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A shovel is stuck in soft, recently upturned dirt. A small wooden cross with a pair of goggles rested over it identifies the mound of dirt as a grave. One man sits and dwells and two boys turn away.
Rob: he knows where we need to go…
Riku: give him a moment…
Snake: I'm fine… I can move now.
Rob: we need to move fast too, they know we are coming.
Snake: how do you know?
Rob: there was a man named "The Fear", he attacked me when I went after Phil.
Snake: The Fear? That's not possible, he's dead…
Rob: well, he was there, but he might not be human… he had heartless abilities…
Snake: But I watched him die, how could he be a heartless?
Rob: maybe someone saved him from the brink of death?
Snake: he detonated a bomb that was planted in him…
Rob: I was wondering about that whole blowing up thing…
Snake: he did that this time too?
Rob: yeah.
Riku is tapping his foot impatiently, this conversation is getting anywhere.
Riku: guys, we are here for a reason remember.
Snake: what?
Riku: well, we came here to find the keyhole to the planet and to find a ship capable of space travel….
Snake: well, there is a facility to the east that houses a nuclear weapon, the Russians attained nuclear capabilities a month ago but needed to produce a ship capable of carrying the missiles without activating them.
Rob: that's good, maybe we can use this ship…
Snake: probably, it looks a lot like your ship.
Rob: I take it there is a problem though.
Snake: yeah, the facility is filled with heartless.
Rob: Good, maybe Phil is there… Wait a second… When did you see our ship?
Snake: I saw it go down on the lake… did you think I wouldn't add two and two together?
Rob: well, atleast your quick…
Snake: what's that supposed to mean?
Para-Medic: he has a point Snake…
Snake: what, now your teaming up with him… If you like the boy so much, why don't you use him for the mission?
Rob: who are you talking to?
Snake pulls out an earpiece they didn't see and holds it up.
Snake: it's my team, they give me information, and on occasion they give me lip.
Rob: huh.
Snake: I think she wants to talk to you kid…
Snake hands Rob the earpiece and Rob puts it on.
Para-Medic: Snake, what's going on? Hello?
Rob: uh, snake gave me the earpiece… you want to talk to him?
Snake: I'm not taking it back.
Snake laughs, the laugh seems hollow and forced.
Rob: Hey, may I ask who am speaking with?
Para-Medic: we're Snakes support team, my codename is Para-Medic…
Major Zero: Hello, My name is Major Zero.
Sigint: and I'm Sigint, nice to meet you kid!
Rob: uh, hi… So do you have any helpful advice, I'm not to used to sneaking through the woods.
Para-Medic: well, that's really something Snake should teach you, he's the field agent.
Rob: well, ho about some information on my current position and perhaps some information on this facility Snake was talking about?
There is a rustling of papers on the other end of the earpiece, suddenly Para-Medic comes back.
Para-Medic: The facility used to be known as Grozny-Grad, but then snake took down Grozny-Grad in Operation Snake Eater, the current facility is similar in shape, but they have removed some of the fencing and put up more soldiers. In the center of the facility is a large ship made out of an experimental material mined from a meteor.
Rob: a gummiship…
Para-Medic: well, I'm not sure what a gummiship is, but the material does have an elastic nature to it.
Rob: how about Snake?
Para-Medic: what do you mean?
Rob: I'm a little afraid to ask snake about himself…
Para-Medic: oh, Snakes always that way, he has been through a lot, but he has warmed up to you and Riku quickly I notice…
Rob: so, is Snake your only operative out here?
Para-Medic: he is, and he is also are best operative, he has earned the title of "Big Boss" but he prefers to go by Naked Snake…
Rob: well, I'll keep in touch.
Para-Medic: ok, but for this signal we need to issue you a codename.
Major Zero: I already have one for him, he can be "Indigo Snake"
Sigint: isn't Snake a little high ranked for a newbie title?
