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Chapter 1
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Pain. That's all Amber felt. It was a sharp horrible pain and it covered her entire body. That's all Amber felt and that's all she remembered. Well, that's not exactly all she remembered. She remembered wandering a desert, bloodied and bruised for what seemed like hours. Until her body decided enough was enough and shut down.
A strange muffling seeped through the darkness. Amber was very confused. Was it a human an animal? She couldn't tell. Amber forced herself to open her eyes, even if it was for a few short seconds, that she could see the thing that was mumbling so strangely.
It was a very strange creature. It wore a gas mask and a dark blue rubber suit. Of course the creature was very much human but Ambers over heated brain left out that little detail.
The creature cocked its head when it saw the girl open her eyes. It had been ages since it had seen an actual girl and being the person it was it almost didn't recognize that she was a girl.
But luckily it did recognize that Amber was a girl and that she was a girl in pain, a lot of pain. Quickly it scooped Amber up in its arms, ignoring her whimpers of pain and fear, and started to carry her, bridal style, back to the base.
Amber didn't like being carried by the thing at all. She didn't like the warm stickiness of the rubber suit and she didn't like the burnt, almost smoky, smell that lingered around it. But of course she couldn't do anything. She was dehydrated, she was overheated, and she blacked out before the two even got close to their destination.
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Medic stood in the infirmary. He had his back to the doors and was busy pouring birdfeed into a bowl for his doves. He heard the doors open and the smell of slightly burnt rubber filled his nose. Pyro.
Medic turned to look at the pyro-technician but before he could say a word Pyro dropped his lode down onto one of the beds. Medic's mouth dropped open and his eyes grew wide. Pyro had often brought in animals before, expecting the German to magically fix them. He brought in snakes, toads, and even a giant spider that had almost eaten one of his doves. But this was something completely different.
"Wo in der Hölle did you find her?" Medic yelled, gesturing towards the young woman that now laid on one of his infirmary beds
"Mmph mph huddah huh." Pyro mumbled, pointing out of the window towards the desert
"Vhat do you mean you found her out in zhe desert?" Medic quickly walked over to a cabinet and opened it up
"Muh meh muh!" Pyro whined
"Of vhatever!" Medic grabbed the supplies he needed and turned to face Pyro "Quickly, in zhat cabinet are patient robes. I need you to undress zhe Mädchen and put zhose robes on her."
Pyro looked at the cabinet then back to Amber.
"Oh don't act so immature!" Medic snapped as he set the supplies down next to the bed "Vell? Quickly!"
Pyro scurried towards the cabinet and pulled out the robe. Medic had already stripped Amber down, not wanting to wait for the bumbling Pyro, and Pryo gingerly slipped the robe onto her.
"Alright," Medic said as he prepared an IV, "I can handle it from here. You should go inform zhe ozhers about vhat you found."
"Mph?" Pyro cocked his head
Medic looked up from attending to his patient, "It vould be shtupid to try to keep a girl hidden in zhe base. Especially in zhis base."
Pyro mumbled something as he left the infirmary. Medic sighed and quickly started to treat his new patient.
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The team stood around the large metal desk in the intel room. After hearing about the new arrival Soldier had called an emergency team meeting.
"Alright maggots!" Soldier glared at everyone in the room to make sure they had all arrived "I think you all know why I called this emergency meeting!"
The team nodded. They had all heard about the strange girl Pyro had found out in the desert.
"Now, we need to figure what we're going to do with her!" The Soldier barked "Medic! Were you able to patch her up?!"
Medic nodded "I did not vant to put her under zhe medi-gun just yet but I vas able to "patch her up" and she is now sleeping."
"Good! Now go wake her up! We need to get her name and where she lives! I want her on the next train out of here!" Soldier shouted
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Engineer said, stepping up to the desk "Shouldn't we, I don't know, maybe inform the Administrator that we just found some girl out in the desert?"
"Zhe woman has cameras everywhere." The Spy took a drag from his cigarette and blew out the plumes of smoke "I would not be surprised if she knew zhat we found zhe girl already."
"Well wouldn't it be polite to at least call?" Engineer asked
Sniper snorted. He had been leaning on the back wall just a foot away from the others. Usually during these meetings he would just stay back and listen, but this was different.
"And when has the witch ever treated us politely? I say we don't call. If we do it'll just give her another chance to screw with us."
Sniper felt a large hand cover his shoulder.
"Sniper," Heavy murmured, "Do you not remember the incident vith leetle boy?"
Sniper grew silent once again and his eyes fell to the ground. The rest of the team looked around nervously as the each remembered the incident.
About a year back the team had traveled into town. Somehow a boy, about the age of ten, had stowed away in Snipers camper can and had ridden back to the base. The very next day while the teams were fighting the RED Scout tripped over something while he was running. That something was the cold, dead, body of the little boy. A little boy that had only wanted to watch his heroes fight. A little boy that was now dead. Shot in the heart by some random bullet that was not aimed at him and left to die.
When the Administrator found out she was furious. She had confined both teams to their bases for a week and took away their monthly weekend of leave.
No one knew who killed the boy but suspicions arose when the BLU teams Spy had to be removed and replaced.
"Aye but tha's completely different." Demoman finally said "We didn' know th' boy was there."
"Yes but ve must still call Administrator, at least let her know that ve found somvone."
Before anyone could continue a loud scream filled the base.
"Vell…" Medic said "I guess she's avake."
"Wait a minuet!" Scout looked around the room, "Where's Py?"
