Author's Note:

Hey guys! So you should know that this is my very first fanfiction story. I've really been into TF2 lately and I decided I'd make a little story for it.
You should also know that first chapters are not my specialty. Bare with me through this, I know this chapter may be boring to some of you, but I promise the story will get better. I'm not one to leave my stories sitting either, so I'll continue to work on and post chapters all the time.

One more thing, I'm not to great with typing accents, so you'll notice that I might skip out on giving Sniper or Demo their accents. I'd rather not do the accents if they're going to sound weird when I do them. However, if you find it necessary to have the accents throughout the story, please feel free to message me or leave a review to give me tips on how to do the accents and I will definitely try to make them better.

That being said, writing is my passion and I am very open to all criticism and tips to make my writing better. So please if you see something I need to work on, please tell me about it.

Alright I think that's enough from me. Let's get to the story!

The Spark on the Battlefield

The room filled with loud beeps and buzzes. The monitors in the front of the room were replaying a scene from 2 nights before, 4 hours after the most recent mission of king of the hill on sawmill. It was the footage of after ceasefire had been called. All mercenaries were supposed to be in their designated rest houses while they waited for the next mission. However, in this clip some Mercenaries were not in the designated areas. It showed Red Pyro pinned down by Blu Spy in front of a saw as it came towards the fire lover. The end of the clip was bloody and resulted in one less red team member. Due to it being ceasefire, the spawn wouldn't be bringing that pyro back either. He was gone.

A bored and hushed sigh came from the administrator as she watched the replays. "And he was such a good pyro too…" she muttered out loud. She then turned to me, taking a puff of her cigarette. "However, due to the records of your mercenary training, I can tell that you'll be just as good as the previous pyro, if not better. " She stated, grabbing a folder from her desk, flipping through it. I gulped when she looked back up at me. "Miss Pauling and I chose you because you've shown excellence in training and you were the best we could get in short notice. So, don't make us regret picking you." The woman hissed. I nodded. "I won't let you down ma'am." I assured. The administrator looked me over once more before giving a small smirk.

"Good. Now, Miss Pauling will escort you to the base where one of the Red Team will be waiting to show you around. The weapons that you'll start with will be in your room. Prove to us that you're worth the money, and you will receive other types of weapons to use. As for your request, you do realize that keeping your identity safe will not be easy, yes?" The woman took another puff of cigarette, waiting for my answer. "Yes. I realize that, but I'll manage the look. Should I HAVE to take off my suit, I have other ways of concealment. I just ask that you secure the written proof from my teammates." I stated, staring at her with complete confidence.

She smirked slightly. "Fine. We will secure everything. We've also made adjustments to your room. We've added on a bathroom and told the others that it was required due to your health. That is all I can do for you. Miss Pauling will be giving you more details on your job on your way to the base." Again, the Administrator took a puff of her cigarette before speaking again. "Now, Do you have any questions for me?"

"Actually, yes I do." I said, moving my gaze to the monitors. "What happened to him?" I motioned towards the Blu spy. The Administrator could see the slight concern on my face. I mean, I was taking that pyro's place. I had a right to be concerned after watching that footage over and over again. She took a long puff of her cigarette before answering. "He was fired and immediately replaced." She finally stated.

I could see in her eyes though that he was more than just fired. Something told me that no one was ever going to hear from that spy again.

I nodded at the Administrator, understanding. "Anything else?" she asked. I shook my head. "Good. Then take your bag and leave. Miss Pauling is waiting outside."

"Yes ma'am. Oh and Thank you for this opportunity." I declared. She nodded. "Like I said, don't make me regret choosing you." She added. I nodded towards her. "I don't intend to." And with that said I headed out.

Just as the Administrator said, Miss Pauling was waiting right outside, holding the door to a car open for me. I nodded my thanks to her and slid in. She followed me in, telling the driver to go the second the door was shut.

"First off, I want to say it's good to have you. It's nice to finally have a female on the field." She stated. I smiled. "Good to be here."

Miss Pauling gave a simple smile and turned to some paper work that she held in her lap. At first I thought she was going to make me sign more papers and contracts that covered them should something go terribly wrong, but it turns out it was just the things she needed to go over with me and a few of my files.

"Okay, Miss Emily. So you already know that you're a pyro, meaning you work with fire. You'll mainly be a hit and run attacker. The type of missions that you'll participate in will be as follows: King of the Hill; capture and keep the point, Capture Points; self-explanatory, 2fort; essentially capture the flag, Payload; taking a cart to a location which will be picked out for you, and MVM; Fighting robots so they don't blow up the base. Before each mission your team will briefly explain what your goal is. You're on the Red team and will constantly be fighting the Blu team, save for MVM missions. Any questions?" Miss Pauling hurried through the explanation, as if she were short on time. "No, I think I've got it." I replied.

Miss Pauling nodded. "Well if you think of anything, you can ask your teammates. They've all been here a while and know just about anything and everything that I do about the way the missions work."

"Thank you Miss Pauling." I said smiling at her. She smiled back. "Of course, anyway, here we are."

We pulled up to a fort like building that was painted red. A rather short man, wearing a hard hat stood in front of the door. Before I got out of the car, I pulled on my mask and zipped up my pyro's suit. When my girlish body features were covered. I put my bag on my back, waved to Miss Pauling and got out.

The second I was out of the car it drove off. With nothing left to do I breathed out, shaking my nerves off and headed over to the man in the hard hat.

"Howdy Partner. You must be the new pyro. Nice to meet you. I'm the Engineer, but everyone calls me Engi. Welcome to your new home, I'll be showing you around." The man said, holding his hand out for a handshake. I took his hand, shaking it, and nodded to show I understood. I wish I could talk, but all they'd hear is a bunch of mumbles and I couldn't risk these guys finding out I was a girl. I have no idea how they'll react and I don't really want to know.

