Note: This happens right before the flooding of Bill-Bel’s laboratory, and like past chapters about the human world: based on the Team Fortress comics. oh and to you easily offended, I will use a certain word but only to keep Soldier's character.
The rest of the team drive the three motorbikes towards the coordinates Spy got from his former mentor, leading them to Ayer’s Rock, a well-known mountain for the Australians since this place is told to hold the biggest Ausralium mine. The group dismounts the bikes and while Spy tries to get in contact with Miss Pauling, Heavy tells Twilight and Spike. “Stay close.” They nod and Twilight looks around this area. “The Element of Magic is here?”
“If we can trust that other spy’s words.” Medic replies dryly, turning to their own spy there tells him. “Ace is a very deceptive man, but he wouldn’t double-cross people he cares about.” Seems like this Ace of Spies cares about their spy, explains why Spy is so good at his job if he was trained by the best of all spies.
Twilight eyes this strange red mountain curious. “Anything special about this place?” Before anyone can answer, Spy walks over to them with; “I can’t get a hold on Miss Pauling, so we’re on our own.” Before replying on Twilight’s former question. “This is Ayer’s Rock, it holds the biggest source of Australium of the world.”
“And Sunset might be after it?” Twilight asks.
“Possible.” Spy replies, but honestly. “All we need to worry about is retrieving your Element.” She nods and the group heads over to the mountain.
At the huge rock, Scout voices his thoughts out loud. “So this is Ayer’s Rock, huh? I always figured it was made of Australium.” He eyes Soldier there ponders out loud. “The enemy must’ve hidden it under all this dirt.”
Spy rolls his eyes and reclaims a cigarette, explaining both. “Ayer’s Rock is not made out of Autralium, it is having Australium underneath it.”
He turns to Heavy when the big man muses his thoughts. “Must be entrance somewhere.” and suggests the others they should look around.
Surprisingly, it is Soldier there find a way inside when he decides to just dig a path, at first that statement was really stupid as there was no way to dig through solid rock but Soldier’s thickheaded did for once prove useful when he revealed that this rock was just a façade made of balsa wood and Styrofoam.
Unaware he did not dig through a real rock, Soldier declares proudly. “I made a path for us!”
“Yes, well done, Soldier.” Spy praises him deadpan but must admit that Soldier’s stupidity did come in handy this time.
Heavy eyes the American quietly before going inside, the moment he spots footsteps in the sand there got inside, he warns the others. “Someone is here, be quiet.” and as careful someone like him can, he walks deeper inside while readying the shotgun they got from the respawn point.
Scout reload his own gun and opens his mouth to remark how huge this place is, but a hush from his father makes him keep his mouth shut.
Heavy eyes Medic, man has a disappointed scowl on his face since he can’t do his main job. There wasn’t any medigun at the respawn point, so all he has is a dilapidated syringe gun.
Carrying a dusty old but still functional rocket launcher, Soldier steps further into this giant mine. The sound of a wrench hitting something makes him turn and what little he can see from the helmet, he spots the enemy and does not like what he sees. “We’re getting invaded by niggers!” and shoots at the two Africans at the other side of the great rock tear. All chances of sneaking up on those two get thrown out from the window thanks to Soldier. The two jumps away from the rocket Soldier fired at them. The woman of the two pulls out a remote control and the level three sentry gun aims at them although they are out from its sensor range. Apparently not for this remote control-wielding woman as she makes it fire at them with a deadly accuracy. The man of the two launches his own bombs at them, forcing the group to seek cover from getting bombs and bullets raining down on them.
Seeking cover behind an empty cart, Scout yells angrily at Soldier. “Oh, really nice Solly! Warning the enemy of our location!” Winching when Spy points out flatly: “You would’ve done the same if I haven’t hushed you.”
The two black people run off, disappearing into the mine and the chance finding them is really slim as neither can follow thanks to the sentry gun they got sat up- at least it's not firing at them anymore.
