"Anyways Engineer, how are you actually talking to me right now?" I asked Engineer. "Well, you talk through a blue silver flip-phone. It looks cool though." Engineer said. "Wow. I wonder if it runs out of battery." I said. "Most likely." Engineer added. As we were talking, they were looking for both RED and BLU teams in the dark, 14th century looking, place. "Creepy…" Soldier said through the speakers. "What?" Engineer asked. I don't know what the heck happened but all I heard was the screams of Engineer and Soldier fading away. "Shit! They dropped the phone! Now they would never have the leader to solve everything." I muttered.
I kept on yelling through my microphone to catch anyone's attention. Then I heard 2 voices, one a girl, the other was a boy. "Hey where'ya going?" they boy voice said. "G-go ahead.. I'm just doing something!" The girl voice said. "Hey! Over here!" I said. A yelp, then footsteps shuffling slowly near. "What's this?" they boy said. "Umm… Hey?" I said. Another yelp. "It speaks!" The boy said. "Oh Scout you coward." The girl said. I sniffled a giggle out. "Who's this may I ask." The girl said.
"Well my name is Alex, and what's your name?"
"Pauling. Miss Pauling."
"Oh! Miss Pauling! I happen to be a friend of Engineer, Soldier, Medic and Heavy. Have you seen them?"
"Friend? What Friend? You do kno—"
"I know. It's a LONG story. I'll explain later. But did you see them?"
"Well no. We haven't."
"Then let's go look for them. Can you do me a favour?"
"What's that?"
"Please don't drop the phone again, or you'll have no lead."
"Umm… sure.."
"Hey Scout." I said. "What?" He said. "What happened? Engineer said it looks creepy as hell in there." I said. "Well you see, Merasmus kinda set up a curse in 2Fort, and everything went downright creepy." He explained. "Wow. He's really out of control." I said. "You betcha." Miss Pauling said. A long silence followed as we heard Heavy's shout. "Heavy." The name zinged through my mind. "C'mon Miss Pauling he's near!" I said. "I know." She said. Shuffling footsteps followed as we finally heard Heavy and Medic's voice. "MEDIC! HEAVY!" I said. It turns out the flip-phone I'm speaking has loud speakers because we heard Medic shout: "ALEX!". I continued shouting his name. Finally we found them.
"Thank God you found us!" Medic exclaimed. "Where's Alex?". "Hello Medic." I said. Medic was surprisingly calm. "Why hello Alex." Heavy said. "Hello again, Heavy" I said. Scout and Miss Pauling were wondering how did we know each other. "I don't really frickin' get this relationship at all" Scout said.
"Well then if you help us find Soldier and Engineer and lead us to the base, I might tell you the whole story." I dealt with Scout. "Rggh, OK! OK! Alright!" Scout exclaimed. In just good luck Engineer spotted my blue-silver flip-phone. "There you guys are. And hello, Scout, Miss Pauling." He said. "ENGINEER. I SHOULD BE SAYING 'Oh there you are!' NOT YOU." I said. "Welp I'm sorry, mate didn't control my fear." He said. "Well now, fear is our enemy. And we must fight them." Soldier said out of the blue. Engineer yelped. I giggled, then Miss Pauling, then Scout, then everybody. "Well a laugh's good once in a while. But for now, since we are complete let's head back." I said. That was Miss Pauling's cue, and she knew it. We were lead to the united base of BLU and RED, where all the classes resided, including the Administrator and the CEO of Mann co. himself, Saxton Hale.
On the way there, we encountered several hounds Merasmus owns and unleashed on a bloodthirsty search for us. But we're lucky we got some of the strongest classes, so they got to defend themselves.
When we got there, my headphones were rattled with shouts and cheers of reunion from the RED team. The BLU team seems to be cool with it, except the Administrator and Saxton.
"Where have you been!?" the administrator shouted.
"Well you see here ma'am—" Engineer said
"NO. WE WANT THE EXPLANATION STRAIGHT." Saxton said.
Silence fell in the room. "IF YOU DON'T EXPLAIN IN 5 SECONDS, YOU ARE FIRED!" Saxton threatened them. "Fired!? NOBODY FIRES MY FRIENDS." I exclaimed. The administrator got hold of the flip-phone. "And who are you?" she asked. "Damn, I'm screwed." I said to myself. "My name is Alex. I'm their friend, and I'm going to tell everything what they have done here, on the real world." I said. The administrator, Saxton Hale and the BLU team took it as a joke, and laughed at me.
"Friends? Well I've got news for you mister. Friends are not allowed here." Saxton said. "I know." I said. "Hey give the kid a chance!" Sniper protested. "Yeah!" Demoman protested too. Soon the RED team protested. "Ok, Let's hear it. Alex." The administrator put the phone down the table and sat down. Everybody was facing the phone, and was silent.
"It all started in a cold winter night…"
Chapter 15: The Reunion