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Adam waited patiently as he rode inside Echo-5 to Germany. Hours had past since he left the Diamond Foxes base and he was secretly hoping that he doesn't encounter the Fenrir's again so soon, especially after his first encounter with them on the former Diamond Dogs Motherbase at the Seychelles.
The day was turning into night as Adam felt the helicopter begin to slow. "We must be getting close." He thought before he got up off his seat and opened the choppers side door. He sat down and strapped himself inside the chopper to keep himself from falling out as he watched stars in the night sky pass by. "Lynn and the others would've killed to see this kind of view. Literally." He thought with a smile and a chuckle before he felt the helicopter slow itself again and descend slowly before it stopped and started to hover.
Adam unstrapped himself and hopped out before landing on the ground. "Be careful out there, Phantom." Echo-5 said before ascending up again into the sky before flying away. Adam watched as it flew away for a moment before pulling out his iDroid to see how far the mansion was from his current position. And indeed, it was far from the city of Germany and it was going to be a long walk or jog to get there. Adam sighed. "Alright, then. Here we go." He says before placing a marker on the iDroid to let him know how close or far he was from the mansion.
He put the iDroid away and began his long journey to the mansion.
45 minutes later...
"You have arrived at your destination." The iDroid said to Phantom in his earpiece as he reached the hill that overlooked the mansion, but was a good distance away from it so he could take a look around with his Int-Scope. He got down on his belly and scanned the area for any enemy sentries that may be patrolling the mansion, but oddly enough... there weren't any.
Phantom lowered the scope with a look of confusion before he looked again, and sure enough, there still weren't any enemies to be seen. "This doesn't feel right." He whispered before pressing his finger against his earpiece. "Diamond Foxes Base, the is Phantom, do you read me?" He said.
It was only a moment before someone responded. "This is Diamond Foxes Base, we read you, Phantom. What's up?" The person asked. "I need an external and internal thermal scan of a mansion in Germany. I've looked twice with my scope, but I see no enemy sentries anywhere. It looks safe enough, but I don't want to take any chances. Which is why I want a thermal scan of the mansion to see if there is anything, or anyone, I may have missed." Phantom reported.
"Copy that, Phantom. We'll run a thermal scan and report back to in you in a few minutes. Over and out." The person replied then Phantom just waited in silence as he watched the mansion for any sign of movement or activity.
15 minutes later...
"Phantom, this is Commander Silverburgh, do you copy?" Meryl called Phantom over the radio. Phantom answered. "I read you, Commander. What does the thermal scan say?" He asked. "I've sent you the scan to your iDroid. Take a look at it, but it's strange." Meryl responded. Phantom pulled out his iDroid and pressed one of the buttons to bring up a holographic screen. The scan showed the inside and outside of the entire mansion, and Meryl was right... it was strange. Other than one thermal figure that was sitting somewhere inside the mansion, there were no other figures inside or outside the mansion.
It was completely abandoned.
Phantom gained a looked of confusion again. "What the hell?" He thought before speaking to Meryl again. "Commander, are you sure this information is accurate?" He asked. "Yes, we're 100% sure the scans are accurate, Phantom. We ran multiple scans and checked the systems to make sure that it was up to date, but Sunflower assures us that the systems are 100% functional and operational." Meryl answered as Phantom looked back up at the mansion and just like when he reached the hilltop, all the lights outside the mansion were operational. Whether they were operational inside the mansion remained to be seen.
Phantom let out a deep sigh, he didn't know where to go from here. The way looked safe, but this could all be a trap, then again, there is one thermal figure inside the mansion and it is more than likely his rescue target, Silent Phoenix. He could not and would not leave her behind. Traps be damned.
Meryl, worried by Phantom's silence, responded. "Phantom, I know what you're thinking, but I can't make this decision for you. I'd rather not leave a soldier behind, but this is your mission. You can drop this if you want, this doesn't feel right." She says to him, but Phantom just shakes his head and glares at the mansion. "No, Commander, I'm not leaving a soldier here alone. I'm going in. Phantom out." He says before he cuts off radio contact then makes his way to the mansion.
Little does he know that after he made his decision, Meryl just smiled.
Phantom quickly and quietly made his way to the mansion with his rifle ready in case any enemies decide to suddenly pop up out of no where.
