The two had finally reached Genji's apartment, when Genji budged the door open it was visible that they had been gone far too long. There was a fowl stench in the apartment coming from the kitchen. It seemed the power was turned off and the food from the fridge had spoiled. Pile upon bills and spam cluttered the front door to the apartment. At least a few weeks worth to what Mercy could estimate.

The two had not said much to one another and even when they had returned they had kept quiet. Mercy was far too afraid to say anything to Genji; she was still in guilt from doing such a thing to him, and she could not so easily forgive herself although Genji told her opposite. Genji however was the first to speak,"I think it's best if we move and find a fresh start." Mercy although it tore her up, she felt that living and running away was not an option anymore,"I think I should head home Genji… I've put you through enough pain… and suffering, Junkenstein is not likely to come after me again seeing as he let us leave without a fight."

Genji reacted quick to Mercy proposal, the thought of Mercy leaving sadden him in a way, but he wouldn't admit such a thing to himself, his stubborn quality got the better of him; instead of opposing to her decision he smiled and agreed. Deep down Mercy had thought he would have put up more of a fight, but seeing as how little she meant to him it just made her decision more liable.

Mercy did not smile, she could not directly look at Genji, her head tilted down as she spoke in a soft manner,"before I leave let me look at you arm just to make sure their isn't anything wrong with it." Genji seemed rather taken back as if she was saying she was leaving and never coming back. Genji however did not ask her if this was true, he had sat quietly as she inspected his arm. It had hurt and was sore, but at the same time he was stronger and could feel the power that grew within him. Although, he was even more less of a man than before he wouldn't blame Mercy for what had happened, even if he knew she had burden herself. This barrier he put up keeping Mercy from getting too close to him, had resulted in pushing her way.

"It looks good on you, the arm they created is rather special." Mercy spoke softly again, and pressed a button on the arm that opened a secret department within the mechanics of the arm. "It seems some type of storage for a weapon, I'm on the fence of what type of weapon, but I am sure you will figure it out." Genji gawked at his newly operated arm, he used his real hand to trace his fingertips over the steel frame of his arm. He himself pressed the button and the small department shut, he looked up when he had heard Mercy speak once more,"it might hurt and feel weird for the time being, but it will subside with time." Mercy still however looked down, she could feel Genji's cold stare and she was too afraid if she had looked up to him her emotions would get the better of her and she wouldn't be able to leave.

Mercy turned to face the other way, their was a moment of silence which was later filled with the eerie sound of rain pattered against the window to the apartment. Mercy had thought she heard Genji mumbled something to himself, but Mercy did not stay to listen she grabbed her bag and headed out into the cold dense wetness of the night. In the back of her mind she wanted so much for Genji to stop her, to say something but with every step she took it seemed that reality would never happen. As she had reached the corner of the street she had made the mistake of looking back, when nobody was their looking back at her this tore through her heart.

I was a fool.

To ever think there was something more.

I was truly a fool.

Why are goodbyes so much harder than saying hello?

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One year later

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Mercy still lived on, she had not forgotten of her first unrequited loved, but she had come into terms that sometimes things just don't work out. At first the days that followed seemed so long without him, but she had changed her number and where she lived. A month upon leaving him she had became curious of him and returned to the place they once shared; when the place was a vacant memory she knew that this was something she should have never taken the time to look back on… a distance memory. Mercy had learned her lesson, and pushed everything about him from her mind and body. With a new outlook on life she had taken many opportunities and within a few months she had landed a position to go overseas. She was stationed in Hanamura, Japan, a new top notch facility that required the need of her knowledge, she saw this as a new start and to start her journey. Her hypothesis on omonics was put on a shutdown and she had locked away this secret and never mentioned it to another living soul. Instead she sought to find innovated ideas that would only help the world around her and to not cause nor do such a deed to another living human.

"Mercy can you look at these samples for me?" Mercy peered up from the pile of paperwork upon her desktop. She sighed but she was not someone who could just deny someone in need. She laid down her current work and studied over the samples her coworker had handed her.

