Authors Note: ... Oh hello! Yes I have finally returned! Took me over half a year to get off my lazy ass and start typing again but... yeah okay I don't really have a good excuse. I was just reading over my past chapters recently and some reviews and got quite sad about basically abandoning this. So I will return now, not to my old machine gun posting self, but to a chapter coming out in a respectable time. So I will let you read and then check in at the end of this chapter. Enjoy!
The students stared at the sliding gate that the mercenaries had just exited through. The shock of being in a different world hadn't completely faded yet and they didn't know quite what to do while they were waiting for the mercenaries to choose. After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, Ruby finally spoke up tentatively.
"So… Spy is Scouts dad…"
Everyone turned to their heads to her and she suddenly felt very stupid. Out of everything that Spy had told them she had chosen the least important piece of information.
"I can't believe we were teleported into another world," Weiss said, trying to keep the shakiness out with very little success. The others nodded in agreement. Nora sniffled in her corner her usual go lucky smile no where to be seen. Jaune shivered slightly. Pyrrha sidled closer to him and put her arms around him though even she couldn't suppress a tear. Everyone just sat there quietly and in sorrow. What would happen while they were gone? What of all the Grimm swarming the city and Beacon? Would they ever get back…
Yang stood up. She wiped away a few tears from her face and faced the group with determination. "Come on guys! We can't just sit here and brood!"
They all turned their heads to her, surprised and bewildered. Weiss scoffed a little and gave Yang a very annoyed look. "Easy for you to say. You love risking your life! Not to mention your boyfriend is still alive and well so you have someone here to love and-"
She was interrupted by Yang lunging forward and clapping her hand over Weiss's mouth. Weiss struggled, clawing at Yangs palm. Everybody jumped and rushed over to help Weiss and were about to attempt to pull Yang off when she began to ramble.
"YOU HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING DON'T YOU PRINCESS? AREN'T YOU HAPPY THAT WE ARE ALIVE? AREN'T YOU HAPPY THAT WE ARE IN A WORLD THAT OUR FRIENDS KNOW ABOUT AND HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO KEEP US FROM BEING EXECUTED? AREN'T YOU HAPPY THAT WE ARE ALL TOGETHER?"
Yangs face was tearing up as she continued. Weiss had stopped struggling and was still, watching Yang through wide eyes. The other students had froze as well, afraid that if they moved, Yang would flip out an try to kill them.
"DO YOU REMEMBER THAT THE MERCENARIES HAD TO GO THROUGH THE EXACT SAME THING? EXCEPT THEY WERE IN A UNKNOWN WORLD. EXCEPT THEY WERE SEPARATED. BUT DID THEY FREAK OUT OR COMPLAIN? THEY ADAPTED AND USED OUR HELP TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND THEN HELPED US GET THROUGH ENEMIES AND MAKE US STRONGER DESPITE THE FACT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY BACK HOME? DO YOU GIVE A CRAP?"
At this point, Yang had let go of Weiss and had begun to collapse on the floor, tears flowing freely from her red eyes. The others silently watched her, feeling shame falling on them. Weiss most of all felt incredibly terrible. She tried to speak but the words wouldn't form. They all once again stood there in silence.
"You know knuckleheads, we weren't completely fearless."
Scout stood next to one of the cubbies. He had entered through the sliding gate unnoticed during Yangs yelling. He had a small sad smile on his face as he looked at the surprised and depressed students. Ren was the first to reply.
"You didn't seem scared."
Scout chuckled a little while kneeling down next to Yang and patting her on the back. "Look pally, we are mercenaries. We are basically trained not to show fear. But I remember being freakin' terrified. None of my pals were nearby and I didn't know if I would ever see them again."
"But you killed an Ursa right before you met us," Jaune pointed out.
Scout just shook his head, bringing Yang close to him where she cuddled up into his chest. "I fought that thing because it was the only thing I could do to get my mind off the situation. Even for a little. But I was still scared."
Scout looked at each and every student before continuing, "I understand that this hard pals, I really do. Before I met you I doubt I would have. But you guys changed me. I owe so much to you chuckleheads. Which is why," he stood up, gently pulling Yang up with him, "I'm gonna make sure you have the most comfortable war ever!"
He looked around, a confident grin on his face. When no one responded, he scratched the back of his head and started to sweat slightly.
"Ah crap," he croaked.
Then Yang leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. That unfroze everyone and they, for the first time since coming to Earth, smiled happily and began to laugh. Scout began to laugh as well and together, they roared with laughter enjoying each others presence.
