Heroes Never Die

~ o ~

The moment you find the courage to give up your life for someone.

Would be the moment you understand true love.

- Kenshin Himura

~ o ~

"Angela! Behind you!"

Mercy immediately turned around and just barely managed to roll behind a concrete column before an unrelenting hail of gunfire rained down upon her. The sound of bullets meeting metal followed for several seconds until the gunfire ceased. She peeked out from behind the column to see that Genji had unsheathed his short blade and deflected each and every one of the bullets. He turned back to her for a moment.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

She nodded slowly as the ninja turned back to face their enemies.

"These terrorists are ruthless, far more than the enemies we have faced in the past," he said.
"Agreed, and we do not have everyone at our side to back us up," she replied.

Genji nodded as he turned back to face the terrorists.

"We cannot allow these criminals to get past us, we must hold them off here and now," he said.

Mercy shook her head.

"We should retreat and regroup with the others Genji, we cannot fight against these numbers," she replied.
"If we leave, they will reach the town and take more hostages, I will not allow that to happen."

The cyborg reached for his katana with his free hand as he readied his shuriken.

"Call for aid, I shall keep them busy," he said

Before she could say another word, he sprinted off. She cursed under her breath as she pressed her finger to her earpiece.

"Jack, do you read me?" she asked.
"Loud and clear Angela, what's going on?" he asked.

She hesitated to speak, but she knew that even Genji couldn't keep such overwhelming numbers at bay for long.

"Genji and I got separated from the others, we need assistance in holding the terrorists back at point Gamma," she explained.
"I'm nowhere near there Angela, but Lena and I will get there as soon as we can," replied the commander.

Mercy sighed softly in relief.

"Thank you Jack, we'll do our best to keep them away from the town," she said.
"Be careful Angela; I don't want a single agent dying today,"

The call cut off as Mercy picked up her staff. After ensuring that her suit had recovered from the previous battle, she used her PDA to find Genji's position. Just as she thought, he had run a good distance ahead and judging from the radar, he was zipping from side to side, evidently taking down enemy soldiers in his wake. She smiled as she began to make her way towards him.

~ o ~

"There are so many of them. It will be difficult to keep them at bay until help arrives...but I must protect Angela; we cannot win this war without her."

I immediately sensed a presence behind me as I leaped into the air, flinging shuriken at my attackers. They connected with both of them, dropping them to the floor in an instant. I took a deep breath before making my way back outside.