The RED team had managed to wrangle themselves a summer off, and, as he sat at his desk doing what little remained of a small mountain of paperwork, Medic expected that the rest of the team were enjoying theirs, and not having to do anything like he was. Medic, Heavy, and Pyro remained at the base, due to a lack of desire to go on holiday, not having anywhere better to go, or indeed for Pyro, nowhere else to go.
Meanwhile, as Medic was engaged in paperwork and his thoughts, Pyro was walking towards Medic's office, the door to which was open, allowing Offenbach's Orpheus In The Underworld to escape down the corridor. Pyro was carrying the Axtinguisher and had a serious expression etched on its mask, which happened to look identical to each of the Pyro's other expressions. Medic, unaware that Pyro was looking for him, was surprised when the arsonist appeared at his door with the fore-mentioned Axtinguisher.
Pyro beckoned Medic with its left hand, mumbling something that sounded vaguely like "come". Medic put down his pen, and followed Pyro. Counting up in his head, the German reckoned that this was the sixth time Pyro beckoned him to follow it in the last week alone. Going down into the basement, where Pyro lived, Medic assumed it was the sixth time that week he was shown Pyro's flamethrower collection, and promptly prepared himself for about an hour of mumbling, fire, and flamethrowers.
Despite this, Medic was not prepared for what he saw when he went into Pyro's bedroom. On an unused part of a wall, between Pyro's bed and it's private resupply locker, was an oval with red, green, yellow and black coloured strands, with the strands moving around aimlessly.
"Ach, this looks vorse than those Jews I once saw in a gas chamber during the Second Vorld Var." stated Medic, after a couple of seconds of him staring at the oval.
Reassuring Pyro that he would return shortly, Medic quickly walked out of Pyro's room. A few minutes later, with Pyro getting more nervous by the second, until Medic returned, not only with Heavy, but also the Ubersaw, the Kritzkrieg, and the Blautsauger. Heavy, in the Mobster set, went over to the multicoloured oval.
"So, this is what Doktor wanted me to see. Looks like portal, but none I've seen." stated the Russian.
"Zhen ve must go and find out vhat is at the other end of ze portal, for ze vellbeing of us all." said Medic, training the Kritzkrieg on Heavy. The two men proceeded through what had now been identified as a portal, while Pyro took the Backburner, the Manmelter, and the Neon Annihilator, before following Heavy and Medic into the unknown.
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Finding themselves in a dark, dimly lit underground room, and the portal disappearing behind them after they stepped through it, Pyro took out the Neon Annihilator and used it to light up the room. This revealed several casks of exceptionally good ale, which Medic sampled. He stated that the owner had power, money, friends in the right places, or a probable combination of all three.
The three mercenaries then paid their attention to the locked door: a large, heavy oak thing. Pyro, deciding fire was the best option, pulled out the Backburner, but Medic and Heavy stopped it for three reasons. The first was that the fire could spin out of control. The second was that it would ruin a perfectly good door. The third was that they would have to pay to replace it. Heavy, being the Russian bear that he is, broke the lock by giving the door a mere push.
In the corridor outside, the occasional and nearly dead candles gave out a feeble, flickering source of light. Again relying on the Neon Annihilator, the three mercenaries turned and went down the passageway on their left. When this resulted in finding a dead end, the mercenaries turned around and headed back the way they came. At the far end, they encountered another locked door. Heavy was again employed for his lock-breaking skills.
They were immediately hit by a wave of cool and crisp night air. Outside the door, a flight of stairs led up to ground level. These were climbed, and the mercenaries found themselves in a castle. After looking at the stars for a few minutes, Medic spoke.
"I think ve should establish vere ve are." he stated.
"I know. Is Canterlot Castle." stated Heavy.
"Vhere? Nein, is that one of zhose places in zhat little girl's show you vatch, er, Freundshaft Ist Magie?" asked Medic.
"Da." replied Heavy.
Pyro cocked its head to one side, which was the arsonist's way of questioning what had been said.
"You didn't hear Heavy vatching that show?" questioned Medic.
Pyro nodded.
"Ja? Ve are in one of ze locations from zhat show."
Heavy, meanwhile, was moving across the courtyard before being arrested by a stern voice from behind.
"Halt! Who goes there?"
A/N Please rate and review, bearing in mind this is my first TF2/MLP:FIM crossover.
