CHAPTER 5
THE PAST - OVERWATCH AND BLACKWATCH HQ
The training bot tossed tin cans in the air and Jesse whipped out his pistol to dispatch of them. With a series of ringing *thwoks*, each one of the cans fell back to the ground where all six of them seemed to be stuck with a bullet. McCree chuckled and holstered his gun.
A sinister slow clap ensued from the corner of the room where Gabriel had been standing. "Very impressive, but you would be much better off with firing more than just six shots off. Allow me to fetch you a rifle." The commander assured as he turned around to walk to the armory. "Nah, I'll be fine. I'd much 'ppreciate it if I could use my standard revolver, if ya please. Peacekeeper's got a couple good years left in 'er. " The cowboy protested.
Although he was confused at Jesse's denial of modern weapons, he wasn't about to force him to make a change if he was already kicking well above the average amount of ass a Blackwatch agent was supposed to be able to kick. Speaking of that standard, it was significantly lower than Morrison's team. Reyes would boil with envy whenever he saw Jack leave the base with such talent, he always got all the young and good recruits. Although McCree was a great shot, he was only one man among a squadron of useless background people.
THE PAST - ZEIGLER'S OFFICE
"Evening, Miss Zeigler, what're you up these days?" Gabe asked as he wandered into her office. Angela was reading a book on bio-robotic engineering when the biggest annoyance of her life walked in the room. "Not now, Gabriel, go pout about not being Strike Commander or something." Gabe's carefree attitude turned dark and more angry. "Listen up, bitch. We don't get along and we never have, but I actually have a real question about one of your patients." The dark-skinned man told her as he unclenched his teeth.
Mercy placed her book pages down on her desk and looked to Gabe. "Fine, vat do you vant to know?" She asked, sighing. "I've heard rumors around the base that you have a certain Genji Shimada held up in one of your illegal medicine testing rooms over here." Angela frowned, dismissing his accusation. "Yes, vhy in fact I do have a certain Genji Shimada in that room right over there. However, it isn't visiting hours for assholes like you, so run along little Gabriel."
"I'm going to ignore that, and I don't want to see him now. I just wanted to know if you had him." The cocky commander began to exit her office when she stopped him. "Vait! Vat did you vant him for?" She asked, suspicious of his intentions. "Let's just say that we're thinking he might want to get revenge against his brother for doing this to him, and I want some fresh meat in Blackwatch. Win win." Gabriel smiled deviously as he slammed the door behind him. She was immediately worried for her patient/somewhat lover. That vould be unfortunate if Genji fell under the influence of Gabe… Perhaps I vill have to convince him not to join vith him.
THE PAST - GENJI'S ROOM
"Nice and steady, float like a butterfly." Mercy joked as Genji tried out his new legs. It was, however, not the time for jokes. "Angela… I can't feel them. I can't feel my legs. It's like I'm floating…" Genji was panicking, he had acted very ashamed and afraid of his new robotic body before, but this was the first time he had truly had an anxiety attack from his fears. Although he wore a face mask, requested specifically by Genji so Mercy wouldn't have to see his grotesque face for all the times they were together, Angela could tell he had tears streaming down his face by the way he was talking. "Ok, just calm down, sit back down on the bed and ve can try this again tomorrow." She attempted to quell him in this irrational state, but to no avail.
"Damnit, I don't want to try tomorrow! I want to get out of this fucking bed and rip my goddamn brother to shreds!" He screamed in a fit of anger. Mercy placed a hand on his shoulder to soothe him, but instead of reacting gently like he always had, he grabbed her wrist and clenched it as tight as he could. Mercy screamed as she felt individual bones breaking, sending intense pain all the way up her arm. "GET OFF OF ME!" He shouted as he threw her hand off of him.
As Angela lay on the floor clenching her nearly useless hand, as Genji now had incredible robotic strength that he did not realize. Just as she was getting up to go deal with the quite serious wound, she passed out cold from the agony she was clearly in. The foolish younger Shimada brother soon came to terms with his actions, and forcefully ended his own rage, seizing control of himself.
He had spent much time with the world famous doctor, and knew his way around her office although he technically hadn't arisen from his bedridden position in weeks. He knew that she would have a remedy for what he had done to her somewhere in here. He knew of some golden fluid in a syringe she used to heal certain parts of his body, they cleared up any previous injuries and made it look good as new. I'm going to have to walk over to that drawer… Genji thought as what was left of his human body shook with fright.
One foot in front of the other, he lifted his legs in tandem with each other to transport himself to his destination. Stumbling over, he grasped the handle of the drawer. "Gah!" He grunted as he pulled it out and spilled all of Angela's junk onto the floor. Frantcially searching through the papers and blueprints, he found the yellow syringe. He quickly injected the serum into her arm, and watched as her hand reformed itself. It was like a miracle. The skin regrew until it seemed as if there was no previous injury at all.
Mercy stirred in her slumbering state, and Genji took care not to disturb her. Silently gasping for breath and his heart pumping out of his shining chest, he lifted her with mechanical strength in his arms. She was extremely light compared to what he had expected, although he had not come to terms with his intense power yet. He laid the sleeping angel in his bed, and plopped down beside her.
As Angela slept, Genji stayed with her throughout the night. He watched over her how she had done with him. He brushed her hair away from her face. She was so beautiful. If only he could be with her… but alas, what wonderful human being such as Mercy would want anything to do with a repulsive man who was barely a creature of flesh any longer?
No, he could not stay with her. He couldn't even consider that as an option. He knew what he must do. As Genji gained his legs back over the next few days he would leave. He would gain his revenge on Hanzo and live out the rest of his days in solitude in order to not hurt anyone else as he had already harmed Angela. This was his plan, and he was ready to follow it through for the rest of his days.