Well, I guess I shouldn't deny my Group a Chapter, so, here's the Next Chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
A BLU Haired Medic - Chapter 13
The Administrator silently watched over the battlefield, safely hidden in her control room. With complete access to every security camera in both bases, the control panel in front of her allowed her see every event, every person, every action, and respond accordingly. Her cold gaze speedily shifted through each camera, exhaling a small cloud of smoke from her nostrils. Soon, her control booth began to beep rapidly, and quickly shifting her view to the camera in the BLU intelligence room, saw the RED Spy taking BLU's intelligence.
With a quick change of wires into the BLU communication channel, the Administrator activated her microphone. "Alert! The enemy has our intelligence!" The Administrator yelled and quickly detatched the wire to the BLU communication channel and swiftly replugged the wire into the RED communication channel. "We have taken the enemy intelligence." The Administrator said before removing the wire again. The Administrator was then about to change the camera when she noticed something in the corner of the screen. Curious, she adjusted the camera until she had a good look of what she saw in the corner of the screen.
Smiling, the Administrator again plugged the wire into a different communication channel. "A-hem… Miss Pauling…?"
"Yes, Administrator, ma'am?" A young woman's voice replied.
"Has Miss Mizuno been connected to the respawn system?"
"Um… give me a moment, ma'am…" Silence for a few seconds before Miss Pauling replied. "Yes, ma'am. Why do you ask?"
The Administrator gazed back on the screen, seeing Ami's dead corpse, and gave out a short laugh. "Oh, nothing of importance, Miss Pauling. You may return your duties."
"Yes ma'-" The Administrator cut off communication before Miss Pauling could finish and return her gaze back to the screen, grinning widely.
"You lasted longer than I expected for a new recruit… perhaps my assumptions were right about you…" The Administrator laughed again as she changed the camera, "Well… let the breaking begin…"
Ami vision slowly began to be engulfed by unending blinding light, and a deafening noise surrounding her ears.
'Am I… dead?' Ami thought, still unable to see anything, the deafening noise making it impossible for her to hear anything she tried to say.
Then, Ami felt herself being grabbed and quickly she panicked, the young woman beginning to resist being dragged away, trying to scream out in protest.
'No! It can't end this way! It just can't! What about the future? It can't be wrong!' Ami's mind continued racing, and Ami could feel her heart pumping faster and faster. Soon, the deafening noise began to die down and Ami could begin hearing a faint voice.
"Ami… Ami…" the faint voice said, Ami trying to figure out whose voice it was. "Usagi-chan, is that you?" Ami shouted, and with all her will, tried to break away again, trying to run towards the voice.
"Ami! Would 'a snap outta it, girl?!" Sniper shouted, shaking Ami again.
The blinding light finally died down, Ami finally noticing Sniper's face, the young Australian holding Ami tightly, the Sniper frowning while the young woman began looking around, seeing that they were both in the resupply room.
"Sniper-san?" Ami said, and without thinking about it, Ami began feeling Sniper's forehead, "I thought you were dead!"
Sniper grumbled as he pushed aside Ami's hands, "Come on, this is no time to play games, Ami! We're one cap behind the enemy now, and every second wasted in here isn't gonna help us win, so come on, before RED notice's I'm gone!" Sniper then quickly grabbed Ami's arm and began dragging her towards the exit. However, Ami's legs crumpled in and the young woman collapsed to the ground.
"Oh now what, Ami? Don't tell me you can't walk now…" Sniper then pulled Ami up again, only for Ami's legs to tremble before causing the young woman to fall down again.
"Gomen nasai, Sniper-san, my legs just don't want to work right now…" Ami then began rubbing her forehead, her head throbbing with pain.
Sniper shrugged before pulling Ami up again and helping her to the bench in the resupply room. "Fine, just stay here until you feel better Ami…"
"Arigato," Ami said, nodding, Sniper shrugging again, the Australian walking out, mumbling to himself on how he couldn't understand what Ami just said.
