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- Metal Gear Solid: Capital Punishment
- Chapter Four: Raindrops
- By: NeoNecron
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It was silent for minutes, with the exception
of the laugh that Ocelot let out as he watched Snake fall to the ground, the
blood spilling around him. Ocelot grinned as he went for Otacon. In Otacon's
head he kept thinking, "This isn't happening… It can't be happening!" He was
being torn up inside, Ocelot's chopper heading toward Otacon.
"Give me your hand Otacon, and
all will be alright." Ocelot commanded, throwing his hand out at him.
Otacon tried to refuse but his
hands were slipping. The gust of wind from the chopper was weakening Otacon, his
left hand slipping off. He was grasping very tightly, only one hand left. After
a few minutes, Ocelot grew tired and just grabbed Otacon's coat and began
pulling him toward the chopper when it hit him…
"AGGGHHHH!!!!" Ocelot cried
out, looking down at his right arm.
Blood poured onto Otacon's
jacket, as the rain began to slowly sprinkle. Otacon turned around, shocked, as
he watched half an arm fall off Otacon's jacket. Ocelot's arm had been cut off
as it previously had, and with the sudden moment of it, Ocelot jerked
backwards, loosing control of the chopper. Without notice, it exploded in
mid-air, into thousands of pieces and hurtled it's way toward the ground.
The impact sent Otacon flying
off the building but before he could fall even a foot, something clutched his
arm. Otacon was to overwhelm to know, for he watched the demise of the chopper
and Ocelot. Otacon was pulled up from the side and placed onto the rooftop,
Otacon beginning to question what had happened. He stood up for a short time, falling
back down almost instantaneously, now on his hands and knees staring at the
ground sweating. He looked tired, worn out, and confused. He spent minutes
there, just on the ground, the sweat dripping to the ground. A thought then
entered his mind, Otacon trying to haul his head up… He slowly made his way
back onto his feet, still a bit shaken from the current happening. Looking
around, Otacon noticed that it was empty, he felt isolated from the rest of the
world. The rain began pouring hard now as the skies were shrouded with gray
clouds… He then turned toward the fallen Snake. He stared at him.
"What… What's going on…?" He
questioned, but no one was around to answer. He didn't really expect one.
Silence filled the air as Otacon just stood there, staring into the life-less
eyes of Solid Snake, the blood dripping from the mouth. He walked toward Snake
little by little, scared to believe in the truth. Had Snake really died?
Otacon soon stood over Snake,
wiping the blood of Snake's mouth. He looked at his hands for a short time, the
blood still fresh. Slowly an outline of a figure could be seen behind him and
then a voice came…
"Otacon…"
Otacon turned his head. He adjusted his glasses, startled, but not as much as
before. He knew at once that the figure was using some form of Stealth
Camouflage. Nothing came out of his mouth, but his jaw dropped as if he was
about to speak. In a few minutes, the figure was seen completely.
What stood before Otacon was a ninja outfit, one that resembles Olga's and Gray
Fox, with a few modifications. It was a dark navy color, and in the hand of the
ninja, was a katana, the bright crimson color staining it. The ninja placed the
blade behind him, then pressing a button beneath his neck, the helmet soon
disappearing, revealing an old friend, Raiden.
"Otacon, we need to be going…"
Otacon was angered, "Go? Where
is there to go? I wanted to bring back Snake… Instead I get him killed…"
"I know it maybe hard now, but
you don't understand how big this is. If you just give up now, then they'll
win."
"What?! Who are they? What's
going on?!?!
Otacon fell once more… He
couldn't stand it anymore. He was confused and outraged. He couldn't think
straight, shaking his head. He did give up, but not what Raiden had talked about.
Otacon gave up on questioning reality. He stood up, calm, slightly relaxed.
"Raiden… Tell me, what's going on…?"
"It's not safe here."
Otacon looked about the empty
city, silence in the air except for the sound of the raindrops hitting the concrete.
"Then where?"
Raiden looked at Otacon, "Come
with me, I'll explain…"
***
"… Sir…"
"Don't come here to tell me they're gone again…"
"… I apologize…"
"I gave you one simple mission… That was to make sure they are killed and you get Otacon back."
"Well AI S2 is destroyed, but so is AO. And there seems to be sort of a virus---"
"It's no virus… They have come. They know…"