“Get rid of it Spy!” Soldier commands. Spy peeks out to get a better look on the sentry gun’s location before he cloaks.
About five minutes later he appears beside the sentry gun, but before he can put a sapper onto it, he gets an arrow through his arm, making him drop the sapper.
Seconds later he gets torn to shreds by a minigun. Appearing from behind a crane a bulky, fat but not as tall as Heavy of a man arrives. His minigun of choice is the Huo-Long Heater, which does suit him as he looks kinda like a properly dressed sumo-wrestler.
A hooded man holding a metallic bow jumps down from above, landing beside their team's heavy. Moments later, Sunset Shimmer appears with a teenager there looks kinda like Spike.
“Give up, Mann Co mercenaries!” Sunset calls out to them. “You are surrounded and some of you do not have respawn to count on.”
Revealing that they are indeed surrounded when a burst of flames reveals a pyro and a medic with a charge ready on their left, the two black people appearing on their right and the heavy plus this bow-wielding sniper in front.
Heavy eyes his sister, then Twilight and Spike. As that red-haired woman said, some of them will not return if getting killed. There is no choice, even if it means death later, it will at least give them a chance to get out. Doesn’t mean he likes this, but... “We give up!” He calls back, much to Soldier’s anger.
“A true soldier never gives up! We will fight until the last man dies!”
Heavy shoots him a firm stare, one there tells he will not argue about this. “We give up for my sister, Twilight and Spike’s sake.” Soldier opens his mouth to argue, but then he notices the terrified looks on Twilight and Spike’s face, turning to Zhanna there does look ready to fight but stands no chance without a weapon. Soldier growls but, although reluctant agrees with Heavy.
The team Sunset has walked over to restrain them. While doing so, Twilight spots her Element of Magic in Sunset’s hands. It’s frustrating being so close and yet so far from the goal, but in all honesty, Twilight is more worried about her friends' safety than the Element.
*Two days later, unknown location.*
“By the time we got there, most of the Australium was gone.” The blue dressed scout explains his current employer, he would’ve pondered why he and his team even agreed to work for this man in the first place, but the song in his mind keeps him from thinking about such things.
Grey sighs loudly, not only has the Administrator taken most of the Australium for herself, but these thieves managed to steal what he had in his storage. Fortunately, Ace's group has decided to leave him alone for now, leaving behind only the issue of that old woman.
Speaking of her. “You’re close to identifying her location?”
The scout crosses his arms, frowning deeply. “One of men are interrogating them now. Should have something in an hour or so.” and although the song won’t allow him to question Grey, he is allowed to question that red-haired woman. “I know you gave her pretty much free reins in that pet project, but do you really think it’s a good idea letting her play with—“
“I didn’t hire you to think, Mr. Russel.” Grey interrupts the man, the scout frowns deepen which he completely ignores. “All I want is your muscles, which isn’t much with this lackluster group you call a team.” The scout growls in anger, yes he sure hit a nerve there but Grey won’t change his mind. This should have been one of her best teams, but all he sees is a joke. It’s a surprise they ever were considered to become that other team’s rivals. Please, two of them are black and one of the engineers is a woman, while the other one is straight out useless and that was before the manic doctor mangled him. The sniper does not take the job seriously, heavy is dumb as a rock, the spy and pyro are cowards, and if not for the Sirens and the potential of blackmail then he would’ve dealt with that constant nagging medic with a bullet. And this so-called scout's paranoia and bleeding heart for his team are getting irritating. “All I want you to think about it getting me the location to that woman and get me those golden rocks, do I make myself clear?”
“Crystal.” The scout growls and leaves, a small part of him really wants to just get out from this deal but he can’t because those women work for Grey and he will command those three.
Outside the room, he encounters his second in command, the sniper who prefer using arrows and has his face hidden under a hood. “How’s Pyro doing?” He asks.
“About to burn their soldier’s hands off.” The sniper replies, his eyes are glowing faintly green from the mind control the sirens has over him.
