Adder woke up, she was hanging by her arms in a prison cell, she looked up and noticed her gloves had been taken away from her.

"Shit." Muttered Adder

She struggled to get free from the cuffs but they were on too tightly, Adder sighed and looked at her feet dangling above the ground, she closed her eyes and tried to piece together how she got here, it was all a blur. Adder stared ahead at the door in the hope any second from now Shade and Snake would burst through the door and save her but all she could see was the corridor.

"They'll only torture you." Came a voice

Adder turned around and saw another woman hanging from chains, she had long blonde hair and blue eyes, she was wearing a scientists jacket that was ripped and worn, a green t-shirt and black trousers and shoes.

"Who are you?" Asked Adder

"Mandy Arveso, I'm the person who designed the Jackal for the military but Shadow eye kidnapped me and tortured me to use the Jackal for his purposes." Replied Mandy

Adder looked into her eyes and saw nothing but fear and pain, Mandy turned her head slightly to try and avoid Adder's gaze.

"You must think I'm sick." Muttered Mandy

"No. I just know you're scared and in pain." Replied Adder

Mandy nodded and then looked back at Adder, she noticed her suit and the rest of her clothing and raised an eyebrow.

"So what are you doing here?" Asked Mandy

Adder growled and bowed her head.

"I'm here with others to try and stop Shadow eye." Replied Adder angrily

"Why are you mad?" Asked Mandy

"Because I'm holding them back." Sighed Adder

Mandy shook her head and looked at the beaten Adder as she hung her head and closed her eyes.

"You're not holding them back." Said Mandy

"What do you know?" Gruffed Adder

"I know enough to know we are in the same sector as the Jackal." Replied Mandy

Adder looked up at Mandy, she smiled at Adder and then quickly turned and looked at the door, the sound of clunking boots could be heard and the rattling of keys.

"Look try not to give anything away or they have won." Said Mandy quickly

"What they going to do beat it out of me?" Replied Adder sarcasticly

"Something much worse then that." Said Mandy quietly

Adder could see the seriousness in her eyes and the quickly looked back at the door, a tall stocky built man with blonde spiky hair stood in the door way and smiled.

"Well look what I caught, Snake's girlfriend and Shade's love object, boy will the boss be proud of me." Gruffed the man smiling

"That's Max, he's Shadow eyes number one." Whispered Mandy

"SHUT UP." Shouted Max

Mandy fell silent and bowed her head as to avoid Max's gaze, Max walked into the cell and walked over to Adder, he grabbed Adder's face and forced her to look at him in the eyes.

"It's a shame we have to hurt you hot stuff." Gruffed Max

He signalled to two other guards to enter the room, they grabbed Adder as they uncuffed her and grabbed her arms, Adder went to lunge at Max but the two guards restrained her back.

"HE'LL KILL YOU, WHEN HE GETS ME HE'LL KILL YOU AND THEN SHADOW EYE." Shouted Adder

"Oooo I'm scared by a man who runs around with a blue bandanna on his head and names himself after an animal that crawls on it's belly." joked Max

Adder growled as they all laughed at her, Max placed his finger on Adder's lips, Adder went to bite him but Max pulled his finger away quickly he pulled out his gun and knocked Adder out with the butt of his gun, the two guards dragged Adder's limp body out of the cell and took her away for the first stage of torture. Electrocution.

Shade and Snake cautiously approached the main hall, there were few guards wondering around patrolling the room, Shade frowned he looked behind him at Snake and signalled for him to stand next to him.

"We're gonna have to hold back for a few minutes." Whispered Shade

"Why?" Asked Snake

"We got five more minutes before the next guard change in sector seven, if we move now, it may not happen." Replied Shade quietly

Snake growled to himself, he wanted to just hurry up and get Adder back but he knew Shade was right, if they moved now the guard change may be delayed for at least another hour, an hour they cannot afford to loose.

"How do we know they are holding Adder in there any way?" Asked Snake

Shade shrugged his shoulders.

"Gut feeling plus if the Jackal is in there then no doubt that's where Shadow eye is and that's where Adder is. He'd want Adder to get as much information out of her as possible." Replied Shade

Snake bowed his head, he didn't like the idea that Shadow eye could be torturing Adder right now for information. He clenched his fist tight trying to hold back his anger but it showed and Shade could see that.

"He'll pay Snake, don't worry. I'm just holding out that Adder don't break for him." Replied Shade

He looked at his watch and noticed it was time for the next guard shift, he looked up at the lights and smiled, he looked at Snake.

