(A/N: I apologize for the abrupt ending of this chapter since this story's based of Portable Ops, you will be seeing some similarities to the game's own main plot of the Metal Gear Solid title. But I assure you that they are not the same and that the San Hjierantvualo Peninsula has areas that are not seen in the actual San Hieronymo Peninsula. Also while the stealth is more involved in here, combat does not take a backseat because the name of the story is called Mikekolt's Revenge for a reason. His Dragons aren't as featured as much as they were here since it's about Mikekolt's relationship with his human comrades rather than his family. Just please understand what I am trying to do here in this story, you'll get the share of the action packed fights very soon. Enjoy)
This... is the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula, acting as it's own separate and independent island near the mainland that was the advanced land ahead of time known as Whiteburah Island as there's no denying that fact. A new day has dawned upon the prison where the renegades of the Komodo Unit guarded it's entrances and outer walls of the area as if they had taken over the entire region. Inside one of it's cells was the familiar face of but none other than our hero Mikekolt Castlekroftservkhall, asleep on top of an bed up against the far end of the wall; this bed was chained upwards to the wall and held on with strong supports though he just cannot stop himself from drooling onto the pillow that dried on his face. How did he end up here to be exact? Better take a look into what's happened from what he can remember
Mikekolt was attacked outside in the night after investigating a disturbance in the streets as it was all but silent there, punched in the chest and stomach by his ambushers but fighting off a number of them. However out from the shadows a soldier who didn't look like any Komodo Unit soldier he's seen stepped forward, rushing with amplified speed as the last thing that is heard was him roaring in pain and being slashed repeatedly by the soldier's Latin machete he held in his right hand. Of course he was also armed with an side arm, the modified M10X-Z with both the first and second stock folded to the sides as well as the barrel being shortened greatly to not poke someone in the eye. Afterwards he awakened in his cell and startled out from his mind, he found himself alone with no one else as his Dragons are nowhere to be in anyhow possible seen nor found; all he could do was to lay his naked back up against the wall on top of his bed, he just needed to recollect on what happened back there last night. Well at least he thought it was last night that he was captured, but now he's just overheating himself so he couldn't think of anything to take his mind off the pain
Just then sounds of footsteps with a left prosthetic leg clanking against the floor was heard in the hallway outside, coming towards his cell as his face was exposed to him. "Not a moment too late in fact, right on time as always with the rest of our prisoners. The administered drugs had worn off in exactly half a day as planned. I trust your dreams were pleasant Arsenal Fox?" It was the same man from the attack chopper though Mikekolt didn't seem to understand
"What the hell are you going on about?" Mikekolt asked but the man from behind the cell door saw this as denial
"Oh please, drop the act and cut the shit with me. I know all about you Arsenal Fox, or do you prefer that I call you Mikekolt Castlekroftservkhall?" The man shifted himself into a more comfortable position to stop the aching pain from the night before
"Sounds like you've found the right person for a autograph, who am I administrating this over to?" Mikekolt asked for his identity as the man revealed himself. He had a half-stout build to his body while also having some Scottish red facial hair for his Steve Harvey styled mustache, quite some muscle to his bones and wearing an armored vest with the Komodo Unit flag on both full sleeves up to his wrists. Like before he wore an belted durag around his head and his prosthetic consisted of an ingot on the bottom of his kneecap, thick bar on the front with thinner one on the back; having a ring around to separate the two components and having a upward curved horseshoe that curved backwards to form two fangs on both it's ends
"The name is Lt. Bostonswelter. Up until six years ago I and the others were with the Dragon Hunters before we split up, a shame though as Grashunov would be proud of what we just so happened to find for him" Lieutenant Bostonswelter revealed his name and referred to him as the one thing that they found for their leader
"Bostonswelter, the Komodo Unit's Interrogation Specialist..." Mikekolt recognized the name and wondered for what reason he was locked up in here
"Ah so you have heard of me from the chatter of the others, I'm feeling honored Mikekolt" Lt. Bostonswelter replied
"Those men who attacked me in front of the streets, the Komodo Unit as well?" Mikekolt asked
"Who else could they be? Although we'll just leave it at that for now..." Lt. Bostonswelter confirmed as Mikekolt only shook his head
"If it's weapons you're looking for from me then that's not going to happen, this isn't a social call because you wouldn't have brought the goons over to attack me" Mikekolt refused to aid in their plans if it's to settle a score with their rivals
"Yeah I suppose we are, to the front of the eyes of the outside world. Don't worry, I'm not asking you to join us; there's just one simple question I'll have to ask" Lt. Bostonswelter opened the cell door and stepped inside as he began to recall the events that took place
