We're almost done at the BLU Base. Soon, we'll be moving to the first mission.
Also, sorry about this chapter, I guess I mixed it up. Here's the PROPER chapter 9, in all its glory!
A BLU Haired Medic - Chapter 9
After an hour of toiling away, and a few fires, BLU Pyro finished his creation and exited the kitchen, the Pyro jubilantly cheering as the center table was covered with the Pyro's effort; roasted ham. BLU Pyro also placed a large tray of jello near the ham, saving it for the team's desert.
Soon, the first arrivals to the dining room began filing in, the smell of roasted ham eliciting a few sighs of relief, thankful that Soldier had not forced them again to eat ribs again. Soon the rest of the team began eating, the sounds of chatter and gossip filling the dining room.
Both Ami and Medic were sitting together, the Medic explaining to his pupil a bit more about how the Medigun actually works.
"…and Zat, mein pupil, iz vhy ze excess energies are stored in ze medipack itself, and therefore zere is no vorry that it your medigun patient vill end up vith any problems."
"Ah, I see, and the medigun was around for how long?"
The Medic rubbed his head a bit, trying to remember what BLU told him about the medigun. "Ze original designs are actually quite old; I remembered reading a paper about ze original blueprints, originating far back as ze late 1940's."
Ami slowly picked away at the ham on her plate, looking back at BLU Medic when a sudden thought came to her mind. "Then why even have doctors in the first place? Didn't you say that the medigun can heal its patient back to normal shape?"
"Right… I did zay zat… but ze medigun vasn't designed for use in normal medical fields…" The Medic paused for a moment to take a small bite of ham, "It vas made for battlefield use. Zat iz vhy ze excess energy use of ze patient is instead stored in ze medipack so zat vhen the medipack iz fully charged, ze medigun wielder can activate an übercharge."
Ami stopped eating, setting her fork down next to her plate. Ami was confused about the Medic's response. "Wait, battlefield use? Übercharge?"
"Ja, übercharge." The Medic then realized he didn't explain that part of the medigun, "Oh, right, I didn't tell you about ze other use of ze medigun."
Ami only continued to stare at her teacher, still confused. "No, it's not that, you said that the medigun was made for battlefield use. Then why are you teaching me how to use one? Aren't you suppose to teach m-"
"Medifff!" BLU Pyro interrupted, approaching BLU Medic, "Mrph mmrrrph mrrf!"
"Vat? Zon't vorry, I'll help…" Medic said, BLU Pyro letting out a squeal of joy before leaving, the Medic standing up as well.
"Wait sensei! What did the Pyro say?"
The Medic turned to Ami and gave her a quick shrug, "How should I know? I don't understand a single vord zat time… I'm sorry Ami, but your questions vill have to vait until I'm done vith Pyro's problem…"
The Medic waved good-bye to Ami before quickly following after BLU Pyro, Ami slowly returning back to eating her dinner, still wondering about the extent of her Medical training.
BLU Sniper then slowly walked into the dining room, his face downcast, BLU Sniper pulling his hat over his eyes as he grabbed a plate of ham off the dining table and quietly sat across from Ami, the young Australian taking no notice for the young woman, only focused on eating.
"Konban wa, Sniper-san!" Ami said, the young Australian only glancing up for a bit, acknowledging Ami's presence.
"Yeah…" BLU Sniper replied, quickly returning back to eating, Ami feeling a bit dishearten in continuing to talk with the Sniper, Ami thinking of something else to say.
"The dinner made by Pyro-san is very delicious, don't you agree, Sniper-san?" Ami said, Sniper again glancing up for a moment.
"Yeah…" BLU Sniper said again, his glance a second longer than before but Sniper quickly again returned to eating his dinner, only making Ami feel more dishearten yet curious why Sniper was feeling sad.
Ami picked up her fork, and started again to eat, but stopped, trying one last time to communicate with Sniper.
"Why did you shout at Soldier-san?"
Sniper stopped eating, the young Australian looking towards Ami, moving his hat aside.
"Wha'dya mean shout at Soldier? I didn't shout…"
"But I heard you… we all heard you shout at Soldier-san in the morning."
"The morning…?" Sniper rubbed his forehead, trying to remember what happened in the morning. "Oh yeah… what happened after I shouted at Soldier?"
Ami felt better now, and explained to Sniper how Soldier made them run laps around the BLU base, and later about breakfast.
"Right…" Sniper leaned back into his chair, rubbing his head again, "Sounds just like Soldier…"
While Sniper was leaning back into his chair, Ami saw on another table the Heavy and the Scout apparently arguing about something, BLU Spy trying to hold the men apart.
"Shouldn't we help Spy-san?" Ami said, Sniper taking a look at the argument but then waved his hand.
"Nah, those two are always like this, that spook can handle it."
Ami nodded, although she was still worried about Spy, seeing that the Heavy and Scout were now trying to hit each other.
"Hey, Ami…" Sniper said, leaning in closer to the young blue haired woman, "Yer from Tokyo, right?" Ami nodded again, Sniper now asking the question, "Tell me… how's it like in Tokyo? I heard it's nothing like the outback of Australia, or even like Sydney."
Ami nodded, the young woman trying to explain how Tokyo was, the Sniper slowly nodding in surprise, scratching his head again.