They walk into the torture chamber, here they find a chubby red-haired man dressed as a blue pyro, currently letting one of his chemicals eat away the other team’s Soldier’s hands, understandable the man is screaming of the agony he must be going through.
If the pyro had been himself, he would never have done this, but like the others of this team, the song forces him to do it. The only sign that he does not enjoy doing this is the sobbing coming from him.
The scout and sniper watch this scene quietly, neither telling him to pull himself together for what little of them are still free of the sirens control, they don't like their current situation either.
Those two turn when the chained Sniper starts shouting. “What’s the bloody hell is wrong with you? Why do you cry like a baby when deliberately burns his flesh off you sniveling—“ The blue dressed scout punches him hard in the stomach. Of a scout, this one sure hell knows how to pack a punch. He eyes the man before him, there is rage in those blue eyes.
“Don’t you dare talk like that to one of my men!” The Scout sneers, then his eyes light in a poison green and his face goes sort of blank. He turns back to the pyro. “Return back to work.” The pyro nods shakily and returns back to his task.
Sniper stares at this man horrified at what he just saw. “Cricky, this is not you…” He has seen that same shine in the eyes from his other, these people are under the Sirens control!
The scout casts him a glance before he leaves. Sniper can’t help but feel just a bit sorry for these people, and yet he won’t allow himself feel too much pity; for he has to kill some of them.
He eyes the hooded sniper once before turning his gaze down, trying to free himself from the chains.
Does look up when someone steps through the door and feels dread when he sees his other.
Man, he really has gone into full evil. He’s dressed in black, eyes shimmering in the poison green, hair is unruly and for some crappy reason, he thinks a beard and smoking like Spook makes him look cool or something.
“Get the hell out you sniveling mongrel.” His evil other sneers at the pyro and shoves him off. His evil other pulls out a kukri coated with dried up blood and after having played a bit around with it, he plunges it deep into Soldier’s leg.
Soldier screams in pain, Sniper can’t help but flinch from how this side of him, the savage part he has kept in check for so long, currently free to do what he at times thought of doing but never wanted to make a reality.
His other grin gleefully hearing Soldier scream as he twists the knife deeper into the leg. “Ahh, music to my ears, so Soldier:” He takes a hold around Soldier’s throat forcing his head up so their eyes can meet. “You going to talk or should I pop off your kneecap first?”
Sniper must give Soldier credit for having the guts of being willing to endure his other’s brutal game. “You do your worst other sniper! I am happy to die for whatever secret you want to pry out from me! Holding my own guts in and lying to myself I am going to make it! I will scream to the sky, but no secrets will leave my lips! I am a vault you cannot— ARRRGGGHHH!” He screams when the evil sniper pops up his kneecap.
“Please.”
Both Snipers turn to the third prisoner, the woman Soldier declared is his new girlfriend.
“If you must torture someone for no reason… torture me.”
The evil Sniper smirks. “Ah don’t worry Sheila, when I’m done with him. I’m coming for you.” He returns back to his task inflicting as much pain as possible towards Soldier.
Sniper can’t take this! He has to stop that part of his soul being this bloody embarrassing! He desperately searches for anything he can use in order to get free, but it seems the only way out is by breaking his own thumbs. Aw hell, fighting his other with broken hands is going to be a—
“Shh.”
Sniper freezes up but stays quiet when a pair of invisible hands unlock his chains. Scanning the area around him, he does spot the faint shimmer of a cloaked spy. From the lighter tone of that hush, it’s clear it wasn’t Spy, it was someone else. Who it was and why this spy had helped him, that Sniper can think about later. Thanks to this unknown spy, Sniper is free and the second he spots the chances he tackles into his other, snatches the kukri stuck in Soldier’s knee and slashes at his evil other.
He leaves a large slash wound over his other’s arm.
