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Chapter 4 – Rat

'This pathway, where am I?'

The medic in RED wasn't back in 2fort fighting the BLU medic. He wasn't even with the sniper that he loved. He was in the dark, on a single pathway. The path leads into nothing. It felt like he was boxed in. he placed his hands forward in front of him and felt he wasn't in a box. There was nothing around him, just darkness. The medic questioned if this was a dream, or a near death experience.

"Medic!" a voice screamed

The medic knew that was the BLU sniper's voice. The RED medic was somewhat relieved to hear his lover's voice. Even if this moment was the last time he'd hear it, he was happy. It could mean he was dying, but if he could hear the sniper, he knew the sniper could see him one last time.

"Medic, leave me alone for a minute…" the sniper said. The medic could feel something touch his neck and in the darkness he fell, shocked that he could feel pain.

'wait…I feel pain…I can't be dead…" he said quietly to himself

"Wake up, please…" he heard the sniper say. Though the medic heard his voice he still couldn't see him. 'If this is a dream…please….please wake me up…' the medic told himself. The medic felt something touch his wrist. He could feel shaky hands bring him close. The medic franticly looked around and heard the voice of his lover, farther away from him.

"Nein…sniper don't leave me!" the medic cried out into the blackness. He ran towards the voice, away from the pathway made for him.

"Mein Liebe…I'm coming!"

The medic eyes snapped open and he found himself in the BLU base. He was in the BLU medic's office and the sniper was with him. The sniper looked in the direction of the medic, looking surprised that he actually woke up. He had a hand on the medic's wrist, checking his pulse. The sniper stared at the medic for a moment before hugging him. The medic let out a small choked, pained yelp before the sniper withdrew. The RED brought his hand to his neck and felt a great amount of pain. The medic winced and looked down at his chest. He had bandages covering most of his upper body.

"Don't move, you got hurt really bad…what happened?" questioned the sniper in blue. The medic looked up at the sniper before him and whispered out words, careful not to hurt his neck again

"Zhe…BLU medic, he did…zhis"

"Mate, the BLU medic found you outside our base. He said you were barely breathing and he's the one that took care of you. You were out for days." the sniper said sounding worried. The medic shook his head.

"…Nein…" the medic then paused and clenched his neck. It felt as though a knife was cutting through it. He screwed his eyes shut. When he opened his eyes, he wasn't with the sniper. A blinding light was above him. He tried to move his arms to block the light only to see they were tied. He was on a table. The figure of a man loomed over him.

"Oh…you vern't supposed to vake up mein specimen…but I guess its all zhe more fun to hear you scream." it was the BLU medic and he had a scalpel in his hand. His coat was bloodied and so were his hands. The RED medic could feel warm blood drip from his neck and onto the cold table, soaking his shirt. The BLU medic looked at his 'specimen' and sighed. He called over to his helper, the BLU Heavy.

"Mein meat shield, I'm going to start ze questioning… vill you get me ze salt and iodine, und maybe a knife? Ze scalpel is too small."

The large man nodded understanding what the BLU doctor was asking. He walked up the stairs out of the room that the two medics' were in. the BLU medic looked down at the man strapped to the medical table with his wicked grin. It caused the RED medic to visibly shiver. The doctor in blue laughed lightly bringing his face close to the RED.

"I vill be asking you questions…concerning you und our sniper. If you don't answer, you vill be in hell." he said darkly

The medic in blue began to un-button the red's white shirt. In a matter of seconds the RED medic's chest was visible. The BLU flicked his wrist and revealed his scalpel again.

"Until heavy gets here, let's get started…"

"Vhere is sniper?" questioned the RED medic

"Ahh, you are so vanting. He is in battle, fighting your comrades. He has no clue you're here. Who knows… he could be looking for you now." answered the BLU. He put the blade of the scalpel to the RED medic's abdomen. Before the BLU medic could make a slice, the Heavy came in with the items the medic called for. The heavy weapons guy gave the BLU medic the called items and earned a pat on the back

"Danke heavy, you've helped a lot! Now, let me see, oh…you have ze sniper's kukri…zhat's perfect!"

The BLU medic lifted the large flawless blade to examine it and in the light it had an eerie shine. The RED medic stared at the blade. He was scared and he didn't want to show it.

"You von't get answers from me…I was tortured in ze last base I vas at. No matter vhat you do, I von't talk. "

"I have vays of making people talk…" the BLU medic said adding his grin "heavy…in ze corner of zhis room is mein medigun. Give zhat to me…I don't want mein prisoner to die."

The heavy nodded and gave the medic the healing gun. The medic then strapped it on and held the blade again. He smiled at the medic on the table and raised it.

"Spy's have been taught to not let any secrets leek out of there mouths, even In torture. I've made then talk and plea for there lives. Vhat makes you zhink I won't make you snap?"

The BLU medic swung the blade down and it deeply grazed the RED medic's side. The medic of the RED team let out a pained yell, causing the BLU to smile happily to himself.

"Answer me zhis…Vhy are you corrupting our sniper!"

"I'm doing no such thing!" said the RED between each of this strained gasps. "It's not like zhat!"

"Lies!" the BLU yelled, he swung the blade down hitting the medic's stomach, earning a satisfying scream. "I saw you in his nest." he swung again before changing to the medigun and healing the deep wounds. The BLU smiled, he knew the wounds wouldn't heal, they'd scar.

"I can do zhis all night…" he said with a wicked smiling

A man in a dark corner stared on at the torture that was going on.