After several painstakingly slow hours, a final consensus was reached.

All of RED and BLU agreed to meeting at the neutral Capture Point of Well, therefore neither team would be on home territory and thus have less of an advantage if it came to blows.

The RED Engineer walked with the group. Nobody was speaking. The REDs had detested that they had to have "diplomacy" with the BLUs for the time being. The dark metallic walls of the tunnel they were walking in shimmered as Spy scanned the area with his flashlight.

These were the rarely seen tunnels that the teams took to get to each combat area. No lights were in these chambers, so the teams had to rely on flashlights issued by the Announcer. The smooth, cement floor was cracked in many places, suggesting that this place had been around long before the teams came here.

Engineer continued to move. It was unnerving having no voices filling the gloom. Had anybody even told the Announcer about this meeting? Probably not. She would go ballistic if she had any clue what was about to happen.

Spy turned around, facing the group. "Is everybody ready? You all have your weapons?" The group nodded. "Good. It is time to come face to face with BLU, but not in combat. This is unheard of. However, it seems our only choice. Medic, elaborate. You know more about the situation than I."

The RED Medic stepped forward. "As you all know, ze BLU Medic has gone absolutely insane. You may be asking, 'Vhy do ve have to meet vith BLU? Ve could just kill him.' No. He vould Respawn, so ve need a vay to permanently detain him. However, killing him vould be also very difficult, as Engineer informs me zat he has three sentries, level one, two, and three, and zey all fire syringes filled with toxin. Engineer also claims that vhen he vas held captive, he learned zat ze BLU Medic had created a No-Respawn solution. Ve are unaware of vhat he plans to do vith it." He gestured to Spy.

"Well. This is certainly becoming a catastrophe. But enough talk. It's time we meet with our foes." Spy took a silver key out of his left pocket. He inserted it into a brass lock, and opened a pair of cellar doors.

Bright light flooded into the tunnel. The group stepped out, and a quick look confirmed they were in Well. They had emerged in the RED section, so they continued to walk towards the neutral point. They were moments away from their hated rivals.

They emerged into the neutral warehouse. They all sauntered up the stairs to the point. BLU was standing there. Even the Medic was-

Engineer started to panic. Scout spoke. "Spy, you freakin' moron, I'm gonna shoot ya if ya don't stop that crap!" The BLU Medic, in a puff of smoke, changed back into the BLU Spy.

Engineer looked away, embarrassed. To think that Scout pointed out the obvious when he didn't recognize it was mortifying.

The BLU Heavy pointed at Engineer and laughed. "Hardhat baby is going to cry!"

Engineer looked at Heavy. He clenched his jaw in anger and reached for his shotgun. "Son, I'm gonna blow that dumb look right off your-"

BLU Demo made a rather rude hand gesture at Engineer. "Oi! We're not here to fight, you bloody idiot! We're here to discuss the bloody Medic!" He drank a swig of Scrumpy.

"Indeed we are." The RED Spy said. "And we should begin before conflict by those with lesser self-control forces us to disband."

The BLU Scout shouted, "Yeah, so why don't you all shut the hell-"

"SCOUT!" Demo yelled. Scout quieted, mumbling curses.

So they began to speak.