Surprises Chapter 3: Mistakes and Memories
As Scout awoke in his chair he we greeted with the dark tube of Pyro's thrower. Out of reaction he tried to get away but he realized that Pyro had tied him to his chair and he couldn't escape. He couldn't speak either as for Pyro had taped his mouth to prevent him from calling for help. The Pyro removed her mask allowing Scout to see her red hair was tied back in a bun. Pyro apologized with "Sorry Scout this is just a reminder what happens if you open your mouth and what I'll have to do. I'm very sure you would like to keep your face the way it is and not covered in fourth degree burns, would you?" Milo nodded. "Good" Pyro noticed something sticking out of Scout's hat and pulled it out. Whatever it was the Scout didn't want her to see it and that was made obvious by the amount of protest the Bostonian was giving. Pyro simply hushed the Scout and looked at the piece of paper. She quickly realized that she hadn't found a plain piece of paper, but a picture of a spy. The spy didn't look familiar to her but Pyro was fairly new here anyway. Pyro decided to let the poor scout speak and removed the tape from his mouth. The scout had gritted his teeth at the Pyro in anger but the Pyro had no idea why he would be mad over a single picture. "Start talking Scout" Pyro ordered. The Scout responded by spitting on the
Pyro angering her. She slapped his face causing the Scout to yelp out in pain as she grabbed her axe and slid it against the Scout's neck. "Do that again and I'll make sure you can't ever again. The Scout's eyes widened in fear "All right! Alright!" "He was my friend you moron" The Pyro tilted her head "where is he?" The scout quietly mumbled to himself "And I thought Scouts earned the title of the most stupid in the team's yearbook" Pyro curiously asked "what?". "Nuthin" Scout replied. Pyro applying pressure to the Scout's neck with the axe. "Ok! stop! He was stabbed by a medic and respawn didn't bring him back like it was supposed to." Realizing her mistake Pyro apologized for Scout's loss and removed the fire axe from his neck. The scout looked down at the picture with a tear rolling down his cheek remembering his fallen friend. The spy had been a brother to him and the Pyro had made him recall the incident. Feeling guilty the Pyro released the scout, and tried to comfort the scout, but only to have the Bostonian push her away and remove her from his room. Realizing she had left her mask she knocked on Scout's door quietly trying not to attract attention for her true identity would be revealed to the rest of the team. The scout angrily opened the door and threw her mask at her. Then slammed the door in her face. She knew she got what she deserved. She crossed the line by interrogating the Scout. She put her mask back on and made her way back to her room regretful. She noticed a slip on her door requesting her presence in the Medics' lab for her checkup. She grabbed the note and crumpled it up. Pyro never went to checkups and she was curious for why the Medic or now medics still tried to get her to come. She was never going to the checkups ever for fear of her identity being revealed by some test.
Milo sat in his room muttering foul language to himself. He hated Pyro for what she had did to him. Milo tucked the picture back inside of hit hat and tried to calm down. He picked up his baseball and tossed it but all he could think of was Spy and the medic… that gibus medic that had stabbed him. He didn't know why the Ghastly Gibus made him so mad but it did. In frustration he threw his ball at the wall and slammed his fists on his desk. He looked at the spot where the ball had made contact and noticed a now noticeable not quite a hole but not small dent either on his wall. "DAMN IT" Milo yelled. He then heard a knock on his door causing him to angilly growl "Go away" at whoever was at the door. The other creature responded with "Just read ze note dummkopf" As he flung open his door to give the medic a piece of his mind he was greeted with an empty hallway. And rows of doors with yellow notes on each of their doors. He pulled the one off of his door and read it. It read
Your presence has been requested in the medical lab
at 1:00 P.M tomorrow, for a monthly checkup.