Engi walked me into the base, showing me where everything was. When we hit the living room, two other men noticed us. One them was listening to the radio, had a rifle on his back, behind a shield of some sort and wore a vest. The other wore an eyepatch and seemed to be completely wasted. I saw no weapons near him and probably for good reason.

"Boys, this is our new pyro. Pyro, meet Sniper and Demo." Engi introduced. I waved hello to them. "If I wasn't the man I was, I'd kiss ya." The demo said. I tilted my head slightly at that. "Don't mind him, partner. He's a bit wasted." Engi explained. As if I couldn't tell. Then the sniper looked at me. "Nice to meet ya mate." He said, giving a slight nod my way. So this was sniper. I had heard that the snipers constantly have trouble with spies. He seems perfectly capable of handling a spy though so I wonder why he'd have so much trouble.

After Engi reminded Sniper it was his turn to clean the bathroom, he took me down a hall to show me the dining room and the kitchen. It was there that we were greeted by a very tall man with a shaven head and was slightly on the chunky side. Big guy though, could probably snap a neck without too much effort.

"How's it going, stretch?" Engi said, looking at the tall man. The man seemed to get really happy when he saw Engi. "ENGINEER! Is good to see you!" The man called out. Then he looked at me. "Is this new pyro? He's so tiny!" Engi chuckled at his friend. "Pyro, that's Heavy." He explained. Heavy smiled. "I am heavy weapons guy!" Heavy repeated. I chuckled a bit.

"Heavy this is our new Pyro." Engi continued. "Pyro is little tiny man, but he looks like a strong tiny man! We will make good team!" Heavy beamed. I couldn't help but smile at the big guy, even though they couldn't see it. So far, Heavy was definitely my favorite of the group. He's just a happy person, someone you would want to be around.

Heavy took a big bite of his sandwich as Engi stated he had to keep moving and we'd see him later. After waving goodbye to Heavy, Engi took us down a different hall. "This here is the Infirmary." Engi stated opening the large double doors. The heavy smell of anti-bacterial and latex filled my mask. You could definitely tell it was an infirmary.

"Hey Doc!" Engi called to a tall man standing in front of a hospital bed. The doctor turned to Engi with a questioning look. "Vat iz it, Engi? Are you hurt?" The man asked. "Nah, just want you to meet our new teammate. Pyro, Medic. Medic, Pyro."

"Ah. Ze new von. Hallo zere, herr pyro." Medic said. The heavy german accent was fun to listen too honestly. I liked it.

I waved to Medic, trying to be polite, when I heard another voice. "Hey Doc, C'mon man! I wanna get movin!" The Medic seemed to roll his eyes and turn back to the hospital bed. "Is that you, string-bean?" I heard Engi ask. "Ja. Herr Scout Iz here." The Medic replied.

"What in tarnation have you done now, string-bean?" Engi asked. "Frickin Soldier hit me with his shovel!" the voice called. Then the body that I hadn't noticed on the bed before, sat up. A guy with bandaged hands and a hat looked over at us. His left cheek had a fresh square bandage on it, where I assume this Soldier guy hit him.

"Scout, I don't zink Soldier hit you vithout gut veason."The medic stated. Scout glared at Medic. "Ol' Helmet Head needs a baseball bat to his face." Scout muttered. Medic shook his head while rubbing his temples. Scout turned back to Engi and I. "Oh hey look, a new mumbler. How's it going Pyro. I'm Scout, the greatest guy you're ever gonna meet." Scout then hopped off the bed. "Hey thanks Doc!" he called to Medic. I heard Medic mumble something, but I couldn't understand him, however I don't think it was anything nice.

"I'd love to stay and chat but I actually have to go do things unlike you guys." Scout yelled as he left the infirmary. Medic shook his head, turning to his desk. Engi told Medic we were going to go finish the tour of the base and we said our goodbyes.

Our last stop was the hall with all the bedrooms. There, two other men were standing outside one of the bedrooms. One wore a helmet and had a rocket launcher on his back. Judging from Scout's "helmet head" reference, I assumed that this was Soldier. As for the other guy, he was in a mask and a nice red Italian suit. He looked like the Blu spy from the monitors in the Administrator's office. So I could only assume that this was Spy.

"Howdy boys." Engi said as we approached. "Bonjour, mon ami." Spy answered, turning to us. "Engi." Soldier nodded his head in Engi's direction. They both watched me, but Soldier watched me as though I were a terrorist or something. "Boys, this is our new Pyro. Pyro, this is Soldier and Spy." Engi introduced.

"Recruit." Soldier said simply. "Bonjour pyro. It's nice to have you." Spy seemed like a reasonable guy at least. Well, most of them seemed pretty reasonable really. Scout and Soldier are the only ones that seemed like they could be difficult.

The air around was tense and I didn't like the look Soldier was giving me. Apparently, Engi felt the tenion in the air too and didn't like it because he hurriedly said goodbye to Soldier and Spy, pushing me away.

"Sorry about that, Pardner. The air over there was just getting too tense for me. Anyway this is your room." Engi opened the door to a bedroom and motioned for me to enter. When I did I found the room to be quite roomy. It wasn't cramped like I thought it would be. Over leaning up against the far wall were my weapons; a flamethrower, shot gun, and a fire ax. "Well. I'll lay the key on your dresser and let you get settled in. Dinner is normally served at 6. It's good to have you here, Pyro." Engi said before leaving, closing the door behind him.

I sighed, taking my mask off. I forgot I'd have to eat. I laid down on my bed, which was strangely comfortable and tried to decide what I was going to do for dinner. I wanted to eat, but was it worth risking my gender being made known?

I guess I'd have to head down there and see what happens. This might prove to be an interesting night.