Idea from Divergency! I'm doing a few one-shots for this topic so THANKS DIVERGENCY FOR THIS IDEA! I'm combining ideas 2 and 3 for a three shot, but it won't be all in a row so you'll have to wait a while until the next part shows up.

Also, someone asked me by PM if I was gonna stop writing these after the bet. OF COURSE NOT! I LOVE WRITING THESE AND I'LL RENAME IT THE ONE-THOUSAND ONE-SHOT BET IF I HAVE TO! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO IS READING THIS! REVIEW A :D if you read this.

Disclaimer - I do not own anything in this story. Even the idea of the story. I also did not invent the waffle. We owe that to someone in 900 A.D.

THAT WAS YOUR RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY!

I can't turn my back to the dark reality of the world. I can only stall.

The respawn room malfunctioned. For both RED and BLU.

This is all my fault.

Of course the BLU medic blames himself too. The Administrator is postponing the battles until we get this matter fixed... And maybe bring back our fallen teammates.

Half the BLU team is dead. Three of the REDs are with them. BLU pyro was the first to go.

We didn't notice that the system wasn't working until the end of the battle. By then though, BLU Heavy, Scout, Spy, Soldier, and Pyro were dead. Our Demoman, Engineer, and Sniper were dead too.

There was a dead representative for each class but Medic.

This is all my fault.

Me and my rival in BLU are finally working together to get the respawn back up and running. BLU Engineer is helping with that too, and we almost got it fixed.

But how to revive our fallen?

We can't. It's impossible. The safety net of the Respawn Room was the last boundary between death and us.

So how were we supposed to fish them back from the river of death?

This is all my fault.

Science couldn't solve this. Even the respawn room itself was a feat of science way in the future, never done before. There were no how-to guides to bring back the dead in science.

When science fails you, where can you turn?

Myth. And if that doesn't work, if they will still be dead even after our combined efforts...

It would be all our faults.

We couldn't let our family down.

I turned to my comrade in blue.

"Let's go. Science can't solve zis problem. You know zat now, don't you?" he says.

"Yes, mein freund, I know. I know. Ve must delve into the arts of ze myth." I reply, and as I say it I know that's exactly what he was thinking.

*Two days later*

We are researching the ancient rituals of the tribes of old to see how we can perform them once more with technology.

Yes, we have thought of making a portable respawn gun. That is probably how we will do this. It isn't as easy as it sounds.

First of all, the person who created the respawn system was our friend Engineer's grandfather. He's dead.

The only other person who new about the respawn system: how it worked and how it was built - killed in the robot war between us and Gray Mann. The Mechanic could never keep himself out of our fights.

So how do we get this information?

Aztec myths or the path of Egyptians and Greeks?

Well! This was like the intro for the story. Looks like the Medics have to get out of their comfort zone a bit now.