The Scout chattered happily skipping down the halls accompanied by the Engineer who was smiling and listening to Scouts chatter like a radio.
"Yeah, Boston's a real nice place- well not really, 'cause theirs all this killing and you get knocked out and- Oh! There was this one time.."
the Scouts mouth never seemed to close, he always had something to say to his Engineer.
"yeah and all these dudes with big black jackets ganged up on me, an' i couldn't do nuthin cuz I was backed up against the brick wall," the Scout continued barely stopping his dry mouth for over a second before spilling out another story from when he was a little boy.
The Engineer listened all the while as they walked down to the cafeteria. Scout had never had someone to talk to ever since he had come here, no-one was willing to listen. Until the Engineer opened up his arms to Scout, and assured the boy he could tell him anything he wanted.
"My first crush, She was a really pretty girl, She had blond hair and it looks so shiny, like she put gel in it-But I don't think she did- And uhhh, what was I saying? OH YEAH! and she had the most pretty face all the boys wanted her, but i REALLY wanted her, like So much." the Scout talked on not stopping to take a breath.
"Did you get her?" the Engineer asked the runner.
"Naaah, some weird guy Stephan got her. he was a total jerk i could have given her more than he-Well actually i don't really know him, But he was probably a jerk." Scout stated with a thoughtful look on his face.
"But I'm over her now. she's still pretty 'n' all, but ya know, I could find someone that loves me back probably."
They reached the cafeteria a moment later, both of them hungry from the work they had been doing all morning. They had smears of grease and oil all over themselves, Scout had on big gloves because he kept scratching himself on things, and red marks on his arms from being pinched with gears.
But still he had a smile on his young face and a skip in his step. literally, He was skipping, and the Engineer found it adorable.
"Take a seat over there boy, I'll get us some breakfast." Engineer said pulling out a chair for Scout and hurrying off to the kitchen where Pyro stood joyfully cooking and humming to itself. the Scout sat down, he instantly attracted the Snipers attention as he was starring thoughtfully at the boy and the thick grey gloves on his arms made the Aussie curious.
What had he been doing? Why did he have gloves four times the size of his hands on him? Why did he have sticky black stuff all over his face? Sniper answered his questions himself.
He saw the Scout walk in with Engineer, who was also horribly stained with the greasy black substance, so they where working on something- But what? The Sniper sat staring thoughtful into space as everyone around him laughed and yelled and such.
The Scout sat happily thinking to himself about Engineer, when the Soldier stuck his big head up in the little Scouts face, "YOU GOT A NEW FRIEND MMMMMMMMMAGGGOT?" The Soldier bellowed, his eyes hidden by the dark blue/grey helmet too big for him.
"Yes sir." Scout said looking at the Soldier's angry face. "THAT'S SIR-SIR TO YOU PANSY ASS!" The man spit out causing a few men to laugh. The Soldier looked round threateningly,
"Shut up or I will have all your heads on a stick!" Soldier hissed harshly at the other men.
The Soldier gave the young man another quick glance before turning away to his plate and shovelling food into his mouth as he mumbled curses to himself. A second later the Engineer came back his hands full with two plates and placed them on the table one in front of Scout and the other in front of him.
"Thanks Engy." the Scout said smiling, his words made Soldier turn to face him with a furious look plastered on his face, his helmet hiding a pair of deep blue eyes filled with rage.
"No problem kiddo." the Engineer said smiling happily at the young man. The Scout smiled at the Engineer, no-one on on the team had ever treated the Scout this nicely before.
They chatted happily until there food had all been eaten, the room was pretty much empty except for Pyro still bouncing up and down happily watching things cook. "Well, I think we had enough what do you think boy? Should we get ready for the match?" Engineer asked that same cheery smile on his handsome face.
"Yeah! Lets go!" the Scout grinned as he quickly stood up "I have to get my bat, be right back!" the Scout ran around the corner and out of sight to go get his bat. Scout couldn't wait for the match to start.
He stood with the Engineer inside the gate.
-MISSION STARTS IN FIVE MINUTES-
The Scout hoped around excitedly, "I'm not gonna let you down Engineer! I'm gonna work hard and you'll see you'll wanna be wit'me every fight man! its'gonna be so sweet!"The Engineer laughed .
"Excited?"
The Scout grinned happily at the Engineer "Hell yeah!" the Engineer smiled looking at the young man he made so happy with just a small act of loneliness. The Engineer was glad he could make someone happy like how he used to.
Now people don't even stop to think about all the effort we went through to build a dispenser as quick as he could for someone who was an inch from death, the Medic way too far away to heal him, and just ran off without a 'thanks' or even a nod. They just ran by like he was not real, like he wasn't even there.
The Engineer was glad he could make someone smile, even if it was only for a minute, Engineers have feelings too.
-MISSION STARTS IN TWO MINUTES. TWO MINUTES-
The Engineer snapped out of thought as the old woman's voice boomed like a earthquake down the hall.