-The Medical Department
Milo closed his door annoyed. He really disliked the original medic and wasn't sure the other was any better. He simply posted the note back on his side of the door to remind him not to forget tomorrow. Milo checked the time and realized he had missed lunch. Getting hungrier Milo decided to see if there was any leftovers in the fridge. Walking down the the Mess, Milo spotted the massive fridge in the corner of the room and opened it. Seeing nothing left but raw ingredients and a few of heavies precious sandviches he looked around the room for Heavy and quickly grabbed a sandvich realizing the coast was clear, he quickly wrapped it in foil to disguise it and took it back to his room. He sat down and ate the delicious "Edible Device" along with a can of BONK! Atomic Punch that he had stored in his own personal mini fridge. It was all out of Crit O Cola and Dalokohs bars. He had sent in a request to his superiors for a snack refill almost a week ago but had received nothing. So Milo had to scrounge for food when he missed a meal. And today he had commandeered a Sandvich. As Milo took a bite of the Sandvich his anger faded a little bit as the delicious hickory smoked ham hit his taste buds. He had always wanted to try the Heavy's combat snacks but not having a heavy until today never gave him the chance. As he finished his delicious snack he could hear the soldier ranting next door on how the medics had put down 1:00 instead of 1300 hours on the notice. He decided to once more leave his room and walk around. He arrived at Pyro's door and decided to apologize for his harsh behavior earlier. He knocked but there was no answer of any kind. He knew better to enter the Firestarter's room without permission. So he walked off in search for the Engineer. He expected to find Engi in his workshop. Loud noises coming from down the hall confirmed his suspicions. He continued to the two big wooden doors finding it already unlocked. To his left was the resupply everyone scurried to for health and ammo. He knocked on the doors not wanting to risk going blind by opening the doors if the engineer was welding. The noise must have been blocking his knocking because the Engi made no response to his knocking. Frustrated and annoyed Milo went out to the balcony and looked across the bridge at the enemy for. The front looked deserted but he knew that the medic was in there along with the rest of his teammates. He sat on the edge and let his legs hang over. Usually the area was filled with insults from the Sniper yelling at the other Sniper calling him a wanker and the usual other phrases that the Sniper muttered, but tonight it was oddly quiet. It amazed him how the ceasefire made perhaps the most violent place on the planet seems peaceful. Birds were actually chirping and singing around him not many but there were some. The sun was still up high somewhat and dinner time wasn't too far off. As he looked around he wondered what Engi would be cooking up on the grill. He saw the other two scouts on his team emerge from his base with the new heavy. He watched as they flipped each other professionally and then invited the heavy to flip with them. The heavy somehow jumped onto the scouts hand but instead of flipping him they both launched him into the sewers down below. He felt bad for not warning the new recruits about the other scouts and what pranksters they were. He could hear the heavy yell out from below "RRUN RRUN I'M COMING FOR YOU!" The two scouts only laughed harder. Milo decided to go back inside and meet the medical crew. Upon entering the lab he could see the two medics complaining on how Pyro never showed up to her appointment, but the medics had no idea of the Pyro's true identity. They new medic realized they had a guest and greeted the Scout. "Oh hello, vhat might you be here for Scout?" Milo looked around the lab. "Uh no, just stopping by" the newer medic stood up and got some bird feed for his dove which he called Archimedes. Milo decided to leave the older gentlemen to continue their conversation about medical terms he assumed. He decided to be a little early in line for dinner so he went down back to the mess and saw the Engi finishing his steaks on the grill. "Gee Engi, that smells great." The Engi only smiled and replied "Just you wait till yah taste em. They'll give your tastebuds a taste of good ol' texas style. Scout smiled and picked up his tray as others started to come in behind him. Engi served him a steak "Thanks Pally" Engi nodded in response, and scout went to sit down. Milo couldn't see the Pyro anywhere. After Milo finished his dinner he saw the two scouts in the hallway talking. Milo congratulated the scouts "Good throw there" as he passed both scouts laughed at remembrance of throwing the heavy. Both scouts head butt each other to congratulate one another. He took a shower early today and skipped the Demo's saturday night party. He felt like he needed extra sleep tonight. As he lay down in his bed he fell asleep almost instantly and Milo had no idea why he was so tired but he couldn't think about it as he fell asleep.
End of Chapter 3