Chapter 8

"I don't trust him." Vamp said walking next to Shadow. As a soldier took the elevator just a few feet away.

"Neither do I, but he hasn't betrayed us…" Shadow gave a faint smile and his face wrinkled. "…yet…" Shadow knew of Ocelot's dubious behavior and his little problem "…anyhow you'll soon take his place, so don't worry."

"I never do." Vamp said without any emotion in his voice.

"What did you say?" Raiden asked dazed.

"Metal Gear." Meryl repeated as if it was a normal word.

Raiden calmed himself. "How do you know about Metal Gear?"

"What do you mean, how do I know about Metal Gear?" Meryl replied confused. "Wait a min…do you know something about Metal Gear?"

Raiden wondered if he should answer. The situation had changed. If this woman knew about Metal Gear what else did she knew? Raiden thought for a few seconds and on the radio Meryl kept asking.

"Raiden are you there? Over…Raiden?"

"Yes, I know a few things about Metal Gear." Raiden replied not willing to go in details.

On the other side of the radio Meryl began. "What do you kno…."

"Right now we don't have time for this." Raiden interrupted "I'm searching his personal folder now" Raiden ended the conversation there and Meryl wouldn't pursue it. The computer made a search and found nothing.

"There's nothing here about Metal Gear."

"Damn…are you sure?" Meryl knew Ocelot had something to do with Metal Gear.

"Yeah I'm sure." Raiden had gone through all of the person's personal files and found nothing.

"Then where can it be?" Meryl didn't seem to be talking to the radio.

The conversation was interrupted by a very loud noise.

An alarm. Raiden was now apprehensive.

"It's not for us." Meryl said guessing what Raiden was thinking.

"How can you be sure?"

"I'm seeing it on my computer, it's in Floor 0."

"Snake!" Raiden said in a low voice. "I need to get there, tell me how." Raiden was anxious.

"Are you crazy?"

"I have to get there, just tell me how."

"You're too far away."

"There's someone there that I need to find. If I can't go then you'll have to go for me." Raiden said without any hope of acceptance by Meryl, but he had to find Snake again. He didn't heard anything from Meryl for a few seconds and then.

"All right, I'm going." Meryl didn't know very well why she accepted, but Raiden had helped her without raising too many questions, so she would help him. "But then you'll tell me what you know about Metal Gear."

Naomi was terrified and gave Snake a frightened look.

"I'll take the hand out, but you can't make a noise." Snake was still a bit shocked to find Naomi here.

Naomi nodded and she knew Snake wouldn't hesitate to kill her.

Snake removed his hand from her mouth and saw Naomi's kind but sad face. Her eyes were tired and she seemed like she could sleep for days.

"What are you doing here?" Snake asked abruptly not giving her to must trust.

"I've been working for them." Naomi's response was short but full with information.

To Snake's hears it meant she was working for The Patriots and that meant it was something big.

"Doing what?" Snake interrogated.

"Genetic reconstruction." Naomi said as she collapsed on the bed again. Snake grabbed her and pulled her up.

"They've been giving me pills…so they could control me." Naomi seemed like she would fall down at any second.

Snake had seen someone in the same situation, Otacon's sister; she too was forced in the same manner to work for The Patriots. He reached for the CODEC.

"Otacon, can you hear me."

"Ver…y b…d Sn...ke"

Snake heard a lot of interference

"I've got Naomi with me"

"What, wh…t did yo…"

The transmission was cut off. Snake looked puzzled he had to find Rose, find Raiden and get out of this place, and yet here he was standing in a women's dormitory helping Naomi Hunter to get on her feet.

"Can you stay awake and follow me?" Snake asked now sensing that Naomi didn't represent any danger.

"I don't know, maybe." Naomi spoke shallowly.

"We need to get out of here. I'll take you to the surface, Otacon's there he'll take you to safety."

"Why are you doing this Snake, did you forgot what I did to you."

"There's no time to reminisce about the past." Snake shook the thought of the FOXDIE virus that Naomi had given Snake a few years back, a virus that could kill him at any minute. "Just get up and follow me."

The soldiers outside finished sweeping the floor only to find no trace of the guards. "There's something wrong around here." One of the soldiers was sounding more irritated. "I'm going to call in."

The soldiers headed back to their dormitory as one of them reached for the radio. As they got to the dormitory door the other heard someone moving inside the women's dormitory. The soldier decided to peek and whilst he opened the door a little he saw a man helping a woman scientist getting up.

"Hold it right there." The soldier said opening the door abruptly and pointing his weapon at Snake. "Call for backup." He turned his head for a second towards the other soldier to get his attention.

Snake let go of Naomi. He still had the SOCOM in his hand ready to fire so in a fleet movement he shot the soldier. The soldier went back as he saw blood on his shoulder. The dormitory door closed again.

"CALL FOR BACKUP!" The soldier shouted this time grasping his shoulder with his free hand.

"Alright!" The other soldier shouted back getting away from the closed door. "This is Unit Zero, we are being attacked. I repeat, this is Unit Zero, we are being attacked."

The soldier that had been shot pointed his weapon at the door and began firing. Snake grabbed Naomi and both fell to the ground. The machine gun was very loud, but Snake didn't know what kind of weapon it was by the sound of it. It was however very powerful as the bunk beds were being shredded to pieces behind and in front of them. Snake looked at the door, pointing his SOCOM and that the door was almost ripped apart from the machine gun fir. That gave place to a perfect view of the soldier. He shot and immediately the soldier stopped firing and fell to the ground. Snake could now hear a very loud noise.

The alarm. "We've been discovered, Naomi get up. We have to go."

Naomi was able to pick herself up alone. "I've been sleeping for quite some time, but the drugs should be wearing off." She tried to seem able.

Snake ran out of the room with his gun pointed, but didn't saw the other soldier.

Meryl ran out of the surveillance room, guards and soldiers were already in front of her running towards the elevator. She was able to get on the elevator and saw it getting crowded. Someone used a little square key and pushed the button of Floor 0. Meryl saw as everyone began readying their guns. Meryl however couldn't use her gun, but she mimicked them. The elevator stopped and with their guns were pointed, the door opened and a revealed a soldier standing behind a bench.

He looked back. "Good you're here" The soldier sounded frightened.

"What's wrong?" Said a soldier with a red square in his balaclava.

"I don't know, Harry was shot and told me to call for backup."

"Alright men, move slowly towards the dormitories." The commander waved the men towards the location of the dormitories.

They all began moving in some sort of military pattern and Meryl followed behind.

Snake peeked to the lobby and saw the other soldier standing behind a bench next to the elevator. They were coming from there and Snake and Naomi were trapped. Snake remembered that the first door was the armory and got in. Naomi was outside the dormitory seating in the ground leaning on the wall.

Snake looked for something that he could use. He only found some stun, chaff and hand grenades. This is bad. He didn't know if they would get out of this situation alive. Snake got back out.

Naomi surveyed Snake he saw the grenades.

"I've got an idea, but I'm not sure it'll work."

The elevator began to make some noise, the backup was coming and they didn't have much time.

Naomi was staring at the hand grenades. That might work. She looked at Snake and said. "There's another way out of here Snake."