Again alone, Ami slowly lied down on her back, staring up into one of the ceiling lights, the pain in her head becoming faint. As Ami continued to lie on her back, the young woman tried to recall what happened and why she was back in the resupply room. Every attempt at recalling the last moments in the intelligence room proved to be futile, those memories being extremely distorted and even painful to try to remember, the only thing that Ami could successfully recall being the smell of blood.
'Blood…' Ami then slowly traced her hand over her abdomen, again trying to remember what happened.
As Ami continued to think, Soldier silently reappeared in the resupply room, grumbling to himself. Then, without warning, Soldier tossed his rocket launcher to the ground, screaming so loud that Ami almost fell off her bench.
"DAMN SNIPER! WHY WASN'T HE GIVING US OUR COVERFIRE?" Soldier's voice startled Ami, the young woman shaking a bit as Soldier turned to look at Ami.
"What are you still doing here recruit? WHY AREN'T YOU OUT IN THE BATTLEFIELD, HEALING PEOPLE LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO?" Ami shuddered again at Soldier's booming voice the Soldier grumbling as he walked to his locker, the Soldier furiously opening his locker and pulling out his Direct Hit, Soldier then resting it on his shoulder. "Since you're still here, recruit, you might as well come with me. You need some REAL battle experience, and you can't get any of that COWERING BACK HERE!"
Before Ami could even react, the Soldier grabbed Ami's hand, and with an iron, inescapable grip, dragged Ami out, pulling tightly without regarding how painful his grip was. Soldier soon dragged Ami right to the entrance of BLU's fort, the Soldier's grip finally released as he pointed out towards one of the exits.
"Alright, recruit, we're moving into hostile territory. You better stick close, because once we cross the line into the battlefield, I expect that you'll be HEALING me the entire time! Is that clear?!"
"Hai, Soldier-san!" Ami replied, the Soldier then tightly grabbing the young woman by her shoulders, Soldier angrily staring into Ami's eyes, Ami terrified.
"ENGLISH, JAP! IS THAT CLEAR?!" Soldier shouted, Ami's ears ringing as she slowly nodded.
"Yes, sir," Ami silently said, the Soldier letting go as he grinned. Ami quickly grabbed her medigun and pulled the medigun's lever forward, the same blue beam attaching to Soldier, the Soldier giving out a sigh of relief.
"Alright, CHARGE!" Soldier ran out the exit, Ami close behind, the young woman finally seeing the bridge up close. Staying close to Soldier, Ami let her gaze wander for a moment, noticing tall fake trees on the other side of the chain link fences that closed the area off. Then, finally looking back towards the bridge, Ami saw the bodies of many RED mercenaries sprawled on it, some even pinned to the wooden frame by arrows. Distracted by this spectacle of death, Ami bumped into Soldier, who promptly twirled around and fired a rocket, Ami barely dodging in time as the rocket exploded behind her.
"Come on, recruit, we're almost to the other side!" Soldier said, reloading his Direct Hit and then continuing his charge across the bridge. Finally, both Ami and Soldier made it across the bridge, the Soldier looking up at the opposing battlements, noticing a RED Sniper taking aim. Soldier began to take aim from below, but before pulling the trigger, a single arrow streaked across, striking the Sniper right through the head and pinning him to the wall behind him.
Soldier began laughing as he turned back towards the BLU Fort, trying to wave to his fellow Sniper. However, while Soldier was busy trying to get Sniper's attention, a RED Pyro came running off the battlements, sending out a furious stream of fire.
"Soldier-san, look out!" Ami said, Soldier giving the young woman a quick stare.
"What did I say earlier?! I said Eng-" Soldier began saying before being engulfed in a blast of flame. The Pyro continued releasing a stream of flame, yet then the Pyro got a quick glimpse of Ami, the pyromaniac letting go of the flamethrower trigger for just a moment.
"Hmph?" The Pyro's head tilted a bit, as if confused.
