Fire Burns for a Reason

Chapter 8: Mercy

Genji, McCree, Soldier, and Tracer rushed to Layla as she laid still with blood coming out of her wounds. Soldier picked up the limp body and looked up at Genji, "Get Mercy. Now!" He yelled at him as Genji quickly nodded before rushing off to find the Swish doctor. Junkrat wobbled over to where the others were and looked down at Layla. He looked at her face as it was covered in blood and a bit of bruising on where she hit her head. 'Huh, why does pipsqueak lookin' so..cute' He thought until he felt someone whack his shoulder. "Wot the hell was that for?!" Junkrat shouted at McCree. "Yer starin' a lil' too much at her Junkrat. Keep yer eyes to yer-self or else." He threatened and the Aussie laughed at him. Soldier looked at the two from over his shoulder, "You too, shut the hell up! It's not helping with the fact that she has a concussion from that fall." He says to her. Tracer noticed how Junkrat would let his eyes lingering a bit too long at Layla's form, 'Why is he staring at her like that?' She thought.

Genji busted into Mercy's medical bay, "Dr. Ziegler! I need your assistance!" He says to her. Mercy looked at him, "What happened?" Genji quickly says, "Layla is bleeding on the floor with a concussion from our training session a few seconds ago." Mercy got up, "Is she conscious?" She asked. Genji quickly shook his head, "No she is not Doctor." "Do not worry Genji. I can fix her." Mercy says to him before walking over to her desk and grabs her Caduceus Staff  before looking at him, "Take me to her." She says and Genji nods before he took her to the training area where the others were. Mercy got to the training area and saw the group huddled. She made her way over to the group before seeing Layla in Soldier's arms, "That's quite a mess you caused Genji." She hummed a bit before readying her staff and pointed the end at Layla. Mercy pressed the trigger on the staff before two beams appeared from the staff as the staff starts healing Layla.

The wounds on Layla starts closing up on her body as Layla starts stirring a bit but didn't wake up. "Genji, I must say, what brain cell did you use to throw a sword at her hand?" Mercy says as she kept healing Layla. Genji sighed, "She took her attention off of the training to tell Junkrat off and yeah." He explains. "But what was the purpose of throwing it?" She asked. "I don't know." He answered. Mercy sighed at Genji, "Honestly Genji. Who knows what damaged you caused to her hand. Who pulled the sword out?" "Layla did but she slipped on the puddle of blood and knocked herself out." Genji says. Mercy internally sighed at the situation, "Well no more of that." She mumbled to herself and looked at Layla's body, "She is healed, but I need one of you gentlemen to carry her to my medical bay so I look at her hand better to see if Genji messed up anything important." Mercy says. McCree spoke up, "But you healed it." "Just because I healed it doesn't mean the function could be slightly different in her hand. Even though she was bleeding out, I managed to look at her wound before healing it. I didn't see any nerves damaged but I still want to check." She responded. 

"So...who's going to pick up Layla?" Mercy asked. Soldier was going to raise his hand but Junkrat grabbed Layla by the arm before slinging her over his shoulder, "Got it!!" "Junkrat no! Your tire-" Mercy looked at the ground near his foot and saw blood, "Jamison. Your tire, mind you has spikes on it, just stabbed Layla somewhere when you carelessly threw her over your shoulder." She walked to his right side and saw that a spike has stabbed Layla in the side, "Put her down." Junkrat shrugged his shoulders and drops Layla like a sack of potatoes. Mercy bit her tongue and healed Layla's side wound. "Now-" "Got it!" Junkrat picks up Layla by the back of her sweatshirt with her body dangling with a tight grip. Mercy walks off without a word and Junkrat follows her while carrying Layla. The two made their way to medical bay but on the way there, Junkrat kept knocking Layla's head against objects. Mercy and Junkrat got to the bay, "Okay Jamison, put her on the table softly." She instructed. Junkrat lifts up Layla and dropped her on the table with a thud, "Is that all?" He asked. "Yes it is." She says with a smile but she was clearly annoyed with him. Junkrat wobbled out of the medical bay leaving Layla and Mercy behind.

Mercy adjusted Layla on the bed properly before putting her staff on the table, she grabs some bandages and wraps them around Layla's head with a sigh. "Alright that should do it. Now to look at your hand." She says softly and grabbed Layla's right hand with a hum before moving it around slightly. The sleeve of the sweatshirt falls slightly and the doctor saw something out of place. "Scars?" She asked herself while she kept moving the hand around for a little bit longer. Mercy puts the hand down softly on the table before pushing up the sleeve a bit more, 'What is this small hole?' She thought. There was a small hole at a vein where the hand and arm connect. 'Was there an IV here or a needle?' She thought once more and kept looking at Layla's right hand. Mercy goes on the left side and pushed the sleeve up before seeing scars, "What on earth happened to you?" She asked herself. Mercy's hand was feeling Layla's forearm but accidently touched Layla's side. Layla's eyes opened up quickly. She hissed softly while Mercy saw Layla's scars and veins with a soft glow. 

Layla took a deep breath and the orange glow went away before she started coughing, "Where am I?" She asked after she finished coughing. Mercy gave her a cup of water, "In the medical bay. Do you remember anything?" "Where is Genji? I need a little talk with him." Layla says with a frown on her face, she sat up but gripped her head, "What the hell?" "Junkrat was carrying you but kept knocking your head against objects on the way to the medical bay." Mercy explained and Layla started growling.

"JUNKRAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!"