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Chapter 4: Not Your Everyday College Brawl

Luigi didn't feel comfortable getting out of bed, or even getting dressed the next morning. Considering he'd barely managed to sleep at all due to the worries of the previous night, this didn't surprise him. In addition, after this departure, Daisy wouldn't just decide he was dead, and would constantly fear for his welfare. If he was captured, Ocelot would almost certainly keep it out of the media, so she would never know his fate for certain. Sometimes, Luigi wondered whether the constant conflict in his brain was worse than the effects of the Kong mutation. These mental ramblings were few and far between, of course.

As he brushed his teeth at the sink, he casually glanced into the mirror, and nearly fell on his back in shock. His reflection had once again been replaced by the Kong, whose eyes bore into Luigi's soul, not even attempting to disguise the primal fury contained within. Luigi was tempted to smash the mirror in panic, but restrained himself.

"What do you want?" he asked, trying to keep his trembling voice calm, "You've done enough damage to my life. What more could you want?!" His pulse quickened its pace, signaled by the frantic beeping of his wrist monitor, but this was more out of fear than anger.

For the first few seconds, the Kong didn't respond, and simply continued to stare down the human whose body he shared, grinding his teeth in fury. Finally, the hairy creature began to speak, his voice low and gravely in Luigi's mind.

"Kong...want...out..." he snarled.

"NO!" Luigi almost screamed, frantically turning the faucet back on and dousing himself with all the water he could fit in both hands. When he faced the mirror once more, the Kong was gone, replaced by the reflection of Luigi's wet face. He breathed a sigh of relief as his pulse returned to normal level, leaning on the sink for support.

"Luigi?" he heard Daisy call. Luigi turned around to see the woman standing at the door, having only just gotten out of bed. "You okay?"

"Yeah...yeah," he responded, unable to share his terror. Daisy stared at him for a long time, clearly not believing him, and eventually left Luigi to his business.

Though she knew there was no way to make Luigi remain in town any longer, Daisy convinced him to let her tag along to the train station. Luigi knew it would only increase the difficulty in saying good-bye, but hadn't been able to coax himself to say no. The part of him that still longed for Daisy had vetoed any objections he might've had, begging to see her for those precious few minutes. Besides, the more he pushed her away, the greater the likelihood of her pursuing him, discarding her life like a used napkin.

So it came to be that the former couple walked along the outside of Woohoo Hooniversity, attempting to squeeze out as much time together as possible. Luigi had his usual green baseball cap pulled over his head, in an attempt to cover his face, and wore some old clothes Daisy had never gotten around to returning to him. The flash drive containing the records of the experiment was stored securely in his duffel bag, which was totally not a man purse. They avoided holding hands to prevent unwanted attention, even though it hurt both of them.

As they walked, Luigi kept glancing around, looking at every dark corner on both sides of the street. Daisy turned to him. "Force of habit, huh?" she guessed.

Luigi nodded. "Saved my hide more times than I have fingers," he answered, "Lets me catch on just fast enough to dodge tranquilizers from soldiers who have no idea what they've gotten into."

Daisy laughed. "I think it's toughened you up. In the old days, you would've thrown up your hands in defeat at the first sign of a targeting laser." This was not an uncommon topic in the early days of their relationship. Luigi may have been timid and had trouble standing up for himself, but he and Daisy had enjoyed many hours of laughter at his expense. Miraculously, it never bothered him. Probably because she was one of the few people he felt truly comfortable around.

Luigi chuckled along with her, but a casual glance at Daisy froze him in mid-laugh. Over her shoulder, he had a clear view of the entryway to the university library building, complete with several stone columns connected to the overhang. Behind one of the columns, he saw a man dressed in black combat gear, crouching down and staring directly at them. Bits and pieces of others were visible, poking out from hiding places, armed with long, nasty-looking rifles.

"Son of a..." he breathed. How had they tracked him here?

"What? What's wrong-" Daisy tried to ask, before Luigi cut her off, grabbing her by the shoulder.

"Listen to me, no matter what!" he ordered her, covering her mouth so she couldn't object, "Get away from me! Run as far as possible! NOW!"

Luigi released his grip on Daisy, and took off like a bullet across the campus lawn. Not a moment too soon, as it turned out, because several heavily armored military cars, nearly tank-like, came zooming up to the university, shoving the ones parked near the sidewalk away like paperweights. Daisy, realization dawning on her, began running as well, but towards the largest vehicle, which seemed to be the leader, instead of away.

