Author's note: The end is near, in Christmas Eve I hope to post the final chapter.
Chapter 15 "The Final Countdown"
"Snake, that looks like an apple." Snake continues to stare in silence as Code Talker marvels at his best creation. Code Talker turns around to the couple,
"My children, this is my greatest creation. With this my revenge will be complete"
Snake and Quiet gasp in surprise as they notice Code Talker's voice changing to a familiar voice,
"Skull Face?"
"Welcome Eve and Adam, you are going to be witness to the next step for growth of humanity. In this Eden here, I will become God and you two can take shelter in Eden or eat the forbidden fruit of knowledge and casts yourself to my world."
"How are you still alive!?" asks Snake pushing himself forward and nearly falling from Quiet's grip,
"You… the parasites, the parasites of revenge that inhabit this very old body. I have been inside the old man all this time ever since he found out I killed his people."
"Mas.. Skull Face… why?"
"He erased me from the annals of history, wiped out all my records; I don't even recall my real name…so I will become a god and have everyone carry out my will, a world of silence! From this humanity will take a few step backs in evolution and I'll be able to bend it to my will! Everyone will recognize me, I will make my mark on history!"
He turns around and looks at the fruit
"This fruit contains over a million of microbial parasite that multiply when they take in water and inhabit their host very quickly, they connect to me and I can control them. I will have now one of my soldiers eat it and when the parasite takes in the water, the host will explode and the microbial parasites turn aerial and fuse with the water from the clouds multiply and fall into open water. In a matter of weeks the whole planet's water will be infected with the forbidden fruit of knowledge."
Skull Face raises his arms up in excitement
"Then every human being will drink my water and they will be under my control."
"Skull Face that's too much…"
"Child, I knew you weren't up to this task, ever since you told me you would only consummate your parasite with Big Boss. You were originally going to be my martyr, but since that failed I stocked up quite a good number of fallen soldiers, speaking of which here they are arriving."
The soldiers that Snake had killed on his way to the cave raised up again and are starting to come through, walking directly to the forbidden fruit so Skull Face plan can come into fruition.
"Come my children, only one of you has to eat the fruit and my plan will be complete."
Snake falls into the ground sitting as he is starting to feel fatigue build up, not being able to have enough strength to keep standing. Quiet is in shock from what is happening. He quickly grabs her arm and calls to her
"Quiet, Quiet.. Quiet!" She comes back to her senses and notices Snake sitting on the floor.
"Snake?"
"Quiet, listen to me, we can stop this…" He sees the hesitation in her eyes, "Quiet listen to me, we can stop this, I know you always wanted to revenge, but look at what it has done to Skull Face. Don't be his tool, let's stop this."
Even though she has returned to her senses she still doesn't grasp the situation completely,
"Quiet take my knife and fight the soldiers, those who pass by me I'll shoot them in the head"
He notices she went into shock again and the soldiers are starting to get closer. "Cover me!"
Those words snapped Quiet back into action, she quickly takes Snake's knife and goes to kill the incoming soldiers.
Skull Face steps back with his wheelchair,
"Men, do the rest!."
Snake is reloading his gun and notices two soldiers passing by him, he quickly aims and shoots them in the head, but he notices the gun is heavier than usual, it must be the exhaustion catching up to him. Quiet continues to kill the soldiers but begins to struggle a bit as the soldiers shove her and punch her back. Three more soldiers pass by Snake and he shoots them again. Then he hears a gasping noise very near him and he quickly shoots to the right, he notices now some of the soldier are approaching him to kill him. He continues to shoot side to side, there were too many soldiers approaching the cave.
As he keeps shooting the last two soldiers, one soldier pass by him going directly to the fruit and the gun runs out of bullet. He quickly exhorts great effort and lunges his arm forward to grab the soldier by his ankle and pull him down to the floor. Quiet is just finishing killing the last soldiers. Snake holds strongly the soldier's ankle but it begins to crawl,
"Quiet!" he yells just like he used to when they fought together before. Quiet reacts quickly and goes to stab the crawling soldier in the head.
"Boss!" she nods to him in approval, "Quiet, Skull Face remains." She picks up the knife from the soldiers head and turns around to Skull Face, she gasps in surprise.
"Guess I will have to do it myself then…" Skull Face is holding the fruit and takes a bite, it is already too late. He throws the fruit to the floor and extends his arms sideways, looking to the hole that gives glimpse to the sky. He takes a deep breath
"REVENGE!"
Quiet goes back to Snake's side, they already know it's too late, and the blast from the exploding body will create a vibration that will definitely collapse the cave and bury the two of them here.
"Quiet… Quiet you can escape, make it out of here."
She looks at him "No, I want to stay here, with you…"
Code Talker's body begins to bloat, she's on the verge of tears, and looks at Snake again
"Snake! I…." She bites her lips as she tries to says her last words but something holds her back, her lips trembles and lets out a slight sob
He looks at her eyes and smiles
"I know…." Quiet smiles back, tears falling and responds to him
"You are the best thing that ever happened to me…" The couple hug each other tightly and close their eyes as Skull Face's body is about to explode.