"Eight years ago as a student turned hero of the School of Dragons you stopped our allies from expanding their business in each of the ten regions in the Archipelago. You're given a title above even your ancestor and father, Arsenal Fox due to your class as a heavy cavalier with no regards to the consequences. But you turned your back on the Knights, threw aside your glory and abandoned your tribe. Mysterious for a Castlekroftservkhall don't you think? What did you see out there on your journey? What did you find out in the Dragonroot Company headquarters?" Lt. Bostonswelter asked him with a electrical blunt stun baton in hand just in case he won't answer
Mikekolt silently recalled the events that happened years ago in mind. Flashing visions of his tribe in ruins after their attack, him and Katetiburon fighting off the soldiers in the Woodland Isles; the faces of both Drayko and his half-brother Breyerkolt. Lt. Bostonswelter immediately cut to what he wanted to know from him after being left unable to respond
"Where is the Bludvist's Legacy?" Lt. Bostonswelter demanded in a serious tone
"The microfilm of funds amassed by the branches of the tribe under the leadership of Drago Bludvist?" Mikekolt recalled from the reports that were read
"Not only that but was gathered in one piece under the Warlords. Where is it?" Lt. Bostonswelter asked once more
"If it's the Bludvist's Legacy you're looking for then why not try asking the Warlords? Considering the fact that you just mentioned them gathering it all in one piece, it's your fortune after all" Mikekolt responded but Bostonswelter would not take this response from him, seeing it as lies being spewed out in front of his face
Lt. Bostonswelter swung and bashed his electrical stun baton against the side of his stomach, electrocuting him and causing Mikekolt to blubber out in pain; kneeing him in the face as well. He then stomped on his guts with his prosthetic, pressuring it deeper against him to make him cough; straining him with pulsating pain that flashed in his eyes
"Apply the right type of pain to the right decree, at just the right location. Always been one of the most important policies for persuasion according to me and I find to be quite the effective method. Grashunov only recovered the first half of it after the fall of the Dragonroot Company branch, and you know where the second half of it went" Lt. Bostonswelter's pressure increased on his stomach as Mikekolt looked up
"Grashunov only recovered a small half of the Bludvist's Legacy? You ain't using that money right at all you know" Mikekolt taunted but Bostonswelter stomped him in the stomach, a more deeper form of pain in order to shut him up
"You can drop the act now. You shut down their business and returned alive, so you know where the other half of the Bludvist's Legacy is; and now you're going to start telling me Arsenal" Lt. Bostonswelter believed this was another act of his resistance
"Not a damn clue in my mind" Mikekolt replied as Lt. Bostonswelter released his prosthetic off his guts
"That a real shame there mate, as I hate to keep persuading you just like this Arsenal Fox" Bringing out his electrical stun baton again he upped the voltage and violently bashed him in the forehead, electrocuting and causing him to blubber again; saliva escaping from his mouth and dripping onto the bed he lied on. It went on longer this time before he stopped which left him lightly breathing. Mikekolt snarled after Lt. Bostonswelter began to make his leave, turning away to head out. "No matter, we have just about plenty of time as soon; it's all going to come back to you sooner or later"
"This is not just a kidnapping is it?! Where are my weapons and equipment? Answer me Boston!" Mikekolt demanded to know from him as the interrogation specialist turned to face him with an devious smirk
"This is not a kidnapping alright, this is an official mission by the Komodo Unit. For now... you're not going to be leaving this cell because I'm sure you'll find a way to be comfortable, while we wait for you to remember where the Bludvist's Legacy is" Lt. Bostonswelter closed the door and laughed as he exited out of the halls, Mikekolt growled at his response. He will get the hell out and discover what's going on in this hellhole of a prison
Standing onto his feet and shuffling towards the door, the first line of offense from him was to kick the fucking door down head on with one mighty spartan styled kick; but when this did not work against the iron plated cell door, he resorted to multiple more kicks. Alongside that he reared back and threw multiple punches with his prosthetic left arm which rapidly dented bumps in the wall of the doorway, that was until the prisoner from the other side came over to call him out from across his cell: "Slow down there buddy, it's not going to break off from it's hinges; the people taking over here thought of everything to stop escaping prisoners. All reinforced to stop us from taking the easy way outside" Mikekolt listened in across from the cell he was in and found the source of the voice
He was a light olive brown to medium prairie sand tan commando who was bloodied and in a horrific sense battered to the bone having been a victim to Lt. Bostonswelter's racial hatred towards the men of Dominican Republic and African bloodline descent, not to mention the ones who had hints of Mexican blood in their veins. He definitely looks like the kind of man who could be a one man mercenary company of deadly fortune who can fight off dozens of those Dragon Marauders that he's always been fighting off from other villages. He was shirtless like him but not barefooted nor wearing tattered pants of a prisoner. What he was wearing looked like his Bravo Armor but it was not the same as it's one of the Heavy Gunner's armor that they wore, to him it was taken off from a dead corpse as although it did look like it was function; it was not as his upperbody was wrapped in thick bandages that all covered it so that his skin was not exposed. Even showed some dried blood splotches on it's multiple areas that dripped or was handsmeared, even on his forehead as it was wrapped all around due to skull fracture