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She sat waiting for her ride.  She look around, bat in hand and a backpack on her back.  She kicked the suitcase at her side out of nervousness as she waited; this was going to be a big day.  She had said her goodbyes, possibly the last ones she would get to say to her friends and family, and now felt like a death row inmate.  She heard and smelled an old van coming up the road.  

"Guess their exhaust needs a fix" she thought as it pulled up next to her.  The door opened showing a man, about forty, tall, lanky and wearing aviator sunglasses.  
"G'day shelia, seen moi pick up here?" he asked smiling
"Depends, would they have a messenger bag, hat and bat like mine?"
"Ya mean you're him?!" He seemed shocked, but the girl just laughed
"Actually I'm a girl, and it's not shelia, its May" she smiled "You my ride?"
"Guess so, hop in then" he said, a little irritated "don't know why they would hire a sheila though..."

She was warned about that in the academy
"they won't be thrilled when women enter the battlefield but don't let it bother you, they will get used to you in time, if they want to go home that is..." that last part was too, ominous for her to think about, 'if they want to go home' even if they do get used to her, they may go home either way, it's how and in what she wondered about.  She missed the academy too, it was safe but she didn't really have a say.  She became a scout to earn some money, help her dad, pay off her loans for college, flimsy reasons compared to her classmates.  She wasn't a roughneck off the streets like they were, no she had a nice life.  She figured that was why she wasn't as speedy as others in her classes.  At first this was an issue, a giant target painted on her back.  That ended when she showed them what a lack of speed meant.

'So we got ourselves a school brat?' her driver said, waking her from her daydream
'Yeah...I went to the academy...' she started
'Keep in mind then that this is no game you are walking into shelia' he said, sounding like a scolding parent
'no its a war with respawn and deathrow inmates running around, only slightly better than normal wars' she snapped back, annoyed
"So the shelia's got a mouth on her..." the driver started
"How else would I breath, eat and speak" she said
"Didn't know scouts had wit" the driver countered
"This one does" she smiled "by the way who are you anyways?"
"Call me sniper; no one bothers with names unless you get a reputation"
"So guess I am scout now huh?" May said, a little sullenly
"gonna be confusing, we already have a scout" sniper said
"Then why did they put me with you and not a team that needed a scout..."
"Our leader's idea, two speedy little runts"
"I'm not that fast..."
"Gonna have to be..."

The ride was quiet after that, nothing but desert for most of the trip, it was nice but May could only think of what she got herself into, what would the 'leader' say if he found out she wasn't a running scout.  She sat back and waited as the camper pulled to a stop.  A masked man came up to the window and knocked

"Hello?"
"Hudda hudda" he waved, May smiled
"Hey pyro let us in"
"HUH HUCK (spy check)"
"Bloody 'ell"

Before May could ask what was going on a burst of fire burned through the camper "YIPE!"
After the fire died down, both sniper and May looked up, checking herself, May was happy to see she was not a pile of ashes, and the fire missed her bags
"HULL HUR" pyro said, giving a thumbs up
"I COULDA TOLD YA THAT YOU BLOODY FIREBUG!"
"What was that?" May asked "and why am I not a pile of ashes?"
"Blu gave you a shot before you were picked up right?" sniper asked, looking from over his glasses
"Yeah..." May said a little confused "it was the respawn shot, but that still doesn't explain why I didn't burn alive"
"Special chemical in the pyro tanks, if you got the shot from blu, only red pyros hurt you"
"Oh, didn't tell us that one"
"The school's neutral, they can't tell ya anything like that"
"But why did pyro try to burn us"
Before sniper could answer, the pyro took off his mask, reviling a red head kid "woof, hot in there, sorry bout that, just a spy check, I'm Nick"
May smiled "I'm May, the new scout"
"Cool, nice to meet you May,"
"Pyro you know the rules mate, no one knows your name"
"It's not a rule, it's just some dumb code of conduct that has no bearing on this war" Nick said annoyed
"So is not taking your mask off..." sniper countered

Nick just sighed and helped May off the camper "so how was the trip?" he asked
"Ok, kind of quiet, and I don't think everyone is thrilled to have a female school brat running around" May said shrugging
"I think it's great, at least there is someone else my age around here besides Jack" said Nick
"Is Jack the other scout?"
"Annoying wanker too" sniper said, looking at his truck, checking for scorch marks
"Ignore Tobias, he is always in a bad mood if he has to be taken from his nest" whispered Nick
"I heard that.." said Tobias, May just laughed "I think that name rule just got thrown out the window" she said "by the way where is the medic's office, I am supposed to report there before anything else right?"
"Oh follow me" said Nick eagerly "the sooner that's done the sooner me and Jack can show you around"
"Sounds fun" said May

The main 'courtyard' of the base was huge to say the least, barren and somber as the two walked to the main doors, the sniper's nest towering over them like tree for an angry hawk.  The silence was broken with a loud "TEN HUT!" Both May and Nick stood stark straight as a solider, looking like an angry bulldog, came marching out
"ALL RIGHT LADIES WHERE'S THE NEW RECIRUT?" he boomed
"RIGHT HERE SIR!" May said, in as loud a voice as she could muster, saluting
"GLAD TO SEE THE NEW SCOUT COMES WITH MANNERS BUT I ASKED FOR A FIGHTER NOT A HANDMAIDEN" he both sneered and boomed, seeing that one of the 'ladies' was in fact, a lady
May wanted to do something, but she got the feeling this was the team leader, so she held back, for now... "SIR I AM NO HANDMAIDEN, I EAT THOSE PRISSES FOR BREAKFAST" she said trying to imitate the volume
"WELL MISSY WE WON'T GO EASY ON YOU, YOU BETTER PULL YOUR WIEGHT OR I'LL SEND YOU HOME IN A SHOEBOX!" the soldier boomed "DISSMISSED" and he marched away, leaving two very confused teammates

