She woke up yawning and drowsy, surprised she even fell asleep. She was resting her head on his shoulder, and he… he was embracing her with one arm.
It felt... weird.
So what next? she asked herself. Go dating, get married, get a family? Of course not.
Even being friends with benefits in this line of work seemed stupid and impossible. But as she got up and saw him, noticing the small lines around his mouth and eyes, she couldn't help but linger. How long… until he could keep up with this lifestyle? How long until she could…?
But thinking about that was rather stupid at this point, and she kept telling herself it was only the hormones.
Sombra got up before she got too comfortable next to him; ties that went too deep were easily turned on you. His eyes flickered slightly open and he lazily looked at her as she put on her underwear and camo suit.
'Relax' she said 'Jus' wanna get dressed.'
'Hm' and he closed his eyes, but she knew he was still very aware of what she was doing.
The storm outside was passing by and she slowly started walking up the stairs towards the shrine. When she was out of his earshot, she quickly checked if the earpiece was still in her bra's pocket… aaand yes. Gabe must be furious by now. But, honestly, right now she couldn't give a fuck about Gabe and his stupid plan.
Sombra sat down in front of the monk's statue and took the stone plate from its hands; she tried to focus on the code on it, but it was harder than she thought. Her head was filled with all the awesome, filthy things they just did, and she couldn't help but grin.
In a better world, they wouldn't be in the middle of goddamn nowhere but in a nice hotel room, and she could get cozy with him in a big, fluffy bed, and-
Stop it, she sighed.
She forced her mind to focus on the plate, but it still took a bit more time to decode what it meant.
The soul always has more depth. The road taking you further stems from the middle of you and me. From the soul, from the eye, to the Iris.
Well done, crazy scrap monks, she thought to herself as she put on her special gloves and started tapping her lips with the long artificial nails. It did not make any sense… well, most of it.
The Eye awoke disturbing memories in her. When she was young and went too deep with her hacking, and… something happened. Someone or something saw her, spoke to her, and she knew she had to leave that life behind from then on. And the eye, the eye motif, she still remembered. Who or what was that thing? So many elements seemed connected to it, and she needed to find out. And that cyberninja was also vital to this whole story…
Sombra looked up into the statue's face. She always regretted not having met or, rather, hacked Mondatta ever before. Who knows what secrets would lie behind that steel plate of a face…?
From the middle of you and me… from the soul, the eye…
As she was gazing into the stone figure's face, she noticed the nine dots on its forehead. She never gave this stupid custom much thought but now… she noticed that one button, in the middle, looked a bit different.
The third eye - she thought to herself, and, as she often did, acted before thinking and pushed the tiny button on the omnic's forehead.
A loud rumbling was heard as stone moved on stone and the statue retracted to reveal a hidden passage with a ladder underneath it.
'What on earth are you doing?' Hanzo jumped next to her only partially dressed and with that usual unapproving expression on his face.
'Getting us moving while you took a nap' she replied sassily and looked down the shaft which seemed to go on for quite a while.
'Do you know where it leads?' he asked her, eyeing the ladder as well.
'It's just a thought, but... maybe an inner sanctum of sorts.'
'We need to go prepared' he groaned and jogged back to get dressed. She just smiled at him, not making a comment for now.
They climbed down the seemingly never-ending ladder, then through some winding cave, where she had to call up a tiny holoscreen for them to see in the darkness. After some trekking, the road led towards the side of the cliff, with a narrow path winding around it with pillars and a small rail also carved into the reddish stone. They did not speak for most of the trip, and when they reached a doorway from where they could smell incense, they both knew they had arrived.
Hanzo suddenly stopped behind her and she hesitated for a second.
It all seemed a bit stupid; what could she possibly say to him now, after all this…?
'Are you ready?' she asked, turning back a bit but not as much to look at him.
'Yes' he said, and, pushing her somewhat gently to the side, stepped in before her. She took a moment to look at him, everything stiff about his posture, and knew how hard this could be for him. She also had this regret mixed with fear to face her past mistakes but… she wasn't tough enough to face them head-first, like this stupid man here.
But… there is something she needed to face. Even if it means trampling over these two.
As he stepped into the structure, Hanzo recognized the same architecture as the inside of the omnic sanctum in Nepal. A tall, magnificent dome, and a platform in the middle atop of a huge abyss, but only one flight of stairs leading to it.
And in the middle, sitting down cross-legged and probably in deep meditation…
'Genji…' he breathed the word gently, almost lovingly, much like he did when first trying it out, when their parents would bring the small baby home for the first time.
Although it couldn't have been loud enough for the other man to hear, he looked up and turned around slowly, as if emerging from sleep.
It was hard for Hanzo to tell himself that that pile of metal was his brother, but every time his thoughts drifted in this direction, he made himself remember the time when they first met at the Shimada palace and Genji removed his mask; and then Hanzo stared into those well-known chestnut eyes, as if staring into a mirror.
So many years of pain, hatred and regret… but he was still his brother.
The older Shimada took some steps towards the stairs leading to the platform while Genji stood up and kept his gaze on him, not saying a word.
'Brother' Hanzo said, on top of the stairs, and pressed his lips together. The words felt like tight knots in his throat 'I was looking for you… looking for you all this time.'
The ninja's robotic exterior revealed no emotion, and Hanzo clenched his fists from fear and desperation. Here he was now, and what if… what if Genji does not want to give him another chance…? But he had to know. He did not want to live in doubt anymore.
'Why were you looking for me, brother?' the younger Shimada's voice hummed mechanically, and he was still not moving.