Her instincts were correct, as Ocelot himself sat shotgun in the aforementioned vehicle, his eyes following Luigi through the video feed. "Do not lose him!" he barked into his radio, "Where are the damn snipers?!"

"They didn't get into position in time, sir!" came Mumkhar's reply. Ocelot calmed himself. Sure, they'd yet again missed their chance to simply shoot a tranquilizer into his butt and call it a day, but Mumkhar's new capabilities wouldn't fail them. In addition, if King Kong did show up, they were prepared this time.

Luigi, knowing that the soldiers would try to surround and overwhelm him, decided to rush for the nearby wooded area. The trucks couldn't race after him in there, and the dense trees would give him at least some cover from anything they shot at him.

Unfortunately for poor Luigi, Ocelot had anticipated this move. No sooner had the scientist started sprinting for the trees that Mumkhar came tearing out onto the lawn, running as hard as he could directly at Luigi. Swearing, Luigi turned and made another mad dash towards the library, with a battalion of soldiers hot on his tail.

Mumkhar, feeling the super soldier serum coursing through his veins, kept up the pursuit, accelerating after Luigi. As he did so, he found himself outpacing all of the other soldiers, many of whom were younger and more fit than he. Mumkhar grinned with delight, reveling in power he'd never been able to obtain in his prime. He readied himself to seize Martin-

"Valek! Hold! Block him in!" roared Ocelot through the radio. He knew Mumkhar could easily catch up with Luigi, but if he tried to tackle the scientist, he risked unleashing the Kong, something Ocelot had no desire to do unless absolutely necessary. Plus, if that happened while Mumkhar was in such close proximity, the British man would definitely be ripped in half, and bye-bye valuable asset.

Mumkhar reluctantly slowed down, allowing the rest of his comrades to catch up to him. While he wanted to demonstrate his new abilities to their fullest extent, he know that disobeying an order would result in their removal. The pride of catching Martin wasn't worth sacrificing his perfection. "Keep after the little runt," he ordered. The remaining soldiers obeyed.

Luigi rammed his shoulder into the library door, desperately trying to take deep breaths and calm himself as he rushed into the building. The soldiers followed close behind, never losing sight of Luigi. Mentally, he began to try and map out an escape path. It was the middle of the day this time, and there weren't any gigantic crowds he could try to lose these guys in. His only chance was to try and use the clutter of the library to throw them off his trail, then slip out another exit while they were distracted.

Dashing straight into the rows of massive shelves, he jumped over the college students as they innocently searched for books, giving them a bit of a shock in the process. However, that was nothing compared to the shock that they experienced when the armed soldiers slammed right into them, causing a human pile-up. Luigi allowed himself one smug smirk. That ought to buy him a few seconds.

Ducking behind a bookcase, Luigi tore open his duffle bag, feeling around for the flash drive. If he did end up transforming into the Kong, he couldn't risk losing what may very well be his last chance. Gulping nervously in anticipation of what he was about to do, Luigi crammed the flash drive into its protective casing, jammed the plastic stick into his mouth, and swallowed.

Feeling the object slide down his throat, he breathed a sigh of relief. Muttering a silent prayer that he wouldn't have to retrieve it from the toilet, he left his duffle bag on the floor, and tore off in another direction, heading for the stairs.

Daisy raced after the leading armored vehicle, stopping only to scoop up a rock. Her protective instincts had overridden any fear she had for her own life. In her mind, all that mattered was keeping Luigi safe from Ocelot. Getting up to the tank's side, Daisy hurled the stone with every ounce of strength in her body, watching as it pinged off the metal surface.

While it obviously didn't do any damage, it had the desired effect of getting the driver's attention, causing the metallic vehicle to come to a stop. Daisy took the opportunity to dash directly in front of the car, putting both of her hands into the air.

"Stop!" she yelled.

Ocelot saw this from inside the tank, of course, and it did nothing to lift his sour mood. He'd prayed that, if Martin had tried to reach out to her, she'd have the sense and fear to reject him. Now, the only thing standing between him and the weapon Martin had stolen from him was his own daughter.

"I know you're in there, you son of a bitch!" screamed Daisy, feeling her own fury rise. The vehicle was just sitting there, motionless, mocking her as though her father was turning away without a word, the same way he always did whenever she'd confronted him in her life. He had no right to be silent. Not after the pain he'd caused Luigi, her, and everyone else. "Come on, you coward! Face me!"

