Femme Fortress 2: Meet the Demowoman

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Scout leads the documentary crew through the halls of the Red base. "Yeah, her office is over here," she tells the crew. "Demo likes to sit in her office when we're not out fighting. She's from Japan; she's all about keeping her Zen more than Zen." The Detroit girl's arms gesture wildly as she describes her companion, "She does tai-chi, and karate and all kinds of shit. And she's blind too, so don't make fun of her for that or ask her to read any books."

Finally they reach an unmarked steel door which once had a sign posted on it but has since been ripped down.

Scout smiles as they reach the door. "And here we go." Without further warning, the petite Detroit girl kicks the door open and runs like hell. Inside, the Demowoman is trying to take a shit while reading a braille newspaper. Instantly, the blind woman's jaw drops in shock. Without a word, she reaches down into her pants and pulls out a silenced handgun.

The Demowoman puts five bullets into the cameraman and the rest of the documentary crew run like hell. Basically a slow Monday for the demo.

After things have died down and Mann Co has compensated the family of the murdered camera man, the documentary crew are seated in Demowoman's real office.

Everything is austere and Spartan. Demo has her explosives, chemicals and tools are categorized with OCD neatness and there isn't a single non-functional thing around. Even the desk and chair are the cheapest things picked out of an Ikea catalogue with no mind for comfort or aesthetics.

Behind her desk, Demo adjusts the blindfold that's covering her eyes. Briefly, a nasty looking stripe of scar tissue is revealed; whatever is under that blindfold is best unseen. Her scarred and oft burnt and broken fingers adjust the fisherman's cap on her head and shift some of her unwashed, greasy hair where she likes it.

"I'm sorry about killing your comrade" she begins, with only the faintest hint of an accent; just the smallest difficulty with her "l"'s. "I meant to hit Scout in the head but my aim was off."

With her apology out of the way, Demo starts to explain her job. "I am a good Demo woman because I am alive. A good demolitions expert is anal, hates fun and has no hobbies. I don't drink alcohol, smoke or eat meat. I am the best in my particular field and I don't need eye sight to get my work done."

We not cut to the familiar sight of battle between the two merc teams. Heavy lays down supressing fire and bullets fly in every which direction but this time she gets mowed down by a sniper.

The Blue sniper surveys her work from a tower, only for the tower's foundations to blow and the sniper's perch to tip over.

Demo and Scout step through the dust, a submachinegun in each hand.

Back in the interview, Demo holds up the wires she uses in demolitions. "Each one of my wires is an identical color but has a different texture. As a result, the Blue team never knows which wire to cut when defusing my bombs."

At the battle, Scout lays down shotgun fire while Demo sprays everywhere with her submachine guns; mowing down an enemy engineer and driving back a soldier. Spinning around, she hears footsteps over the gunfire and blows away an approaching spy about to do a backstab.

In her office, Demo points to the brass bells on her tactical gear. "When I move, the bells make sound and that allows me to run at speed in unfamiliar environments. It's not dissimilar to echolocation. Any human can do it, but it takes practice to use it like I do."

Demo is now running down the central corridor of the Blue base, brass bells chiming over the guns and explosions. She throws down sticky bombs to cover her tracks and slow down her pursuers.

At the center of the Blue base, she begins to set up a device with a radioactive symbol on it.

The Demowoman scratches under her blindfold. "Yes, I've always been blind. I was born blind; so thankfully when my younger brother gouged out my eyes it wasn't a big deal."

Demo walks away from the Blue base and casually hits a detonator. The entire blue base blows up, turning into a mushroom cloud that rises up at least a mile into the atmosphere.

"Holy shit!" shouts a Scout blinded by the explosion's flash. "Did you use a nuke!?"

Demo smiles. "Yes."

Back in the office, Demo gives a big grin. "I took much worse from my brother than a pair of eyes." She then breaks her stoic character and starts to laugh.

Femme Fortress 2

Hope you enjoyed that :) next time on this story we have the soldier and boy am I looking forward to her!