A/N: Ni Hao!
If you have no idea what I just said, it means "Hello!" in Chinese. It's good to be back. After one heck of a tediously long mid-term exam and a gratifyingly satisfactory school mid-term holiday later, I can safely say that I am back to churn out more chapters of this convincingly interesting story.
Of course, I would like to apologize for the long wait. I know that I may still not be a writer that meets your literary expectations but nobody is perfect I guess. So hopefully this chapter would be to your expectations as always.
It's sad that I didn't get any reviews for the previous chapter. So hopefully this chapter would change that.
With that 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 8: Turning The Tables
"RUUUUNNN! RUUUUNNN! I'M COMING FOR YOU!" cried the BLU heavy as he approached the top entrance of the control point room.
"Okay let's do this quickly. Engy, how fast can you move that sentry?" Chris called over to the Engineer.
"Lickety-split. Why?" the RED Engineer replied curiously.
"Okay this is what I want you to do. I want you to move your sentry down there," Chris pointed to the middle area near the final control point, "when I throw this smoke bomb, quickly move your sentry to that position."
"Okay, but what about the rest of us, mate?" the Sniper called out to the male ninja, his sights still trained on the upper floor entrances to the final control point.
"I want you guys to move on to the other side through the spawn room. But I would also need the Scout for the plan to work."
"What'cha need me to do Chris?" the Bostonian asked Chris.
"I need you to flank them when they are vulnerable again. Take the side route and get them from behind. When the time comes, I'm sure you know what to do," Chris instructed the young man.
"Gotcha, don't worry bout' it, I got dis' thing covered," the Scout confidently answered.
"Everyone got the plan down?" Chris wanted to make sure.
"HERE I COOOOOMMMEEEE!" the BLU heavy bellowed as he and the BLU medic came into view.
"Everyone, MOVE! SCHNEID!" the RED medic shouted.
"Get zem, raus, raus!" the BLU medic called as the sound of electricity crackling suddenly grew louder and both the BLU heavy and the BLU medic glowed a sinister dark blue colour.
"RUN COWARDS!" the BLU heavy cried as he revved up his minigun.
Immediately as they came through the doorway, Chris threw a smoke bomb right in front of where the BLU heavy was.
"Ahhhh, I can't see babies!"
The RED team began to run. The RED medic, sniper, Chris and Yuriko quickly went to the other side via the spawn room. The Engineer packed up his sentry gun, leaving his dispenser and hustled downwards in front of the opening to the final control point. The scout instead jumped down through the staircase on the bottom left of the room to flank the BLU duo from behind when they were once again vulnerable.
Soon the BLU heavy's minigun began firing. The sound of bullets ripping through metal sounded throughout the room as the Heavy began to fire in the general direction of what he thought to be the RED team and the sentry gun. He could here the sound of metal being ripped apart by his bullets when in reality, he's ripping a lowly dispenser to shreds.
The Engineer began to redeploy his sentry gun in front of the control point. The other RED members hid behind the bulletproof glass of the spawn room.
"Sniper, get a good bead on them," Chris told the Australian. The Sniper cocked his rifle with a smug look on his face.
"With pleasure," he said softly and aimed his sights at the cloud of smoke.
"Ze Uber is fading, we must run now!" the BLU medic cried out to the Heavy as their invulnerability began to fade.
"JUST ONE SECOND DOKTOR!" the heavy cried out to the medic over the loud noise caused by the minigun.
Soon an explosion can be heard and shrapnel flew from the destroyed dispenser. Just at that moment, the BLU team's Uber faded and they are now vulnerable.
"Run, now!" the BLU medic cried as he began to move backwards, only to face the RED scout with his scattergun ready. 2 loud shots were fired and everyone could see the BLU medic flying backwards towards the stairs. The BLU heavy who was still trapped in the smoke could barely hear the Medic's cries of pain as he began to stop firing and was about to head back for cover.
As he stopped firing, he could feel a blunt object strike him in the back, this followed by repeated strikes from said blunt object around him. He tried to rev up his minigun again to stop whoever is hitting him when he suddenly felt lead bullets ripping through his body. A loud bang followed, and the Heavy screamed loudly before falling to his knees. His body slumped onto the floor.
The smoke cleared and what was left was the dead body of the BLU heavy, bruised pelted and bleeding through the head, the Scout putting his left foot on top of the Heavy with his wooden bat in his right hand.
"Wave goodbye to your head, wankah! The Sniper cried out to the dead BLU, proud of himself for finishing the job.
"Whoooowee, would ya look at that!" the Engineer saw what happened. "That varmint is as good as cooked!"
"I-It's finally over?" a worried Yuriko looked on.
"Yeah, for now it is. We have to keep moving though." Chris told her.
As the RED team came out of the respawn room, the RED demoman decided to make an appearance.
"Aye, looks like I missed out on all the fun," the demoman said with an evil smile on his face as he saw what happened while he was away.
"Ve have no time for zis, ve have to go now!" the Medic called out to the others.
Instantly agreeing to the thought, the RED team ran to recapture their control point and begin their assault on the control points owned by BLU. The Scout made it to the point, followed by Chris. The Engineer who packed his sentry once again brought it outside the RED base and redeployed near the main shed of RED. A few moments later, the voice of the Adminstrator can be heard over the intercom.
