#mysteryprof

‘Exit the alleyway and head east, Agent McCree.’

McCree takes off running and follows Athena’s instructions until he rounds the corner of a half demolished building and runs into a courtyard full of Talon agents and one Hanzo Shimada.

“What?  Did you really think Talon takes no for an answer?” one of the Talon grunts say as they tower over Hanzo who’s kneeling on the ground and curled in on himself.  “You’re joining us one way or another.”  The grunt pulls the trigger on the taser once more sending another shock through Hanzo.  He sizes up for a second then curls in farther.

“Hanzo!”  The heads of every Talon agent snaps towards McCree as he runs towards his partner.  He shoots down the first six that run towards him but he doesn’t have enough time to reload.  The battle turns into a fist fight and as good as McCree’s training is, he’s too outnumbered to win.

“Jesse!  No!” Hanzo yells from his position on the ground.  McCree gets tackled and pinned down.  

“Well look who it is,” says taser guy.  “Jesse McCree, what’s your bounty up to now?  Whatever it is I’m sure you’ll fetch a pretty penny.  Luckily, we don’t need you alive for that, am I right?”

“Do not touch him,” Hanzo growls.

“Shut up!  How are you still talking anyways?  I’ve passed enough volts through you that you should be drooling on the ground by now.”  He pulls the trigger again but Hanzo only grunts.  He takes a deep breath and raises his head just enough to glare at the Talon agent.

“You will not touch him!”  Hanzo grabs the wires of the taser and yanks the hooks out of his shoulder.  He stands up slowly and squares his shoulders.  “I will not join you and you will not hurt Jesse McCree.”

Arcs of electricity start racing over Hanzo’s skin and his tattoo glows like it does right before he releases the dragons, but he doesn’t have any weapons.  His bow is laying in the ground out of reach and his quiver has been emptied of all his arrows.  His eyes start glowing and everyone takes a step back in fear.

If McCree wasn’t seeing this with his own eyes he wouldn’t believe it.  

One second Hanzo’s shifting into a fighting stance, and the next he’s rushing taser guy.  Before the Talon agent can react Hanzo has him in a headlock and snaps his neck.  He runs at the next guy with incredible speeds and takes them out with superhuman strength.  He grunts with every punch and kick, but it sounds more beastly than human- it sounds like a dragon.  McCree can barely track his movements and before he knows it every Talon grunt is lying motionless on the ground.  Hanzo stands there looking down at the bodies barely breathing hard.

McCree looks at Hanzo with awe and watches the arcs of electricity die down and the glow fade from his eyes and tattoo.

“Han?”

Hanzo’s head whips around and when he sees McCree looking at him all of the tension and anger in his body melts away.

“Jesse!  Are you okay?  Are you hurt?”

“No more than usual.  What the hell was that?  I’ve never seen ya do anythin’ like that.”  Hanzo lets out a sigh of relief and helps McCree up.  

“It is somewhat hard to explain.”

“Try me, please.  I mean, that was amazing!” McCree says as he cups Hanzo’s face in his hands.  Hanzo smiles softly and covers McCree’s hands with his own, moving them so they’re holding hands instead.

“You already know that the dragons are guardian spirits for my family, and that they can manifest in our world.  But what most people do not know is that the forms they take while in our world are composed of pure energy.  Until they take those forms that energy is stored in me.  When that Talon agent tased me the dragons absorbed the electricity and used it to power themselves and in turn, me.”

“So that’s how ya were able to brush off those shocks.”

“I would not say that I simply brushed them off.  The initial surges of energy through my body hurt ‘like a bitch’ ,as you like to say, until the dragons absorb them but once they do it does not affect me any longer.”

“Amazin’... I would really like to kiss ya right now.”  Hanzo chuckles and let’s McCree’s hands go.

“Save it until after we have won the battle, cowboy.  Our teammates still need our help.”  Hanzo grabs his bow and scoops up the arrows scattered on the ground.  “Let us go join them.”