The Snake Eater Diaries

By Phoenix of FREAKSHOW

Chapter 1: Snake

Location: The Dolinovodno suspension bridge, Operation Snake Eater

My mind is assaulted with images as I cross the bridge. The Boss' form coming out of the mist. Her face as she declares she's defecting. The innocent, helpful look in her eyes seconds before she tosses me from the bridge, her bandana clutched in my hand.

It all seems like a bad dream. The Boss that I know wouldn't defect. The Boss that I know wouldn't throw me into a river from a hundred feet in the air. The Boss that I know...

The Boss that I know is gone.

Over the last few days I've tried to understand her motives, her reasons for doing what she did. And everytime I've come up with the same answer: Nothing. There is no explanation, no rationale that my mind can possibly concieve.

I have to shake these thoughts from my head as I approach the factory at Rassvet. Time to focus on the now.