"This is impossible."
Cinder clenched her fists and teeth as she heard Tyrian repeat the same thing he had been saying for the past hour. She, Emerald, Mercury, Roman, Neo, Adam, Watts, Hazel and Tyrian were all in the BLU base that was located across a small river from the RED base. They sat in the BLU spawn room, identical to the RED spawn room except for blue walls and blue equipment in the cubbies. An hour ago, they had been given the same talk that the RED Spy had given to the students by the BLU Spy. It had been incredibly strange in the beginning. They were all convinced at first that these mercenaries in blue were the exact same ones that they had fought with. But the BLU Spy simply showed them a photo of the nine BLU mercenaries and the nine RED mercenaries standing side to side.
However, Cinder wasn't very concerned about the cloned mercenaries. She was much more concerned with the fact that they had lost all their powers except for physical prowess and that to keep them from being executed they were to fight in this small war with a respawn machine and different types of gimmicks that one team would need to complete to be considered the winner of that battle. But they would have to fight like one of the mercenaries. They would have to fight as one of their most powerful enemies and team up with nine mercenaries that were the exact same.
Cinder put her hand on her forehead, feeling a migraine coming on. To distract herself from all the complicated and disturbing thoughts clouding her brain, she looked around the room and examined the state of her "teammates".
Emerald was still lying on her makeshift bed, silently looking up at the ceiling. Despite having no home back on Remnant, a few tear tracks stained her face. Cinder could only assume that the thought of being stuck forever was in Emeralds mind and it disturbed her deeply, which Cinder couldn't argue with.
Beside Emerald, Mercury sat against the wall. He was bouncing a ball he had found in one of the cubbies against the other wall. Every time the ball came back to him, he methodically flicked his wrist and sent it back with no pleasure from doing it.
Roman was sitting on a bench, twiddling his bowler hat. Unlike Emerald and Mercury, he had been able to suppress his feelings and so far seemed to be content with the situation. But Cinder could tell that he has incredibly worried about being stuck here. He wasn't as involved in the plan to take over Remnant, making him the most ordinary person and someone who just stole for a living.
Leaning on his shoulder, Neo was taking a nap. Despite being a mute, she had made an incredible fuss when she couldn't find her parasol. Only Roman stroking her hair could calm her down and she eventually fell asleep. Roman swore that if anyone told them about him "canoodling" Neo, he would murder them in their sleep. Honestly, Cinder was just glad that Roman had an even better relationship with Neo then she did. It meant she wasn't in charge of controlling Neo if she got fussy, scared or needy for ice cream.
The leader of the White Fang was leaning against the wall, holding his mask in front of him. His eyes were on it but they were staring past it. They were staring to the future of the White Fang without him. Out of them all, Cinder guessed that he was being hit the hardest with the news of being trapped on this world. Besides his devotion to taking over Remnant, he had his fanatic campaign to supervise. His crazed drive for Faunus equality was the main reason for all the violence and terror he has committed over the years. Now, all of those beliefs do not matter. According to the BLU Spy, there are no Faunus in this world. There never were any.
Watts was keeping himself busy by inspecting the cubbies against the walls. There were a few stray bullets and clothing still lying in them and he was picking them up and examining it closely. Like Roman, he seemed to be the least perturbed by the recent turn of events. He had listened to the BLU Spy carefully and had been the only one not to let out any reaction when it was announced that they were in a different world. He was so unconcerned with this news that Cinder started to think that he actually was happy about what happened only for the promise of more knowledge.
Brooding with his head down and his arms crossed, Hazel looked like a stone statue. Cinder knew he was trying to figure out how to get out or through this predicament. Despite being a buff, large and powerful man, he was also very intelligent. Cinder remembered a motto he would always say when something was in their way. "Always find a way through. Never be stopped by anything." However, judging by the veins popping on his forehead, Cinder assumed that he was having trouble sticking to his motto.
Cinder turned her head to the far corner to look at her last companion. Tyrian was curled up and crying. His Faunus trait, a scorpion tail, had come out from under his robes and had wrapped around him. He was shivering slightly as he kept muttering something under his breath continuously since the BLU mercenaries had left them to rest. He had obviously been very effected by the recent events and Cinder knew very well why. Tyrian was obsessed with their mistress and master that was pulling the strings to take over Remnant. Salem. He would do anything for her and considered her a goddess. The fact that he is now separated from her and may never see her was complete agony to him. Even so, Cinder couldn't help look at him in disgust. For such a powerful Faunus, he could be incredibly pitiful.
