NU: Null-Fox…
Chapter 33: Null-Wolf…
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Normal Speech…
Normal Thoughts…
Codec Calls…
Cyborg Ninja Speech…
Demon/Beast Unit Speech…
Demon/Beast Unit Thoughts…
Inner Spirit Speech…
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(E-F Connecting Bridge…)
Raiden had shed himself of his BDU, keeping only the boots as he figured those could be useful for confusing the enemies with his footprints, with his AK-47 on his back. Making his way out of the Shell-1 Core he wondered what new hell he was walking into. On top of Strut-E, breathing heavily and with his body pressed down to the ground, Naruto moved forward slightly and then fired his PSG-1 at a claymore. The bullet hit instantly, sending Raiden flying back towards Strut-F.
"What the hell? Raiden questions once that is over only to barely dodge another bullet as it hits beside him, a thin line of blood on his left cheek. "Sniper?" Raiden questions of himself before cursing loudly when he heard another shot. Quickly the man moved towards Strut-F before ducking behind a corner, hopefully out of view. Panting to himself Raiden slowly moves his head to look out from behind the corner, only to move back against it when another bullet nearly takes his head off. Breathing heavily Raiden quickly places his fingers under his right ear…
"Colonel! I've got a sniper here blocking the way to Strut-D from the top of Struft-E." Raiden says and hears Campbell curse.
"Damn, it would take too long for you to go around the rest of the struts to get to Shell-2… Raiden, can you see the Sniper?" Campbell questions and Raiden turns out once more, his scope in hand as he zooms in on something on the top of Strut-E. What he sees is Null-Fox, however, that soon changes when the suit he's wearing shifts once more, this time taking on a white/blue pattern, like that of snow. The optic on his helmet seems to have changed as well, now taking a blue tint, and he could almost swear that he saw a woman was crouched above him.
"Yeah I see him. It's Null-Fox." Raiden says and the Colonel frowns to himself.
"Is their anything unusual about him? Something that might lead you to believe he wasn't himself?" The Colonel then questions and Raiden slowly nods his head.
"Yeah. He's in a white and blue combination of Camo, his Optic Light is blue, and I can almost swear I see a blond woman hovering over him." Raiden reports and the Colonel is silent for a few moments.
"Sniper-Wolf…" He says and Raiden blinks.
"From Shadow Moses? THAT Sniper-Wolf!?" He demands incredulously and the Colonel nods his head.
"Yes. It seems that like Grey-Fox when she died at Shadow-Moses, her spirit lived on within Null-Fox, her little brother and only family." The Colonel mused and Raiden wondered why he was having all these ghosts come and haunt him. "Raiden. It doesn't matter what soul Null uses, you need to head into strut F and find a Sniper-Riffle. That'll be the only way you can take Null on at the moment." The Colonel then states and Raiden mentally nods as he makes his way into Strut-F while avoiding a few quick shots from Null-Wolf as he does so.
Seeing the man enter Strut-F, Wolf merely pulls his/her Riffle back. "There is no need to hide, Olga. We both know your there." Naruto and Wolf say at the same time while turning to see the woman, still armored minus her helmet make her way over to them with a slight frown.
"I still find it disturbing when you people posses him…" She states simply and Wolf frowns.
"Possessing a person requires us to force our way in. Null willingly takes us into himself in order to use our strengths. There is a difference." The Combination of Naruto and Wolf's voices say simply with a slight edge to their tone.
"Fine, fine. I meant no disrespect, I merely meant that as it is, it is very strange hearing your voice from his body." Olga stated and Wolf was silent for a few moments as he contemplated this.
"Perhaps…" They admit with a frown on their face while Olga smirked.
"So do you think that this Raiden will be able to take you?" Olga then questions and Wolf snorts in response.
"Solid-Snake may have beaten me. But I highly doubt this boy will be much of a problem for mine and Null's combined skills." Wolf offered as he then got back down with the PSG-1 in hand. "You should move out soon. Solidus will want to speak to you about your location… and why you didn't capture either the Ninja or the intruder." Wolf then states and Olga nods her head before making her way towards Shell-2 as Wolf leans forward with his/her weapon and aims towards Strut-F.
Wolf waited for only a few moments when Raiden came rushing out with a Sniper Riffle in hand. As Raiden rushed own, Wolf then quickly fired at the blond haired man, very nearly hitting him in the head till he rolled into a flip and landed behind one of the tanks below on the bridge. Chuckling, Wolf watched on, waiting for the young man to lean out so he could take his head off with a well-placed shot.
