Sorry about the wait guys, nearly 19 days. But I was deciding on where to send this Fan Fiction down. And well... I've decided.
And now, I present you...
A BLU Haired Medic - Chapter 15
Ami sat down on the bench in BLU's resupply room, holding her medigun in her right hand, staring down at the white tiled floor. The Administrator had announced a ceasefire a few minutes earlier, and everyone else around her was busy having fun, chatting with others, and acting like completely normal human beings.
And it completely sickened her. After watching the brutal fighting only minutes earlier, the complete and utter massacre of the opposing team, the complete disregard of human life and morality, seeing the mercenaries engage in actions that made them seem human left a bitter taste in her mouth.
It was too much for Ami to bear, the young woman slowly standing up and letting her her medigun fall limp, dangling attached to her Medipack. Finally, letting her Medipack slide off her back and taking it in her hands, raised her Medipack high and screamed out loudly before throwing it down to the ground.
"I can't take this anymore!" Ami said, throwing her bonesaw down to the ground as well, breathing heavily after her sudden outburst, the weight of carrying all the bulky Medic equipment a welcome relief and having to carrying for hours. But Ami didn't stop there, she continued by removing her gloves, tossing them down, along with her coat and tie, leaving a small pile of her equipment in front of her, leaving her in the collared shirt, pants, and boots, completely wanting to remove any affiliated from BLU as quickly as possible.
Soldier was the first to respond, standing up so quickly that he nearly knocked his chair over, stomping over towards Ami. "Recruit, what are you doing?" The Soldier said, waving his hand at Ami, picking up Ami's medipack afterwards and holding it in front of her, "We aren't done here! This is just a ceasefire! Now get back in uniform, Recruit!"
"No, 'Sir'" Ami said in defiance, crossing her arms, completely fed up with Soldier. "All you do is order me around and tell me what to do. Well not anymore! I quit!"
Soldier, dropping the Medipack, "Recruit, I'm giving you the count of 10 before I strangle you with my god damn hands!" Soldier said, now completely angry, holding up his hands threateningly close to Ami's neck, "I'm warning you… I won't hesitate you kill you right now!"
"My name is Ami Mizuno, not 'Recruit', Soldier-san," Ami said, not at all fazed by Soldier's threat, the Soldier screaming out in frustration. The Medic then stood up and walked in-between Ami and the Soldier, trying to push them apart.
"Now, now, I vill handle zis, Solider…" Medic said, the Soldier grumbling but nodding as the Medic then turned to face Ami, placing a hand on her shoulder, which Ami quickly pushed away.
"My, my, being defiant, mein pupil? And I zought you vanted to learn how to be a doctor…" The Medic said, chuckling a bit, Ami refusing to make eye contact with the Medic. "Does zis mean you are giving up your dreams?"
Ami then looked at the Medic, slowly shaking her head, "No, but it is clear that your idea of being a doctor is a sick and twisted version of what a real doctor should be!" Ami felt herself overcome with anger, anger at the Medic, "A doctor is a person who is supposed to help people, not murder them in cold blood!"
While Ami and the Medic were talking, the Scout stood up and looked at the Sniper, shrugging a bit, "Hey, wanna get some tacos at the mess hall?" Sniper, who was leaning back in his chair, lifted the brim of his hat for a bit to look at Scout and nodded, "Sure, mate. I was getting hungry anyway."
Medic continued chuckling while Sniper and Scout left the resupply room, taking off his spectacles and wiping them off, "Oh, you zon't have to kill people you know, zat's vat ze rest of ze team iz for." The Medic then placed his spectacles back over his eyes, the lenses reflecting the light, obscuring his eyes as the Medic grinned widely, "You know… you can learn a lot about ze human body from all ze corpses from ze battlefield…" The Medic stopped to chuckle for a bit before continuing, "and after zeeing your pretty blue hair… I alvays vondered… if ze carpet matches ze drapes…" The Medic tried to cover his mouth as he began to laugh uncontrollably.
