Recruit

On the counter were two bins. One looked like it had eggs in it. The other looked like it had bacon. Fareeha stared at the trays sadly.

"Reinhardt must have eaten the rest. Sorry darling." Ana said.

"Don't worry I can make us something." Gabriel said. "I make some pretty good blueberry pancakes."

"Really? That sounds delicious Gabriel!" Fareeha exclaimed.

"Oh Reyes, you don't have to do that."

"You're right. I just want to." Gabriel said smiling.

Ana smiled in thanks.

"Wanna help kiddo?"

"Yeah!"

"Ok, grab a bowl."

Gabriel and Fareeha had made the batter for the pancakes. They made a mess in the kitchen and were covered head to toe in flour. Gabriel began flipping the pancakes, but stopped suddenly grunting in pain. He rubbed his back.

"Gabriel? Are you ok?"

He turned to see Fareeha with the box of blueberries in her hand. He grinned.

"Never better."

All of a sudden Jack walked into the kitchen. His eyes went wide as he looked at the mess. He droped his coffee mug and it shattered on the floor.

"What the hell happened in here?!"

"Jack, there are children present!" Gabriel said quickly covering Fareeha's ears.

"Damn it Gabe!"

"Jack we were just having fun. It's not like we weren't gonna clean up."

"Don't let it get out of control like this again."

Gabriel took his hands away and continued cooking. He frowned and looked down. Jack sighed and walked up to him, he glanced at Fareeha as he went passed.

"I'm sorry Gabe. Today I just got word that someone has stolen tech from one of our warehouses. I shouldn't take it out on you."

Jack kissed the back of Gabriel's neck and wrapped his arms around him as he cooked. Fareeha smiled at them.

"I'll see you later. I've got some paperwork to get done." Jack said.

He patted Gabe's back. Gabriel winced and ached in pain. He gritted his teeth and nearly fell to the floor. Jack had forgotten about the implant.

"Gabe! Sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"It's fine Morrison."

He got back to his feet. Fareeha stepped back in shock. She walked up to Gabriel curiously and began feeling the ridges in his back. Gabriel lifted his shirt back for her to see. She deserved to know too. Fareeha covered her mouth in shock. Tears streamed from her eyes.

"Gabriel, who would do this to you?!" She said weaping.

"Fareeha, please, don't cry."

She fell into his chest sobbing, wrapping her arms around him. She clung to him like a sloth and cried. Tears fell onto Gabriel's shirt. He sighed, and regreted showing her.

"Gabriel. A-are you going to die?!"

"No, no. I'll be fine. I promise. Listen Fareeha. I'll always be here for you, ok? We are a team."

She nodded and gabe him one last hug.

"I see you and the girl are getting along pretty well."

"She's a good kid."

"It's important to have people like that to go to in times like this. When you feel like your body is falling appart, like you might not make it. Those are the kind of people that doctors should prescribe."

Gabriel thought about that.

"Here's your next dose. We won't be seeing a lot of transformation for at least a few weeks, so don't expect anything to change. Let me know if something does."

"Ok doc."

Moira injected the syringe in to Gabriel's arm. He felt the liquid escaping the syringe and flow into his bloodstream.

"I won't do any tests until we see changes in your genes."

"Alright."

"That's it for today."

"Thanks Moira."

Gabriel got up from the table and left the lab. He went by the workroom and saw Angela working on Genji's new body. It was nearly finished.

"Angela. What do you think will happen if he lives?"

"It's not my place to say. That will be Genji's decision, but I was hoping he would join Blackwatch. He would be a great soldier to have around."

"What makes you say that?"

"I've heard about his skills. He sound very gifted. However, I am hoping that he'll be able to use those skills if, y'know, this whole thing works."

"Angela, you are also extremely talented. This is gonna work. I'm very confident in your abilities."

"Thanks commander. I should get back to work."

"Don't let me stop ya."

1 week later...

"Book em."

"That mother fucking...! I want his ass so far into the slammer...!"

Gabriel looked over at Jack who's nose was bleeding.

"The low lives giving you a hard time Jack?"

"Shut up Gabe. Some low lives can't be saved."