that was healing. His arms were sleeveless while his knees were bandaged up to the lower thighs, lacking the modified features he sported on his armor; for his hair he had some boxtrail dreadlocks extensions underneath his belted durag that also featured two long sashes on the back of his head. He had a dual pronged freestyle mustache as well as growing downwards off to the sides on top of his lips and beneath his nose, along with a medium stubble that was growing back after being shaved; still looking like a young rookie of a soldier. Because of the armor he's wearing was from the Komodo Unit, he was shown to be built as half-brawny like he is but also well enough to walk and fight all at the same time; however it looked as though his right leg was going through some pain from both the torture and something else that happened. Appearing raggedy but covered in both scars and tribal tattoos on his arms up to his shoulders, his hair underneath was looking drenched but was dry altogether as it was a thick shag that covered his ears; spiked downwards on the bottom all around. Finally, he wore an similar backpack that the Komodo Minigunners wore on their backs that had the communication box with two antennas that went upwards; it felt as though he should be wearing a communications headset that the Komodo Heavy Gunners always wore on their heads
"Arsenal Fox, so that's the name he called and were given; the mercenary of deadly fortune. I'm a prisoner like you but explaining it is nothing short of a long story. But nevermind that at all, take a look under that bed and you'll find a open vent. I'm the one that took it off when a few of the guards weren't looking while patrolling through here every now and then, got the bolts unscrewed before I kicked the shit out of it until the stubborn hatch finally gave in so I can rip it off and escape. Shame the Komodo Unit moved me to another cell just to bring you in the prison, I just left you a easy escape route right there. When you get out of there I hope you're willing to cut a favor with me, something out of the favor will come to you of course; go ahead and give it shot" The prisoner told him as Mikekolt never spoke a single word to him, nodding as he ran over to the bed and slid down underneath
Moving through the vent under the bed and making a turn to the right, he arrived inside of an new cell that was unlocked before coming from out underneath to find a rifle that was one of the Komodo Sniper's main choice of weapon. This weapon was modeled after the bolt action Chinese Sako TRG M10X-Z/M10 Lapua Magnum Sniper Rifle albeit switched to semi-auto for a better performance in taking out targets who are presented as obstacle to them. All thanks to the system weapons project concept that was inspired by the Revenant's Talon III to go along with the rest of his other weapons. As with everything used by them it was lightweight as the sniper rifle is no exception though he'd rather use his Revenant's Talon III over this one, he's going to give this one over to the soldier as his leg couldn't be too well considering that he's kicked the shit out of that vent cover just so he can escape. But it might've been more than what he did to give him a easy escape from his cell
He exited out from the cell and approached the man who gave him the easy exit, seeing him in disbelief that it really was him: "Damn son, it is you. Mikekolt or in a sense I should say... Arsenal Fox himself, you the real deal there?" The commando asked him as his voice was raspy but sounded youthful as if he was a Green Beret
"I can't see the reasoning behind knowing me" Mikekolt replied in a soft tone
"You're a god damn legend in the world of solo counteraction to reconnaissance missions and stealth sabotage hijacking like that codenamed RAY amphibious weapon from that tanker the Komodo Unit took over months ago. What the hell is a hero praised by Drayko Ryder like you doing in here in a hellhole like this?" The commando who seemed to know him asked him a question he wished he had the answers for
"Thinking the same question and for where we are, near the south if I had to guess. I would say elsewhere in the southwestern borders due to the heat" Mikekolt was not familiar with this location at all until the commando proceeded to explain
"Correct, the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula to be exact; Alrkroynamo region as it's smaller on a true map of the place than what outsiders think, this region and not the rest. Known to fellow locals of Hjierantruvalo as La penÃnsula fantasma de los muertos (The ghost peninsula of the dead) Located off the coast of Whiteburah Island more or less directly to the south where all heated winds bathe this desert region, should also be mentioned it's disconnected from the rest of San Hjierantruvalo; based off Central America in the west with influences from Prague for the town and Costa Rica for the rest of the peninsula's untamed tropical landscape" The commando revealed as Mikekolt recalled interrogating the Dragon Hunter who mentioned this place before
"A Dragon Hunter I interrogated before the assault on the Dragonroot Company headquarters referred to this to the San Alrkroynamo Peninsula, he didn't know it's real name. Neither that hunter nor Drayko and I have ever seen this place before. Especially not when coming to here outside of the Archipelago for our own reasons" Mikekolt told him about his unfamiliarity to this new location before the commando explained more of it
"You wouldn't have seen it since it's not found nor show up on the conventional maps, it's all under full control of the Lost Paradise Army; surprising to see a mercenary group in a place all based off Colombia to say. Homelands of the soldiers provided aid to the rebellious people's army which was the faction called the WBPAF. In return they're given this land as prior to this, they've failed in attempting to build a intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) base for the weapon outside of Aztecan territory. In the end they had given up on the idea of testing their weapons out and abandoned their deal, rumor had that these rebels sought out a newer area that was close to the Archipelago. This just so happened to be the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula"