Seeing his chance, the Soldier, still engulfed in flames, took quick aim and with a single rocket, reduced the enemy Pyro into a shower of meaty chunks.
"Gah! Fire! THE BURNING! THE BURNING!" Soldier cried, convulsing in pain as the fire continued to burn him alive. Ami, without thinking, quickly began running into the RED Fort, Soldier screaming out, "Where are you going, recruit?! EXTINGUISH ME!"
"Don't worry, Soldier-san, I'll get a fire extinguisher for you!" Ami replied, the Soldier still screaming in pain as she ran inside. Running quickly, Ami frantically began looking for something to extinguish Soldier with, Ami hearing the faint sound of gunfire and laughing. Seeing a grate above her, Ami quickly turned right upon reaching a fork in the path, noticing that the inside of the RED base was very similar to the BLU base. At the end of the hallway, Ami saw Medic, the German healing his Russian comrade.
"Medic-sensei! Medic-sensei!" Ami ran up towards Medic, but soon BLU Pyro jumped infront of her, holding a flamethrower at her face.
"Mrph! Mrrphpmphmmmf mmmrf mpmpyy!" the Pyro said, the gasmask making it difficult for Ami to understand what was being said. Yet the Pyro continued to point the flamethrower at her, the Medic noticing in the corner of his eye.
"Pyro! Nein, she iz not a spy…" Medic said, giving Pyro a reassuring nod. Giving Medic a nod in return, Pyro stepped out of the way, keeping watch.
"Medic-sensei, I need your help!" Ami said, the Medic only glancing back at the young woman.
"Vhat iz it, mein pupil?" Medic said, still focused on his patient, the Heavy continuing to spray bullets into the RED courtyard.
"It's Soldier-san! He was set on fire! I need to get something that will put out the flames!" Ami was frantically looking around still, hoping that maybe there was a fire extinguisher.
Medic then slowly turned towards Ami, slapping his forehead, groaning visibly. "Vhy zid you ztop healing him zen?! Ze medigun iz perfect for extinguishing people set on fire!" Groaning again, Medic turned back to the Heavy, "Vhat every… I guess ve von't have any explosive support for now… tell me Ami, is your übercharge meter full?"
"My übercharge meter… I know you explained to me what an übercharge is, but… a meter?" Ami replied, Medic silently groaning again as he held out his Medigun, pointing towards a small bar on the side of the barrel.
"Zat iz ze meter. Az you can zee from mein meter, I am almost charged… and from ze looks of your meter…" Ami held out her medigun for Medic to look at, "It iz not even half-way… Fess… I guess ve can only rely on mein charge… Herr, Ami, take over healing Heavy, I'll heal Pyro, ja?"
"Hai…" Ami quietly said as she walked up behind the Heavy, pointing her medigun and attaching the blue beam to him, the Heavy grinning widely.
"Thank you, little medic, we will make good team! Enemy babies will run from us like little cowards they are!" Heavy said, laughing loudly. Meanwhile, Medic had already attached his medigun's beam to Pyro.
"I am fully charge!" Medic announced, the Heavy nodded, "Alright, out of ze vay, Heavy, Pyro and I are going up!"
"Good luck, Doctor!" Heavy said, slowly moving out of the way as Pyro and Medic ran into the courtyard, a Sentry beep being heard. Soon, a sudden salvo of rockets appeared and struck the pair, a cloud of dust making it impossible to see what happened.
"Medic-sensei!" Ami cried, almost running out, the Heavy's massive arm being the only thing holding Ami back.
"Get zem, RAUS, RAUS!" Medic loudly cried, the dust settling as Ami saw that Pyro and Medic were now surrounded by a blue light, their eyes glowing. A Flurry of bullets simply bounced off the Pyro as the pair began running up the stairs, the cackling of fire echoing through the air as screams pierced through Ami's ears, screams of agony and pain causing the young woman to shudder.