"So, Sniper-san… where are you from?" Ami asked, Sniper quickly replying Australia. "So, what's it like in the Australian outback then? I've read a bit about it, about the aboriginal people, the natural sites…"
Sniper smiled a bit, "Right… well the Australian outback for me was quite something else… always on the move… trying to find your prey… and…" Sniper began mimicking a Sniper rifle, aiming it at an imaginary target, "Boom…"
"Why is your name Sniper, sniper-san?"
"Because… that's what I am. A Sniper, isn't it obvious?"
"You mean like a gunman who shoots people like crazy?"
Sniper took some offence, scoffing a bit, "I'm no crazed gunman, I'm a professional! An Assassin!"
"An assassin? You mean you've… you know… killed people?" Ami meekly said, now becoming scared.
"What? Of course I kill people! You can't be a Sniper if you don't kill people. It's not a bad job, either! You get to see different places, pay's good, and ya don't have to worry about having annoying partners that ruin your job."
"But… isn't killing people wrong?"
"Wrong?" Sniper almost began to laugh, "What's wrong about killing someone when it's your job? Listen, what separates me from the amateurs in this team is standards! Even when you're an assassin, you gotta have standards! Without standards, you're no better than the rest of the team! Ya gotta be always polite, always be efficient, and above all…"
"And above all?" Ami asked meekly, Sniper giving her a small grin.
"Have a plan to kill everyone ya meet."
Ami then slowly pointed at herself, a look of fear growing on her face. "Do you… have a plan for me… too?"
The Sniper only stared at Ami for a few seconds before answering.
"Yeah, I do."
BLU Soldier soon walked into the dining room, holding in his hand a reel of film, BLU Engineer following Soldier, carrying a Film Projector. Soldier grinned as Engineer began setting up the projector, using one of the dining room's flat walls as a projection screen. After a few minutes of setting up, Soldier handed Engineer the film reel, Engineer quickly beginning to attach the reel to the projector.
"All right then, men, since we're all here already, I think its best we remind ourselves of our next mission…" Soldier began, the dining room quickly becoming silent. "I've taken the liberty of finding the old film reel on 2Fort, and I'm certain that we'll all learn something from it…"
"Ah, we already know what to do, so why bother anymore?" Scout said, giving Soldier a quick shrug, "It ain't like we haven't been there before!"
"I'm not talking about you, son…" Soldier said, quickly glancing at Ami before quickly turning his attention to Engineer. "Alright, is the reel ready?"
Giving Soldier thumbs up, Soldier ordered Pyro to turn off the lights, the Engineer starting the film reel, projecting the movie onto the white wall it was pointed at. After a few seconds of warming up, the reel itself began playing, showing a quick shot of 2Fort, panning from BLU's base on one side of the screen to the other side panning to its counterpart, RED's base. Quickly changing to a blueprint of both bases, with routes to the intelligence routes, the image quickly zoomed and changed back into the action of a BLU Scout rushing through RED lines, using the bridge's covering as a platform to reach the RED's battlements. Running towards the intelligence room, the BLU Scout in the film quickly took out his bat and with a single swing, crushed the skull of an enemy RED Pyro wandering in the basement hallway.
Quickly running into the Intelligence room, the BLU Scout grabbed RED's intelligence, and while running out, jumped over a RED Demoman, blasting the Demoman away with a point-blank scattergun shot, the RED Demoman screaming in pain before falling to the ground, BLU Scout quickly escaping through the RED Base's courtyard and through the sewers, and after several more scenes of BLU Scout running back into the BLU base, finally ended with the BLU Scout reaching BLU team's intelligence room, capturing the enemy intelligence and a few extra scene's of BLU team rolling into RED's base, killing anyone RED that they saw.
The reel ended shortly after, Pyro turning on the lights again, everyone except Ami returning their attention to Soldier. "Pack up, men, because we're shipping out to 2Fort tomorrow before sun-up. I expect that there won't be any problems next morning! You are… dismissed!"
The Soldier then began heading towards the dining room exit, but apparently someone closed the door and before Soldier realized it, he smashed into the door, stumbling back, a few laughs echoing through the dining room as Soldier quickly raised up his helmet, grumbling as he tore the door open, walking out as everyone else began cleaning up, Ami still silently sitting in her seat.
"Hey… Ami… Ami!" BLU Scout said, snapping his fingers, the young woman quickly turning to the young Bostonian, Scout holding out his hand. "Yer plate?"
Ami silently handed the Scout her plate, as he quickly ran into the kitchen, depositing the plates into the sink before running out, catching up with the Heavy to continue their argument. BLU Spy then slowly approached Ami, lighting another cigarillo, breathing out a small cloud of smoke.
"You know, you best listen to Soldier… I don't think Soldier will be as kind as he was earlier to you…" Spy said, Ami not bothering to look up, instead she continued to stare at the floor.
"Spy-san…" Ami said quietly, the BLU Spy almost not catching what she said.
"Hmm. Yes madam?"
"Why am I here?"
Spy remained silent for a few seconds, surprised about Ami's question. After letting out another cloud of smoke, Spy again focused his attention on Ami.
"Because… BLU decided so. Come, I'll help you to your room…"
Helping Ami up, BLU Spy took Ami out of the dining room, Medic and Engineer noticing them leaving together.
"Do ya think…?" Engineer started, but Medic quickly shook his head.
"Of course not… Spy vouldn't dare harm mein pupil… Now get some sleep, Engineer, I've had enough shenanigans for vun day…"
Spy, oh boy... and there I go, off butchering more foreign languages...