"The Archipelago would've been taken out if that missile was completed" Mikekolt speculated on the thought of having that weapon built and launched
"Even more so the plans for this base was abandoned before it was built, détente between the two factions since neither of them can keep waging wars on like they did outside of your homeland and so came the Strategic Limitation Talks. Goal of limiting each region in the San Hjierantruvalo and Whiteburah Island's number of ballistic missiles built under underneath the work of highly skilled minds. I was apart of the Lost Paradise Army branch in Whiteburah Island's investigation bureau of soldiers sent in to investigate what's happening but were all ambushed by the Komodo Unit. My team was wiped out in the split second blink of a eye and I feel like I'm the only survivor left" The commando revealed as he sat down on the bed
"Now why would the Komodo Unit be here in a Central American-built base?" Mikekolt asked but the commando had no clue on the reason as to why, expecting him to know more than he had in mind but was told that he knew nothing more than what he knows. The commando all understood it as it seemed he would've liked to know what's going on: "I'm taking you out of prison and out of this cell"
"That won't do any good since it needs a special key to open, head out a distance away in the southeast of the prison and you should reach a communications base nearby. Call in a rescue if you can and if not we'll find a way out of this together. I'm counting on you Arsenal Fox" The commando had hopes for him
"I'd rather be referred to as Mikekolt" He told him before leaving
"It's been worth a time of honor Mikekolt, name's Hervatlock. Jeohvah Hervatlock at your first service tall and young slyful little fox" Jeohvah joked about his title before getting attacked by a strained muscle
Mikekolt saw nothing but a dead end at the west wall whereas the east of the hallway would lead him over to the exit, pressing up against the door and looking off to the side find a guard patrolling on through. Not seeing him he snuck up from behind and took him by the throat as he kneed him in the back of his thigh hard, throwing him to the ground before stomping hard to break his spinal cord as well as stomping on his neck to break it. The hallway outside was taller than the cellblock and had a thick bar above spaced out in between the entryway and dead end
He made his way over to the east of the hallway outside the cellblock where another door led into a rectangular shaped room that had two medium sized square pillars on both sides. Finding a dufflebag that belonged to him in the process as it was left for him by Rainserviper, that Whispering Death was as loyal to him the most out of all his team. Seeing that he was in a way shirtless, barefoot albeit stained with blood and without something for him to use; he took a second to refit himself with his Bravo Armor. Now having the same modification of the Komodo Unit's stronger darkblood formula running deeply through, ready to be used when he needed to bulk up. Slipping on a second prosthetic to his right arm as he hid them both underneath his new black and bronze ribbed gloves that he swapped out for his old ones, they were mostly used for his War Armor that was also with him. Retractable shoulder guard blades along with his vambracers, leather plating on his thighs that went towards his groinal area blocked off by the x-crossed straps in the front and smooth plating on the sides of both of his thighs as well as his legs; he was looking sleeker and smoother than before. His belt now having diagonal straps on both sides with dual thick straps that acted like holster straps for him to place his Revenant's Talon III dual crossbows whenever he still needed them in that mode
Mikekolt encountered a security gate with two square shaped pillars on the sides and hinged medium sized platings that went towards each other, being closed to those who don't have a security authorization key to enter through. He just simply ran and slid underneath using the vents underneath the scaled boots he wore, going up against a wall with another guard that's near the entrance. Taking advantage of this he walks up from behind and stabs him right in the throat using his dual blades that gouged out from the upper half of his vambracers, the both of them now sprouting three of his bombs' blades in the center for him to take out and throw to his enemies. In order to hide the body he used his black webshooters and stuck the corpse up to the ceiling. Mikekolt's War Armor on the other hand for taking out colossal forces of the Komodo Unit had the following appearance and features below here:
Gorget: wide trapezoids on both sides with two belts strapped across with the longest on top and shortest on bottom, a short collar with curved edges going towards the bottom revolved around the neck towards each other. It's features included mounted weapons such as an pair of thick and wide inverted trapezoid shaped MRLs with a line of five on the top to bottom as well as three in the center with two on the sides and one in the middle. Other weapons right by the missile launcher boxes were ten barreled mounted full auto submachine miniguns, going a little more outward but still just as formidable as both weapons can target anything around him; even go into the armor flat and appear as flat as the armor plating itself