Major Zero: Indigo knows plenty about the heartless, much more than we do, he has way more at his resources then we do so he takes leadership o this mission temporarily.
Rob: so I am Indigo Snake now?
Major Zero: yes, now from this point on, you to only be referred to as Indigo Snake or Indigo by any of your comrades when in the field.
Rob: ok, guys, you have to call me Indigo from now on…
Riku: why?
Rob: safety reasons I guess…
Major Zero: Riku's codename will be Fox Snake, tell him that Indigo.
Rob: Hey Riku, your codename is now Fox Snake.
Snake: now everybody is a snake can we move?
Riku: yeah Indigo, talk as we walk.
Para-Medic: great, now we have a group of snakes…
The party begins to head towards Grozny-Grad and makes quite some distance before they are spotted by a human soldier.
Snake: get down, I'll take this one out!
Rob: wait, don't kill him!
Rob jumps up from behind the log he and Riku were using for cover. The soldier fires at the boy but misses repeatedly.
Rob: Time to take a nap!
Rob leaps over the man and lands behind him, bringing the keyblade down on top of his head the man falls unconscious.
Snake: hey Indigo, you need to be more careful, there could have been more men laying in wait, you make yourself a target when you go rushing out like an idiot.
Rob: oh, good point.
Riku: come on we got ground to cover.
The group begins walking again, but they don't get close to covering as much ground as last time. Now there are at least ten soldiers here and Snake knows he can't take them all.
Snake: hey Indigo, do you have a gun?
Rob: this keyblade has a gun like ability.
Snake: what about you Fox?
Riku: I can summon up a dark Firaga…
Snake: a what?
Riku: watch this.
Riku leaps out and throws forward his hands, bulleting forth from his palms is a black flame, closely followed by two more. Three of the soldiers are caught by the flames and try frantically to pat it off, quickly they drop to the ground and roll to put it out.
Riku: that's a dark Firaga.
The soldiers have turned their guns to the party and are lining up their sights when Rob and Snake unload on them, Snake aiming for extremities, Rob using the fiery bullets of the keyblade to knock the soldiers off their feet and unconscious.
Rob: the bullets it my keyblade fires aren't lethal, but they strike with force enough to knock a bull out.
Snake: nice… but what about the fire?
Rob: that's just for impact burns… more of a warning then a real attack.
Snake: Hmmm… well, you want to check out their equipment?
Rob: they might have a radio, that would be valuable… And we could take their weapons so they can't come after us with them…
Sigint: now that's thinking like an operative Indigo!
Rob: also, if they are normally stationed around the facility we are heading to, they might have a map.
Snake: hmmm… Good thinking kid, I'm starting to like you.
Snake walks over and starts to "liberate" the soldiers of their equipment, contents: a tin of rations, a ox of chocolates, several Russian "Skorpions", three handguns, one radio and a map of Grozny-Grad facility.
Snake: good call on the map kid, it's here and in good condition.
Rob: hey, what are those markings?
Snake: no clue… maybe he needed to make some updates, his looks like an older map.
Rob: hmmm… Maybe we should be carefull, don't you think it odd that this map would have such a clear path marked to the central areas?
Looking at the map Snake notices the markings lead to the center of the facility.
Snake: damn kiddo, you might just be as good as I am…
Rob: you didn't notice it.
Major Zero: Indigo, there is no time to be kidding around, get moving!
The party gets moving again, though Riku looks a little pale.
Snake: hey Fox, you ok?
Riku: I get this bad feeling like someone's watching us…
Snake: wait, did you say… GET DOWN!
Snake dives and knocks Riku to the ground as a bullet whizzes by Riku's head.
Snake: It's The End!
Riku: what?
Snake: The End, he was a 100 year old sniper, I killed him in operation snake eater…
Riku: so, he is another heartless.
Snake: probably…
Rob: the shot came from the south…
Rob points to the south and draws the keyblades.
Snake: how do you know?
