Metal Gear Solid 3: The Patriots
Chapter One - Infiltration
"Rose!"
Sweat beaded Jack's face as he crawled on his belly toward the fallen woman. The blood that stained the floor told him the bullet wound had hit its mark. As he neared her, he reached out to grab her arm, to pull her out of the way of fire. Then from behind the corner a heavy boot stepped down on his wrist.
Jack shouted in pain and looked up to see his attacker. It was Ocelot! Revolver Ocelot looked down at him with a sneer, his large brown coat blocking out most of the pale sun behind him as he lowered his pistol to aim at Jack's face.
"Goodbye boy."
"No!"
The soud of a gun shot echoed through the evening...
~~~~~~~~~Twenty Four Hours Earlier~~~~~~~~~
Sighing, Jack ran a hand through his wavy blond hair. He felt dirty and grimy, and who wouldn't cramped into the tight space of a chopper. His legs were sore and the butt of his SOCOM semi-automatic pistol was digging into his hip painfully.
It's worth it Jack, just remember that it's Rose we're after...
Jack had been happy, finally peace after that hellacious incident with Arsenal Gear and his father, Solidus Snake. Jack and Rose had gotten a new apartment, had been dating for three months until one day he came home and she was gone, the apartment a mess, blood stains on the floor. Immediately he had called Snake and Hal, two of his closest friend's and experts at espionage.
Neither of them was affiliated with the government anymore, after both their separate incidents they had been outcasts, left to pursue the remaining Metal Gear's on the market and destroy them.
Jack's thoughts were interrupted at his Codec picked up.
"Jack this is Otacon, do you read me?" Hal's familiar voice flooded his ears.
"Loud and clear, how long until I get out of this sardine can?"
"We're going to land out of range of any possible sensors; you'll have to go in on foot the rest of the way."
"Well.at least it's not Alaska," he could hear Snake's soft laughter in the distance.
Jack grimaced, "Yea, but that doesn't make it much better."
"Quit complaining, we're here." Otacon said over the Codec.
Jack listened as the blades of the chopper started to slow, then he felt the small jolt as they landed. The blades came to a stop, and Jack pulled the handle down to open up the exit. Crawling out, he stood up and stretched. It was the best thing he'd felt in a long time, after being cramped in that death box for nearly 4 hours.
He heard Snake come up behind him, and turned to face the older man.
"You ready?" Snake asked a questioning smile.
"Of course!" Jack replied with a cocky grin.
"Heh, calm down kid. Don't forget we're dead if we're spotted."
Jack nodded soberly, and followed Snake as he led them into a thicket of bushes. It was silent for a while, as he followed Snake further into the underbrush of Brazil, until Otacon broke the silence as his Codec beeped to life.
"Ok boys, we're not in New York anymore. This is Brazil, they won't be as trained or as deadly as Gerlukavich's men were, so you'll have the advantage. They aren't expecting two lone gunmen either, so you'll have stealth on your side."
"Why don't you tell us something we don't know?" Replied Snake gruffly.
"Well, I'm afraid I can't help you in that department."
Snake sighed, "Otacon, can you externally hack into one of their computer's, and see if you can find out some information about their security, number of guards, stuff like that."
"I sure can. I'll contact you if I have any information. If you need to reach me, my Codec number is 191.80. OK?"
"No problem," Jack decided to make his presence known.
The silence returned, and Jack was about to speak, just to break the silence when Snake stopped and Jack ran into his shoulder with a slight grunt.
"Ssh.I think we're here."
Snake motioned for him to stay put, as he moved forward and to the left, and disappeared in the underbrush. He returned a few minutes later, and nodded at Jack.
"Yea we're here. I spotted at least three guards, carrying automatic weapons."
"I see, so we're going to have to be careful." Jack responded sourly.
"Obviously." Snake said grimly.
"Let's go." Jack said, as Snake led him out of the underbrush.
In front of them, stood a dimly lit dirty encampment. This was their front, producing cocaine. Jack saw a few buildings, most likely one to the entrance to the lab, and the other a holder for cocaine. He spotted one of the guards to his right, standing with his back to them. The area was large, and it was late so he could only see the guards, and he could see no one else wandering around.
"I can handle this guard." Jack nodded as he looked at Snake.