Hanzo opened his mouth, but could not find the words. All their childhood memories suddenly rushed into his head: them, their mother, their teacher, all the young years spent playing, all the later years spent training and arguing and… and…
'You… are… still my brother' Hanzo said in a slightly faltering voice, clenching his fists even tighter. He couldn't say any more. The pride of their father, flowing through his own veins, made it impossible to spill the tempest brewing within him.
Genji was silent for a few minutes, then slowly stepped towards Hanzo.
'I am seeing our father in you again' he then said standing in front of him. 'You are just like him… you apologize just like him.' And he put one arm on the other man's shoulder 'We will always be brothers, Hanzo.'
'Genji' the elder Shimada whispered, and put his own arms on the younger man's shoulder.
They stayed like this for a few minutes, then Genji looked behind him and pulled his hand back.
'Hanzo, that woman…' he said stepping back to the platform and drawing his wakizashi, but before Hanzo could turn back to look at her, Sombra suddenly vanished. When he looked back, he saw Genji paralyzed, letting out some grumbling noises as if he was straining against something. Behind him, Sombra was operating on a small holoscreen, and drew her gun with her other hand.
'No worries guys, I don't want to disturb this intimate little reunion for long' she said grimly 'But Sparrow here has something I have been looking for for a long-long time.'
'Sombra' Hanzo growled furiously, reaching for his bow 'You…'
'A-a-aaah' she cut him off with the wave of the head 'I can break your precious brother in ways you cannot imagine. So just, chill, okay?'
'You bitch' Hanzo spit the words at her.
'Wow, that just… hurt, you know' she mumbled, and looked at the holoscreen seemingly disturbed. Hanzo took this opportunity, and started at the two. Sombra noticed the attempt in the last second and shot in his direction, but missed. Hanzo leapt towards her and grabbed the arm holding the pistol, twisting it tight. She struggled, but looked at the holoscreen, and entered something in it with a flick of a finger, and in the next moment, Genji stood up and grabbed Hanzo by the neck.
'Genji...' the archer groaned surprised as his brother was subdueing him.
'No! Make it stop!' Genji shouted at Sombra but couldn't even turn his head towards her. He was completely under her control, like a puppet.
'Shut up' she snapped back, as a strange red code finally swam into the screen she was operating on 'You have no idea what these fuckers did to you… That Ziegler woman is the worst.'
'What do you mean? You need to tell us…' Genji groaned as he tried to regain control without any success.
'You have no idea how all of this is connected' Sombra said disdainfully as she picked the small piece of data, and lifted it from the rest of the code in the form of a little cube, finally absorbing its glowing particles into her special nails 'I knew Ziegler was knee-deep in this. And she dragged you into it as well… Sucks to be you, if you ask me, Sparrow.'
'You will pay for this!' Genji hissed, and his body slightly twitched in her direction, easing up the grip on Hanzo just a tiny bit.
'Maybe. But not now' she said with an unamused look on her face, and, lifting her hand up before her, she disappeared in the next moment 'I advise you two enjoy your reunion… while it lasts!'
'Wretched…' Hanzo hissed, but in the next moment, Genji's grip became tighter again. The ninja groaned as he slowly, very slowly lifted his other arm and grabbed his own wrist, trying to free the archer.
'Brother… I… can't...' he hissed, and Hanzo kind of heard the robotic voice tremble, but maybe that was just the lack of oxygen playing tricks with him…
'It's alright… Gen...ji.' he breathed gently, submittingly
You deserve this revenge, and I deserve this fate - he thought to himself, but did not have the breath to say it anymore.
I would rather die here by your side than anywhere else.
And then his vision swam and Hanzo slowly closed his eyes.
'Brotheeeeerr!' Genji cried out so loud that it echoed all over the huge, empty dome 'I won't… nooo… not like this… NOOOO!'
A strange green smoke started emerging from his body, and it was soon joined by blue smoke from Hanzo's left arm. Three celestial dragon figures, two blue and one green, swirled up into the air around each other, then dove down right into Genji and washed all over him.
The younger Shimada dropped to his knees, finally letting go of Hanzo, who fell down just in front of him, and after a moment of silence, started coughing as he slowly regained consciousness.
'Brother…' Genji whispered exhausted.
Hanzo looked over at him, through still heavily coughing, but with a slight smirk on his face:
'Seems like... we can never... manage to kill each other after all... little brother…'
'You should've tried harder to bring the cyborg back' Reaper growled grimly at Sombra through the holoscreen. She was standing there, in the control room of the Talon aircraft, arms on her hips, gazing at her two other colleagues on the screen.
'I told you she is useless' Widowmaker threw in the remark and abruptly walked off.
'Come on Gabe' Sombra snapped back 'They were two angry Japanese men against a little Latina like me… Brotherly love overcomes, you know and all that shit. Maybe if you sent reinforcements-'
'We need to try again to capture him. We need the tech' Reaper interrupted 'Retreat for now, I have some more recon for you to do. Over and out.'
As the screen faded, a wide grin appeared on her face. Sombra lifted up her hand, and a small datacube appeared in it. The piece of code everyone is so wild about…
What Ziegler got from the secret organisation that Sombra was after.
'Soon… I will find you people… and then, I will be the one pulling the strings' she whispered.
The End
Hello Everyone,
This chapter concludes this story, and I would like to thank everyone who got this far, and especially anyone who decided to show their love of the story in some sort of way. I hope you had as much fun reading it as I had writing it! :)
I would definitely like to make some continuation, either in a form of a new story arc or just drabbles - not sure yet! Though I immensely enjoyed playing with SombraxHanzo, future FFs would not solely focus on them and would explore other relationships as well... In any case, if you liked this and would like to know the second I cook up something new, do follow me. In Fall 2017 I plan to write some more :)