due to not-so-popular demand, here's more. Ooooh.
Metal Gear Solid and all characters therein are copyright to Konami/KCEJ,
not me, blah blah blah. Beretta Cobra is mine, though. SOCOMs are also damn
fine guns. go buy a SOCOM.
La Tanière du Serpent
Chapter Two
Snake tried to back away, but his feet seemed glued to the floor. He suddenly realized he had trouble breathing, much less walking... or running.
The woman took two full strides towards him. The snakes, moving as smoothly as fluid, made room for her feet to land upon the concrete floor... then immediately recollected around her ankles. The Meryl lookalike narrowed her glittering eyes, her gun still pointed at Snake. Her lips curled back in a sort of snarl, showing the points of white teeth.
In unison, one of the serpents broke free from the group. Longer and thicker than the others, it slid to its own spot just in front of her, then coiled its black rope body. Using the rest of itself as ballast, the cobra raised his upper body... nearly six feet, coming to face level with Snake. Its hood snapped out, hissing lowly as its jaws dropped open, baring needle-tiny teeth.
"Shit..." Snake uttered. The expletive loosened his muscles, as he found himself able to move once again- and most importantly, jump backwards as the King cobra struck at him. He heard the angry hiss as its head flew past his ear.
Snake didn't stop to see if the cobra wanted another try... he bolted for the safety of the pallets again, firing off two quick shots at the woman's feet. He doubted he'd hit any of the snakes, and he certainly didn't... they'd already scattered.
"You're just going to run, Solid Snake?!" She taunted, firing one shot at him in response. He didn't waste his breath answering her, just slammed his back up against the stack of crates, holding his breath.
He suddenly remembered the low-slung animals darting under the pallets and looked down. No cobras on the ground after him... yet... and the woman? He tilted his head. Silence.
Then her voice again, startingly close. How could she move so quietly? "Don't think you can run... I'm going to make you pay!"
Snake instinctively leapt aside as she shot at him through the corner of the crates. He glanced around at her again... who the hell was this woman?! She wasn't in sight, though... now where had she gone off to? Likely hiding behind other pallets, waiting for him to step into her sight...
Gritting his teeth slightly, he took a step forward, expecting to be shot at.
Nothing.
Her voice, disturbingly close. "Freeze."
Snake did just that as he felt the muzzle of a Beretta 9000 press into his back between his shoulderblades. Damn... how could she move so quietly?! "Looks like you've got me..." He uttered in his heavy smoker's voice. He didn't need to look down to confirm the things sliding around his ankles and feet were the cobras...