A/N: Hey there everyone!
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Alright, now that that's out of the way, let's get down to it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Team Fortress 2 as they are owned by Valve (any pun here?). I do own Chris Wong, Yuriko Nakamura, Master Akira and any other characters that are going to be listed in the story though I would only post the names of any other new characters at the end of my story chapters.
Chapter 7: The Battle Begins
Sirens blared throughout the building and within Badlands. Birds who were hanging around the area quickly flew away once they heard the shrill noise of the sirens. The capture points littered around Badlands began projecting holograms of the company logos of either BLU or RED.
Inside the RED building, the roller shutters began to open. Once they were opened, the RED mercenaries began pouring out of the respawn room. Everyone except Yuriko shouted a battle cry.
"Time to serve em' raw!" Chris cried as the RED team made a break for the central control point. Yuriko followed closely behind the male ninja so that she wouldn't get lost in this unfamiliar land.
The RED team came out of the building through the shutters and into the sandy plains of Badlands. The Medic began using his medigun on the Heavy and continued with their trek to the central point. Chris, who was moving the others, looked behind him to see the Soldier and the Heavy not moving as quickly as the other mercenaries.
"Yuriko, help out Heavy and Soldier, I think they could use a boost," Chris called out to the female ninja.
The female ninja looked behind her to see what Chris was talking about. Understanding what he meant, she took out a couple of acupuncture needles from one of her pouches. She then threw a needle at the Heavy, expertly placing a shot on the center of the Heavy's lower body. The Heavy gave a short grunt.
"Little girl, why use tiny needles on me?" the Heavy quickly called out to the female ninja.
"Do not worry Heavy-san, the effects of the needle will do wonders for you," the female ninja replied.
Just as she said that, the Heavy suddenly felt light on his feet. He felt so much more energy in him and he began to run faster than he had normally ran before.
"Hah! I, feel, ALIVE!" he declared loudly as he began to outrun the Soldier. The Medic had to pick up the pace to follow closely behind the Heavy. He was surprised to see the Heavy run at a speed which almost matched the Demoman.
"Vat did you do, Frau-ninja? I have never seen ze Heavy run zis fast before," the Medic called out to her.
"I can answer that," Chris replied. "This is a special trick that only Yuriko knows. She's using acupuncture to tap into Heavy's energy. This can work for or against someone if used correctly. In this case, it will help Heavy to move faster."
"Amazing comorade. Danke for helping me Yuriko, now I can get meinself and Heavy quickly to ze front."
"You are most welcome Medic-san," she replied though she didn't get a response from the Heavy who was happily singing a tune while running because of his sudden increase of foot speed.
Yuriko was about to use another shot on the Soldier when he suddenly boomed. "I do not require your assistance girly! I'll be fine on my own!"
"Soldier-san, I just want to help you out in anyway I…"
"And the only way you can help out in the team is if you would just go back to where you crawled out from you little maggot," the Soldier shouted as he ran.
"B-but…" that was when Chris decided to talk to Soldier about what he's trying to do.
"Hey you listen to me here," Chris said to him, "she's just trying to help, but all you're doing is saying unnecessary things at a very bad time. What's your problem anyway?"
"Problem? PROBLEM? I do not have a problem! Now move aside you dimwit!" the Soldier boomed.
"Hey, hey there man!" the Scout suddenly intruded the heated conversation. "Just let her help you already. Who knows man, she might be of actual help to you."
"I don't have time to talk to you numbskulls. I just want to make sure we actually win for once. I do not, and I repeat, DO NOT accept help from women! NOW, MOVE ASIDE!" the Soldier shouted at the Scout and Chris as he quickly moved towards the stairs heading into the train tracks.
Yuriko remained quiet and held her head down. Chris ran forward and met up with her while Scout ran towards the shed.
"Hey Yuriko, you alright?" Chris asked the shaken female ninja.
"I, I don't know Chris-san."
"Hey, I know what he did to you was wrong and I also feel angry that he had to say that, especially at a time like this. But this can't get any worse than it already is now, especially since what happened at the school."
"I-I guess so."
"Don't worry about it, I'm sure everything will be fine if we win this battle. Now is not the time to just stand around, we have to go now."
Yuriko nodded and quickly followed Chris to the shed. They followed the Engineer, Sniper and Spy into the shed while the others went directly onto the railroad tracks.
The moment Chris and Yuriko stepped inside the shed, loud sounds of gunfire and explosions ensued. The Demoman and Soldier shot explosives at their feet and launched themselves skyward while the Scout jumped into the fray and began attacking with his scattergun.
The ninjas were caught off guard by the immense exchange of firepower for the central control point. Chris could spot enemies, all dressed in blue clothes and sporting similar physical features and weapons as the RED team returning fire against them. Yuriko still didn't know what to do.
The RED and BLU scouts were locked in a battle to see who could kill whom first. Though the RED scout managed to get some good shots on the BLU scout, the BLU scout managed to take him out first. Chris and Yuriko watched as the body of the Scout was flung off the ledge from the final shot form the enemy scout. The Soldier and the Demoman didn't really care that the Scout was killed and soon began firing explosives at the BLU team. The Demoman used his grenades and shot them into the shed while Soldier fired rockets at enemies at the stairs heading into the tracks.