Cinder sighed and got up. She was starting to get really tired of waiting in this room with nothing to do. She began to walk toward the sliding gate when it opened itself revealing the BLU Scout just outside the spawn room. He was an exact clone of the Scout Cinder knew except he wore blue instead of red. Even though she knew he was a different person, Cinder cringed at the familiar cocky smirk on the BLU Scouts face.
"Oh what's up?" Scout (I will only be specific with BLU and RED when absolutely necessary and not obvious) said, walking inside and letting the metal gate slide down behind him. He looked around at the group and his eyes rested for a second on Tyrians curled up form before leaning against the wall and looking at Cinder. Cinder grimaced slightly. She still didn't feel comfortable talking to any of the mercenaries. These ones weren't her enemies but they were basically strangers and as far as she's concerned, she wasn't planning to make friends with any of them.
"I am getting restless," she replied coldly. She tried her best to look threatening even without her aura. Scout just kept on smirking. Cinder relaxed with an annoyed huff and sat on the bench next to Neo.
"Well, don't worry hot stuff. I am here to take you guys down to the Intel Room in a few minutes," he said calmly. He waited for response but when no one did he said, "So… what's your deal with the them kids on the other side that are hanging with those damn REDs?"
That hit her nerve. Cinder bolted up in a rage while yelling, "DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT THOSE MEDDLESOME BRATS! IT'S THAT SILVER EYED GIRLS FAULT THAT WE ARE ALL HERE! THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO STAND A CHANCE TO US IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE GOD DAMN MERCENARIES!"
She stood still, breathing in and out as everyone stared at her, surprised from the sudden outburst. Even Tyrian had looked up from his corner and was staring at Cinder through red eyes. Scout had stepped back at the outburst but recovered quickly and put his hands while approaching slowly.
"Hey hey, take it easy hot stuff. Didn't mean to make you pissed." He then smiled once more and said with evilly, "At least now you can make them suffer so many times."
Cinder turned to him, her anger replaced by confusion. He just laughed cockily and reached behind him, producing a Scattergun.
"Remember the respawn? Well with it, you can kill the enemy team constantly in long matches! For example," he put the Scattergun to his head and fired. Blood sprayed everywhere as the corpse fell to the ground in front of the shocked group. That had seen many deaths but such a sudden and happy suicide was not normal for them.
"Holy crap!" Mercury yelled jolting up, forgetting about the ball he was playing with. Before they could do or say anything else, they heard the sound of doors sliding behind them. They all turned and saw the BLU Scout, completely intact and well, walk out of the small white room that was separated from the room they were all in by two sliding glass doors.
"See?" He said, ignoring the astonished looks from the gang of evil doers. They had only heard of it but never seen it in action.
"Look chuckleheads," Scout continued after no one replied, "That RED Scout that was killed in your freakin world was respawned in the RED base moments later and a few moments before you guys got here."
Cinder felt the anger build up once more. The Scout she thought she had finished off was still alive and well. The BLU Spy had conveniently left that piece of information out. She bit her lip to keep herself yelling while Roman, who was holding Neo up from falling asleep once more, asked skeptically, "Yeah, well you have been here for a while. How do you know we are connected to this respawn machine?"
Scout just rolled his eyes before running straight up to Roman and firing the Scattergun in his face. Roman's face caved in and the force of the shot at point blank range caused the corpse to fly back into the cubbies and fall back onto the floor.
That woke Neo up. She stared in horror at the remains of her favorite companion and began tearing up. Meanwhile, Scout just blew smoke away from his Scattergun, ignoring the shocked looks from everyone else for the second time. Neo turned to him and was about to charge him when she noticed something behind Scout. Her mouth fell open.
Roman Torchwick walked out of the white room totally intact like the BLU Scout had been after he had killed himself. He too was a little shocked at what had happened but he didn't have much time to think before Neo rushed over and tackled him in a hug. Scout just grinned as Roman patted Neo on the back and comforting her. Then Scout turned and began walking toward the sliding gate.
"Hey! Where the hell do you think your going?" yelled Emerald. The BLU Bostonian didn't answer until he reached the edge of the sliding gate and it opened in front of him. He then turned to look back at the evil group and simply said, "To choose your class. Let's go chuckleheads."
The RED Scout led the Beacon students down a narrow staircase that turned to the left every few yards. Behind him, the students followed much calmer than before and ready to begin their training. Nora and Yang were even discussing which class they maybe chosen to do.