“How did you get free?!” His other demands, but quickly shakes off that question, draw out a hunting knife and jumps at Sniper, who must admit that he got taken by surprise that his other has no regard for his own life. The brutality from his other wins and Sniper finds himself pinned down to the floor. “That’s how far professionalism gets you." His other presses the kukri deeper into his shoulder. "Let go of it Lawrence, it’s only holding you back.”
Sniper glares up at him. “Killing people like a rabid animal is worse than losing, mate.” He sneers in pain when his other twists the knife.
“Animal?” His other smirks. “I am far worse than a brain-dead animal, far better than—“ his words get cut short when Soldier’s girlfriend suddenly appears from behind and stabs the kukri through his chest. The body drops into the pool from both Snipers blood.
Sniper eyes the woman, surprised by this unexpected help. “How’d you get free?” and she reveals she had managed to steal the hooded sniper’s knife and cut off her own hand when the dislocation thump trick did not work for her. “Cricky,” that’s one badass woman. Sniper tears off his right sleeve and wrap it tightly around the wound, telling this hardcore woman “Keep on to the hand, Medic should be able to put it back on.” Before turning to Soldier, good god his other really messed Solly up.
“Your other was challenging but I endured!” Soldier declares proudly as Sniper unties him. “No secrets ever left my lips, no sir!”
Sniper doubts his other was after any secrets, knowing that side of him, he figures his other just simply wanted to hear the man scream. “We better find a doctor to both of you.”
“Yes, my Soldier has no need of a handless monster…”
Soldier snaps to Zhanna, going right in denial he thinks her as a monster even if she is missing a hand. “What? No! son, you look ravishing! Do you hear me? You could lose all your limbs and be a pile of garbage and I still would find you the most ravishing thing!”
Zhanna knew she did the right choice picking this man, he knows exactly what to say in order to make her feel better. “Aww, Zhanna’s little maggot bear. You are the drill sergeant of my heart.” She would’ve showered him in kisses if not for sniper being so touchy seeing people making love.
“What about you wait to roll in the hay after we have gotten out?”
“Yes! Let’s break out the others and take prisoners while we are at it!” Soldier declares and he will start with that hooded man as their first prisoner. He throws himself at the man and forces him onto the floor. “Ah-ha! Our first prisoner! Now tell us where the others are so we can break them out!” But he does not get any words from the prisoner, not even words that he refuses to speak, much to Soldier’s annoyance. “Hey, you’re not dead are you? I haven’t even tried to punch the truth out of you.” He pulls down the hood, revealing a blond haired man there has four long scars over his face. The man is alive though, good. “I will start punching you in the count of three! One—“
“He won’t talk.” Sniper tells Soldier hard, he knows from experience that unless those women want it, anyone under their control won’t reveal anything. “He’s under the sirens control.”
“Punching his face in should get those Sirens out!”
Sniper resists the urge to facepalm. “No, all that does is going to kill the bloke.” They cannot make this man go against the sirens, but what about… “I noticed resistance in the scout when I insulted their pyro.”
“So we’re going to kill his team to make him talk.” Zhanna points out, she wouldn’t mind doing that.
The hooded sniper does though. “I won’t let you. If I have to die for them then so be it.” He speaks with a Canadian dialect.
This hint of resistance intrigue Sniper, he kneels down before the trapped man, asking. “Do the sirens want you to protect your fellow team members?” The other sniper shakes his head. “No, they do not care about the team, want us to fight but… I can’t fight against my team, you know what I am saying eh?” He smiles weakly up to Sniper.
Sniper does not answer, the time in Equestria has made him tolerable towards the team but he wouldn’t really say he will protect them with his life like this bloke. It’s quite admirable, but why are these people able to resist the song from those women when it comes to their team? He has no idea. “No.” He replies and plunges his kukri into the man’s chest, killing him practically instantly.
With the hooded sniper out of the way, they move out to find the others.
