Betrayal in Blackwatch: An Overwatch Tale

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The mercenary laughed. “I told you before Reinhardt. Such outdated virtues have no place in this world anymore. The only thing that matters is to get the job done, no matter the cost.”
“Don’t bother trying to talk to him Rein,” said Tracer with venom in her voice, which socked everyone, even Reaper raised an eyebrow under his mask. “This isn’t Gabriel anymore. The Gabriel we once knew wouldn’t do the horrible things Reaper has done.”
“I take it this is your coping mechanism Lena?” asked amused the man clad in black. “Telling yourself that I wouldn’t do the ‘horrible things’ that I do now when I was part of Overwatch. You clearly never knew me. Or you can’t face reality, can you? I always knew you were weak.”
“Leave her alone!” sheeted McCree.
“I recognize that voice,” said the hooded woman as she approached the
It’s not even a challenge anymore,” said Reaper to his nemesis.
From the corner of the eye, Reaper saw his former protégé aim his Peacekeeper at him and moved to grab his right arm, the bullet pierced his shoulder instead of his head. The mercenary punched the younger man in the face throwing him in the wall.
“Tell me, how does it feel? To let everyone down, I mean,” taunted Reaper. “I had such big plans for you boy. You were the closest thing I had to a son, but you let me down, you let Aveline. Do you have any idea how much she suffered? Do you know how much I suffered?”
“Spare me your bullshit,” said McCree as he got up. “You’ve only got yourself to blame for what happened to you and the rest of Blackwatch. If you haven’t betrayed your friends, none of this would have happened. This is on you! I followed you blindly, never questioned your orders, hell I considered you a father figure, but I couldn’t follow you to Switzerland. There are some things I would never do and one of these things is to betray my friends, my family! I never betrayed you or Aveline, you betrayed me and Overwatch! You betrayed what Blackwatch stood

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