Spy then leaned over to Engineer, "You know, laborer, I always wondered about that too…" The Engineer only looked back at Spy and shook his head. "You're a sick man, pardner." The Spy only shrugged, "So, want to get lunch then?" The Engineer nodded and the two men walked out, leaving only Pyro, Demoman, Heavy, Soldier and Medic with Ami.
Ami expressed her disgust by slapping Medic across the face, now completely filled with rage. "You sick man! You don't care at all about helping people at all! You just want to satisfy your sick, twisted curiosity with the human body!" Ami then pointed her hand at the Medic, her hand shaking furiously. "Unforgivable!"
The Medic, rubbing his chin softly, only grinned wider, still laughing, "Unforgivable? Vat are you, mein mother? Vatever, fraülein, quit if you vant. Zere vill always be another Medic…" Still chuckling, the Medic slowly walked back to the Heavy, the Heavy standing up to inspect Medic's face.
"Is Doktor okay?" The Heavy asked, the Medic only nodding, the Heavy then looking at Ami, frowning, "Little Medic hurt Doktor… Little Medic is mean to Doktor… come, Doktor, we eat Lunch together."
"Ja, Heavy, it iz always nice to eat vith you…" The Medic chuckled, Heavy chuckling as well as they walked out of the resupply room.
Watching the Medic and Heavy walk out, Ami felt completely unnerved on how they acted, acting like normal, calm, sane people, as if they weren't mercenaries, killing hundreds each and every day. It left Ami unsettled, but she was still firm on her decision. Demoman and Pyro were already getting ready to leave as well, leaving only Soldier to voice opposition to Ami's decision to quit.
"You can't quit recruit! You're a mercenary!" The Soldier then clenched his fist tightly, "And a mercenary never quits until his contract is complete!"
"I'm not a mercenary!" Ami responded, "All I am is someone who wants to be a Doctor and help people. Clearly I can't do that here at all! This is simply some sick twisted game, and I don't want any part of it!"
Soldier then slowly grabbed Ami's shirt collar and pulled her close, to where the young woman could see Soldier's eyes beneath his helmet. "Now you listen here… and you listen good, pumpkin. I will not let anyone belittle MY battlefield with morals and rhetoric! This is war!" Soldier then pulled Ami even closer, Ami able to feel the hot air escaping from Soldier's nostrils, "And if you don't like it… well tough luck, sister. No one has ever quit before, not before, not now, not EVER!"
"A-hem…" A soft voice breaking Soldier's concentration, the Soldier looking up to see where the voice came from, realizing that Demoman and Pyro had left already, the only person now watching the two of them was a young woman with short, black hair, glasses, a simple shirt and jeans, in her hands a clipboard and pen.
"Oh! Miss Pauling!" Soldier said, pushing Ami a few inches away, completely surprised by Miss Pauling's sudden appearance, "I didn't realize you were coming! Uh…" The Soldier then pointed to the camera that was inside the resupply room, "Did the administrator see all that?"
Miss Pauling gave Soldier a cheerful nod, "Mmhmm, the Administrator saw the whole thing from start to finish, Mister Doe."
"Oh… I see… uh… well good! Now you're here to tell the recruit that she can't quit!"
"Actually…" Miss Pauling then walked up to Ami, holding out the clipboard and pen to her, "I am here with Miss Mizuno's contract and termination papers."
"Oh goo- wait what?! You mean she can quit?" Soldier began looking around in complete shock, "But… but…. She can't quit!"
A loud screech on the speaker's stopped Soldier, the Administrator's voice booming through. "On the contrary, Mister Doe, she has every right to terminate her contract with BLU at any moment. Contract termination rights are delineated in contract subsection B. Besides… you aren't slaves… you're just employees. So I hope that you aren't thinking about disobeying and prevent Miss Mizuno from terminating her contract when she so desires, now are you?"
