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It was Saturday night. No battles today, and everyone had time to rest or do whatever they did in their spare time. Most of the team was gathered in the main room, playing card games and chatting with each other. Some had already retired to their private areas, including Heavy and Sniper. A full moon shone outside the window.
“Yo, Spy, remember that wolf you told us about?”
A grumbling from the other side of the room. “Yes, what about it?”
“Yeah, uh, I think it’s back or somethin’, cause I’m pretty sure that ain’t a normal dog.” Scout was looking out a window, the silhouette of a wolf visible in the distance. “Also, since when have there been wolves around this area?”
This observation drew a few others to the windows. This place was supposedly deserted by all but them, animal life included. Seeing anyone or anything else out here was unusual, as well as the fact that this wasn’t any sort of habitat for animals. Of course, they’d been here less then a year,, so it was possible they hadn’t noticed details like this.
“I say we investigate! See what’s goin on with it!” Demo quickly takes another swig of his drink before standing up. “Who’s with me!”
Spy scoffed. Surely it wasn’t that interesting, was it?
To Demo, Scout, Soldier, and Pyro, it was. They ended up going out to investigate, talking as they opened the door while the others stayed behind.
Engineer looked up briefly from whatever he was reading. “They’ll probably just scare it off, with all that racket they were making.”
The other two there nodded in agreement, before continuing with their previous activity.
Not 5 minutes later the team returned, looking disappointed.
“Stupid wolf ran off when it saw us.” Scout’s voice, who wasn’t looking as excited as he did just a few minutes ago..
“Eh, we’ll get ‘im next time, won’t we?” Demo didn’t look all that down, trying to get the others to cheer up. That was Demo for you. They nodded, though they didn’t look so sure of it. After realizing how late it was, everyone started dispersing into their rooms.
Spy pulled out another cigarette, just one more before heading in. Outside, this time, after everyone complained about the smoke the previous few instances. Leaning against the porch fence in nothing but the moonlight was rather calming, in a way.
After lighting it up and taking a few drags he noticed something moving in the distance. Taking a closer look, he realized it was the wolf again.
That’s strange… why would it come back if it ran away?
He stood up and stubbed his cigarette before looking back at the shadow of the wolf. This time it was standing up straight, and appeared to be looking right at Spy.
He stared back. For a while they just stared at each other, before the wolf started to walk closer. Slowly, and with their initial distance it was a long few minutes before they were close enough to see the other clearly.
Spy may not have been an expert on wildlife, or just animals in general, but this was definitely unusual. Dogs were tame, yes, and they came from wolves, but wolves themselves weren’t tame. That much he knew. So why wasn’t this one running away?
Perhaps the large group of people from earlier had intimidated it. Still, it was confusing behavior. It seemed hesitant to come any closer once it was about an arms length from Spy.
Now what?
Any sudden action could provoke it, especially when it was this close. And well, Spy didn’t want to have to go through respawn unnecessarily. It’d be a waste of time.
What is this thing up to?
At least he’d be able to tell the others about this. Well, if they’d listen and if he was in the mood. Which wasn’t very often.
With the wolf closer to him its features were much clearer than a mere outline in the distance. Its fur was mainly a darkish brown, with other shades throughout. And were wolves supposed to have blueish eyes or was it just the minimal light playing tricks on him?
Spy blinked. While he’d been observing it, it’d actually gotten a bit closer. Close enough that if he were to reach his arm out by a few inches he would be able to touch its head.
It seemed tame enough… though he wasn’t sure how long that would last. Pulling a weapon definitely wouldn’t end well, and it's not like he could run with it right there.
Of all times for something to happen, it just had to be his smoke break.
Slowly, very slowly, Spy started backing away towards the door that would lead him back inside. As soon as the wolf realized this, it… sat down. It looked almost sad, with its ears drooping. He almost felt bad.
If this was another trick from Merasmus because Soldier had done something to piss him off again, well, let’s just say Spy would most definitely be pissed.
Discontinuing his goal of getting inside, Spy carefully, and very slowly, reached his hand out. Whatever had caused the lapse in rational thought, he wasn’t sure, but there wasn’t much time to think on that as the wolf perked up and the top of its head met his gloved palm.
Trying not to think of whatever dirt or fur he’d have to clean off later, Spy gave it a pet. Maybe it had recognized him from before, which had been a whole month ago. They didn’t even see each other clearly then, so that probably wasn’t it.
A minute passed and Spy retracted his arm, brushing his hand off. The wolf seemed satisfied, somehow, and ran off to wherever it had come from.
He sighed in relief. It could have gone worse, he supposed. Still, it was rather strange. A wolf, yet it acted like one of those pet dogs people seemed so fond of. Dogs did start out as wolves though, so maybe it wasn’t such a far-fetched idea.
Oh well. He wouldn’t need to worry about it unless it came back anyways. It’d only been two times, who was to say it would return a third time?
Spy headed to his room, already taking off the gloves. He wouldn’t be able to kill as efficiently without any sleep, after all.