For: Zanna-chan

Spies Must Love Sentries….. Or Are They After Something Else?

I sat back against the wall of a nearby building on the battlefield, adjusting my goggles. Being the RED engineer was pretty sweet, I got to chill out all day and let my machines do the work. The only real threat was those sneaky spies. That BLU Spy was the worst of all of the ones I've seen. I don't know how he does it, but he figures out a new way to get me every time. I messed up my short hair a bit and I heard my name called. "Eli! Could use a sentry over here!"

"Comin' right up Scout!" I picked up the heavy piece of machinery and plopped it down and let it start up again. After a few minutes, they began to move up the field and I was ready to pack up again and move when a sapper found itself on top of my sentry and I was being held against the wall at knife point. "Mon Cher, when will you learn to not build things where I hide?"

"How the heck am I supposed to know where you hide? That's not my job!"

"Well, you are correct there, have fun in respawn." He plunged the knife down my throat and I was waiting to come back out again. "I hate that spy!" I said, pacing the floor, "Always finds me! Always!" I then thought of a brilliant plan and when the fight ended, I got straight to work on a blue print. I made an authentic but un-operational turret and a fake me. I was going to set them out there and just wait for that Spy. "Payback is a killer, ain't it Spy?" I laughed evilly out loud, making many of the others think I went crazy in the process.

The next day I set up my trap and waited.

And waited.

And waited some more.

And waited even longer than that.

And I waited so long that my hands and feet were falling asleep for not moving a lot.

And then I waited so long that the match was already over, but I saw something coming towards my decoy, and I smacked it over the head with all my might. Now, I know the match was over and that was rule breaking there since my team lost and I wasn't allowed to use my weapons, but he needed a good bump on the head. Only after words did I see how serious it was.

I pulled him into a tiny room that no one used and build a dispenser near him, but tweaked it so it would work on him, despite the fact that he was a BLU team member. He slowly came to and saw me sitting there, investigating his disguise kit and writing down some notes. "Amazing gizmos you have here, huh Spy?" I said, handing him back his things.

He growled and got up, but before he could reach the door, he fell down again. "Mon dieu, my head is spinning."

"Well, maybe that will teach you to stay away from my Sentries!"

"But Cher, I thought you enjoyed my company?"

"Wha? H-How can I enjoy it if you slit my throat at the end of each little meet up! That's no enjoyable you stupid arrogant fr-" But I was cut off by a pair of lips, slowly teasing me with tiny little kisses.

"You aren't very nice, going around and smacking people with wrenches." He said, giving me a small kiss on the nose.

"What the heck do you think you're doing!" I said, pushing him away from me.

"I thought you would enjoy my little visits, it's not every day a man like myself can find a nice woman like you out here on a freezing cold and snowy battlefield."

"Well, I don't like them and you can go." As I said that, I knew my face was red from embarrassment, a BLU person liking me? Absurd.

"Ah, I would do anything you say cher, but it looks like we've been snowed in!" He said, pulling the door back a bit to show me that the snow was above the door frame.

"Fine," I said, "just stop calling me "cher", my name's Eli." I offered my hand for a handshake, but he took it and kissed it instead.

"Oh, that is a nice name. I can't tell you mine, I'm very hush-hush if you know what I mean." He said, offering a smile and watching my face turn redder.

For a while, I sat on the opposite side of the room from him, trying not to think about him and the roof of this little shack that could cave in at any moment from the pressure of the snow coming down on it. It was freezing cold in here, and I couldn't take much more of the cold. I saw Spy was suffering from the same dilemma, hugging his knees into his chest trying to get warm. I looked over at him and sighed, "Look, you're cold. I'm cold. Why don't we just sit together and stay warm."

"Fine by me Eli." He slowly came towards me and wrapped his arms around my waist and held me close. I had to admit, I was starting to like him. We just sat there and talked about how life has been and how bored we were on the bases. There was nothing much to do here, but being able to talk to someone about it without being called a whiner was nice. We then discussed our favorite bands and other things, just happy that there was someone else who liked what each other liked.

We stayed all curled together until the snow storm stopped and the wind began to blow the snow off the roof. The door was now able to be opened and we both exited, but stopped to look at each other briefly. "So, I guess we go back to fighting tomorrow." I said sadly, not really wanting to let him leave now.

"It seems so Eli, but you'll be happy to see me tomorrow no?" He asked, and I just smiled and said "You won't slit my throat this time?"

"No Eli, I plan on leaving something else there." He gave me a quick kiss and ran off, and I just stood there smiling at the thought of what we could do during the next snow storm. "Note to self," I murmured to myself, "fix up shack so it's a little more "cozy" for next time."

-IGNORE ME! I'M JUST A LINE SEPARATING THE STORY FROM AN AUTHOR'S NOTE-

Well, those last two were nice to write. Good news for the four people waiting on stories, I have finally finished my research paper (applause) and will now be able to work on more stories more frequently (even more applause)! I will have the four stories currently in my inbox (KeikaKasumi, Marissa The Dogfan, RockAngel2220, and IppikiKuroKami) done and posted on either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of this week (count on Wednesday because I have the next two days off, so I'll have even more time ) Please comment and happy reading to you all! Thanks to everyone who has sent requests so far and everyone who has commented!