"Um…" Soldier then shook his head quickly, "Of course not, Administrator! But… won't we be one person short when the ceasefire ends? We still have a mission to do?"
"Another mercenary team shall come to take your place for the rest of the mission. Your team has been reassigned to a different location due to the loss of a member, so I do hope that you can inform the rest of the team of what I told you… I don't like repeating myself…"
"Yes, Administrator!" The Soldier then saluted towards the speaker before running out, leaving Ami alone with Miss Pauling.
"With that out of the way… Miss Mizuno, my assistant Miss Pauling shall assist you in contract termination. Just listen to what she says and you'll have your contract with BLU terminated in less than ten minutes."
With the speakers clicking off, Ami took the pen and clipboard, wanting to get her contract termination over with as quickly as possible.
"Alright then, Miss Mizuno…" Miss Pauling said, pointing at the paper attached to the clipboard, "Please sign here… here… initial here… check mark here, fill here… DON'T fill here, initial here… and here…" Ami continued to follow Miss Pauling's instructions, only glancing at the paper to make sure she was on the right part, not even bothering to read any of the clauses. "Sign here… initial here agreeing that you acknowledge that you are being removed from the respawn system… and final signature here, date of birth… time of signing… and a reason why you are discontinuing employment with Builders League United… of course, that is entirely optional."
"Then no thanks…" Ami replied, staring up at the digital clock above the exit, placing in the current time before handing the pen and clipboard to Miss Pauling.
"Okay… mmhmm… yes… and… you're done!" Miss Pauling said, going over the paper one final time before smiling at Ami, "Everything appear to be in order, thank you for your employment with Builders League United and I'm sorry that you have decided to discontinue employment. I do hope your time employed with BLU was a pleasant one." Miss Pauling then took out a slip of paper from beneath the papers on the clipboard, handing it to Ami, "And since we didn't have a bank account on file for you to wire your pay to, I have been ordered to hand you a check for the work here."
Taking the check in hand, Ami was amazed on the amount that was written, "$36000? But I thought I was here for educational purposes only."
"Oh yes, Builders League United educational ventures for youth also double as actual employment, although employment for those under educational purposes is much shorter than actual employment. Since you were considered an employee, you are of course entitled to hourly pay. And being a mercenary pays quite well, for the work they do. Of course… not all mercenaries work for the pay…"
Ami, feeling uncomfortable with the check in hand, tried to hand it back to Miss Pauling, "Thank you… but I just don't feel right accepting this.
"Oh, please accept it, the money to entirely yours, and has no obligations attached to it at all. You can use it for whatever purposes you want," Miss Pauling then gave Ami another big smile, "You could even use it to buy gun catalogs!"
"Well... I still don't feel right with it…" Ami then gently placed the check in her pocket, Miss Pauling then reaching into her own pocket and taking out a familiar item.
"I believe this belongs to you," Miss Pauling said, holding Ami's transformation pen.
"Oh, that's my pen! Where did you find it?" Ami grabbed her transformation pen back from Miss Pauling, feeling much better now that it was back in her possession, placing it next to the check in her pocket.
"From one of your cor- I mean, BLU constantly finds personal possessions lost on the battlefield. We stress that mercenaries don't bring personal belongings out during fighting, but of course, BLU still has to handle returning mercenaries' possessions they may have lost. Although mercenaries' receive their possessions they lost at the end of the day, you get it early since you've terminated your contract."
Finally, removing an envelope from beneath the stack of papers on the clipboard, Miss Pauling handed it over to Ami, instructing her to open it. "Inside are your plane tickets back to Tokyo, Japan. The ticket is first class, complementary for a former BLU employee."
"There must be some mistake…" Ami said, looking at the plane ticket carefully, "The ticket says the plane is leaving five hours from now, but I haven't even gotten all my possessions yet!"
"Already taken care of, all your possessions back at your former mercenary team's base have been transported onto a train directly for the airport. We even arranged for a train to pick you up in 20 minutes from now."