"Put on you night visions, we're going hunting in the dark." Gruffed Shade

The guards started to leave sector Seven and entered the main hall, Shade grinned as he watched them file out, he aimed his Socoms at the lights above and shot them out, the guards froze.

"IT'S HIM." Screamed one guard

Shade came out from the corner along with Snake, he started to crawl along the walls and taunt the guards using the silence as a fear factor, Snake watched Shade through his night vision goggles waiting for him to make the first kill. One guard panicked and started firing his gun aimlessly around the room, Shade jumped up onto the ceiling and looked down at the paranoid guard, he was separated from the main pack of guards, an easy kill. He flipped down from the ceiling and landed quietly, he sneaked up behind the guard and grabbed his head, covering his mouth with his hand, Shade laughed evilly as he broke the guards neck. The other guards turned round to where they heard Shade's laugh and started firing their weapons, Shade quickly jumped back onto the ceiling and started to stalk his next target while Snake moved in amongst the cover of darkness.

"SHORT BURSTS, ONLY USE SHORT BURSTS." Screamed one guard

Snake quietly walked behind one guard and place his gun against his head.

"Hope it was all worth it for you." whispered Snake

He pulled the trigger and heard the thud as the body hit the floor, Shade had jumped down of the ceiling and flicked out the blades from the gloves, he thrusted the blades into one guards throat, the guard struggled to breathe and made a gargling noise as the blood seeped out of his throat.

"OH SHIT THERE'S TWO." Yelled a guard

Shade pulled out his Socoms and started to fire off rounds at the guards, the guards panicked and started to huddle into a group as Snake started to join in from the opposite direction changing angles to try and throw them off as to where he was. Shade was loving it, he jumped up onto the ceiling again and stopped firing, Snake done the same but he crouched down and watched Shade torment the guards. Silence fell again and all that could be heard was the whimpering of the guards as they shook in fear not knowing where Shade and Snake were. Shade looked over to Snake and signalled for him to come in closer to the group of guards, Snake nodded and moved in quietly to the group of guards.

"Where are they?" Muttered one guard

"I don't know." Replied one guard nervously

Shade looked down at the centre of the group and noticed it was empty, he grinned, he knew he had to keep one of them alive, Shade flipped down into the centre of the group and remained silent, he looked over at Snake and signalled for him to pick one off, Snake raised his socom and shot one guard in the leg as part of a distraction, Shade grinned, he flicked out the blades and rammed them into the guards backs, the guards turned round and Shade started to use hand to hand combat on them, he slashed at the guards as they started to go for him, Snake was picking them off with his socom and also helped out Shade by dragging a few away and snapping their necks. One guard remained, Shade was standing right next to him, he pulled out his socom and placed it under his chin, he tapped the guard on the shoulder and watched as the guard spun round quickly and faced Shade, Shade shone the torch from his gun under his chin.

"BOO!" Gruffed Shade

The guard walked backwards into the grasp of Snake, Snake put the guard in a neck hold, Shade shone the torch in the guards face.

"You're gonna do us a favour buddy." Gruffed Shade

"Please I don't want to die." Begged the guard

Shade grinned he walked away from Snake and the guard and proceeded to the emergency lighting switch, he flicked it on and segments of the room glowed a dull red, Shade looked over at Snake.

"Snake take that guard over to the only corridor on the left."Ordered Shade

Snake tightened his grip around the guards neck and dragged him to the corridor with the retinal scanner, Shade followed behind.

"Now please tell me your a guard from sector seven." Gruffed Shade

"I am just please don't kill me." begged the guard

Shade rolled his eyes and pressed the gun to the guards head.

"How many Scanners do we need to go through?" Asked Shade

"At least four." Stuttered the guard

Snake looked at Shade and grinned, he forced the guards head over the retinal scanner and waited for the acceptance noise and the doors to fly open, Shade waited as the doors slowly open,he looked into the room behind it and noticed two cameras, Snake lifted the guard off the scanner and looked at the cameras up ahead.

"What the hell are they for?" Asked Snake

"It's too keep an eye on who enters and leaves sector seven." Replied the guard nervously

"Will affect us if we shot them out?" Gruffed Snake

"No, so long as the retinal scanner is still working, it shouldn't matter." Said the guard

Shade raised his guns and aimed the dots at the camera lenses, he squeezed the trigger and watched as the Cameras fused out and lost power.

