A/N: Look who's back...back again...
"Tavish! Get up off your arse and get to work!"
"For god's sake Ma! Tis Saturday! I don't have work today!"
"I don't care! Your father held over twenty jobs and didn't take a day off!"
Tavish slowly tuned his mother out before taking a swig out of his bottle of scrumpy. Even when the black Scottish cyclops was working back at RED his mother still hounded him about not working enough, even though he was being paid hundreds and thousands of dollars.
Eventually his mother walked away, but not before whacking him in the head with her walking stick. For a blind woman, she's not a bad shot.
"Ach Ma...!" Tavish shouted as he rubbed where he was hit.
As his mother walked off, Tavish returned watching the television program with his sword, Eyelander.
"Looks like someone has mommy issues." it said.
"Shut up."
Booting up...restoring all systems to previous functions...
50%...84%...100%
All systems online...
"Hooo boy, that hurts."
An orange-furred anthro fox placed a sliver colored hand on his face before sighing. "I could really use a drink now..."
The fox had silver colored arms and wore a gray tank top and camp green pants. He was also well toned with muscle.
"Where the hell am I?" he muttered to himself. "This place does not look like Merceii at all."
He looked around and found himself in the backstreets of some city, with some skyscrapers in the distance. His HUD in his eyes soon provided more information.
"New York...in that-oh THAT place, I see."
He got to his feet dusted himself off. "I guess I should find out if anyone else is here, and also make sure they didn't follow me."
The fox jumped onto the rooftop of a nearby house and started hopping from roof to roof.
"Dude, you really have to stand up to your mother for once. I mean, it's kinda pathetic." Eyelander said.
"I know, but she's me mother! She wants the best for me, that and I think she's...you know?" Ravished motioned with his finger.
The two-no, Tavish was walking down the sidewalk. They wanted to get away from that "old witch", as what Eyelander called Tavish's mother, and take a stroll through The City that Never Sleeps.
Tavish was wearing a gray undershirt with a red jacket and black pants and matching boots. He had Eyelander strapped to his back, and wore his signature bomber cap.
"I miss the old days Eyelander." Tavish said. "Action, adventure, scrumpy..."
"No witches."
"We had Merasmus."
"He doesn't-oh wait- never mind. He does look like a witch because of that dress he wears."
Tavish laughed. "I know! He should wear something else than that lady robe."
The two chuckled at what ridiculous attire the wizard wore. However, they didn't notice someone come up to them and point a gun in Tavish's face.
"Hey old man, give me everything." the mugger said. "Wallet, money, phone, everything."
"Eh, what?" Tavish asked. "You talking to me laddie?"
"Yeah, who else would I be talking to?"
Tavish looked at the mugger again before bursting in laughter.
"What the fuck? Stop laughing!"
"Hahahahahah! You think you're going to rob me with that wee little gun? Think again HAHAHAHAHAH!"
"Shut up!"
"Oh really, now would a gun have a orange muzzle?" Tavish asked as he pointed to the orange safety guard.
The mugger looked at the gun, which was obviously a fake gun, and gulped.
"Now this is a real weapon lad." Tavish said as he pulled out Eyelander.
The man turned and ran away screaming.
"Ha, never heard a more beautiful sound in me life."
"Um, I don't think he ran away because of me." Eyelander said.
"Huh? Wha?"
It was only then Tavish found out someone was behind him. He didn't notice a large shadow looming behind him until Eyelander pointed it out.
"Oh this is not good."
Later...
"So you're a robotic fox, eh?" Tavish slurred as he took another swig of his beer. "Totally not the weirdest thing I saw today."
"Partially yes. I'm more of a cyborg than a true robot." the fox replied.
The two somehow ended up in the local bar, mostly because the fox wanted a drink, both drinking low quality beer.
"Same thing, lad." Tavish said. "Ahhh, what's ye name again?"
"Karoi." the fox responded before picking up his beer.
"Karoi? Name's Tavish."
"You do realize you told me your name at least five times already."
"Ah did? Ach, I must be losing me marbles or something, eh?" he chuckled. "So how did yah get here?"
