Woods ran outside along with the rest of his team, Daryl looked back at him and said "Okay, now all you gotta do is capture the points, and we'll win. It's gonna be real dangerous, but we're all gonna do this together. Got it?"
Woods nodded to show he understood and hurried onwards into the heat of battle while Daryl explained the same thing to Kurt.
They didn't have trouble capturing the first point at all, but that was normally how it went at first. At least according to Terence it did. Then, recalling the events, he looked back at his friend. He was doing much better now, he could tell, but there was still a possibility of whatever that was happening again. Woods looked over at Randall and Duncan, who seemed to be doing the same thing.
"Okay, men! Next point!" Terence shouted, running forwards ahead of his team. The rest of the team followed him until they heard small beeping sounds coming from the distance. The teams pace decreased, creating a small, but noticable difference.
"Vhere is zhat beeping coming from?" Kurt questioned, sounding curious, yet cautious.
"Sentries." Daryl answered, not facing the man directly.
Woods peeked out from where the team was standing, making sure to stay out of the sentries sight. He saw a man who looked strikingly similar to Daryl, except wearing blue with a camp of blue machines around him.
"There anyone out there?" Daryl asked
Woods hid again and nodded "Another Engineer."
Daryl growled a little bit at the mention of the enemy engineer. "Aiden…"
Mason stepped forwards holding a revolver in one hand, and then a small box in the other hand.
"Stay hidden. I'll take care of zhis." he told them. He then cloaked with invisibility and they could hear his footsteps walking off. He didn't re-appear again until he has successfully sapped one of the sentries. The Blu Engineer didn't seem to like that, though.
"Sentry down!" he shouted, drawing a pistol a second later. Mason managed to shoot first implanting a bullet into the Engineer's head. Woods let out a small yelp upon hearing the sound, but the worst part was watching the blood, and a few chunks of skull burst from the back of his head. Mason looked back at his team.
"Let us move!" he shouted, just before cloaking again.
After that, they moved on to the second point, where they ran into about four more people. A Soldier, A Scout, A Demoman, and A Pyro.
Woods looked over at Kurt and Vitaly. Vitaly looked ready to fight, but Kurt had this unsure look on his face. Woods placed a reassuring hand on the man's shoulder, then gave him a nod that said 'We can do this.'
With that thought in mind, the team ran out to the four opponents, the Soldier firing a rocket at them. The rocket zoomed not into the ground in front of them, but into Duncan, blowing him to bits instantly. Woods nearly dropped his flamethrower when he screamed, but his attention was immediately drawn to Kurt when a Spy wearing blue appeared behind him.
"Look out, Kurt!" Woods warned.
Kurt immediately ran forwards, just avoiding a blade. The Spy looked over at Woods now, hatred in his eyes. Instinctively, Woods ignited his flamethrower, engulfing the spy in fire. The man ran around screaming for a minute or two, before finally collapsing.
"Nice job." Max said, giving a small smile "Kurt woulda been a go-"
Max was interrupted by a bullet entering his head. Woods's own head shot in the direction of the bullet, only to see an enemy sniper there.
Before Woods could do anything, the sound of machine gun fire erupted into the air, sending him scrambling for cover. The gunfire lasted a few seconds before Terence aimed his rocket launcher, hollered "MAGGOT!" at the man and then fired.
The Heavy was blown to pieces as others attacked, Woods and his team fighting back with everything they had. It took forever, but they eventually managed to capture the second point. Woods ran into the other teams base, armed only with an axe, hoping to stop any sneak attacks that may be coming. Along the way, he came face-to-face with the enemy Medic.
The Medic shot the most hateful look Woods had ever seen his way, and pulled out an ubersaw. He then charged at the man, raising the saw above his head, and emitting a battle cry. He swung the saw downwards, narrowly missing Woods. Woods raised his own axe in panic, only to drive the axe into the wall beside the Medic. He tugged at it sharply and it came loose. The Medic swung again, hitting Woods's shoulder, cutting deep.
Woods screamed in pain , but kept fighting. He swung his axe, missing his opponent by about two inches. When he swung again, the two weapons collided with so much force, they were blown out of each others hands. At that moment, Woods felt something slam into him with enough force to topple him over.
He fell backwards, smacking his head against the floor when he landed. Disoriented, he tried pushing the Medic off of him. Woods was punched repeatedly, knocking out one of his teeth, and breaking his nose. He tackled the Medic off of him and tried to stand up, only to be dragged back down by his mask. After a few punches of his own were thrown, he stood up, managing to drag the enemy to his feet along with him.
Both men suffered broken noses, and a few missing teeth. Woods suffered a half, severed arm, and a small concussion. The Medic suffered a black eye and several scrapes and bruises. Despite these, both men were undeterred.
They attacked each other again, grappling for another while before Woods was shoved onto his back again. The Medic looked at him harshly for a moment or so, before getting on top of him and locking his hands around Woods's throat.
Woods grabbed both the arms of his attacker and tried to push them away, to no avail. His eyes were wide with fear, and tears began to form. Then his own hands clawed at the hands around his neck. He gasped for breath, but was unable to get any into his lungs. He started to feel… unhinged, like he was drifting away. He remained that way for about 15 seconds before he was forced back into reality. With what was left of his strength, he again clawed at the gloved hands around his throat weakly. It was only about 30 seconds before he let go of whatever was left in his lungs, and let himself fall, hearing the Medics sadistic laughter just before his vision went dark.
Woods woke up in a dark place, alone. He took a quick look at himself, to make sure everything was in order. His arm was okay now, thankfully and he no longer felt the headache he had before. He searched around for a while, a red light shining off of him, lighting the way. After a moment, he was joined by a blue glowing orb, one that held the figure of a Soldier in it.
Woods didn't feel like he should approach the Soldier, but he had no idea where he was. He tried to speak to him, only to discover no sound came out. The Soldier seemed to know what was going on and gave an amused smile with the corner of his mouth.
"Yeah, thats the bad thing about respawn." the Soldier mouthed. "Sometimes you can't talk for a minute or so. It messes with your vocal cords."
"Respawn?" Woods mouthed back. He then realized his mask was still on, and removed it, repeating himself.
"Is there a way out of here?" he asked a moment later
The soldier nodded, then started walking off, only stopping when he realised Woods wasn't following him. His expression was blank as he motioned for Woods to follow. Woods was a bit reluctant, but after a moment or so, he followed. The Soldier lead him through the darkness for a while, until the two came to a bright light. The lights would slowly shift from a dull red, to a dull blue color.
"Well, here we are." The soldier said, now having his voice back. "Jump in there, and you're back in the real world. But make sure you jump into your teams color, or it'll give you a pretty good shock."
"Thank you." Woods replied, now having his own voice back, and giving a small nod. The soldier returned the nod, smiling with a corner of his mouth. He took the stance to jump in before Woods stopped him.
"Wait." he interrupted. The Soldier looked back at him "Yes?"
"What's your name?"
"My name?" the Soldier questioned, placing a hand on the back of his helmet. "Uhh… I'm Ashten."
Ashten turned his back towards the light "See you on the Battlefield."
With that, he fell backwards, engulfed by the dull blue light, and he was gone. Woods hesitated, watching and waiting for the color to change to red before taking a few steps back and charging and then springing forwards, and diving into the light.