Watching him do his usual hand gesture, Snake felt himself fighting not to lose self control. He didn`t say anything, just turned his back to where Ocelot was headed, for the sake of his and the other`s sanity.
Snake felt better after the encounter, but his hatred for the one person had only intensified. Something unusual was happening to him these past few days; he turned his head at the softest of sounds wishing it was Ocelot, when in reality it would have been only some small wild creature or a soldier spying on him, only to meet his dejected fate after being discovered by Snake. Eva had shown up thrice, each meeting just as tasteless as the previous one, if not more. Snake had advanced over to ion five, only two check points before the main military gate. Each passing day brought with it a slight more of the weight he already carried. The tranquillizer`s shots had long been all gone but he kept the gadget with him, just in case he happened to pass someone carrying its fillings.
He kicked the body to check if the soldier he had just stabbed had indeed died. When there was no movement, he got satisfied and continued on the destined mudded path. He stopped when he saw two soldiers talking to each other, blocking the route which he was supposed to be taking. He cursed inwardly, knowing full well that the only option he had left was CQC, since the tranquillizer had given way. He crouched low in the grass to hide himself and waited for the two to disperse. Five minutes later, Snake was still hunched in his original position, giving a deathly glare to the two who were talking on and on like long lost friends. He rubbed his temples in impatience and advanced on all fours, stopping abruptly as one of them looked in his direction. He waited, holding his breath till the gaze shifted to somewhere else. After confirming that they were out of suspicions, Snake resumed crawling towards them.
Shit. A twig under his leg broke and earned him the gun points of the two as they turned to glare at him. They narrowed their eyes as they tried to recognize his face and as soon as they did it, their eyes widened with glee, "so you are the American dog!" one of them spoke, his mouth practically drooling over his catch.
"put down your weapons!" the other took a step close to him, "on your knees!"
Snake clenched his teeth and dropped the tranquillizer on the grass beside him, at least it was of no further use to me. He thought regrettably and straightened up to sit on his knees, glaring back at the two.
"empty your pockets."
Snake narrowed his eyes at them before taking out the dagger and placing it alongside the previously surrendered gun. During checking his pockets, his fingers came across the bullet he had taken out from Ocelot`s revolver, he held it for a moment, feeling the metal under his grip, before releasing it and taking his hand out, empty.
"Is that all?" the one with a slightly bigger physique asked, "are you clean?"
"yeah." Snake said gruffly.
They both gave him a judgmental look before deciding that he was telling the truth. Then one of them came closer to him, pointing his gun as he commanded, "hands where I can see them, get up!"
Snake stood up, wishing that all of this was just a bad dream. He couldn`t let his mission fail so easily. That would mean that another world war would start if the Russians got the proof that an American soldier had been penetrating their jungles. He held out his hands for them to see before placing them back at his sides.
They both came forwards and felt through his clothes, one of their hands paused on his pocket containing the bullet but then it moved away, taking it to be his imagination.
They grabbed his arms, each on either side of him, and started pulling him along with them; Snake jerked both his limbs away. Surprised by his strength, they let go, "I can walk on my own, thank you." He said coldly, dusted his uniform and adjusted the bandana a little higher over his forehead, glaring at the two. They looked at each other before one of them pulled out the handcuffs and fastened them around his wrists.
Eva walked out of the room, settling the fake glasses on her nose, looking forward to get out of the building quickly so that she might meet up with Snake. Unable to hold back her shock, she gasped when she almost bumped into the door of the room that had just opened when she took a turn. The door closed, revealing Ocelot walk out with a big disturbed expression on his face. He turned to her gasp and glared at her, Eva noticed that this was Volgin`s room. He had his shirt hanging loosely over his shoulder as he attempted to tuck his vest inside his pants and turned to walk in the opposite direction. He would have taken only a single step when he stopped abruptly and turned his head in the direction of the main doors of the building. Another moment later, when Eva also heard a little shuffle outside, he shrugged his shirt on and started buttoning it quickly, heading towards the door, Eva followed.
