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“Wow!! That... Was... Awesome!!” Scout hollered out, licking his lips. “Never knew rattlesnake could taste so good... Almost like chicken and you all know how much I Love Chicken! I could eat...”
“Scout! Ve get it!” Medic shouted, interrupting the younger man. “Now... If you don't mind... Shut ze hell up so ve can finish eating vithout hearing your insufferable chatter.”
“Rude Doc... Just... Rude.” Scout pouted then quickly closed his mouth when Medic's eyes slit.
“Leave ze boy alone... He's just happy to have finally gotten some food in him an' it's better zhis way than how he was earlier today.” Spy pointed out, smiling over at Scout.
“Zat's debatable...”
“Ya know... Maybe we should get to know each other a little better... We know a little about why Doc here is protective over Pyro... But... Spah... Why in Sam Hill are you so defensive when it comes to Scout?” Engineer asked, looking over at the masked man.
Spy looked up, all eyes on him then shrugged. “Someone apparently needs to.”
“What?! I don't...”
“Hush boy...” Engie said, holding up his hand. “I don't think that's the only reason... You were worried when he was unconscious earlier...”
“Aww... You were worried? Wait.... Huh??”
Spy groaned, shaking his head then looked up at their small group. “Very well... You want to talk? Zhen let's talk... How about we start by hearing ze rest about ze Medic and ze Pyro.”
Biting on his bottom lip, seemingly a nervous trait that Pyro has, he glanced over at Medic who was already looking at him in return. “You don't have to, if you don't want to.” The older man told him but letting the choice by Pyro's.
Pyro nodded then lowered his head, contemplating before finally looking up at the rest of the group. Taking a deep breath he started his story. “When I was younger... Around ten... I lived in an orphanage... Even then I loved playing with matches... I was in the basement playing, like usual, and something fell... I looked up and all of a sudden, pain... I had burnt my finger and threw the match... The place went up in flames... When I tried to get out... I caught on fire too... I finally got outside and this guy was running towards me... He covered me up and smothered out the fire... I don't remember too much after that except waking up in a white room and the same man was asleep in the chair next to my bed... When he woke up he smiled at me and told me his name was Dr. Gottmund which I thought was pretty fitting... See, his name in German means God-Protector... He took care of me for a while until I was healed and then he helped me by sending me off to the states but not before giving me a new name.”
“Blayze Furnell.” Medic answered, smiling over at Pyro.
“But... Why did he ship you off? You were only ten...” Scout pointed out, seemingly intrigued by the fire starter’s story.
“He had a better chance to live und stay alive in ze states zan in Germany... Even on his own.” Medic answered matter-of-factly.
“Wow... What happened then?” Scout asked.
“When I got here nobody really wanted to come near me... Until... This lady took pity on me and took me in... She schooled me at home and when I was twenty three she passed onto a better place and I was alone once again... Few years after that BLU hired me...” Pyro finished, shrugging his shoulders.
“Well... Zat was interesting...” Spy noted, almost feeling guilty for asking. He turned his attention to Engineer. “What about you my hard hatted friend. What's your story?”
Engineer sat there for a moment before he shrugged. “Ain't much to tell... Name's Dell Conagher... I have two beautiful women in my life...”
“Ha ha ha... You dog...” Spy laughed, of course thinking the worst.
Dell lifted an eyebrow at the interruption then continued, “My wife, Irene and my baby girl, Rose. Used to work at the University there... Things kinda happened then BLU approached me with their offer and after talkin' to Irene about it all, I ended up accepting and working for 'em not long after that.” He concluded, scratching his bald head.
“Man... That was kinda lame... With all your gizmos and you give us that?” Scout asked, scrunching up his nose and before Dell could respond, the younger of the two continued, “Eugene Anderson... Make fun of the name and I'll kick your ass.... Youngest of eight boys. Ma had her hands full with us... Dad left when I was about six, I guess... Ma said he didn't have a choice... He was off saving the world and shit like that... As a kid, I thought it was cool as hell... My Dad, a superhero or whatever... Boston wasn't a great place for kids but I learned how to take care of myself quick... Love Baseball! But they kicked me off the team... Said I was too rough. Then BLU found me, made their offer and I was like, Oh Hell Yeah! Told Ma about it... She didn't like it but she let me decide...” Scout smiled a toothy smile then took a bite of his leftover cactus.
