Chapter 1: Discovery
The world was in terror, but not on the brink of war. The world leaders
where trapped in one building. Kilovic wondered what the elders where doing
right now. He knew their base was not where it seemed likely to be, the capital,
or new york. They where situated in Chicago. Every person in the world was watching
the news in different countries and languages. Kilovic laughed.
Raiden did not know of the Terror capturing the world, because he was on
a mission. Isolated from civilians, in a barren place. It was not entirely
lifeless, however, or there would be no point in his mission. He scanned his long
range radar viewer, and found his destination. A Small Military Outpost
on the border between China and Russia. It had been abandoned many years
ago, but it was now inhabited, by a small gang, who had stumbled upon
documents which Foxhound would rather not be made public. He had
no idea what they where, but he did know that Fox Hound was not all
above board. He sighed. This time last year, he was at home, with Rose,
leading a normal life. He had to keep fighting, it was in his blood, and when
Rose left, he returned to Foxhound. As he approached the building, he drew
out a weapon. Berreta M-9, tranquiliser. While this gang were involved in
some minor illegal doings, they weren't criminal enough to warrant death.
His plan was to Put them all to sleep, and destroy the documents.
He smiled as he realised the door the the first building was unlocked,
and he could hear sounds inside. Why should it be locked? There was nobody
for around 30 miles either side and the only old broken road was hardly ever used,
except for the Gang themselves. They were not terrorists. From the briefing,
Raiden guessed they did a bit of everyhitng, from dealing to hitting. There
were around 12 in the gang, both from Russia and China. Through
the front door, was a small grey corridor, with a door on the right, and
one at the end. He took the Right one first. It was a messy room,
filled with various books and magazines, half eaten food and a small
old TV in the corner.He saw no filing cabinet of any type, although
he doubted whether they'd have one, and if they did, it'd probably be filled
with Junk.
He took a quick look on the shelves, looking fro A3 sheets
of Yellow paper, which George Mason, Director of covert and infiltration
operations at Fox Hound, told him the Documents looked like. All he
found was some letters. He left the room, and went to the room
at the end of the corridor. He pushed the door slightly, and looked inside.
Four men where speaking rapidly in Russian, laughing and drinking.
He decided to check the other building out before going in this room,
where the Gang was. He exited the building, and entered the other
alightly larger building.
He was faced with another corridor, which suprisingly led
downwards, and had no visible doors. He continued along the path,
as it sank deeper and deeper, obviously extending well beyond the
confines of the building. Decided that he had stumbled on something
bigger he had suspected, he drew his Socom.
***
George Mason leant back on the swivel chair, took a sip of his half cold
coffee, and turned to the man beside him, Albert McAndrew, the computers
guy in Mason's department. "Hows the kid doing?" He asked in a rumbling
voice.
"Well, we still have track of him, but theres no Radar Map
for the area he is, well, its not on our plans of the Building. I'd
suggest contact him" Said Albert, looking at the computer screen, which
depicted a small green dot, but no green lines showing the walls of the
room he was in. Mason, who did not have Codec, and used a computer
to talk to Raiden through his nanomachines, was about to key in Raidens
code, 182.512, when One of the technicians came rushing in. "Sir! We've
just received word of an nuclear explosion in Washington, happened
around 3 minutes ago". Everyone who heard where proclaiming their
shock to one and other, trying to find news about it. There was no
televisions on the floor, and thus nobody had known about the disaster.
Mason couldn't believe it. "What?!?!? How come our scanners didn't pick
it up?".
"Our Equipment crashed around 10 minutes ago, we've only
just got it working. Langley reported it, who where outside the radius
of the balst, and picked it up on their scanners" replied the Technician.
"Are they sure?" Asked Mason, still in disbelief. Some of the workers
had gone in search of a television to find the news. The news hadn't
shown the news yet, anyway. "Langley says it was a Double Flash
Thermal Signature, which would mean a probable Nuclear Explosion"
said the Technician.
"Probable? Then they're not sure?" asked Mason.
"Sir, they can see a large mushroom cloud through the window, so I'd
reckon its definitely a Nuclear Explosion" Replied the Technician.
"Bring up Satellite on the wall" said Mason. A Large wall not blocked
with clutter like the rest of the walls, suddenly filled with an Image of
Washington, from afar, top down. "Zoom In" he said. The image got
bigger. Miles and Miles where covered brown. The top of a swirling cloud
could be seen. Mason swallowed.
Most of the members of that floor, including Mason, went off, contacting
other Security Agencies, finding reports...etc. Albert McAndrew was left
at the computer. He decided to contact Raiden, to see where he was,
and the tell him the news.
