't even turn around to face one of the women she had fallen in love with. She kept her eyes were on the doorknob thinking that all she had to do was turn the knob and make her escape. Yet her body betrayed her and found herself looking over her shoulder at Angela. The doctor was closing up a silk robe that Zenyatta had given them to help them get back to their rooms. She always thought the golden color made Angela's eyes a brighter blue than they already were. "Yes?" She said weakly, cringing at the sound of her voice. It was hoarse and scratchy. She didn't remember it sounding like that while she spoke with Satya. She closed her eyes as she berated herself for sounding so weak in front of her. Yet instead of hearing that angelic voice again, she felt a hand wrap around her own. It pulled her hand away from the door and turned her around gently as elegant fingers tilted her head upward.
"Mei?" Said the soft voice but Mei refused to open her eyes. That is until the two women heard a loud thump, and several curse words in Arabic floated over to them from the doctor's office. Soon Fareeha appeared in the doorway still cursing a mile a minute. " I don't know why I have to wear a robe! " She growled as she tried slipping her arm through one of the sleeves that was not cooperating with her. " If the men can go shirtless why can't I?"
Mei let out a little yelp and promptly turned around. This was not how she was hoping to see the Egyptian's breasts for the first time, not that she minded. They were a gorgeous set,a nice perky C cup. The perfect hand full with just a little more overflowing from her hands. Those dusky nipples begging to be...wait they were speaking to ! She turns to look at the two women. A feeling of disappointment rushed through her when she notices Fareeha's robe was closed. She prayed that she had schooled her features enough for them not to notice but when she looks up at a pair of blue and brown eyes she realized she was found out.
Mei heard Angela chuckled softly at her then felt those soft hands taking hers, "Back to bed,Mei." The young scientist wanted to fight her, wanted to say that she didn't need to go back to that bed. Her bed was perfectly fine, and she said as such. " My bed is fine. I do not need to stay here." But all she received was a cocked eyebrow, and a finger pointing to the bed. She felt another tug on her hand, causing her shoulders to sag. A soft push on her lower back caused her to jump slightly, and look back at Fareeha.
The woman gave Mei a roguish grin but said nothing to her nor did the Egyptian remove her hand from the small of Mei's lower back. It was then that it dawned on Mei that all that stood between Fareeha's hand and her back was her very thin tank top. "Into the bed, Mei or am I going to have to carry you?" But the tall woman didn't give Mei a chance to even respond. With an ease that astonished Mei, Fareeha scooped up the shorter woman in a bridal carry.
Mei let out a tiny eep, arms wrapping around Fareeha's neck. " Put me down, Fareeha!" But her voice was raspy due to her screams during her flashback as well from disuse over the past few hours. She was also quite aware that she was a bigger girl and didn't want Fareeha to hurt her back. Not that she wasn't healthy, in fact for her size she was healthier than some of the others in overwatch. It was well known that Hana consumed too much sugar, Satya didn't have enough meat in her diet while McCree and Reinhart had too much.
"Nein, Mei. Fareeha, Place her back on the bed while I reset the sensors." Angela said in a tone that bore no argument in Mei's mind that if she tried to leave again that there would be hell to pay. She also had the feeling she wouldn't get too far, especially with Fareeha on duty with her. So resigning herself to the knowledge that she was staying in the med bay for another night she watched as the doctor begins replacing the electrodes that Mei had pulled off.
A cringe came over her face as the doctor redid the IV in her arm. "If you would have stayed in bed we would not be redoing this." Mei looked away, feeling small at her words. " How did you figure out I was out of the bed in the first place?" She said softly, eyes on a piece of thread that had managed to unravel from the sheet. She heard Fareeha give a soft chuckle and finally looks up into those dark chocolate eyes. Those eyes drawing her in like the sirens of Greek Mythology. "One word...McCree." Mei rolls her eyes letting herself get a bit more comfortable in the bed. " Ahhh….That makes sense." She said softly still looking at everything but the two women in the room.
Fareeha couldn't help but chuckle a bit inside. No one wanted to confront the elephant in the room it would seem, not even her at the moment. She desperately wanted to know about the tattoo, but also desperately wanted to lean in and kiss the woman to take away the fear she saw in those eyes. Eyes that refused to look at either her or Angela. Any other thought she had was pushed to the side when she heard Angela speaking. "Yes, McCree and Lena are both known for their little disappearing acts from the infirmary." The doctor said softly as she adjusted the IV once again. Mei gave a tiny nod as she looked up at the doctor. " True." Mei cringed as she saw those blue eyes. They were giving her a warning not to try again. A warning the little scientist was going to follow, well at least for now.
