A man, A suit and a Knife – The Origins of the Spy
He stared calmly at the clock in the corner, smoked his cigarette and placed his hand in his right pocket. 8:30. 2 minutes left. Out of his right pocket he pulled out a 6 shot revolver. 1 minute left. He stood up went outside and into the cheering crowds. Despite his openly visible gun and suspicious look he fit right in. In fact the only thing hiding him from the crowds was a small paper mask. In his youth he accidentally discovered this small piece of technology allowing him to take the form of anyone he wished. Provided, of course, that he had seen and studied them first. A master of voices and disguise he dined at the finest restaurants, appeared at the finest parties and once even commanded an army.
He was always moving when he was little. His first parents were found dead with knives in their backs. His next had died due to an “electrical fault” in their house and more of his parents died in unfortunate “accidents”. The orphanage he was in was burnt down and since then he has had a fear of fire. At around 15 years old he created his paper masks and the “sapper”, the reason for the death of his second parents. He soon took to the streets gaining employment from crooks to perform little jobs such as sabotage and occasionally murder. This taught him all about being secretive and quiet as he grew up. Some said that he’d be the perfect spy…
He took his gun and aimed at the passing car. The shot rang out and the crowds fled in fear and terror. Before anyone had known what had happened he was already getting in his car, a Rolls-Royce Phantom V. Something was different though. Someone had been in this car while he was away. Curious he looked in the glove compartment for his butterfly knife. Instead of finding the handle his hand fell on a small package. He took out the package and examined the front. It had the emblem of one of the two world’s most powerful corporations: Reliable Excavation Demolitions. As confusing as this was he knew that he wouldn’t get answers just by staring at it and opened the package. Inside were a few sheets of paper, a pen, a letter, and some kind of contract. The letter, being the most likely item inside to reveal to him this mystery, he took that out first.
“Well done.
We have been monitoring your activities for quite some time now. No doubt you are sneaky. On almost every occasion we have tried to inspect you you have managed to escape us. As you might have guessed we are interested in certain skills you have. Those seemingly simple paper masks are an ingenious invention of yours. However we have not written this just to flatter you. We have written this as an offer for your employment. Taking this job offer is almost certainly a must as things could become quite difficult for you should you decline. Inside this package are further details on what tasks you will be undertaking and the contract employing you to us. We expect the form to be on my desk on Tuesday 12th. If not then serious consequences may occur.
Best regards: Reliable Excavation Demolitions.”
What had come out of this letter confused him even more before he started reading. Unfortunately this seemed more like an order than a proposal. He reached back inside the package and took out a few documents. Most of them didn’t seem to be what his job was but what other peoples were. In fact on closer inspection there was details on a quite a few. 5 it seemed at the very least. On one there was a picture of very young boy, most likely American, wielding a baseball bat. On another there was a picture of a rather giant monstrosity of a man wielding a minigun. Each one described not only their job, names and age but their interests, their family, their friends, their nationalities and their weight and height. He was amazed. What did strike him as odd though was that these people were not from Reliable Excavation Demolitions but from Builders League United, the second of the two most powerful corporations.
Eventually after reading through the documents he came to the contract. On it was details of his job, A few questions and the dotted line on which he was to sign his name. He looked long and hard at this as his mind racked over his decision. Finally he came to a conclusion and his name went down on the dotted line. The moment he took the pen away, however, the car started filling with a gas of some sort. He attempted to escape but the doors were locked on him. The last thing he saw before his eyes closed was a middle aged woman dressed in red heading towards the car with a black man on her right holding a bundle of dynamite and what looked like an Australian on her left.
Stumble it!
Mudkipz responded on 10 Apr 2009 at 8:14 pm #
Very well written if I do say so myself! Very good explainations of the sapper and masks also. Personally Medic should have been with the Announcer at the end.
Charlie responded on 10 Apr 2009 at 9:16 pm #
No. Wrong. The origin of spy is Jening. He sings. He spies. He conquers. http://www.jening.net
anon responded on 10 Apr 2009 at 9:54 pm #
Very nice! Only major flaw I saw was
“what looked like an Australian on her left”
at the end.
White Australians don’t really look unique from other Anglos so put something else in lol
Spybait responded on 10 Apr 2009 at 10:50 pm #
Obviously, the Sniper was wearing his hat.
Killa-Ewok responded on 10 Apr 2009 at 10:51 pm #
Duh, if it’s the sniper, you really can notice that he is australian.
GeneralGoose responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 1:46 am #
GORDON FROHMAN!
Great article.
Theminipanda responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 1:49 am #
great job on that gmod picture of the spy in the car. I know from personal experience how much trouble gmod can be.
Schmoopy The Spy responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 2:17 am #
Nice intro. Is there going to be a second story for the spy at Builders League United?
Jokerine responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 2:30 am #
Oh, so the butterfly knife was stolen? Poor Spah.
This was very well written! I just wonder how the Spy noticed that someone had been in this car while he was away. The smell, maybe? That guy, I always knew he had OCD.
Sum1 responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 2:35 am #
Oh man, and I thought the Demoman had problems with regards to his parents/ guardians. This is great.
FlyingHat responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 2:47 am #
Wait wait wait wait.
The Spy’s second set of parents were a pair of cyborgs?
Other than that, I’d say this was a pretty good read. This could use a tiny bit of polish here and there, but the text kept me inside the story and was entertaining overall.
The Spy responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 2:59 am #
Gentlemen.
Of course, none of this can be verified. All the sources, as well as the author himself, will be found dead with a knife in their backs shortly.
Cheers,
The Spy
Jake responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 4:08 am #
It was a great story, but my only real complaint was, how could he tell that the sniper was an aussie? He was being stunned by knockout gas, and the sniper was off in the distance, other than that, great story.
Killa-Ewok responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 5:00 am #
Jake, the TF2 characters are supposed to be noticable from a distance. They have a very distinctine silhouette.
Sarda responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 6:06 am #
So, is somebody keeping track of which team each class goes to, or was that list totally random?
Goddamn Fanfics responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 8:06 am #
There sure are a lot of fanfics on Ubercharged now…
Madlep, can you declare martial law for a while and ban them?
TF2fan responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 9:46 am #
Can we see more videos about TF2 itself? Along the lines of Don Newman or Jening.
I’m fairly new to teh site but must say that I’m already partial to Himmeltoss as a writer and finder of good stories.
Sheepshifter responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 12:25 pm #
Everyone’s writing origin stories these days, I should do one.
alex responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 10:12 pm #
How can you look Australian?
Killa-Ewok responded on 11 Apr 2009 at 10:17 pm #
By having a bigass hat and the Sniper’s clothes.
HelisPoe responded on 12 Apr 2009 at 12:17 am #
SPY HERE!
scattergunner responded on 12 Apr 2009 at 7:22 am #
Really good story, d only thing I would’ve changed is that d sapper and d masks were created (or just “improved” by RED or BLU); and would have made d spy a little bit more ghostly… Great story LOL
scattergunner responded on 12 Apr 2009 at 8:19 am #
Really good story, d only thing I would’ve changed is that d sapper and d masks were created. (or just “improved”) by RED or BLU; and would have made d spy a little bit more ghostly… Great story LOL
scattergunner responded on 12 Apr 2009 at 8:30 am #
Srry about d double post,my movil internet problems cause weird things such as this double post…
Dedtoo responded on 12 Apr 2009 at 9:03 pm #
Well played. Cant come up whit more to say.
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TunaSammich responded on 16 Apr 2009 at 12:05 pm #
How did you get him posed in the car like that? It’s IMPOSSIBLE.