Loss and Gain

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Mcsombra Week – Day 5: Family 

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“…This will be hard to hear, son.”

“Don’t sugarcoat it, Morrison. Captain Amari’s dead.”

“…Hey, did you hear? Overwatch Headquarters blew up! It’s all over the news-”

“…and among the confirmed KIA are Strike Commander Jack Morrison…Commander Gabriel Reyes…”

Stop it- it’s not true…!

No matter what he does, no matter where he goes, no matter how much time passes, each death is clear in his mind, the announcement of those he considered family…gone. The guilt consumes him like an overbearing weight. What could he have done? How could he have helped? Would all this have happened had he stayed in Switzerland? The questions burn in his mind, fresh as the vivid memories of each death. It’s too much. He feels restrained and he panics in the invisible bonds holding him. It’s too much. He wishes he could just wake up and everything didn’t seem so hopeless.

“Jesse, Jesse, wake up!”

There’s a firm hand on his arm, shaking him. He wants to push it away, get them to stop touching him, but he can’t move.

“Jesse, ¡despiértate!”

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