Ocelot clenched his fist in a combination of anger and sadness. Giving in, he opened the side door, rushing out to meet his daughter. Daisy's anger died down a bit, but she was still seething as she marched over to him, and gave him a roundhouse punch right in the face.

Ocelot stumbled back, clutching his cheek where she'd socked him. He'd been expecting that, in reality. It wasn't the first time the two had come to physical blows. However, that didn't lessen the pain. Daisy had a heck of a punching arm, and the blow was reinforced by her rejection of Ocelot and everything he stood for.

"You can't do this to him!" shouted Daisy, "He's done nothing wrong! Why can't you just let it go?! Why can't you-"

Ocelot grabbed her by the wrist as she prepared another punch, but made no move to hit her back. "You don't understand," he spat, his rage boiling to the surface, "Stay out of this and let me do my job." He turned to the driver, who was desperately trying to pretend he was not there. "Take her. Get her as far from here as-"

"No!" Daisy roared, trying to pry her arm from the general's grip, "I won't stand for this load of bull-"

"Sir?" came a faint voice from Ocelot's hip radio, "We got him."

Luigi had seen way too many action movies to try and go for the roof. Not only was it completely idiotic, it would leave him pinned between a gun and a drop of at least three stories. No matter what he did, he'd transform, and maul several people to death. Instead, once he'd reached the third floor, Luigi had rushed straight to the clear overpass attempting to make his way to the other side of the library, then slip out the back.

Of course, nothing in his life could ever be easy.

Luigi had made it halfway across the overpass when the squadron of soldiers rushed directly into the doorway. Once spotted, they immediately pulled the glass door shut, holding it closed as they trained their weapons on him. Luigi jumped and screamed in terror, his eyebrows shooting off his face, before turning around and trying to run back the way he came, only to be cut off by the same team that had chased him up the building. His momentum slowed to nothing, and his head flipped between doors, desperately trying to think of a solution.

"Target is bound, sir," reported Mumkhar into his radio.

"Do not engage!" barked Ocelot, still holding Daisy with one hand, "Gas him and end this, now!"

Mumkhar sighed in disappointment, but gave the order anyway. Two soldiers, armed with riot guns, took aim at Luigi and fired, sending a pair of metal cans flying into the overpass and smashing through the windows. Upon landing, they began to roll around, spraying misty tear gas into the confining space. Luigi coughed as his eyes began to water, ripping off his over shirt and trying to use it to filter out some of the gas.

Across the lawn, Daisy observed this series of events, much to her already growing horror. All of her logical instincts were overridden, and she just wanted to do something, anything, to help Luigi. She wrenched her arm out of Ocelot's grip, rushing towards the scene of the fight before he could make a move.

"Stop her!" screamed Ocelot.

Two more of his soldiers sprang into action, racing after the sprinting woman. One caught up quickly, but Daisy lashed backwards with one elbow, hitting the man right in the neck. The other made a different call, diving after her and wrapping his arms around the woman's midsection. Daisy struggled with fury in his grip, trying to reach over and claw at his face, but the man was just too strong.

Meanwhile, inside the gassy passageway, Luigi had witnessed the entire spectacle. Upon seeing Daisy get tackled to the ground, something inside him snapped. Everything around him seemed to disappear, including the gas filling his lungs and blinding his eyes. He clenched both of his fists, shaking with fury, as his blue eyes faded to a deep brown. A deep voice, somewhere in the back of his mind, spoke:

"Let Kong out."

Luigi was happy to oblige.

Daisy's attention was distracted from the soldier by the bestial roar that echoed across the university lawn. Inside the overpass, Luigi Martin began to twitch and spasm, slamming on hand into the window, leaving a spider web-like crack, before the gas obscured his entire body. As his arm disappeared, long brown hairs began to grow from the skin with uncanny speed, and his muscles began to bulge.

Mumkhar grinned. This outta be good.

Inside the overpass, nothing moved for about twenty seconds. All that could be seen was swirling white gas, with specks of brown occasionally visible throughout. Low, angry grunts could be heard, before everything went completely silent.

