Mercy sprung up from the couch she had pasted fallen asleep on. She was rather dreary upon waking up, and vaguely remembered that Genji had fallen asleep next to her, but the male was no where to be seen. She scoured the room for any signs of the tall male. She huffed, a bit sadden by his sudden disappearance.
"Maybe… He is in the bathroom." Mercy cheered herself, but when she began to check the remaining apartment it was clear Genji had already left. She rubbed her tired eyes, rather withdrawn from the outcome she hovered over the bathroom sink; she waited for the water to turn colds before splashing herself awake. Her eyes closed, as her hand blindly searched for a towel to dry herself. A few seconds pasted and the blonde stumbled onto the floor, there was a semi-loud crash that shook the apartment, some of toiletries had made their way and spilled onto the floor alongside Mercy. Instead of finishing her search she rubbed her eyes, her hair dripping wet the blonde let a small sharp sneeze escape her lips.
"Why am I such a klutz." Mercy picked herself up from the ground, she sighed as she began to clean up the mess she had just created. Before the blonde could think she heard her front door slam open and the sound of yelling from the other room. It wasn't long before her bathroom door was forced open and sure enough there stood Genji who seemed rather frantic.
"What was that sound? Are you hurt!?" Genji came to the small blondes aid, but she could only laugh at his dismay.
"No I am fine… I just tripped is all." Mercy blushed,"I thought you had left?"
Genji shook his head,"huh? No I was only going out from a smoke… and then I heard a loud crash from downstairs… You should be more careful… Ah!" Genji gripped Mercys arm,"You are bleeding…" Mercy looked down at her elbow, from all the commotion she hadn't felt the pain in her elbow, but now as she stared she gradually felt it sting.
"Does it hurt?" Genji asked curiously. Mercy just shook her head, pulling her arm away to cover her scratch,"it doesn't hurt… its nothing compared to what you've been through…" The room became silent, and perhaps Mercy shouldn't have brought up Genji's past. Genji however didn't say much, and just pulled Mercy onto the couch,"where is the first aid kit?"
"You don't need to do that… It will heal on its-" Genji growled,"do you want a scar?" Mercy sighed,"well I guess this is a good time to show you something…" Mercy uncovered her hand, and before Genji's very eyes her scratch had vanished. "What the…" Genji felt completely in the dark as to what and how Mercy could do such a thing.
"You didn't find it weird… That there wasn't a scratch on me after the terrorist attack?" Genji looked closely at the blonde, his eyes fixed; they hurried about skimming over the intel of her body; and she was right, Mercy did not have a scratch on her… yet she was in the middle of the blood shed and explosions, surely she would have a nick or two.
"What happened?" Genji asked, still shook. "There was a project I was working on called Valkyrie… In short it was a failure, I am not one to use human test subjects… but if calls for it I use myself instead. If I want real results I need to experience those findings myself. The medicine I was working on… it was suppose to make it as if the body believed they're immune. Repairing damaged tissue and cells." Mercy stared Genji down perhaps a bit reluctant to say any more, but she continued regardless of her feelings,"in short as I continued my test runs it had did just that… but there are side effects and that is why I can't give it to the public."
"What!? You literally can heal and regenerate?"
"That might be true, but I also slowed my aging process and I don't get hungry. It's like my body is sustaining… no preserving itself in… a casket… a shell so to speak. I have stopped my time clock as everyone else's keeps ticking. I can't reveal this to the public, it was only suppose to help people who have cancer or an incurable disease… become well curable, but it's like I've created the fountain of youth in a test tube… you really can't tell anyone."
Genji still didn't grasp everything the doctor was speaking, but he could understand her dilemma in the situation,"I wouldn't tell anyone, if something like that got in the wrongs hands… It could be dangerous. Why didn't you tell me?"
