Forty

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The hallways were so bright white...
She hated it so much...
not did it only remind her of the time where she walked through halls like these to say goodbye to her parents... but now... the only person who she truly cared about in this world was also waiting for her at the end of this hallway... another painful memory to try to forget..
Another goodbye...

" here... he's currently stable... but... the poison is slowly killing him.. I'm so sorry we can't do anything to help him anymore..."
Blackwatch had brought Genji and the rest of the team back to the US after his condition had been stabilized.
Both McCree and Angela were waiting outside for someone to finally let them in. For the past few days, they had been refused as much as letting them see him and that had been true torture to them.
" it has to be bad, like really really bad." Mccre kept mumbling as he was trying his very best to stay sane.
Angela was quietly walking around, since she had long given up on sitting. This was too overwhelming that even at night, she was not able to close her eyes without seeming a bloody or dead Genji in her dreams.
The waiting room was quiet. No one else was in there.
" do you think it's possible to... break into his room? They're not gone let us in." Angela spoke and turned to face McCree. He slowly raised his head, looking up at what used to be a brighter Angela, but now, all he saw was a broken girl who seemingly hasn't slept for days.
" break in? But this place has even more security now after everything." McCree mumbled, not wanting to break her hopes. But she had to realize that they were just kids compared to the others. How in the world could they possibly get in?
" they wouldn't except us to break in, we could sneak... people Jesse, I have to see him."
He slowly looked away. So did he, but how? This was one of the most secure places in the country! Perhaps even the world!
" I would recommend not to." A familiar voice spoke up. Angela didn't have to turn around to face him.
" p... professor Reinhardt! What are you... doing here?" Mccre spoke as he stood up from his chair.
" I'm here to hand you guys over the latest homework that none of you have been doing these last few weeks" he chuckled and put his hands on Angela's shoulder.
" I'm joking, I'm joking, I wouldn't, not after everything. But I'm here to inform you about something very very important alright...?"
This caught both of their attention and Angela now turns to face him.
" is he awake!?" She bursts out.
Reinhardt doesn't reply.
" just... please sit down, these aren't good news.."
Both of them felt like the world stoped at the mention of not good news.
" w..what you mean not good news?" Angela staggered, her voice cracking.
" just, sit down please." He gently points towards the chair, and Angela slowly sits down. Both McCree and Angela gaze over at each other before Reinhardt speaks up.

" I'm here to give you guys the proper information about what exactly Genji's condition is. And don't get me wrong, the doctors around here are doing their very best to help him." He begins.
" but...?" McCree replies.
" before any of you entered the Hanamora castle, Genji was injected with this very specific poison. I'm pretty sure the Shimada clan or Talon was expecting your visit... and took the case in their own hands to prevent us from getting out victory. His freedom."
Angela's fists tighten.
" the poison is spreading. Slowly. Not quick. But, it has been confirmed... there is no cure for it. No cure at all." Then he went silent. They all stayed silent.
The words didn't seem real to her... there has to be a cure... anything.
"S...so..? He has been... declared dead..?" Mccre manage to force out.
Reinhardt doesn't reply. Only a short nod was the confirmation he got.
Angela felt totally gone. Her whole body just froze and her mind couldn't concentrate on anything around her.
The words declared kept repeating in her head and she starts to slowly tear up. But nothing else. No reply, no movement no... no Genji...

" they're letting you two in now. To say goodbye..." he finally managed to speak as minutes passed.

Angela was having a hard time breathing after this sentence. Goodbye...
She was finally allowed in to say goodbye.
" b...but..." McCree tried his very best to form his words, but emotions were overwhelming him.
" you don't have to... but we believe you guys deserve it, after everything." Reinhardt spoke as he quietly gets up from his seat and heads towards the door that would lead them inside.
McCree was the first to get up. As calmly as he could, he reached out his hand to Angela, hoping she would except as he knew he wasn't strong enough to face Genji's death alone.
She didn't hesitate to take it, but tears were slowly building up in her eyes, and without any other interference, they together walked in.

The whole room was quiet. By the look of it, it seemed more like a empty shell than a medical room.
But there he was...
His hair was almost all black now, a big difference from when she had met him the first time. She remembered it like it was yesterday...

The sun was sinning brightly outside and for once, she had been excited to go to school. Why? She had no idea really. Perhaps the absence of her uncle had caused it?
But she remembered when she stood in the hallway, by her closet and was sorting out her books for the next class when she noticed Lucio walking over to her.
He didn't say much except morning and told her something about having to meet up at the headmaster's office, why? He didn't tell her. But she knew him well and knew he was in no trouble, at least she hoped not. But the first time she actually noticed Genji was by the swimming pool. The whole class was having swimming class and because of girl reasons, she couldn't have class that day. But to her surprise, there was also another person who wasn't having class either, and he was sitting alone, all by himself.
Unlike many others, she wasn't shy when it came to meeting new people, in fact, she actually loved it, and therefore, she saw the perfect opportunity to get to know him a bit.
And to her big surprise, he was a very handsome guy with an extremely cute shy smile.
She couldn't help but feel super attracted by it. And his art skills really impressed her. She herself loved art as a kid, and perhaps if her parents had still been alive... then maybe she would be doing art right now. But then again, her passion for medicine and ways of helping people in need was what her heart was truly burning for, and that wouldn't have changed no matter what.
But if there was someone in the whole world she truly wanted to help, then it would be this boy... the boy who actually saved her...
He saw her pain, even tho she had never told a soul about it.. he knew how to make her laugh.. how to actually smile, how to be truly happy and not fake it all, like she normally did..
she felt real around him.. but now that he was slowly fading away from this world... she was too...
If he left her .. then she would never be the true her again... how could she?

His eyes were closed, and his whole face looked sick... he didn't look healthy. Skinny.. past these weeks he had been gone... he's shape had truly changed from being a healthy person to becoming a person who obviously hasn't been eating nor sleeping well..
" h...he looks terrible" Mccre gasped at her side.
She agreed. He didn't look good at all.. she could barely recognize him.
" Genji... p..please wake up, fight the poison!" Mccre cried as he laid his had onto Genji's burning forehead.
Angela couldn't help but walk over too. There had to be something she could do! She had to!
" I will leave you two alone with him..." Reinhardt told them and quietly leaves the room to give them some space.
Genji was really warm... burning hot.. witch wasn't a good sign at all.
" w.. what are you doing..?" McCree asked as he watched Angela grab a bunch of papers form a table near by and pushed them down into her backpack.
" I'm not giving up on him! I have to do something!" She replied. Drying her tears away and kept searching the desks and draws for anything.
" w..what!?" Mccre bursts out as he watches Angela look through everything and then suddenly finds a syringe.
" WAIT WAIT! Angela what are you gone do with that!?" He nervously asks as he watches her run over to Genji and carefully ejecting the needle into his arm without any hesitation.
" ANGELA!" Mccre gasps.
" how the hell did you know how to do that!? Only doctors should be doing that!" He whispers but Angela totally ignores him and takes the amount of blood that would be necessary for her new upcoming project.
" if it's poison, then there is a way of making an antidote! It's possible! Not impossible!" She finally replies and puts the syringe full of blood into her backpack and looks up at Mccre.
" are you crazy!? You're not a doctor Angela!" He replies but for some reason, he knew she got this under control.
" just... just don't stop me. And don't tell anyone that would stop me.. give me this last opportunity to save him.."
they both stood there in silence.
" do it, do whatever you can to save him.. and if you need anything, don't be afraid to let me in on it" he truly meant his words. This was probably very illegal but that didn't matter at all. If this could save his best friend, then he was all in.

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