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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage
  Fandom:
      Overwatch_(Video_Game)
  Character:
      Reaper_|_Gabriel_Reyes, Soldier:_76_|_Jack_Morrison, Ana_Amari, Jesse
      McCree, Angela_"Mercy"_Ziegler
  Additional Tags:
      Psychological_Torture, Psychological_Drama, Purging, Exhaustion,
      Friendship, Friends_to_Enemies, You_are_probably_going_to_hate_me
  Stats:
      Published: 2016-07-26 Words: 1427
****** Reaper ******
by Emyly001
Summary
     My own take on how Gabriel became Reaper.
     (I watched The Scribble before writing this.)
Notes
See the end of the work for notes
Gabriel was laying on his bed with his hand over his belly. He purged again.
His neck was sore and his stomach was clenching with emptyness.
He didn't knew when it started. He even visited Mercy and she told him that
everything was okay. And send him back to work.
He tryed to breathe but it was extremely hard. He felt an invisible hand around
his neck and it's squeezing it.
He felt the churning in his stomach and he quickly got up and runned to the
toilet. He bent over and purged. He was suprised that he has something in his
stomach.
He coughed and choked. That hand on his throat tightened as if to sufocate him.
It was extremely hard to breathe now.
He felt a soothing hand on his back and that hand dissapiered. He could breathe
again. He slumped on the ground and looked at the person. ,,Ana?"
,,You okay?" She asked. Gabriel only nodded. ,,You are probably akling how'd I
get here. You left the door open." She said softly.
Which was true. When he got home he immediately needed to run on the toilet and
the last thing he needed to do was to bent over.
,,Alright. Lets get you into kitchen. Can you walk?" She asked softly. Gabriel
stood on shaky legs but managed to walk into kitchen.
He sit on the chair and Ana poured him glass of water. She handed it to him and
when he took it he immediately dropped it.
He looked at his shaky fingers and Ana poured him another one. ,,Here. I'll
help you." She helped him to drink it.
,,Did you visited Mercy?" She asked and knelt in front of him. Gabriel nodded.
,,Yes and she told me that I'm fine."
Ana crossed her arms. ,,You are lieing." Gabriel shook his head. ,,No. It's the
diamond truth." ,,You are going to visit her tomorrow, again. With me." Said
Ana.
--------
They went to Mercy after their shift was done. And again Gabriel purged. He
purged his breakfast and lunch. He even purged when he didn't had anything.
Mercy oppened the doors and looked at them. She smiled. ,,Come in and have a
seat." They walked in and sits on the chairs.
Mercy sits across them. ,,What is troubling you?" She was still smiling. Ana
pointed at Gabriel. ,,That purging won't stop."
Mercy's smile dissapiered and she looked into her files. ,,But... it showed me
nothing." ,,Then look again." Said Ana.
Meecy nodded and motioned Gabriel to follow her but he runned on the toilet. He
bent over and purged.
Ana looked at Mercy and crossed her arms. ,,How it showed you nothing?" Mercy
trembled a little under the glare. ,,I-I don't know."
Gabriel coughed and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief. He followed Mercy and
layed on medical bed. Ana sits on the chair next to him.
Mercy runned a scan over him and it showed her that Gabriel was fine. She
repeated the scan twice but it showed her the same result.
,,So? What does it show?" Ana leaned forward a little. ,,I don't get it." Mercy
scratched her forehead. ,,It's showing me that there's nothing wrong."
,,What?!" Ana shot up and walked next to Mercy. She looked at the monitor and
coudln't belive her eyes. Gabriel was fine.
------
When Gabriel was walking home he was so exhausted that he must suporting
himself with a wall.
When he was about to fall somebody catched him. ,,I'm here Gabe." Gabriel
recognized that voice. ,,Jack." He said softly.
,,Don't say anything." Said Jack and helped him to get into his own room.
Gabriel purged again but the sink was closer.
He got into his bed and layed there. Jack sits on the edge. ,,I'm worrying
about you. You've run in the middle of a meeting into a men's toilets."
,,I purged again." That was a half of the true. He heard a voice inside his
head. It was a strange voice. It was hoarse and old voice.
Jack stared into his lap. ,,Mercy don't know what is causing it." ,,He'll know
soon enough." That voice in Gabriel's head spoke again.
