CHAPTER 6
THE PAST - ZEIGLER'S OFFICE
Genji has been acting strange lately… Angela thought as she saw the ninja, standing, staring out the window into the raging snow storm that had overtaken the HQ over the past few days. He hadn't spoken to her since the incident when he first learned to walk, even though she had immediately forgiven him when she regained consciousness. Perhaps he only ever spoke to her because he needed her to survive and get better, and now he didn't require her presence anymore.
Mercy entered his room. "So, vill you end up staying in the area? Or vill you return to Hanamura?" She asked, breaking the day of silence. Genji grunted, surprised that she had entered the room and was talking to him. He didn't answer.
She sighed and left his living space, knowing it may be one of the last days he would reside in such close proximity to her. Doctor Zeigler sat in her chair and sipped her hot cup of coffee until she had a knock at her door. "Open!" She yelled from her desk. In stepped Blackwatch commander Gabriel Reyes.
"What's up, doc?" Gabe mocked as he grinned underneath his grisly beard. Angela didn't respond and instead rolled her eyes as she went back to her morning routine of reading the international news on her computer. "I'm just here to check in on my new best friend." He told her as he sneered.
Mercy was heavily annoyed. She wouldn't have let him in, but Genji insisted that she allow Gabriel to see him. She always wondered what they talked about in there… She had wires and cameras installed in all her patient's rooms mostly for monitoring their health, but she didn't dare use them for espionage. Plus, although she didn't care about Gabe, she respected Genji's privacy far too much.
The door closed behind commander Reyes. "So, have you made your final decision yet?" Genji turned from the window for the first time in hours. "I have. I will join Blackwatch on one condition: my first mission will be to take down the Shimada crime clan, and I wish to be the one who assassinates my brother." Gabriel chuckled at the boy's enthusiasm. Reyes handed him a badge. "Welcome to Blackwatch, kid."
THE PRESENT - TALON HIDEOUT
Reaper chuckled, which morphed into a laugh, which broke out into a fit of hysterical wheezing hilarity. "Oh good FUCKING lord this is rich!" He exclaimed in his gravelly yet amused tone. The confused team of scientists turned to their commander in chief. "Sir?" One of them asked, uncertain of their boss's unknown revelation. "That thing on your table isn't some useless pile of scrap, that is Genji Shimada: brother of Hanzo Shimada, and our ticket to hunting down more enemies of Talon!" He explained excitedly.
"What do you want us to do with him, sir?" The scientist who spoke before asked, slightly afraid Reaper might lash out at him for his lack of ability to follow his train of thought. "I don't want YOU assholes to do anything. Get Sombra out here, we need to hack this fucker's mind!"
The sassy Mexican appeared beside him fro thin air. "You called, Gabe?" She asked, grabbing her gum out of her mouth and sticking it to the side of his mask. Reaper growled as he tore off the piece of bubblegum. "I need you to gain control of this man's mechanically altered body so we can use him."
Sombra examined Genji closely. "Are you sure this is a man? Looks much more like an omnic to me, unless Gabe is turning into one of those omnic lovers and considers them 'just as human as we are'." She teased. Reaper exhaled in annoyance. "Please, just hack into him. Make him ours to command." She rolled her eyes and typed in codes into her purple light keyboard. "Alright, Gabey, all yours." Although intensely aggravated with his subordinate, Reaper began maniacally laughing again as his new minion arose from the table. As if totally brainwashed, Genji turned to Reaper and asked: "How may I serve you?"