***
Further inside this base, Sunset Shimmer heads into the cell where Twilight, Spike, Miss Pauling, Pyro and Spy are imprisoned, in here the red-haired woman walks past the guard man who is this other team’s heavy and steps over to Twilight, taking the moment of sating this victory. Twilight and her team of humans had tried to get the Element from her and ended up caught instead. “Trying so very hard and ended up failing.” She tells the two decades younger unicorn and mostly just to get under her skin. “How much do you think the princess will care when my replacement never returns? As much as she would when I left: none.”
Twilight eyes wide, fear clear in her purple eyes. Sunset smirks of this young one's naivety. “Oh come now, you have seen how this world works. War and glory is the norm, everything else is cannon fodder.”
“Why are you doing this?” Twilight asks this former student of Celestia, the princess did tell her Sunset left because she did not get what she wanted quick enough. So the question is; “What is it you want?”
“What I want is the power of an alicorn!” Sunset replies harshly, now towering over the scared filly. “And I am going to use the Element you stole from me to get it.”
The Element she stole from her? Is she serious? “The Element of Magic chose me!” Twilight retorts, the red-haired woman turns around to leave, she’s not done though. “Taking powers not meant for you is not the right way! Sunset, it's not too late to—“
“I haven’t spent ten years in this world, stealing magic from the few magic users just to turn back now!” Sunset snaps back, she hits the nearby wall, allowing a flame of the magic she stole from another wizard to torch that spot, much to the shock of Celestia’s new pet student. Glaring down at the younger one, one there has no idea how much Celestia holds her back. “I will take what is rightfully mine. What I was promised when I hatched Rhys with my magic. You might have hatched one of the drakes too, but from what I hear: you only did it by accident. I did everything out of talent, not luck! I deserve the Element way more than you Twilight Sparkle!” and with that, she leaves the cell.
Twilight drops her head, the words of Sunset Shimmer hurts, more so when there is truth in them. She was chosen by mere accident, if Rainbow haven’t succeeded to make that sonic rainboom, then she would never have hatched Spike, Celestia would never have chosen her and… she probably never would’ve gotten into the school for gifted unicorns…
“You know she only said that to get under your skin.” Spy points out calmly.
She is aware, but… “She’s right. If it wasn’t for the sonic rainboom... I would never have been able to hatch Spike…” Said turned dragon looks up to her, it's clear he wants to cheer her up but is not sure how.
Miss Pauling is not doing any better, this whole mission has really been a disaster, not only has she failed to retrieve any Australium but managed to get themselves captured and probably in a few hours, they all be dead. “I have really screwed up badly, haven’t I?” She asks sadly.
“Oh don’t beat yourself up too much.” Spy replies, after all, he has dealt with way more incompetent people, plus they did survive an encounter with a legendary team. “If we’re looking past the team you have been supervising overall can return back from the dead, your decision making has so far only caused three deaths. Statically that is nothing to be ashamed of.” She did, after all, do the right choice in following the mission and brought them the right places, only her lack of experience supervising a team and not knowing which member is best for certain tasks has caused the death of the members. Then again. “Of course, what I have gathered about Mr. Mann, he will kill all of us the most horrific way possible. And if Engineer’s other is on his side, then it’s probably only a matter of time before we too won’t retur—“
A loud sob from Spike stops him, he realizes he has said too much.
“Apologizes, I forgot the two of you aren’t used to the daily threat of death.” Eyeing Miss Pauling, he notices that although she does not look truly scared of getting killed, more devastated her choices led them to this situation. Spy sighs, usually he would’ve committed suicide in order to get out from this, even if the respawn does not work. He much rather die on his own terms than getting tortured to death. But that’s the problem being a family man now he guess. It gives him a huge reason to keep on living, so this time, he cannot make himself take the cyanide capsule he has hidden in his teeth.
The cell door opens and the man leading this team- according to the logo on his shoulder is a scout- walks into the cell and eyes those trapped in here, his blue eyes then land on Twilight. “You know that woman going by the name Sunny?”