The world was in terror, but not on the brink of war. The world leaders
where trapped in one building. Kilovic wondered what the elders where doing
right now. He knew their base was not where it seemed likely to be, the capital,
or new york. They where situated in Chicago. Every person in the world was watching
the news in different countries and languages. Kilovic laughed.
Raiden did not know of the Terror capturing the world, because he was on
a mission. Isolated from civilians, in a barren place. It was not entirely
lifeless, however, or there would be no point in his mission. He scanned his long
range radar viewer, and found his destination. A Small Military Outpost
on the border between China and Russia. It had been abandoned many years
ago, but it was now inhabited, by a small gang, who had stumbled upon
documents which Foxhound would rather not be made public. He had
no idea what they where, but he did know that Fox Hound was not all
above board. He sighed. This time last year, he was at home, with Rose,
leading a normal life. He had to keep fighting, it was in his blood, and when
Rose left, he returned to Foxhound. As he approached the building, he drew
out a weapon. Berreta M-9, tranquiliser. While this gang were involved in
some minor illegal doings, they weren't criminal enough to warrant death.
His plan was to Put them all to sleep, and destroy the documents.
He smiled as he realised the door the the first building was unlocked,
and he could hear sounds inside. Why should it be locked? There was nobody
for around 30 miles either side and the only old broken road was hardly ever used,
except for the Gang themselves. They were not terrorists. From the briefing,
Raiden guessed they did a bit of everyhitng, from dealing to hitting. There
were around 12 in the gang, both from Russia and China. Through
the front door, was a small grey corridor, with a door on the right, and
one at the end. He took the Right one first. It was a messy room,
filled with various books and magazines, half eaten food and a small
old TV in the corner.He saw no filing cabinet of any type, although
he doubted whether they'd have one, and if they did, it'd probably be filled
with Junk.
He took a quick look on the shelves, looking fro A3 sheets
of Yellow paper, which George Mason, Director of covert and infiltration
operations at Fox Hound, told him the Documents looked like. All he
found was some letters. He left the room, and went to the room
at the end of the corridor. He pushed the door slightly, and looked inside.
Four men where speaking rapidly in Russian, laughing and drinking.
He decided to check the other building out before going in this room,
where the Gang was. He exited the building, and entered the other
alightly larger building.
He was faced with another corridor, which suprisingly led
downwards, and had no visible doors. He continued along the path,
as it sank deeper and deeper, obviously extending well beyond the
confines of the building. Decided that he had stumbled on something
bigger he had suspected, he drew his Socom.
***
George Mason leant back on the swivel chair, took a sip of his half cold
coffee, and turned to the man beside him, Albert McAndrew, the computers
guy in Mason's department. "Hows the kid doing?" He asked in a rumbling
voice.
"Well, we still have track of him, but theres no Radar Map
for the area he is, well, its not on our plans of the Building. I'd
suggest contact him" Said Albert, looking at the computer screen, which
depicted a small green dot, but no green lines showing the walls of the
room he was in. Mason, who did not have Codec, and used a computer
to talk to Raiden through his nanomachines, was about to key in Raidens
code, 182.512, when One of the technicians came rushing in. "Sir! We've
just received word of an nuclear explosion in Washington, happened
around 3 minutes ago". Everyone who heard where proclaiming their
shock to one and other, trying to find news about it. There was no
televisions on the floor, and thus nobody had known about the disaster.
Mason couldn't believe it. "What?!?!? How come our scanners didn't pick
it up?".
"Our Equipment crashed around 10 minutes ago, we've only
just got it working. Langley reported it, who where outside the radius
of the balst, and picked it up on their scanners" replied the Technician.
"Are they sure?" Asked Mason, still in disbelief. Some of the workers
had gone in search of a television to find the news. The news hadn't
shown the news yet, anyway. "Langley says it was a Double Flash
Thermal Signature, which would mean a probable Nuclear Explosion"
said the Technician.
"Probable? Then they're not sure?" asked Mason.
"Sir, they can see a large mushroom cloud through the window, so I'd
reckon its definitely a Nuclear Explosion" Replied the Technician.
"Bring up Satellite on the wall" said Mason. A Large wall not blocked
with clutter like the rest of the walls, suddenly filled with an Image of
Washington, from afar, top down. "Zoom In" he said. The image got
bigger. Miles and Miles where covered brown. The top of a swirling cloud
could be seen. Mason swallowed.
Most of the members of that floor, including Mason, went off, contacting
other Security Agencies, finding reports...etc. Albert McAndrew was left
at the computer. He decided to contact Raiden, to see where he was,
and the tell him the news.