A/N: Sorry it took so long! I got Final Fantasy X for my birthday, and was hooked on Auron for quite a while. I couldn't tear myself away from him to write anything!! Sad, huh?
Snake: *Looks rather insulted*
Raiden: *Looks invaded*
Otacon: *Looks Violated*
Talena: *Looks pissed.* "EXCUSE ME?!" *Wonders if anyone has noticed her strong southern accent* "You forgot US?! Over some ninny gay boy like Tidus?!...He is kinda cute though...
Snake: *Death glare* *Cough*
Talena: ^_^() "Oopsie! Oh well. Can we get on with the story?"
Otacon: "You forgot about me?"
Beatrix: "Nah, I did play quite a bit of Metal Gear Solid 2!"
Everyone: "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
Beatrix: *Eyetwitch*
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Chapter Six:
Pliskin had run ahead. Talena was back up, but pacing nervously. She looked to Raiden and gave a distressed sob. "I'm freaked out." She allowed him to wrap his arms around her in a FRIENDLY EMBRACE, (A/N: Otacon: "Suuuuuure"...Talena:*SMACK*) and he patted her on the head. "T, you're like a sister to me. I understand. I know you may think I don't, but I can tell, just by the expression on your face. We'll surely meet up with her later! You can talk to her!"
"Y-yeah....I guess..." Talena sighed. She didn't want to argue with Raiden, no matter how necessary it seemed. She gave a yawn and took her SOCOM off the strap on her thigh. "I'm ready. Let's rock and roll." She winced at her won statement. "How cliche! How about...no, that won't work...umm...got it! Let's make like Priests and get the hell outta here!"
Raiden snorted, and then burst into a fit of giggles. "Where'd you hear that?"
Talena smiled a little. "Well...back when I was on the Tanker, Snake used to say that. I thought it was funny."
Raiden laughed. "All right well, let's go before they realize that they have a man down."
"Okay."
They walked back across the AB connecting bridge, but Talena stopped dead. "Raiden...do you...hear something?" Raiden listened too for a moment and then nodded. Finally Talena yelped. "CYPHER! Run as fast as you can to the other side, hurry!" They did and not too late. The CYPHER was a gun CYPHER, and had just barely caught a glimpse of Raiden's rear end, and let off a few rounds. Raiden dived, and hid behind the wall with Talena. They looked at each other, and then they both snorted in laughter and entered the next room.
Nothing of interest really happened until they reached Strut C, unless you count Talena's coat getting caught in a door they had no clearance for. With giggles and snorts, they managed to stifle most of their laughing so it wouldn't be heard by the patrolling guard. Eventually, Raiden managed to pull her free, and then stopped. "How did you manage to get caught in there anyway?"
This only resulted in a snort, and when the guard heard, they had to duk into a corner and wait for him to go away. Raiden's codec beeped and he answered, "Hm, hehe...?"
"Stealth missions," Came Pliskin's voice, "were not meant for people with chronic giggles."
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By the time the two of them arrived at Strut C, their giggles were gone. They crept quietly into a room that looked like a kitchen. "Food!" Talena yelped, dashing right past a man who sat near her and began to scarf apple slices as fast as she could. She was so hungry...
Raiden, however, his gun was pointed at the man.
"Don't shoot." He said, and Talena's face shifted towards him, though she was still stuffing apple slices into her mouth. She narrowed her eyes, and placed one hand on her gun, the other still picking up the fruit, as she saw his hand touch a wrench. Raiden saw it too.
"Are you with the police?!" He asked.
"I'm not NYPD."
"Noo Yerk Polith Depotment?" Talena asked.
"What?" Raiden and the man both asked.
Talena smirked and swallowed, and cleared her throat. "If you aren't with the New York PD, then what's up with the jacket?"
He didn't answer. But they were distracted by a newcomer. "Don't be pointing that gun at everything that moves, kid." It was Pliskin. "He's not a bad person."
"And neither are you?" Talena asked.
"You weren't so cocky when you saw the apples I sliced for you." Pliskin smirked back at her.
She didn't respond, just made a really rude gesture at him.
The black man spoke up. "My name's Peter Stillman. You two are?"
"I'm Raiden. This is my partner, T." Raiden said, patting her on the shoulder.
"Nice to meet you two."
"Peter Stillman? I've heard of you. A big bomb expert, ya?" Talena asked.
"That's right. But...not anymore."
Talena stopped paying attention after that, and looked over to where Pliskin was. He was staring at her! And not looking away! Jerk....She pulled a candy bar from a box on the counter and stuffed it in her mouth, and then glared at Pliskin as if to say "Keep staring and I'll show you what a Snikers bar looks like ground up and mixed with saliva!"
This, undoubtedly, made Pliskin look away.
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A/N: So, whatcha think?! Like, hate? Yay!