"Wow, did you do these yourself?" Mercy asked and her coworker reacted a bit shy but she nodded,"so far I think it looks really amazing." Her coworker seem to gleam with happiness,"not as amazing as your valkyrie project." Mercy herself became shy,"that's a secret it's not complete yet…" Her coworker proceed to take the samples back and tease at Mercy,"but when you do finish it, it could save so many more lives." Mercy smiled shyly, a soft blush against her cheeks,"stop flattering me, I still have a lot more work to put into it…"

"I will leave you to it then, thanks for your opinion, I will keep working on my studies so I can be like you one day… By the way… I have an extra concert ticket to Lucio's show tonight in Hanamura, one of my friends backed out, if you're interested you wanna go?"

Perhaps the old Mercy would have said no to such a request, but this time Mercy was excited. To think Lucio was so big that he stopped doing gigs at clubs and was now touring the world. His music inspired people and brought the world together, even at times of war he would do concerts in protest to these hard times. Mercy just couldn't say no so she didn't hesitate to say yes to her coworker.

"Awesome, you know my number I will text you my address so meet me at my house at seven, the concert starts at eight." Mercy nodded, she had a couple more hours to spare before the concert, so she figured she would give herself a break and clock out early to go shopping.

While Mercy was shopping throughout the shops of Japan, she saw the hustle of people gathering throughout the streets. It was probably so busy because of the concert, Lucio was particularly popular among foreigners. There were large billboards and ads posted throughout the city as Mercy shopped. She herself was considering to buy a ticket, but she was so caught up during work she had forgot to do so, I guess thats why she was so overjoyed when her coworker had an extra ticket to spare. Mercy had stopped herself in front of a vintage style clothing shop, she bought a complimenting outfit; knowing that the concert was going to be outside and it was rather warm this time of year she stuck with shorts and a fairly light weighed shirt.

Mercy and her coworker had arrived at the venue, the sun had just settled, and the darkness was creeping up. It was rather humid out, being as it was almost summer time. Mercy was glad she had picked the right attire, she knew these types of events with screaming bodies and people walking about it would be more hectic and crazy, but I guess that's what made these types of events so much fun. Before she knew it the lights had dimmed, and Lucio had rose from the front stage, the lights began to flicker and flash brightly on stage, the crowd had gone completely insane. The song Rejuvenescência' started to play and the crowd reacted more in a frenzy than before, the tone swayed for a while and than the beat had dropped into another one of his songs. For a bit this routine had played out, but Lucio never had lost the crowds attention every now and again he would speak into the mic himself to rowel up the crowd once more, which kept the listeners on their toes.

Mercy however was on edge as she felt an evil presents in the venue, and at first this scared her, but she thought it was just her noisy paranoid self. It wasn't until a shot was fired that pierced over the crowd, you could see the trail of evidence that reflected with the stage lights. At first the crowd thought it was apart of the show and for a second so had Mercy, but it quickly came apparent that this was no joke. A sharp painful scream and Lucio himself dropped on stage, his body was lifeless and the crowd screamed in terror, this result cascaded the heated crowd to run frankly about. Several of the audience members screamed as machine guns fired about rapidly.

Mercy coworker gripped her in the heat of things,"it's a riot, the act of war. Mercy we have to get out of here!" Mercy coworker had run off, but Mercy stuck in her spot blankly in fear of what was unfolding. In front of her eyes the shed of blood that was spilling, the running of bodies and humans trampling over one another to run to safety. The feeling was so scary, the stench of death had quickly filled the venue, piercing screams, Mercy's own coworker as she was seen in the distance did not make much effort and was gun down merciless to the ground. To think these terrorist would go so low as to attack innocent civilians at a concert showed the true nature of what was at war. Mercy knew the attacks on many cities was serious throughout the world but to see it up close terrified her to no extent.

A hand had grabbed Mercy's and pulled her to run, she was still in awe about things, but she did what was natural and she ran with the figure that pulled her along. A lot of people pushed and pulled the two about, but the person in front of her never let her go, where did he come from? He came out of no where as he whipped her away from the horror of it all, Mercy had pasted her dead coworker, her body dismantled and disfigured. "Wait I have to!" Mercy pulled herself off the figure and kneeled next to her coworker, she examined over the body that seemed helpless even if she knew it would be hopeless and her soul had already pasted on.