Gloves: same chainmail and rubbery fabric ribbed gloves with some bronze edged Sup Grip Armor styled plating on the front. Each of the five fingertips had two retractable razor blades that were next to each other but still spaced out in between, acting like the deadly claws of a lot of wildcats combined alongside a critically endangered South China tiger; having a new tri-square shaped serration that the rest of his razor blades on his vambraces and both of his two shoulder guards sported. These could also be shot from his fingertips as very deadly bladed and dart like projectiles towards his enemies in order to blind them. The palm was plated on the armored on the bottom but also featured a thin spiral revolving slot, that contained easy access for his Deathgripper Acid Flare Bombs and it's variations
Thighs: armor plates with ridges that was widely spaced out in between on the top, the center and bottom were halfway spaced out in between. The knees had a narrow inverted trapezoid for the knee caps while the rest of the armor plates were segmented whenever they were bent, having multiple rows of medium sized square shaped segments that went all around the thighs which looked thick to the eye but felt thin to the touch; acting like his main armor to protect his unguarded thighs while his knees had shinguards to protect him
Vambracers: dual wide trapezoid shaped full auto submachine barrels normal on the top and inverted on the bottom of the vambracers. never overheats themselves and full of high deadly piercing bullet arrows. comes out on the top and bottom at the same time fast to deliver maximum frontal assault against the heaviest of forces of the Komodo Unit
Exiting out of the Prison entrance he found himself outside in the desert environment of the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula, golden sands covered all of the number of ground with a wind that lightly blew across to carry the grains off to other places; the sun in the sky was hot but it was forgiving than in the barren lands of the pharaoh. Though it is a mountainous region that was divided into the eastern and southern thanks to a river running on through, which a entry way was possible through the use of a rail-bridge; a deep ravine was found towards the right eastern half that acted like a natural boundary for the power substation and silo complex of all places
On the northernmost coast of the eastern half of San Hjierantruvalo was the prison while there was the addition of a communications base three kilometers southeast of the prison facility, to the west was a supply depot. Significantly a distance away from the coast is a patrol base, slightly to the north was a hospital and to west a research laboratory; a city in the southeast and a rail-bridge short distance to the south. The main center of the southern peninsula was the mountain wilderness and on the eastern shore, a bay resided there. Security base a short distance southwest, southeast on the eastern half was a ballistic missile storage facility; near the fork of the river dividing the peninsula in half was the airport while a guest house was in the western shores of the main cliffside of the southern half. Chemical plant southeast of the guest house while a ravine was to the west of the plant, with a power substation being near the northern part of the ravine; to the east was the main silo of the peninsula itself. However, there was also a tank hangar and heliport as well in San Hjierantrulavo. Finally, every part of this place was under the control of the Komodo Unit led by Grashunov
This Prison was a two stories tall building that contained a watchpost outside as well as a gate that was electronic for security purposes. Within was a enclosure that contained two one-story buildings that contained the actual cellblocks as to the north beyond the walls was a building while the east beyond the walls is a pair of buildings. Watchtowers are also in a position of the east to west of the prison, just to keep a look out for any escaped prisoners. Small building near the prison complex that was presumably a guard station for registering prisoners when transferred here. He's not staying here for long because they've shoehorned him into this act of renegade takeover and he's not going to leave as long as the Komodo Unit are still present. He's going to have his revenge for this in fact
HTTYD
Shifting his dual crossbows back into it's regular rifle formation he aimed and fired towards a soldier's head to kill him in a instant, running over to the ramp that led upwards to the exit at the left side; not stopping until he's out through the doors. He had three kilometers out right in front of him outside of the prison, he could get himself a look at the environment to know how to use it to his advantage. So with that he headed out towards the communications base using the vents in his boots to start gliding across the ground, the exact location was up ahead in the distance; it wouldn't be long now before he came. The main Communications Base building which happened to be two stories tall was equipped with an antenna dish on the roof for transmissions via the radio bricks they're equipped with. Six lockers and two beds were inside while there was also another that acted like an armory, containing an experimental mode of transportation for Komodo Unit soldiers that was really built in Whiteburah Island's tech corps. rather than in the peninsula. Various others nearby to the north and east are blocked off by fences as trenches were also dug in around the borders of the main facilities. This was going to be easy for him to get by undetected as he had no info on what was going on around here
Arriving at the communications base he shifted his weapon into it's dual crossbow formation as he fired a round of bullet arrows towards the guard to kill him, jumping into the trench just as one other guard who was patrolling came over to investigate; bending down to the corpse to feel a pulse before coming back up and contacting on the communication box: "HQ, please respond!"