Once the IV and electrodes were connected securely, Angela sat on the edge of the bed and looked down at the younger woman. " Care to tell me about the bruising?" The couple watched as the Chinese woman became as cold as the ice she worked with. " What bruising?" But Angela had dealt with tougher patients and merely cocked an eyebrow up. " The bruising that covered more than thirty-three percent of your body. " Mei went to speak but Angela merely held her hand up. " As well as the three badly healed broken bones, a broken nose that I can excuse from the escort yesterday." Mei's eyes flicked to Fareeha, then back at Angela. The blonde had her arms crossed and was staring sternly at her. Mei's eyes widen as she saw fire in those blue eyes. The normal sweet doctor was furious with her. " Yes, Fareeha told me about that idiotic yet heroic move you did that saved the team and the escort. In fact, Reinhart was quite adamant that If it wasn't for your little bot freezing you when he did, you would have died. "
Mei had seen Angela mad. In fact, her temper was legendary to those who visited the infirmary often enough. It wasn't a stormy temper say like Lena's temper, nor was it explosive like Torbjorn's. Mei thought that maybe it was a mixture of Fareeha's quickness of wit, mixed with a dash of explosiveness that was all her own. The young woman's ice wall cracked under the gaze and looked away. She couldn't actually tell them that she had almost welcomed death. The pain she lived with from the dark secret she carried inside of her. The Chosen one people called her because she survived while the others didn't. If they only knew how true that was.
" We only have enough power to keep one pod running indefinitely." Siliant said quietly. " The pods will shut down one by one until the chosen pod is able to run on its own." Everyone looked around, knowing that only one of them would get out alive if Overwatch didn't come retrieve them as soon as possible. They decided to literally draw straws to see who would be the one to survive.
Mei opened her shaking hand slowly, tears streaming down her face as she realized what the outcome of her life and the life of her unborn children as well. Her little boy would never get to see the sunsets on the pack ice, nor would her daughter get to fly beneath the waves to see new ocean creatures. Everyone had known about Mei's pregnancy, it wasn't a secret considering that the father was now in custody for the rape of three other scientists besides Mei and out of the four women Mei was the only one to become pregnant.
"Mei, show us your straw." Siliant's tone told her that he knew that she had the longer straw. She looks up at everyone, then opens her hands revealing the offending item. Siliant walks over to her, takes her straw and slides his in her hand. " You've already been through hell, besides…" He gives her a sad smile and places a tender hand on her belly. " you have more to live for than I do."
The Kenyan doctor said to her, then winks at her. " You know Kito is a good name for a boy or girl. Not saying you need to name your children after me or anything." He says with a wide smile, causing the mother to be cry even harder but now these were tears of relief and a dash of guilt. He pulls her into a deep hug and whispers in her ear. " Keep looking for those in your dream, Ling. I promise you those women are waiting."
What the scientists hadn't expected was to wake up when it was their turn to die, so each time she awoke she heard their screams, their pounding on the walls as the liquid overcomes them. Some managing to scream out that they didn't want to die, others cursed her but when it was Siliant's turn she heard him laugh one last time and his words. " Remember Kito is good for a girl and a boy and find those girls, Mei! Find them and have the family you've always wanted! Make the world a better place like we dreamed!"
Angela watched as Mei began to tremble and her eyes began to glaze over. She quickly took a hold of Mei's shoulder and shook it lightly. " Mei." She frowns as she sees the woman begin to slump back against the pillows. "Mei...Mei!" Angela shook the woman a tad harder but got no response. Suddenly the monitors began beeping wildly causing Angela to leap off the bed to read the screens. What she saw made her heart drop in fear. Her heart rate was skyrocketing to levels she had never seen, but it was the brain impulses that she was receiving that frightened her the most. " We need to pull her out of that flash back and quickly." She said with more calm than she was feeling.
Fareeha thinks for a moment, then looks to Angela. " Don't hate me because I got to do this first." Angela gave her wife an odd look but then Fareeha was leaning over the bed, hand cupping the Chinese woman's cheek and kissing those full plump lips. Angela watched with wide eyes as her normally reserved wife kissed the woman they both had fallen for. But being the professional she was, she turned her attention to the monitors. A smile gracing her lips as she sees Mei's vitals going back to normal. "That's one way to break a flash back."