"I guess Kyle is right…" Nicole said to herself, "Maybe I am a disgrace to this team…" she hid herself behind a building, avoiding everyone, especially the Soldier. Once again, she had caused such destruction in the Badlands, although it was nothing but explosions and fires on the grounds. The buildings, surprisingly, were perfectly fine and no one was hurt. However, it didn't make Nicole any better. Kyle's words shouted in her head, telling her how much of a maggot she was. It affected her so much because the Soldier seemed to be right about her being such a menace to the RED Team.
"I'm so stupid…" she continued to mumble to herself, "I'm terrible! I might even kill this team by the time my training is done…"
"Kill this team? HA HA! You're funny, lassie!"
Nicole, startled as she was, jumped in alarm and turned to see the Demoman right next to her, carrying his bottle of scrumpy. "WHY DOES EVERYONE HERE KEEPS STARTLING THE CRAP OUT OF ME?!" she cried out loud. Her heart was trying to beat its way out from her chest. "Geez, Angus…don't scare me like that…I'm kind of a bit jumpy…"
But the hearty Demoman started to laugh again. "Ye don't get it, do ya? It's the reason why ye're so fun to scare."
Nicole frowned. "Gee, thanks for making feel better…" she rolled her eyes. "And I suppose that you are going to give me training where I'm going to fail utterly and destroy half of these fields?"
"I'm gonna make sure you don't fail. But I can promise you one thing, lass, that you're gonna cause so much destruction!"
Nicole's expression turned to complete shock. "What?"
In one swift move, the Demoman placed his arm around Nicole's shoulders and began guided her away from her hiding spot. "Come on, lassie, show a bit o' spirit, will ya?"
Nicole sighed, walking by Angus' side. "Sure…it's not I have any other choice…"
"I feel so freaking ridiculous…" Nicole mumbled, "I don't want to come out!"
"Don't be ashamed, lassie, no one else is lookin'." Angus said, "Just come out o' there."
At long last, Nicole came out from behind a pile of crates. Over her clothes, was a simple Demoman's vest. Over her left eye, was a black patch for props. "I don't think that this is worth it…"
"What'cha talkin' about, lass? You're a spittin' image!"
Nicole sighed. "That just makes me feel even worse…"
The Demoman laughed again. "Aw, you're no fun! Come on, cheer up!"
"When I see rain in these parts…then yes, I'll cheer up." Nicole replied.
"How do ye know that it doesn't rain here?"
"Lucky guess…" Nicole said, glancing over at the sun-baked grounds. "I mean, if it were to rain, wouldn't there be patches of healthy green grass?"
"Aye, that be true…" Angus nodded in agreement. "But enough 'bout grass and rain, we need to get started."
"What are you going to make me do first?" Nicole asked.
"Just the simple basics, really." Angus answered, "Now, if you can be as good as any other Demoman, which I highly believe you will, those BLU's would be beggin' for mercy."
Nicole nodded. "Um…okay…but what makes you say that?"
"Do you see all the destruction you caused with the Sniper and Engineer? It may be trouble for them, but it's gold in me eye! I can see ye as a great Demo-girl!"
Nicole shrugged her shoulders. "Eh, I guess you can say that…but what if I screw something up? What if I kill you in the training process?"
"Now don't ye be saying that kind of trash, lass!" The Demoman snapped, "You will do great! I promise ye that!"
Nicole flinched back. "Uh…o-o-okay…I-I see you're very…uh…'supportive'…"
Angus took out a sticky bomb. "Do you know what this is?" he asked.
"Uh…some type of spiky bomb?" Nicole guessed.
"NAY!" Angus shouted, "It's a bloody sticky! Can stick on t' any surface."
"…Uh…any surface…?" Nicole questioned, still shocked at the Demoman's sudden shouting.
"Aye, right you are, lass!" Angus laughed as he held a sticky bomb launcher to the girl. "Here, ya go!"