Down below, Raiden himself is panting lightly, adjusting his PSG1 and then leaning his head against the tank he was hiding behind. Breathing in a few times then reaching to his waist Raiden takes some Diazepam to calm his nerves and stop himself from shaking. Quickly rolling out on his stomach Raiden Takes aim at the Sniper and fires, while Wolf merely crouches to one side, avoiding the bullet though scratches through his left shoulder. Frowning slightly, Wolf takes aim once more, narrowing his eyes and fires at Raiden, the blond man rolling out of the way before firing right back at the old sniper in response.
'Something is wrong… every time I face him it seems as if there is more to him than what he appears to be…' Naruto notes and Wolf hums in thought while watching the blond, eyes narrowing dangerously before a smirk spread over their lips. "This is going to be… interesting." Wolf notes and Naruto nods his head in agreement with his older sister before both take aim at the blond man. Below them, Raiden is aiming at Wolf once more, only to curse and quickly roll out of the way of another shot, the bullet grazing his left arm.
Moving to take aim Raiden groans when he sees the man get up, then rush off to the side in a place he can't see. However, a second later Raiden hears a beeping on his Codec and a Frequency he's unfamiliar with. Frowning he places a hand to his ear… "Impressive Work Child. I must admit that your doing better than I expected… but that will not be enough to save you from us." Raiden hears two voices say, one is Naruto's, but the other's is a woman he's unfamiliar with…
Raiden isn't allowed to contemplate this however, as seconds later he hears a shot and is hit from the opposite side that Wolf went too. Grunting in pain Raiden falls flat on the ground beside the tank and sees Wolf in the distance taking aim at him. Cursing to himself Raiden quickly rolls out of the way of the next shot before leaning back against the tank from earlier and places his right hand to his ear to call the Colonel…
"Colonel!" Raiden says excitedly and the man quickly picks up.
"What do you need, Raiden?" The man asks while Raiden breaths heavily and then takes a quick gulp of air.
"Was Sniper-Wolf ever able to ricochet her bullets off of walls sir?" Raiden questions before cursing and rolling forward to avoid another shot then roll backwards, back against the tank from before.
"No. Sniper-Wolf had strictly Sniper based skills. That Ricochet trick is more than likely from Revolver-Ocelot's training Null. Remember Raiden, Null Fox isn't one man, he's a legion of soldiers." The Colonel offers while above, Wolf is moving over to the other side of his terrain then turns and fires at Raiden, hitting the man in the arm once more and knocking him to the ground.
"Ugh… well do you at least have any advise for me then?" Raiden asks irritably before rolling forward and out of the way of the next shot, and then rolls to the side to get behind the other tank and out of Wolf's line of sight.
"Yes actually. First of all, remember to use your terrain to your advantage. Those tanks you've been using are excellent cover, try peeking out from the side and firing at Wolf. Also, try to look for spots that will take Null time to calculate the trajectory for the Ricochet, that way you should be able to fire at Null more quickly." The Colonel offers and Raiden nods his head while licking his lips and breathing in a few calming breathes. "And Raiden… good luck." The Colonel then says before cutting the transmission and Raiden breathes out a few breaths.
'Yeah… I think I'm really going to need it.' Raiden thinks to himself before sitting up then moving out to the side with his Riffle and aiming at Wolf. Firing before the other man could Raiden nailed Wolf in the left shoulder, causing him to grunt then get up and make his way to the other side of the building like before. Crouching this time, Wolf quickly aimed only for Raiden to roll out into the center of the bridge and fire at him once more, nailing Wolf in the arm and causing him to twist around in order to keep from flying backwards.
'Seems we've been underestimating him Nee-Chan…' Naruto muses and Wolf merely growls in response before making his way from that spot and then rolling down a flight of stairs. Quickly crouching down and then taking aim at Raiden from behind the bars Wolf fired at the blond man once more. Wolf smirked upon seeing Raiden sent flying back from the shot to him, having nailed the man in the gut this time. Taking quick aim at him once more Wolf fired again, only Raiden quickly rolled behind one of the tanks to avoid the shot.
Panting from his hiding spot, Raiden grunts while placing a hand onto the wound at his side. 'Ugh… I really should have learned more about field medication…' He can't help but think before breathing in, hearing a sound he turns slightly and sees that Wolf is changing her clip. 'Perfect!' Raiden thinks to himself while twisting out from behind the tank and firing at Wolf once more, nailing him in the waist like he had him. Stumbling back, Wolf's Octo-Camo suddenly shifted, taking Null's black/white/grey camo pattern once more while the eye returned to its original Orange-Red color.