Snake nodded back, and Jack crept slowly up to the guard, keeping his arms at his sides and walking on the balls of his feet to reduce the noise he made. The guard reached his arms above his head and arched his back, to stretch as he let out a loud yawn. Jack struck, lashing out with his hand as it struck the back of the man's neck with the butt of his SOCOM. The guard dropped like a light, and Jack crouched over the man as he searched his pockets. In one of them, he found a small keycard with the man's face and a bar code on the back. He pocketed it, thinking it might have a use later. Grabbing the man's weapon, which turned out to be an MP-90, he holstered his SOCOM and looked around to see if he had alerted any attention.
"I got one of the guard's." Jack said over the Codec.
"Me too." Came Snake's reply.
"Just one more left then?"
"Should be, but something doesn't feel right."
"You're just old, and paranoid." Jack chided him.
"No, I haven't felt this since."
"Huh?" Jack said confused.
"Nothing, you're probably right. You take care of that last guard while I check out these building's. Snake out."
Jack looked up to where the last guard was, he was facing Jack but was well out of his range. He looked down and muttered, the MP wasn't silenced. 'Guess I have to do this the hard way.' Jack thought.
Grabbing a rock next to him, he snuck closer to the guard and waited until the guard was looking away from him, standing up and lobbing the rock, he crossed his fingers and let out a sigh of relief as the rock landed behind the guard. The guard spun around and Raiden darted forward, grabbing the guard in a headlock and jerking sideways. The guard's neck let out a sickening crack and went limp in the young man's arms. He let him down to the ground easily and took the clip from his MP.
"All the guards are down Snake," he said over the Codec.
"Roger that, I think I've found the entrance. I'm in the building to the left, meet me here," the older man replied.
"I'm on my way."
Jack looked around the encampment once more out of habit, and quickly headed for the building to the left. He stopped short as he passed the first building, and heard voices from inside. Voices that were extremely close. Jack panicked as the door in front of him started to open, and he flipped to his right quickly, just behind the door and leveled his MP. Out walked a female clad in black. She wore a hood and but the tight fitting clothes made it clear she was a woman. She wore an automatic pistol strapped to her hip, and she was carrying what looked like a modified shotgun in her hands. Jack flattened himself against the wall, and listened as she lit a cigarette.
Jack racked his mind as to what to do, he flattened himself against the building and edged backward, it wouldn't take long for the woman to notice the guard's were down, and he could hear her moving around.
Snap!
Jack froze as his foot landed on a dry twig, and he heard the woman running toward him. He ran, backwards behind the building. He quickly contacted Snake over the Codec, "Snake! I'm being pursued by a female soldier, she's armed and looks like Special Forces."
He heard Snake's quick reply over the radio, "Damn it! Bring her to me, run toward my building."
Jack could hear the woman gaining on him, god she was fast. He ran with all his speed toward the next building, as bullets tore into the ground behind him. He was almost to the entrance when Snake leapt from the shadows. "Get down!" Jack hit the ground, and Snake opened fire with his SOCOM.
"I got her, it's ok." Jack looked up to see Snake standing over him with his arm extended.
Jack took it and Snake pulled him to his feet, then turned around and walked to the dead female soldier. He crouched and pulled back the hood. He looked at the Tactical 12 Gauge Shotgun in her hands and looked at it, then looked back at Snake.
"How did they get their hands on U.S. Military Weapons?" Jack asked confused.
"I have no idea kid, this was supposed to be a small anarchy unit, some automatic weapons no more. All the guards we've seen have had MP's, something's wrong."
Snake crouched and put his hand to his ear, "Otacon come in."
The man's voice came over the radio, "What is it Snake?"
"Something's wrong, this isn't just a small terrorist unit. They have automatic weapons and Military shotguns, what's going on?"
"What?! Snake that's not possible, this was supposed to be a low-key operation."
"What the hell is going on.?" Snake said.
"I've almost hacked their security system. Snake, you'll have to infiltrate there."
"No, something's wrong. This is too dangerous." Snake snapped.
"No, we're staying. Rose might be in there, she's the only reason I'm here. Snake, we have to continue." Jack crouched in front of Snake and looked into the man's eyes.
Snake looked down, then back up at Jack, and then he nodded. "All right, let's go get your girl."
