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Rogue gathered the remaining soldiers of Diamond Foxes, soon to be, former base and hurried them all to their helicopters. "Hurry! The quicker we get to our new Motherbase, the quicker we can help our comrades in Germany! Move your asses!" He commanded as he rushed towards his own transport helicopter.
He hopped inside and took one last look at the now empty base. It felt strange to him. There were still people clamoring around to get to where they need to go, but the base now seemed desolate and hollow. He hadn't even stepped foot on the new base yet and already the memory of the old base was beginning to haunt him.
He shook his head of any negative thoughts, closed the side door and looked to his pilot. "Pilot! Hurry and take off, we need to hurry!" He ordered.
"Yes, sir!" The pilot replied as he rose the helicopter into the air.
Rogue looked out the side window as the helicopter rose, but he looked desperately worried. "Phantom, Silent. Hang in there. We'll help you as soon as possible." He thought as multiple Diamond Foxes helicopters took off towards their new Motherbase in the Seychelles.
Meanwhile, with Phantom...
Phantom quietly walked around the underground laboratory wanting to avoid another confrontation with the now mutated Evan. "Man, I need to find a way to contact the base soon, or I'm going to go nuts down here." He thought to himself as he came upon two pathways.
"Hmm... left or right?" He wondered.
"Well, people say that right is right, so I guess I'll go right." He whispered and shrugged as he turned to walk down the right corridor. Phantom had only walked a few feet before he heard something ahead of him.
Thump... thump... thump...
It was then that he faintly see a pair of glowing bright orange eyes staring right at him before the thumping footsteps quickened their pace.
"Sssnake..." The figure snarled as it jogged towards him.
"And I call bullshit on whoever said that right is right!" He shouted and ran just as the hulking figure burst into a run, growling and snarling as it did.
Phantom looked behind him to see that the figure was Evan, once again, chasing him. "Fuck! Where does he keep coming from?!" He thought to himself as he ran away from his now fallen comrade. "I have to figure out a way to lose him... or kill him. Although that's easier said than done." He thought again as he came up a huge open area that held weapon cases lying around.
"Ok, there has to be something in here that can buy me some time." He wondered as he jumped over the railing and landed on the floor to quickly start checking for any useful weapons to use against Evan. Unfortunately, Phantom didn't have enough time to look inside many of the weapons cases as Evan stormed into the area, searched for Phantom and then jumped over the railing himself before he landed on the floor with a loud and earthshaking thud.
The entire room trembled as some of the weapons cases fell over onto the floor and opened to reveal even more weapons, making Phantom quickly scan each of the open case before his eyes landed on a Anti-Tank missile launcher.
He then looked back at Evan who glared at him then let out a loud and ferocious roar.
"SSSNAAAKE!!!" Evan roared before he charged at Phantom, wanting to grab hold of him and beat him until there was nothing left. Phantom, however, was quick on his feet and make a quick dive for the missile launcher.
Evan rushed past him and skidded almost to a halt before he quickly turned to try and chase Phantom again. But Phantom already had the missile launcher in his hands as he prepared to fire the first of four shots.
"Four shots, Adam. Make them count." He thought to himself as he squeezed the trigger and the missile was sent flying out towards Evan, who was within grabbing distance of Phantom.
The missile exploded and sent Phantom flying backwards hard into a wall knocking the wind out of him. He shook his head to get his bearings back and tried to ignore the ringing in his ears, but the blast explosion was close and pretty loud. He then looked up to see Evan still, somehow, standing. His arms were crossed, shielding himself. "He must've put his arms up before the missile hit." Phantom thought as Evan quietly groaned while he tried to keep himself standing.
Phantom looked closer at him to see that he was covered in something, but it wasn't shrapnel or ash from the fire.
It was... armor?
"Son of a bitch! When the hell could he do that?!" Phantom yelled inside his head with a look of shock as Evan slowly raised his head to glare at him. His arms suddenly dropped down and he tried to take a step but couldn't as he stumbled forward with a groan and landed face first on the floor with a loud thud that echoed throughout the room.
Phantom let out a sigh of relief. "There's no way that killed him if he managed to guard it, but I'm not sticking around to find out if he's still alive." He thought before he noticed a nearby door and ran in it's direction to leave the room.
Meanwhile, with Sunny, Carla and John...
John sat with Sunny and Carla inside their transport helicopter feeling antsy. John tapped his foot repeatedly while waiting for word from the pilot that they were near the new Motherbase, but it had only been over an hour since they left the Texas base.
"John, calm down. We'll get to the base and we'll help Adam and Liza better there." Sunny said trying to put John's mind at ease, but it wasn't working. John didn't say a word when he looked at Sunny then back to the cockpit of the helicopter. She sighed before she turned to look at Carla, who was sitting next to her. "How are you doing, Carla? Is your... cheek still throbbing?" She asked.
