A/N: Ditto.

Never before did the BLU team see someone so utterly, batshit crazy in their lives before. Up until this point the only person that would fit under that category was Soldier, but this new merc took it to an entirely new level.

Whenever a BLU merc took a step outside their spawn, the minigun-wielding woman immediately gunned him down, and not only that, it seemed that she would appear within seconds, no make that milliseconds, whenever they did so. In fact she moved so fast between the two spawns, it gave an illusion that she was in two places at once.

The BLUs decided to stay in spawn, and away from the madwoman for the rest of the round.

"Do you think she's gone?" asked BLU Scout.

"I doubt so lad," said BLU Demo. "She's faster than a banshee, and I'm not gonna be surprised if she is one,"

Soldier stood up and started to march out to the spawn door.

"Soldier, you rocket hopping simpleton, you're going to get killed if you step out there, you know that?" said BLU Sniper.

"I REFUSE TO LOSE TO A WOMAN!" he shouted back. "I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND COWER, I WILL FIGHT THIS WOMAN LIKE A MAN WILL!"

"Oh god," said BLU Scout. "Didn't he die like five times already saying that?"

"Sadly yes Herr Scout," said BLU Medic.

BLU Soldier barely took one step out of spawn before he saw Stella literally appear out of nowhere in front of him.

"Hello there bucket head," she said.

Soldier gave out a war cry before slamming a shovel against her head. The shovelhead broke off as it hit her head and embedded itself in the wooden wall, leaving Soldier holding a stick.

"Uh, mercy?"

"No," she grabbed Soldier's head and ripped it from his body. His head was still attached to his spine as she pulled it out. "Here's a consolation prize boys," she said as she tossed them Soldier's head and spine.

The other BLUs looked at each other nervously as she walked away from the spawn door laughing manically as it closed.

"I think Scout soiled diaper," said BLU Heavy.

"Shut up, fatso,"

On the other side of the spectrum, RED saw only a bloody bath on BLU's side, heck; the BLU side was so bloody it could be considered the RED side as well.

"I've never seen more blood in my life," said Medic as he saw the BLU side.

"Heavy is now scared of tiny woman,"

"Debbie, why is Stella like this now?" asked Tia.

"Well, considering all she ever does is kill, whatever turned her into this must've amplified her desire to kill, which probably explains why she's so murderous as well as sadistic,"

"And to think she's the laziest out of the four of us," Tai deadpanned.

"I think the BLUs had enough for today, Scout…" Debbie turned to find a sleeping Scout sitting on the intelligence. Rolling her eyes, she shook him awake.

"Who, what, where, I wasn't sleeping," Scout said as he woke up with a yawn.

"Take the intelligence back, would you?"

"Yeah, yeah," Scout said as he picked up the briefcase and started to run.

Right smack dab into a wall.

"Ow…"

Time Skip

Stella's rampage concluded shortly after Scout returned to RED's side, but also it ended abruptly. As soon as the team got together, she was enveloped in a bright light once again and turned back into her normal self. As it did, however, she fell to the floor and began snoring, obviously worn out from the day's events.

"That is quite the turn of events that happened today," said Engi. "Too bad I wasn't there through,"

"You should have been there Engineer," said Medic. "It was so bloody, in fact, it was even more bloody than yesterday at Upward,"

"Ok, we don't need the specific details, Doc," he turned to Debbie. "So have any idea how this happened?"

Debbie shook her head. "Nope,"

The sound of someone groaning interrupted the conversation. The team turned to the source of the groaning.

Stella.

"Remind me to NEVER do that again," she said to the floor. "This is fucking worse than a hangover,"

"How do you know what a hangover is like if you never drank before?" asked Tai.

Stella was silent for a period before lifting her head to face her. "Good point," she got up and into a sitting position. "What's everyone doing?" she said as she rubbed her eyes.

"Just talking about how you turned into a mindless killing machine," said Debbie. "In fact how DID you turn out like that?"

Stella cocked her head in thought. "Hmm," her eyes widened as she remembered the day's events. "THAT FUCKING FRENCH BASTARD!"

The others back away slightly at her outburst. After today, no one wanted to get close to the human sentry.

"That sonabitch stuck his stupid knife into my back," she continued. "Then there was blackness and then I found myself, like, you know, as that minigun wielding killing machine,"

"That would explain the influx in your vitals, but it still doesn't explain why it happened,"

"Whatever it was I really hope it doesn't happen again," Stella said as she got up. "After a while I didn't like it,"

"But aren't you suppo-" started Scout.

"Yes, I do like killing," replied Stella. "What I'm saying is that after a while it didn't feel like me. It felt like someone else was in control, even though I was. It just didn't feel right,"

The room was silent as she continued.

"There's a difference between her and me. I kill with a purpose, she doesn't,"

Meanwhile

The Administrator sat in her chair, watching the many monitors in front of her. She replayed the events that went on again and again.

She smirked.

The addition of these five was a complete surprise at first to her. She even was considering having them "removed", but after their performance, she quickly changed her mind.

"These new arrivals have more to them then I expected," she said to herself. "I wonder…"

Her thoughts were interrupted when Ms. Pauling ran into the control room holding a yellow folder.

"Excuse me Administrator," she said in between breaths. "But we have a problem,"

"What is it Ms. Pauling?"

"The BLUs have threatened to not participate in tomorrow's match if those five are to fight alongside RED,"

The Administrator didn't say anything, but continued to watch the monitors. She knew she could force any of the mercs to fight regardless what they wanted to do, but then again, she liked change every now and then.

"Give them what they want," she responded.

Ms. Pauling blinked. She was probably was one of the few people that knew the Administrator on a personal level, and she knew that the Administrator doesn't easily give into someone's demands, especially ones from the mercs.

"W-w- what?"

"You heard me Ms. Pauling, give them what they want,"

"But, why?"

The Administrator turned around. "Ms. Pauling, for the past three days, RED has relied on those five. I feel that they are getting "soft" because of this, do I need to explain further?"

"No ma'am,"

"Good, now inform the teams of this "change","

RED HQ

"WHAT!" exclaimed all the buildings.

"I'm sorry girls, but orders are orders," said Ms. Pauling.

"But the REDs need us," said Stella. "They didn't start winning until we showed up,"

"Exactly," said Ms. Pauling. "The Administrator think the REDs are getting lazy because of you five, can't have you five carrying the entire team,"

"She does have a point there," said Debbie.

"Not helping Deb," Tia said in-between gritted teeth.

"Don't worry, as far as I know it's only for tomorrow, after that you'll be back on the battlefield," Pauling said as she walked away, and out the door.

The buildings looked at each other with nervous looks. How were they going to break this to the REDs?

"THIS IS TREASON!" shouted the helmeted merc. "JUST BECAUSE SOME BABY-BLUE DRESSED MEN CANNOT FIGHT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN TAKE AWAY SOLDIERS ON MY BATTLEFIELD!"

The other REDs were not happy when they heard the news. Most were outraged when they found out the Administrator allowed this.

"That she-devil thinks we're weak, HA!" said Demo. "Bunch a bull,"

"I hate to say this but she's right in a way," said Sniper. "How can I practice killing if everyone's dead?"

"Stupid, stupid game," said Heavy.

"It's only for one battle, as far as we know," said Debbie. "So hopefully we can be back the next day," she turned to Engi. "You good without us, Engi?"

Engi nodded silently.

The mercs stayed silent for the rest of the meeting and one by one they left, leaving only the five in the kitchen.

"That could've gone worse," said Stella. "I just hope they survive tomorrow,"

A/N: A short chapter, wanted to get something up for you readers.

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Till next time,

-D.W