Scout's Adopted Sister, part 3

By Soultail Omega-Light/Poisonfang205/Kathy Balog/Australia

Disclaimer: B.L.U. and R.E.D. teams, Miss Pauling, Announcer/Administrator/whatever she is belongs to Valve; Sparda belongs to Phoenix Helix, and Poison belongs to me!

Author's Notes: Alright, this is after the Chinese New Year in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, the relationship between Mr. Mundy and Poison is getting really rocky between them, since he turned his attention to the Administrator, which pissed Poison off royally, thus she stopped talking to him, but around March 15th, the fabled Ides of March, her world would be turned really upside-down. And this bit is from a request by Rachidna, who wanted to add in his comic, "A Guardian in a R.E.D. Mask," so, this is the breaking point of B.L.U. Scout's sister's patience and control.

-March 15th, 1961-

Poison was in an extreme foul mood, after she learned of Mr. Mundy's betrayal on her heart by seeing him with the Administrator, which she was shaddered into a million pieces, thus, she started to ignore him and distancing herself from him altogether.

"Why did he have to go and break my heart? Why?" She thought as she was trying to defend the Nucleus from the R.E.D. Team, while her nihon was on it, as assigned by the witch, Administrator, when she looked up to see her nihon being shot and falling into the cavern below. "NNNNNIIIIIIHHHHOOOONNNNNN! NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!" she screeched while trying to reach out to him, but he was gone to her.

"No, no, no, no, no, no!" she said as she was in denial and stubborn to accept while on her knees when the sounds of the R.E.D. Scout, the one who collaborated with the R.E.D. Sniper, laughing at her. "Aww... What's a matter, babe? Can't handle de fact dat I pwn'd your bro and you can't do jack-shit about it." he mocked her while he ran off.

Oh, no he didn't..., but he did, he just pushed her buttons to the point of her going berserk on him. "DON'T YOU DARE INSULT ME, YOU INSECT!" She roared while running after him, her Scattergun fully loaded to kill him without mercy.

He was teasing and testing her while laughing, running backwards, and drinking his BONK! Atomic Cola while smirking, before he was tripped by one of his own team members. "'Ey! What's de big deal, pallie?" he said to Sparda, who was not happy with him.

"Well, for starters, we don't get cocky over a kill, stupid, for you might incur the wrath of a scorned lass!" he said before he saw Poison beating R.E.D. Scout up out of rage, which lasted for hours, until he jumped in and pulled her away from killing him further.

"LET GO OF ME! LET GO OF ME SO THAT I CAN KILL HIM! LET ME GO!" She screamed as she was carried away by Sparda to cool her hot head, while at the same time, she shed tears of pain and loneliness, before she was put under a shower head of ice cold water, freezing from the shock and turning off the water before she calmed down.

"Now, I am sorry, but you need to calm down from your temper tantrum, Poison." He said as he watched her pant and slowly calm down, but her heart is still broken.

Meanwhile, in the Reservoir Systems...

Scout did not know just how Long he'd been floating along the Reservoir Systems, his wounds From the R.E.D. Scout and R.E.D. Sniper Proven to be Very Great, nearly fatal.

He didn't know whether or not he would live or die, all he could remember is hearing his sister calling out to him before it went black.

As he floated along the small river in the Reservoir, he thought of His Mother, his Family back home in Boston and here, The B.L.U. Team Back at the Barracks, everyone, who may miss him, especially Poison, since he failed to protect her from her heartbreak.

He Closed His Eyes, scared that he was going to die in a dishonorable death. Finally, embracing the Factor that Traveling along the Waterline, he would not be discovered, it'd take a miracle.

But as he finally floated out of the Reservoir Lines, an unexpected detour in the pipes took him to the area of TeuFort, as he Floated along the pipeline, out under the Bridge.

He Was stopped by a most unexpected person...

"Scout?... Scout... Can you hear me?... Talk to me, Boy..." R.E.D. Spy called out to him while he bend down to inspect on the fallen Scout.

B.L.U. Scout did not respond. As much as R.E.D. Spy did not want to do this, he carefully dipped Scout's Head underwater and brought it back up. Thankfully, B.L.U. Scout coughed weakly, showing signs of life.