With no resistance from any enemy forces so far, he makes his way to the front entrance of the mansion. He stands near the front entrance with his rifle ready as he slowly reaches for the doorknob. Quickly turning the doorknob and snatching the door open, Phantom burst into the main hall of the mansion...
And just like outside, all the lights were functioning and there were no enemy forces inside the mansion. At least for the moment. Phantom slowly shakes his head as he eases his rifle down. "I don't like this at all. This seems far too easy, even for a rescue mission." He thought as he walked and looked around the main hall. After a moment he pulls out his iDroid and brings up the holographic map of the mansion. "Ok, Silent Phoenix is in the lower levels of the mansion, but how do I get to her?" He asks himself as he examined the map.
THUD!!!
Phantom suddenly hears a loud thud coming from the East Wing, he quickly readies his rifle and makes his way to where he heard the sound. He opens the door and walks into what looks like a dining room and inside is a long dinner table. At the end of the table one of the chairs looks to have been moved to the side. He slowly moves to the side to keep an eye on anything suspicious, but what he saw next, he wasn't expecting.
A body. Lying on the floor next to the table and the chair.
"An unconscious enemy?" Phantom wondered as he slowly walked over to the body. As he got closer to the body, he began to see multiple lacerations all over. The clothes were torn up and there were bloody spots everywhere on the body, even the floor. Phantom was now beginning to feel uneasy.
Was this the only body in the mansion?
If not, then where is everyone else?
Questions raced in Phantom's mind as he crouched down near the body and carefully flipped it over on it's back. What Phantom saw next made him back away in shock.
The body was male, but you couldn't really tell because the persons face was mangled beyond possible repair if they were still alive. The persons jaw was hanging off on one side and it was barely hanging on a slab of meat. The skin was ice cold and the persons eyes, now glazed, were wide with terror. Phantom noticed a patch on the left of the deceased male. It was a patch with the skull of a vulture. "They were with Vulture, but what happened to him?" Phantom thought as he looked at the deceased mangled body before he noticed that the body was holding something in their right hand.
Whatever it was they were clutching it tight. Phantom crouched down again and slowly pulled out the thing that the body was holding for dear life. After a moment Phantom finally managed to pull out the thing that the body was holding.
It was a folded piece of paper.
Phantom unfolded it and there was a message written on it in big bold letters with bloody fingerprints all over it.
"GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN! IT'S NOT SAFE HERE! THEY'RE OUT OF CONTROL!"
The message read. Phantom narrowed his eyes and look down at the body again, this time he noticed an ID card sticking out of the shirts front pocket. He plced the paper on the table and took the card out of the pocket. It's a level 6 ID card. Wherever Phantom would be going, this would take him straight there.
"Sorry, pal, but you won't be needing this anymore." Phantom said before he stood back up and made his way back into the entrance hall leaving the body behind.
"Ok, so, this is a level 6 ID card, but where am I going to use it?" He wondered.
CLANG!!!
Phantom then heard a metallic clang behind him as he stood in the entrance hall. He looked around quickly with his rifle ready before he noticed that the tall clock that was near the staircase had moved to the side to reveal an elevator. "This place is full of surprises." Phantom wondered as he slowly entered the elevator then a voice spoke after a moment. "Authorization, please."
Phantom placed the ID card inside the elevator slot and waited as he heard a quiet hum. He got the card back before long. "Confirmed. Welcome, Cameron Drake." The voice said as the elevator door closed and Phantom could feel himself being taken down to the lower levels of the mansion.
"Well, here we go. Hang on, Silent, help is on the way." Phantom thought to himself.
But nothing could have prepared him for the horrors that are about to come next.
Quick AN- Holy shit! 5 months without an update, I didn't think so much time had passed. I want to apologize to everyone that has been waiting for an update to this story. I normally don't leave these kinds of notes at the end of a chapter, but I owe you all an apology. I would go into detail about why I took so long, but I don't want to make it sound like an excuse. So, I just want to say I'm sorry and that I hope that I still have my readers for MG: Resurrection. How ever little there are, but it's ok. This story is still growing and I intend to see it through. Once again, I apologize to you all for the super slow update and I will try to update more soon, but only after I feel that the chapter is good to go. I'll see you all again in the next chapter and keep reading! Have a good one guys! Later!
-GameTitan