Twilight is at first not sure what this man speaks about, then remembers what Merrasmus said about a pony name is frowned upon in this world, so that name must’ve been what Sunset uses but before she can answer, Spy does. “She knows nothing.” Giving her a look that speaking to that other man is a really bad idea.
The man pulls out a gun, aiming it at Spy. “I didn’t tell you to speak.” and he turns back to the now very scared Twilight, demanding. “Answer my question.”
She shakes her head, answering with a shaken voice. “N-No.” Trying to move away when he steps closer to her, it’s clear he is a threat from how the mercenaries struggle against their chains, but they cannot help her, all they can do is watch this man step awfully close to her. Twilight tries to move away but the chains won’t let her, her fear activates the magical band around her hand. Like a unicorn would if too scared. A hard wind blows the man away, sending him up against the nearest wall. Apparently, this world has changelings as well for the air shimmer and a woman, dressed very much like Spy appears. She puts up the disguise quickly again and tells the big man who is guarding this room when he steps inside. “Huí dào nǐ de tiězi” The guard hesitates but returns back to his post.
This is enough answer for this spy, she gets on her feet, grabs the terrified girl’s hands and with some trouble since she struggles, unlock her chains. “You’re coming with me.” She states out and easily drags the girl away, completely ignoring the others yelling at her to not do this. This might be the only chance she will get to help those she cares about, to free the people from the thrall of those three women. Although at this very moment, that red-haired woman is the biggest threat. Jack sure hell made that clear if he voiced his worry even under the mind control. She knows there is no chance in assassinating that woman, not with the powers she is throwing around and without the team's help but after has seen this one do the same, well she is hopeful this girl is the ticket to get her job done. If the girl will work with her that is. “I won’t hurt you.” The girl stops struggling, although still staring fearfully at her. She meets her purple eyes, still in her disguise as Jack. “Do you know that woman calling herself Sunny?”
The girl doesn’t answer, figures she is scared of the warning that spy gave her. “Work with me here, I’m your only chance for you and your friends in getting out of here alive.”
The girl hesitates before she asks with a shaken voice. “W-What will you do to them?” and she replies. “If you help me get rid of this red-haired woman going by the name of Sunny; nothing. You are all free to go.” After again some hesitating, the girl answers her question. “Yes, I know her.”
So far so good. “What about the artifact she has?”
“It belongs to me.”
Okay, not entirely sure if that’s a good or bad thing. “What can it do?” She asks, for that master spy sure hell didn’t think it was important to tell her.
Twilight wishes she can answer that it will cleanse evil, but who knows what the Element of Magic will do in another world. The formerly lost elements have been used to keep her humans friends from permanently dying, who knows what her element will do in this world. “I’m not sure.” She admits. The disguised woman frowns and shows clear signs she does not like the sound of that. “And what will you do if you get it?” She asks wary, it seems she too is worried about she will become yet another threat so Twilight ensures her. “I will much rather return it home than use it against anyone.”
The woman watches her for a moment, then sighs. “You better not make me regret this.” And sign her to follow.
Twilight does. a bit deeper down the hallway, the disguised woman pulls her to stop and moments reveals why as the man she was disguised as walks by, talking with someone over a phone.
“What about Rune and Garry?” The man asks, Twilight notices he sounds worried.
“Garry is still recovering from respawn. Rune was with me. What do you want us to do Jack?” The voice from the phone asks.
The man with the name of Jack opens his mouth but stops when his eyes shine green. Twilight blinks seeing this, that was the sign of strong magic being in effect. When his eyes return back to normal he replies the caller. “Capture them and take their scout for interrogation. Make sure their spy sees it.” Twilight freezes up hearing this, is this man seriously thinking about hurting Scout in order to make Spy talk? That’s terrible! “Go to the others cell and see if you can fool the assistance for the coordinates.”
“…. You do know I’m not the right spy for that job.” The voice replies in a sullen voice. “Kreel should do it.”
Twilight glances up at the disguised woman, wondering if this is Kreel the two men spoke about. The disguised woman shows no signs if she was the one been talked about, like Spy her expressions are calm and collected.