"Oh yeah? I'd bet on that."

He walked into the room closing the door behind him. In the chair was a young man wearing a cowboy hat. His hair was messy and his clothes were ripped and covered in dirt.

"Well shit?"

"You here to play bad cop?!" The kid exclaimed.

"Heh, you're just a kid."

"Yeah, but I'll give you one hell of a beatin'! Like I did to captain bullshit back there!"

"His name is Jack."

"Whatever! He's an asshole!"

"That asshole is my boyfriend, so you better quit talking shit while you're ahead."

The kid sat back.

"What the hell do you want?"

"Nothin, just wanted to let you know that I know you're not dumb. Right now you're writing yourself a oneway ticket to the cooler. So do yourself and I a favor and join the team."

"Why do you care anyways?"

"I don't really, I just have money on this."

"Wait, you bet Jack that I wouldn't join your boyband for money?"

"Yeah, 20 bucks."

"20 bucks?"

"I'll spare you the details. What do ya say?"

"Heh heh. I accept."

"Smart call. What's you're name kid?"

"Jesse McCree."

"Alright. I'm Gabriel Reyes."

"Commander I'm guessin."

"Yeah, you're right. I'll be training you from now on."

"Hm."

"Moira this is Jesse McCree. Our newest member of Blackwatch."

"Nice to meet you ma'am!" McCree said shaking Moira's hand.

"Oh, welcome to Blackwatch kid." Moira said. "You are just full of energy aren't you?"

"Yes ma'am I excited!"

"Let's find you a room kid." Gabriel said leading McCree to the bedrooms.McCree caught up behind him.

"So when can I meet everyone else?"

"At dinner Jesse. You'll see everyone at dinner."

"Yes sir."

That night Ana made lasagna. Every one gathered around the table. Fareeha sat next to Gabe and looked across the table at this rugged looking cowboy.

"Fareeha this is Jesse McCree." Gabriel introduced.

"Nice to meet you Mr. McCree!" She said shaking his head.

"Mr? This girl knows what she's talkin' about."

"Hee hee. I'm Fareeha."

"Nice to meet you darlin'."

Gabriel stood to announce McCree's arrival.

"Everyone, this is our newest member of Backwatch, Jesse McCree." Gabriel said.

The table clapped and congradulated McCree. He smiled feeling welcome.

"This is amazin'!" McCree exclaimed. "Thanks for being so inviting."

"No problem Jesse! We couldn't be happier to have someone on the team." Reinhardt said.

"Speaking of which, Gabe, your uniforms are here. There is a large selection in the hangar. Pick out whatever your team wants." Jack said.

"Thanks Jack."

After dinner Moira, Gabriel, and McCree went down to the hangar and saw the new Blackwatch gear layed out. McCree looked at the table picking up a black button up with the Blackwatch logo on it.

"Perfect!"

Moira picked up a long sleave cloak and hat to wear. Gabriel looked at the inventory taking a few hoddies with the logo on the sleaves, but something caught his eye. There was a lonely black beanie sitting on one of the tables. Gabriel picked it up and put it on his head. Moira and McCree looked at him confused.

"What are you looking at?"

"Nothing, I...just didn't think you were the kind of person to wear hats." Moira said.

"Hm. Well, my head gets cold."

McCree spit out a bit of air trying not to laugh.

"Why don't you just grow you're hair out, man?"

Gabriel glanced at Moira. They were the only ones who knew he was taking chemotherapy and couldn't grow his hair.

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"I just can't McCree!"

McCree looked shocked and looked down.

"I-I'm sorry man."

Gabriel walked back to his room for the night. Jack was behind him again as he vomited into the toilet.

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Angela pulled her hands through her hair at her desk. She had spent the last few weeks attaching Genji's body to the body she built for him. She hadn't had much sleep since then All of a sudden there was a noise. She lifted her head and turned off her music and listened closely. It sounded like a zombie. There was low moaning sounds coming from Genji's room. She went inside. Genji's body was lying on the table hooked up to her technology. She walked up listening carefully. At first there was nothing, but she put her head against his chest. All of a sudden his lungs quickly filled with air. She backed up to see Genji taking in a breath of air. His breathing slowed down. He was still asleep. Angela cried with joy and dragged his body onto a hospital bed and gave him an IV. He layed in bed breathing slowly. His skin was sickishly pale, but Angela stared at him for a long time.

