Chapter 7: Payload Fire
The next day, both teams got up and got ready early for their mission. Today's mission was to push the explosive cart to the RED base and blow it up. The land that they were fighting on was known as Upward, a seaside desert operations base. As BLU got ready in spawn, Scientist sat on a bench and thought of his Idea and how he could put it in to effect. Just then, Medic walked up to him.
Medic: Herr Scientist, are you alright?
Scientist: Yeah Medic, I'm fine. Just thinking… of….
Another idea hit him. Since Medic knows a lot more about medicine than he does, this idea he had yesterday could be pushed in a better direction.
Scientist: Actually Medic, I could use your help with a project of mine.
Medic: Oh really! What is it?
Scientist whispered it the mad doctor's ear, relaying him the idea. As he went on, Medic's smile grew and grew, knowing that this idea could be an interesting challenge.
Administrator: ...2,1! Begin!
The BLU team rushed out of spawn and went for the cart. Heavy tried to mow them down with his Iron Curtain, but Demo launched a few Iron Bomber bombs at him, blowing him up. Soldier rocket jumped out of nowhere and blew up Strategist and Engineer, but Scientist shot down Soldier using his Laser Pistol. They had pushed the cart to the second checkpoint, when Scientist got an idea on how to flank them.
Scientist: Demo, follow me!
Demo: Aye! Right behind ya!
The two went ran under the ramp to the under platforms that connect to the shed. As they got to the shed, Pyro jumped down behind them and set Demo on fire.
Demo: FFFIIIIIRRRRREEEE!
Those were Demo's last words as he fell to the ground, cooked. Scientist turned to see Pyro over the dead body of Demo. Pyro looked at Scientist, which sent a shiver down his spine. He tried to run, but Pyro pulled out it's shotgun and shot Scientist's leg, which caused him to fall. Pyro walked slowly to Scientist, flamethrower in front of it.
Scientist: Wait, Pyro! You know me! We worked together to defeat that Heavy! Don't set me on fire!
Pyro looked at the cowered man in front of it. What it could see in it's mind wasn't rainbows or candy or babies, but an actual person, in fear of it. Pyro looked back at Demo, seeing just a Demo baby fly around and giggling. Pyro dropped the flamethrower, confused to what was going on in it's world. Then a thought raced through it's mind. "You liked fires, but it broke you".
Scientist looked up from his position to see Pyro looking off to the right at the wall behind him.
Scientist: Umm...Pyro?
Just then Pyro lurched up and grabbed at it's back, unaware that Spy had walked up to it and back-stabbed it.
Spy: Mumbling abomination! Are you alright, Scientist?
Scientist: Yeah, Yeah, I'm fine. How are we with the payload?
Spy: Near the final point, but we need a big push to complete the mission.
Scientist: Alright. Hmmmm... I got it! Go tell Medic to uber Demo. As that's happening, You, Me and Strategist can push the cart to the final point. Tell Engie can defend with Medic and Demo as well.
Spy nodded and ran up to tell the others. Just as Scientist was about to follow, he looked back at Pyro's corpse. "Why did Pyro not burn be?" he thought. Shaking the thought, he ran up to the final point to put the plan into action.
Pyro spawned a few minutes later, still in a moment of thought. Everything was a happy world, everything was nice, but the Scientist was not like the others. Not a baby or a cloud person, but an actual person, like it was. Pyro tried to think about what a reality with what Scientist looked like was, but the effort was fruitless, as the payload detonated and blew up the RED team, causing Pyro to run and hide, like it saw it's teammates do lots of times.
As BLU got back to their base, Scientist couldn't shake the idea of Pyro from his mind. "Why didn't it barbecue me? I'm the enemy to it." he thought. The van stopped in front of the base, unloading everyone out and going of to their own thing. Scientist stopped Engie as he walked into the base.
Engineer: Oh howdy, doc, what yall need?
Scientist: I wanted to ask ya a question.
Engineer: K, shoot away.
Scientist: OK. What is... Pyro?
Engineer just stared at Scientist, the former not knowing how to answer the question.
Engineer: I, uhhhh... don't know. No one knows about Pyro, only that he loves fire and acts like a kid sometimes. I gotta go, my machines need ta be fixed.
Engie walked off to the building, leaving Scientist with more questions than answers. "What in God's green Earth could this thing be?" he thought. Maybe an answer would revile it self as time went on. He walked into the base, meeting Medic in his Lab to discuss the Idea.
Another short chapter for the sack of story. I gotta put it somewhere. Next chapter should be longer, so stayed tune. Reviews on how the story is so far.