A/N: Sorry for the long wait. Been busy irl and could only do 100+ words here and there, but… I finally finished Chapter 3! Woo!
Hope you guys like it.
Enjoy~
Chapter 3: Meet the Firebug Part 2 (Barmherzig Part 1)
The ride was pretty nice. I got to see a lot that I haven't seen before. When I looked at the buildings and what looked like cars, a thought came to mind… I'm not in Teufort anymore. I was quickly taken away from my thoughts by the lanky guy, apparently, he was talking this whole time and I didn't even notice. Maybe it is because his constant talking reminded me of my teammates, Scout; I guess I've gotten used to Scout talking, that it could be I've just subconsciously decided not to listen to the lanky guy because most of what he's been saying is boring to me.
Sometime later, they stopped at this big and long building that had a weird symbol on it. The lanky guy and the masked big guy opened the door and entered, which I followed behind them, curious as to what could be inside. Once inside, we entered to what looks like a humongous lobby. The two of them and I were soon greeted by… a talking monkey?! And here I thought my friend, Balloonicorn, was the only one that could talk. Now, usually I would be really nice and hug the talking monkey, but the place I'm now currently in somehow looked more interesting because it is a place I haven't explored yet. A few weeks after I joined RED, I started to explore the place I now lived. You could say that I now know every inch of the building, since I've now been there for four years. In that much time, I've found a few good hiding spots away from those rectangular looking birds with the red eyes, that watch us and tell the big boss lady what they've seen.
While the talking monkey talked with the two nice guys that brought me here, I decided to do some much needed exploring. There wasn't much to do back home, so when it wasn't playtime with the BLU babies, I would either color, watch my favorite TV shows, or go on adventure with Balloonicorn around the base. With no set destination in mind, I just picked a random direction and went that way. The direction I so happened to go in led me to a hallway, then soon I made a few turns and in no time, I came across double doors. Looking at those doors for a moment, I soon hear noises coming from the other side. Curious as I am, I slowly opened the door and peeked my head inside. Once I did, I saw a large old man being really enthusiastic as he told a story to a noodle hair guy and a cowboy, using things around him to help tell it.
So far, nobody noticed me at the door. Not the large old man or the two others listening to his story. I soon became interested in his story and decided to stay at the door, instead of leaving to continue exploring. Being so invested into the story, I didn't see that the big old guy had unintentionally throw one of the things he's been using right at my head, which caused me to fall back onto the floor and the door close right after me. My head now hurts and I couldn't move for a moment because of it, but thanks to those collected times over the years being hit with the BLU baby Scout's rattle, I am able to recover quicker and continue my exploring. I didn't want to meet those three just yet, I thought, as I walked and rubbed the spot where the thing hit me. A minute later, after I was gone from view of that one hallway, the door opened and the cowboy went to pick up the thrown object from the floor. He looked around, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary, so he shrugged and went back inside the room. The cowboy found it odd how the object got to the other side of the door when the doors was closed the last time he saw them, but dismissed the thought and continued to listen to the big old man's story.
Even though I'm used to being hit a lot, the feeling in my head still lingered, so I decided to stop exploring for the time being to look for a nurse's office. I begin to search for a sign that would tell me where one could be found, hoping to find one soon because the feeling in my head is bothering me more than I can tolerate. It takes me close to a half hour until I spot something up ahead that could be the nurse's office. Once I got there, I saw it, a sign that had the letters 'Dr' followed by a name I don't recognize or pronounce. Well, the clue that brought me over to this door was the obvious red plus right smack dab in the middle of the door. It always makes things easier for me when there are pictures involved because reading isn't my strongest skill. I know a few things, but thanks to Engie and Medic, those few things grew bigger- although not by a lot, unfortunately. They said my mind tends to wander and I forget, but they also told me that I remember better if they repeat it enough times.
I check the door knob to see if it is locked or not, the knob turns with ease. After opening the door I went inside, leaving the door open unintentionally because my head still bothers me, but mainly I am curious what this nurse's office looked like compared with Medic's office. To my right, there is a really long desk- well, at least I think it is. It has that open part where a wheelie chair is. There are papers on the desk part in front of the chair with a tiny TV and this rectangle thingy with lots of buttons on it. I'll ask Engie about it when I get back, I thought. Looking up from the desk, I saw cupboards on the wall above that is just as long as this desk is. Moving my attention to the left side of the room, I see lots of beds, a few more than Medic has in that one room off to the side inside his office. I tilt my head, wondering if these beds are comfier than Medic's or not, so I walk over to one of them and sat down on it.
After I sat there for a minute, I heard something hit the ground and a gasp coming from behind me, which I then turned my body without moving my lower half to see who it could be. At the door, is a pretty blonde lady in a similar white coat as Medic's, but shorter. I glanced down at the floor to found a pen and clipboard on the floor, my attention then goes back to the lady. Being the helpful person that I am, I get up off of the bed and walk over to her, picking up the pen and clipboard for her. "Here you go." I rose from bending over to get her things and reached my arm toward her, so she can grab the clipboard and pen, which she did take back. "Thank you… uh… I'm sorry. I don't believe we have met. I'm Angela Ziegler." She puts her things on the desk and then has her hand out for a handshake, which I give her my hand and shook her hand enthusiastically. "Oh, sorry. I'm Pyro. It's nice to meet you. Is this your office?" I tilt my head to one side as I finished my question, not fully sure it is her office, since I'm not sure if there are more people like her or there are more rooms like this one.
