The powerful yell was one that Mercy remembered as a battle cry, one that belonged to none other than Genji Shimada. She had no idea why he was here but a part of her lit up as he saw the flash of steel coming from above. As her head jerked upwards, she got her first full look at the man who she was hoping was here to rescue her from Gabriel and his little gang. He was mostly the same, the suit he wore the same white and silver getup that he had been given after the surgeries and other work to keep him alive. What would have been pangs of regret and sorrow, fueled by what Mercy had done to the boy, were instead ones of pride and hope. If it had not been for her doing what she had done, the man she was looking upon wouldn't be here. She would have been without any form of savior. What soon struck Mercy as odd was an aura that now surrounded the man. He looked to be on fire, or at least, his eyes and blade were soaked and emanating a bright green charge. She could feel pressure being applied to her body from the force that the man was applying as he came closer, the end of his blade sticking straight down and aiming for Gabriel's head.
Time seemed to slow as Genji got closer, Mercy hearing the sounds of Amelie and Sombra readying their weapons behind her. Gabriel seemed to be unfazed though. His face did not show any signs of fear, anger, or even remote unhappiness. It made Mercy uneasy to look at him, her eyes unable to pull away as she waited for what she knew was coming. The sound of steel piercing Gabriel's skull and brain. She wasn't sure as to the exact angle that Genji was coming in at, but there was no way that she was getting out of this without a bit of blood on her suit. As her body tensed up to prepare for what she assumed was coming, her eyes flickered down at the slight movement of Gabriel's covered hand.
Suddenly Gabriel spun to face the attacker, his left arm cocking into position and releasing that gauntlet covered fist directly into Genji's gut. The cyborg realizing that he couldn't stop himself from falling forward in time to dodge. The sound of air being knocked from his lungs, mixed with the slight pang of metal smashing into the rebuilt body was slightly sickening, mercy unable to look away as she watched Genji go flying towards the other end of the room.
"GABRIEL STOP!" She pleaded as she turned her focus back to the man, his smile wider than before, psychotic and hungry for more chance to prove his power. He took a deep breath and whistled to himself as he began to walk towards the still grounded cyborg.
"Little Sparrow Shimada. I never would have thought that a crybaby like you would ever have the stones to kill a man. Let alone in such a cheap fashion. Forgive me if I don't applaud your sloppy efforts." Gabriel smirked as he waited for Genji to stand back up at least, obviously toying with the would be assassin.
"Do not act as though you know me Reyes. We were never comrades and we will only be enemies for a very short time." The cyborg brought his blade back up to position, still emanating that green aura as he charged headfirst at his target.
"Oh come now Genji, are you really this slow a learner?" Gabriel brought his hands up, seemingly preparing for a hand to hand fight as the gauntlet glowed in response to Genji's blade doing the same.
Mercy felt her mind growing hazy as she watched the clash of the two men. Genji was swinging his blade faster than she could keep up with, only hearing the dings and clangs of his attacks hitting nothing but the gauntlet as Gabriel was able to match each and every attack with his own. They moved from spot to spot, with Genji jumping away to get a new angle of attack before charging in and swinging, to no avail.
She had to do something, but what? If she stepped in, she was sure that Genji's caring nature would take over distracting him. She knew that this would cost him his second chance at life that she had given him. She couldn't readily attack Gabriel from behind either as her fear of him outweighed any chance she saw of doing worthwhile damage. She heard Amelie and Sombra behind her making small talk, her ears prickling as she listened.
"Should we help out Gabe? Little Sparrow has changed from what I've been reading. He's all at peace or something like that."
"No, let Gabriel have his fun. I would rather him die than suffer any consequences of interfering. Especially with that damnable gauntlet now."
"So we just sit here and hope ninja boy doesn't want to lop our heads off either?" Sombra sounded rather nervous now, while Amelie remained calm as she spoke.
"If by some chance Gabriel loses, you can hack little Genji, correct? It might not do much but it will buy us some time. You know where we will meet up." If Mercy didn't know any better, she would say that Amelie almost sounded as though she cared about Sombra. Though she was more certain that it was merely to back up the story that she would have to tell their bosses should Gabriel die to Genji's blade.
Mercy's eyes snapped up as she heard one clash louder than the others, both men a good distance from each other and panting audibly. Genji seemed much more worn though, his stance looking diminished as his blade wasn't held as high as before.
"Getting tired, little Shimada? Perhaps I should have had Widow bring Hanzo back with her. Killing him might have gotten a good fight out of you!" Gabriel taunted his opponent, his true colors showing to Mercy and the rest of them as he began to cackle, cracking his knuckles as he stood up straight.
"Enough defense, time to see what my gauntlet can really do..." Gabriel pulled a shotgun from his coat, as if from thin air and began to unload the thing towards Genji. The pellets were reflected right back at him thanks to Genji's reflexes though with every shot Mercy noted that Genji was losing ground, having to back up from the onslaught. Before his back hit the wall, Genji grabbed the wakizashi that was attached to the lower part of his back, throwing the blade not at Gabriel's face, but instead at his feet. Gabriel himself was so focused on shooting and getting close enough to punch the man that he only barely noticed the sliver of light that was aimed towards his foot.