"W...Where's my sis...?" He asked in a haze before closing his eyes again.

"Your mother and your sister would never forgive themselves if something happened to you. It would break their hearts. I... I won't kill my Soon-to-be Son-in-Law..." R.E.D. Spy said.

With that, R.E.D. Spy lifted B.L.U. Scout out of the water and took him into the R.E.D. sewer intake, where he did his best to wash Scout's bloodstained body and bandage the wounds. It was then, he took him over to the B.L.U. Base, where he was seen quite quickly.

"MMF! MMMMFFFF! MF MF MFF! *Scout? SCOUT! Oh My God!*" Pyro said as he saw the injured Scout conscienceless.

[A/N: YOU BASTARDS!- Kyle from SOUTH PARK. I couldn't handle the drama, so I had to add in that line. I am sorry.]

"Oh No! Scout! Wake Up! R.E.D. Spy Will Kill You!" B.L.U. Heavy reacted to it quite frankly.

"GET A BEAD ON HIM! WE'LL MAKE HIM PAY FOR HURTING SCOUT!" B.L.U. Soldier commanded to B.L.U. Sniper while he was fuming.

"Stop! B.L.U. Team, I am Not Here To Fight! I am Bringing Scout Back to Your Base. He is gravely wounded. He Needs Medical Attention. Gunshot Wounds to his Chest and Arm." R.E.D. Spy said as he hold onto Scout's limp body and try to be peacemaker to the B.L.U. Team.

"And How Exactly are we Supposed to Believe Ya?" B.L.U. Sniper questioned while distrusting him from experience.

"I am unarmed! Bring your Medic out here! I Swear I am Telling you The Truth!" R.E.D. Spy countered with his rash demand.

B.L.U. Medic Rushed out with his Medi-gun and Shared a few chosen words with the R.E.D. Spy. "Vhere did zis Happen?"

"It Was At The Nucleus. He Was Blasted off the Control Point and Has Been Floating through the Reservoir for Hours." R.E.D. Spy replied.

"ZOUNDS! He is Hit Close to zee 'eart. I need to get him to Zee Medic Room For Treatment. S'ank You Spy. I will Take Him." B.L.U. Medic exclaimed before calming down, taking BLU Scout From R.E.D. Spy's arms.

"Take Care of Him, Doctor. His Mother and Sister Loves him Dearly." R.E.D. Spy said before he turned around to leave.

"Vait... Scout's Mother? How zoes zis know-"

But Before B.L.U. Medic Could Finish, Red Spy Turned and walked back to R.E.D. Base, Cloaking Himself along the Path...

Now back to the R.E.D. Base

He, However didn't cloak Himself Fast enough. For there on the Balcony of the R.E.D. Base, Scowling down upon the B.L.U.'s and his Comrade, Was One of the Men Who Wounded the B.L.U. Scout. The R.E.D. Scout, who got healed from his fight with B.L.U. Scout's sister.

"I would never even admit that I got my ass pwn'd by a chick who has a short fuse, but damn, she has a nice ass." He thought to himself before seeing the R.E.D. Spy disappearing. "So, Dat's da Way you Operate, Eh, Cloak'n'Dagger? You Save da Very Guys We're supposed ta be Killin'? Wow, Man. You Went Soft."

He Heads inside the Base, Pondering as He Entered the Intelligence Room, where R.E.D. Demoman and R.E.D. Soldier were going over.

Well, Demoman was Drunk and Asleep and R.E.D. Soldier was Pretty Much Barking at Himself, however, R.E.D. Scout was Hardly Interested.

"Well, Red Masked Moron. If I really T'ink you have Gone Soft, I got a Way to Harden you back up. Even if it's Gonna Hurt You and Your Precious new B.L.U. Buddies." He said to himself while plotting his revenge on B.L.U. Scout's sister.

In the shower room, Sparda was comforting a broken-hearted Poison, after drying her off, who has the weakness of a hero who needs to rescue a damsel in distress, as he heard the tale of her breakup with her first crush, the B.L.U. Sniper.

"There, there, Lass. It was time for you to let him go, since you are young and pretty, especially to me." He said as he lifted her chin up to look at him in the eye.

"R-r-really? Is there really hope, aru?" she whispered while her voice was raw from the yelling and crying.