A look of confusion appears on her face as I was speaking. I've seen this kind of look before. As the memory of this look replays in my mind, it made me a bit sad, but I push it deep down because I just met this lady and I shouldn't give her a reason to not like me. Plus, Engie always tells me I should make more friends that aren't RED, although I'm hoping he doesn't find out I made friends with the BLU version of me. Just as I am about to continue thinking to myself, the nice blonde lady spoke up, in which I move my head slightly up to look her directly in her face. "Again… I'm sorry. I am having difficulty understanding you with that mask of yours." I watch her as her face changes to a different expression that now shows she has an idea. "I know this one young man who has a friend, if you will- that also has a mask. Perhaps he can help me understand you better. Would you please wait here as I go find him?" Since she clearly doesn't understand me, all I give her as a response is a nod and a thumbs up. "Good. I'll be right back." And with that, she leaves the room, leaving me alone in the office.
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Angela left the masked person in her medical office as she went to go find Junkrat. She knew several places he could be hanging out, but those places keep changing to different places every other week, so she hopes the places she will be checking, he'll be there. It doesn't take her that long to get to the first place, which is the workshop where not only Junkrat works on his contraptions, Torbjörn and Symmetra do so as well. She walks over to Junkrat's work station, but doesn't see him anywhere, so Angela checked other areas of the workshop, but comes up empty. Time to check the next place, she thought. So, she leaves the workshop and heads over to Junkrat's room without wasting any time, hoping that this time she will find him there. Right when she turns the corner that leads down a hallway to where they have the living quarters, she is startled by the sudden sight of Winston. Angela wasn't expecting for him to be there, but she considered the possible chance of it accruing and calmed down. "Winston, you have a fright there."
Winston turned to face her when she let out a startled noise. "Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you, Angela." She looks at Winston's face and notices his thinking face. He does that from time to time, but this one feels different, which raises some concern with her. The masked person will have to wait… for now. "Is something the matter, Winston? Perhaps I can assist you." It takes a short moment before he looks at her and answers. "… Yes, as a matter of fact, you can. I sent the two Australian Junkers to investigate a matter that has come to my attention. As a scientist, I wanted them to bring back whatever it is I've detected, so I may study it closely. Although, the it was actually a who." Angela watches Winston as he paces, while speaking to her. Perhaps, it helps him process things better, she thought. "Me and the two Junkers were talking, then when we looked over to where this guy was standing, the person they brought back… had disappeared! Now… the Junkers and I are trying to look for him."
Him?, she thought. Angela thinks back to what the mysterious person looked like and had noticed the red suit being more of male features, so she too agrees this person to be male as well. Well… until she can get a proper examination of 'him'.
With all that pacing he's doing, Angela knew this bothered him and she felt the need to help him find this mysterious person he's looking for. You can thank her good natured self and friendship to the scientist for that. "You obviously need another person to assist you on this matter. I will volunteer in this search of yours. What does this person look like?"
She sees Winston give her a big smile before answering excitedly. "You will? That's great!" He wastes no time and gives her a description of this mysterious person the Junkers brought back for him. "Well, based on my first observation of this guy, he was wear a very outdated red full body fire retardant suit, a black belt with a few pouches on it, straps connected to the belt that go over the shoulder and on the back is a tank of some sort, fire retardant gloves with gold, boots… and- oh! And also a very outdated gas mask." As Winston describes him, the puzzle pieces in her head soon fell into place and then it dawns on her that she has seen who he's been looking for. As she finally realized, a gasp escapes her. "Winston!"
"W-What?" Winston is surprised by the sudden shout of his name. "Is something the matter?"
"Yes! It turns out, I have seen this man you have just described to me."
"What?! Where did you find him?!" He pushes up his glasses, having fallen down his nose when he became surprised at this revelation.
Angela points in the general direction of her office as she replies back to him. "I was walking back to my office because I had to file away a document I completed when… I saw who you're looking for. Follow me!" She wasted no time and began to quickly head back to her office, knowing Winston is following right behind her. Once Angela reached her office door, she looked behind her and indeed Winston is there. "Before I left my office, I told him to wait here." She then looked at the door and grabbed the handle, opening it without effort because she had left it unlocked when she left to find Junkrat. Once the two of them are inside, she looks over to where she first saw the guy, but they weren't there. Maybe he'd gone to another part of her office, she thought. "Hello? I have come back." Angela glances back at Winston and he shrugs, then gestures for her to search the rest of her office, just in case. She nodded to him before walking to the other areas of her office in search of their mysterious guest.
When she comes back to where Winston waited patiently for her, her face said it all, but she spoke it anyways. "He's gone!"
A/N: Don't worry. There is more to come for Pyro and Mercy. ;)
Btw, sorry for the lack of Pyro vision-y stuff in this chapter. :(