'All right, that's enough of this. I am NOT going to be shot again; it hurts like hell healing all these bullet wounds…' An annoyed Naruto grumbles while Wolf's soul recedes back into his body, and he places her PSG1 onto his back. Gripping the guardrail of the stairs he had rolled down, Naruto then flings himself into the air, a surprised Naruto looking up in time to see him unsheathe his HF-Blade and land in a low crouch. Moving quickly, Raiden fires at th young Ninja, only for his eyes to widen as the man easily blocks it with his sword.
Rising up, Naruto then stalks slowly towards the blond man who fires a few more rounds at him. Moving in a strangely fluid motion, the blond haired young man deflects those bullets as well before launching himself forward and swings his HF-Blade at Raiden. Cursing Raiden quickly blocks the blade with his PSG1, Naruto's sheer strength forcing the older blond man onto one knee. Gritting his teeth and grunting Raiden looks into the cyclopean gaze of Naruto's helmet before barely managing to push the man back.
Panting Raiden watches on as Naruto flips back into a crouch, one hand on the ground with his sword held horizontally in front of himself. "Impressive." Naruto's synthesized voice echoes out as he then rises up and twirls his sword in one hand before sheathing it onto his back. "It would seem that there is more to you than meets the eyes, Gaki." Naruto notes while Raiden places his PSG1 onto his back and pulls his SOCOM out on the man, only to gasp and look around, as he seems to have vanished… "But you still have much to learn… and I am here to show you… to teach you those things." Naruto's voice echoes while the places his knife at a surprised and frightened Raiden's throat from behind him…
"What do you mean?" Raiden asks and Naruto slowly walks around the other blond man's body, still holding the knife at his throat as he does.
"You hold much promise Gaki. Much skill. But you lack the will to use it to better yourself as a soldier." Naruto replies coldly with his suit adding the man's form as a Camo for later use…
"What's that supposed to mean?" Raiden demands and Naruto pulls his Stun Knife away from him before sheathing it at his side and shaking his head.
"You will know soon enough…" Naruto offers silently before flipping away from Raiden and then jumping and flipping up the side of Strut-E and into the distance. Breathing a sigh of relief Raiden looks around before making his way across the bridge so he can finally get to the Shell 1-2 connecting bridge…
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Naruto walks into the Shell-2 core with a grunt, Vamp and Olga walking over to him. "Looks like the boy is more of a challenge than I thought…" Vamp notes upon seeing the many bullet holes in Naruto and his suit, the young blond merely grunting as he walks over and sits at a table.
"And I heard you were dead…" Naruto grumbles out and Vamp blinks before rolling his eyes and lightly touching the bullet hole in the center of his forehead, Olga shivering in disgust.
"How did you allow so many hits? Are you finally starting to loose your touch Null?" Olga asks the blond mockingly with a smirk and Naruto rolls his eyes under his helmet before grunting as he touches one of the wounds left to him.
"No… there is something about that man we don't know yet… something hidden. And whatever it is, it seems to me that it's hidden for good reason. Nearing the end of our fight I saw something in him, a beast, a monster, almost exactly like myself…" Naruto states with a frown over his face, then reaches up and removes his helmet to take a breath of fresh air without the filter in the mask. "Olga, I will require some assistance with the bullets still lodged in me." Naruto states in his own voice and Olga gives him a strange look with a slight smirk.
"Since when am I a doctor?" She quips and Naruto merely grunts in response.
"That aside, I trust you more with this than I trust the physicians around here…" Naruto states and Olga rolls her eyes before giving a look to Vamp, who holds his hands up with a slight smirk.
"Alright, alright I'm going…" He offers while making his way out of the. Back with Naruto and Olga, the woman brings a chair and places it beside of the blond as he leans forward slightly, eyes closed in thought and a frown on his lips.
"Something troubles you?" She asks him and he opens a single eye, and Olga is surprised to see an Azure Blue eye for a split second before it dulled back to it's slate grey hue.
"No. I was merely wondering why Ocelot would tell us about the FROGS. It isn't like him to be so loose with information… even concerning myself." Naruto offers with a frown and Olga blinked as she sees his point.
