True to his word, Jack walked in alone. "How many followed you here?" Reaper growled.
"No one, just me." He said. Reaper looked down at me and I turned my head, looking around the room, spotting anything outside. I then looked up at Reaper and shook my head.
"How many?"
"One." I answered him and Reaper hissed grabbing his shotguns.
"You lie, Morrison."
"Right, right." He said raising his hand. "I figured she could use a doctor so..." he turned slightly and called out a name. Then Mercy walked in smiling lightly. "I brought her along to help."
"Why the sudden kindness?"
"You ended a ten year war that almost destroyed all of humanity. At least, for the night, I can put aside our differences and offer aid."
"So you say, but can you be so assured I feel the same?" Reaper hissed.
"That's for you to say, Reyes."
"Just...for the night." I whispered softly. "We can't fight, Reaper, not right now." I looked up at him and he stared at me before nodding slightly and looking back at 76.
"Only for the night." Reaper hissed.
Mercy smiled and approached the two of us, she then kneeled down in front of me and began looking me over, but Reaper stood close by, watching.
"I want the story, in full." Jack said and Reaper said nothing, only watched the two of them.
"In full?" I asked and he nodded. "It starts a long time ago, Jack, are you sure you want the full story?"
"Even if it takes all night."
Sighing I nodded, "Alright. I was raised by an Omnic parent, and robot, I was an orphan and it raised me, taught me all that I know about healing people, protecting people. When the Omnics attacked the first time, I offered my aid, as you know. Ghalt found my parent and killed him."
"Why single him out?" Mercy asked and I glanced down frowning.
"He knew Ghalt's secret. Ghalt was secretly an Omnic, helping run Overwatch to prove Omnics were not truly bad. It was a pure intention, then Ghalt began turning dark. He discovered humanity would never adapt to living alongside Omnic, so he staged a war."
"The first crisis?" Jack asked.
I nodded, "this war was supposed to end as the second crisis did but...it didn't quite happen that way."
"Because he died." Mercy said and I glanced up at Jack.
"Because you killed him." He said causing me to nod again.
"I will admit, at the time, I did not know Ghalt's true intentions. I only knew he killed my parent, someone who would do no harm to anyone or anything. It was later on when I was kidnapped by the newly resurrected Ghalt that I learned of what was really going on."
"Then how did you two end up killing him again and ending the war?"
"I was offered a sizeable reward, all I had to do was turn her into Ghalt. We were allowed to freely walk into the base with no challenge." Reaper said and I nodded.
"We staged a show, he turned me in, and together we destroyed the base. Simple as that."
"But...why?" Jack asked. "Neither of you care about what happens to humanity. Reyes, you want to destroy all of Overwatch and you, Phoenix want the same."
"Do we?" I asked before Reaper could say anything. Mercy then slowly stood, pulling out her staff, but hesitated. "Reaper wanted to kill everyone who betrayed him. You, betrayed him."
"So, you are twisted by his lies too?" He hissed.
I shifted in my chair, wincing slightly. "I was never, formally, apart of Overwatch, so I could see everything as the public does. Overwatch led the way in protecting the people. Leading front lines, protecting innocents, and in covert ops to stop serious threats."
"Yes, so?" Jack asked.
"Who always received all of the credit? He said nothing. "Jack Morrison. Leader of Overwatch, oversaw every step, every plan, every actions, he got all the credit for everything good that ever happened to Overwatch. Got a statue erected in his honor. He was seen as a hero. But what about the other face running Overwatch? Doing all the dirty work? The covert? Blackwatch? Every single thing Blackwatch did, you received credit for, not Reyes. I will admit, he is volatile, violent, brash, and his anger is hard to control, so you should have seen him approaching you on this at some point, just not to the extent it ended up being."
"Thanks to that wonderful conversation, we ended up sparking the hatred for Overwatch, destroying an entire headquarters and killing many innocent lives." Jack growled glaring at Reaper.
"And out of all the lives killed that day, who was dragged from the rubble and revived?" I said, once again before Reaper could say anything. "Jack Morrison. Brought back to life, given a new purpose, because he was the hero, the leader, of Overwatch. And what happened to the man named Gabriel Reyes?" Silence in the room. "He was left to decay in the rubble of the headquarters. Not even his supposed friend, Jack Morrison would have sent a team in to find him. Instead, that same Jack Morrison would take over the disloyal members of Blackwatch and fit them into Overwatch while running off those loyal to Reyes. Thus, sparking the hatred you now know."
Only silence filled the room for a long minute or two.
Sighing I looked away, "and then, you fed into Ghalt's hands without even knowing it. Processing every Omnic in existence, as if they were cattle. While I do understand the severity of the issue, you were played and thus thanks to your actions, sparked an uprising within the Omnic factions, which led to the second crisis. This is all coming from someone who saw all of Overwatch from the eyes of the public." Still, only silence. I looked at Mercy and smiled lightly. "As for me, I don't like killing. I avoid it as much as I possibly can. You sent those agents after me, I tried talking them into leaving me alone, but seeing as I could either kill them, or be killed, I protected myself. I never hunter anyone except Ghalt, and you." I said looking back over at 76. "If I didn't kill you, you would keep sending agents my way and I wanted to live in peace and you wouldn't listen to reason."
"So, Reaper, you are killing the Overwatch agents that betrayed you? Is that this mission you were on?" Jack asked, but Reaper said nothing. "And what now, now that all of those agents you worked with are dead or retired, will you still hunt after them?" Still no answer. "I will be there to stop you, if you so try."
"Try me." Reaper hissed.
"Boys, now, now. We promised we'd get along tonight." Mercy said with a nervous chuckle. "And...I do have a patient to care for so I'd rather not heal anyone else up tonight."
"I'm fine, Mercy. Your healing won't do my any good, I need sunlight. I appreciate your offering." I said lightly, smiling just gently up at her.
"Are you sure?"
"I am, thank you."
"Alright then." She said lowering her staff.
"Are we done here, or are there more questions that need to be answered?" I asked looking over at 76, there was no response. "It isn't like you can't track us down if you have any more questions."
"We've been tracking him down for ten years." He snapped pointing at Reaper.
"I meant it as a joke, Jack." I mused, thought he wasn't interested in hearing it. "If that's all, I would like to rest the night. I promise you, for the time being we will behave. The world needs to rebuild after all."
"And are you going to stay here?" Mercy asked.
"Why would we tell you that? So you can send your army in and kill us?" Reaper hissed.
"No. Gibralta is a safe zone. I owe you that much. This place, is yours. In light of recent actions, I am clearing your ledger, both of you. Anything that happened in the past is gone as far as I am concerned. Any step outside the line of right, we will hunt you down."
"Understood." I said and they stared at us a moment before heading towards the door. "Oh, 76?" I called out and he turned to look. "when you return to te main city and make the announcement...make sure you give credit where credit is due. We will hear the news. So try not to lie, yea?"
"You two will be named, you two saved all of humanity." He said and they both left. We waited a long while to make sure they were gone for good before I let out a soft sigh.
"Go ahead, say it." I muttered.
"Say what?"
"You're pissed at me for my actions, I nearly died, for answering all the question, cutting you off. Say it."
"No." He answered simply and began walking away from me.
"Where are you going?" I asked sitting upright.
"Our mission is complete, we have nothing further to do with one another." He said and it felt like I was stabbed through the heart. I didn't even know what to say, how to react, was this real? I forced myself to stand, though my legs were shaky for a brief second. I watched his body fade off into shadow and then I was alone.