"This is HQ!" The voice was sounding a little more clear this time around with fewer grains of filtering but the octave in the voice had not changed at all
"Patrol here: we have a enemy attacking and a man down, location unknown; going into high alert formation!" The soldier responded
"Acknowledged and Understood: sending in a Detective Team, cut off the intruder's escape as the enemy is still nearby before you pursue and engage him; do not let him escape!" HQ replied as a detective team was sent in to investigate while Mikekolt made his way over to a door where he looked around, taking out another few soldiers and heading into another door
This smaller room not only had the key to Jeohvah's cell but also a radio where he's able to go and contact back at Whiteburah Isle as the Archipelago's too primitive to have this technology to be apart of all affairs of war, therefore is not advanced ahead of it's time to have access to such forms of communication. He tapped into a frequency used to contact Rainserviper just like months ago on the tanker: 148.73, getting into the Whiteburah Island's communications server on the upperwest side of this peninsula
"This is the Arsenal Fox reporting in, I and a newfound survivor of a exterminated squad are both stranded out here on the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula; respond to me if you can read this. Call in a rescue here and if you do then we'll fight off as many as the Dragon Hunter's allies sent in to take over this peninsula for as long as we can. We need your help out here" Mikekolt called in as a familar voice replied from the recieving end
"Mikekolt! Is that you, is this the man we'd escaped from the Dragonroot Company headquarters together?" It was Axethor as it seemed that Rainserviper gave him this frequency, however there was just one problem: he hasn't seen him in eight and a half years in person, not even once during that time gap. This was something Mikekolt wasn't going to know about until the recieving end makes a error with him
"That voice... Axethor? I would be better if we weren't in this god forsaken prison in this ghost peninsula that doesn't show up on conventional maps, this frequency is reserved for missions to contact my best bud Rainserviper; did he give this to you?" Mikekolt asked him as he responded
"Just in case, heard everything from the recieving end" Axethor replied
"Why the hell are you on the line, where's Drayko or Viggo? I need to talk to either of them about the discoveries on the San Hjierantruvalo Peninsula because the Komodo Unit's taking over now" Mikekolt asked and demanded from him
"Viggo's been arrested by the Dragon Hunters for suspicions of treason and he's being held under threats of helping his newfound allies start the revolt. One of their allies broke off from their allegiance and gone renegade before taking over the peninsula after fleeing, they've stolen guarded parts for a weapon meant to attack every tribe Draconia's allied with. They're charging you with instigating the beginning of their insurrection as well as spurring a revolt, the hunters are issuing a call to the Warlords for your arrest as well" Axethor replied and explained as Mikekolt slammed his fist against the desk
"That's bullshit I did not spearhead the revolt, they are trying to KILL ME!" Mikekolt shouted angrily at the news as he wouldn't believe that the Dragon Hunters were responsible
"I know just calm down and listen to me, their allies who've stolen the parts and executed it all; their allies' name was the Komodo Unit. Your next mission is to stop them! Anyone whose not participating to join in were killed, they're going off the threat level scales here" Axethor revealed the name responsible and explained more of the situation that's going on
"Those assholes, I don't believe this shit!" Mikekolt shouted
"I know how what it's like to be framed but you know why they're holding you responsible? Because their leader is gathering soldiers specializing in your field of combat and killing the ones who will not join them, the only person that can pull that shit of a tactic off against their enemies over to their side is you. If you can't take their leader in who began the insurrection alive then dead will do more than fine, we need the evidence that you're innocent. They're not letting you come back home because they're going to court martial your tribe all just for helping out a suspect. If you set a foot on the Archipelago then they'll target your family in return should you cross the borders" Axethor replied and revealed the blackmail
"No one's coming to the rescue and no one's sending backup reinforcements, am I getting this clear?!" Mikekolt asked sounding frustrated as he wanted someone from out there to help them out here in this peninsula
"Dude they're not fucking around this time, they're dead fuckin' serious. Find a way to lead all of them onto your side and take that evil traitor down who started this uprising, I will not let you go out there alone to stop them so just think about procuring your allies on site like procuring weapons and equipment wherever you find them. It's easy right? All of the Komodo Unit's soldiers are being brainwashed under their leader and the only way you can free them is by teaching them everything that the Castlekroftservkhalls have been teaching themselves for a long time" Axethor told him as Mikekolt further dented a hole in the desk
"Axethor, are you under orders from the Warlords?!" Mikekolt demanded as that was not something that his best friend would tell him to do
"Don't be a bitch Mikekolt, do it and they'll be freed" Axethor acted rude towards him
"That's not a fact that I'm comfortable with telling them about, but you know what else is something new I found out about just now?" Mikekolt angrily yelled at him as Axethor asked him
"What would that be?" Axethor asked
"I never even MET YOU IN PERSON over in between the eight and a half years time gap, not even once nor even a single glimpse of you!" Mikekolt uncovered the ruse as he suspected that this was one of the Jorgensons, which the impostor revealed to be Wartlout confirmed
"You couldn't be anymore correct Castle, you and Drayko have been taking Scablout away from us and I just happened to follow where Uncle Spitelout went; there I find this box that allows me to communicate to you. Now I'm going to use this blackmail for Cousin Snotlout so that he-" Wartlout was then interrupted by Mikekolt
"You're not telling him shit because I know where you are and my best buds are going to give it to you painfully, SO STAY THE HELL OFF THIS FREQUENCY!" Mikekolt screamed at him
"You and Drayko ruined our family so I'm going to tell him because you can't touch me thanks to the Dragon Hunters threatening to kill your family if you cross the border" Wartlout teased him
"Then it's time to die Wartlout, Rainserviper if you can hear this: execute and kill him now!" Mikekolt told him as he destroyed the communications radio afterwards by punching a literal hole through all in his anger that no one's going to send some allies to help them out.