Rob: the bullet is stuck in the southern side of that tree…
Snake: damn, you caught that?
Rob: yeah, be quiet…
The group gets silent and stands still, they know The End is out there somewhere.
The End: Snake, The Boss is here, she wants to meet with you!
Snake: Then let me pass old man!
The End: you showed me such respect when we met last time… I think I will let you pass… But your friends must stay!
Snake: give me the earpiece…
Rob hands Snake the earpiece as snake walks forward. An old man in camouflage walks out of the woods.
The End: she is just ahead, at where the old bridge stood.
Snake: thanks…
Snake walks off leaving The End with Rob and Riku.
The End: I was always good at playing dead…
Rob: wait, what?
The End: that man never had me close to death, I was just too damn hungry to go on.
Rob: you mean you faked death just so he would go away?
The End: yep… Say kiddo, you look like you've never handled a gun before… you want me to teach you?
Rob: uh… you just tried to kill Riku!
The End: nonsense, you were with Snake, he is the greatest person I have ever faced in battle…
Rob: well… ok…
The End proceeds to teach Rob the skills he has picked up over 80 years of marksmanship.
With Snake…
Snake continues walking forward, he can see a cloaked figure standing by the gap where the bridge once stood.
Snake: Boss?
?: yes Snake… It is me…
Snake: but how, I killed you?
The Boss: I am not entirely here… this is just a shadow of who I used to be… Call it a memory…
Snake: but you are standing right in front of me… I can see you…
The Boss: The Sorrow told me of your encounter with him, does it strike you odd that I might be able to appear to you?
Snake: Boss, can you… can you take off your hood?
The Boss: you can't put me behind you can you?
The Boss removes her hood, the sad face of a woman with blonde hair stares into Snake's eyes, her skin is so pale… her face so white.
The Boss: I appear only how you remember me, so this is the form I take.
Snake: I wanted to know why, but then afterwards EVA told me why… Boss… I can finally tell you now… I love you!
The Boss: Snake, just forget that, I'm only here to help with your mission!
Snake: Why, why is always our mission before our feelings?
The Boss: Snake, you of all people should know why… it's devotion… Love for our country… How many lives are at stake that you would call off a mission?
Snake: I'm sorry Boss, it's just…
The Boss: Snake, look at me. You have a long life ahead of you, it will be a long time before you get to see me again… Focus and listen.
Snake: ok…
The Boss: there will be a keyhole in the center of the facility, you cannot close it, but the young men you travel with can. You need to get them to it. And Snake… The Fury, The Pain and Volgin guard it…
Snake: but they were all dead…
The Boss: a man named Ansem has intervened… he knows secrets… Vile ones. Ansem has taken away the hearts and souls of who they were, turning them into heartless… Do not be fooled though, they are no less powerful and they have brand new skills..
Snake: ok, thank you Boss.
The Boss: I must go now…
Snake: wait, I have to ask… Who do you love?
A pain rises to The Bosses eyes, she struggles to answer.
The Boss: that's an unfair question Snake… you know I loved the both of you… Good bye John…
The Bosses image fades away leaving only a gun… A patriot, the same one The Boss used, The one used to win a war, The one Snake used to execute The Boss. The gun had been modified yet again, the sights slightly resembled the end of the kingdom key.
Snake: Good bye…
TO BE CONTINUED…
Ben: so what is the significance of the gun? What Has Rob learned from The End? When will I finish writing about this world?
Rob: I hope soon…
Sigint: I need to get more lines!
Riku: what are you talking about Sigint, I'm a main character and I hardly have any lines!
Ben: let me do the preview before a fight breaks out…
SNEAK PEEK!
Snake: His name is The Pain, he can control bees, trust me, it's deadlier than it sounds…
Rob: yeah, Riku might be allergic to bees!
Riku: damn, He's looking this way…
Rob: well, no use hiding… I'll try and distract him…
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