METAL GEAR SOLID: THE NOVELIZATION
by Alex Greene, aka Pika132
Disclaimer: Metal Gear and all that is Metal Gear © Konami and/or Kojima Productions
Author's Note: I've got to update more often. Luckily, thanks to Google Documents I can now work on this anywhere there is Internet access.
Chapter Ten: Alarm!
Michael Drummond awoke to find that he was not dead.
This was quite a surprise, to say the least. Also surprising was that he found himself on a bed in what he recognized as the building 2 med center. Instinctively, Drummond reached with his left arm to wipe his eyes, resulting in a sharp pain in his left shoulder and no arm movement.
Drummond tried to rememberr what had happened. The helicopter crashed, the intruder shot him in the shoulder...must have blacked out from the pain. Drummond silently cursed his lack of fortitude.
"Good, you're up," said someone from Drummond's left. Drummond rolled onto his side and saw one of the soldiers who was in charge of guarding the building entrance.
"Lucky that guy found you in time," noted the guard.
"Who?" Drummond tried to remember if he had been rescued.
"That guy on patrol in the desert. Saw the crash, picked you up before the intruder got to you. I wonder if we've found--"
Realization shot through Drummond's mind. In one swift movement, he sprang from the bed, snatched the guard's radio with his good arm, and screamed into it, "Intruder is in building 2! All units, maximum alert!"
Three minutes earlier
"Where's Madnar?" queried Snake.
The soldier Snake had surprised patrolling the building 2 basement said nothing. Pressing the muzzle of his Beretta to the man's head, Snake repeated, "Where is Madnar?"
Finally: "S...storage room B," the helpless grunt stuttered.
Snake grabbed the guard, dragged him away from the wall, and pushed his gun into the man's back. "Take me there. Move!"
Upon reaching the storage room, Snake kicked open the door and saw a thin, balding man gagged and tied to a chair. Snake knocked out the guard with a blow to the head and dragged him inside. The thin man opened his eyes wide at the sight of Snake and started struggling and shaking his head. "Dr. Madnar, I'm from FOXHOUND. I'm here to get you out," said Snake.
The man showed no signs of recognition, making a poor effort to back away--but the chair limited his movement, and Snake simply strode over and untied the man's gag. As soon as he did, the man screamed, "Get out! It's a trap!"
"A trap? Doctor, are you all right?"
"Madnar's on the roof!" cried the man. "Get out! Go! There's some sort of..." He trailed off, and looked at the corner above the door. Snake followed the man's eyes and saw a security camera above the door. A small light on it was blinking.
In a room in the basement of building 3, the man known as the Commander saw Snake turn on a security monitor, and spoke into a radio. "Blow it," he said simply.
Chapter Notes: Zounds! Cliffhanger! Yeah, another filler chapter. Anyone get the impression I'm going too fast? The thing is, I don't really know how to fix that.