Then the windows shattered, sending glass shards and pieces of metal supports flying like raindrops. Inside the overpass, the fully transformed Kong roared in primal rage, shaking the very earth. The two riot gun equipped soldiers sprinted away, trying not to shake in their boots. In the light, the Kong was even more imposing, as all of his granite hard muscles were fully visible, and his teeth, dripping with saliva, could be seen grinding in fury. He leaped from the skyway, landing with the force of a small earthquake.

Ocelot made no visible reaction. They'd prepared for monkey boy this time, and it wasn't going to blow up like before. Plus, now Daisy would see the truth. She'd finally understand how he was doing the right thing, he'd have his daughter back, and Martin would be punished for his crimes.

Speaking of Daisy, she could do nothing but stare at the hulking beast that had once been her lover. The creature had no traces of Luigi on it, either in appearance or demeanor. If it weren't for his torn pants, she wouldn't have even guessed it was once human. She was completely frozen, not even registering the two soldiers who grabbed her by the arms and dragged her back towards her father, as the Kong released another ear-splitting roar.

"Alpha squadron!" Ocelot ordered, "Let him have it!"

The aforementioned unit was stationed across the lawn around a large concrete statue of a goomba, having hung back while others chased Martin through the university. Upon receiving orders, they immediately laid into the Kong with everything they had, spraying him with automatic fire. Two military grade humvees armed with machine guns accelerated onto the scene, opening fire on the titanic ape as it stomped his way across the grassy field.

Predictably, the bullets had little to no effect on the Kong's thick skin, bouncing off like raindrops. Of course, that didn't mean they were unfelt. The Kong swiped both hands, trying to drive away the irritating projectiles, before turning and charging towards the source. One of the humvees pulled up alongside him, trying to spray him with point blank bullets. This turned out to be a mistake, as the Kong raised his cranium up and rammed the midsection of the vehicle with a devastating headbutt, cracking it and bending the rest into a u shape, leaving it buried in the dirt.

Turning towards the rest of his attackers, who were still pelting him with bullets, the Kong ripped the engine out of the destroyed car, hurling it towards them like a baseball. The metal death ball punched through the remaining humvee's gas tank, creating an explosion, before smashing into the goomba statue and shattering it. Most of the soldiers were smart enough to run long before this, but a few hung back to keep shooting. They followed their more intelligent companions, however, after the Kong came barreling down towards them, seized the front half of the broken humvee, and started pounding with it like a hammer, attempting to squish the insignificant humans.

Ocelot grinned. They had his attention. Now for the kicker. "Valek! You're up!" he barked.

Mumkhar grinned with anticipation. Tossing off his assault rifle, he grabbed a heavy grenade launcher, aimed it at the Kong, and fired. The explosive slammed right between the creature's shoulder blades, causing him to stumble, but leaving no visible signs of damage. Mumkhar hit it with another shot, advancing on the Kong as he did so.

"Come at me, ya big hairy wanker!" he shouted, firing another grenade.

Unfortunately for the Brit, the Kong had caught on to his tactics. He grabbed both ends of the destroyed humvee, one in each hand, and slammed them together over the approaching grenade, catching it and muffling the explosion. Mumkhar fired two more shots, but they were similarly deflected.

Deciding a change was in order, Mumkhar tossed away the now empty grenade launcher, pulling out two metal gauntlets that he slipped over his hands. Pulling on the levers inside caused four long titanium blades to slide out from each gauntlet. Raising his new melee weapons, Mumkhar Valek charged toward the raging Kong, who attempted to smash him with a hammer fist. Mumkhar vaulted over the massive arm, delivering a claw swipe into the shoulder of the beast, and drawing blood. The wound began to seal up immediately, but the pain was real.

"Damn," muttered Ocelot, "Who says juicing up is bad?"

The Kong, even madder than ever, renewed his efforts to turn the human fly pestering him into visceral paste. He had been hurt, and he was going to make sure that the bug at his feet suffered for that. Mumkhar, super serum coursing through his veins, continued to leap around like a rabbit, avoiding every blow of the humvee pieces and slicing the Kong with his claws. He even started to chuckle as he did so.

Naturally, it was only a matter of time before he screwed something up. As he was circumventing the giant monster, he dug the claws on his left hand right into the Kong's gut, but they got snagged on something inside of him and stuck. As Mumkhar frustratedly tried to wrench his weapon free, he looked up to see the Kong about to hit him with a two fisted overhead smash. In the space of about a nanosecond, Mumkhar decided that his life was worth more than getting obliterated, and pulled his hand free of the gauntlet, landing right on his back as the twisted steel slammed down exactly where he'd been. Thinking quickly, he pushed against the metal with both feet, shoving himself away from another potentially lethal blow.