---------------------------------- To Be Continued ---------------------------------
Chapter One - Infiltration
"Rose!"
Sweat beaded Jack's face as he crawled on his belly toward the fallen woman. The blood that stained the floor told him the bullet wound had hit its mark. As he neared her, he reached out to grab her arm, to pull her out of the way of fire. Then from behind the corner a heavy boot stepped down on his wrist.
Jack shouted in pain and looked up to see his attacker. It was Ocelot! Revolver Ocelot looked down at him with a sneer, his large brown coat blocking out most of the pale sun behind him as he lowered his pistol to aim at Jack's face.
"Goodbye boy."
"No!"
The soud of a gun shot echoed through the evening...
~~~~~~~~~Twenty Four Hours Earlier~~~~~~~~~
Sighing, Jack ran a hand through his wavy blond hair. He felt dirty and grimy, and who wouldn't cramped into the tight space of a chopper. His legs were sore and the butt of his SOCOM semi-automatic pistol was digging into his hip painfully.
It's worth it Jack, just remember that it's Rose we're after...
Jack had been happy, finally peace after that hellacious incident with Arsenal Gear and his father, Solidus Snake. Jack and Rose had gotten a new apartment, had been dating for three months until one day he came home and she was gone, the apartment a mess, blood stains on the floor. Immediately he had called Snake and Hal, two of his closest friend's and experts at espionage.
Neither of them was affiliated with the government anymore, after both their separate incidents they had been outcasts, left to pursue the remaining Metal Gear's on the market and destroy them.
Jack's thoughts were interrupted at his Codec picked up.
"Jack this is Otacon, do you read me?" Hal's familiar voice flooded his ears.
"Loud and clear, how long until I get out of this sardine can?"
"We're going to land out of range of any possible sensors; you'll have to go in on foot the rest of the way."
"Well.at least it's not Alaska," he could hear Snake's soft laughter in the distance.
Jack grimaced, "Yea, but that doesn't make it much better."
"Quit complaining, we're here." Otacon said over the Codec.
Jack listened as the blades of the chopper started to slow, then he felt the small jolt as they landed. The blades came to a stop, and Jack pulled the handle down to open up the exit. Crawling out, he stood up and stretched. It was the best thing he'd felt in a long time, after being cramped in that death box for nearly 4 hours.
He heard Snake come up behind him, and turned to face the older man.
"You ready?" Snake asked a questioning smile.
"Of course!" Jack replied with a cocky grin.
"Heh, calm down kid. Don't forget we're dead if we're spotted."
Jack nodded soberly, and followed Snake as he led them into a thicket of bushes. It was silent for a while, as he followed Snake further into the underbrush of Brazil, until Otacon broke the silence as his Codec beeped to life.
"Ok boys, we're not in New York anymore. This is Brazil, they won't be as trained or as deadly as Gerlukavich's men were, so you'll have the advantage. They aren't expecting two lone gunmen either, so you'll have stealth on your side."
"Why don't you tell us something we don't know?" Replied Snake gruffly.
"Well, I'm afraid I can't help you in that department."
Snake sighed, "Otacon, can you externally hack into one of their computer's, and see if you can find out some information about their security, number of guards, stuff like that."
"I sure can. I'll contact you if I have any information. If you need to reach me, my Codec number is 191.80. OK?"
"No problem," Jack decided to make his presence known.
The silence returned, and Jack was about to speak, just to break the silence when Snake stopped and Jack ran into his shoulder with a slight grunt.
"Ssh.I think we're here."
Snake motioned for him to stay put, as he moved forward and to the left, and disappeared in the underbrush. He returned a few minutes later, and nodded at Jack.
"Yea we're here. I spotted at least three guards, carrying automatic weapons."
"I see, so we're going to have to be careful." Jack responded sourly.
"Obviously." Snake said grimly.
"Let's go." Jack said, as Snake led him out of the underbrush.
In front of them, stood a dimly lit dirty encampment. This was their front, producing cocaine. Jack saw a few buildings, most likely one to the entrance to the lab, and the other a holder for cocaine. He spotted one of the guards to his right, standing with his back to them. The area was large, and it was late so he could only see the guards, and he could see no one else wandering around.
"I can handle this guard." Jack nodded as he looked at Snake.