We have captured the control point.
As Chris and Scout came down the spire, the RED engineer went into the shed with another toolbox in hand. The Demoman, Sniper, and Medic followed suit. Yuriko was waiting for Chris at the entrance to the shed when suddenly; the BLU scout came charging in from the stairs leading to the control point.
"Scout, Yuriko, watch out!" Chris warned his teammates.
The moment the RED scout heard the warning, he whipped out his pistol and attempted to gun down the enemy scout. Yuriko retreated to the shed while Chris assisted the RED scout in trying to stop the other scout but the BLU scout's speed made fighting him a lot harder. Scout then remembered something and quickly retreated with his pistol still aimed at the BLU scout.
"Yo, Chris, get back here. I wanna see how STUPID this little copy of me is," the Scout shouted to Chris.
Chris made no argument of Scout's plan and quickly fell back, the BLU scout who was enraged as he thought that he was taunted by the RED scout quickly ran towards the male ninja and the other scout, his finger ready to fire his scattergun.
The moment he attempted to fire a shot; the moment he passed by the staircase of the RED shed, he was met with the sound of beeping, followed by the launching of rockets. A loud explosion could be heard together with a bright flash. Chris and the RED scout shielded their eyes to prevent themselves from being blinded. The resulting explosion from the sentry's rockets blasted the BLU scout to bits.
After the explosion, Chris saw that the BLU scout was no more. "Heh, nice going there," he praised the young baseball lover.
"Hey, you gotta be a little smart to get whatcha' want," the Scout replied.
"Glad you're using your head this time, okay let's join the others," Chris said and the two quickly ran into the shed. Chris rejoined the others while the Scout initiated the reclamation of the central control point. In the shed, the Engineer had already built another dispenser, the sniper was watching vigilantly for enemies while the Medic still held his medigun and was using it on the Demoman. Seeing Chris slightly fatigued from fighting the other scout, the Medic began using his medigun to replenish Chris's energy levels.
"Thanks, medic," Chris told the German doctor. After feeling a little more refreshed, he asked the Demoman to follow him and assist the Scout in capturing the point. The Demoman quickly agreed and followed Chris to meet up with the Scout.
At that moment, the RED soldier and Heavy came into the shed from the back entrance. They both seemed content although Yuriko averted her sights from the Soldier, not making eye contact with him.
"Well, it would seem that our plan seems to be working so far," the Soldier began.
"Who said anything about your plan pardner?" the Engineer asked, raising an eyebrow behind his goggles.
"Well it was my plan to just charge in and attack, and it seems to be working as I planned."
"Heh, hate to burst your bubble mate," the Sniper began to comment, "but your supposed plan isn't working, we're sticking to a new plan."
"Oh, really now?" the Soldier's voice hinting a bit of annoyance, "and may I ask what that plan is?"
"A plan where we work together to pick off those bloody BLUs," the Sniper replied.
"Now what kind of girly plan is that? Is it some stupid plan that you're following that is made up from a cowardly little girl like her?" the Soldier pointed at Yuriko, causing her to flinch.
"Whoa there pardner, now don't you use that tome of voice of yours right now, especially since we don't need anymore distractions to fight as of now," the Engineer warned the pseudo-military man, "besides it's a plan that we all gradually decided to go with after what we've been through the past 5 minutes."
"Little man with hardhat is right," the Heavy agreed. "it is not smart to fight alone against so many little men with big guns."
"Well you know what I think missy? I think that you guys are just wasting your own time doing this. I'll show you how a real man fights a war. Now step aside toymaker, I'll show you how a REAL soldier fights a war!" the Soldier said and began to storm off ahead of the other REDs to the next control point.
"That little bugger is gonna get himself killed out there," the Sniper commented as he saw the Soldier charge through the group of REDs on the control point.
"Let us not worry about zat dummkopf right now, ve should worry more about what ve have to do right now, even if ve don't have his help, I already have ze charge ready, ve can go in now," the Medic replied.
"Yeah you're right. Come on fellas, we got an area to fight for," the Engineer said. As the Engineer finished working on his dispenser, the Sniper approached Yuriko and laid a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey Sheila, you holdin' up alright?"
"Do not worry about me Sniper-san, I am sure this is only temporary."
"Yeah, I hope so, come on, we have to join the others now. They should have finished their job and we should now keep moving."
Yuriko nodded and followed the rest of the REDs towards the BLU spire. When everyone caught sight of the BLU spiral hill, they noticed that the Soldier is already at the tower capturing the point.
"Wow, this mate's serious isn't he?" the Sniper commented about the Soldier to no one in particular.
"Nah let's just get on with what we have to do," the Engineer replied as he was hauling his dispenser. The Engineer set down his dispenser under the bridge of the gorge to prevent enemies from finding it too easily.
"Gentlemen, sorry to keep you waiting."
The other REDs turned to see the RED spy and pyro behind them. The Pyro gave a thumbs-up to say that they were fine.
