Author's Note: Here's the Anonymous Review Reply!

Fire-Dragon10: Yeah, Nicole almost gave it away...that would have been bad. She could, but Damien's kind of busy with two boys at the time. XP And no, I do not have a Yahoo Messanger. I'm sorry. But thanks for the review! Damien: *purrs loudly* :3

Animed2Fox: Don't worry, justice will be served. Not now, but much later. LOL! That would be so cool, but her parents might question why she's acting all paranoid. Thanks for the review! Damien: ...? Who are you? *glare*

petery132: Thanks! Not to worry, it'll keep going. Unfortunately, it does mean that I do not have TF2 yet. I'm very sad because of it. ;_;

of bows and arrows: Woot! Yes, pratice does make perfect! :D Thanks, I tried to make it really good. Yeah, I'm trying to include everyone of the RED Team so they won't feel left out. Yeah, I liked Heavy and Scout too. You'll be happy to know that this chapter DOES have Bill in it. XD Thanks for the review!

And now, here's the next chapter!

As she closed the door behind her, Nicole glanced about in the old factory. She noticed it was starting to change appearance, looking more like an unusually neat warehouse than an abandoned factory. It was a cold and windy morning outside, Nicole tucked inside her black jacket. She noticed the Engineer pass by. "Good morning, Bill!" she waved.

Bill stopped and turned. "Howdy, Nikki! Good to see ya!"

Nicole came up to the Engineer. "How's it going?"

"I'm still workin' on the second U.T. and fixin' up this place." Bill answered, "But I'm doing just fine, thank you. What about you, missy?"

"I'm doing good, thanks." Nicole smiled.

"What's the occasion of visiting this time?" Bill asked.

"There's no real occasion," Nicole explained, "it's just that I enjoy seeing you and the other guys."

"Well that's no big surprise." Bill laughed.

Nicole giggled. "What was your first clue?" she teased.

Bill chuckled. "I don't have to tell you."

Nicole gave the Engineer a confused look. "How come?"

"'Cause I think we both know that we are all really good friends."

"Awww, that's so sweet of you!" Nicole hugged Bill. "I'm happy to have a good friend like you who listens to me."

Bill hugged back. "Why thank you, and I'm grateful to have met you too."

Nicole's smile grew, knowing that she could trust such a gentle and honest man. "Thank you…"

Bill pulled back. "So…what do you want to do?"

Nicole shrugged. "Eh, I don't know. I thought you were busy."

"I can take a break, can't I?" Bill smirked.

"Okay, so what do you want to do right now?"

"I asked first, Nikki."

"Hey, it's not about me, I'm just wondering if you have any ideas."

Bill thought for a moment. "How about…if I should you some old blueprints of some early projects I created?"

Nicole nodded in approval. "Sounds good to me."

"C'mon over with me, I'll show ya what I got with me." Bill started to head towards the stairs, with Nicole not too far behind. "I was going to throw some of the old blueprints away." He said.

"But why?" Nicole questioned.

"Well, they weren't my best designs and the buildings themselves were even worse..." Bill smiled sheepishly.

"Who said that I was going to judge you?" Nicole grinned, giving the Engineer a reassuring look.

"I'm not saying that, it's just weird for me too see such early work. I mean, I've improved while with the RED Team." Bill explained.

Nicole nodded in understanding. "Ah, I see…I know how you feel. When I draw, it's hard for me to look at the old work when I've improved so much."

"You draw?" Bill took a quick glance at Nicole.

"Sure do, my style of drawing is…hm," Nicole paused for a brief moment. "I can't explain it with words. But I'll be happy to show you some other time."

Coming to the second floor, Bill and Nicole walked down the hallway. Nicole glanced about at the walls and doors, which all were mostly covered in some type of red paint. "I see you've been painting a lot, too." She commented.

"You like it? I've being trying to make this place more like our Base back at the Fortress." Bill clarified.

"I love it!" Nicole happily replied, "It's a very nice touch."

"Thanks, missy."

At the end of the hallway was an entrance to a new room. Nicole stepped in. "Hey, where's the door? Isn't this your room?" she inquired.

"Not exactly, it's more like my garage. This is where I do most of my work."

In the center was a rectangular machine with wires and computers connected to it. Nicole recognized it as the Engineer's second U.T. "That's it?" she pointed at the machine.

Bill nodded. "Sure is, and it'll make things a lot easier for us to come here."

"How come it's taking you faster to build this than the first one back at your base?" Nicole asked.

"You see, now I know the proper way to build the Universal Teleporter, it's much easier for me to build a second model, you understand?"

Nicole nodded. "Oh…I get it."

Bill came up to his desk, collecting several blueprints. "Here they all are, I'm surprised that I left them here. Come here and see for yourself, Nikki!"

Nicole joined Bill's side, watching him unravel one of the blueprints. "What's that one?"

The blueprints showed designs of a machine with simple-looking turret guns and crab-like legs. Bill scoffed upon seeing this. "Well, this was my idea of a walkin' sentry. When I built it back in '67, it didn't even last a minute."

Nicole laughed. "Wow, was it that bad?"

"Sure was, the legs couldn't even support the body of the sentry itself. So I had to drop the project." Bill rolled the blueprint back up and put it aside before unraveling another. "Now what's this one…Oh!" he smirked as he saw the designs of a turret gun with helicopter propellers at the top. "Now this was an embarrassment." He laughed.

"It that a gun built like a helicopter?" Nicole asked.

"Yep, and it was a disaster. Right as the prototype took off flying, it crashed as it reached little over six feet and it burst into flames right on impact. This was supposed to be a flying sentry." He rolled the blueprint back up and placed it with the first one. "It's a little funny to me to see all of this now."

"Oh, do you want to stop?" Nicole asked.

Bill shook his head. "No, it's alright. I enjoy looking at these. It's like…looking at an old photo album." He unrolled a third blueprint. "Now this right here was my first model of the sentry I currently build."

Nicole looked over at the designs of a box unfolding into a machine gun. "That's cool!"

"I drew this out a year before I perfected the sentry models." Bill added, "See? It even shows the other two levels." He pointed at the different designs.

"Wow! That's pretty neat! We don't even have this kind of stuff!" Nicole said.

Bill looked down at Nicole, giving her a peculiar look. "What do you mean?"

"Well, at the Fortress in your time, you have those cool looking sentries and Mediguns and those other weapons I've never heard of before. Even the Spy has that neat disguise kit and cloak. To me, it's all in the latest technology. But here in my time, those weapons don't even exist."

"Really?" Bill frowned, "That is kind of strange."

"I know right? Our engineers should be more like you, building such neat stuff like those sentries back at your base."

"You're right, although I did not build the Medic's Medigun and syringe gun or the Spy's tools, I think it would be swell to help you guys."

Nicole laughed. "Yeah, that would be pretty cool."

"But that would also be kind of impossible since I have a job to attend to back at our base. Plus, I can't live in this time period."

Nicole shrugged. "That's true…"

"But I can always visit." Bill added, patting Nicole's head.

Nicole giggled. "That's also true, and I appreciate that!"

"So, what do you want to do now?" Bill asked.

Nicole thought for a moment. "Do you mind I…help you out for a bit?" she suggested.

Bill grinned. "Sounds good to me, Nikki."

Nicole looked up at the Engineer's goggles. Although she couldn't tell what his eyes were like, she knew that the rest of his expression was pure delight.