"We are gonna be so cool together man! like a, like uh, like a ummmm... Like a freakin' force a'nature! no like two fraekin' force a'natures!" the Scout smiled like a child on Christmas, never letting that smirk leave his young face.
-MISSION STARTS IN 20 SECONDS-
The Engineer laughed as he prepared himself to run out the gate, after a couple seconds the Engineer whispered to himself, "Heh yeah two forces'a nature."
-5-
"Yeah! but of course your the smarter force a nature and im the more sly and handsome one."
-4-
"OH-HO are you sayin I'm not good lookin?"
-3-
"No not that man I'm just hotter." the Scout grinned the edges of his mouth curling up to his ears.
-2-
"You sure? last time i checked I'm a pretty hot guy."
-1-
"Hmmmmm~ maybe a little, but ya know, I'm just so super sexy." The Engineer got in a laugh before the seven other people stormed by, screaming bloody murder and waving there weapons ready to kill.
The Engineer said "Hey watch it there buddy!" as the Heavy bumped into him causing his tools to fall to the floor
"Oh-so sorry little tiny Engineer!" the Heavy said looking at the tools and bending down to pick them up.
"It's alright Partner." the Engineer said picking up his wrench. Right after he stood up the Heavy handed all the fallen tools to the Engineer before waddling away with Sasha wrapped in his arms like a baby. Scout stared in shock for a moment.
"Yeah, He's a real softy." the Engineer chuckled before signalling for the boy to follow him. The runner and the Engineer ran past stray bullets and rockets as they made there way past a train track type thing.
"Make sure know one shoots me from behind will ya boy?" The Engineer asked taking out his tool chest and getting ready to build a Dispenser.
"Yeah, no problem bro!" the Scout took out his Scatter Gun and shot everyone on their way towards the Engineer.
Just as he killed a Demoman, a Sniper's bullet pierced him under the right shoulder blade.
"Awww piss! Ya bloody wanka! I'm gonna getchoo..." He tried to take another shot but just then a Spy came up behind the man and stabbed him in the back "I think not." with a horrible cry of pain the Sniper fell face first off the side of the building
Smashing his neck bone with a sickening crack, blood spilled out of the dead man as he lie there bent in a horrifying position, head bent back and his body leaning up against the wall upside down. His head was clearly snapped off, as was lying in a completely different position than the body.
Scout held his shoulder tightly as blood drizzled out through the cracks between his fingers. "Fuck'n shit man that hurt like friggin hell!" the Engineer quickly grabbed the Scout and threw him next to the dispenser as a blue glow emanated from the machine covering the boy's body in the light. He instantly started to feel better.
"Hey thanks pally." the Scout said smiling gratefully at the Engineer. "No problem partner!" The Engineer then built a sentry gun right next to his dispenser, getting scrap metal back the second he lost it, he soon got his sentry to level two then worked on the dispenser trying to build that to level two as well.
Twenty minutes had passed, all the time Scout stood behind the shorter man making sure no-one shot his Engy-well the entire BLU teams' Engy that is.
"Boy you've been standin'there helpin me and my old ass the entire fight why doncha go kill someone? be a Scout run around, eh?" the Engineer offered.
"No man I wanna stay whit'you." the Scout insisted looking around to make sure no-one was approaching.
"Well if you say so." Engineer smiled at the boy right before a there was a loud boom and the Engineers face went blank
…...
The Scout opened his eyes, he was in his bedroom.
He sat up and looked around, his old toys were scattered all about the floor. As he sat up he heard his mother call to him. "Honey! Come here darling!" On hearing this he hopped out of bed and ran to the kitchen.. It was empty...
He could have swore he heard his mother say "Honey! Come on dear we are waiting for you!"
The Scout looked around.. It sounded far away... Just as far away as it did a moment ago in his bedroom.
The Scout looked around, "Ma?" He said looking around the kitchen and out the window.
Nothing...
He stood there for a moment thinking until he decided to get a drink of water. He pulled a chair over to the counter and stood on it opening the cabinet retrieving a glass cup. He stood on the chair and turned to the sink putting his cup under the facet and turning the right handle.
No water?
He turned it back to its original place than turned it left again.
Still no water.
He knelt down and opened the cabinet under the sink revealing the tubular trap. There was a dusty facet beside the trap. Scout turned it and suddenly heard a gush of water. He must have fixed it.
He stood up and climbed back up the chair and looked over to the sink. His eyes widened with horror when he saw the liquid coming from the sink was a deep red color.
The strong smell of metal filled his nose as he stood next to it watching the sink fill up rapidly with the substance. he just stared in horror as the sink began to over flow-than there was a glugging sound and the red liquid began to pull downwards near centre of the sink.
The plug had been pulled. He stared is terror as a familiar hand reached out from the water. The memory of its white, pale, bony fingers burned a hole in his mind. he choked out a few words of objection before the hand grabbed his arm quickly, the surprisingly strong grip once again holding him, and pulling him closer.
As soon as his finger touched the blood, he was no longer in his kitchen, but in the same pit of blood he was in before.
He tried to scream but nothing came out-
Lights out Danny...