"I've done it." Angela said shakily. "I've saved you Genji."

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Jack wiped off Gabe's face. Gabriel looked at Jack and attempted to kiss him, but Jack put his finger to Gabe's lips stopping his head from coming foreward.

"Brush your teeth first." Jack said raising an eyebrow. "Nasty."

Gabriel shook his head and brushed his teeth.

"You're really not gonna tell me what this is all about?" Jack asked.

Gabriel spit into the sink and looked up at Jack.

"I can't tell you Jack. It's classified. Just know that it will help."

"You can't keep using that as an excuse."

"It's the truth."

"No Gabe. It's your truth."

"Maybe. That should be enough to satisfy you. You should trust me Jack."

Jack stared at him and nodded. They went to bed for the night.

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Heavy gunfire rang in Gabriel's ear. His breath grew heavy from the smoke around him. He could hear screaming from the buildings, but over that was the eerie sound of metal on metal coming closer to him. The omnics beeped in comunication to eachother and emerged on Gabriel's location. A piece of debris stood between him and the omnics. His gun was empty. Gabe turned over to see Jack lying on the ground covered in ash and blood. His helmet had been thrown off and his gun just out of reach, but he didn't move. Gabriel threw his gun to the ground and put his head to Jack's chest. He couldn't hear anything. All of a sudden he woke up gasping for air. He rurned over in bed. Jack's hand on his shoulder."Gabe!"He looked at Jack with his eyes wide. He pulled his hand through Jack's hair making sure he had a tight grip on reality."Thank god!""What is it?" Jack asked. "Was it S.E.P?"Gabriel nodded."What did you see?""The omnics. They were coming for us, but I saw you on the ground...covered in blood. You-you weren't breathing! Then...then...""All a dream Gabe. I'm right here." Jack pulled Gabriel's head to his chest."I'm right here with you."

Gabriel sobbed into Jack's shoulder. His breath slowed down.

In the morning Gabriel went to the shooting range to get his mind off of last night. Later McCree was called down to train with Gabriel. He came in and sat at a table until Gabe finished his rounds. He had an intense look on his face almost like he was a soldier again. He slammed his guns on the table, but gripped his head and grunted a bit. McCree stood."You ok man?""I'm perfectly fine." He pointed to the target out on the range. "Show me what you can do."McCree stepped up to the wall and took a revlover off the wall. He stood up to the target and took several shots. They each hit the target in the same spot. He set the gun on the table and flashed a smile at Gabe."Impressive, but you need to watch the recoil. You don't want the gun to hit you in the face while you're firing. Put your arm over it like this."Gabriel put McCree's arm over the barrel and took a step back."Try it now."McCree fired. The gun recoil hit him in the arm. He fired faster than before. He set down the gun."Huh. That does help.""See? Pratice that and you'll get even faster."

Gabeiel headed down stairs once they finished training, but saw Angela working in her office. He vame in to greet her."Gabriel. Good you're here. You need to see this!" Angela exclaimed. She lead Gabe to one of the hospital bedrooms. Gabriel stared at the bed in shock. He rushed ro the bed to look closer. Genji was laying there with his new body in place hooked up to a monitor."Oh my god! He's breathing!" Gabriel exclaimed.He wrapped his arms around Angela."You've done it Angie!"Gabriel looked at the coils on Genji's roboric arms and gasped."What is it?" She asked."Nothing, just the coils on his arms...they remind me of S.E.P."She sighed."Do you mind telling what it was like to be one of their soldiers?""I don't like talking about it that much. Most of it is classified anyways, but I remember the medicine we took everyday tasted like shit."Angela and Gabriel laughed together then sighed."I need a drink." He said.Angela cleared her throat."Yeah, me too."They both headed down to the bar next to the kitchen. Gabriel grabbed to liquor glasses and set them on the bar. He grabbed a bottle of whiskey from under the bar. Angela shook her head."We need something a little stronger than that." Angela said.She took a key from her belt and unlocked a cabinet under the bar and pulled out a bottle."We need German whiskey."Gabriel chixkled as she poured two glasses. They touched glasses and drank.