"Do you have any ideas of how to attack their base, we have the numbers, and we just need to make sure our attack is well coordinated," Chris asked the rogue.
"We should attack zem when zey least expect it. We should attack the base while ze Soldier, although still too stubborn for his own good, captures zis point," the Spy suggested.
"No, ve must also have ze Soldier to attack if ve are to succeed in zis attack. I do not believe zat we can do zis without him," the Medic gave his opinion.
"Well then, ok. But we must stay on our guard, we are vulnerable if we hang out here too long," Chris said.
"Ok then, let's get ready," the Spy declared.
A few moments later, the Soldier captured the point and the RED team ran through the shutter doors and into the BLU base. Everyone positioned themselves out of sight from the BLU team.
"Alright, I think we should deal with the main threats first. Spy you go in there first and find the sentry. Take it out along with the Engineer, when that problem is dealt with, Medic, use your Ubercharge on the Heavy. We'll follow in after you guys to provide suppressive fire," Chris told the RED team.
"Okay but what about soldier boy? What do we do with him?" the Engineer asked.
"I don't think we should worry too much about him, he'll be fine, he'll know what to do. Everyone got the plan?"
Everyone agreed to the plan and quickly move into action. The sniper, Engineer, Chris and Yuriko stayed on the bottom floor while the other members of the RED team went upstairs through the staircase on the right side.
"Hey Engineer, why are you not back at the hill defending the point?" Chris asked the Engineer.
"Ah, but I wanted to try out somethin' that I nicked about a week ago through intelligence," the RED engineer replied and proceeded to take off his glove from his right hand.
Chris, the Sniper and Yuriko were shocked at what they saw. The Engineer's right hand was nothing more than a robotic appendage secured to his arm.
"Crikey! What have ya done with your hand?"
"Just bein' a little curious is all. You'll see what I can do with this soon enough, but Chris I need you to provide me with some cloud cover when the attack begins," the Engineer replied.
"Okay, but I don't really want to know what you're going to do with that thing on your hand," Chris replied and looked towards Yuriko who seemed a little spooked by the Engineer's robot hand.
The Spy and the Scout continued downstairs to the doorway while the others continued to the upper deck. The Heavy began to spin up his minigun as he approached the doorway to divert the attention of the BLUs. The Heavy could see the BLUs looking at the RED team through the bulletproof glass, anticipating a rare attack on their base.
The Spy took his cue and disguised himself as the enemy Spy. Once disguised, he quickly turned on his cloak and scouted the area. He saw the sentry and the Engineer just next to the doorway and quickly uncloaked behind the doorway. He ran upstairs and noticed that the BLU team's attention was diverted to the front. He quickly used this opportunity to quickly take out his knife. He struck his intended target and the BLU engineer let out an ear piercing scream followed by the sounds of a sapper destroying machinery.
Before anyone on the BLU team could figure out what was going on, the RED Heavy and Medic came into the room and the Medic quickly deployed the Ubercharge on the Heavy. Soon, it was utter chaos inside the control room as the BLUs quickly attempted to flee the oncoming attack. Chris quickly threw a smoke bomb at the bottom entrance of the control room and the Engineer quickly took a toolbox towards the smoke and deployed a mini-sentry behind the cloud cover. The mini-sentry quickly deployed and started firing through the smoke at the fleeing BLUs.
As he tried to run, Yuriko saw that the BLU sniper held a bow in his hands and was about to take aim at the Engineer. Yuriko quickly ran out and took her fans out from her holster.
"Engineer-san, looked out!"
The Engineer turned to see what was about to come at him. Yuriko quickly pushed the Engineer to one side and quickly ran towards cover. She looked at the BLU sniper who fired his arrow at Yuriko instead. Instinctively, she opened her fans and caught the arrow between the folds of the fans, rendering the sharp projectile useless.
The BLU sniper had a surprised look on his face and this gave the RED sniper the opportunity to put the BLU mercenary out of his misery.
"Wow missy, that's the second time you saved me today," the Engineer breathlessly said to the female ninja and quickly got back on his feet.
"You're welcome Engineer-san," Yuriko replied and quickly retreated to rejoin the Sniper.
The chaos in the control room has not ended as both the RED team and the BLU team were exchanging immense amounts of fire. The Scout decided to use this distraction to capture the point before everyone notices. He quickly came out from his hiding spot and ran towards the point while the BLUs were distracted. Before they could notice what was going on, the RED scout captured the point.
Victory!
"Alright!" the Sniper cried out and soon decided to join the REDs in humiliating the BLU team. The Engineer beamed broadly finally relishing in the fact that they've finally won after such a long time.
In her office, the Administrator looked at the battle from the comfort of her seat and smirked.
"You did well, finally…"
To be continued…
End A/N: Well there you have it folks, the battle has ended with RED team finally reigning victorious. The next chapters will focus on Yuriko's and Chris's post-fight feelings in the team. Hopefully I would still be able to churn out those chapters quick.
Another thing, I was thinking about setting up a blog about my thoughts soon enough. If I do set up the blog, you will be able to find the link on my profile page.
Anyway, as always, please review. Your reviews mean so much to me and motivate me to write more and imagine up more storylines for new stories.
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