Chapter 4

Hydro, now in b3, is contacted by Frank Scott and Mei Ling. They tell him that they have lost contact with Snake. They also tell him not to be seen at all on this level as too many guards will be alerted. Hydro progresses until he reaches the elevator - which is voice activated. Hydro finds a guard, forces him to the elevator and then makes him speak the password into it. Hydro kills him and progresses to b10. After searching for an elevator, Hydro finds Snake, battered and chained up in a room. Hydro uses C4 to get into the cell. A weak Solid tells him that the key to release his chains is locked in an electric powered safe on this floor. Hydro finds it and uses his Nikita to go through a vent blowing up the safe circuit board which releases the lock. Hydro gets the key. On his return, Snake is still there but The Bull is with him. He shoots Snake with a poison and tells Hydro that he only has 3 minutes to live. They fight in the room and the corridor and The Bull is defeated. Hydro takes the antidote and gives it to Snake.

Snake and Hydro approach The Bull. With his last gasp of life, he tells them his story.

iWhen he was young, he grew up in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. A mafia thug killed his father and then took his rest of his family as slaves. When he was twelve, he and his sister stole on board a ship to escape from him. The ship ended up in Spain and he lived there with his sister for ten years. This is where he got his nickname "The bull" because of his strength. When they returned to Brazil, the rest of his family had been killed. The Bull seeked the thug out but he had fled the country. Instead he killed 40 other innocent people, including women and children. 2 years later, the thug returned to brazil and killed The Bull's sister. The thug's name was Solidus. It was then that he joined NRAIN. It was in its early stages and Solidus was a member. He planned to kill both Solidus and his brother Cobra to gain revenge but Solidus left to join Sons of Liberty soon after. But Cobra was different to Solidus, he didn't kill for sport and made trust with The Bull. /i He then dies and Snake finally knows and Cobra is his brother.

Snake is still weak and decides to hide until he is stronger. He gives Hydro a key card which would take him to the 20th floor. He also tells Hydro to contact him when he has found oxygen. Hydro enters the lift but it breaks down when he is on the 16th floor. The layout of this floor is different to the rest. It hasn't finished being painted and it is quite filthy. Hydro searches the floor until he finds Oxygen with the dead Mercury. Oxygen turns around and points his gun at him. Hydro hides behind a corner and tells him to speak through co-dec. He does. Snake enters the conversation and once again tells him that he will be killed by Cobra. Snake says that he overheard a conversation between Cobra and Ocelot that everyone in oxygen's army will be killed to make sure that no one finds out their plans. Oxygen still don't believe him, throws a smoke grenade and then runs off. When the smoke clears, Hydro runs after him, finds some stairs and goes down to the 17th floor. Oxygen can't be seen. As Hydro looks around, they are camera's with gas canisters on them. He can't be seen. He manages to get to the elevator and heads down to the 20th floor. He thinks it's nearly over. He's wrong.

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