Snake Tales Chapter 1: After the Tanker sunk

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The USS Discovery sank to the bottom of the bay. Water rushed into the ship and filled the holds. The bodies of the marines and Russian soldiers bobbed on the surface. Almost everyone on the boat was dead, almost is the key word.

As soon as Ray started rampaging Snake took off towards the exit. By the time Ray was going to escape Snake was running down towards the engine room. After the explosions many areas were blocked, there was a possibility that he was trapped. As he entered the engine room he heard a rushing sound, the hallway filling up, Snake had to move fast.

Snake sprung across the gap between the platforms, then dropped down to the lower level. The far left wall burst and water poured into the bottom of the room. Snake couldn't see the bottom, so it would take a while to fill up.

Snake ran up the stairs to the crew quarters and saw that the room was collapsed, except for the hatch by the stairs, which was blown off. Snake ran for it as water poured in through the main room. As he dashed down the hall water followed him. Snake turned a corner and entered the last room before the deck, only to find it damaged. He quickly went for the stairs to the upper floors.

He climbed the stairs, avoiding missing steps, and went to the bridge. He ran outside and saw Olga was gone, he also saw that the bridge was starting to sink. It was sinking slowly, so he took a quick break and called Otacon.

"Otacon, we're in trouble"

"What do you mean?"

"Liquid's back"

"How?"

"Ocelot had his arm grafted on, and apparently that allowed Liquid to possess him."

"Please tell me that's it"

"Nope, Liquid Ocelot stole Ray and destroyed the ship. I'm on the bridge now, but the water is rising fast. I need a way to escape."

"I can get the boat I'm on near there, but it would be really dangerous to get near the ship. It's creating a suction that would pull me down with it."

"Do we have any other options?"

"No"

"Then we'll have to risk it"

There was a hideous noise all of a sudden as the ship tore in half under the pressure. Both sides sunk with the insides down. Snake felt the front of side he was on going downward and ran to pull himself on top.

"Otacon, hurry up!"

"I'm about a 1/4 mle away, just hold on."

Snake saw the small boat speeding toward him. It pulled up a few feet away from the ship and Otacon yelled to him.

"This is as close as I can get without being sucked under! You'll have to jump!"

Snake saw the water rising closer, gathered his courage, and lept away. As he hit the water he went under. He swam towards the surface, but felt the suction pulling him down. He was just about screwed, until he saw something hit the water and get pulled under. It was a rope, which Otacon threw in.

He grabbed the rope and yanked it to tell Otacon he was holding on. He was pulled up and towards the boat. He climbed on and panted.

"We've failed" he panted

"Now what?" asked Otacon

"That Cypher took my picture after I fought Olga, so the world will soon know we were here. And knowing the media we'll be blamed for this."

"Ocelot thinks you're dead. Do you want to prove him wrong?"

"No, it will make it easier to find him if he's not expecting us. Plus if everyone thinks that the "terrorist", Solid Snake, is dead they won't track us down, which will make tracking Ocelot even easier"

"So what now?"

"Let's pay a call on some family"

"You mean..."

"Yep, I figure he's the only one who can make sure they find a corpse with my DNA."

"I'll get right on searching for where he is."

They sped off into the night.

End of Ch.1