Arsenal Gear: Declaration
Part 3
5:44 AM
Landing their plane on a local landing pad, Snake, Otacon, Tyler, Brandon, Raiden, and Roger ventured into the desolate town, expecting a driver who was arranged to pick them up. Tumble weeds would occasionally go by and the whole town looked deserted. Only a few people even lived there. Perfect place to hide a weapon like Arsenal Gear.
Roger: Wow, who made this crap hole?
Snake: Expecting Vegas?
Brandon: Shouldn't expect much in a town called Elkins.
Tyler: Whose picking us up.
Snake: A man named Ray. Should be here by now.
Tyler: How do we get into an underground base?
Otacon: There's a river a few miles away that also serves as a water source for the base. Cleaned water, of course. Snake, you and Raiden need to go through the river and into the base.
Snake: That sounds familiar.
Raiden: How'll you and the others get in?
Otacon: Don't worry, we'll make through. Just focus on what you need to do. You can always reach us by Codec.
A van pulled over and they drove over to the river where they would make it through. The river was deep and went under several roads. Snake and Raiden swam through the river until they reached a sewer-ish place. Not nearly as horrid-smelling, though there were no enemies in visibility. They came ashore, (in a place resembling the first area of Metal Gear Solid) and looked. No soldiers, no gunshot noises, nothing. They patrolled the area to confirm it, but no one was there. They jogged to the elevator already there, and casually walked on, heading down.
Snake: Something's not right. No one would leave a place like that unprotected.
Raiden: Has the takeover started?
Snake: By now, it probably has. There were no gunshots heard, so either A, they haven't started or B, they're already done.
Raiden: If it's A then there's hope.
Snake: Were heading to floor B2. Brace yourself.
Raiden: How many floors are there?
Snake: Otacon said there were 42 floors. Taking over this wouldn't be a walk in the park.
The elevator stopped at B2 and they equipped their Socoms. They headed out, looking each way. Still no guards. There were a number of crates stacked on each other, providing good cover.
Otacon called Snake and Raiden.
Otacon: Snake, Raiden, this is Otacon. We've infiltrated the base. No one was found in the area. Basically a ghost town. What about you?
Snake: Same thing here. No guards of any kind.
Raiden: What's going on?
Otacon: The takeover should've started by now. You think we could be wrong?
Snake: So far, what you found was right. The river being a way in was correct.
Raiden: Guards would be here if there were no takeover.
The elevator went back up to the top floor they were just on. Unbeknownst to Snake and Raiden, three guards were right around the corner, spying in on Raiden and Snake.
Raiden: You think they already took over and are just cleaning up any bodies?
Snake: It would take way too long to do all that by the time we got here.
The guards were preparing to fire, but were interested in what they were talking about to see who they worked for.
Raiden: Where are you at, anyways?
Otacon: Floor B5. Tyler and the others are checking the area for any new intruders.
Snake: You sure we can trust them?
Otacon: They're disavowed agents from FOXHOUND. Unlike Ocelot, they didn't sell their soul to anyone. Don't worry, we can trust them.
Snake: No normal people ever spawn from FOXHOUND.
Snake sensed something out of the ordinary was around. He surveyed the area to see anyone, but found none. He put his Socom between his right shoulder and side so he could get a cigarette, when he heard a footstep from around a corner. Raiden heard it to.
Snake: Otacon, I have to go.
Raiden was looking at Snake, with Snake mouthing, "Don't move, and don't stare at them.." Snake began mouthing a countdown from 5. When it was at 1, Snake, without moving his feet, moved his right shoulder to the to the left, and pulled the trigger on his Socom. The bullet hit a guards forehead right as he peeked at Snake. On cue, Snake ducked and Raiden shot 2 bullets into an incoming guard on his left knee and stomach. He landed on his back, while another, unseen guard hurried away to report on his radio. They could hear his footsteps, and they both pursued. They caught him right when he stopped and picked up his radio. They shot his radio and 1 bullet to his right arm. He gave up, not wanting to be killed. He stopped 20 feet from the elevator opening. The man had a thick Russian accent.
Snake: Who are you?!
Guard: OOWWW!
Raiden: Shut up and answer the question!
Guard: (Breathing heavily) Ivan.
Snake: Who are you working for?
Guard: What are you talking about?
Snake: Were the one asking questions. Answer right now!
Guard: I don't know their names. They don't say.
Raiden: What do they look like?
Guard: I don't know! My orders come from the radio.
Snake: Has the takeover started?
Guard: You shot my arm!
Raiden: Answer!
Snake: Where is everybody?
Guard: What?
The elevator started operating again, this time with 1 passenger. It stopped at their floor but the gates opened only a small bit.. Snake and Raiden noticed it and ran for cover. Someone had an AK-47 and started firing in the barely opened gate. Snake and Raiden were safe behind the crates, but the bullets hit John. He died instantly, while the elevator closed and proceeded downward.
Snake: What the hell? Raiden, grab his dog tags.
Raiden got his dog tags, with a small bump hit by a bullet.
Raiden: Ivan Wallski.
Snake contacted Otacon.
Otacon: What's up?
Snake: You're not going to believe this. Someone killed a guard we were questioning while on the elevator we were just on.
Otacon: Who were you questioning?
Raiden: A guard. Said his name was Ivan Wallski. He didn't say if the takeover started or not, or who he worked for. He was killed before he could say anything.
