"Gahh!" The engineer dodged the flying creature. He grabbed the Frontier Justice off of a workbench and blasted the apparition until he was sure it was dead. "Damn!"
"Hey, what's all the- Woah, what the hell is that thing?" Scout was poking his head in through the door. Engie sighed and put the shotgun back onto the workbench. "Dunno, it came out of the teleporter. Big mess o' green sparks. Darn near scared me to death..." Scout poked the dead creature with the end of his baseball bat. "Bet Medic would love to have a look at this thing, whatever it is."
"Ja, a fine specimen Herr Engineer ... Vere did you get such an unusual creature?" "Came out of a broken teleporter. Stuff like that happens when those things break down." "Hmm. I have never seen anything like this. Look at these fangs... And this beak. It looks as if it could crack open a human skull! I doubt this creature was the result of any normal being going through ze teleporter." The Medic had seen the results of teleporter accidents. They were more like slimy hamburger meat than living beings. "Well, we'd best get to the mess hall before 'tall gets eaten." "Yeah, a day of cavin' in RED skulls gives ya' an appetite."
Engie had the strangest dream that night. A tall, suited figure with some sort of mask... It floated in the air, on massive red crystalline wings. Something about it was horrible. Something he couldn't quite place, as if it didn't belong, as if it was something that just should not be...
*KZZZRRRKKK*
*BANGBANGBANG*
He woke up with a start, grabbing his shotgun and running to where he had placed the teleporter and his sentry. Sure enough, there was a dead creature not dissimilar to the first lying dead on the ground. If he didn't know better he'd say the sentry was looking quite satisfied with itself, turning itself around and searching for anything that was alive and shouldn't be.
"HEY KNUCKLEHEAD! PANCAKES!" The Scout beat on the bulkhead door leading to the Engineer's workshop with his bat. "Dangit Scout, I'm comin..."
*KZZZRRRKKK*
*beepbeepbeep*
*BANGBANGBANG*
"Another satisfied customer!" Engie thought to himself.
Spy caught up with Engie in the hallway. "So... Ze Scout tells us about zis broken teleporter..." "Yeah..." Scout never could keep his mouth shut for very long. "'t ain't too much of a problem, 's long as the sentry's watchin'. And I know whenever something happens." He tapped his PDA, which displayed among other things the robotic turret's current number of kills logged. "After the mission I think I'm gonna make a few modifications to 'er. Get some better data while they're still alive. Might even be able to tell where they're comin' from." "And what happens if something comes through zat ze sentry cannot handle? An enemy spy perhaps?" Engie hadn't thought of that. "Well, nothin's come through 'sides those lil' crab things... Still. It is inside a building full of functionally-immortal heavily-armed mercenaries. I doubt anything 'll come through that Heavy and Solly can't handle." The Engie chuckled. "Still... eet pays to be safe." The Spy dashed off.