Chapter 2
Darkness gleam
After ten minutes of saying sorry to Otacon, Snake and Raiden continued on the path they first saw the sentries, keeping vigilant they both sneaked stealthily passed crates so no harm would be done by visibility. They came to a halt after hearing two more voices, they peered slowly around the crates and barrels but what they saw was nothing but a dense black haze.
"that's weird" Raiden said strangely
"hmm" Snake grumbled
"I will contact Otacon if black mist is natural in this environment"
CODEC-Snake, Otacon-Codec
Snake: Otacon, tell me something
Otacon: sure what is it?
Snake: what is black mist doing here, is it natural? Its obscuring the view of two sentries
Otacon: snake I don't have anything resources that can verify that but I have never heard of black mist before….. Unless…… ! Snake I have got to go
Snake:………
Otacon: oh and Snake be careful
Codec transmission over
"well" Raiden looked over to Snake with interest
"nothing… lets just hear what they say"
Snake moved closer towards the sound to grasp an unfamiliar hissing
"how many has she done?"
The second was almost a scared voice when he spoke
"umm… she took ..s.ss..seventeen sir! I was the only one who escaped it"
"you fool I don't care if you escaped"
With that the sound of pushed wind came from there with the crys of the second man then finally no less the sound of bone shattering.
Snake looked back to see Raidens jaw drop and his eyes widen. Snake looked back at the scene to notice the black mist had gone and a pair of feet could be seen in the distance, the rest of the body hidden behind more barrels.
"hmm why so scared?" Snake looked to Raiden with a bemused look
"what! You never saw what happened once the mist faded?" Raiden was white
"what happened?"
"before the black haze, mist what ever it was died of, big crimson eyes gleamed through the darkness looking at us" Raiden still looked shocked
"WHAT? You mean someone saw us?…. What are you waiting for we need to move….NOW!"
Snake grabbed Raiden up and marched towards the only way they could…. Forward passed the now no black mist route. As they ran forward they notice the pair of feet and saw the limbs sliced to bits, the eyes were no more than blood and on the forehead etched into the skull was a symbol of some strange sort. They continued running on the metal floor not caring that the footsteps could be heard, the only thought snake was thinking was to get away from the scene if that other person had spotted them. They passed countless of big and small grey containers marked with on a red x on each of them but stilled they continued until they reached a helicopter marking on the floor. Snake checked the coast was clear with his gun then went to sit crouched behind a crate to regain some air. There was a long pause before they talked.
"did… did you see that body?" Raiden got a grip of himself
"…… yeah… hang on codec is coming through"
CODEC Snake, Otacon CODEC
Otacon: snake?
Snake: …. Yeah
Otacon: what happened? I could see the pulse readings going way high like Raidens
Snake: we had to run from and unknown target who has killed his own ally
Otacon: his own ally, he must be insane
Snake: yeah and that's not all, the body that we ran passed was the same kind of wounds that Vamp did to the Bravo team on Big Shell
Otacon: no..? your kidding right he died when Raiden protected ….E.E. ……damn he can't be alive. NO he can't be
Snake:…. Otacon….. Calm down
Otacon: THAT BASTARD KILLED EMMA!
Snake: get a grip it may not be him, there was something on the forehead etched into the skull plus the voice was unfamiliar
Otacon: breaths …. What was etched on the skull
Snake: a marking… a kind of symbol… like a fox with blood surrounding it
Otacon: …hmm Crimson Fox …… so he is in this?
Snake: Otacon .Crimson Fox who the hell is he…. Fox Hound?…..Gray Fox comes to mind
Otacon: no he is not from Fox Hound, no one knows were he is from but he was given the name Crimson Fox because of his cunning wit…. I.E. the Fox and Crimson is his legend. All who face him encounter crimson eyes like a darkness gleam, plus his senseless killings of blood is another reason. Crimson Fox leaves to marks on his enemies, the first being the eyes of the dead are nothing but red blood and the second being the mark of the Fox like what you saw on the forehead.
Snake: so we can't take him down with tranquilliser darts?
Otacon sigh I'm afraid not … sorry Snake your on your own on this on so if you see him just run.
Snake:…. Remind me why we don't have real guns?
Otacon: this is a stand alone covert mission if we had weapons, they could be traced so you have to find your own in the complex…. Come one im sure you know the basics of survival
Snake: yeah… kill or be killed… talk soon
Codec transmission over
Raiden looked to Snake as he surveyed the current dense scene
"don't need to tell me I heard everything…. So that's Crinsom Fox huh?"
Snake looked at him with interest, rain started to drop down.
"back in George Sears privet army …. Solidus as you know him… he had Crinsom Fox supervise the elites… but its still too hard to remember…. Besides lets get inside the building over there"
Raiden pointed to the wide concrete building just west of them, Snake in front lead them stealthily inside. Inside this new building was a split path in the centre, left and right. they both went to the left passing the corridor with ease until Raiden slipped on the floor with a loud pain as he hit the floor head first.
"IT'S THE ENEMY, OVER HERE!" came a voice around the corner
"Shit!" Snake said as he picked Raiden up
"oww.. Hmm theres one locker lets get in it"
Raiden opened the locker with a tight pull and got inside but Snake backed off
"hmmm shut it I will find my own way"
With that Raiden shut the locker and and started to breath lightly so he could not be heard. The enemy soldier came into the corridor were Raiden resided, his AK-47 pointing downwards as he moved quickly through what he thought was deserted corridor. But the soldier slipped on the floor with a loud thud, he picked himself up using his riffle for support to notice that there were wet footprints on the floor.
"huh?" came the expression from the soldier
He followed the footsteps to the locker, he raised his gun and aimed it dead center of the locker knowing someone was hiding In there.
"get out or I will shoot, do you want to live or die?"
'damn I have no choice' thought Raiden panicking
Raiden opened the locker and emerged out of it acting as casual as he could in the situation with his hands in the air. They faced each other as Raiden glared passed the AK-47 which was residing near is face.
"hah a spy, I will get something out of this" said the soldier
His clothes were not of camouflage but complete black body armour, trousers and boots yet his face was visible to show a young Caucasian man with blue eyes.
"any last works before I kill you?" he smiled feebly
Raiden hesitated but then smiled
"yeah…… goodnight"
"huh….urghhhhhh!" the soldier dropped to the floor with what seemed to be a tranquilliser dart in the back of his head
"thanks snake" Raiden said with relief
Snake was hanging upside down like a bat with his gun still pointing at the soldier, Raiden kicked the soldier to check if he was asleep then give him another kick for old time sakes. Snake was now back on ground putting his gun back into its holder.
Snake signalled for Raiden to follow him to were the soldier first came from, they emerged at a electronic door which slid open instantly so they carried on through it leading into a medium sized room full of containers and crates. The electronic door now shut with a quick swishing noise so they continued to the other exit only to see black mist at that side
"Damn! Run! Lets go back" said Raiden quickly
They ran as fast as they could to the door but a knife flew passed them hitting the control panel of the door which would now not open only making screeching noises from time to time. The black mist got thicker and bigger finally reach the entire room. In the darkness gleamed two Crimson eyes. The voice spoke in its disdain voice
"you can run but you can't hide from Fox"