Chapter 4: Appearance

"Uhhhhh.... need food.... real food.... not freeze dried rations..." said Ein as his stomach started to groan. After calming down from his encounter with the idiotic soldier and his feathered friend, Ein had entered the kitchen area of the base. He quickly searched the large refrigerators stocked with food for the Air Force men. "Covered in mold, smells bad, alive, that's not good, wait eureka! Tis the food of the world, SHRIMP, MUHAHAHAHAHA!" Ein looked around past the fridges and saw a large platter of everything shrimp just lying in the center of a buffet table. "Too...hard...to....resist...must...be...a...trap...beware...Ein...beware... " rang through the hackers mind. He dashed madly and began gobbling down everything he could get his hands on. There was plain shrimp, shrimp cocktail, coconut shrimp, broiled shrimp, shrimp cabob, barbecued shrimp, lemon shrimp, shrimp fried rice, sautéed shrimp, boiled shrimp, shrimp soup, cooked shrimp, raw shrimp, among various others. Within a few minutes it was all gone and the buffet table was left in ruins. To his shock, EinMk.II had not been blown up, poisoned, or died in any other way due to eating the feast. He took a sip of some cream soda and walked down the corridor leading into the hangar.

Fighter Jets, large missiles, and even Nuclear Warheads inhabited the Complex 4, large Air Force hangar. The entire area was cloaked in darkness and Ein was sure that these military 'toys' were very significant to their mission. "If only I could contact Snake.... -" Blood spewed against the wall next to the master hacker and he quickly checked to see where he had been shot. "What the? I sniper?!" Ein saw a deep bullet hole in his left shoulder. Upon processing the thoughts in his mind he dove behind a fighter jet. Out of his equipment case Ein pulled out his customized Sniper Rifle, which, had been used earlier. "Show yourself Sniper!" From the shadows appeared the figure on a large metal walkway, high above the hangar toward its ceiling. "A young woman?!" said Ein surprised "I am Legend, the most accurate shooter to ever walk on the face of the Earth. Also a master of martial arts and highly skilled with blades. The assassin of FOXHOUND... You, intruder, are my latest target." "What?! FOXHOUND here?! Now it all makes sense...they are-" Ein was interrupted. "You were not briefed upon arriving here, that's foolish... Hopefully you are better than your friend...."said Legend confidently.

"Otacon, Imp in front of the entrance to Complex 2. I just encountered a member of the new FOX-HOUND..." "What was his name, I'll search his background." "His name was Onai, odd codename huh?" "I agree, I'll get back to you with that info...So what was the outcome?" "We are rid of him, he put up a good fight but-" "He was nothing you couldn't handle right?" "Uhhh yeah, he gave a lot of info about the new FOX-HOUND and about The Knights of the Council before I finished him off. He claimed Solidus is their leader and that the new FOX-HOUND was creating Metal Gear Eagle, not the Patriots." "Amazing, it all makes sense Snake, beside Solidus somehow being alive... It seems the real enemy may not be FOX-HOUND, we strangely may have to fight with them side by side..." As the conversation over the codec slowly ended a man watched from below, hovering over the crashing waves. "And so you shall pay Snake, you shall pay."

"I'm afraid you have met your match...." Ein peered through the scope from behind the corner of the fighter jet's wing. It was so dark he could not see Legend or anything else. After wasting a few shots he realized his efforts were futile and didn't want to take the risk of hitting a warhead. "Lets take this battle somewhere else, this place is too dangerous...." "No worry, I won't miss...." Another bullet pierced through Ein's left shoulder, this time just beside the last shot. "Owww Damn, Ill have to devise another plan." Ein unsheathed his katana and recklessly charged into the darkness. Bullets flew toward him but he deflected them with the strength of his blade. Legend let go of her tight grasp around the PSG-1 and back flipped off of the metal walkway down to the concrete floor. "Counter this!" Legend drew her Socom pistol and at point blank range fired all 6 rounds. Sparks blazed as every single bullet raced in the opposite direction from the hacker's katana. One ended up grazing the side of the assassin's arm as she threw a kunai blade at Ein. However, none of the bullets hit any warheads or missiles. "How could he have dodged all of my attacks with that mere katana???" thought Legend to herself. EinMk.II then showed the true force of his ancient katana as it cut the kunai knife in half as it soared through the air. "Ha, it seems I haven't lost my touch!" said the master hacker proudly. The tip of his blade now pointed at the female ninja's throat. "Surrender?"

Suddenly an invisible figure jumped from the metal walkway above. The Cyborg Shinobi had been watching the entire battle from afar while being unseen due to his stealth camouflage. Landing with perfect balance, the android slashed Ein's katana out of his hands. "Escape, now!" said the android assassin. Upon hearing this Legend threw a smoke bomb. "Sayonara..." and with that she disappeared. "An android Ninja! Are you Gray Fox?!" said EinMk.II while keeping his distance from the katana pointed at his face. "No I am not, just an advanced model of him to be precise...." "Good, you should be a skilled opponent then." "Yes, I have killed twenty today, perhaps you are the twenty-first. Hmmm no normal human could have defeated Legend, are you Solid Snake?" "I am Ein and who might you be?" "You can call me Deepthroat or what my creators called me, Nave- ZeroCustomX..."