"Right that should not be a problem any more." Gruffed Shade

Shade walked forward as Snake brought the guard along to the next retinal scanner, it seemed like an endless ritual, shooting out camera's shoving the guards face into a retinal scanner but it finally paid off as the last door opened up to a huge science lab with guards patrolling around the place, Shade peered round the corner and looked at the high tech room, he looked back at Snake who was still holding the guard. Shade looked at the guard and smiled.

"Snake let him go." Said Shade

"Why?" Asked Snake confused

Shade shrugged his shoulders, Snake let go of the guard, the guard ran out of the room with the scanner, Shade grinned he raised up his gun and aimed the red dot at the back of the guards head.

"Snake, I'm sorry but I want to cause a scene." Gruffed Shade

Shade shot the guard in the back of the head and then started shooting out the lights in the room.

"Come on Snake, we'll move under the cloak of darkness to get Adder back." Gruffed Shade

Snake took a deep breath and followed Shade slowly out of the room, the guards around them panicked as Shade's antics caused a stir within Shadow eye's force. Shade picked off the guards near him and Snake just in case they blew their positions away. Snake was not focused as much as Shade, he was too worried about Adder's well being then his own to even care about any guards, Shade found an air duct in the room and looked down at it, he quickly removed the cover and then looked at Snake standing behind him.

"Snake in here." Whispered Shade

Snake was not paying attention to Shade, he just stared aimlessly in front of him, Rage was building up inside of him and Shade sensed that Snake was going to flip any minute. Shade tapped Snake on the shoulder to try and get his attention.

"Snake come on, Snap out of it. If you don't keep strong for her, I'll end up loosing you too. Now come on." Gruffed Shade

Snake looked at Shade and sighed, he snapped out of his thoughts.

"Shade promise me you'll keep me focused." Asked Snake

Shade nodded and then pointed to the air duct he found.

"Come on, we're going through there and we're going to find Adder and bring her back." Growled Shade

A guard walked past their position, Shade paused, he followed the guard and then grabbed him round the throat and placed his gun on his forehead, the guard began to shake uncontrollably as Shade pressed harder with his gun.

"Hostages? Where do you keep them?" Asked Shade quietly

"I don't know, I don't work that area."Whined the guard

Snake raised his gun and pointed the red dot sight on the guards head.

"Shame." Gruffed Snake

He squeezed the trigger and watched as the guards head recoiled back, the shot was not silenced and the sound echoed around the room, the guards within the room started firing aimlessly as Shade ordered Snake to get in the air duct dodging every bullet that flew his way. Shade got into the air duct and sat curled up, he put the cover back on and then turned to look at Snake who was curled up ahead of him.

"Snake are you trying to get us killed or something?" Asked Shade angrily

"I wanted to cause a scene." Gruffed Snake

"Yeah well you done that all right, now we have to wait for them to settle down before we move on further." Growled Shade

Snake grunted and sat curled up waiting for the guards around them to settle down, Shade looked over at Snake concerned, worried he was going to do another stupid stunt again, last thing he wanted was to find Adder and break it to her that Snake got himself killed.

"Snake. Just keep it together." Said Shade

"Then suggest to me what the hell I'm supposed to do. They've taken Adder away from me. The one thing that kept me strong through these years and they have taken her away." growled Snake

Shade grabbed Snake by the throat and stared into his eyes.

"You keep fucking mentally focused, you want Adder back badly, use that as something to focus on. I'm fed up of babysitting the mentally weak. If you can't carry on fighting then that's you're fucking problem, I just hope Adder's prepared to accept her boyfriend let her down when she needed him the most." Growled Shade

Snake lashed out and punched Shade in the face, Shade shook it off he kicked Snake away from him and sat up on his knee's.

"You're just pissed off because you didn't get to her before me." Growled Snake

Shade shook his head and wiped the blood away from his lip.

"Nah Snake, I'm just looking out for my friends, The last thing I want is finding Adder on my own because you went and done something stupid. I don't want her getting hurt and I don't want you getting hurt. I'm just trying to help that's all." Gruffed Shade

Snake fell quiet, he knew Shade was right, he knew if it was Adder in his position she would not give up fighting for him, he looked up at Shade and grinned.

"That's some kick you got on you." Laughed Snake

"Yeah and that's some punch." Joked Shade

The guards outside fell quiet, they flicked on the emergency lighting and looked around for Snake and Shade but the pair had moved on. Shade pointed to Snake to move on up ahead in the hope that one of the air ducts would lead to Adder's cell.

