Note- Quick pace and mostly dialogue-oriented style reflects the large size
of the story.
CHAPTER TWO: Bandana
Jack was on the fifth floor of the right tower, two floors below Snake.
"Otacon, I'm in some kind of decontamination chamber."
"Jack! Soldiers have infiltrated the floors above you!" Otacon yelled into the Codec transmitter.
"Soldiers?"
"Snake said that they were Next-Gen Special Forces."
"Next-Gen.??? From Shadow Moses???"
"Right. There's also a chemical lab on the floor that Snake is on. The men are smashing viral containers!"
"Containers for what?"
"We're not sure yet."
"Well, try and find out. Jack out."
Jack was standing in a small decontamination room, a small haze enveloped him for a moment, then the electronic door lock replied, "Decontamination complete." Jack stepped out the door into a small hallway. The hall led forward and then curved. He walked along the hall, SOCOM drawn, and stopped at the curve when he heard voices.
"This is squad three. We've heard some gunshots on the floors above us, over." One of the COLD STARE guards said into his radio.
"Hmm.check it immediately, over." A man on the other side responded.
"Yes, sir." The man put his radio down and sighed. Jack peeked his head around the corner and saw five men standing in the hall. They turned to go up a staircase at the hall's end when a knife flew from the shadows. It hit one of the men directly in the heart, making him crumple, his chest bleeding all over. A blur shot past one of the men, and he fell backward, his neck spurting blood. The other three began firing around the hall, bullets ricocheting off the metal walls. One of the bullets flew back and hit a man in the leg. He fell to the ground, screaming. A man in a sneaking suit dropped from the pipes on the ceiling, and cut through the two other men. The men screamed as their shoulders were diced and sliced by this figure. The man pulled two knives from his sides, and didn't even turn to face their backs as he slit both of their throats. The final man crawled along the ground, his leg bleeding. The figure bent over and stabbed a knife through the guard's head. Jack turned just in time to catch a glimpse of the man before he ran off. He wore a bandana.
"SNAKE!" The Codec in Snake's ear buzzed, "Answer me!"
"Yup." Snake answered.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"What are you talking about, Otacon?"
"Jack contacted me. He saw you on the floor he's on, and you killed a bunch of guards in an instant!"
"What? Otacon, I'm still on the same floor that I was on before."
"That's impossible. He saw YOU, hair color, sneaking suit.bandana."
"How were the guards killed?"
"Knives. He said the man killed five COLD STARE guards in less than ten seconds!"
"Well, you'd know it wasn't me, then. I'm not a fan of blades. I'm going to explore this floor some more, and go and meet. Jack."
"Keep in touch." Hal said. Snake ended the transmission.
Snake had searched the laboratory, and had found nothing aside from a few smashed vials of some green stuff. Most of the electronic equipment had been smashed already, so he didn't find anything useful from the computers. He tiptoed to the dead body of the soldier. He had a Next-Gen logo on his jacket, and was armed with a fingerprinted AKS-74u, so Snake couldn't use it. He also had a standard battlefield ration in his pocket. Snake took it out and inspected it.
"Hmm.spaghetti, potatoes... such fond memories."
Meanwhile, two floors below, Jack had inspected the corpses, and found three working M9s. Two of them had a full clip. He stuffed the two into his spare holsters, which were on both sides of his belt. He kneeled, hand at his ear.
"Jack," Otacon said, "Snake's two floors above you. He couldn't have."
"Then who was it?"
"I don't know exactly, but I might have an idea." Hal cut the transmission.
Jack stood up and tiptoed past the corpses. He noticed something on the wall. Blood had stained a section of the wall that was further away than the rest of the blood.
"Otacon, there's blood here."
"Well, that's to be expected."
"But it's over six yards from the corpses."
"Hmm..."
Jack cut the transmission. He walked to the end of the hall, and saw a door with more blood on it. He slowly opened the door, USP in hand.
He stepped into a cavernous room, with machine parts, forklifts, and metal plates adorning every corner. The a light at the end of the room flickered on and off and sparks were flying from a small hole in the catwalk that overlooked the room. There were two sets of stairs on either sides of the catwalk. Jack tiptoed towards one of them, and heard a loud slam behind him. He turned.
One of the Next-Gen soldiers had fallen from the platform above. A gaping hole was in his side. Jack stepped up the stairs and onto the catwalk. He walked along until he got to the hole. On the other side, the platform where the soldier had fallen from was covered in corpses. Both COLD STARE and Next-Gen special forces. Jack did one of his flips across the hole and ran to the platform. He spotted the man with the sneaking suit standing in the middle of the grated platform, his back facing him.
"Who the hell are you?" Jack shouted.
"I'm like you, I have no name." The figure said in a slightly familiar accent. The figure turned, his head facing downward. The man untied the bandana and looked up.
There were three bullet wounds in his head. He smiled, fangs glistening in the fluorescent light.