Nicole reluctantly took the launcher. "What the heck am I supposed to do with this?! I can't fire a gun…let alone a bomb launcher."
"Aw, it's easy, just load and pull the trigger, there's not that much to it. That launcher already loaded, so yer all set to go."
Nicole nodded slowly. "Uh…thanks…" she stared blankly at the launcher, confused. "Uh…you know I never really killed someone before…"
"HA HA HA HA HA!" The Demoman laughed, "Of course you haven't, 'cause yer a dandy prancin' aboot with ya head full of eyeballs!"
Nicole frowned. "Thanks…" she said sarcastically.
"Now go on, shoot! We haven't got all day!" Angus said.
"Shoot where?"
"I DON'T CARE, JUST AS LONG AS IT'S FAR FROM US!"
"AH! OKAY! OKAY!" Nicole panicked as she pulled the trigger. A sticky bomb was launched into the air and stuck itself to a nearby wall only ten feet away.
"Nice shoot, lassie!" the Demoman complemented.
But Nicole continued to fire sticky bombs out of panic. She continuously held onto the trigger of the launcher gun. "WHAT DO I DO?! WHAT DO I DO?!" she demanded.
"STOP! Lassie! What are ye doin'?!"
"I'M FREKAING OUT HERE! I CAN'T RELEASE TRIGGER!" Nicole shouted.
Click, click, click. The ammo had run out. Nicole gently set the gun down, embarrassed. Angus sighed, somewhat frustrated. "Why'd you hold on t' the trigger, lass?"
"Sorry…I…uh…kind of freaked out there…I didn't know when to stop and the force was just crazy…" she looked over at the wall filled with sticky bombs. "Uh…how many stickies were in that gun anyways?"
"'Bout ten o' eleven…"
Nicole swallowed hard. "Oops…"
"Jus' stay away from the mess, alright?" The Demoman looked over at the wall with scattered sticky bombs.
"Um…okay…" Nicole took a step forward towards the wall.
"NO! Don't get t' close! Those stickies will go KABLOOIE with jus' one twitch at a foot distance!" Angus warned.
Nicole flinched. "Huh? R-Really…" she forced herself to hold still, but the anxiety rushed through her.
"Now, we're goin' to slowly back off, and I'll set off the stickies at a safe distance, got it?"
Nicole nodded. "Y-Yeah…" she took one careful step back.
"G'Day!"
"NO WAIT!" The Demoman cried.
The wall suddenly exploded, sending chunks of wood and metal flying. Demoman shoved Nicole down to the floor as he fell. Benny nearly got caught in the explosion, barely missing by an inch or so. It was a miracle that none of the tumbling wall hit any of the three.
"PIECE OF PISS!" The Sniper growled as he saw the new gapping hole in the wall. "HOW BLOODY DRUNK ARE YA'?!"
The Demoman stood back up. ""Couldn' y'see the bloody bombs?" he asked angrily.
"You can't just put a whole pile of stickies onto a bloody wall, mate!" Benny argued.
"I have the lassie with me!"
The Sniper looked over at Nicole and frowned. "You're really not good with a weapon, are you Shelia?"
Nicole shook her head. "Not really. I'm a freaking bad omen when I have a weapon…"
Benny stared at Nicole's costume. "And…uh, you're not the spittin' image of a Demo…"
"I knew it!" Nicole said as she took off the eye patch and heavy vest.
"MAGGOT!"
Nicole jumped in alarm as she recognized the harsh voice. "OH CRAP! BYE GUYS!" she waved, running as fast as she can from an angry Soldier.
Angus and Benny watched helplessly as Kyle chased after Nicole. "Kyle's not that patient with 'er…" The Sniper said.
"Aye." Agreed the Demoman.
"GET BACK HERE, MAGGOT!" Kyle shouted.
"NO!" cried Nicole, "SOMEONE SAVE ME!"