He just wanted to talk to Drayko and now Viggo's imprisoned by the Dragon Hunters, so what does he get? Someone telling him that no one is coming to rescue them because they think it was him who spearheaded the revolt when he had no knowledge of them going rogue, that's all complete bullshit. He hates this place so god damn much even further than before now as no one's saving their asses, he still cannot take on a entire army of them alone; no one listens to him when he needs them to. Kicking the door down he made his way back to the prison to deliver the news to his commando friend about the blackmail
Coming back into the cell where Mikekolt was mildly cooled off by the time he unlocked it, he just sat down with him stroking his face in frustration as he couldn't believe that everyone is against him these days. Thinking that he's leading the Komodo Unit into attacking everyone that Draconia's allied with when that was not the case at all. As a man who knew how to deal with things like these he had his limits and this one was throwing him into an abyss that he cannot find a way out of without his Dragons: "You feeling alright Hervatlock?"
"Found the key already huh? Not if my leg had to say something about that; at least I know why you came back though. Did you call in for a resuce?" Hervatlock asked him
"No one is coming for us" Mikekolt replied with rising anger in his voice
"Are you fucking serious right now?" Hervatlock expressed his disbelief that nobody's going to save their asses
"Everyone's out for my blood just because they think I'm the one leading the insurrection of the Komodo Unit against the Dragon Hunters, the ones who wiped out your team. They're not letting me return back home as blackmail and no one's sending backup reinforcements to aid us both in bringing down the renegade unit. Those bastards just left us to die out here! Hervatlock I can't do this alone without your help, eight years ago I was only able to shut them down because I had my Dragons with me! Now? They're thinking that I'm expendable to them" He expressed his full anger and frustration against the assholes who want him to fix this issue on his own
"Jesus Castle, calm the hell down!" Hervatlock placed a arm over his shoulder
"I'm not taking them head on by myself, I need your skills as a commando to pull this off since those assholes I've been calling to rescue us from this mountainous ghost region based off in the Central American coast at the west aren't on my side and aren't having my back. All I need is a commando like you to help me out in taking down the Komodo Unit to assure they're not coming back when we've dealt with their leader. I'm going to take a little guess that it's him that's leading the revolt, Grashunov because there's no one else who's authorized with that leadership" Mikekolt sounded desperate and accused his allies of not having his back in a time like this
"You out of all heroes, the Arsenal Fox is one of the only ones who can preform solo stealth counteraction and reconnaissance missions like these. I'm in no condition to take them on as my leg's straining with pain and I've got one of the nastiest fevers for a few weeks now, you fought all those Komodo Unit soldiers on that tanker before and hijacked your own weapon out of their hands. I can't even take out an actual KHAW Tank with a grenade" Hervatlock argued with him but Mikekolt only shouted back as he finished securing the leg brace on him so that he can walk again
"That's not the POINT! I was able to kill them because I relied on stealth and when it came to fighting swarms of them, I had both Breyerkolt and Drayko to help me fight wave after wave of them. Those brutes are the worst ones I've ever had to fight because they're armed with a load of weapons: knives gouging out their wrists, tusked retractable shields to stop me from attacking directly by bashing me in the face and chest; as well as seismic gloves and boots to stun and send me slamming against the environment. Now that they're equipped with stun batons just like Bostonswelter is except the voltage is lethally raised to really kill someone, not to mention their shields have been electrified by the medics; I'm starting to get pissed off here. Especially when they're arming themselves with Octoflauge, Concussive Detonators along with Stick Bombs, Zipline Claws and PBM C22 Mines; this god damn war armor of mine's going to take forever to kill them all. How do I find a way to take them all on without getting killed?" Mikekolt cooled off afterwards as he stood near the doorway
"I ain't no war machine mercenary of fortune like the Arsenal Fox himself son, especially as I heard about that war armor you've mentioned before; I'd like to see it in action while I drive because on a base like this there's bound to be a transport vehicle lying around here" Hervatlock told him as Mikekolt threw him the sniper rifle in his hand before heading out with a calm tone as his anger was fully vented out
"Get yourself armed and let's leave this prison behind because Bostonswelter is going to start giving us some answers about what the hell's going on around here" Mikekolt spoke a little more calmly since he just can't do this alone, the Komodo Unit uses everything he uses against him
Mikekolt and Hervatlock left the San Hjierantruvalo Prison with no sign of the guards before the two of them hijacked a newly developed full tracked combat truck designed off the IWAR Jeep as well as the transport trucks used to deliver what's needed to supply depots. Being armed for escort as well as having wheels and thick armor based off the Marauder War Buggies, along with having some afterburner boosts on the lower back so it can still be fast enough to get across terrain easier. The storage on the back was big enough to carry out some personnel and walk around inside, acting like a briefing room for the soldiers as inside was dark with two faint golden bronze square shaped lights on the roof near the entrance and near the pilotable seats. Finally, it was based off a M548/M1015 Full Tracked Cargo Vehicle as it is large and wide enough to drive through closed spaces but small enough to maneuver easily