Snake had never imagined the base to be that big, he kept walking silently. Just as he stepped through the main metallic gate, his microphone started buzzing, making him curse inwardly. Sensing the vibrations, one of the guards pulled the wire forcefully out of his ear, scratching it against the side of his face, leaving a light mark on his skin. He threw it on the dirt and smashed his foot on it, looking mockingly at Snake who just gave him a disgusted glare. When the metal gate closed behind him, more of the uniformed soldiers started approaching them. Seeing Snake, most of the mouths opened up wide while they stood there rubbing their eyes to make sure he had indeed been caught. Even in such a critical situation, Snake couldn`t hold back the amusement at discovering all the terror he had embossed in the hearts of the Russians. He was brought to a vast ground in the sunlight, the main building was a few paces away, Snake lifted his eyes just in time to see the doors open to reveal Ocelot. He looked away, unable to bear the sight of the revolver. A couple of the scattered soldiers went over to a pole at a corner of the vast ground and a moment later loud sirens started to echo around the whole area, signaling to everyone that he had at last been caught. He looked down at the ground in front of his feet, aware of all the eyes upon him, hearing all the awed mutterings.
All the noise died down, making him look up to find a figure walking out of the main glass doors of the building. His teeth clenched and his already fisted hands tightened as he looked into those scornful eyes of the colonel as he advanced upon him, his gloved hands slightly emitting a light buzzing sound as electricity coursed through his body dangerously. Volgin raised his eyebrows at the loathsome expressions on Snake`s face and let out a low icy chuckle.
"so, the legend has indeed been caught."
Snake narrowed his eyes at the man venomously, feeling each and every fiber of his body craving to take revenge on what he had done. He tried to calm himself down, knowing full well that acting rashly in these circumstances would mean no good. He turned his eyes towards the face he had been avoiding and saw Ocelot`s head turned to his side, deliberately looking away. He had a sudden urge to walk up to him and force him to look him in the eyes but he shook it away. To Ocelot`s side was standing Eva, staring at him concernedly, he blinked and turned away. Snake turned his glare to the colonel again, forcing his mind to let go of the other face which burst in his thoughts as he looked at Volgin.
Volgin took a few steps closer and extended his hand to place it below Snake`s chin, Ocelot`s eyebrows furrowed as he turned to the scene, an uncanny heat building up inside. He watched with slight satisfaction when Snake narrowed his eyes at the man and jerked his face away from the grip.
"you`ll be fun to play with." Volgin said to himself, making most of the lips in the vicinity turn up in delight. "lets see how you respond to-"
"Colonel." Snake`s head jerked at the voice, he saw the boss making her way towards the crowd, she didn`t look at him, "I can take it from here."
Volgin didn`t back away, "i`m sure you can." He paused and looked Snake in the eyes, "But I want him to be brought to room 512 before he`s transferred to his cell."
There was a small pause after which Volgin commanded, "every body leave." The soldiers started to disperse in disappointment but the two guards standing at Snake`s sides looked confusedly at Volgin, "the major will escort him with me." Snake`s eyes rose just in time to meet the other pair looking at him concernedly. He kept looking at him, forgetting everything else around him for a blissful moment, but then he sensed Volgin`s eyes upon him and broke the contact, although he could still feel Ocelots eyes boring in the side of his face.
A minute or two later the whole ground seemed almost empty, everyone had gone back to there original positions, save for the boss, Eva, Ocelot, Volgin and of course Snake.
"Tatiyana, you want to come too?" Volgin asked amusedly as he turned to Eva.
She faked a false terrified but curious look, "yes, I want to see."
Volgin laughed and turned around, "bring him in." He said as he passed Ocelot, making the veins in his neck stick out vaguely as he turned red with fury.
A/N: yeah so i updated, please let me know what you guys think. It keeps me going. although this chapter didn`t have much in it and you must be hating me for getting Snake caught but uh... um... DEAL WITH IT!!
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