Ocelot decided that the show had gone on long enough. "Valek!" he roared into his radio, "Enough showing off! Bring him to the Big Feet!"

A few minutes ago, Mumkhar would've protested these orders, but almost dying several times in the space of a few seconds has a certain effect on a person. Thus, he scrambled to his feet and sprinted as fast as possible across the lawn, with the furious Kong hot on his tail. He moved towards the large, open clearing, where two specimens of the Aran International F-6t Bigfoot had arrived.

The Bigfoot was a massive, two-legged robotic walkers, each controlled by a single pilot. The walkers were equipped with a variety of weapons, including a pair of rocket launchers with four shots each on the shoulders, and a gatling gun mounted directly under the cockpit. However, the weapon of the greatest importance was a massive laser cannon under the gun, right between the metal legs. Naturally, Mumkhar, as he scurried towards them with a giant, murderous ape out for his blood, screamed for the two pilots to deploy these particular armaments.

Grinning to each other, the relatively immature pilots proceeded to reference an extremely old internet meme, before targeting the enormous gorilla, and fired. Two long, thin streams of grey colored energy erupted from the cannons, and Mumkhar dived out of the way just in time. The blasts of death proceeded to slam directly into the Kong.

At first, the lasers only staggered the massive beast, causing him to drop the torn humvee pieces, and leaving the scent of burned skin and hair spreading throughout the campus. Unfortunately, the blasts were clearly causing enormous pain, causing the Kong to release strangled yelps as they continued to pulverize him. He tried to block the blasts with his massive hands, receiving only burned palms for his trouble. Eventually, he collapsed on his side, barely retaining consciousness as the lasers continued their assault.

Daisy had been observing this onslaught, restrained by two of Ocelot's thugs. So far, she'd only been able to stare at the Kong in shock, unable to comprehend the sight. Upon seeing her the beast that was her lover assaulted with unstoppable weapons, her brain snapped back into action mode. She kicked one of her guards in the shin, wrenching her arm free, and attempted to grab Ocelot with it, as the other guard yanked on her remaining arm.

"STOP IT! LEAVE HIM ALONE!" she screamed, clawing with her hand, as though she would rip the flesh from his face, "YOU'RE KILLING HIM! HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS! YOU GREEDY BASTARD-!"

"Get her out of here," barked Ocelot, not even turning to look. This was his moment.

Daisy's roars of fury had reached another set of ears, though. The Kong, having taken the worst punishment he'd ever felt in his existence, heard her voice, and managed to turn his eyes towards her through the barrage of lasers. Somewhere, inside the Kong's primitive brain, the voice of Luigi Martin stirred, calling out Daisy's name helplessly. The Kong could feel Luigi's fear turn to rage.

And rage gave him strength.

Grinding his massive teeth in an attempt to suppress the agony, the Kong reached one massive arm out, grabbing one of the loose pieces of the humvee. Looking under the laser beams, he took care not to bring the chunk of the humvee in the path of them, and hurled the massive piece of debris like a frisbee, aiming directly at the Bigfoot on the left. The pilot barely managed to eject before the Bigfoot's legs were taken out by the missile, leaving the remains of the vehicle to fall face first on the ground.

Now, with only one laser beam to deal with, the Kong was able to stumble out of its path, leaving the pilot to frantically try to retarget him. Unfortunately, he didn't get the chance, as the quickly -recovering Kong leapt across the field, landing right in front of the second Bigfoot. He clapped both his massive palms around the weapon, crushing it with greater strength than that of a garbage compressor. The triumphant Kong now stood before the ruined Bigfeet, the burns on his skin already closing, as his skin knitted itself back together.

To say that Ocelot was angry would've been the understatement of the century. In reality, he was absolutely boiling with rage. If this were a cartoon, it's likely steam would've spewed out of his ears, and his face would've turned the color of fresh blood. "Get the damn chopper!" he roared into his radio.

As the Kong slowly stomped his way in Daisy Ocelot's direction, only a few obstacles remained the inconvenience him. The first was an idiot who continued to fire at him with a pistol, although he had better luck hitting everything but the eight foot tall gorilla monster*. The other was Mumkhar, who refused to accept defeat, seizing a dropped assault rifle and firing at the back of the Kong's head. The creature didn't even notice the bullets glancing off his skull.

