REVISED CHAPTER

IF YOU WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE "PLOT" SKIP TO CHAPTER 4! THAT'S WHERE THE TEAM FORTRESS CHARACTERS COME INTO PLAY! TRUST ME IT GETS MUCH MORE INTERESTING AT THAT POINT!

A/N: Ok this is my first ever story so please add constructive criticism to any reviews. I'm also definitely not a writer and apologize for any thing that just out right sucks. I'm basically doing this for fun and hope to eventually finish it.

Also I, again, apologize for anything out of place and definitely for grammatical errors because I am absolutely horrible at coma placement. Also sorry for formatting and capitalization. I might have missed some because I'm not exactly writing this in a program that has automatic capitalization.

This first chapter kinda consists mostly of Description, especially of May's character and I might have gotten a bit carried away. I also probably screwed up in several places but hey it's my first time. Also through out the story I'm going to try and add references to games and shows. There's one right in the first paragraph that should be easy to spot. Have fun spotting them (though there's not much in this chapter). Oh and the Engineer isn't really the main focus, in fact he isn't my favorite character but in the story he'll kinda act as a bridge...that'll be explained later...

Anyway like I said this is just for fun, nothing serious, though nothing terrible. Enjoy!

Chapter 1- The Surprise

"We're Moving?!" May said in shock.

"We're sorry dear, but your father got moved to another division that paid better. Plus moving to Texas will give me a better option for my own job."

May was furious about having to move from her home to Texas which, to her, seemed as foreign as another country. All 17 years of her life, May had lived in Portland, Maine, never having to move, much to her satisfaction. Unfortunately, she was now being forced to, right before her senior year in high school. May was looking forward to her final year at Peach Creek High because she was going to be able to take all the classes she had been waiting 3 years for. For all she knew, her new school wouldn't have any of the classes she had been waiting for. What was suppose to be the best year of high school was going to suck.

May had been with a majority of her class since kindergarten, and even if they weren't exactly friends she at least knew them well and were comfortable around them. Being around unknown people caused May to become uncomfortable and shy away from them, a trait that she was never proud of.

The reason they had to move was because May's father had gotten a promotion that forced him to move to Texas, where the company's main office was. Though she didn't know what town it was located in yet, she did know it was a small town. It wasn't in a big city like Houston, but rather in a small rural town near the center of Texas. The location of the company striked her as odd. Why would a big company like that have their headquarters in such a small town? Seeing as how it couldn't hurt anyone, May just decided to ask her mother.

"Hey Mom? Where exactly are we moving to?"

"Well like I said we're moving to Texas, but town wise it's the small quiet town known as…um…now what was it called again?"

"Bee cave dear. Bee Cave, Texas" her father answered.

"Oh yes that's right. Thank You Frank."

"No problem Linda."

"Hmm…Bee Cave now why does that sound familiar?" May muttered to herself.

"What was that?" her mother asked.

"Oh nothing I was just thinking to my self."

Bee Cave really did sound familiar to her, but she just couldn't figure out why. Right now she wasn't thinking straight because of all the chaos going on in her head that was cause by this sudden announcement

'I'll figure it out later right now there's other stuff to do.' she thought.

She was about to move herself to her room when her mother interrupted her thinking.

"Back on topic, I had said that It'll also benefit my job as well. You know how small the airport here in Portland is right? Being that it's small means that there aren't any good flights that go out of it and you know my pay depends on some good, long flights, which are nonexistent out here. Texas has the Houston Airport which has more flights that are longer and even some international ones meaning that I'll be able to make more money and we can buy some better things. Maybe even some for you."

"OK, OK I get it…." May said depress fully.

"Sweetie don't worry you'll be able to say good bye to everyone before we leave. I know you'll want to say good bye to Emile." Her mother said with a wink

"Mom! Come on I told you I have no interest in him." May said in retaliation, but was unable to hide the blushing.

"Whatever you say…We don't have to leave for a week anyway so you'll have plenty of time to say your goodbyes, though we will have to start packing tomorrow."

"Alright…I'm going to go upstairs and get on the computer. Call me if you need me."

"Alright. Sheesh you and your computer. Do you ever stop watching YouTube or playing those games?"

"Nope." May happily said.

And with that, she ran off upstairs to her room and shut the door. Once she knew she was out of hearing range from her parents, she leaped onto the bed, buried her face in a pillow and screamed. Screaming allowed her to vent her frustration and anger out, which she had a lot of at the moment. She wasn't angry at her parents for making this decision, for she knew it was the right thing to do. She agreed that this would allow her family to make more money so that they wouldn't get into financial trouble like they had a few years ago when her parents lost both of their jobs and she was having to use the reduced lunch. That year made her feel like a freeloader even though she knew she wasn't. Something about her personality made her feel embarrassed and guilty about 80% of the time. She hated it but couldn't help it.

