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Chapter 6 – The Old Factory
Snake covered in the grass and took out his binoculars. He searched the area for enemies. There weren't any. He wondered why.
Then he examined the old building: The walls were overgrown by grass and weed, the windows were broken. Stairs leading to a
small platform were destroyed and lay on the ground. As far as he could see, the wooden floor was rotten. Finally, as he had
searched the whole area, he put the binoculars away and decided to go in. He took out his M9 and started his way to the
entrance. Using trees and grass as cover, he went straight north, always watching his surroundings. After reaching the tree
standing next to the entrance, he examined the place again, because now he could see what was going on inside the factory.
There wasn't something going on. He dashed to the entrance and ducked behind the wall. Carefully, he turned his head and
peered into the building. There were some rotten boxes made up by wood near the broken stairs on Snakes' left. Behind that
were was an open space and then another building. Through an entrance without a door it was possible to enter the building.
He crouched to the boxes before the open space, looked around carefully and then rolled on the other side - right into the
entrance. Still in motion, he felt a sting. As he stood up, he saw a tranquilizer dart in his arm. He ripped it out as fast
as possible, but it was already too late! His sight went blurry. He looked around. On the floor right in front of him there
was a shadow. He looked up slowly: He could see the floor, his eye hit a closed door leading into the building. Then -
finally - he looked up. On the edge of the roof stood a person, pointing a gun at him. Snake could not get a clear view. He
felt numb and fell on the ground. Everything faded to black...
His head felt like it would explode. The pain hit him with full force and he could only slowly stand up, still with closed
eyes. He opened his eyes. He found himself sitting on a iron bed in a small room. Assuming to the dirt and to the weed, which
was all over the floor and the walls, he was in the last room of the old factory building. The door on the opposite side of
the room was still closed. Snake looked around. The windows were broken and sunlight came in, warming the bed right under the
window. On the wall on the right side of the door, which had been closed when Snake came to the area, there was a locker. A
table on the left side of the room was filled with dust. But a white paper was on top of it. Snake stood up and went to the
desk, took the paper and read the message written on it.
"Snake. So you're finally awake. I knew it the whole time that you would appear on the stage. Your nose is still good. In the
locker near the door you'll find a Colt S.A.A., a little gift for my new host! And you'll need it, I promise. So, see you
later... if you can make it! -A friend"
Snake grunted. "Ocelot, you little bastard!" He crushed the paper and threw it away. Then he checked his equipment. Nothing
was missing. He checked it for any unwanted gifts, remembering the small bomb Ocelot had given him back in Shadow Moses,
after the torture. There was nothing like that. He sighed and called Yuki.
"Yuki, I..." Snake was interrupted by a hysterical Yuki.
"Snake, thank God, you're alive! We all worried..."
"I..."
"Oh, I'm so reliefed. Otacon's too."
"I..."
"What happened to you, Snake? Tell us!"
"I..."
"Please, I was so afraid. You...could've been dead!"
"I..."
"Oh Snake!"
"YUKI!"
"Oh, what?"
Snake grunted. 'This chattering nanny. First, Naomi and now this...' He began to speak and this time, he wasn't interrupted.
"I was just attacked by an unknown man. He used a tranquilizer dart to knock me out."
Snake heard a click and then Otacons' voice.
"Hey, Snake. Good to hear your voice. So, are you hurt?"
"No, I di..."
Otacon interrupted and didn't wait for Snakes' answer.
"So, do you have an idea who the attacker could've been?"
Yuki came in. "Yeah, who was it?"
Snake waited with his response a bit, then he decided to tell them about the notice.
"I think, it was Ocelot. He left me a notice and left me in this factory."
There was a silence, then Otaco answered.
"But, Snake. Are you sure? Does he really know that you are following him? This is bad, you know. Are you really sure?"
"Yeah, of course I am. He left me an S.A.A.!"
Yuki cursed. "Damn it! Then it has to be Ocelot. Noone else would use this ancient Single Action Army - besides Ocelot.
Right?"
Snake and Otacon answered in unison. "Yeah..."
Snake thought a moment. Then he knew what to do.
"Hey, both of you, listen to me: We don't know anything. But Ocelot is probably knowing that I'm here. But he didn't kill me
yet. Maybe he wants to play. So I'll do him the favour. When I'll find some new information, I'll call you, I promise. But at
the moment we can't do anything. Okay?"
Snake quitted the call before his friends had the chance to answer. He hated it to be interrupted. This reminded him so much
of Mei and Naomi during the Shadow Moses Op.
Snake went to the locker and opened it. The writer hadn't lie: In the locker there was a S.A.A., polished and loaded. It
looked like new to Snake. He also found some bullets. Then he left the room.
'Great. Now I really can take them on!' He put the Colt away. Equipping his M9, he went North. An iron gate behind the
factory marked the end of the area. Snake climbed over it. Jumping down, he thought: 'Ocelot, let's play!'
End Note: Okay, finally the first real Metal Gear element is in the story: The sneaking. More in the next chapter, which is coming soon. Please R&R.