"VALEK!" Ocelot roared, "COULD YOU FIND A MORE CONVENIANT TIME TO COMMIT SUICIDE?!"

Mumkhar ignored him, ripping out his earpiece. He popped his remaining clawed gauntlet, charging directly at the back of the monster. Leaping into the air, he couldn't resist shouting "Wave good-bye to your head, wanker!" as he stabbed forward with the weapons. The Kong turned at the sound, and found himself on the receiving end of the titanium blades, which embedded themselves into his pectorals.

Nobody moved for about ten seconds. Mumkhar had a ridiculous grin spread across his face, and the Kong stared at the weapons inside his body, more out of surprise than pain. Ocelot and Daisy couldn't even breathe, both feeling as though Mumkhar's had done something so stupid, time had stopped. Mumkhar chuckled to himself, before looking up into the face of the creature he'd stabbed. A face that was, unmistakably, pissed.

Mumkhar didn't even has time to make an "Oh, shit" face before the Kong struck. Reaching back with his right hand, the ape-like beast wound up and punched Mumkhar with all of his strength. The completely idiotic soldier was sent hurtling across the grass like a basket ball, slamming into a tree. Mumkar Valek fell limply to the ground, his limbs twisted unnaturally, and blood seeping out of multiple locations. To put this in perspective, the number of bones in his body that weren't completely shattered could be counted on one finger. Satisfied, the Kong yanked the claws out of his chest, tossing them aside. The holes in his chest sealed up almost instantly.

While this was going on, Peasley had driven up in his car, and was rushing across the lawn. He'd heard what was going on over the radio, and considering he'd called the military on Luigi Martin, he'd immediately assumed Daisy would be there. Luck turned out to be with him today, as he saw her, standing among a group of military vehicles, with a giant gorilla monster looking at her from a distance of less than ten yards. He called out her name as loud as he could, but Daisy made no response. She only had eyes for the Kong. Breaking free of her captors, she rushed towards the beast as fast as possible.

Once they reached each other, neither Daisy nor the Kong made a sound. Daisy didn't think of the destruction the beast had wrought, but of the man he'd once been. She felt no fear, not even of getting caught in the crossfire. She held up one hand as she walked towards the massive creature. Their eyes met, and Daisy was convinced she could see Luigi's bright blue eyes in the sea of brown.

"Luigi..." she said, "It's okay..." The hint of a smile began to grow on the Kong's face. Unfortunately, the two were now oblivious to the helicopter that flew into view over their heads.

Ocelot had seen Daisy run off, but didn't follow her, knowing he'd the same fate as Mumkhar. "DAISY!" he screamed, fear creeping into his voice for the first time, "HOLD YOUR FIRE!" The chopper pilot didn't hear him in time, as he'd already targeted the Kong and unloaded a burst of machine-gun fire.

Thankfully, the Kong's ears caught the sound of the bullets. Reacting with inhuman speed, he spread his entire back in front of Daisy, acting as a living shield. Daisy shrieked in shock and terror as bullets pinged off his massive hide, but she wasn't hit. Once the onslaught let up, the Kong, angrier than ever, turned to face the chopper before leaping into the air. He began spinning in the air like a top, his massive fists thrust out to the sides, eventually colliding with the helicopter's tail. The chunk of steel fell to the ground, while the rest tumbled through the sky, heading right for Daisy, frozen with sheer panic. It was just about to slam into her when the Kong landed on the ground, covering her once more. The ruined vehicle hit the back of the Kong, exploding in a massive fireball.

"NO!" screamed Ocelot, trying to run to his daughter. He had to be restrained by his own soldiers to stop him from going headfirst into death. Peasley had one to stop him, but he wasn't trying to reach the fire either, being too shocked to even move.

As the smoke and fire began to clear, the massive silhouette of the Kong became visible once more. His back was torn, burned, and bloodied, but the wounds were already beginning to heal. In his hands, he held Daisy Ocelot, unconscious, but seemingly unharmed. The Kong stared at her for a few moments, before looking up, and making eye contact with the shocked face of Revolver Ocelot. In his eyes, Ocelot saw a rage Martin would never have even dreamed up. Gritting his teeth, the Kong spoke two words.

"STAY AWAY."

Then he turned and stormed off, carrying Daisy with him.

*Pay attention. This will be important next chapter!