2Fort, RED Base

The day seemed pretty good for RED team so far. They had a 2-0 intelligence capture lead, the base was fortified, BLU was disorganized, and the battle strove to be a walk in the park. Scout was sitting in the 2nd floor balcony by the exterior intelligence door, calmly drinking a can of Atomic BONK and tossing his baseball. Demoman was drunk in the primary Respawn room, fallen asleep atop a bench. Engineer was calmly strumming his guitar in the intelligence room, his feet propped up against his Dispenser, while his level-3 Sentry scanned the room. Heavy was eating his sandvich in the sewers, while the Medic paced back and forth around the dual entrances. The other mercs were still on alert, just waiting for the tide to turn. Sniper was stationed at the balcony, his rifle constantly checking the doors. Soldier and Pyro were patrolling the lower floors. As for Spy, nobody had seen him since things were quiet.

"Will ya bozos just give it a rest already?" Scout said as Soldier stepped off the catwalk. "Sit down and relax, pally." Soldier only growled as he continued to walk onward.

"This laziness will be the death of this team…" He muttered.

"Mph mmph mmmmph." Pyro mumbled through his gas-mask. Meanwhile, at the balcony where Sniper stood, he saw something run on the balcony of BLU base. It was a Scout, and following him was a Heavy, a Medic, a Soldier, and a Demoman. The enemy was mobilizing!

"Oi, we've got incoming!" Sniper shouted. As this alert echoed through the base, everyone got to battle stations, even Demoman managed to sober up to some level. As the BLU mercs were running across the bridge, Pyro was hiding behind the doorways, waiting to fry more victims. For some bizarre reason, the BLUs stopped near the door, and the Heavy stepped forward.

"Tiny baby RED team!" He shouted. "We will give you one chance to hand over your little briefcase, or I will promise you, PAIN WITHOUT END!" Sniper, Soldier, and Scout looked at each other in disbelief. Were they really that desperate to negotiate?

"Talk does not have a place on the battle field, Commy!" Soldier retaliated. "Now prepare for this American boot to kick your ass back to Russia!" As both sides prepared to open fire on each other, the Heavy fell over, a knife wedged in his back. The BLUs turned to see that the Medic with them was a RED Spy!

"You sloggy simpleton!" Spy insulted the now dead Heavy. After retrieving his knife, he easily slaughtered the rest of the mercenaries, save for the Scout who dove into the water.

"Nice job, mate!" praised Sniper. This little party was short lived, when things popped up on the Kill Feed. A BLU Spy and the Scout from earlier had just killed Heavy, Medic, and Pyro.

"I need some doggone help!" shouted Engineer. The surviving classes raced to the Intelligence room, but they were too late. In addition to seeing the destroyed scraps of metal, and Engineer's bullet riddled body, the Administrator announced over the speaker.

"The enemy has captured our intelligence!" She barked. "Get it back!" After the killed mercs respawned, they quickly came up with a plan that went something like this: Demoman would hide sticky bombs behind the desk where the briefcase is. Engineer was to build a sentry near the primary entrance. Pyro would hide on the second landing where the roof grate was, so an ambush would happen if necessary. Scout would run across the bridge roof to distract the BLUs while Soldier, Heavy, and Medic would run in and get their intelligence to secure a victory, all while Sniper provided backup fire.

"This plan's gonna be so awesome!" Scout whooped. "Let's do this!" Unfortunately, just as the REDs got into position, the BLUs came in through the sewer and ran off with their intelligence again. It was 2-2, at least one minute before the mission ended. The mercs decided just to rush them and steal the briefcase at any cost. The BLUs had the exact same idea, and it was a mad dash to kill the other team. A BLU Demoman shot an explosive that blew the RED Soldier to bits, but not before he shot a rocket that annihilated the BLU Scout. Amidst the chaos, both Spies of either team had snuck into each other's bases, backstabbed the Engineers, took the briefcases and ran onto the bridge. The Spies collided faces, which forced them to drop the briefcases, flying off their backs and into the water bellow. The fighting abruptly stopped as both sides saw their intelligence float to the bottom, ruining the contents inside.

The Administrator announced a Sudden Death Match, causing both sides to return to the Respawn rooms. After a little bit of waiting, the Administrator added one more thing.

"To make these Sudden Death matches more interesting," she said. "We are introducing a new kill factor in case you think you can hide out the onslaught. So therefore: a Freak has entered the fray." At first, none of the mercs understood what was going on, but then, they heard the sound of shotguns clicking, and eerie music beginning to play….