Carla brought her hand up to her cheek and gently rubbed it still feeling the slight tingling from where Meryl had smacked her in the base. Her lip trembled before she answered. "N-no. The pain is still there, but it's not as bad as it was." She said making Sunny nod before she rubbed her back. "Carla, I'm not defending Meryl and I'm not going to for what she did, but you have to understand that she's scared. She lost control and panicked, but... that doesn't give her the right to do what she did." She said looking at Carla who only turned her head away at the mention of Meryl.
That's when John snapped his head at Sunny with a slight glare. "We're all scared, Sunny and you're right, Meryl shouldn't have smacked Carla. She was only trying to help her and she got a smack in the face for it. Meryl shouldn't have lost control the way she did and we all want to help Adam and Liza, but how are we supposed to help them if one of our leading commanders can't keep her fucking head on straight?" He vented with his fists clenched.
Sunny just looked down and tried to think of an answer, but she couldn't. John continued to look at Sunny waiting for an answer as Carla turned her head back to look at her friend and wait for an answer too, but an answer wouldn't be given.
Sunny just lifted her head back up to look at her two best friends and shrugged with a shake of her head. "I... I don't know, John." She said with a sigh.
John nodded his head then looked back towards the cockpit. "Then we'll deal with that matter AFTER we help Adam and Liza when we get to base." He said lowly as the helicopters ventured further towards their new home.
Back with Phantom...
Phantom headed back up towards the surface of the underground laboratory and began to remember his way back to the holding cells. He kept the Anti-Tank missile launcher on him just in case Evan showed back up. He had just finished another flight of stairs heading back to the surface when he heard multiple voices coming from a single room. He looked to his left to see a cracked door with two blinking lights coming out of the room.
He cautiously walked towards it and slowly pushed the door open to reveal what looked like not one, but two AI pods on opposite sides of each other in the room. On one side of the room there was an AI pod that had a yellow blinking light, but it was flickering like it's power was about to die. On the other side of the room the other AI pod had a bluish white blinking light and both pods were speaking at the exact same time.
"Stay alert! He'll be through here, I know it. I'm going to swat down a couple of bothersome flies..."
"One sword keeps another in the sheath. Sometimes the threat of violence alone is a deterrent. Sometimes by taking a life, others can be preserved. It's the code the samurai lived by."
"There definitely is a resemblance, don't you think... little brother? Or should I say big brother? I'm not sure... anyway, it doesn't matter. You and I are the last surviving Sons of Big Boss."
Phantom snapped his head towards the AI pod with the flickering yellow light when it mentioned Big Boss, but he dropped it for the moment and continued to listen to the AI pods speak.
"Snake, I'll be fine. From now on, I'm living my life by my own will. You and I are both just pawns in this proxy war... but once this is over... we will have our freedom!"
"So, the snakes finally come out of his hole? Are you ready now... my brother? I'M YOU!!! I'M YOUR SHADOW!!! ASK THE FATHER THAT YOU KILLED!! I'LL SEND YOU TO HELL TO MEET HIM!!!"
"I'll release you. It's the only way I'll ever be free. I've got nothing to lose. It was never going to work out for me... it even rained the day I was born. The... the lightning..."
"HAVE AT YOU, SNAKE!!!"
"Sunny... forgive me..."
Phantom looked at the pod with the bluish white light when it mentioned Sunny. He narrowed his eyes and continued to listen.
"NOT YET, SNAKE!!! IT'S NOT OVER YET!!!"
"SNAKE, HURRY!!!"
"SNAAAKE!!!"
"ROOOSE!!!"
Both lights went off on the pods, but the pod with the bluish white light soon turned back on. The pod with the yellow light wasn't so fortunate. Phantom, deciding that there was nothing he could do with the one AI pod, walked over to the AI pod that had it's light still on. He walked up to it and tried to figure out a way to take out the hard drive, or take whatever data it had, back with him to base until he noticed a port that he could plug into.
"Hmm, could I plug my iDroid in here? It looks like I can." He thought, then the pod spoke again.
"Snake...? Is... is that you?" It asked, but Phantom wasn't so sure that he should answer, so he just remained quiet until it spoke again.
"No... no, you look like him, but... you're not him. Who... who are you?" It asked him and this time Phantom decided to answer.
"Phantom."
"Phantom. Hmm... nice codename." The pod complimented him, but he wasn't sure what to do now, except one thing.
"Who or what are you?" He asked the pod, but it remained silent for a few minutes before it answered.
"I... I don't know. I've been here for... only God knows how long. I do remember some things, but they're fragmented and I only remember names. Two names that I know are important. Little John and... Rose. I don't know how important they are, but... the names are connected to things or... people... people that are important to me. Although... I can't go to them. I can't go anywhere." The pod answered making Phantom wonder.