"Aye." He whispered back before kissing her lightly on the lips, which is starting to heal the pain she felt inside her heart, bit by bit.

As they kissed softly, they heard the voice of the R.E.D. Scout coming, thus, Sparda took her down the tunnels to get her away, using a different path. "This way, Poison, it's the only way that they can't see you here."

When they made it to the opening to the bridge, he let her run back, waving at her to say "good night," as well as giving her hope back.

"Xie Xie, Sparda. -sniffs- I don't how he is doing this, but he's healing the pain in my heart and giving me hope again." she thought as she held her hands together to say a little prayer in her slowly-rebuilding heart before returning back to the barracks, too tired and sore from a long day, so she skipped the day for some sleep, and maybe, Sparda in her dreams.

-A few months later, in a bar in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1961-

After dating Sparda on their days off, Poison is finally letting go of the past and they are old enough to enter a bar to drink alcohol and have a peaceful night of romance, when Mr. Mundy and the Administrator comes in to have their own date.

"Oh no... Here he comes..." Poison moaned while covering her eyes while thinking quickly of something to do, then she felt Sparda's hand on her shoulder. "Hm?"

"Come on, let's go." He said gently, then as they were leaving, Poison had her revenge by stopping at the front door, pulling him into a kiss, in front of Mr. Mundy and the harpy, Announcer, while flipping them the bird with one of her hands while holding Sparda's head close to her.

"!" Sparda all could say when he didn't expect that kind of reaction from his date, but he isn't complaining at all from the scene of men and woman in shock.

"What?" The Announcer screeched while getting up to kill her, but Mr. Mundy tried to calm her down, which he is kicking himself in the ass for letting Poison get her heart broken by his own stupid mistake.

After that kiss, both Sparda and Poison left while feeling good about themselves in getting even with their boss and the moment was too funny to not laugh about it.

"I didn't expect you to do that back there, Poison." Sparda said as he was caught off guard from the laughter.

"It was something that came to me while I was getting back at Mr. Mundy for breaking my heart when I caught him with the Announcer a few months back, thus, I was wondering to myself, 'What can I do to get Mr. Mundy back for hurting me?'" She replied while walking back to a bus stop for a ride back to TeuFort, holding onto his arm. "Then it struck me, why not flip them off while showing him that I have moved on with my life, since you pulled me out of my despair and brought back my hope and faith in myself, as well as fallen for you."

"D'aww... Thanks, lassie, but I realized that if I didn't know you in the first place, I would have taken your life without question, but after I done some thinking since our first meeting, you have opened my eyes to the truth of myself and understanding what me true purpose in life."

"You're welcome, aru."

As they waited for the bus to arrive, Sparda started to wonder if he is really falling for her or is the feeling of romance just a "fling," thus, he started to put his hand on top of hers and it surprised him that she crossed her fingers over his while showing that she trusts him too.

"I can't believe it." He thought as he saw her smiling and feeling peppier than ever. "Who is she really?"

Poison walked back to the Forts with him in hand while the clouds come in to rain on their parade. "I hope it doesn't rain tonight." She whimpered to herself.

Sparda put a hand on her shoulder and comforts her. "It's ok." She smiled up at him before the lightning, thunder, and rumbling occurred, after a very strong gust of wind nearly knocked them back. "Whoa! We better find shelter before the clouds burst."

"Right." She nodded before the drops of rain fell on her head, thus, she started to run with him to get out of the rain.

After several minutes of running through the rainstorm, they made it to the borders of the forts before they split up to get back with their teams, until he stopped her and looked at her in the eye. "I had a wonderful time and hopefully, we can do more of it."

"Same here, aru." She replied while getting soaked.

[Author's Notes: Cheesy movie scene alert! Shorten, but good, nonetheless]

They gotten closer before they kissed under the rainfall of the night, not caring about the world around them until the moment of passion passed. When the kiss was over, they ran back to B.L.U. and R.E.D. teams, getting colder by every second, which they made it in time before the curfew is up, ergo, they were too tired to say hello to their team mates, even Poison waved at Scout, her nihon before going to bed, forgetting to do her journal again.

What future holds for them, no one knows. but it seems that the future can be written out for anyone who pays attention.