"Genji… I just got to see you after a year and I don't think the first thing on my mind after being apart of a terrorist attack was telling you about my youth serum… I wasn't even going to tell you. The project is a failure, and I destroyed everything already. My blood is the only thing keeping this project alive, and rather I am finding a cure to get me the way I was before… I don't want to watch everyone I know die before me. I didn't find my condition as pleasant as you may think, I guess its normal for doctors to mess up one way or another."
"So you won't die?" Genji still curious to crack down every bit of information.
"I am unaware of the extent of my abilities… I can still feel pain, and I am sure if I was decapitated I would die from the brain being severed… Should I continue?" Genji nodded but first added his two cents in,"I am sure you tested something." Mercy could only laugh as Genji was seeing right through her,"you're smarter than you look sometimes… yes I may have did some trail and error." Genji awaited her response, as if saying; well what did you do?
"If you must know… I cut off some of my finger and yes… it regenerated, I am positive any body part will do the same, but I am to afraid to check my head, I believe that is my limit. I also exposed myself to radiation and dangerous chemicals and I am still here so that should answer it in itself. Also I tried exposing my blood, but I can't get a wound to stay open long enough open to run any experiments."
"I see, then I am truly glad an immortal is apart of Overwatch…" Genij laughed and mercy didn't seem to find it all that funny. "Jeez I am only kidding around, but that just gives me more of a reason to protect you now. Not only do people want to pick the intelligent doctors brain, but they will want your blood too."
"My coworkers don't even know of my studies or breakthroughs, you really can't tell anyone Genji, I am afraid to even talk about my condition…"
"So while I was running around with Overwatch trying to find anything on Junkenstein, you are here making yourself immortal."
"Genji!" Mercy yelped, she stood up from the couch and pouted,"it's not funny!" Genji smirked,"I am only teasing, I'm sure you will find a cure, and if you don't well then the world has the best damn doctor for years to come."
"That's not the point Genji…" Mercy looked down and back at Genji who was inching closer to the doctor. Mercy slightly back up, but Genji followed along her footsteps until she was pinned against the wall and there was nowhere else to escape too. "W-What are you doing…?" Genji didn't say anything.
Is… Is he teasing me or is he…
"G-Genji…" Mercy closed her eyes, she scrunched her face up, her hands a bit shaky as she felt Genji's hand hover closely to her. After a few seconds when nothing seemed to happen she opened her eyes, Genji had already backed away,"you had some toilet paper in your hair." Genji held the tiny bit of cloth up to show off, he smirked a bit and threw the excess in the trash. Mercys heart sank,"if you have time to goof around maybe you should head back to those other people."
"Hey! Those people are your allies now, you should rely on them. They might do the same for you, ya know? Plus I told them I was going watch you for awhile… that you might be freaked from everything. We can't do much right now anyways, we have no lead… and with Lucio in his condition we should lay low till he recovers."
Mercy nodded,"I see. Well I should really get to work then, my coworker died that night… I am sure my facility is going to hold a memorial for her." Mercy walked into her bedroom, she shut the door without letting Genji say anything more. She hugged herself, smothering her face into her knees as she curled against the door. "Mercy… stop being swayed so easily by him… you know he doesn't see you like that." She sighed sadly, picking herself up she changed her cloths into something fresh, and began to get ready for the day, the last thing she grabbed was her lab coat. She gave a quick glance into the mirror, fixing her mantled hair from sleeping on the couch; she rarely wore makeup, but something made her grab the small red tube of lipstick on the vanity. She popped the cap off and slid the creamy material against her lips, she puckered her lips together, using her index finger to smooth out the product evenly against her the brim of her mouth. Her complexion seemed to lighten up with her bright cherry lips.
"Come on Mercy you got this!" Mercy encouraged herself, she finally emerged from her bedroom, Genji was still there when she returned, his face plastered in his phone. "Oh~ You're fin-" Genji stopped himself fixated on Mercy's ampled crimson lips. "Huh… Oh? Does it look weird?" Mercy fiddled with her hair, wrapping her finger counter-clockwise around a strain of her blonde hair. Genji didn't respond, he stood there for a second before grabbing a vacant tissue off the coffee table, aggressively he wiped away the lipstick stained against Mercys lips. "Why are you wearing stuff like that?" Mercy mumbled as she could not speak while Genji was erasing her makeup off.