Jack was at the range that morning. McCree and Moira were sitting at a table behind him. He dinished his clip and turned around."I won't ask you what you're doing to Gabe, but could your experiments cause him to have nightmares?"Moira looked up."What happened?" She asked.Jack scratched the back of his head."Last night Gabriel woke up panicking from a nightmare. It was about the Omnic Crisis. We were both there. I was lying dead on the ground."Moira rested her chin on her finger."It's possible that his implant is doing a survey of his mind. Things like this are going ro be inconsistent until I start experimenting. Has he been having any headaches?"Jack shook his head, but McCree stared in confusion."Implant? Experiments? What the hell are you doing to Gabriel?!" McCree exclaimed.Moira sighed."I can't tell you, McCree ""Damn it! Why not?!""Gabriel wishes for it to be a personal matter."McCree leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms."I can assure you, Commander, that Gabriel is healthy."Jack put his hands on the table and leaned into Moira's face."He better be." Jack said. "For your sake."She swallowed hard."This is my boyfriend we are talking about. I fear that all of this experimenting is putting his life on the line. I need you to make damn sure that it's not."Moira nodded."Yes sir."

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Angela's POV...

I did the last checkups on Genji for the day. He was still sleeping soundly, but functioning properly. I looked at his pale face. His delacate eyes barely shut. I longed to see the color of them once again. His soft lips covered by a mask I had made. I climbed into the bed with him and layed my hand on his chest. I wanted him to know i was there for him, always, and decided to tell him a story while he lay at rest."There is a story I used to tell to the children at the hospital. It's about a great dragon prince that was admired and loved by all the people in his kingdom. The prince often went out to party with the people of the kingdom, but often failed to do the work on the inside. He was a very powerful being. He used his power to defend the kingdom from enemies that tried to steal from the citizens. One day another dragon came into the kingdom wanting to seize the throne form the prince. He fought valiantly, but failed to stop the dragon. The prince was stricken down and killed leaving the dragon to take his power and throne. The kingdom fell into dispair under the dragons rule, but a witch of life entered the kingdom and took the princes's body to her home. She used her magic to bring him back to life in another form. He could no longer be a dragon, but he was now a demon with sharp teeth and horns. He thought he would be able to go back and help his people, but no one in the kingdom recognized him. All they saw was a monster, a demon of mass destruction coming to take their souls. They ran away from him in fear. The prince retreated back to the witches home and begged for his old dragon body back, but stopped. He was changed. The witch looked at him intimently. She claimed to have fallen in love with the prince. No one knows what happened next, but I like to think that the witch and the demon lived together happily ever after."

I looked to Genji's face and eventually fell asleep.

The world slowly came into focus. I felt something in my hair. I reached up to touch it. They were cold fingers. I felt down the fingers. Eventually I found myself touching and arm and felt it up to Genji's body. I gasped. All of a sudden the fingers started moving. They stroked my hair. I sat up fast. Genji's eyes were open. They blinked. I heard a soft voice escape the mask."I hope they lived happily ever after." Genji whispered.

I smiled. Tears streamed down my face. I wrapped my arms around him, but then he gasped. I sat up. Genji put his arms out and stared at them with wide eyes. He went to touch his face and felt the metal mask covering his eyes. He felt his chest. There was some skin, but he felt the metal around it. He lifted the covers and stared at his metallic legs. He tried desperately to take off his mask. I pushed a button in the back and it came off. He gasped for breath and looked panicked."Genji, Genji! Calm down. You need to slow your breath."He eventually slowed down his breathing and looked up at me.

"Wha-what have I become?"

I looked down solemnly.

"I gave you a new body and saved what I could. I'm so sorry."

I felt Genji wipe a tear from my face.

"Angela, you saved me. Thankyou."

"I've ruined your life."

"No Angela. That was my brother's doing. I can't believe I'm alive."

I hopped off of the bed.

"Let me get you some water."

"Ok, but come back."

I turned around and smiled at him.

"I will, don't worry."