"I totally think I will be with Demo!" Nora said while Yang exclaimed, "Well I will be chosen as Heavy! I am the only for the job!"
Jaune walked behind them alongside Pyrrha with a slightly nervous look. Pyrrha noticed and grabbed his hand, surprising him.
"Don't worry Jaune," she said soothingly, "I'm sure you will be chosen to do something you are comfortable with. These guys have been with us for a while now and have even trained us."
Jaune just grunted a little, still feeling very nervous. Pyrrha squeezed his hand tighter and gave him a peck on the cheek causing him to blush.
"Okay okay, don't get too touchy," Scout called out behind him, "We are here."
They reached the bottom of the stairs and went down a small room and then through another narrow hallway that turned finally to a large high ceiling room. It was mostly empty except for a desk in one corner with a high back chair behind it and a red suitcase laying on top. Nearby, a red teleporter sat operational and ready to send someone through to the other one. All the other RED mercenaries were in front of the desk, except for Spy who was sitting in the high back chair. Scout and the students walked over and Spy gestured for Scout to come forward and he and the other mercenaries got into a line with each one side to side and facing the nine students.
"Welcome my friends," Spy began standing from his seat and walking over to the students, "I hope you are well rested and ready. We do not have much time to loiter. We must train you about everything that goes with your class in a week. We will be going in order and once chosen, you and the mercenary that matches your class will go through that teleporter," he gestured to the teleporter, "and you will be transported to the training facility where you will all be in separate rooms and begin your training. Is that understood?"
Everyone nodded and he began to walk to the first mercenary in line who happened to be Scout.
"Let us start off with the fastest and most agile class. The Scout. We have chosen the one person here that we know least about. But of what we know, this match seems to be the most reasonable." He paused for a second, grinning around at the students who were standing up straight tensely before finishing.
"Sun Wukong, congratulations your are RED's new Scout."
Sun looked incredibly surprised as Scout stepped forward and offered his hand for a shake. Sun shook it, slightly obliviously. Scout put his arm around Sun and began leading him toward the teleporter while saying, "Alright pally! I hope your ready cause it's time to teach you about the class!"
That seemed to cheer Sun up a bit and he smiled back at the cocky Bostonian. "If you say so mate! Lets get started!"
The monkey Faunus and mercenary walked onto the teleporter and, in a quick flash of light, they vanished.
"For our new BLU Scout, we have chosen the one called Mercury," said the BLU Spy to evil gang in the BLU Intel Room. Mercury and Scout stepped forward and shook hands firmly. Mercury's face was stony as he faced his new mentor. Scout was quite the contrary, grinning his usual cocky grin.
"Cheer up pally, this aint gonna be too bad," he said as they made their way to the spinning BLU teleporter, "lets train and then beat the crap outta those RED fakers!"
Mercury didn't respond but he took a quick look back at his fellow evil companions before he and Scout stepped onto the teleporter. The others did not react as they watched he and the mercenary disappear in a flash of light.
The RED Spy stepped up to Soldier. "For our new RED Soldier, we have chose someone that he respects greatly and has already trained under him before. This is obviously none other than Jaune Arc."
Pyrrha smiled brightly and kissed Jaune before pushing him forward towards the waiting Soldier. The patriotic American clasped Jaune on the shoulder and stared him in the eyes under his helmet. "You are good son. Real good. But we must train you in the ways of a American for you to become the best!"
Hand still clasped on Jaune, he steered him toward the teleporter and they stepped in. Jaune turned back to quickly wave at his teammates and was just able to seem them smile and wave back before he was teleported.
"Mister Adam, please step forward as the new BLU Soldier," the BLU Spy pronounced calmly, addressing the White Fang leader. Adam stepped forward and headed straight for the teleporter without talking to the BLU Soldier.
"MAGGOT!" roared Soldier, his face livid. Adam stopped and turned to look back as Soldier stormed up to him. Adam was about to say something scathing when Soldier grabbed his head in one hand pulled it right against his own and began to yell straight into his face.
"YOU WILL RESPECT YOUR TEACHER BOY! YOU WILL LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN WAY! IF YOU DISRESPECT ME AGAIN YOU WILL BE VERY SORRY BOY!"
Adam just rolled his eyes at the screaming American. This was a mistake.
Bellowing in fury, Soldier lifted Adam by the head and flung down onto the teleporter. Then he stepped on himself and adjusted Adam into choke hold right before they disappeared to the training area.
