(Author's note:
Sorry I'm late...had a complete breakdown but I'm back. I just don't hope I jumped the shark here, but here it is. I'm not very happy with it, but I felt like I had to post something, yknow, to let you know that I'm working on it. Also, a new character will soon be introduced...and it's not an OC.)
" Around the next corner is... a ton of zombies." The Sniper discussed his plan "So we need to avoid them by moving around them."
"Sniper, that's damn 6th time you said that. Dontcha think we caught on to it now?" The engineer slowly reloaded his shotgun. If he tried to rush it his hands would shake and drop the bullet. The medic examined the Engineer. The further they progressed, the worse the shaking became. It looked like the Engineer was going to break down soon. They had to stop, and rest for the night.
"If you think ya got anything better then that, please let me know?"
"Enough of zis! You two have been bickering like little kinder for ze vhole vay! Can't you two be silent for ZWEI VERDAMMTER SECONDEN!" The Medic waved his arms around in anger.
"Now, the three of us are stressed, tired, and the night has just begun. As your doctor I prescribe a varm bed and a good night of sleeping. Ve need our rest. Now, at ze next house we set up for ze night."
"No way, doc! We are about an hour away from getting "home". The Sniper pointed at his hand drawn map, pointing out a line between where they were and where their destination was
"Do you vant to get KILLED" The Medic descended into an angry yell halfway through. "FOR ZIS HOUR!"
"Medic, you're overreacting." The Engie laid his gloved hand on the Medic's shoulder. The Medic could feel the hand softly shaking
"Vho is ze doctor here, you or me?" The Medic pushed the hand away, pointing at one of the buildings ahead of them "Zat place over zere looks nice."
Up ahead was another set of flats and apartment buildings, both red and blue. On the corner of the street stood a strangely luxurious building, oddly out of place in the rather cheap-looking buildings that surrounded it.
"Doc, what's German for no?" The Sniper placed his aviators back on his nose, annoyed by how often he needed to do that. Then again, he was blind without 'em, so it wasn't like there were much options open for him. The Engie once said that he could try and fix his eyes with a laser, but that was the most ridiculous thing he had ever herd. How can a laser correct eyes? The Engineer was brilliant, but completely nuts at the same time.
"Do I need to rip out your spinal cord and place it back ze wrong side up? Let us move, and go to bed."
The Engineer stretched himself out. 'Now that I'm thinking' about it, it does seems about right."
"Fine." The Sniper sighed. He couldn't argue with the both of them right now. Even though the idea seemed incredibly stupid to him. He wanted to protest it to the very end...yet chose not to. The team was more important then his own opinion.
"All right. First we check if xis place is zombie free. Zen ze Engineer builds his sentry below one of ze stairways chile ze Sniper and I find a place to safely sleep. Ve block all entrances properly, and zen we can sleep. Any problem?"
The Sniper suddenly remembered the German word for no . "Nayn" he said, grinning.
"Almost OK, my freund.` The Medic smiled.` At least you are better in battle zen you are in German. Let us meet back here in half an hour."
"All righty then! Sentry goin' up!" The Engineer walked to one of the two staircases and deployed his sentry by opening one of his toolboxes that unfolded into a level 3 sentry. Meanwhile, the Sniper and Medic boarded all entrances with makeshift barricades. They spent more time moving around furniture then your average moving crew. Halfway through the Engineer joined them after the most rigorous check up on his sentry he had ever performed.
No entrance was left unchecked, all doors were shut tight and the entrance to the first floor was barricaded. On top of that there was a level 3 sentry that had a view on all entrances, and it would wake up it´s owner if anything snuck in. Only one task remained, dividing the beds.
There were only two beds, with a capacity for 3 persons. The Medic and Sniper decided to share the bed, while the Engineer had already fallen asleep on top of the small one. It had been so fast that the Medic even checked up on him.
`His pulse is low, and his muscles are relaxing. He is deeply asleep.` The Medic took one last look at the sleeping Texan before softly closing the door behind him `Gute Nacht, mein Freund.`
The Medic walked back to his own bedroom. It was empty except for an old lamp and a hardwood bed with bland white covers. The muted colors of the bed made the flashy orange walls look completely out of place. Then again, nothing seemed to make sense in these fake houses. The Medic could not understand why anyone would pay for this, and then not use it. The spiderwebs that hung everywhere made it seem as if they had been the first persons here since it was finished.
Surprisingly, the Sniper wasn´t there. The Medic checked, but the path downstairs was still blocked.
The second floor existed of nothing more then a balcony. The Sniper sat on a plastic chair, looking at the sky.
"Sniper, verdammt. Go to sleep, vill you!" The Medic tapped him on his shoulder. "Do I need to tell you about ze conzequences again?"
"You're not my mother, Doc."
"Of course not. Firstly, I am male, and secondly our bodies are genetically speaking, wildly different. Zere is not even ze smallest possability zat you und I are carrying ze same family name.
"Don't you have anyone else to preach to?"
"Nein. Zere is no one here but you, und me. Und ve, are in ze same team. I care for you as much as I did for my original team."
"You only cared so far as your Medical experiments would take you. We were nothing but lab rats, for you to experiment with."
"Zink about how many times I have saved your life. Or rather, the RED Medic. Und yes, zese were experiments, but zey improved your capacity in battle. You might not have used ze übercharge, but I assure you, ze Heavy, Pyro, soldier, and demo vere zankful zat I replaced zere hearts. Anyzing zat harms your performance has been gone shortly after installing it."
"You were just experimenting with our own bodies for your own pleasure! I know you, doc, and I only see you smiling every time you cut open a body!" The Sniper had stood up, and pointed at the Medic. "You don't care for the money, you just want more specimens to test on!"
The Medic raised his voice" I am a man of honour. I save ze lives of our team every time ve go out in battle! I am not experimenting,I am improving you for ze mindless slaughter."
"You really don't get it, do you? There's no further point in arguing with you." The Sniper walked past the Medic, ignoring him completely. "I'm going to bed. Be happy."