Otacon: Check his equipment. Get to B5, I just found a system I could hack into, so I must be going. (The transmission ended.)
Snake: Raiden, go to B5. I'll be there in awhile.
Raiden went to the elevator, while Snake investigated the bodies. He got the dog tags of each person, each with a Russian name. The weapons were American made, as were the uniforms. He didn't recognize who it could be, but w/ American equipment, the man spoke Russian. He knew of mixed units, but had a bad feeling about the mission.
***************Raiden***********************
Raiden saw no soldiers on his way to B5 through the stairways. He checked every door, but still no signs. He went to the only remaining door, which housed Otacon, Brandon, Tyler, and Roger. The room had several computers, with Otacon using each one.
Tyler: What took you so long? And where's Snake?
Brandon: And what happened w/ the guard?
Raiden: Snake's still on B2. The guard was killed. Elevator shooting or something. Find anything?
Otacon: Arsenal Gear is here, I know that. Where it is, that's the question. There's been no guards from the ground we've covered.
Raiden: And how much is that?
Otacon: About 3 floors. For the residence of Arsenal Gear, a dangerous weapon, the security is rather light.
Brandon: Can we use the elevators to go to 42?
Otacon: It only goes to floor B1-B5.
****************Ocelot*******************
Revolver Ocelot sat at his new desk inside the base for Arsenal Gear. The takeover was going well, despite the fact that major players were already inside. He knew there still were Army officials alive, and probably trying to take back the base. Fox was there, but preferred to be alone at that time. Candy Man was doing well leading the troops in taking over the base, and taking down hard-to-kill soldiers. Mikhail was impressing him due to the fact he was running his errands and was never in a combat situation before this. Killing Ivan was a much-needed errand.
Ocelot: Come over here.
2 guards came nearby and timidly asked what he wanted.
Ocelot: You get Mikhail right here. And you, get me some coffee.
Both soldiers: Yes, sir.
The coffee-fetcher returned first, with a fresh cup of coffee. He spoke briefly, where he heard the had a bad Russian accent. Ocelot sniffed it, which had an awkward smell. Suspiciously, Ocelot came up with a good idea.
Ocelot: You taste the coffee.
Soldier: Me, sir?
Ocelot: There's no one else in here. Take a sip.
Soldier: If I may, sir, I do not like coffee.
Ocelot: I did not ask if you like coffee. Drink first. If you don't, it's poison. So drink it if it's real coffee.
Soldier: Um, ok, sir.
The guard shakedly picked up the coffee, and dropped it. Obviously intentional.
Soldier: I'll just clean this up this up.
Ocelot: You disappoint me. A good spy wouldn't make coffee smell like valium.
Soldier: It doesn't smell like valium.
Ocelot: You never smelled it.
Under pressure, the soldier furiously got out his M-4 and started firing. Ocelot had the bullet-reflector from Fortune on him, so all bullets hit walls. Running out of ammo, he quickly tried reloading. Ocelot casually brought out his Colt, and shot the guards foot. He screamed out in pain, with a foot that would require amputation. He still tried to shoot him w/ a hidden handgun from his boot, but had no affect. Revolver put a gun to his own head and shot. No bullet killed him as a show of power and how much ammo he's wasting. He pulled off the soldier's mask which had an American males face.
Ocelot: That would explain the bad accent. Who do you work for? The Pentagon? FBI? NSA? CIA? Activist? The Patriots?
Soldier: The football team?
Ocelot slapped him for his stupidity.
Ocelot: Who do you work for?
Soldier: They'll kill me if I tell?
Ocelot: You don't tell me and I'll speed that up.
Soldier: The Patriots.
Ocelot: Why do they want me dead?
Soldier: They don't tell me anything.
Mikhail and the soldier walked in, unaware of the situation.
Ocelot: Don't shoot him. Patch me through to the Patriots.
The soldier pressed several buttons and keys. The image of the 12 Patriots were visible on a television screen.
Ocelot: Look what I found. Know him?
A: Hello, Shalashaska. We know who he is.
D: What about him?
Ocelot: Aside from the fact that he tried to kill me, I would like to know why you want to kill me? No other spies of yours are on this structure.
A: Glad you noticed. We need the disk. And where your loyalties lie.
Ocelot: You doubting I am loyal to the Patriots?
F: In the current situation, we can't take any chances.
Ocelot: And neither can I.
Ocelot shot the soldier right in the head in front of the TV screen. They caught all of the gruesome details.
Ocelot: Do this and I'll break the S3 disk in half and give the NOC list to Snake. Don't fuck with me.
The soldier turned off the transmission. Other soldiers cleaned up his body and went away. Mikhail stood in front of him.
Mikhail: Is it true Snake is in this base?
Ocelot: It is certainly possible. He always follows me around.
Mikhail: Are you afraid of him?
Ocelot: No. Bullets can't hit me, and that's his only weapon. Are you?
Mikhail: No. Also, there's been a breach in our security. Some hacker got into these networks.
Ocelot: Right on time. That must be them. Track down the origin if you can. I have an errand for you while you're here.
Mikhail: What is it?
Ocelot: If you can, find Raiden. You know what he looks like. And when you do, either kill him, or notify the "special soldiers."
Mikhail: Do you think they're combat ready? They were only in there for a few hours.
Ocelot: There ready. And I'm putting you in charge. Now go and find Raiden.