TF2 The Borrower

Part 1

Jeremy couldn't believe it. He was just trying to ask Engineer for some scrap metal so he could fix his metal bat when the hard hat had aimed a gun at him. Before Jeremy could shout Spy, an electrical current flowed from the gun onto Jeremy, surrounding him with a strange glow. Then, he started to shrink. A few seconds pass and the Scout finds himself looking up at his fellow teammate, scared out of his wits. Jeremy knew he could get annoying at times, but that didn't mean he'd have to get turned into a test subject for Engineer's new toys. After standing there for a few seconds, the Engineer started to cheer.

"It worked! Oh yeah, it worked!" Engineer started doing a dance and Jeremy covered his ears in pain as he bounced up and down from his teammate's thunderous footsteps.

"Hey! Cut it out!" Jeremy shouted. Thankfully, Engineer heard him.

"Sorry man." Engineer stopped his dancing and carefully sat on his knees, "Looks like I'm not the smallest anymore." Jeremy growled at Engineer's chuckle.

"Turn me back, hard hat!" Jeremy shouted.

"I can't do that." Engineer replied calmly.

"Why not!?"

"I only just made the shrink ray's shrinking function. You'll have to wait until I create a way to reverse it." Jeremy stomped his foot in annoyance.

"Then, hurry up!" Engineer chuckled at the Boston boy's temper tantrum and started to reach down with his not robotic hand. Jeremy saw this and fear filled his eyes. Those hands could easily crush him. Jeremy's instincts screamed for him to run and he listened. Engineer watched as the young boy started to run from him in terror.

"Hey! Wait! Scout!" Engineer's shouting just caused Jeremy to cover his ears in pain again as he continued to run across the hard hat's garage floor. Engineer grabbed the glass jar that held the walnuts he often snacked upon, dumped out its contents, and he ran after the fast-moving boy. Engineer's footsteps just filled Jeremy with more terror. He didn't want to be held like he was some doll or stepped on. If Pyro saw him, who knows what they might do to him! A giant foot landed close enough that the ground seemed to bounce around Jeremy. He lost his balance and tumbled, getting his arms and legs scraped up. He closes his eyes until he stopped moving. Slowly opening them, Jeremy found himself trapped in a glass jar, with Engineer holding it. "Phew, I caught ya." Engineer sighed as he slid a piece of paper under it like he was handling a bug. The jar is lifted and flipped, sending Jeremy crashing into the bottom surface. He quickly stood and tried to double jump out, only to bump into Engineer's robotic hand. Engineer walked back over to the table, slammed the lid onto the jar and screws it shut. "You OK in there, Scout?"

He's asking me now!? "NO! I AM NOT!" Jeremy's shouts are muffled by the glass, but Engineer heard him. "I'M TRAPPED BY SOMEONE I THOUGHT WAS MY FRIEND! AND BEING HANDLED LIKE I'M SOME SORT OF TOY! AND-" Jeremy's breathing was starting to become labored and he sank to his knees. Engineer saw this and realized he had forgotten to cut air holes into the top. He quickly grabbed a small drill, usually used to make holes for nails, and started to cut air holes into the top. Jeremy gasped as fresh air entered the jar and then he covered his ears until the sound stopped. He slowly rose on unsteady feet and glared at his fellow RED.

"I'm so sorry Scout! Are you breathing OK now?" Jeremy coughed for a little bit before replying.

"What are you going to do with me now?"

"Show you to the rest of the team of course! Imagine! A tiny Spy, undetectable sneaks into the BLU base and learns of their next move, we'd be unstoppable!"

"Uh, no!" Jeremy shouted. "They all will just enjoy taunting and prodding me! Medic especially! I just came here to fix my bat, not to become a lab rat!" Jeremy had not realized they had been walking and now all the team members in the kitchen had their eyes on the tiny Scout in a jar.