"Is this pod...? No... it can't be." He thought as he quickly pulled out his iDroid and plugged it into the port of the pod.
The pod sensed the intrusion.
"What are you doing?" It asked making Phantom look up at it's light. "Helping." He simply said as the data and the AI downloaded into the iDroid. When the download was complete the AI spoke through the iDroid. "Wha-What did you do to me? Where am I?" It asked in a panic.
Phant shushed it. "Quiet, quiet. I told you. I'm helping. I think I know who you are, but... I don't know what happened to you. But I do have friends that may be able to help. I need you to trust me. Alright?" He said to his iDroid, who had remained silent before it spoke again. "Alright. If you think you can help me... then I'll help to. In fact, I can help you with your comms. Just plug into the nearest radio you can find." It said before going silent.
Phantom looked up and smiled when he noticed that there was communications console in the room. He walked over to it and plugged the iDroid to the port near one of the consoles switches.
"Standby." The AI spoke as Phantoms radio comms were repaired.
After a moment Phantom took off the earpiece off of the iDroid and placed it in his ear before he activated the iDroid again. "Diamond Foxes base, this is Phantom, do you copy? This is an emergency. Diamond Foxes base, I repeat, this is Phantom, does anyone copy? Over." He spoke into his radio and waited patiently, but desperately, for an answer.
Until...
"Phantom?! Thank god!"
With Thunder Rogue...
"Diamond Foxes... this is... antom, do... copy? This... an emergency. Diamo... Foxes base, I repea... is Phantom, does any... copy? Over." The pilot heard over the radio.
"Boss! I'm getting something! I think it's Phantom!" He shouted to the back as Rogue shot up out of his seat to the cockpit and snatched up a radio. "Phantom?! Thank god!" He shouted then waited for Phantom to speak again.
"Boss? Thank... I got through. Listen, I hav... got Silent yet bu... working my wa... to the surface and I'll be... my way out of the lab..." Phantom spoke, but the signal wasn't strong enough for Rogue to make out what he was saying. "Phantom say again, I didn't catch that." Rogue said into the radio and waited.
"I shou... on my way out... mansion and out of... soon, but tha... take a while since... wai... wait! Boss, I have to... there's som... chas... DAMN IT!!!" Phantom said before radio contact was cut off. Then Rogue and the pilot briefly heard a death chilling voice.
"SSSNAAA...!!!"
The transmission ended.
"Phantom?" He said into the radio, but no response.
"Phantom come in! Phantom respond!"
Silence.
"Phantom- GODDAMN IT!!!" Rogue shouted before he threw the radio against the inside of the helicopter as it clattered to the floor. He then sat back down in his seat and held his hands on his head. His hands trembled as he continued to feel powerless before he looked up at the pilot. "Soldier, how much longer until we arrive at the Seychelles?" He asked as calmly as he possibly could, but the pilot took a moment before he answered.
"In... another 3 hours, sir. 2 hours... if luck is on our side." The pilot answered sadly. Rogue nodded his head and looked out the side window. "Son, luck is not on our side today, but I hope it's on Phantoms. Because he's gonna need it." He said in a depressed tone as all of the transport helicopters continued flying towards their destination.
Then the pilot spoke again. "Sir? Just... what was that that we heard after Phantom was cut off?" He asked, but Rogue shook his head.
"I don't know, son. I don't know..."
Back with Phantom...
Phantom had managed to get a hold of Rogue and tried speaking to him to let him know that he hadn't retrieved Silent just yet and that he shouldn't be too much longer with his mission, but in his haste to say all that, Evan showed back up and burst into the room. Phantom had to end the transmission and run again.
Then had just managed to briefly incapacitate Evan with the missile launcher again as he quickly made his way back to the holding cells, but before he made it back to Silent's cell he came across a room that looked to be the main area of security, surveillance, communications, etc.
So, he rushed in and locked down all the heavy duty security doors that Evan could use to get to him, but he kept his way out open and a clear path. He then noticed the self destruct button on the console.
He snorted and smirked. "Who even has these anymore?" He thought out loud before he made his way to the holding cells and to Silent's cell.
He picked the lock and rushed inside the cell to quickly check on her. Fortunately, she was breathing, but she was still unconscious and her heartbeat was dangerously slow. "I need to get you out of here and we need to get away from Evan." He whispered as he gently picked her up and put her over his shoulders. He then made his way out of the cell and out of the room.
BANG!!!
He jumped as he heard a loud bang in the distance. "If that's Evan then I need to hurry, because I know he's not happy." He thought as he walked back into the main security room and pressed the self destruct button.
"Have fun, Evan!" He shouted as the alrams blared and Evan continued his banging, but rapidly.
"The self destruct sequence has been activated. All personnel evacuate immediately. This area will self destruct in 10 minutes. All personnel evacuate immediately."