Battle of the Instincts!
Chapter 12 of MGS Fanfiction
Written by FoxTrooth

[COLOR=red]Snake woke from his shortly lived nap from the sounds of enemy Luietenants yelling order's to their units. He quickly looked down from his tree and then noticed off in the distance several search parties in a neat formation searching through the area. Dave quickly dropped quietly out of the tree and ran off deep within the cover of the wild.

The high alarm went off after a low ranking sentry noticed the man vanished from the cell and a mud hole crudely dug in the corner. Instantly several search parties were scrambled together and distant barks and howls from the hounds could be well heard even through the thick jungle. Sentries took off into the wilderness after the escapee following any trail they could find. The escape was an outrage and humiliating to the Post's Leiutenant which called for anything and everything for the search. He would make sure there would be no escaping this time and he would take the privlage to use the final bullet to confim it.

Sentries followed the trail somewhat north of their post. Freshly cocked Ak's readied for any threat or movement that might pop up out of nowhere. Parties neatly combed over the jungle area looking high and low for the escapee. The formed a W in their formation making sure to watch each other's back. Soon they came up to a single tree and the dogs stopped their tracks at the tree's trunk.

The Russian Lt. spoke out in frustration, [I]"He's up there somewhere FIRE!"[/I]

Bullets rang up the tree instantly ripping branchs and bark clean off. Birds scattered from their homes and much of the other wildlife was in a major commotion. After hundreds of bullets had been fired ripping the once beautiful tree to a bald stake in the ground. Tattered leaves still rained down on the area and the sentries lungs were filled from the tree's dust they had created.

Soon after it was all cleared the guards turned to face the leader in question. He was left speechless and humilated once more.

[I]"Keep Searching!"[/I] He rang out trying to break the stare.

The guards stood silent as if they were deaf to all he said. A nice ball rolled it's way into the mass of sentries. It rolled neatly into the demolished tree and it's handle flew off from the side.

[I]"GRENADE!"[/I] Guards screemed out in panic.

The mass departed as the grenade exploded taking some of the lifes of the sentries that couldn't get away fast enough. The remaining snapped looks around the area which now lay in anouther cloud of dust and tree matter.

A confused guard now stood back as an actor. His captured cloth's and equipment gave him a free opportunity to quietly roll a grenade into the crowd.

The sentry yelled out, [I] "THERE HE IS!" [/I] Pointing at a dark figure in the shadows.

The rest rang out in gunfire only to find that the figure still stood up when fired upon. In confusment the Leuitenant turned around to find the yelling sentry gone and the bodies of some of his comrades lay dead.

Snakes plan worked great the grenade, the dead guard hung up in the trees, and even took some guards on his leave. Dave now made his way circling the guards. A handful still stood around in confusment some shooting blindly into the wilderness, some checking comrades, and others getting reprimanded by their leader. Confusion and fear had to be by far his greatest weapon so far.

Snake now tore a peice of his dark green undershirt off to make a bandana. Mud was smeared all over his face and neck. His captured clothing now covered in mud and surrounding greens. Snake practically disappeared into his surroundings. He continued to make a big circle around the guards and up a ledge that overlooked the area.

The battle zone now lay in confusion. All of the surrounding wildlife was now homeless and quiet. The area was a flattened out area with a twenty foot ledge on the right overlooking the wild. The ledge kinda bowed over a bit and the sides were packed with moss and various greens. Tree roots could be seen growing out from the sides of the ledge deprived of land. The ground consisted of some mud puddles and neat patch's of tall grass. Brush was also peppered among the battered surroundings. The once beautiful tree now lay as a telephone pole and it's branch's now lain ripped across the ground around it. A thin layer of dust, bark, and tattered leaves coated the ground.

Snake rose up over the ledge and took quick percise aim. He fired off one shot to the leaders head and then quickly melted into the wilderness once more. The leader fell stiffly forward on his blown face. His brains and matter now laided spattered on the ground and on guards. Sentries raised in panic as their leader was gone and they were thrown into a deeper confusion. A grenade, some sudden deaths, leader killed. The dogs were long since gone back to their homes.

Three sentries now stood back to back makine a triangle. Guns were readied for any movement.

Soon out from the shadows of the tree canopies a spiked log flew from a rope into the guards. One now stuck to the spikes which were stabbed deep over the body. The other two had been knocked over to the side, one of the sentries had a broken arm from the impact and the other just lay cut wide open from some of the spikes.

[I]"Easy targets now,"[/I] Snake thought quietly to himself.

Dave took aim at the guard with a broken arm and rang off several shots. The guard now laid stiff. The other crawled for his life to his gun. The sentry weakily made his way over to his AK leaving a trail of smeared blood. He held up his rifle the best he could and fired into the ledge. A dark shadow now loomed over him. He quickly turned over to look back to see a mud man holding a blade.

[I]"Please No!"[/I] The sentry begged helplessly.

Snake stabbed several times deep into the guards throat. Blood now bubbled out from his neck and formed a dirty pool onto the ground.

Snake looked around quickly to find nobody was left and everyone laid dead. Dave now restocked his inventory the best he could and took the only radio and earpiece off of the leutinant which was now crusted with a dry layer of blood. Dave looked upon the radio with deep thought. Would they even take the signal? Could I even send a transmission!

He switched his radio on and turned it to it's proper frequency.

[I]"This Is Snake! Hello Is Anyone There! This is Solid Snake Speaking!"[/I][/COLOR]

Would Snake get a response? Would they even trust who they heard to be Snake? And What about Meryl? All next in Chapter 13 Battle of Ideologies!