First things were first as the night fell upon the Central America based peninsula, the two got inside the back of their main mobile headquarters; going over the plan of getting intel about how to recruit soldiers from the renegade Komodo Unit. The first thing to do was extract the information out of the soldiers by listening in to what they have to say about their leader, at the patrol base as their first destination. Which the two of them agreed on and drove into the entrance, although Hervatlock got dizzy for a moment as a result of the illness he was struck with. The hours were long but as soon as the two of them arrived at the end, Mikekolt dropped out from behind and started to make his way over to some cover behind to listen to what banter between the two was exchanged
He held his sword just in case as this next journey of his to destroy the Komodo Unit from whatever plan they've got will threaten the Archipelago, now that the Dragon Hunters are out for his blood but not as much as he's out for theirs after accusing him of leading them to break off their allegiance to them and blackmailing him with a threat to kill his family and tribe should he even think about going back. Mikekolt will have his first blood recruited in the next chapter and by then he's got his own judgement about what kind of soldiers he's looking to recruit into his resistance of a tribe. Heavy arsenal is more of his own style to say
They're definitely going to cost the renegade Komodo Unit a lot of their forces, payback just like how he wants it to be as he's looking for revenge towards them after all; he's not going to be holding back a grudge towards them that casts a shadow on him. No, he's going to let them know that they've just got their fate sealed under his name
From this point onward anything related to Ralph is changed to Hervatlock because Mikekolt deserves to have an ally who doesn't lie to him about what he doesn't know about. Before a story like this can continue however I really need to replace him with our new character that will prove to be a better friend to him. Here's the newly designed muscled undershirt I have for Mikekolt developed by the Komodo Unit Technical Staff:
This muscle undershirt was a spider to ebony black color with dark charcoal brown to all Bravo Armor brown colors combined including bronze, along with a dark tycoon to spledor gold and a lenox to powell bluff tan; throwing all dark tuscan olive to brunswick green into the mix as it came out to look like the first layer to his armor. The main look and design of the undershirt suit appeared to be a tribal skeleton with sharp to pointed edges that also had some wisps of smoke going all around him, this gave him greater to more comfortable flexibility as well as avoiding having his naked skin be exposed when he fights his enemies to stop them from targeting his exposed chest. It had plated armor for the bones and perforated cushions which made up the muscles that were found underneath the suit itself of course, this made him look little more half-brawny than what he was already but nevertheless it felt comfortable to wear; being based off Drayko's armor since it had plating in between to provide the maximum defense so that he could take whatever shit is thrown at him like a bullet sponge, having a raised seamless diamond pattern on the fabric and the sleeves that covered his arms loosened to take his gloves on and tighten to slip them on without being removed easily. Faint pulsating neon lime to light kelly green lines ran along his suit if looked closely enough like an Angelo kind of artificial demon created by the hands of men alike. Underneath his choker was a full neck covering collar that was tightened around using a kind of retractable and locking beltstraps underneath, trapezoid shaped perforated cushions on the left and right sides as well as leaving no sign of skin underneath. According to the technical team in his squad, it's Octoflauge compatible so that he could fully be hidden out of sight from the enemies who come his way. It was designed after his modified tattoos of his half-brother which looked more smoky, ashy and wind like as they still had those details exposing his flesh. His v-neck had a black fabric covering everything on his chest which didn't serve as a exposed weakness, it was just his undershirt underneath connected to the muscled suit. Finally, it was insulating both heat to moisture while also straining the body tightly to stop frostbite; as well as sunburn to remain fresh for anything, looks like Mikekolt's got himself a keeper from the Komodo Unit's technical team as Drayko would call them some funky ass clothes he's wearing. Not to mention had the same new features added on the Bravo Armor: kneeguard platings that had a thick line on the top to bottom and a three line ridged vent for bending his knees which was covered by a black ribbed bandage, he just keeps on adding new things to his armor which is supposed to help him when he ages
Those pulsating lines were inspired by Nelo Angelo from the original Devil May Cry and all subsequent Angelo demons from Devil May Cry 4, I thought it looked cool and decided to put it in. Not to mention this for instance:
I was looking at Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man 2 specifically the look of his goggles and just now thought about how the Komodo Minigunners wore their own with those multiple straps on their heads, I figured that why not combine both sources into one pair that's designed just for him? The design I wrote down for New Draconia's "Bold Valor of the Blackest Night" and his bandanna he wears could go for the straps that tighten around him, just so he can replace what he's been wearing after his glasses were destroyed by Astrid. Hell why not even throw him in a spare to wear underneath his goggles as well? He just ain't him without them