After a few seconds of screaming into her pillow she got up and walked over to her desk that held her computer. It wasn't exactly a great computer, but it did the job. She had hoped to get a gaming computer last Christmas, but her parents said it was too much. At least she had managed to get the new Wii U, but after about a week she had lost interest because she had beaten the one game she was given. Every time she completes a game she looses the interest to play it anymore, at least with most games that is. There were only a few exceptions to this rule, two of which had become her favorite games of all time, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Team Fortress 2.

While she absolutely loved Brawl, she couldn't help but just be sucked in by Team Fortress. True all the Characters in Brawl were from series's she loved, but something about Team Fortress just made her obsessed with everything about it. The "story", Characters, weapons, music, and just everything about it she loved. She even had some merchandise such as posters and figures (unfortunately not those magnificent statues that cost an arm and a leg).

May always came back to Team Fortress when there was nothing to play. She didn't even care that she wasn't the best (though she wasn't god awful like some people she knew. Her dad specifically but that was another story), she just loved playing it. Actually she didn't even know why. Normally she downright hated and despised First Person Shooters for their lack of originality and repetitive nature. In fact Team Fortress was the only exception. She didn't know why, though. Maybe it was the characters or maybe it was the classes having different gameplay styles, but one thing she knew for sure was that she would always love Team Fortress no matter what.

May was always informing herself in her interests. If she got into a game or series use would research any and all information about it. There was very little she didn't know. Her extensive knowledge of games such as Pokemon, Portal, Zelda and especially Team Fortress never helped, but she felt proud of know such obscure facts. Beta information also interested her a lot. If someone wanted to know of the beta versions of a game, she was the one to ask.

May sat there staring at the computer screen, waiting for Steam to log on to her account. She decided to take this time to get comfortable and change into her PJ's. She let down her long, thick brown hair that was always tied up no matter what. The only time it was let down was for dances and the times that her parents made her for special occasions. May's rule for her appearance and fashion was that she must always be comfortable. Because of this she never wore make up (in fact she hated it), fancy dresses, jewelry, and anything girly. The only type of jewelry she ever wore was a blue Portal necklace that she had been given last Christmas. The fact that she absolutely loved portal was the only reason she wore it.

Because May dressed modestly with T-shirts, jeans, and hoodies, most girls didn't like her and thought she was trashy. Though this embarrassed her she didn't care. Being as how most of the girls in her school were stuck up brats who only cared about appearance, this caused her to care less. May had never been friends with girls because of her lack of care for appearance and her love of video games. Everyone thought she was weird, or at least the girls did. The boys on the other hand didn't have anything against her. In fact they liked her. They enjoyed being able to talk to someone of the opposite gender that could talk about video games. Being the Tom boy she was, she actually quite enjoyed being around boys rather than girls and was quite content with her social life, other than certain girls she just wanted to punch right in the face because of how they act towards her. Some girls were just cruel towards her for no reason really. She never did anything to them. In fact she had always been nice to them.

Her over sized shirt slipped down her medium sized body with ease, resting comfortably over her body. The only reason she wasn't over weight was because of the constant swimming she did. The exercise burned of the excess food she liked to eat.

May was 5'5 with a body that was neither fat nor skinny with, a small chest, and broad shoulders. She was nothing for someone to desire her for both looks or personality. Her personality, was in fact, odd to say the least. She wavered between being kind, cunning, sadistic, shy, clever, paranoid, and fearful.

Eventually Steam powered up after a mandatory update that ended up taking two hours due to several download failures.

"Ugh I hate this computer….." May said in frustration to herself, "Now it's to late to do anything."

Indeed it was. It was midnight and May knew she needed to get to sleep. She crawled into bed, turned off the lights and started thinking.

'Man I can't believe we're moving…that's all i can think about and it's not something I want to. I'll just think about something else, maybe Team Fortress. Hmm, you know I wonder when they will release the update that will finally do something with those Robocrates that were added a while ago. I have a few that are just taking up space. Maybe the update will add more than just a key to open the crates, maybe they will add some new weapons. There's a need for some new weapons to mess around with especially some for the Engine- Wait a minute...Of course that's where I know Bee Cave from! It's the Engineer's hometown. I'M SUCH AN IDIOT! WHY COULDN'T I HAVE REMEMBERED THAT EARLIER?!' May slapped her fore head, 'well least that mystery is solved. I really should get to bed so, stop thinking brain.'

With that, May slowly started falling asleep with the thoughts of what Bee Cave, Texas would be like. Maybe she would see the Engineer, she joked.

This chapter was written before the Robotic Boogalo update, when we all were just waiting around for an update. The next time the robocrates are mentioned, also fall into this category.