“Fine, I will call her.” Jack replies and ends the call. Twilight lets out a gasp when the disguised woman suddenly yanks her away, almost stumbling from how fast she is forced to walk.
She gets her answer to why when the woman gets called and proves to indeed be Kreel. “What is it?”
Twilight didn’t hear what Jack told her, so she can only guess it what she heard from the conversation not long ago.
“Alright, I will extract the information right away…. You gotta be kidding.” Kreel sneers to whatever Jack told her next, clearly not liking her second command. “I am not going near that nutjob!” She snaps, Twilight notices that an accent very similar to Spy’s appeared. “I won’t do it, not after what he did to Cowboy.” She ends the call, musing enraged. “Screw the Sirens.”
Twilight has a very good guess who this nutjob the woman spoke about, and what she has in mind, she doubts this humanoid changeling is going to like it. “Can you bring me to that man?”
Does this girl has a deathwish? “That guy is a complete sadist.” Kreel objects, she might not know this girl and is planning on using her for her own agenda but Kreel still has nightmares from what that monster did to Francis, and every time she sees him limping from the damage that self-proclaimed doctor did, her blood boils. She points down the hall, mostly to make her point. “If I let you near him, he will kill you the worst possible way!”
“Please.” Twilight begs her, she knows she will run a giant risk going near this Medic when he is tainted by darkness but… he’s her element partner, she needs to help both in order to give Medic the chance to become whole again. “I need to see him.”
Kreel walks a bit away from her, letting out a long sigh and covers her eyes. For a painfully long time it looks like she will deny her, then with another sigh, she speaks. “Only if we use his other half as a meat shield.” Twilight does not like the sound of that, but she will feel safer with one of her human friends around, so she agrees.
Kreel brings her to the cell where Medic is chained up. Him, Scout, Heavy all stare surprised seeing her with the enemy. Demo not so much, he is more or less passed out.
“Hey, what’s going on?” Scout asks.
Kreel ignores him as she, still in her disguise walks over to Medic. “Pick a fight and I will slice up your throat.” Medic blinks but the look in his grey eyes does have a gleam that he knows the reason to her loath. She releases him from the chains and after has stroked over the sour spots, he follows them out.
Twilight glances back to the cell where the others are, worried for once of them. “What did they do to Demo?” Staring dumbfounded when Medic remarks with a somewhat amused tone. “He got too much water in his system. His body is so used to alcohol that it thought he is getting poised.” Oh, not sure that explains it but Twilight can take it. “I am not sure if I should feel sorry for him…”
Before Medic can reply, Kreel hushes at them and explains while pointing down an empty hallway. “Go down there and you will find his other.” Eyeing Medic with eyes filled with hate. “I hope you kill one another.” Adding in a softer tone to Twilight. “Don’t come and tell me I didn’t warn you.” and with that, she leaves them.
Medic eyes Twilight, already aware who they will pay a visit from how this man said it. To be honest, he dreads meeting his other, facing the heart of the problem, why he keeps having nightmares ever since the war. He has to stop Twilight when she started to walk towards the place. “Twilight I… you really shouldn’t see it.” He does not want to lose her, and he knows he will the second she sees what kind of person he truly is.
Twilight meets her partner’s grey eyes, it catches her by surprise seeing fear in them. The same fear he had from whatever he saw from that door. It troubles her he shows this fear again. “What is it there scares you this badly?” He breaks the eye contact, struggles but he does not voice what scares him other than: “I don’t want you to see…” She doubts that is what he fears. He fears to lose her yes but it’s not that truly scares him. It’s something there comes from himself, something sinister and twisted. Without a word, Twilight takes Medic’s hand and gently pulls him to the door where his other reside. It’s a surprise he lets her do it for it’s clear he really does not want to do this, but they both know this needs to be done and… Twilight thinks Medic lets her do this is because he truly cares for her.