"W-Why did you do that?" Instead of Genji answering the confused blonde he swung the door to apartment open and hustled along,"lets get going or we are going to be late for the showing!" Mercy had no choice, she followed along, locking her apartment up behind them. "W-Wait… Showing?" Mercy pleaded, rushing to finish and catch up alongside the hurried male.
The two walked along the streets of Hanamura, it was rather a busy morning as always, people walking up and down the pathways of Japans narrow sidewalks. "While you were changing messaged me, she told me Lucio was stable and talking, it seems he should recover soon. It's something else that worries me, obviously the enemy knows Lucio is still alive and they're pissed their plan didn't go as planned." Mercy nodded closely listening in on Genjis words. "I don't know how much they really know about us besides we are a rebellion against them, I am worried more than we know about them. Their team isn't something to take lightly they have just as much strength and wits as we, and to beat them we need the upper hand, we need to make the first move this time. I don't want like last time when Junkestein had the jump on us."
"So what are you planning to do, you said you had no leads?" Genji stopped to look back at the small blonde,"That's why we are going to stir the pot."
Mercy looked puzzled,"stir the pot?" Genji nodded upward and pointed to the large projector that leaned against a tall skyscraper. It was repeating ads as always, but the screen went black for a moment before turning bright, a single logo cascaded the TV screen. Everyone in the streets stopped to stare, the busy streets going quiet. One lady yelling across the crowd,"Isn't that the Overwatch symbol?"
Mercy was confused… how did the people know of such things, but the comment had made an uproar among themselves, before going quiet once more. "What is going on?" Mercy whispered to Genji, but he just smirked and pointed to the screen once more.
We are Overwatch, as everyone knows; last nights circumstances had lead the death of countless lives. Lucio who only showers the people with the love of his music was badly hurt. The media is carried away to cover up the truth we prevail to share to the public. These terrorist acts we are afraid to admit… Overwatch will take those burdeneds and eliminate any threat to society. We are here to save the heart of the people, we know who you are. We won't allow you to create such antics anymore. We will win in the end, if you're listening to this, we won't stop here, justice always triumphs. Turn yourself into the people, or learn the hard way who Overwatch really is.
The screen cut off, returning to its regular ads; there was cheer among the people and as they slowly returned to their tasks. A sea of murmurs and gossip spread the streets of Hanamura. "What was that about?" Mercy asked. "You could say it was something like a calling card for Junkenstein and his lackeys." Mercy nodded, still confused how this helped anything.
"I can see you're confused. Winston actually came up with the idea, since we don't know who they are why not let them make a mistake and come out on their own? We know they would never turn themselves in; but perhaps because we mocked them in front of the people… They will retaliate in our favor. Since Lucio was a target they must have some intel on us, perhaps they already know are identity, that's why this is important they show themselves before they ambush and we aren't prepared." Mercy looked down,"you know they were going to attack Lucios concert, why didn't you inform the police?"
"Mercy? What do you think, of course we informed the police, we sent an anonymous source and nobody believed it just as I thought they would. Winston is our brains at the moment so he is back in headquarters grabbing intel, me and tracer are the only ones who can actually fight, there is only two of us, and I had no idea that it was going to be anywhere as bad as what occurred that night. I am not going to ask the people to fight for us, but Junkenstein surely outnumbers us. We need to get to the source of his strength, you take Junkenstein out and his people will fade along with him, but you can't just kill as many henchmen as you want someone will replace them." Genji sighed, he waved Mercy to follow along and she did just that,"I am sure who ever tried to assassinate Lucio is now target us, Junkenstein already knows what we look like, that's why you need to stay close to me."
"Widowmaker, au rapport...
Tonight? Are you-
Very well...
La veuve tisse sa toile…"