"Let us continue to Pyro," the RED Spy gestured towards the RED masked pyromaniac. Pyro clapped it's hands a little like a school girl and stared straight at Pyrrha. She waved back nervously, beginning to realize who the new RED Pyro was.
"Pyro was a bit of a harder one to choose in terms of skills. However, Pyro already had somebody in mind and wouldn't take no for an answer." He stole a fearful glance towards the fire user before continuing, "It's choice was somewhat reasonable so we decided to go through with it. This person is Pyrrha Nikos."
Pyro clapped joyfully as Pyrrha stepped up and instead of shaking her hand, it pulled her into a tight hug while muffling something in a happy way. Pyrrha just kept smiling nervously and patted Pyro on the back. Once Pyro let her go, it immediately grabbed her hand pulled her with it toward the teleporter without warning. Pyrrha cried out in surprise but didn't say anything to the excited mercenary as they got onto the teleporter and vanished.
As the BLU Spy proceeded towards the BLU Pyro, he noticed a few tense looks on the faces of the remaining evil doers. He smirked a little while remarking, "bad experiences with the other Pyro I assume?"
The evil doers scowled in response earning a small chuckle from the BLU Spy before he continued, "Well I hope the one called Cinder Fall is ready because by what we have found out about you, your quite the good match."
Cinder actually stepped back a few paces before realizing it and, regaining her composure, she stepped forward towards the BLU Pyromaniac. The Pyro didn't seem to mind the lapse of strength from Cinder. In fact, it just clapped happily and took out a small balloon and began twisting it around until it somehow became a pink unicorn. It held it out to Cinder who was about to just ignore it and leave for the teleporter, when it took out a lighter and burned the tip of the balloon and began clapping happily as the unicorn began spinning around losing air as it burned until it was nothing but pure dark ashes. Cinder stared in horror at the BLU Pyro as it turned to look at her and though she couldn't see through the mask, she knew it was giving her an evil and sadistic smile as if to say, "Did you like my trick miss? I have more to show you!" For the first time in her life, Cinder felt uncontrolled terror as she was lead to the teleporter by her worst nightmare.
Once Pyrrha and Pyro had left, the RED Spy turned towards the next mercenary but was interrupted when the RED Demoman sprung forward happily. "Aye Spy let me announce my pick! Please laddie!" Spy just rolled his eyes before nodding though under his breath he was muttering, "You were next anyway you drunken cyclops." Demoman smiled to the remaining group before he suddenly grabbed a Scrumpy bottle from behind him and tossed straight at Nora who caught it, with sparkling eyes. "Congratulations me lass, you are REDs new Demoman!" Demo roared happily as Nora hugged him tightly. She even took a swig from the bottle he had tossed him and despite being way to young for such a powerful drink, she roared a lot like Demo and kept taking healthy swigs. They began to proceed to the teleporter, arms around each others shoulders and Scrumpy bottles in their other hands, when Spy grabbed Demo by the shoulder and held him back.
"What the hell-," he began to say but Spy cut him off angrily. "We do not need another person with a dysfunctional liver! Especially someone who is underaged! Do not make her chug bottles of that disgusting bottle you drunken wretch!"
Demoman turned around to face Spy affronted by the Frenchmen's comments and was about to say something scathing in response when a bottle from the side hit Spy other the head and sent him to the ground. Demo looked to his side to see a red cheeked angry Nora, holding the bottle like a sword.
"DONT INSULT MY DEMO BUDDY LIKE THAT! THIS STUFF IS BETTER THAN YOUR STUPID CIGARETTES AND WINE!"
There was a shocked silence as the other mercenaries and students gaped at Nora in astonishment. Then Demo roared with laughter and once again draped one arm over Nora and pointed at her with the other saying in a gleeful voice, "This guy!"
Spy got up slowly and with the help of Medic, he faced the two fully healed. Despite what had happened, his face was calm as he reached into his suit and brought out his cigarette case. "This choice is both the best match and the worst thing to happen to us," he said coldly as he placed the lit cigarette in his mouth. He then waved them away toward the teleporter and they went, still chuckling from the booze.
"I am sure your comrade will be fine," the BLU Spy was saying to the evil doers after Cinder and the BLU Pyro had left, "Pyro maybe… terrifying, but it never tries to hurt its allies." The baddies just snickered slightly and Spy made mental note about their lake of loyalty to each other. "Now let us continue to the demolition expert, or just Demoman," he gestured towards the mercenary in question who was tossing a sticky bomb in his hand while scanning the remaining candidates closely with his one eye. He already knew which one would be his trainee but always wanted to know what his allies would be like as well. He was brought out of these musings as Spy cleared his throat and then called out, "Mister Tyrian, you will be accompanying our drunken demolition man."
