Pyro – Water
Pyro was an Aquaphobic.
The thought of being in deep water terrified her deeply and when she was submerged in the brutal liquid, she felt like she couldn't stay above the surface, the immense pressure building against her head and lungs to the point she felt like she couldn't even begin to breathe or think…
That's why she was attached to fire.
It was the complete opposite of water; water was cruel and crushed every fibre of her being, while fire was warm and still let you breathe even as it licked against your body. It was a far more preferable way to get hurt or die in here often obscured eyes.
It all started when she was about eight.
She was at her school's swimming pool and just as she was about to step into the pool, a group of bullies pushed her in. She wanted to get out, but they grabbed her hair and kept her head down in the water until her eyes and lungs burned and cried for precious oxygen.
They laughed and tightened their grip.
She could remember darkness inching across her vision as she wanted air, her wish being completely ignored. She weakly scratched against the tree-trunk like arms that were grasping her hair, not succeeding one bit and only stopped when she passed out.
No one ever punished those bullies for what they'd done.
For the next twelve years, she couldn't get into a body of water without thinking about that incident, the feeling of panic and fear swelling into her body, the sadistic laughter of those bullies and freaking out when she was about to pass out. What happened ruined her life and she couldn't find a way to get over it.
She stayed with fire instead.
That's how it always would be.
~*~
BANG!
Sniper and Scout ducked behind the table again, a bullet aimed for their heads instead destroying an innocent bottle of scrumpy.
"Jeez, we said we were sorry!" Scout shouted at the rage filled Pyro in front of him and the Sniper. "Why can't you take a joke!?"
"A joke?" The Pyro screamed, wearing a casual red shirt and jeans instead of the usual asbestos suit. "You think pushing me into that goddamn pool of water was a JOKE!?" She held up the shotgun in her hands, pumping the firearm.
It was true; while Pyro had been walking around the front of their base at 2Fort, the Scout and Sniper snuck up behind her and pushed her off the bridge, sending her tumbling into the water that lay beneath. She heard the two of them laughing as she struggled to float, sending her mind back to what happened with those bullies. She screamed, feeling the cold water press against her ribs and skull mercilessly as she sunk lower and lower…
If the Engineer and Medic hadn't seen what had happened, she probably would have drowned.
"We didn't mean to make you so angry!" Sniper defended, hands over his head in hopes that he won't get hit. "If I had known that this would happen, I wouldn't—"
BANG!
The shotgun went off, blasting a nasty-looking hole in the red wall behind her two targets. "SHUT UP OR I'LL KILL YA!" She spat angrily, taking aim again. "YOU HAVE NO GODDAMN IDEA, DO YOU!?"
She breathed heavily as the anger slowly left her, taking in the damage she had managed to cause with her trigger-happy fury. She kept silent as she remembered how scared she was when she was pulled out, upset over her losing her temper.
Pyro ran out of the room, upset at how her fear ruined her life in yet another way.
She felt like burning something then.
It always made her feel better.
Next:
Engineer