Alarmed at how fast BLU was responding to her contract termination, Ami could only stare at Miss Pauling. Miss Pauling then laughed.
"I guess you haven't had much with Builders League United before, have you?" Miss Pauling said, Ami nodding, "I see… well don't worry, I've also been assigned to escort you down to the train station after you have gathered the rest of your possessions, so you can ask me any question you want about BLU. Also, your clothes? Keep them; consider them another gift from BLU."
"Arigato, Pauling-san," Ami said, bowing, Miss Pauling bowing as well, "Well… then could I ask one thing?"
"Oh? What would that be?"
"Could you tell me more about the war it has against RED?"
After a few seconds of silence, Miss Pauling nodded, "Well… I guess I could. Well, then let's get your possessions and take you down to the train station, I'll tell you what I can about the war on the way.
"Hai!" Ami said, following Miss Pauling out of the resupply room, Ami unaware of the cameras that was following her movement.
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"… and then the Soldiers won the great war of 1962, and that's why from that day on, only Soldiers are issued the gun boats to assist in rocket-jumping."
"Rocket-jumping? You mean they actually strap rockets to their back to help them jump?"
"Oh no, nothing like that. They simply just shoot the rockets right at the feet and use the blast from the explosion to launch themselves into the air. It is quite a painful process, but the gun boats were made to reduce the risk of accidental rocket death caused by rocket-jumping."
Finally, the truck that Ami and Miss Pauling were riding in came to a stop, the driver calling out to them.
"Ah, we're here at the train station, and not a moment too soon." Miss Pauling said, standing up and jumping out of the back of the truck, Ami following suit, seeing the station platform she arrived at earlier the day. The sun was high above, and sunlight began to creep into the cracks of the sunshades. In the distance, Ami heard the loud whistle of the train, seeing the smoke escaping from the smokestack, the train beginning to come to a stop. Walking on to the station platform, her possessions being carried by Miss Pauling, Ami watched the train stop in front of her, seeing faces inside the cabin. After the conductor rang the train's bell, the cabin doors swung open, and in single-file line, a group of Soldiers, ten in total, walked out, seven of them carrying shotguns, two carrying bugles, and the last one empty-handed, the last Soldier wearing a beret.
"Good-day, ma'am!" The Soldier with the Beret said, saluting to Miss Pauling and Ami, the other Soldiers doing likewise, "BLU Mercenary Soldier Squad, 0110 reporting for duty! We are here to relieve BLU Mercenary team 0910 of their mission!"
Miss Pauling, walking in front of the Soldier wearing the beret, gave him a salute as well. "At ease, Soldier. I am here to escort former Medic mercenary, Ami Mizuno, to this train. I have been authorized to order you to give her parting salute."
"Yes, ma'am!" The Soldier with the beret said, facing the other soldiers, "Fall in, Soldiers and take your places!" Soon, the Soldiers with the shotguns lined up, the Soldiers with Bugles lining up behind them. While the Soldiers were getting ready, Miss Pauling returned to Ami, helping her get her luggage onboard and finding a seat by the window, where Ami had full view of the Soldiers, the Soldiers pointing their shotguns at a 45 degree angle upward.
"Okay, Miss Mizuno, you seem set then." Miss Pauling then held out her hand, Ami letting Miss Pauling shake her hand. "And thank you for your employment in Builders League United. I do hope your time unemployed is a short one."
After Miss Pauling walked out of the train and back on the station platform, the train once again began to start up, the Soldier with the beret speaking orders to the rest of the squad, the Soldiers with shotguns raises their guns up to the sky and the bugle Soldiers beginning to play.
As the train left the station platform, the Soldiers shot three shots from their shotguns, all timed, before giving Ami a final salute as the train left 2Fort, Ami looking back inside the train and sighing, sinking back into her seat.
"What a strange way to say good-bye… oh well… at least… it's finally over…" Ami said, closing her eyes, feeling tired after what she went through.
To Clarify, the Soldiers with the Bugles are playing Military Taps.