Chapter 7 Rumble in the…..Desert

The Red Spy walked into the light of the room. One hand held the cigarette, while the other was adjusting his tie.

"Gentlemen." He said with a nod. Scout reacted quickly and pulled out his pistol. He aimed it quickly at the Spy's face. The Spy rolled his eyes.

"Idiot, can you not tell that I am not the Red Spy?" The Spy said calmly. He never saw Pyro behind him. With one deft movement, Pyro grabbed the spy's neck, and slammed him into the way. The impact was jarred the disguise kit just enough to make it stop working. The red slowly slipped from his clothes, and turned blue as it trickled down.

"Surry. (Sorry)" Pyro said, taking down his hand. The Spy stood up straighter, and brushed off his suit. The Spy cleared his throat.

"I was coming to inform you that the Red Team is making their way to our base right now." They all looked at him stunned. Engie looked over at Sam, who smiled at him. He tried to think quickly, where would be a good place for her to hide? Then an idea struck him.

"Sam, come with me." Engie said and held out a hand to her. She took it and he helped her stand up.

"What the hell?" Scout asked. Engie shook his head.

"I've got to get her to a safe place." Engie replied. He held onto her hand. He started pulling her through the door. He stopped when he heard her whimper. He turned around and saw the pole getting dragged behind her. "Shit." He whispered. He walked toward it and grabbed it. He wasn't sure what he was going to do with it, but he brought it with them.

Sniper sat quietly in his stand, his breath even. He looked out his scope, scanning the landscape. He heard a noise on the ladder behind him. He turned slowly, not making any noise. A yellow engineer's cap appeared at the top of the hole. He turned the gun. A head appeared a face he recognized.

"Good Gawd mate, you scared the daylight out of me." He whispered. Engie pulled Sam up. He had before they had gotten there, taken out the tubes in her arms and bandaged her elbow. There was a bit of red starting to show through the gauze.

"Can you keep her up here, at least until the attack is over?" Engie spoke softly. Sniper raised an eyebrow. "You know that where you hide is usually the safest place." Sniper bit his lip then let out a sigh.

"All right, sit her down right there. She'll be fine so long as she sits stills and stays quite." He said in a low voice.

"Sam sit quietly right here, don't move I'll be right back. Snipes will take care of you." Engie said as he patted her shoulder. She went to say something, but he shushed her and placed a finger over her lips. He climbed back down the ladder. She leaned over to watch him, but Sniper put an arm around her chest and tilted her back.

"Too dangerous." He murmured. She sighed and nodded. She sat next to him in the hide-away and started fiddling with the edges of her medical gown. Sniper sat with his rifle resting on the edge of an open window. He scanned the area, nothing so far. Minutes ticked by slowly.

Engie stepped back away from the hide-away. He looked up at it one last time before heading back into the building. He sprinted back to his room and grabbed his tool box. He quickly ticked off in his mind where all of the sentries were. He moved toward the nearest, he would check on that one and then go around to all of them. He would repeat this until the fight was over to make sure they were all working properly.

Scout slammed his back against the wall, bullets whizzed by his head. He cussed as he reloaded. He heard footsteps drawing near. He fumbled, and dropped a cartridge. He mumbled, and left it. He ran off, and jumped over some rubble. He sprinted through an open area; ammunition was being sprayed all about him. Most were aimed at him.

Pyro carried his flamethrower though the hallway. He waited at one of the corners, and listened. He heard footsteps off in the distance. He lingered in a ready position. He counted slowly back in his mind. 5…the steps grew closer…4…he could hear heavy breathing…3…a communicator went off…2…Pyro's pulse matched the man's footsteps…1…Pyro let forth a blast of fire. He smiled as he heard the curses and screams of pain as they poured out the man's mouth. He turned around and jogged in the opposite direction.