Chapter 4
Ocelot came out of the surveillance room with a slight smile on his face. A few feet away soldiers, who wore standard military equipment and balaclavas on their heads, were talking. One of them gave Ocelot a suspicious look and when Ocelot turned to the soldier, he looked away. Ocelot began moving and the soldier followed behind, but lost him in a corner.
"Damn you Ocelot!" The soldier had a feminine experienced voice.
The elevator took about two minutes to reach the "Floor -1" and as the door opened it revealed only darkness.
Otacon was still on the CODEC. "What's going on?" He asked.
"We've arrived, but I can't see anything." Snake replied
Snake equipped the Night Vision Goggles and Raiden followed. After a few adjustments they could see a very long corridor with ridges on the both sides. Whilst they began walking through it they began seeing a door with distinctive marks at the end.
"Another elevator?" Raiden said.
"Yes, that makes sense I've got another ladder here. " Otacon replied. "After that the plans are hard to read."
"This however is not voice actived." Snake said directing his eyes to the control panel on the side of the elevator door.
"Then take it…." Otacon said.
"Ok…ahhhh. "Snake made a low scream.
"Ahhhh…." Raiden screamed too.
"What happened?" Otacon asked startled.
"There are lights here." Raiden said with a pain in his eyes.
"And they just went on." Snake replied with a searing pain through his eyes.
Snake and Raiden removed their Night Vision Goggles. They almost became blind from the sheer amount of light that appeared in the goggles. They tried very slowly opening their eyes, adjusting to the bright light, and then they heard it. The elevator was coming and they didn't call for it. Snake flatten himself against a ridge and Raiden did the same thing on the opposite side.
"What's happening now?" Otacon asked.
"We'll be silent for a while Otacon." Snake said and turned off the CODEC just before the door opened.
Two guards walked out of the elevator. Snake and Raiden had a very small place in which to hide as the guards began walking towards the voice activated elevator.
"I hope there's nothing wrong with that elevator." One of the guards said.
"It's probably another sensor malfunction, no one knows this place even exists." The other one replied.
They were nearing Snake and Raiden. Snake took out his small knife and Raiden with incredibly skill was able to take out his HF Blade without the guards seeing it. The guards past them and then it happened very quickly. Snake grabbed a guard from behind and slit his throat. The other guard turned around, but Raiden was faster. He had the blade turned to himself, so the blow didn't injure the guard, he was just dazed. Snake was surprised by Raiden's speed.
"Good work." Snake said.
Raiden nodded while Snake grabbed the guard and asked.
"Are there more guards at the bottom of that elevator?"
"Whaaa…….who are you guys." The guard was still a bit stunned at the whole situation.
Snake shook him to see if he snapped out of it. "Are there more guards at the bottom of that elevator?" Snake spoke threateningly.
"What…no, no there aren't." The guard answered while shaking his knees and sweating profusely.
"Good." Snake replied.
Raiden put the HF blade on his back and began walking towards the normal elevator.
"I want you to call your friends and say to them everything his fine." Snake ordered
"Fine…just, just don't kill me." The guard picked up his radio and reported in. "There's nothing wrong up here, over and out"
Immediately after the guard finished talking Snake grabbed him even tighter and rendered him unconscious. Raiden began thinking that despite his age Snake was still on top shape.
"We're back, Otacon." Snake said pressing his ear with his hand.
Raiden was near the elevator and pressed the button to open the door.
"Good, you got me worried." Otacon answered.
Snake entered the elevator and saw that there were several floors, including floors that needed some sort of key to access.
"Rose must be in one of those." Raiden said, pointing to the restricted floors.
Snaked nodded in agreement. "Yeah." He then surveyed the rest of the floors and found an interesting one. Security Office –Floor 2.
Snake pointed to the button. "We'll go there, and maybe we'll find a way to get to the other floors"
"Fine." Raiden agreed.
"There's nothing more I can do from up here, if you need anything call me on the CODEC." Otacon signed off.
Snake pushed the button and they began to move down. What came next surprised both. They found that the elevator walls were in fact glass except for the door. When it cleared the corridor floor they saw a gigantic space behind them, but they couldn't make out anything. The big empty space disappeared as they reached Floor 2. Whilst the elevator stopped Snake and Raiden drew out their guns. Snake knew it would take a while for them to suspect there were two intruders inside this place.
"We have to do this fast if we can." Snake said in a decisive tone.
"I agree." Raiden replied.
"I'll go and try to find someway to get to those restricted floors. You stay here and make sure no one takes the elevator up."
The door opened and a large room appeared before them with no guards in sight. It felt suspicious but it made the job easier, then a question came to Raiden's mind.
"Snake, how the hell are you going to find something in this place, we've never been here."
"I've got some help, since this room is big enough there shouldn't be any harmonic resonance."
"What are you talking about?" Raiden asked puzzled.
"The Soliton radar, it can map out the area in an instant thanks to some little improvements by Otacon."
Raiden remembered he used something similar two years ago, so the conversation ended there.
"I'm going." Snake said and took off.
Raiden left the elevator and took his place behind some plants. He watched as Snake went deep into the room.
In another room a hidden camera was showing a silhouette walking cautiously with a gun pointed out through the security floor, a familiar voice echoed through the room.
"Dear brother…" The voice had a distinct British accent.