Adder woke up in some dingy dark room, she saw Shadow eye standing in front of her as she was yet again hung from the ceiling. Max was standing at the controls of the machine that was going to electrocute Adder, he was grinning as Shadow eye held a bucket of cold water in his hand.

"They always say that water conducts the electricity better." Said Shadow eye

He chucked the bucket of water over Adder and watched as it dripped down her, he looked over to Max and gave him the signal to electrocute Adder, A bolt of electricity travelled through the chains and started to shock Adder, Adder growled in pain as the bolt lasted a short while but it lasted forever in Adder's mind. Shadow eye called for Max to cut it off for now and walked over to the smoking Adder.

"So what are you doing here anyway?" Asked Shadow eye

Adder growled and spat at Shadow eye's feet, he laughed at her and ordered Max to shock her again this time the strength was increased a little bit more then last time, Adder clenched her fists and growled even more.

"I'll ask again. What are you doing here?" Asked Shadow eye politely

"I'M NOT TELLING YOU." Screamed Adder

Shadow eye shook his head and again ordered Max to shock Adder, increasing the strength every time. Adder was still holding out determined not to let anything slip or for Shadow eye to break her.

"Okay last time of asking, if you don't respond this time, then Max will shock you again and we progress to the next stage of torture. Guards beating the answer out of you. Now for the last time, What are you doing here?" Asked Shadow eye

"GO TO HELL." Screamed Adder

Shadow eye sighed he walked away as Max shocked her for the last time, Adder was screaming in agony but Shadow eye did not care, he ordered his guards to take Adder down and drag her back to her cell with Mandy.

"Sir why can't you just read her mind?" Asked Max

Shadow eye grinned.

"I want to cause as much pain and suffering on that girl as I can, then when Snake sees her, he'd be upset and hopefully too weak to fight me." Replied Shadow eye.

"Does that go the same for Shade?" Asked Max

Shadow eye nodded and watched as the guards carried the weakened Adder away back to her cell where Mandy waited anxiously. The guards chucked Adder back in her cell, Adder laid on the floor curled up in agony, Mandy rushed over as the guards removed her from the chains.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER." Yelled Mandy

The guards laughed at Mandy as she crouched over Adder and watched as she shook in agony.

"My god, what have they done?" whispered Mandy

"They... tried ... to ... get ...me ... to ...confess." Stuttered Adder

Mandy touched her skin but pulled her hand back, Adder's skin was burning hot but it only lasted for a few minutes.

Mandy looked around the room for something to soothe Adder's pain but there was nothing available to her.

"Just hang in there." Whispered Mandy

Adder slowly stopped shaking in pain and started to push herself up from the ground, Mandy helped her onto her feet and carried her over to a chair in the room.

"You got to take it easy." Replied Mandy

"Why? They're just gonna come back and get me for another round." gruffed Adder

"Don't give up." Replied Mandy quietly

Adder tilted her head over and looked at Mandy as she stood over Adder nursing her better.

"he wouldn't want me to give up." Replied Adder

"Who?" asked Mandy

"Snake. He wouldn't want me to give up. I never gave up on him when he thought everything was against him." replied Adder quietly

A tear rolled down her eye as Mandy dabbed her skin with cold water from the unclean sink in the cell.

"Don't give up hope, he'll find you." Said Mandy

Adder sighed and bowed her head, she really wanted Snake to just burst through the doors and rescue her but she knew the security was tight and it would take a miracle for him to get through without detection. Adder looked up at the ceiling and saw an air duct, a smile appeared on her face.

"Find me Snake." Muttered Adder

She slowly regained her self and got back on her feet, she thanked Mandy for her help and then leaned against the wall behind her.

"So did you get tortured?" Asked Adder

"No, Shadow eye read my mind and then slung me in this cell." Replied Mandy

She sat down on the floor and looked up at Adder.

"What about you, what did they do to you?" Asked Mandy

"They electrocuted me." Replied Adder quietly

Mandy looked at her shocked, she remembered the last scientists they electrocuted, he died after the second stage of the therapy. She was just amazed Adder survived it, not after witnessing the state she was brought back in the room in. Adder growled as a few sparks travelled along her arms and down her legs.

"Does it still hurt?" Asked Mandy

"Yeah now and again, it's going slowly." Replied Adder

Their conversation was interrupted by the door being opened by the guards, they walked in and grabbed Adder by the arms, Adder tried to fight them off but the guards were having none of it, they restrained her back and then belted her round the head with a bat, Adder went limp again as she was again knocked out. Mandy panicked.

