The Beginning Part 3

The Beginning part 3

Kaaru jumps out of a window as the bank alarms go off, the alley boy under one arm and a duffle bag of cash under the other. 

“You’ve done it now!” She says, running down the street.

“It was a red button what was I supposed to do?” The boy whines, tears in his eyes as she climbs onto a building and starts to run along the roofs. 

“Not touch it!” She yells, frustrated with the boy. “We can’t have the cops on us!” She adds as she slides down a fire escape and uses the alley way to get back to the hotel, the cops far behind them.

“It’s 2057 it’s not like it was labeled “alarm”.” The boy cries as she throws him onto the bed and stuffs the duffle bag in the closet. 

She huffs and looks at him. He was young and naive. Not the best combination in this day and age. 

“How old are you?” She questions and he looks away from her.

She grabs his arm and yanks him to look at her. 

“How. Old. Are. You?” She growls at him and he whimpers, his tearstained face puffy and red.

“I’m seven with no last name, no family, and no education besides the biblical school the nuns sent me to.” He says, being stubborn and ornery. 

She huffs and looks him over more, his brown eyes staring back at her with a fire of hatred. She lets go of him and folds her arms. He turns away and sniffs, wiping his face sloppily. She sighs and gets a wash cloth and kneels by him.

“I’m going to wash your face, okay?” She says and he frowns at her. “Now don’t give me that. You want to hear the rest of the story right?” She says and he looks up.

“Promise to be gentle?” He asks and she nods.

~storytime~

“What do you mean it had our insignia?” Genji says, dropping his katana.

“She had carved the sigil into the grip of her gun on one side. I didn’t get a good look at the other side.” Hanzo says.

“I need to get a look at it.” He declares and Mccree grabs his forearm. 

“Are you nuts Genji?!” He hisses at him and Genji glares.

“She may be a spy sent to kill us.” He says and Hanzo stands.

“Brother, if you approach her, she might just kill you. I doubt Angela will be able to bring you back again.” He says and Genji nods.

“But we need to see that gun.” Genji states.

“No. What you need is someone gullable and stupid.” Mccree says, looking to Junkrat.

“The australian trash man?” Hanzo asks, folding his arms with a brow quirked.

“He ain’t trash. Just misguided and willin’ to do absolutely anythin’ for a good wad of cash.” Mccree says.

“I question your intel Mccree, but I am willing to try it to get that gun.” Hanzo says before the gun is slid to them from where K-M-S-M sits, her eyes open but half lidded with exhaustion. 

“Save your money. I’d rather commit seppuku than let him touch me. Or my father’s gun. He handmade it for me and carved my family insignias into it. As well as my real name into the bottom of the mag. Taught me how to shoot. If you want your answers, you look at it and ask me questions. I’ll tell you the answers when we’re back at the base.” She says, shifting. “I’m not supposed to even be here.” She mumbles and Hanzo looks at her.

“Are you in trouble, child?” He asks and she looks away, petting her dog. 

“. . . You’ll get your answers at the base.” She says as Toby pants and licks her hand. 

Genji gasps, looking at the gun on the ground, the shimada insignia staring up at him. He picks it up and looks at the gun, tracing the carving. Mccree looks at it too. 

“It looks like my handy work.” He says, confused and Genji rolls his eyes.

“That’s not possible. Unless you’ve been hiding a daughter from us.” Genji says and Mccree shoves him, taking the gun and pulling out a little piece of wood he was carving on the flight to the mission. “Holy shit. They’re identical.” Genji says as he looks between the two carvings of the insignia. 

Mccree turns the gun over in his hand and nearly chokes, staring down at his own deadeye symbol carved into the other side. 

“Shimadas! Mccree! Sit your asses down! We’ll be landing soon!” Soldier 76 yells to them, making them sit down and buckle up. 

“This don’t make a lick ah sense. She’s got my symbol on here too!” Mccree says. 

“She’s not telling us something.” Hanzo says. 

When they land K-M-S-M is the first off and the last to enter the lobby with changed clothes and washed hair, the galaxy static as Toby curls up in her lap. Mccree stares at her, confused and upset he hasn’t gotten answers yet. Hanzo brings in cups of coffee. 

“She’s upset.” Hanzo says, handing his boyfriend his black coffee. 

“No shit. But so am I and I’m gettin’ some goddamn answers.” Mccree says, setting his coffee down; he sat himself down next to her and glares. “I want answers you tye dyed haired bitch.” He says and she sighs. 

“What is my name?” She asks and he looks at her. 

“What?” He spits at her like poison.

“Read the bottom of the mag aloud. Then I will answer whatever questions you have.” She says and he looks at the bottom of it.

“ ‘Belongs to Karru Mizuki Shimada-Mccree’.” He reads and Hanzo chokes on his coffee as they both look at her. “Who the hell are you?” Jesse says and she looks at them with a blank face.

“Isn’t it obvious? I’m your daughter.” She says and they back away from her.

~reality~

The boy gasps as Kaaru tucks him into bed. 

“Yeah?” She laughs. “Well that’s enough for today. Good night kid.” She smiles. 

“Jesse.” The boy says. “My name is Jesse.” He says and she smiles. 

“Goodnight Jesse.” She says and turns off the light before going to sleep on the couch.

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