The Heavy and Medic managed to reach the central control point quickly and the Heavy began to spin up his minigun. As the Heavy was about to offer suppressive fire against the BLUs, both the Soldier and the Demoman were killed by the Scout while they were trying to desperately reload their weapons.
"Heavy, get ze Scout first," the Medic called out to the Heavy as he continued to rev up his minigun.
Soon, bullets started to fly from the Heavy's minigun as they made contact with the enemy Scout. The Scout was unable to escape the attack and soon gave up the ghost.
As the BLU team began to charge out from the shed, the Heavy aimed his minigun at the oncoming BLUs. He managed to catch the enemy Soldier and Demoman off guard and took them out.
The Heavy soon began to laugh manically before a telltale sign of a blue laser dot made contact with the Heavy's cranium. Before the Medic could react, the Heavy cried loudly and fell to the ground. The Medic was petrified to see the Heavy dead but realized that he may also be the next target. He looked to his left and saw the BLU Sniper below the bridge with a smug look on his face as he prepared to use the same treatment against the Medic.
The Medic quickly ran back to the shed and out of the Sniper's line of sight before he could take a crack at him. Back in the shed, an injured RED Engineer had his sentry online at level 2 while the Sniper waited patiently for his chance to get a shot on the BLUs.
"Medic, I need some help, pardner!" the engineer cried as he tried to keep the sentry online. The Medic quickly used his medigun on the injured Engineer.
"Ze enemy Sniper is under ze tracks. Someone has to go and kill him before ve can proceed," the medic told the REDs inside the shed," the Medic called out to the others once he was inside.
"Ah, sorry mate!" the Sniper replied while looking through his sniper scope, "but I can't get a good shot on the bloke."
"Hmm… Keep them busy, I'll handle the sniper, you guys just hang back and cover fire for me," Chris told the group of REDs in the shed.
"Chris, you sure pardner?" asked the engineer as he tried to upgrade his sentry.
"Don't worry, I got this."
Chris quickly made a dash towards the smaller shed opposite the RED's shed and headed down to the bottom of the gorge. As he exited the shed, two ear-piercing screams could be heard in the shed. The enemy Pyro and Engineer were backstabbed by the RED spy but he was now facing intense fire from the enemy Heavy.
The BLU sniper was so distracted from what had happened in the shed that he didn't notice Chris approaching him from his right. Chris quickly took out his shurikens and launched them at the hunter. The Sniper grunted as he felt the shurikens coming in contact with his body painfully and quickly took away his sights at the RED spy. As he turned to look at who was attacking him, Chris quickly took out his katana as he was already within close range of the Sniper and gave several quick slashes before the Sniper could fully react. The final blow caused the Sniper to scream in pain as he fell to his knees and laid himself dead on the ground.
"Okay, this threat is down," Chris said to himself and looked towards the bridge, just in time to see the RED spy gunned down by the BLU heavy. Chris quickly made a mad dash for the shed as the Heavy, with some assistance from the BLU medic, began setting his sights on the RED team in the shed.
The two BLU mercenaries did not notice Chris entering the shed as they were fully focused on taking out the enemy sentry gun first. When Chris was inside the shed, he saw the Engineer trying desperately to keep his sentry online while the others were hiding behind the shed, away from the Heavy's minigun fire.
"Dang it, I can't keep this thing fixed enough to work, he took out the firing mechanism of mah sentry. It wouldn't even let out any lead at em'," the Engineer moaned.
"If zis keeps up, ve vouldn't be able to capture ze point," the Medic added.
"This is so scary," a frightened Yuriko said behind Chris.
"No, we can't win like this. I think it's best that we should retreat and counter their attack when they attempt to try and attack our base," Chris suggested.
"But that's a big risk to take mate. You sure about this?" the Sniper asked.
Alert! The control point is being captured!
"We don't have time to stand around here, we have to go now," Chris said.
"I think Chris is right, we have to hold our ground properly before we can even think about pushing outta here," the Engineer agreed as he continued desperately to fix his sentry gun.
"Zhen let us move, ve cannot vaist any more time," The Medic declared.
Everyone quickly bailed out of the shed and back to the base. The sentry gun was soon destroyed into small pieces by the Heavy. The remaining RED mercenaries quickly ran into the base through the shutter doors, heading left towards the last point.
On the way, the Soldier met up with the others from the stairs on the right. Everyone saw him and briefly stopped moving as they approached them.
The enemy has taken our control point!
"What are you nitwits doing? You let them take the point?" he said.
"Ve had no choice, ve had to escape ze attack zat ve ver put up against so zat ve could defend later," the Medic replied.
"Hmph, no good lazy bums," the Soldier grumbled, "fine, let's go!"
As the RED team was beginning to move towards the control point, the Soldier suddenly spoke.
"By the way, how are the new recruits on the field? Especially the girl over there?"
"They seem alright mate, they managed to take out the BLU sni-"
"Hey, now hold your horses pardner," the Engineer cut in, "last time I checked, you were the kind of guy who wouldn't give a damn about how these two worked. Why are you so interested in them all of a sudden?"