"Come along now, little Doctor! We must follow them to intel!" Heavy said, Ami nodding in reply. Laughing loudly again, the Heavy quickly broke into a run, Ami having no difficulty of keeping up with the giant Russian, Ami even stopping every now and then to make sure that the Heavy kept up.
Finally, going up a flight of stairs from the courtyard, Heavy ran into a room with bales of hay on the floor, along with a large, imposing door closed shut. Ami then saw the Heavy face the large, imposing door, an evil grin on his face. Feeling uncomfortable looking at Heavy's grin, Ami quickly ran behind him, keeping her medigun's beam trained on the Russian. Finally, the Heavy began revving up his Minigun, and slowly peeking from behind, Ami saw the large door slowly open, seeing a group of RED mercenaries inside.
"Hide, COWARDS!" Heavy said, and with a bellowing screaming, began spraying a large hail of bullets into the supply room, Ami horrified yet transfixed as the minigun bullets began cutting through the group of people inside, some of them trying to escape only to be struck down, while others tried to fight back, firing wildly at the Heavy, the Heavy grunting in pain with each successful shot, but because Ami still had her medigun active, every wound made quickly healed up, the Heavy continuing to fire bullets into the supply room.
Soon, everyone inside the supply room laid dead, blood slowly dripping out. Then, the door closed shut, Ami still able to see the bodies still lying behind the doors. Ami continued to stare at the door, while the Heavy continued laughing, looking at Ami and giving the young woman a big smile.
"Good job, little doctor!" Heavy congratulated, smiling widely still, "We killed those coward men! We are killers!"
The Heavy's words resonated deeply in Ami mind, the words continually echoing, replaying constantly.
'Killed… we… killers.' Those words ceaselessly played over and over within Ami's mind, the young woman shivering, realizing what she had done.
"I… I… I played a part in the death of those people…" Ami muttered, the Heavy too busy laughing to hear the young woman.
"Come, little doctor, let us celebrate with victory sandvich!" Heavy, setting his minigun aside, then reached into his side bag, removing two slices of sandvich. Taking one of the sandvich, the Heavy then held out the other sandvich slice to Ami. "Here, little medic, this is for you!"
Ami continued to shiver, dropping her medigun, the medigun dangling slowly. "I… helped you to kill those people…" Ami muttered, turning to look at Heavy, still seeing the sandvich offered to her.
"Da! We make good team!" Heavy took a bite from his sandvich, still holding out the sandvich slice, "So, you want victory sandvich? You deserve a good treat for being a helpful little medic!"
Ami only slowly shook her head, then turned back to see the large door again, unable to think of anything but of the horrendous screams uttered by those dying men.
"Vell played comrades!" A voice rang out, Ami turning to see their fellow Medic slowly walking out of the spiral, clapping his hands slowly. "Zat vas amazing! Firzt rate, I must zay!"
"It was no problem, doctor! I had little medic on my side! We kill opposing team like the cowards they are!" Heavy then took another bite out of his sandvich, turning to face the supply room. The Medic then turned towards Ami.
"I zee zat ze heavy haz kept you safe, ja?" The Medic then gave out a short chuckle, "Vell, I'll take over healing ze Heavy now, you just run along, medic, ze demoman could use your help in ze intel room."
Ami, still in some degree of shock, slowly nodded and taking hold of her medigun, began walking towards the spiral, still unable to think clearly. However, as Ami continued walking towards the spiral, the young woman slowly looked back, and gasped.
"Heavy-san! Behind you!"
The Heavy, still busy eating his sandvich, was unaware as the Medic plunged a knife deep into his back, the Heavy screaming in agony, spitting out chunks of bread, the Russian man slowly falling to his knees before collapsing to the ground, the knife wound in his back bleeding heavily. The Spy then took off his mask, a picture of a Medic drawn over it and turned towards Ami.
"Fille, we meet again…" The Spy said, his voice harsh and raspy. Exhaling a small cloud of smoke, the Spy then began running towards Ami, the young woman trying to run but the Spy proved too quick, pinning Ami to the wall, a knife pointing at her throat.