,,Get out." Gabriel growled. Jack looked at him. ,,Stomach is troubling me."
Gabriel said this in deffense.
Jack nodded and looked at his watch. ,,Well. I better get going. Duty calls."
He got up but stopped in the doorway. ,,If you want anything just call, ok?" He
smiled and Gabriel nodded.
When the sound of doors closing sounded Gabriel rolled on his side. ,,Finally.
He's gone. Why didn't you grab his gun?" That voice asked.
,,He is my friend. I'm not going to shot him." Said Gabriel and he felt
churning in his stomach. ,,We'll see about that." And Gabriel runned into
toilet to purge again.
--------
Gabriel was sunlen in his corner and was holding his head. It was a week since
he walked out of his apartmen.
On his phone there was a lot of messages. First was from Ana. ,,Gabriel? All of
us are worrying about you. Please, when you heard this message call back."
Second was from McCree. ,,Hey, Gabe. It's been a long time since you've been
here. And this is not your behavior. Call me back."
Third was from Mercy. ,,Reyes. I'm really worrying abput you. Your healt is not
fine. When you'll feel better, please, come here so I can check on you.
Sincerely, Mercy."
Then it was Ana, McCree and Mercy. Ana was calling him the most. And only one
message from Jack. ,,Hey. Noticed you're not going to work. What happened? Is
your healt worse. When you hear this, call me."
Gabriel brought his knees closer to him and leaned his head against the sink.
,,See? He don't even care about you." Said that voice.
,,Shut up. He care.... He care about me. He just have a lot of work." Said
Gabriel weakly. The voice chuckled. ,,Oh, really? Then why isn't he visiting
you? Why did he sent you only one message?"
Gabriel got on his legs. ,,As I said. He has a lot of work." He somehow got
into the bathroom and found support in the basin.
He turned on the water and washed his face with cold water. He oppened a
cabinet to get a towel. ,,Who are you?" He asked.
He wiped his face. ,,I. Am. You." He closed the cabinet and in the mirror on it
there was a man with a dark coat and white skull.
Gabriel gasped and shattered the mirror with his bate fist. ,,Reyes!" Mercy
runned to him and grabbed his wrist. ,,Why did you do that?!"
Mercy was pulling out each shard of mirror from Gabriel's hand. Good thing she
took her medical kit with her.
When the shards were out she cleaned the wounds and bandaged it. She took his
hands into hers gently. ,,Why did you do that?"
Gabriel was starring blankly. ,,I saw somone. In the mirror." Mercy blinked.
,,Whom?" ,,I don't know." Gabriel shook his head.
,,Ana wanted to visit you but she got a lot of work. And I borrowed a spare key
from Morrison." Said Mercy softly but Gabriel didn't react.
------
A knock on the door made Mercy look from her work. ,,Come in!" She shouted. The
door oppened and Jesse with Ana stepped in.
,,Have a seat." Said Mercy softly. Both of them sits and they looked nervous.
,,How is Gabriel?" Asked Ana.
Mercy shook her head. ,,He is shattering glass things or mirrors." Jesse
sighed. ,,What's wrong with him?"
,,I want to know too, Jesse." Said Mercy. ,,Is Jack visiting him?" Asked Ana.
Mercy shook her head. ,,Wait. Why isn't he visiting his best friend?" Jesse
jolted. Mercy shrugged.
-------
Gabriel was floating in a black sea. He didn't remember anything. His friends,
family. No one.
He felt hands gently squeezing his neck and he oppened his eyes. He saw himself
in front of him.
,,He took everything away from you. Your pride, honor and rank. He don't
deserve to lead Overwatch. You do. You have most experience in the
battlefield."
Gabriel didn't said anything. He only stared at himself. ,,Oh? Did we run out
on words?" That man with skull mask chuckled.
,,Take it away." Gabriel said silently. ,,What's that?" He asked. ,,Take it
away." Gabriel said loudly.
,,I will." He pressed his clawed gloves trought Gabriel's neck and it went
trough his skin.
-------
From the rubbles a black fog rised anf formed into a man in blavk cloak and
white skull. He laughed. ,,Gabriel is dead. Reaper is born."
End Notes
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