"You?" Jack said, at a loss for words, "VAMP!"
CHAPTER TWO: Bandana
Jack was on the fifth floor of the right tower, two floors below Snake.
"Otacon, I'm in some kind of decontamination chamber."
"Jack! Soldiers have infiltrated the floors above you!" Otacon yelled into the Codec transmitter.
"Soldiers?"
"Snake said that they were Next-Gen Special Forces."
"Next-Gen.??? From Shadow Moses???"
"Right. There's also a chemical lab on the floor that Snake is on. The men are smashing viral containers!"
"Containers for what?"
"We're not sure yet."
"Well, try and find out. Jack out."
Jack was standing in a small decontamination room, a small haze enveloped him for a moment, then the electronic door lock replied, "Decontamination complete." Jack stepped out the door into a small hallway. The hall led forward and then curved. He walked along the hall, SOCOM drawn, and stopped at the curve when he heard voices.
"This is squad three. We've heard some gunshots on the floors above us, over." One of the COLD STARE guards said into his radio.
"Hmm.check it immediately, over." A man on the other side responded.
"Yes, sir." The man put his radio down and sighed. Jack peeked his head around the corner and saw five men standing in the hall. They turned to go up a staircase at the hall's end when a knife flew from the shadows. It hit one of the men directly in the heart, making him crumple, his chest bleeding all over. A blur shot past one of the men, and he fell backward, his neck spurting blood. The other three began firing around the hall, bullets ricocheting off the metal walls. One of the bullets flew back and hit a man in the leg. He fell to the ground, screaming. A man in a sneaking suit dropped from the pipes on the ceiling, and cut through the two other men. The men screamed as their shoulders were diced and sliced by this figure. The man pulled two knives from his sides, and didn't even turn to face their backs as he slit both of their throats. The final man crawled along the ground, his leg bleeding. The figure bent over and stabbed a knife through the guard's head. Jack turned just in time to catch a glimpse of the man before he ran off. He wore a bandana.
"SNAKE!" The Codec in Snake's ear buzzed, "Answer me!"
"Yup." Snake answered.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"What are you talking about, Otacon?"
"Jack contacted me. He saw you on the floor he's on, and you killed a bunch of guards in an instant!"
"What? Otacon, I'm still on the same floor that I was on before."
"That's impossible. He saw YOU, hair color, sneaking suit.bandana."
"How were the guards killed?"
"Knives. He said the man killed five COLD STARE guards in less than ten seconds!"
"Well, you'd know it wasn't me, then. I'm not a fan of blades. I'm going to explore this floor some more, and go and meet. Jack."
"Keep in touch." Hal said. Snake ended the transmission.
Snake had searched the laboratory, and had found nothing aside from a few smashed vials of some green stuff. Most of the electronic equipment had been smashed already, so he didn't find anything useful from the computers. He tiptoed to the dead body of the soldier. He had a Next-Gen logo on his jacket, and was armed with a fingerprinted AKS-74u, so Snake couldn't use it. He also had a standard battlefield ration in his pocket. Snake took it out and inspected it.
"Hmm.spaghetti, potatoes... such fond memories."
Meanwhile, two floors below, Jack had inspected the corpses, and found three working M9s. Two of them had a full clip. He stuffed the two into his spare holsters, which were on both sides of his belt. He kneeled, hand at his ear.
"Jack," Otacon said, "Snake's two floors above you. He couldn't have."
"Then who was it?"
"I don't know exactly, but I might have an idea." Hal cut the transmission.
Jack stood up and tiptoed past the corpses. He noticed something on the wall. Blood had stained a section of the wall that was further away than the rest of the blood.
"Otacon, there's blood here."
"Well, that's to be expected."
"But it's over six yards from the corpses."
"Hmm..."
Jack cut the transmission. He walked to the end of the hall, and saw a door with more blood on it. He slowly opened the door, USP in hand.
He stepped into a cavernous room, with machine parts, forklifts, and metal plates adorning every corner. The a light at the end of the room flickered on and off and sparks were flying from a small hole in the catwalk that overlooked the room. There were two sets of stairs on either sides of the catwalk. Jack tiptoed towards one of them, and heard a loud slam behind him. He turned.
One of the Next-Gen soldiers had fallen from the platform above. A gaping hole was in his side. Jack stepped up the stairs and onto the catwalk. He walked along until he got to the hole. On the other side, the platform where the soldier had fallen from was covered in corpses. Both COLD STARE and Next-Gen special forces. Jack did one of his flips across the hole and ran to the platform. He spotted the man with the sneaking suit standing in the middle of the grated platform, his back facing him.
"Who the hell are you?" Jack shouted.
"I'm like you, I have no name." The figure said in a slightly familiar accent. The figure turned, his head facing downward. The man untied the bandana and looked up.
There were three bullet wounds in his head. He smiled, fangs glistening in the fluorescent light.
"You?" Jack said, at a loss for words, "VAMP!"