"Aww, did I hurt your feelings when I killed your friend?" The Spy began laughing, Ami somewhat choking on the Spy's smoke-filled breath. "Don't worry; you'll be meeting him shortly!"
The Spy then removed his revolver from his coat, pointing it at Ami's head, the Spy grinning widely. "This time, I'll make sure that you'll remember this fondly! Fille, I bid thee adieu!"
Click!
'No…' Ami's heart stopped for a second, time seemingly standing still, Ami staring down the barrel of the Spy's revolver, looking straight into his eyes, and was horrified at what she saw inside. Ami closed her eyes, not wanting to see what happened.
The Spy then let out a painful scream, dropping his revolver, the gun falling harmlessly to the floor. The Spy saw Ami slowly remove the bonesaw from his chest, and feeling the wounded area for a moment, the Spy then crumpled to the ground.
Ami opened her eyes, breathing heavily, and first staring at the Spy's corpse and then at her bonesaw, blood dripping slowly from the edge. A slow stream of tears began to flow from her eyes, Ami falling to her knees, dropping her bonesaw, mortified at her actions. Feeling as if a sudden cold had descended upon her, Ami shivered silently, transfixed on the corpse of the Spy.
Whispering silently, "What have I done…?" Ami closed her eyes again, burying her face into her gloved hands, a loud sound ringing in her ears.
"You've just lost the game…"
Ami arched back, screaming out loudly, and her voice being heard throughout the RED fort. Falling to the floor, Ami felt the Spy's butterfly knife in her back, her body burning with pain. Hearing the Spy cackle loudly above her, Ami began to try to crawl away, each time she dragged herself forward, she screamed out in pain.
"Oh, please… crawling away now?" The Spy continued to mock Ami as she continued crawling away, the Spy simply walking in front of her and forcing Ami to look at him. "Here, let me put you out of your misery!"
Raising his foot high, the Spy then stomped down on the knife in Ami's back, a jolt of pain travelling throughout her body, Ami not even able to scream out. Finally, the Spy ripped his butterfly knife out, letting go of Ami, the young woman now staring at the fake Spy corpse, watching it slowly disintegrate. Coughing out some blood, the cold comfort of not killing staying with Ami as her vision once again faded to darkness.
Feeling that she was floating again in unyielding whiteness, Ami simply closed her eyes, allowing herself to be consumed by the brightness, the ringing noise slowly dying down.
'This is really it…' Ami felt her pain gone again, a small smile forming on the young woman's face, 'I'm… I'm really dead… Maybe it was meant to be…'
"Mein pupil?"
"Yes, Medic-Sensei?"
"Vhy are you staring at the ceiling?"
Ami slowly opened her eyes, squinting as she looked back to the Medic, realizing that she was back in the supply room again. Ami began rubbing her head, feeling confused again.
"I'm still alive? I thought I died…" Ami said, the Medic giving the young woman a quick shrug.
"You thought you… died? How can you zink zat?" Medic remarked, rubbing his chin a bit.
Ami looked back at Medic, shaking her head, "No… I… you… stabbed me?" Ami then tried feeling where she remembered the knife plunged into her back, only feeling the thick cloth of her medical coat, not even any trace of blood or cut.
"Stabbed you? Zat's impossible… unless…" Medic groaned, shaking his head in disappoint. "I guess zat spy got you as vell…"
"Got me? What do you mean by that, sensei? And why are we back in the supply room?" Ami asked, the Medic sighing as he rested one of his hands on the young woman's shoulders.
"I'll explain later, pupil. In ze meantime, ve best get out zere again. Soldier vill probably yell at us if he finds us here…" Medic then beckoned Ami to follow him, the German walking out, and taking hold of his medigun.
"Hai, Medic-sensei," Ami said, nodding as she began following Medic out, stopping for a moment and turning back to look inside the supply room, still confused on how she reappeared there.
Am I sick or what?
Wonder how long our beloved Ami has until she snaps under all the pressure?