“You're pere is not a superhero...” Spy said softly, looking at the ground. “But he did leave for a good reason... He left to keep his family safe.”
“What? How the hell would you know?” Eugene blurted out, anger flared in his eyes.
Blayze reached over putting his hand on Eugene's shoulder, the look in his eyes calming the younger man down.
A heavy sigh was heard, drawing the attention back to Spy. “Your pere's name in Michael, is it not? Michael Anderson to be more exact...”
“Well... Yeah but that...”
“He married your mere, Elizabeth, after only knowing her for a few short months... zhen months later, you were born... All six pounds, twelve ounces of you.”
Scout's eyes widened not wanting to believe what his mind was putting together. “No...” “Let me finish, S'il vous plaît...” Scout got quiet, shaking his head from side to side. “Merci... Your pere loved you and your muzer more zhen anyzhing... An' your bruzers as well... But ze line of work he was in... Well... It became dangerous... Certain people was hunting him down which put not only himself but his entire family in harm's way... So, he did ze only zhing he could. He left an' moved overseas. He changed his name to Amoun Lapine an' many years later he was offered a job... He took it an' when ze battle began... He saw his son for ze first time in twelve years...” Spy sighed before reaching up to take off his mask then looked up at Eugene. “I've never stopped loving you or your muzer.”
“Bullshit! NO! BULLSHIT!! If... If you're trying to say you’re my father then... Then prove it!” Scout hollered out, his heart and mind being pulled in different directions. “PROVE IT!” he screamed.
The others looked away from Scout to each other, to Spy then back to Scout before Spy stood up and took out his cigarette case, opened it and took out a picture, handing it to Eugene.
The younger boy snatched the picture, glaring at Spy then looked down at it. It was a picture of him, his mother and.... his father... when he was only six years old. The edges were a little roughed up but still looked in good shape.
“Your muzer made sure I had zat when I told her what was going on an' why I had to leave.”
“But... My Dad wasn't French...”
“Non... But a spy has to adapt where he is and quickly. I was zhere for twelve years, Eugene.”
“I... This... I need some time.” Eugene said softly before walking away from the group to be alone.
Once Eugene was far enough away, Medic turned to Spy. “How? How could you keep killing your own junge over und over again?”
Spy sighed heavily before answering, “Respawn... I knew he wouldn't die because of zat an' if you have never noticed before... It's rarely me zat kills him... You, Engie an' ze Piss man are my main concern.”
Dell saw the sour expression cross Medic's face and decided to intervene in on the conversation. “So... Medic... We have a last name for ya... What about your first name? I mean... Since we're all gettin' ta know each other here.”
“Rein.” Medic answered simply, finally taking his eyes away from Spy.
“Alright... Let's see... Rein, Blayze, Eugene, of course me and Spy? Do we call you Michael or Amoun?”
Spy waved his hand in the air dismissively and stated in his snobbish accent, “I do not care... Call me Spy... Michael... or Amoun... It is up to you.”
During the current conversation, Blayze quietly got up and snuck off, only Rein actually noticed he had left but didn't say anything, knowing where the younger man was heading.
“Hey... Need a friend?” Blayze asked quietly, not wanting to startle the younger man as he approached.
“What? No... No, I'm fine... Just peachy freakin' keen!” Eugene answered, his voice getting louder with each sentence. “I mean... What the Hell?? How can he just throw down a bombshell like that and expect me to be okay with it? Expect me to even believe him? What am I supposed to do? Forget that he ran out on us? True, it was to protect us but still... And then he's been fighting against me for over a year now?! How messed up is that? He's killed me! I mean yeah... I've killed him too but it's different... I didn't know... He did! Am I just supposed to run to him with open arms and cry out that I've missed him and forgive him? I don't think so... Why didn't Ma ever tell me the truth? Why do I have to find out now? And what if he's lying? What if he doctored the picture up somehow? I haven't seen pictures of Dad since he left. Ma burned 'em all... She said it was to cover his secret identity cause he was a super hero... Yeah right... But he is a Spy... He could be lying... They're great at that.” He finally concluded, flopping to the ground in an exhausted heap.