Snake nodded back, and Jack crept slowly up to the guard, keeping his arms at his sides and walking on the balls of his feet to reduce the noise he made. The guard reached his arms above his head and arched his back, to stretch as he let out a loud yawn. Jack struck, lashing out with his hand as it struck the back of the man's neck with the butt of his SOCOM. The guard dropped like a light, and Jack crouched over the man as he searched his pockets. In one of them, he found a small keycard with the man's face and a bar code on the back. He pocketed it, thinking it might have a use later. Grabbing the man's weapon, which turned out to be an MP-90, he holstered his SOCOM and looked around to see if he had alerted any attention.
"I got one of the guard's." Jack said over the Codec.
"Me too." Came Snake's reply.
"Just one more left then?"
"Should be, but something doesn't feel right."
"You're just old, and paranoid." Jack chided him.
"No, I haven't felt this since."
"Huh?" Jack said confused.
"Nothing, you're probably right. You take care of that last guard while I check out these building's. Snake out."
Jack looked up to where the last guard was, he was facing Jack but was well out of his range. He looked down and muttered, the MP wasn't silenced. 'Guess I have to do this the hard way.' Jack thought.
Grabbing a rock next to him, he snuck closer to the guard and waited until the guard was looking away from him, standing up and lobbing the rock, he crossed his fingers and let out a sigh of relief as the rock landed behind the guard. The guard spun around and Raiden darted forward, grabbing the guard in a headlock and jerking sideways. The guard's neck let out a sickening crack and went limp in the young man's arms. He let him down to the ground easily and took the clip from his MP.
"All the guards are down Snake," he said over the Codec.
"Roger that, I think I've found the entrance. I'm in the building to the left, meet me here," the older man replied.
"I'm on my way."
Jack looked around the encampment once more out of habit, and quickly headed for the building to the left. He stopped short as he passed the first building, and heard voices from inside. Voices that were extremely close. Jack panicked as the door in front of him started to open, and he flipped to his right quickly, just behind the door and leveled his MP. Out walked a female clad in black. She wore a hood and but the tight fitting clothes made it clear she was a woman. She wore an automatic pistol strapped to her hip, and she was carrying what looked like a modified shotgun in her hands. Jack flattened himself against the wall, and listened as she lit a cigarette.
Jack racked his mind as to what to do, he flattened himself against the building and edged backward, it wouldn't take long for the woman to notice the guard's were down, and he could hear her moving around.
Snap!
Jack froze as his foot landed on a dry twig, and he heard the woman running toward him. He ran, backwards behind the building. He quickly contacted Snake over the Codec, "Snake! I'm being pursued by a female soldier, she's armed and looks like Special Forces."
He heard Snake's quick reply over the radio, "Damn it! Bring her to me, run toward my building."
Jack could hear the woman gaining on him, god she was fast. He ran with all his speed toward the next building, as bullets tore into the ground behind him. He was almost to the entrance when Snake leapt from the shadows. "Get down!" Jack hit the ground, and Snake opened fire with his SOCOM.
"I got her, it's ok." Jack looked up to see Snake standing over him with his arm extended.
Jack took it and Snake pulled him to his feet, then turned around and walked to the dead female soldier. He crouched and pulled back the hood. He looked at the Tactical 12 Gauge Shotgun in her hands and looked at it, then looked back at Snake.
"How did they get their hands on U.S. Military Weapons?" Jack asked confused.
"I have no idea kid, this was supposed to be a small anarchy unit, some automatic weapons no more. All the guards we've seen have had MP's, something's wrong."
Snake crouched and put his hand to his ear, "Otacon come in."
The man's voice came over the radio, "What is it Snake?"
"Something's wrong, this isn't just a small terrorist unit. They have automatic weapons and Military shotguns, what's going on?"
"What?! Snake that's not possible, this was supposed to be a low-key operation."
"What the hell is going on.?" Snake said.
"I've almost hacked their security system. Snake, you'll have to infiltrate there."
"No, something's wrong. This is too dangerous." Snake snapped.
"No, we're staying. Rose might be in there, she's the only reason I'm here. Snake, we have to continue." Jack crouched in front of Snake and looked into the man's eyes.
Snake looked down, then back up at Jack, and then he nodded. "All right, let's go get your girl."
---------------------------------- To Be Continued ---------------------------------