"Mercy you can't do anything! If you want to save lives you need to save yourself first!" The figure had yelled, she could hardly hear him over the sound of the guns firing and the screams, all of a sudden a fiery explosion that was fairly close blasted the doctor back, she was smothered in blood and the death of others, but the figure had not left her side and they quickly rushed to her aid and helped her to her feet. Mercy watched as more pile of bodies fell to the ground, but the figure had taken them behind the threat and somehow they had gotten out of the hell of everything. Mercy was covered in who knows what, she hugged herself, the two were finally able to rest at a vacant alley way you could still hear the sound of sirens and screams in the distance. That even though Mercy had made it out alive the terror of it all was not over.

"Genji…" Mercy spoke softly, and if it wasn't she was scared of who it was. But the feeling that it was him consumed over her entire body that she was completely sure it was Genji who had saved her. The way his posture was, the way his hands had felt… his smell she knew all too well; and even with them being apart for so long she could never forget those small details she had held so dear.

The man had removed his head piece, and Mercy's eyes swelled with longing tears. She ran up to him and without thinking embraced the tall male in a hug he did not however return the favor, but instead steady the girl in front of him. Genji had looked deeply into her eyes,"listen we don't have a lot of time. I'm apart of a group that is fighting against this war at the moment, though I never thought I would run into you again I think you can be of some use at the moment."

Mercy pushed her feelings aside for the time being to ask what everything was about, and why he was there in the first place,"what is going on?"

"You know the recent attacks that have been happening around the world, well the group I currently work for have been fighting against them. One of those people is Lucio, I was scared they might attack him tonight so I was on standby I never knew things would get out of control so fast. Lucio is a big spoke person in our fight against them, so figures they would attack him."

"Who is them? I only see what they put in newspapers and TV's they…" Genji had cut off Mercy,"it's all a lie, what they tell you is just to mask up whats really happening, what you're seeing tonight is their true intentions. This isn't the first time, Jamison Fawkes… Or we know him as Junkenstein… I think he is behind this and he is recruiting people to his side. The real reason I'm standing in front of you is I need your help, the person that was trying to assassinate Lucio… well Lucio was hit and I need you to help him. My team currently is trying to care of him but the wound is serious Mercy. We need Lucio if we want to win this fight."

"This is all happening so fast. I don't even know what to say. I haven't even seen you in forever and you're just here in front of me asking for favors."

Genji seemed a bit annoyed, even if he understood were Mercy was coming from; the situation was bigger than them at the moment. "I'm not asking you to do this for me, but the world needs your help; out of all the people when I saw you I figured you would have understood." As much as this pained Mercy to even stand in front of someone she had casted out of her life, she knew that this was bigger than her.

"Okay… take me to him." Genji smirked, and memories of such a look had strung against Mercy's heart, but she ignored them and followed behind Genji. They had pulled up to a car and when they entered there was Lucio grunting in pain, and several others she had no connects of who they were. Mercy told them to head back to her facility and they did such that; when in return she quickly worked with Lucios wounds, the bullet had penetrated deep but somehow he was lucky it hadn't hit anything vital or they would have been in trouble. Mercy left Lucio to rest and walked up to the bunch that were patiently waiting for a response from Mercy.

The small asian looking girl was first to ask,"is he okay?" Her expression was worried some, but Mercy assured the girl he was just fine.

"Is this the group you were referring too?"

Genji nodded,"This is Hana Song, you might know her for being the top gamer in the world. You already know who Lucio is, and then we have Lena Oxton, and we have another member but he is back at head quarters so you might meet him later."

The two girls nodded and rushed over to Lucios aid, Mercy watched them leave and turned her attention back to Genji. "So this is what you were doing all this time?"

"When you had left I wanted to turn over a new leaf and some time after there was more attacks throughout the world, so they had found me and recruited me. At first I was reluctant to join… but they may be the key into finding where my brother Hanzo is hiding and if he is apart of this in someway."

"How do you know Junk- Jamison is apart of all this?"

"Honestly I am not sure, but we don't have many leads to go after, we do know of some of his members. There is a guy that is like a shadow figure following along him and I think one of assassinator tonight is apart of his group as well, she is someone that is a sniper. There is not much information. It's all a mess and we do what we can for now."

"I helped you, so what now?"

"Well that depends Mercy… the group was talking and well do you wanna join… Overwatch?"

In a weird twist of fate the two were at each other side once again and in some way Mercy wanted to walk away from it all and forget such painful memories, but that wasn't like Mercy. She always fought to protect the world, and perhaps this was a chance to do so.