This story is the continuation of Behind closed doors so if you haven't read that one I suggest to start there. This novel is more storydriven than BCD and also involves more focus on the other characters in the Overwatch family.
The story picks up...
"Genji, what is wrong with him?!" Hanzo cried out distraught as he held Jesse's face in his hands.
Jesse was unresponsive at this point and he was sweating profusely.
"He... he gets sick every now and then," Genji said as he worryingly looked down at his friend. "The air here, it makes him unable to breathe. We are too high up, let's bring him down to the temple."
Genji turned to Zenyatta who nodded approvingly.
Hanzo picked up Jesse and started carefully carrying him down the mountains. Genji offered his help, but the look in Hanzo's eyes told him that this was something he wanted to do on his own.
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Zenyatta floated next to them, stabilizing Jesse the best he could.
As they made their way down the narrow winding paths, walking through the remains of what once had been a Talon strike force, Hanzo's normally pale face turned completely ashen and then into an almost greenish color.
"What happened down at the temple?" Genji asked his master in a low voice.
"A few of the intruders dragged Sombra's body away and left with one of the dropships," Zenyatta replied. "The rest followed you and Jesse. From what I can see, there are no survivors other than the ones that left."
Genji nodded a few times.
"I think it might be for the best," he said and glanced over at his brother. "The fewer people know about his whereabouts, the better."
He then put a hand on Zenyatta's shoulder.
"Is she?" he asked. "I mean... she..."
"I do not know," Zenyatta said as he looked down at Jesse. "If she is still alive, she will have lost a lot of blood. We can only hope that they gave her the medical attention she needed and that she will survive. She is playing a gravely dangerous game indeed..."
Genji nodded again.
"That she truly does..."
As the group reached the temple, Jesse was taken to his room and placed on the bed. Hanzo sat down next to him and looked at him for a few moments, before suddenly getting to his feet and rushing out of the room.
Genji watched in confusion and then looked over at Zenyatta who nodded for him to go after his brother.
Genji found Hanzo outside, leaning his whole body over the railing, dry heaving and coughing.
"What is going on?" Genji asked as he patted his brother on the back.
Hanzo spat a few times and then pulled his body back from the railing and slumped down, resting his back against it. He was taking short intense breaths with a few tears escaping his glossy eyes.
