team fortress 2 · red team · tenth mercenary · biological horror · surreal · mutation · survival · valve · chaotic · new recruit
Fluorescent lights buzz a dull yellow in the RED base's rec room, the air heavy with cordite and old coffee grounds. Heavy, Scout, and Soldier have just dumped the BLU briefcase on the table when Scout swaggers over to where Engineer and Medic stand under the harsh glare. He tosses the keys with a smirk. 'Nice work.' Engineer just tilts his head toward the teleporter, his voice low and grave. 'Y'all need to see this.' A loaf of bread shimmers into existence on the pad, perfectly ordinary. Scout rolls his eyes hard. 'Big deal.' Then Medic seizes the loaf, tears it open, and reveals a cluster of luminous green sacs pulsing with a sickly inner light. Scout yelps and scrambles back. Medic's grin widens, his eyes gleaming with manic delight. **'Tumors!'** He extends the corrupted bread toward…