"Of course I would care about how the girl fights, why wouldn't I be if it was for the benefit of the team?" the Soldier countered.
"Ya know, this seems a little fishy, you know why?" the Engineer looked at him straight in the eye.
"Er- why?" the Soldier asked nervously.
"Vait a minute, ze SOLDIER is a SPY!"
The Engineer and the Sniper, who finally realized who they're dealing with, quickly took out their melee weapons to whack the imitator for trying to trick them. The spy quickly took out his revolver to shoot them with his clever disguise still on.
The BLU spy dodged the Engineer's first attempt to smack him with his wrench and quickly fired two shots at the sniper, one connecting to his leg and another to his abdomen. The Sniper quickly dropped his weapon as he reeled in pain. The spy was about to take a shot at the Engineer when he suddenly screamed loudly and fell backwards on the floor. His body sprawled motionless onto the floor, a pool of blood slowly forming around his head.
Everyone quickly snapped out of their stupor to see a kunai embedded in the BLU spy's skull. Everyone, including Chris looked behind them to see Yuriko with her right hand outstretched and shaking slightly, a stunned expression plastered on her face. Everyone stared at her briefly, until…
"Argh, useless wankah! I need some help!" the Sniper yelped in pain, snapping out everyone except Yuriko from their thoughts. The Medic quickly used his medigun on the Australian sniper. Everyone else remained silent.
"Um, fellas, I think we should go now," the Engineer broke the silence. Chris, realizing that they shouldn't waste any more time decided that he should shake Yuriko out of her shock.
"Yuriko, you alright?" Chris asked the female ninja.
"C-Chris-san, I-I…"
"Come on dumkophfs! We do not have all day to fight for ze area," the Medic quickly declared.
The sniper who was well enough to move began to follow the engineer upstairs. Chris quickly tugged on Yuriko's arm and attempted to force her to move upstairs with the rest. Yuriko passed by the dead corpse of the BLU spy and looked back to see what she had done.
A moment later, the Engineer was desperately trying to fully upgrade his sentry which was near the left side of the respawn room to block off the final control point. He managed to set up the rocket firing system when another announcement by the Administrator was made.
The enemy has captured our control point! Make sure the last one doesn't get captured!
"Brace yourselves boys, we're in for one hell of a fight!" the Engineer cried as he checked the systems of his sentry gun.
Everyone else was also situated near the left shutter of the respawn room. The Medic continued to heal the Sniper who had his rifle pointed at the left entrance but his gaze shifting throughout the room. Chris and Yuriko stood by a dispenser built by the Engineer placed next to the sentry gun.
At that moment, the shutter door behind them opened and the RED scout ran out of the respawn room.
"Aw, geez! I almost had that dude! And you guys are setting up camp here already?" he exclaimed disbelievingly.
"Well, you should have just waited for us first you know?" Chris told the Bostonian.
"Ah, fine. But I was sure that I had that idiot," the Scout continued, "anyway, everyone all right?"
"We're fine mate, just a few scrapes, but we won't be if we lose this point again," the Sniper replied.
The Scout turned to look at Yuriko who was standing next to Chris. She made eye contact with the Scout and she nodded her head slowly.
'Good, at least she's alright.'
The Scout's thoughts about Yuriko made him ignore the fact that the faint sound of the shutter doors opening at the entrance signaled the arrival of the two BLU mercenaries currently left standing. The Engineer turned around to see if everyone was ready. He noticed the Scout was out of it and decided that he should snap him out of his thoughts.
"Boy, you better quit mullin' around. Right now we got a huge problem and it's heading this way!" the Engineer cried.
At that moment, heavy footsteps could be heard coming from the second floor. It slowly got louder and more audible and the sounds were soon followed by a distinct crackling of electricity.
"I am charged!" the BLU medic cried.
"Ah, piss! If they activate the charge now, we'll be in serious doo-doo," the Sniper cried.
"Why? What does that mean?" the male ninja asked curiously.
"Ya can't hit em' while they have an Uber Chris, for all I know, none of us will survive this if they use it," the Engineer replied.
"Well, they can't go charging and blasting everything they see forever right?" Chris asked.
"Nah, but what could happen will still suck man!" the Scout said with a hint of fear in his voice.
"Then we'll have to try and minimize the threat. Ok, I have a plan, but you guys must do exactly what I tell you to do, ok?" Chris asked the team.
"Better tell us quickly mate, cause here they come!"
To be continued…
End A/N: Well, there you have it folks, a cliffy to end the chappie (I hope…).
My mid-terms are coming soon, so I might have no time to type out another chapter within the month and the one after that. Hopefully I would be able to focus properly for the exam this time round, I don't want to end up failing any more subjects any time soon.
Anyway, to those who have reviewed, I am sorry that I couldn't properly reply your comments on time. The internet connection in my school library is still cut off because somebody didn't pay the usage bill… (-.-')
Hopefully I would be able to reply to your reviews properly next time I post another chapter. Till then, I'm still trying to reorganize my time.
Alrighty then, as always please review! Your reviews make me want to write some more!
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