"Speaking of what Ocelot told you, I've had Sasaki hack his way into the Pentagon Computers regarding Area-51 and it's research." Olga suddenly offers while using a thin knife from her ALICE to carve one of the bullets out of the blond man's body and Naruto gives her a strange look.
"That was risky, Olga. Not only for our current mission but for the fact that the Patriots may retaliate." Naruto states with a deep frown on his face and Olga gives him a fierce glare in response.
"I would rather confirm what Ocelot told us than walk into a trap in the possible future." Olga responded simply and Naruto merely frowned before closing his eyes once more with a thoughtful expression as Olga tosses a bloody bullet behind her back that she took from his right shoulder, watching with some interest as the wound and the suit he was wearing started to heal afterwards.
"What did Sasaki find out?" Naruto finally asks the woman while leaning back and Olga moves to check the wound at his waist, mostly to see how deep it was in him and if it passed through him completely.
"He found out that Area-51 is as you thought. NanoMachine Development, Human Experimentation, Genetic Manipulation, Cloning, and generally all manner of unethical and illegal activities are happening at that place." Olga responds and the blond grunts as she checks the back of his waist, feeling the hole where the bullet passed through and moves to the wound at his left shoulder. "Also, he did confirm that the FROGS or rather the GAMA soldiers are being housed there." Olga offers and Naruto looks to the woman with a raised brow.
"Gama?" He asks the woman with a raised brow and she nods her head.
"Genomic and Mentally Augmented Soldiers. G.A.M.A.S." She offers and Naruto slowly nods his head, idly wondering if they called them FROGS for something.
"Then is FROGS an acronym as well? Or did they take the Japanese word Gama and translate it to Frog?" The blond asks and Olga clicks her tongue for a brief moment.
"I'm actually not sure, Sasaki couldn't dig too far into the data or he would have been detected." Olga states and Naruto frowns to himself before leaning back once more. "Also, He wasn't able to determine if our daughter is being held there or not, only that the security is beyond anything he has ever seen." She says with a feeling of dread in the back of his mind and Olga sighs while pulling the bullet from Naruto's shoulder and tosses it behind her back as well.
"It would seem that things are becoming more and more interesting. But I need to head over to the Shell-1 Core Olga. Solidus needs my help with the Gaki…" Naruto says while pulling his helmet back on and the grey haired woman merely shrugs her shoulders and watches as he lives…
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(Shell 1-2 Connecting Bridge…)
Raiden slowly makes his way passed the disabled sensor array before him, having just taken out numerous sensors to deactivate it and the SEMTEX that had been on the bridge. Looking up at what sounds like a Chopper, Raiden stows his SOCOM away and then raises an arm to block the oncoming sunlight. As he does, Raiden sees Snake give him a one-hand salute for a moment while holding his own weapon in hand. Turning around as Snake and Otacon make their way to the heliport Raiden sees a white haired man in a long black cloak leaning against the doorframe to Shell-2.
"I've been waiting for you. Messenger from the Patriots." Solidus states before looking at Raiden, his eyes narrowing on the man as he does so. "Where do I know him from…" He wonders aloud while Raiden frowns.
"So you're the boss around here?" Raiden comments and Solidus snorts.
"No. Not just around here. I am the Boss to surpass Big-Boss himself…" Solidus states while moving to stand, now facing Raiden while cloaked partly in shadow. "Solid-Snake!" He states with a slight smirk on his lips.
"No! That is NOT Solid-Snake!" Snake himself calls from the nearby Camov, both Raiden and Solidus turning to see him.
"What a pleasant surprise… Brother…" Solidus muses aloud while the Camov comes to hover in front of Shell-2.
"Save it. You're no Brother of mine." Snake states darkly while training his gun onto the man and he smirks slightly in response.
"Don't say you've forgotten me… Snake." Solidus says with venom in his voice while walking out of the shadows, revealing a familiar face to Snake.
"Snake?" Raiden wonders while looking from Solidus to Snake himself while the brown haired soldier narrows his eyes on Solidus.
"Raiden, Take Cover!" Snake suddenly orders before firing on Solidus, the man quickly lunging forward and out of the way, flames trailing behind him and eating away the cloak he had been wearing to reveal a strange Powered-Exoskeleton on his body. 'Ah great… as if Null having one of those wasn't bad enough…' Snake can't help but think to himself seeing the suit, eyes never leaving Solidus. "Stop impersonating him!" Snake calls out, seeing as the man is easily a double of not himself… but of Big Boss… Firing on the man once more he's annoyed to see the man block the bullets with nothing but the forearm of his suit and mentally grimaces.