"AUGH!" He let out a loud and pained cry as the blade hit it's mark with deadly accuracy, the sharpness of the blade allowing a direct stab through the man's foot and the ground itself, effectively planting Gabriel in place. He dropped his gun as his entire attention went to his foot as it began to bleed slowly. Gabriel's right hand reached down and grabbed the hilt of the blade, doing his best to try and pull the thing from his foot to no avail. Genji took a slight breather as he rested against the cool wall, watching the man doing his best to pull his foot free from the pain and injury.
"Give up Gabriel. I do not want to have to kill you in front of Angela. She doesn't need to see that." Genji stood once more as he caught his breath, his aura diminishing as he put his katana back into it's sheathe. He then flexed his right arm and hand, with three shuriken soon rolling out and between his fingers. He clutched them tightly, taking a few steps closer to the man who was still feverishly trying to pull the blade from his foot, though he had only managed to make the wound worse.
Mercy looked on, a small smile starting to spread along her lips as she was more than sure that this was it. Even if Genji wouldn't kill the man, they could leave. It was obvious that Gabriel was stuck in place and wouldn't be going anywhere anytime soon. As Genji stepped in closer to Gabriel, the wounded man began to shake uncontrollably, obviously stricken with rage at his predicament.
"NO. THIS ISN'T HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO. THIS GAUNTLET WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME INVINCIBLE!" He began to pound the floor below him, the glowing gauntlet starting to get brighter as the man screamed.
"I'LL... I'LL... I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU. ALL OF OVERWATCH, EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU DAMNED BUGS. I'LL SQUASH YOU LIKE THE PATHETIC WORMS YOU ARE!" Gabriel had lost it now, the gauntlet blinding Mercy with how bright it was currently. The next thing she could hear was the sound of a pained cry followed by another, though both of them were from different sources.
As the blinding light dimmed a bit, Mercy's heart dropped. Gabriel was back on his feet, the blade removed from his foot and being gripped tightly by the gauntlet covered hand. On the other side of the blade was Genji, the thing sticking through his side all the way to the hilt.
Gabriel was laboriously panting, a demented smile plastered upon his face as he sat there and held Genji up by the blade, twisting the thing without a care in the world. More pained cries filled the room as Genji bled, the floor below him soon becoming splattered with the dark crimson life force.
"How's that feel Sparrow? Hurts like a fucker, don't it? Really makes you wish you were dead, huh? Well don't worry, that part comes soon enough... but see, I want to hear you beg for it. I want to hear you beg the reaper to bring the sweet release of death. I want you to die knowing that you did nothing. You didn't protect anyone, you didn't stop anything. If there's anything that you did... it was making me realize that there is no pity for creatures like you." Gabriel pushed on the sword a bit, causing a spurt of blood to fall as Genji gasped and groaned in pain. Mercy watched in horror, before she realized that Gabriel was now looking at her with that crazed look in his eye.
'Oh god please no...' She thought to herself.
Gabriel licked his lips a bit and curled his finger at the woman, beckoning her towards him for an unknown reason. Mercy felt as though she wouldn't be able to move, but suddenly her feet were stepping. She was making her way towards the scene that she wanted nothing to do with. What was going on? This couldn't be happening.
As she drew closer though, she felt... strange. Emotions flooded her head, but they were jumbled and mixing ones. The more she stepped towards Gabriel, the more her mind was making to be a hero, a savior of her and the other. After all, Genji had been the one to attack Gabriel. Without warrant at that. Mercy shook her head a bit, the thoughts not hers but she couldn't deny them long before they came flooding back.
"Angela... dear... I have a favor to ask of you..." Gabriel chuckled as he looked from the woman to Genji and then back to her, his eyes a different color than before. They almost looked like...
"Kill this intruder, won't you?"
Mercy's eyes were wide, slight streaks of tears running down her face as she tried to fight the thoughts that were invading her mind. Her hand reached out almost out of instinct, as though she had done something like this before. Her fingers curled as she fought the feelings, knowing that deep down this wasn't right. There was nothing proper about this. But Gabriel had done so much for her! He had saved her from what could have been a lonely existence! Except she wanted nothing to do with him, but she wanted everything to do with him. Her brain felt as though it was about to explode, her left hand reaching up and clutching at her temple.
"Angela... I'm waiting..." Gabriel was starting to sound impatient and it didn't take invading thoughts to tell Mercy that that wasn't a good thing. She swallowed hard as she fought against the voice in her head, the control over her body starting to fade as she pulled back and shook her head.
"NO! This is wrong Gabriel! This doesn't have to be the way we do things!" She held her head as the pain increased for her disobedience, though the distraction was enough to make use of.
Genji brought his legs up swiftly, feet planting on Gabriel's chest before he pushed away with quite an astonishing amount of strength for someone who had been bleeding out.
"NOW!" The cyborg shouted before landing directly on his back in his own blood, his hands instantly coming to the now open wound as the blade that had been inside him clinked to the floor.
Gabriel was caught off guard once more as he was kicked away from his prey, his body turning slightly to see a giant form heading straight at him from the hole in the wall that he had created with his first test of power.
"TAKE THIS YOU TRAITOR!"