Blayze took a deep breath. He sat down next to Eugene, gathering his thoughts on what to say that would be supportive yet also answering some of Eugene's open questions. “I don't think he's expecting you to just forgive and forget... It's something that's going to take some time. As for your Ma... If she knew he was a spy and that her boys could be in danger then yeah... That's probably why all his pictures disappeared and why she lied about why... She was just protecting you and your brothers and still is. He may be a spy but I really believe he's telling you the truth.”
Scout looked up and over at Blayze, then lowered his head, quiet for a moment before finally nodding, “Yeah... You're probably right but what about him killing me? Does he get some kind of sick pleasure out of seeing me die?” he asked, his expression becoming troubling.
“Respawn... He knew you wouldn't die and as he told us just a little bit ago... It rarely was him that killed you... His main focus was Medic, Engie, and Sniper on the killing that is.” Blayze explained before laying back, looking up at the stars.
“Hmm... Damn... Guess you're right again...” The younger man said with a sigh then joined Blayze, looking up into the night sky. “Pyro... Do you think we've been abducted? You know... Like little green men and all that shit.”
“No... I think we're still on earth but... Oh, I don't know... It feels different... Maybe something happened to one of Engie's teleporters... Maybe it blew up and poof, we're here... It is weird though... We haven't seen any other humans and why only us? What about the rest of the teams?”
“I don't know...” Eugene said softly then quickly sat up, startling Blayze in the process. He then turned to look at the older teammate, “You know what? You're pretty awesome! Especially now that I can understand you without all that mumbling.” he said, words quickly just falling out of his mouth as his hands flailed about. “No offense but I always thought you were a little... Ya know... Not the brightest crayon in the box but... You're like a different person altogether without the mask... It's pretty cool.” He finished, smiling.
“Umm... Thank You?” Blayze said, looking a little confused. He shook his head to clear the rambling away before looking back up at Eugene. “You about ready to head back or do you want...”
“We can head back and thanks man... Ya know, for listenin' and all... You didn't have to but... Thanks.”
Blayze smiled as he went to stand up. “You're Welcome... And Eugene... Anytime... I mean it.”
Eugene smiled then both men walked back to rejoin the others.
Rein looked up, his body showing the tenseness that was running through him. He focused his attention on Blayze, his expression asking all and the fire starter just simply nodded. Rein's body seemed to melt as all tension started to leave him. “It's getting late... Mayve ve should try und get some sleep.” He proposed, laying down on the ground but staying to where he could keep an eye on the rest of their small group.
“Sounds like a good idea. Night ya'll...” Dell said, agreeing then laying down himself.
“Bon nuit.”
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“Blayze... Vake up mein junge... Time to go.” Rein said softly, gently shaking the younger man's shoulder and looking around in confusion. *Trees? Grass? Voods... Vhat happened last night?*
Blayze stirred, slowly opening his eyes and smiled up at Medic, “Guten Morgen.”
Rein smiled back, “Guten Morgen. Come on... Ve need to move before ze sun comes up. Won't be as hot.”
Nodding, Blayze stretches before finally getting to his feet. He gathered his suit, weapons and gas mask then went to wait next to Rein while the others were moving to get ready. Tilting his head, confusion crossed Pyro's face as he looked around at the changed scenery.
“Aw Man... It's still dark.” Eugene moaned, trying to bat away Engineer who was waking the young man up. “This Sucks!” He hollered then finally sat up, opening his eyes. “Wait... What? Where the hell did...”
“Ve need to cover as much ground as possible before ze sun rises und starts baking us again.” Rein interrupted, knowing Scout would continue on and on if he hadn't of.
“Medic's right...” Dell agreed as he finished gathering his stuff. “We need to get outta here.”
Spy joined Rein and Blayze with Dell coming up right behind him. They all turned to look at the youngest in the group, waiting for him with little patience.
Eugene finally dragged up beside them and looked around. “Okay Doc... Which way?” He asked through a yawn.
“Zhis vey...” Rein pointed, showing them which direction.
“You sure about that? I mean... Everything looks different.” Scout mentioned, looking around.
“Ja... I am sure.”
The five men started on their way, hoping to find some sort of civilization and soon.
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