'The Ninja's need a sword to do that, but his suit is durable enough to withstand bullet fire… shit… that's going to make things more difficult.' Snake thinks to himself while continuing to watch Solidus as he smirks up at him smugly.
"Brother! I'm a whole different game from Liquid!" Solidus says with a shake of his head and a smug look on his face before scowling deeply. Grunting out, the man then moves into a crouch, both of his arms on the guardrails at his sides as his muscles suddenly expand with the suit then roars into the sky loudly, Snake's eyes widening in shock. 'Ah shit… this is why I wanted out of the fucking military, too many cyborg fucking ninjas…' Snake thinks to himself while quickly slipping a grenade into the section of his weapon and firing onto Solidus once more.
The old man sees this and immediately a strange shield slips over the front of his face from his collar. The man then quickly crouches down then jumps high into the air just as Snake fires the grenade. Near to the blast however, Raiden is knocked back and grimaces in pain while leaning against the guardrail of the bridge, Solidus landing on a large pipe in a crouch and denting the steel object with his weight.
"That the best you can do, Snake?" Solidus mocks while looking up towards the man with another mocking grin and Snake glares at the older clone as he slowly stands up. As if answering him, Snake fires another Grenade at Solidus, the man grunting as his pushed off the side of the large pipe and towards the ocean below.
"Did I get him?" Snake wonders while leaning out of the camov enough to look for Solidus below. However his eyes widen instead as he takes a step back upon seeing Solidus crouched down on top of a Harrier, Vamp at the controls. "Ah shit…" Snake mutters to himself upon seeing the vehicle and then turns over to his pilot. "Otacon, we're in trouble! It's the Harrier!" He says and sees a wide-eyed look appear on Otacon's face as a result before lifting them further up into the air.
Meanwhile, Solidus breaths out a breath, his body slimming down before he then walks forward along the top of the Harrier. "The world needs only ONE Big-Boss!" Solidus calls out to Snake as the hatch then opens and Solidus jumps in behind Vamp and takes the controls. "I'll drown you fools for interfering!" Solidus then states angrily while firing a missile towards the Camov, missing when the Chopper moves behind the Shell-2. Quickly adjusting the engines of the Harrier, Solidus then moves forward and turns so he can try another shot at the two.
As he does Snake and Otacon come up near to Raiden below, Snake reaching to his side. "Raiden! This is the Stinger Missile Launcher." Snake says while tossing the weapon down next to Raiden, the blond man nodding his head. "The Kasatka can't stand up to the Harrier. You have to shoot the Harrier down." Snake states while tossing some ammo for the Stinger down and Raiden quickly pulls both out and loads the weapon to full capacity.
"Snake! We've got company!" Otacon calls out and Snake turns and curses upon seeing the Harrier once more, now turned towards them. Turning back to see Raiden, Snake grunts slightly.
"I'm counting on you." He states and Raiden nods to the man before hefting the Stinger up and turning towards the Harrier. Seconds after he does however, the flying vehicle quickly jets off into the distance, the blond man looking all around for it. Soon hearing gunfire, Raiden quickly hefts the Stinger up and sees the Harrier in the distance. Quickly rolling out of the way of it's machinegun he then watches it as it zooms around. Following it with his eyes Raiden lifts the stinger and follows the Harrier, soon firing one of his Missiles at the vehicle.
The Missile flies off towards the jet, arching through the air before slamming into its tail, Solidus grunt audible over a speaker of some form. Continuing to follow the Harrier with the Stinger raised, Raiden fires the Stinger once more at the jet, another missle following it before slamming into its left wing. "Damn it!" Solidus' voice echoes and Raiden follows it further around, turning slowly as it does. However upon seeing it coming in close, Raiden ducks down and then turns around as it flies at a new angle.
Following the Harrier and avoiding firing when he sees objects in the missiles path, Raiden then fires at the jet once more, the vehicle outrunning it and making Raiden grunt. Following it further he sees it slip into the distance and narrows his eyes, waiting for it to come back he hears the firing of it's machineguns once more and quickly fires the Stinger before ducking out of the way, the Missile hitting the Harrier once more.
"Not bad…" Solidus growls out from the Harrier before arching the jet around the Shell-1 and then coming out over Raiden. "Burn Baby!" He calls out while aiming his engines down, the flames coming straight at the blond haired man. Grunting and rolling out of the way Raiden quickly turns and fires at the nose of the Harrier, knocking it upwards from the force of the shock, then fires at the right wing, making Solidus call out and move the jet out of the way once more.