"I don't really know...one moment I was fighting to protect Allies' HQ on Merceii..."
Tavish spat out his drink all over Kario. "WHAT?!"
"Ah fuck dude! Really?"
"Allies! I remember them!"
"You do..?"
"Yah! I fought alongside them against some space police and another copycat army." Tavish said. "I remember those good old days...it's more lively than now."
"Wait...you fought alongside the Allies? Let me guess...you were part of the Teufort mercs?"
"Yah! The RED Demoman to be exact."
"I see, I remember the others saying you were quite proficient in your trade as well as swordsmanship, even though you're...drunk."
"Aye, but I think it helps. Numbs the pain slightly."
"True, I sometimes fight drunk too, though my aim get considerably worse though."
"Not a problem for me, heh." he said. "Say is there anyone else with yah?"
The fox turned to his own bottle and downed it before replying. "No."
"Thye couldn't come?"
"Well...to be honest...I'm not even supposed to be here in the first place."
This got Tavish's attention. "What now?"
"You know earlier I said that I was helping to defend our HQ?"
Tavish nodded.
"So I was fighting and all of a sudden, there was an explosion and I woke up in an alley just down the street."
"Kinda sounds like how I end up sometimes."
Karoi chuckled. "Me too, anyways, I dunno what happened and how I got here. I don't even know where everyone else is."
"Who attacked you guys? D.E.T? Feds?"
"I wish it was the D.E.T, hate their asses, but no, neither." he said. "It was some kind of army that likes medieval stuff. Like the soldiers were dressed up in knight armor and they had dragons, but they were equipped with modern tech like guns."
"And yah don't know who it was?"
The fox shook his head.
Just then a police officer came into the bar. He headed over to the pair. "Mr. DeGroot?" he asked.
"Yeah, that's me."
"Something arose at your residence we need you to see."
"Why? What happened?"
The two arrived back at Tavish's house to find it totally engulfed in flames.
"WHAT THE BLOODLY HELL?!" Tavish shouted. "Why's me house on fire?!"
"We got a call about an explosion." the officer said. "When the first officer arrived, he found this."
"Holy shit, I hope no one else was in there."
"Me mother."
"Oh..."
"YES! The fucking witch is dead! Hallelujah!" Eyelander thought.
"Mrs. DeGroot's fine, sir. She's over there." he pointed to a nearby ambulance. "She's lucky for a blind woman. For I know she could've died."
"Crap..."
"You know what caused it?" Tavish asked.
"As of now, no. The fire team should determine what happened-excuse me." and then the officer walked away to talk to other officers.
"Ok, now what? We're homeless and the hag is still alive." the sword said.
"Excuse you, that hag is still me mother." Tavish said.
"Whatever."
"Don't you have any friends around here you can crash with or anything?" Kaori asked.
"No...wait! I think I know someone but it's kinda far from here."
"How far?"
"About a state away, in Boston. I know a guy." he said with a smile.
A/N: Well shit. This chapter is VERY short. If I disappointed someone, sorry mate, but look, it's not easy to constantly come up with original stuff without being repetitive, ok?
On the brighter note, the story just hit 1k views! YAY!
On a sour note, I just saw ANOTHER OC submission. Look guys, OC submissions ended back in 2016. That's like almost 6 months ago. I don't mind the late submissions, but, overall, it kinda screws with the story line, especially if the OC is heavily involved with the plot. So DON'T send anymore OCs! THIS IS FINAL!
Kaori "The Cyborg" 'submitted by Shard Katazami'
Age: 22
Height: 6' 10''
Weight: 382 lbs
Bio: Part fox. Part robot. 100% total badass. Kaori is a former rouge dimension warrior, hopping from one dimension to another aiding those who needed help with his arsenal of explosive and energy weapons. His reputation often made him trade blows with the D.E.T for such interference. He currently resides with the Allies, acting as one of the key commanders. It's rumored that he and Joli Prowl have something going on between them, but it's pure speculation.
And that's all for now, 3 mercs have yet to be seen, but should we check back with the Teufort gang first?
Till next time,
-D.W