"LEAVE HER ALONE." Yelled Mandy

"Shut up, unless you want to go with her?" Growled the guard

Mandy went quiet, she sat on the ground and curled herself up into a ball as she watched the guards drag Adder away again for the next round of torture.

Otacon grew concerned by the sudden silence of the group, he rang Adder but he got no response from her codec.

"Odd." Muttered Otacon

He entered Shade's frequency and rang his codec in the hope someone would answer him.

"Shade here. What can I do?" Asked Shade

"Shade, I'm glad you answered. Why did Adder not answer?" Asked Otacon innocently

Shade sighed he looked over at Snake up ahead of him and shook his head.

"Otty. They took Adder, they've kidnapped her and we are trying to find her as we speak." Replied Shade quietly

Otacon was stunned, he did not know what to say, Adder was not usually the one to get caught by anyone, if anyone tried to take her away,she'd usually end up breaking a few bones or worse still kill them.

"Is Snake with you?" Asked Otacon

"Yeah he is." replied Shade

"How is he?" Asked Otacon

Shade frowned.

"What do you think Otty? They've just taken his partner away. How do you think he's feeling?" Replied Shade harshly

Snake found an air duct cover and peered through it, below was an office, it had keys on the table and a truncheon case next to it laying empty. It suggested it was a prison guards office and that Shade and Snake were close to finding Adder.

"Otacon, we're in the sector seven air ducts, can you guide us to the cells from where our location is?" Asked Shade

Otacon looked at his lap top screen and smiled, he noticed Snake was directly over the prison guards office.

"Shade. Snake is over the prison guards office, get him to kick the air vent cover out and grab the keys if he has left them on the table." Replied Otacon

Shade was going to tell Snake what to do but had noticed he had already beaten him to it, Snake was gone, Shade crawled over to where the air vent cover was and looked down to see Snake grabbing the keys off the table, he looked up and saw Shade dangling over the edge of the air duct and held out his hand.

"Give us a lift buddy." Asked Snake

Shade held out his hand and helped pull Snake back into the air ducts.

"Okay Otty we have the keys now where do we go?" Asked Shade

"Carry on forward until you approach a T junction, turn left and then take the first turning on the right, it should take you to the prison cells." Replied Otacon

Shade smiled and started to crawl down the air duct with Snake in tow behind him,he shoved the keys in his pocket and then followed the directions Otacon gave him where he hoped he would find Adder.

Adder was yet again in a dark dingy room, she was surrounded by several guards, she had no weapons only her bare fists. Shadow eye was standing behind the circle of guards smiling evilly at her as the guards began to circle her

"Begin." Gruffed Shadow eye

The guards all jumped Adder beating her with bits of wood and truncheons they acquired, Adder tried hard to fight back but she was over powered, she took each blow as it came and tried hard to shrug off the pain. She lasted ten minutes before collapsing on the floor in agony

"Stop." Shouted Shadow eye

He walked over to the fallen Adder and grabbed her by the hair, he looked into her eyes and grinned,small grazes were on her face and arms.

"Now what are you doing here?" Asked Shadow eye

"Fuck you." Gruffed Adder

Shadow eye let go of her hair and walked away.

"Again." Ordered Shadow eye

The guards waited for Adder to get back on her feet before they started the beatings again, this time the blows were heavier then last time and Adder was suffering deeper wounds, she lasted 5 minutes before falling down again. Shadow eye walked over and looked at Adder as she struggled to get up from the floor.

"You can't go on. Now tell me what I need to know, why are you here?" Asked Shadow eye.

"I can try." Replied Adder almost breathless

Shadow eye growled, he walked away and ordered his men to start up on Adder again, more were thrown in this time. Adder tried to fight off the pain and the men but it was becoming too much for her, she started to slow down as she saw the darkness creeping in, she looked around and saw everything slowing right down before passing out on the floor, beaten, bloodied,broken and bruised.

Shadow eye smiled.

"Take her to the Jackal." Ordered Shadow eye

Shade appeared in front of the locked prison cell, he jumped down, Snake followed behind him. Shade noticed a woman on the floor of the cell curled up wearing a scientists lab coat, blonde long hair and blue eye's. It was not Adder but she may know where she is.

"Excuse me miss, has another woman passed through here?" Asked shade

The woman looked up and started shaking.

"They took her away half an hour ago, I think they killed her." Replied The woman sheepishly