Tyrian, who hadn't fully recovered from the fact of being separated from his mistress, just stepped forward towards the teleporter like Adam ignoring Demoman. The other evil doers waited for the BLU Demo to flip out just like Soldier but were surprised to see him calmly catch up to the solemn man and offered him a Scrumpy bottle. Tyrian looked at the offering and then at Demo who was giving him friendly smile. All of a sudden, Tyrian felt red hot anger rising in him. This man thought he could be like his beloved mistress by offering him a bottle of alcohol?! He screamed in outrage and smacked the bottle out of Demos hand a and onto the floor where it shattered.
The BLU mercenaries tensed up suddenly and stared at the BLU Demoman. Fear was in their eyes and the other evil doers were slightly curious why they were so scared. Demo stared at Tyrian for a second, his face neither happy or angry, before he reached behind him a produced a second bottle and took a large swig of it before returning his one eyed gaze to his new trainee. Tyrian was still panting, a wild look in his eyes. Then Demoman began to speak.
"Usually, I would have to kill you for breaking a bottle of Scrumpy life that but I understand your not in the best of places at the moment lad. You are in an unknown place and with mates that you never met. But you think you know them because you were enemies with their clones. Well, I just want to say lad that I maybe Demoman, but I am the BLU Demoman. You can trust me lad."
Tyrian didn't stop staring at him with his furious look but his comrades were looking at Demo with some respect. Though they weren't the touchy sort of people, wanting world domination and all, they still recognized an honorable man.
The BLU Demoman paused for a bit more to see if Tyrian would react but when nothing came, he continued on. "I have looked at the information we got about you and didn't see much in the demolition category. However, I got information on your craziness which I always appreciate but also your skills with axes and other sharp objects. Not to mention that useful scorpion tail is quite special and is very useful for balance. Why do I bring this up? Well…" he reached behind him and Tyrian gasped.
It was a double headed axe with a very long shaft that ended in a strong and slightly spiky grip. It was pure black but a few dark red stains were visible on each blade. He found himself reaching for it but it was pulled away from him as Demoman smiled once more and flipped the weapon around a little, an impressive feat considering how heavy it was.
"This is the Scotmans Skullcutter!" he said proudly as he performed a slashing technique with it, "Its incredibly heavy but at the same time incredibly powerful. I know your more of a light footed lad but if you can wield this and keep that balance and speed from your usual training, you will become a force that no one will want to face!"
He spun it on last time and then flipped so he was holding the base of the blades and pointing the grip end of the shaft towards Tyrian. He looked at his trainee, not needing to say anymore. Tyrian looked at the weapon he was being offered and an inner battle began to wage in his mind. He loved his mistress so much and could not bear to be without her but this weapon and this man who would make him stronger and a mercenary as powerful as those damn RED ones! He was starting to collapse on his knees his hands clasping his head when he finally stopped and came to a conclusion. He rose slowly, and griped the Scotsman Skullcutter and looked straight into Demomans one eye.
"I will fight for my mistress Salem! Teach me your ways of combat so I can destroy those wretched brats that stood in OUR WAY AHAHAHAHAHA! He dissolved into maniac laughter as he held the Scotsman Skullcutter in both hands while the BLU Demoman just nodded and said, "WELCOME TO THE DOMINATEING!" before joining in on the laughter.
After Nora and the RED Demoman had left, Spy was still muttering various insults under his breath as he approached Heavy Weapons Guy. "To accompany our Heavy with have Yang Xiao Long. Congratulations." He said with a flat boring tone. However, Heavy and Yang didn't seem to care as they fist bumped. "Can't wait to be working with you again big guy!" Yang said excitedly, "and this time, I am going to our sparing matches!"
Heavy let out a hearty laugh. "Oh that slaps me on the knee. You are no match for me! But I will change that. We will train so you can fight me and all those other babies!"
"Hell yeah!" Yang yelled pumping the air before she and Heavy made their way to the teleporter.
"Well… that was awkward…" the BLU Spy said as Tyrian and the BLU Demoman finally left, leaving the echoes of their insane laughter behind. Shaking his head to regain himself, Spy moved on to the next mercenary. "For our new BLU Heavy we have-"
"Me."
Spy turned to see who had interrupted and found Hazel towering over him menacingly. Not losing any composure, Spy inquired, "You are Hazel if I am not mistaken?"