"Does he always do that?" May asked, tilting her head sideways?
"Yeah, old drill sergeant so it's a force of habit for him" said Nick shrugging
"oh, ok, was he the leader of this team?" May looked off as the solider; still marching disappeared into one of the buildings
"Yeah, that's Sarge, he actually nice, just a bit…."
"Traditional?" May said as another set of footsteps came running out
"NAH! Try overbearing and loud" another scout stopped short
"HEY JACK!" Nick said "This is our new teammate, May"
"Nice ta meet ya toots!" Jack said
"Don't call me toots bucko" May smirked
"She's got the attitude got the moves?" Jack said
"I guess in my first fight we will know" May said shrugging
"We gotta go to the doc's anyway" Nick added, Jack shuddered
"The only good thing about our doctor, he isn't as cracked as some of the others I heard about" the male scout cringed
"Are they normally as insane as I heard in the academy?" May asked "I heard they were kind of….brutal, if provoked"
"Some better, some worse" Jack said, Nick chimed in "yeah the one on the red side here is real bad…"
"Well sounds like our medic is at least sane" May shrugged as she looked around "where is the medical building anyways?"
"FOLLOW ME IF YA CAN KEEP UP!" Jack said running as fast as he could, May and Nick ran as fast as they could to follow.

The stopped in front of a large building just behind the main part of the headquarters, Jack getting there first with May slightly behind and Nick in his pyro gear huffing and puffing in frustration. "DAMN IT I CAN'T RUN IN THIS STUFF!" he wheezed as loud as he could.
"You ok Nick?" said May
"He's fine, just needs to take the mask off and drink some water" said Jack
"Yeah, and get better ventilation for the suit" Nick added
"Ok" said May as she looked at the building "I guess this is it"

The medical building was very nondescript from the outside, save the blue cross above the door.  Inside was nothing but white walls and a white floor, nothing indicating usage or even traffic from the other team members.  A mixed smell of penicillin, antiseptic, latex and a strange sweet smell May could not define.  At the end of the hall was a door with the word "medic" written on the frosted glass.  Outside where some chairs and a strange blue box, a bit like a waiting room in a doctor's office back home, this did little to ease May's nerves.
"So do I just knock?" she asked her two companions
"Yeah pretty much" said Jack shrugging
"Don't worry I don't think Doc is busy…" added Nick "just make sure you do what he says"
"Got it…" May said in a small voice and knocked on the door
"Who is zhere?" a stern voice asked
"Um... I'm the new scout, May?" She said shaking a bit "I was told I needed to see you?"
"Ja ja kommen en fraulien" ordered the voice, May slowly opened the door
"We'll wait for you out here" said Nick softly

The office was as white as the rest of the building on the inside, only with some posters of general medical information along the walls; in the middle of the room was a desk, piled with papers and two file cabinets flanking it like guards.  The medic seemed like a stern man, this made May nervous, stern usually meant harsh for her.  He walked over and examined the new scout, his steps where like a cadence in the army, left, right, left, right with no break in the rhythm for anything.  A few hmmms and humphs later he sat down at the desk again and began filling out some papers.
"Did you bring ze medical reports?" he asked, not looking up
"Yes sir…" May said taking an accordion folder from her bag "they should be in order"
"gut gut…" the stern man said nodding and going through the folder "yes it's all here" he looked again at the new scout "zo fraulien, vhy are you here?" he asked, placing his head on a pair of folded gloved hands
"To help my family financially" she said nervously
"Ah your family, I doubt it's a husband and children, much too young" the doctor said thoughtfully
"Yeah it's more to help my dad…" She started
"Und your mutter…" the medic interrupted
"No, she died a year ago…" she said sadly
"Ah, and vat took her?"
"Cancer... um doc why are you asking me these questions" May asked confused
"Just seeing vhat we are dealing with, standard practice on many of zee teams." The doctor said leaning back
"Ok…I guess" May said nervously, shuffling her feet
"Haff you meet any other teammates?" the medic asked
"Yes, the sniper, the other scout, the pyro and the solider" May said
"AH! Tobias, Jack, Nick and Sarge" The doctor leaned back "and your reactions to zhem?"
"well I think Tobias is annoyed about having a girl on the team, Sarge kind of barked at me so I played the military person with him, Jack and Nick seem ok, friendly enough"  She said the medic only nodded
"Danke fraulien, ve are done, I am sure Jack or Nick will show you to your bunk" there was no emotion on the face of the medic as he lead May to the door.

The boys were waiting outside as they heard the medic's footsteps.  Something about them chilled the blood of everyone on the team, Jack especially as he looked nervously as the door to the office opened.

"Jack, Nick please show our new teammate to her bunk" the medic ordered before doing a full heel turn back to his office
"How'd it go?" Jack asked as the medic left
"I can see why you are creeped out by him…" said May shuddering "he is so…cold"
"Among other things, even Sarge loosens up every so often" said Nick, Jack nodded
"Well we should get going…" said May
"YEAH you're bunking with us!" Jack said happily
"We are gonna have a blast!" chimed in Nick
"I just hope we get along…" said May softly as she picked up her bag, and followed her two friends, while the sun set bathing the base in a strange orange glow.
I am giving a tf2 fanfiction a try, this is either a test page to see if I am going in the right direction or the first part of the story itself
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o0SnowKitten0o's avatar
wow i would be just as confused/nervous as that girl i would love to bunk with scout though