A/N: New chapter! I'm reeeeeaaaaly sorry this took so long, but I ran out of ideas for what was going to happen and I've probably re-written this chapter 3 times. One of which I kept and (might) post as a separate thing. Anyway, I have ONE DAY of school left and everything will be back to normal. If chapters stop updating, I died during a test or something. Reviewer Responses~
Oakheadlord: That's actually a really good idea. I think that will be P-Body's primary or something. Thanks for the review!
Epikrocket: Well, P-Body is in this chapter (alive and stuff). Also, I think P-Body is a she.
-RED base, Tuefort-
"Men, we have suffered a loss today, the second in a row to those filthy BLU's." The RED soldier lectured his team, "Now, can anybody tell me why?" He questioned, glaring at Spy.
"Engineer," Soldier addressed the team's engineer, who was fiddling with his mechanical hand, "This robot needs a better weapon. Make one." The Engineer mumbled something under his breath, then gestured to P-Body and set off to his lab.
After spending most of the night dismantling, examining, and modifying the Portal Gun, it was complete. Replacing the black hole fragment were two tubes of experimental gels that enhanced speed or increased jump height. Following a considerable amount of work, the Zero-Point Energy Field had been extended in reach and strength. Unfortunately, the weapon could not be formally tested, as the teams were being moved to Foundry and the following day was reserved for traveling.
The Administrator came on the announcement system at 10 o' clock the next day, alerting the RED team that the train had arrived. Each team member boarded the train, finding a seat and getting comfortable for the 500 mile ride. The scene within the passenger car was not exceptionally interesting, as Medic and Heavy playing chess while Sniper polished his Kukri, Demoman sat around a table playing poker with the Engineer, Scout, and Soldier. Pyro lounged in a chair, staring out the window, and Spy was reading a book. P-Body had been disassembled and was in a crate in the corner.
A few hours later, the RED team had arrived in Foundry. Soldier gave another lecture to his team during dinner, then they all settled in for the following day's battle.
P-Body emerged from the reassembly machine, ready for battle. It may have been the new gun, but the android was eager to begin the day's battle. The Administrator spoke over the airwaves earlier that day, announcing the start of the battle at 9:00 am.
P-Body rushed out of the gate, following Soldier and Heavy on the offense. The different gels that her gun provided made moving the slower two men much easier, and it wasn't long until the increased jump height and speed caught the attention of BLU. Neither team was familiar with the area, since it was newly purchased by Mann Co., which slowed the pace of the battle for some time to allow a strategy for each team to develop. Nonetheless, fights were erupting near the center of the area, and P-Body took the opportunity to formally test the device.
With heavily upgraded motion tracking software uploaded, the egg shaped android quickly took in the area and placed gel splashes to upset the BLU's advances. The sight that followed was rather humorous, since the BLU Heavy was not accustomed to the increased speed that coated the ground and completely lost the ability to aim while he slid.
The BLU soldier, attempting to rocket jump over the orange gel, ran into blue gel and flew an incredible height. He did come back down, however, and promptly collided with the ground in a proper SPLAT.
The BLU scout was not prepared for increased speed either, and connected solidly with a wall at an incredible speed. The RED Demoman, who felt confident in his skills, unsheathed his massive ghost sword, the Eyelander, and charged down the streak of orange goop, which boosted his already boosted speed, and decapitated a BLU Medic who was obliviously walking around the corner.
In a short time, the once peaceful rustic area was turned into a gore-splattered battlefield. After quickly executing the BLU engineer's sentries and sending the BLU Pyro flying, the RED Scout nabbed the intelligence briefcase and went on his way back to secure it.
At least, he was on his way back when he tripped through a portal and found himself falling into a room with multiple other BLU sentry guns, and the Administrator announced the BLU Intelligence was dropped. ATLAS and the BLU Engineer high-fived as the sentry guns decimated the unfortunate scout.
The RED team was in a huge pickle. P-Body, however, held the solution to the team's problem. Fortunately, ATLAS didn't think to shut off or move his portal, as it created the perfect passage for fire from RED. P-Body sent a stream of blue gel down the portal, with support from the RED Medic's Kritzelkreg, allowing it to coat the floor. Of course, ATLAS was familiar with the gels from testing, and quickly shut off his portal.
He was too late.
The gel began to slowly spread across the floor. It wasn't long until the gel made its way to a sentry gun, which launched the turret across the room and into a wall. The gel continued spreading, knocking sentry guns out as it went, also taking the BLU engineer, before the only thing blue in the room was ATLAS and the gel.
-ATLAS, Repulsion Gel Room-
Things weren't looking up. ATLAS was perched on top of a broken sentry gun, surrounded by repulsion gel that glowed red, apparently crit-boosted from what Engie had said moments before being launched and buried halfway into the ceiling.
ATLAS could hear footsteps coming down the hall, and readied his SMG. The man who peered through the opening was none other than the BLU Sniper. ATLAS lowered his SMG and beeped for help. In one swift motion, the BLU Sniper raised his sniper rifle with one hand and fired, un-disguising to reveal the RED Spy in the process. ATLAS had no chance to fight back, as the bullet embedded itself in his optic, and the ballbot fell off the rubble he was perched on and into the repulsion gel, then into the ceiling. A few seconds later, he reappeared in the BLU spawn room, just in time to hear the Administrator.
"You FAILED" she announced as a boo-ing crowd sound played. Indeed, BLU had failed.
A/N: Before anyone says anything, I KNOW that an Engineer cannot place a normal sentry gun with the gunslinger equipped, and that one Engineer cannot place more than one sentry in a game if CTF. I also don't care.
Anyway, I have a question for you guys who are reading and play TF2. Question: What is your favorite wrench to use when playing Engineer?