Hazel nodded and Spy just nodded before stepping aside. "Yes you are the new BLU Heavy. Now meet your partner and get out. This should have ended a while a go."
Hazel and the BLU Heavy stepped up to each other and exchanged a firm handshake, not to be polite but to see who's grip was stronger. As they did so Heavy grinned and said, "I am impressed with your strength baby man. You may just be able to pick up Sasha or Natasha." Hazel didn't smile back but he replied, "I assure I will be able to do whatever you ask me to do as part of the training."
They stood there silently, still griping each others hands while boring into each other. Then they let go and both gave each other a look of respect before heading toward the teleporter to start their training.
"This seriously is taking way too long to do," the RED Spy groaned as he moved to the RED Engineer who was not wearing his usual yellow hard hat and instead was wearing his Texas Ten Gallon. Spy raised an eyebrow at the texan before sighing and addressing the students.
"For Engineer, we had some trouble deciding as in skills some had something in common and others had nothing in common. However, after considering how some of you fight mentally, we found somebody who will need to work to learn the skills but should share many ideals with our illiterate friend." Engineer scowled at Spy as the sneaky frenchmen chuckled a little at his quip before announcing, "Lie Ren! I hope you are ready to go a little outside your usual skills because we have deemed you the most fit for this class!"
Ren was taken a back for a second before smiling and coming forward to shake hands with Engineer. "Its a pleasure to work with you Engineer," he said in his usual polite voice. "To you as well partner," Engineer replied with and equally polite tone, "You and me should do very nicely. Scout told me good things about you."
Ren remembered the time he had asked Scout to train him in speed and it brought him great happiness to hear that the cocky Bostonian had actually complicated him to the other mercenaries. He and Engineer began to head to the teleporter and as they did, he begun to relax completely and his worries of his predicament seemed to melt away.
"Now this choice was mainly made because all the other classes were taken by other candidates," the BLU Spy was saying as BLU Engineer stepped up next to him with a polite grin on his face. "However, we feel this will still work so if Miss Emerald could step up as our new BLU Engineer."
Emerald stepped up and shook hands with Engineer not returning his smile. "I understand you don't have much experience in the field of engineering or building much but I think we can change that," Engineer stated as they began to make their way to the teleporter. Emerald just nodded in response, not showing any real expression as they began to teleport to the training area.
The RED Spy looked at Weiss, Ruby and Blake and sighed as he approached the next mercenary. He knew who was ending up with Medic and he felt incredibly sorry for her. "For our Medic, we have chosen the person who has worked with him before and will be the most used to his-" he paused here and glanced at the german doctor who was cleaning his Bonesaw with a cloth. Spy closed his eyes before he continued, "Miss Schnee I am very sorry for you. You are the new RED Medic."
Medic stepped up and gave the heiress his signature bow. "We are training together again fraulien. This time though," he straightened up and his crazy smile was plastered on his face, "We will be really practicing medicine."
Weiss just stepped forward and to everyone else surprise, she smiled and replied, "I am delighted to work with you again Medic. Your methods may be slightly sadistic and barbaric but they are also ingenious and quite interesting to learn."
Medic nodded eagerly. "You are very correct fraulien. Now-" he began leading Weiss towards the teleporter, "lets begin."
Watts was watching the BLU Spy carefully as he approached the BLU Medic. If there was anything good about the situation that he was in at the moment, it was the fact that he maybe able to learn more about how the Medic works. But first he must be chosen to the Medic. He now watched as BLU Spy turned to him, Roman and Neo and began with his usual speech about the reason that a person was chosen to be the class but Watts was only interested for when he would announce the name. As a learned man, he must know more about the incredible healing prowess that he saw the RED Medic use at the Battle Of Beacon.
"So we have chosen the candidate who we think best fits these traits and that is Mister Watts-"
"YES!" Watts exclaimed happily which was something completely out of character for him and he realized it very quickly and regained himself before approaching the BLU Medic and stretching his hand out politely. Medic accepted it while asking, "I presume you are somewhat of a fan of my work considering your reaction. Did you see my counterpart use his healing?"
"Yes and I was very intrigued. Any learned man such as myself would of give anything to just know how it is done."
Medic let go of his hand and putting his arm around Watts, he said, "Well I hope your not squeamish because its gonna be a blood bath!"
