Genji x Reader - The Pact

Chapter 41. hard times

The smell of wet soil never left your nose as you continued to sit in the forest alone, crying silently. 
Your hiccups echoed through the green forest, giving you the feeling that the whole world could hear them. You tried to relax yourself by trying to breathe more calmly, but your body started to tense up again in the moment you heard footsteps behind you. 
Who could it be, Talon? A omnium that only waited for the moment you would be voulnerable? Or was it one of the Overwatch members that ran after you?

"Genji?!" You asked, wishing that it would be him.

"Sorry huckleberry, its just meh." A familiar voice with an heavy country accent answered you.

"Jesse!" You said looking up at him with your teary eyes.

"Hey, why did ya run away?" Jesse asked, sitting down next to you on the soft moss.

"I was just so filled with anger, and didnt want to let it out on you guys more than I already did." You said looking down. 

"Hey sweetheart, ya dont have to blame yourself. You were right, we could have done more...but we were scared." He said,  puting one of his hands on your shoulder.

"Scared? Scared of what?" You asked.

"Talon and Null Sector. They were getting stronger, but the people thought they didnt need us anymore. Things got really difficult for us, ya know. A blackwatch mission didnt go as planned, revealing our identity, the people found out about us....and then it was only a mattet of months, until Overwatch was made illegal. We parted ways, living our lives seperately and umdercover, thats why we never searched for you. We just thought that you are really dead." He said in a sad tone.

"May I ask what happened on that mission?" you asked after a while.

"We were supposed to capture Antonio but he said that his 'friends' would get him out of prison in no time, so Reyes just shot Antonio, that was the start of Overwatchs downfall." He answered

"Oh my god...Im sorry I didnt-" you started saying but were cut off by Jesse.

"Its ok, there was no way you could have known all of that. You were isolated from the whole world, and Im more than sorry for that." He said looking at you, his sad expression made you feel guilty.

"I went too hard on you guys...I should go back and apologize..." you said, about to stand up, but Jesse grabbed your arm, pulling you down.

"You dont have to apologize to anyone darlin! Why would you apologize, when we all know that you are right? We all know it but dont have the balls to say it, but we know that what happened to you was awful and could have been prevented by us..."
He paused for a bit, pulling out a cigar and lighting it.
"We dont have the damn balls to tell you that we lied when we said we would protect you, because deep inside of ourselves we knew that the omnium would trick us and get you someday, we just didnt expect it that soon." He said, breathing out the smoke.

"So thats why I am here right now. I am the one that should apologize! You did nothing wrong, no its the opposite way around, you did everything you could, managed to escape amd built up a new live. You were always loyal to us. And even when you finally had a new home and family, you still choose to be with us. The people that could have prevented your sufering..." he said as a tear rolled down his face.
It was the first time that you had seen Jesse cry.

"Jesse..." you whispered, putting your hand on his.

Meanwhile at the Overwatch Base
(Warning this part contains violence, torture, cursing and humiliation, and might be triggering to some people!)

Everyone was in shock as they watched the tape that you had thrown on the table.

Everything was silent, only the sound of the sound of the leather whip could be heard as it flew through the air and hit your bare skin, leaving a bloody mark. 
Tears rolled down your face and you wanted to scream, but the muzzle didnt allow you to let any noises.
Tears rolled down your eyes as you rolled up into a little ball on the floor, but the man torturing you didnt stop. He kept on hitting you with the whip, from which blood was dripping now.

Tracer and Mercy ghasped as they saw the fear in your eyes. But also for Genji it was quite hard to keep on watching, anger rose up within him and he was ready to kill everyone that ever hurt you, but he dindnt even knew who that man was, and so he just kept on watching you suffer.
He gulped as he balled his hands into fists.

And the tape got worse.

The man started calling you names like 'bitch', 'whore' and 'slut'. He kicked you and didnt even stopped when you tried get away by hiding in the corner of the room.
Your back was pressed up against the wall.
"Oh Im not done yet, you have to learn to obey our rules 8 or this will happen over and over again. " the man said pulling out a knive from his pocket. 

Everyone knew what was going to happen, but no one dared to say anything. They just continued watching the horrifying acts, watched as he pocked little holes in your exposed and nacked thighs, and made little cuts here and there.
Your blood formed little red puddles on the dirty grey floor.

There you were, sitting in your own blood unable to scream or move, the only thing you could do was cry and hope that it would be over soon.
The tape would go on for many more hours but Genji couldnt take it anymore. 
His fists hit the table,  leaving two deep dents in the grey and sturdy metal, then he stormed out of the room, walking into the training area.

He needed to get out his anger. He wanted revenge. He wanted to protect you.
"Im too weak. I cant protect her yet" he whispered to himself as he hit the punching bag hard, not wearing any boxing gloves.

After half an hour he was done, the knuckles of his real hand were now bleeding and he felt tired, bit there was still that anger and hatred inside of him.

He grunted as blood dripped down his hand, dripping on the floor.
"If I dont get stronger...she will get hurt again..." he whispered, now determimed to train even more than before.

He heard Jesse and you answering the base again.
"Are you sure I shouldnt apologize? I was pretty mean..." he heard you ask.
Hearing your voice made his heart jump in joy, but it also made you tense up.

Your POV

You walked past the training room, still talking to Jesse when you heard the door of said room suddely open.
"You dont have to apologize (Y/N), nothing of this was your fault. We are the ones that should apologize." Genji said.
You quickly turned around to look at him, noticing his bloody hand.

"Genji?! Are you ok? Your hand..." you said worried, rushing towards him. You took his big hand into his little one taking a close look at him.

"You should show this to Mercy, this looks bad!" You said as your worry grew.

"Its ok (Y/N), but I would like to talk to you..." he said butting one hand on your cheek.

"Only if you let me take a closer look at your hand." You said.

"....ok" The cyborg answered, following you to the doctors office.

You werent a real doctor like Mercy, but since you had to treat all your wounds yourself when you had been part of the omnium you had learned quite a lot about it.
Genji sat down on the examination table while you got a little stool and sat down in front of him, taking his hand.

"You really dont have to do this
(Y/N)." He said, a little bit embarrassed.

"You would do the same thing for me Genji." You answered smiling up at the young man, making him blush.
He really was quite cute, even know after all those years you knew each other, you still could make him blush.

"So what did you wanted to talk about with me?" You asked as you disinfected the wounds on his hand.
The burning sensation on his wounds made him flinch, but tried he act though.

"Im sorry (Y/N)..." he simply said looking down at the floor.

"I fucked up again...."