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Chapter 9 – The Duel with Ocelot
After a few steps Snake stopped his movements: As far as he could see, the area widened and there was a dark abyss in the middle of the area, crossing it. Snake saw that the gap was too big to jump over. Behind the gap he saw a big tree. Maybe there was a way to use the tree in some way? Snake skipped that thought, he had no rope. He continued his walk, after he had activated his nightvision-googles and readying his new USP. He entered the open area and saw some rocks near the abyss.
'A perfect cover', he thought. A sharp, sarcastic voice brought Snake back to the hard grounds of reality. He looked up and in the direction where the voice had come from.
Leaned to the tree stood a person. The darkness of the night and the clouds covering the sky made it difficult for Snake to see any details, but he recognized the voice instantly.
"Well, well! If that isn't the legendary Solid Snake..."
"Ocelot!"
A small hole appeared in the clouds and filled the place with moonlight. Now Snake was able to see Ocelot in detail and he was really surprised about the way Ocelot was clothed: He still had his spurs and a belt with two Colts, but his brown cape and the camouflage-clothes had vanished. They had been replaced by a GRU-uniform and a red barret. Snake tried not to laugh, but didn't have any success.
"Oh my god, Ocelot! Your sense for style is... quite funny!"
Snake could hear Ocelot sneering.
"This, Snake, is not as ridiculous as you think. This is the very same place where your father and I had our first real duel. And as a souvenir I'm wearing this uniform! See this as a journey back in history! Don't know what to say? Don't worry! It'll be over soon enough! DRAW!"
With having said the last word, he drew out one of his Colts, faster than Snake could see. Snake rolled forward and behind one of the rocks, avoiding a rain of six bullets. He really was surprised by the news Ocelot had given him. Did Ocelot really battled his father in this place or was it only a trick to confuse him? While drawing his own S.A.A., he contacted Otacon and asked for more information.
"Otacon, I don't have much time, so skip the whole hello-saying-crap! I found Ocelot, or better say he found me! He said somehting about my father... He, I mean Ocelot, said that he battled my father here. Is that right?"
It took a second, then Otacon answered: "Yeah, he told you the truth. Snake, be careful! The last time, I mean when your father fought him, there were troops behind his back and Ocelot used the rocks to produce ricochets! Fire and take cover. Watch your back! Good luck!"
Snake ended the call without saying good-bye. He checked his Colt. It was fully loaded. He jumped up and fired a bullet in the direction where Ocelot had stood. It missed, Ocelot had already changed his position. He heard him laugh.
"Ahaha, ey Snake! Did you miss?"
Snake cursed. But the voice had told him where Ocelot was hiding: To his right side, behind a rock. Snake leaned to the rock and loaded the S.A.A. again, then aimed at the rock. He saw Ocelots' head and fired. The red barret flew away and he heard Ocelot curse.
"Damn you, Snake! That was one of my most precious reminiscence-items..."
Snake said nothing. He would not make the same mistake as Ocelot had done a few seconds before. He heard a movement and jumped up, firing two bullets in the direction where the sound had come from. He heard a surpressed scream.
'Gotcha', he thought. He rolled over to the other rock on the right side and searched cover. Not a second to early! A few bullets hit the air and missed Snake only by centimetres.
"Snake! This reminds me of old times! Oh, reloading like this, it's really a revolution! Do you know that it was your father who gave me the tip to use the Single-Action-Army instead of my beloved Makarov? It was your own father who gave me the tool to kill his own son!"
Snake cursed mentally. He jumped up and fired another bullet into the darkness. Through his googles he did not see Ocelot and the bullet only hit the tree in the background. Snake searched the area with his eyes, but he did not find any trace. Just as he wanted to search cover again, Ocelot rolled forward, out of his hideout behind the big tree and forward into the safety of a big rock. Still rolling, he fired two bullets. Snake, who reacted fast, jumped to the right side and fired his own Colt. Still falling, he felt an immense pain in the left leg and he knew that one bullet had hit him. He thanked God for his quick reaction: If he had not moved, he would've been hit in the stomach. It was a hard impact on the ground and Snake cried out in agony. He heard Ocelot laugh, but it was not a loud laugh and Snake could hear the pain through Ocelots' voice. He must've hit him. He looked up and saw Ocelot laying on the ground in the middle of the fields. The moon lightened the whole area. Snake raised his weapon and threatened Ocelot.
"So, Ocelot, I got you right in my sight! Cooperate and I may let you live! I have a few questions which I must ask you! First of all: Why are you here?"
Snake could hear Ocelot gritting with his teeth. He saw the blood on Ocelots' stomach-area. He did not have mercy - just as Ocelot had not had mercy with him back on Shadow Moses.
"I think you've heard me loud and clear. Answer me: Why are you hear? Answer me!"
It took Ocelot a second, then he answered through his teeth. He must feel immense pain.
"That is none of your concern, Snake! But if you really wanna hear, I'll tell you. You won't benefit from it, because you'll die here in Russia. We've set up enough traps for you, so don't worry about it. You..."
"Shut up, Ocelot, skip the crap and come to the point!"
"Okay, okay... Just as you please. Well, your dear friend, what was his name? Somehting like Otaku?"
"Ocelot, I say it only once more: Come to the point!"
"Anyways, he surely told you that the first Metal Gear - not the real one of course, it was more like a prototype - was built here: The Shagohod! It was developed by Russian scientists and the plans for the Metal Gear REX were also developed in the Granin Research Facitily, which lies right in front of us. The director of this research facility, Granin, was killed during the incident... by an incompetent Colonel named Volgin. After the place was nuked, the government did not show any more interests in the facility. But I'm sure that Granin left some great plans there... waiting for me to use them! So, surprised? Oh com'on, Snake! Don't say that you were without a clue!"
Snake was surprised, but tried not to make Ocelot see it. He grunted and than asked him more, trying to sound threatening:
"Okay. Here goes number two: Why did you let me live when you tranquilized me in the old factory and even gave me a Single-Action-Army?"
This time, there was a longer time of silence. Then Ocelot began to speak. He really sounded surprised, he didn't even try to hide it.
"What? What are you saying? Snake, I knew you would appear on stage... But I did not attack you since I came to Russia, I swear! And I would never give you a Colt... It would be like I would give pearls to pigs! And a weapon in your hands will do no good for me... But that explains, why the sound of your gun sounded so familiar. Of course, a S.A.A.! But to be honest, Snake, I never attacked with a tranquilizer gun! And if I would succed, I would never let you live."
Now it was Snakes' turn to be surprised.
"Don't lie to me, Ocelot! It must've been you! Or one of your men!"
"Nope, Snake. My men don't use tranquilizer darts without my order. They would kill you on sight."
Ocelot grinned. It was an evil grin and Snake knew something bad would happen within the next second. Without thinking, he jumped into the abyss. It had not been one second to early: About sixty bullets hit the rocky edge of the canyon and the place where Snake had stood a few seconds before. He could hear Russian voices. Then the sounds faded. It was a long way down...
End Note: I am really proud about this one. Please write me your POV. Next chapter is coming soon. Please R&R.