The Red Spy and Sniper faced the last two students who hadn't been chosen yet. Ruby and Blake stared back at them, not that nervous as they had a very good feeling where they were going to be paired up with. Spy exchanged a quick glance with Sniper before turning back and saying, "Alright, let us end this nice and quickly. I doubt I even need to say who is to who. Just walk to your respective partner and let is get started." Ruby immediately shuffled over to Sniper who smiled at her. She tried to return it but it faltered slightly. She tried to cover it up with her hoodie but the ever preceptive Sniper noticed.
"Something the matter mate?" he asked as he leaned down to peer under Ruby's hoodie to look at the girl. She didn't respond and cowered a bit more within her hoodie. Sniper looked over at Spy and Blake who both shrugged their shoulders, clearly as confused as he was. Ruby didn't seem to be in any terrible mood before. Besides of course that of the initial shock of the situation. But it should worn out by now. Sniper looked back at her just as something surfaced on his mind.
"Did you not want to be paired up with me mate?" he asked softly, "I understand not many would-". Ruby interrupted him by flinging her arms around him and began to sob. "No! I just can't get over the fact I will be killing people over and over again! Not to mention half of them will look and act exactly like you guys! How can I do this! I'm only fifteen! I'm barely a Huntsman!" Ruby looked up at Sniper, her face streaming with tears. Sniper looked down at her quietly through his shades. Then he kneeled down a little and put his hand on her shoulders. "Listen to me Ruby. You are no bloody ordinary fifteen year old. You are a fighter and a damn good one at that. These people who you will be killing will not hesitate to murder you over and over again. You must be strong mate and prove you are no slacker. You must fight to protect your teammates and your friends. Be strong mate. I will help you much as I can."
Ruby looked up at the Australian, her eyes still watering. She, Blake and even Spy were staring at him in shock. It was the first time he had something quite so deep and motivational. It was quite a contrast to his usual monotone bored and professional behavior. Ruby wiped the tears from her eyes and finally cracked a smile. "Thanks Snipes. I am ready to start working." Sniper grinned and together they walked to the teleport and, in a flash of light, they disappeared.
"Well that was certainty something," Spy said as he took out a cigarette and lit it. Then he turned his attention to Blake. "I assume you do not have such qualms about going in to this?" Blake looked down for a second considering that question. She definitely nervous and it was not agreeing to her morals. But the face of Adam kept floating in front of her and it was enough to fill her with enough rage to push her usual morals to the side. She looked back up at Spy with fiery defiance in her eyes, not needing to say anything. Spy took blew out some smoke and began to walk towards the teleporter. "That is good Miss Belladonna," he turned around in front of the teleporter, "because I will be doing everything I can to make you not so much a better fighter. But a better killer." With that he turned around and stepped on the teleporter and vanished. Blake stood for a second longer before running over as well and disappeared, leaving the room completely empty.
"Alright we have our last two here and since I am quite tired of this charade I will just say that the one called Roman Torchwick will be with Sniper and the one called Neo will be with me. Understood?" The BLU Spy announced to the former criminals in a bored fashion. They both nodded in return, not to much to say to the remaining mercenaries. Neo simply walked toward Spy and curtsied before gesturing to the teleporter. Spy raised an eyebrow. "Not much of a talker are we? Well that is actually even better for your job. Let us get going." They were approaching the teleporter when Roman suddenly called out from behind, "Hey you take care her okay?" They turned around surprised. Roman swore to himself, regretting his outburst. "Just go already." Spy snickered and turned around but Neo stared at Roman. She then walked back over to him and to Roman's utter shock, she wrapped her arms around him quickly and gave him a warm smile before skipping back towards Spy who was waiting for her on the teleporter.
"A bit of a love interest mate?" Sniper inquired grinning evilly as Roman watched the two disappear. He turned to face the Australian annoyed. "Oh shut up you psychopath." Sniper chuckled slightly, aggravating Roman even more. "I prefer assassin with standards but I guess your not far off mate. Now lets get you to the same level." Roman looked affronted. "I will have you know I am a trained fighter as well who can stand up to most-" Sniper yawned and began making his way to the teleporter. "Yeah alright mate, let's get training. I can tell you are not even ready for what these times here are gonna be like," he looked straight at Roman through shades and said suddenly with deadly seriousness, "I hope you are going to learn to die as well as kill because you are going to die. A lot. That is the life here in our world."
There is the chapter that should have come out quite a while ago but did not. I must really apologize to those that did enjoy this story and are probably quite annoyed with me. But I will try to make it up to you with new chapters coming out in good time. I would like thank everyone that followed, favorited this story. You guys are the best. Reviews are always welcome and I will see you in the next chapter... BYE BYE!