"Scheiße!" Medic cursed before racing off to the infirmary
Scout and Spy quickly followed. Medic stopped as soon as he opened the infirmary doors, shocked at what he saw.
Pyro had somehow managed to corner the girl in the far corner of the infirmary. Pyro hadn't hurt her in any way and in fact he was just standing in front of her. It just so happened that he had scared her so badly that she had jumped out of bed and ended up getting herself cornered.
"Get away from me!" Amber yelled
Pyro cocked his head and continued to stare at her. He didn't know why but he liked the sound of her high pitched voice, almost as much as he liked fire, and he desperately wanted to hear more.
"Are you deaf?" She yelled "Get a-way!"
'She looks so soft.' A voice inside Pyro's head whispered. One touch. That's all Pyro wanted. Pyro raised his hand and slowly moved it towards the girls face. 'Just one tou-'
"Nein!"
Pyro turned around to see Medic, Spy, and Scout walking towards him. He turned back to the girl, who was now sitting on the floor crying to herself. He let out a long, low, sad sounding muffle before he turned back to look at the others who were now standing in front of him.
"Can you not see zhat you are scareing zhe poof girl?" Spy pushed Pyro out of the way and knelt down in front of the girl "Are you alright?" He whispered quietly
The girl looked up at Spy and nodded. She felt safer being in the presence of an actual human but she didn't like that his face was hidden behind a balaclava.
"W-where am I?" She whispered
"I cannot tell you zhat." Spy replied
"Why not?" She asked
Spy sighed "Because zhat information is top secret."
Medic managed to shoo both Pyro and Scout out of the infirmary and now stood a few feet away, looking out of one of the many windows that lined the infirmary.
"Can I ask you a question?" Spy asked, still using a soft tone
The girl nodded.
"Can you tell me who you are and 'ow you got all zhe way out 'ere?"
The girl shook her head no.
"Why not?"
"B-because I d-don't remember."
"What do you mean?"
"I-I don't remember anything."
"Ah." Medic finally said "A classic case of amnesia. I vas vondering how bad zhat injury to you head vas. I guess ve know now."
Spy stood up and adjusted his tie. He held out a gloved hand to the girl and she took it gingerly. He gracefully helped her up then crossed his arms.
"Zhis is not good," He said looking at the girl, "Do you remember anyzhing?"
Again the girl shook her head no.
"Vhat about a name?" Medic asked
"Uhm… A-Amber, I think." The girl replied
Medic and Spy exchanged a glance. Her name was Amber, how ironic.
"Do you know 'ow old you are?" Spy
"I'm pretty sure I'm twenty-nine." Amber replied
Another look passed between the two. She certainly didn't look to be that old.
"Vell… right now ve need to inform zhe ozhers." Medic said
"Others?" Amber asked frightened
"Zhere are exactly nine of us zhat "work" at zhis base." Spy said
"Oh great." Amber muttered "More freaks with gas masks."
"Zhere is actually only vone ozher "freak" vizh a gas mask hats vorks here. But hopefully you von't be meeting him anytime soon." Medic gestured toward the bed Amber had just been laying in "For now you should get some rest, und don't vorry, ve vill make sure Herr Pyro vill not bozher you again."
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The two made their way back to the intel room. Knowing Soldier he had probably made the rest of the team stay and wait for a report. As the two had suspected, the team was waiting for them.
"So what's goin' on?" Engineer asked
"She has amnesia." Medic sighed
"What in the world is that maggot?!" Soldier barked
"She can only remember her first name and 'ow old she is." Spy said as he pulled another cigarette from his case
"Damn." Soldier muttered "Does she at least remember where she lives?"
Spy glared at Soldier.
"What? It's an honest question!" Soldier said
"Ve should call Administrator now, da?" Heavy asked
"Of course." Spy said, a stream of smoke coming out of his mouth
"Who wants to call 'er?"
Simultaneously the team moved their heads to look at the bright blue phone that sat on the desk. The phone called directly to TFindustries and was supposed to be used for emergencies only.
For about five long minuets no one moved.
"If you wankers aren't gonna call then I will!" Sniper walked over to the phone, picked it up, and put it to his ear
"Hello Sniper."
"Miss Pauling?"
"Yes that's me."
"Where's the Administrator?"
"Oh she had to go out and take care of some business, but she left a note for you."
"And what's that?"
"Send in a sample of her blood if you cannot figure out where she lives. We'll be able to figure out who she is and add some of her DNA into the respawn system so that she won't die."
"And how long s'that gonna take?"
"About three to four months."
"Four months?!"
"Yes and since it will probably take up an entire month jus to get her into respawn we are placing you in charge of watching her."
"Wha- why me? Wot about th' battles?"
"For the rest of the week both you and Medic will be kept out of battles so that you can care for the girl while she recovers. After that I'm pretty sure that she can stay with you up in your nest."
Sniper sighed loudly "Doesn't the Administrator want us to win?"
"Yes but she also doesn't want another incident to happen. That and she believes that the chaos will be very entertaining."
"Well I'm glad that we're so damn entertaining!"
"Yes well… goodbye Sniper."
Sniper slammed the phone down onto the receiver. He turned around and saw that everyone was staring at him. He sighed and quickly told them their new orders.
"What?!" Soldier bellowed "We'll be needing you two commies if we ever want to take over the next control point tomorrow!"
"Yeah, well you'll have ta take that up with the Administrator!" Sniper growled "Now if ya don't mind I have someone I need to watch!"