Zooming out into the distance, Solidus presses a few buttons before grinning to himself. Turning back towards the Bridge Solidus flies straight for it while unleashes wave after wave of Rockets towards Raiden. "DIE!!!" He calls out loudly as the rockets slam into the bridge, knocking Raiden back from the force and the Stinger out of his hands and rolling towards the edge of the bridge. Cursing to himself, Raiden quickly rolls over to the weapon and barely stops it from falling over the edge. Hefting it up and getting back to his feet with panting breaths, Raiden looks around for Solidus.
"Your tougher than I thought…" Solidus offers as Raiden looks all around for the Harrier once more, wondering where it will come from this time. "I'll let you go out in style!" Solidus says while firing several rockets towards Raiden and the blond man quickly rolls out of the way and behind a tank that takes the brunt of the assault. Quickly hefting the Stinger onto his shoulder once the Harrier passes overhead, Raiden quickly fires another missile at the vehicle, nailing it in the tail once more and causing smoke to billow out at it's end.
"What the?!" Solidus demands while turning his head to see the smoke and grits his teeth in fury, quickly moving under the bridge. Coming out on the other side Solidus smirks as he sees Raiden and begins to fire more of his rockets with mocking laughter as the man barely makes it behind a tank in time to dodge. Flying off with a laugh, Solidus turns around in the distance to make one final pass at Raiden. Thinking quickly the blond man rolls out from his hiding spot, the Stinger still on his shoulder as he aims for the Harrier's cock-pit and fires, nailing the jet and causing Solidus to call out loudly.
Seeing the now smoking ship heading for him Raiden quickly rolls out of the way of the Harrier as it slams into the Bridge. One of the Jets wings is knocked off as a result and it skids across the bridge before falling towards the sea below. Turning at this, Raiden sees Solidus within the Harrier, his left eye bloodied. Watching from the Kasatka, Snake sees something in the water and quickly aims his weapon.
"There's something coming up!" He says and seconds later, a familiar beast lunges out of the water with a screeching roar and catches the Harrier in its metal jaws. Looking on in awe, Raiden sees the Beast for only a few seconds, twin azure eyes looming from the eyes of a beast that needs no introduction.
"That's Metal-Gear!? It's already active!" He states with panic in his voice while the metal beast lowers until it is knee deep into the water, it's tail swinging lazily. Giving off another metallic screech, the beast then fires off several rockets from it's back into the air, the rockets then opening up and firing dozens more down onto the bridge and most of Shell-2. Jumping back Raiden grabs onto a hanging metal beam while Snake grunts as a stray Rocket hits the Kasatka. Watching as Raiden helplessly swings on the metal beam for his life Snake grits his teeth as Otacon pilots them to the Shell-1 Helipad for repairs.
Back with the Metal-Gear-RAY, the hatch of the Harrier in its jaw slides open while Solidus reaches a hand up to his left eye with a grimace. Snarling at the sight of blood Solidus grits his teeth in fury. "They got my eye!" He says while Vamp rises up from the seat in front of him and places a foot on the side. "Vamp! GO!" Solidus orders with his teeth gritted and Vamp chuckles to himself before jumping out of the Harrier and down to the waters below. Upon hitting the water, Vamp quickly starts to run, moving with blinding speed over the water as he makes his way towards the Shell-2 core.
"Hey. What's that?" Otacon questions upon seeing the sight and Snake frowns.
"It's running on water…?" He wonders to himself with shock, though inwardly wondering where these freaks of nature kept coming from. However, as soon as Vamp reached the base of the Shell-2 core, the man jumped upwards, his feet hitting the side of the core as he then started to run up the side of it… 'So THAT'S where Null learned that trick…' Snake thinks to himself as Vamp makes his way upwards.
Meanwhile, Solidus suddenly closes the hatch of the Harrier and the Metal-Gear-RAY holding him gives a mighty screech before ducking into the water. Swimming down into its murky depths Solidus grunts before pressing a switch for his radio. "Excellent work, I always knew you were my most trustworthy Ally." Solidus states and static is heard on the radio for a few moments.
"Of course, sir… after all, the Patriots are a thorn in both of our sides…" Naruto's voice echoes and Solidus nods his head, grimacing only slightly before gritting his teeth… he was going to make SURE that someone paid dearly for his lost eye…
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TBC…
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