| Shake and Oddity's CYOA |
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Khatar Sector Vercetti: "You're right Snake. This is fishy. I know a set-up when I see one. You can check it out right? "Yeah I can." Snake put on his night vision goggles with one swift move. "I see 3 human grunts waiting for us to show ourselves. The corpse is bait. We will see about that." With that, Snake began to crawl around the 3 men so he would come up behind them. Seeing the look in his eyes, Vercetti knew exactly what Snake was going to do. He felt a bit uneasy about it all. "I can go ahead and see what all the ruckus is about. I live right up there , I'm worried about my little boys. And I don't know if I'm too comfortable killing 3 soldiers Snake; you might be in the resistance, but I have a family and if we get spotted I will be a ****ing fugitive. " Snake: So now you're a family man all of a sudden? Just watch my back Vercetti. If we get spotted we're dead. Don't worry about running. You are either IN or OUT Tom. No in-betweens. I won’t let you go into the Center alone. Not after what I just spotted. Can’t tell Tom yet, but I have to move fast. "Now stay low and cover me" Snake hissed. At this moment the heavens opened and the water hammered down. The August rain. It hasn't changed. Makes my job a little easier. The grass on both sides of the roads looked wetgreen and pleased . The soldier moved fast, a SOCOMB ready in his right hand. He was 12 meters behind the 3 soldiers. Vercetti couldn't help but admire his old friend . With the moonlight shining full Vercetti still had a hard time tracking him. Don't go dreaming on me now, watch your targets. Vercetti readied his sniper rifle and waited for Snake to do his business. He didn't wait long. The three guards seemed to have a conversation going. They were laughing and whispering to one another. Snake fired two quick rounds with his silenced SOCOMB into the head and neck of one of the guards. Dark blood was spilling from his skull like a secret. His friend to the right began yelling and screaming : "Dave is down !" The shocked soldier looked to his right but his friend had barely time to nod before he joined Dave in the world of the deceased. A carefully aimed shot in his forehead was all it took. The last guard had taken cover behind a piece of standalone wall that was there for no particular reason. It was impossible for Snake to take a shot now. In the meanwhile he felt exposed. This is your cue Tommy, I'm wide open here. "What the **** is he doing?" Tommy murmured to himself. "Whatever it is, I'm stopping it now." He aimed his sniper rifle and pulled the trigger. The man was hit full in the face, making a nasty display before going down. But this wasn't what worried Snake at all. Just before the man went down , he shot a light round in the air. Like fireworks, a red tail of fire now crossed through the stars above. Snake made his way to the corpse they had originally seen lying on the side of the road, which was fully accessible now. What the hell is this? The anonymous soldier had little in common with a man anymore; it looked more like random pieces of meat from a slaughterhouse. Where his arm was supposed to, were strings of flesh that suggested it was simply torn off. On his left hand he had 2 fingers left, but the nails were pulled out. The blood was all dried up, this man had been dead for at least an hour. This had all the markings of a Megaman027 interrogation. Then something piqued his interest. What is that on his left shoulder.............LHG...........oh my God............... Vercetti came running towards him. "Sorry, he pulled the trigger before I did. So who is th !!!!!?? “Fritz............they kil..." Suddenly a incredible sound surpassed all else, making it impossible to hear the other speak. Snake looked up at the heavens and saw 3 Zigs moving toward the Center. He had expected them ever since the light round went off. Snake looked at Vercetti.....except he wasn't there. Snake could see Vercetti running in the distance toward the Center. He went into pursuit but all the while his mind couldn't stop racing. If Fritz has been dead an hour..........then everything up 'til this moment has been useless. From what I've heard, Fritz was a coward, but he wouldn't reveal he had been involved with the Resistance unless they forced it out of him. He wouldn't sign his own death certificate. And that wretched maniac had no reason to torture Fritz unless he talked. Something didn't fit................ Vercetti couldn't think of anything else. Nikki.....little Micheal.....Tommy jr...... He looked up to see the Zigs release their deadly cargo. Three black messengers of death and destruction were rapidly descending toward the Center. Vercetti felt nauseous as he saw the bombs drop exactly on the building were he lived..............he knew it. There was no chance. As he dropped to his knee's he could taste the salt of his tears that were streaming down like a never-ending red waterfall of fury. He stood up, and looked over his shoulder to see Snake rushing up to meet him. He was grieving for his family, but his rage was taking over, consuming every piece of him. Damn him and his Resistance. He got me into this. The only thing that meant a $@$# to me in this world and they just took it from me. They are going to pay.......my God if there is one thing in my life I pledge is that they are going to hang for this. ......Bastards......... His demeanor was calm as Snake approached him. His mind was set. He was going in. He was assembling his M-16 as Snake spoke up. "Don’t give them what they want Tom. You know they set this up. Don’t end up like Fritz, they want you for the information, they will torture you just like him." Vercetti pulled a handgun and pointed it right at Snake's left eye, barely 2 inches away. He answered with the gruff voice of a man that just lost everything, "They didn't just bomb your family Snake, they murdered mine. This is not your concern. Go back to your Resistance. This mission is over, soldier.” He spoke the last word with as much contempt as a man's voice can contain. Snake just stared at him. Everything he said would be useless. Tom had lost all sanity, and he couldn't hold it against him. Despite his unfaithfulness, Tommy had always been a family man at heart. And now they had crushed that heart into little pieces. Vercetti holstered the gun and put his arms around his M-16. He marched towards the city at a determined pace. Snake had no choice but to follow. He wasn't going to let his friend die. But he knew the city would be swarming with androids waiting for them. A guarding unit was set-up, 5 android patrol units complemented by 3 humans. It would have been best to pick of the humans first by sniping, but Vercetti was beyond rational thought. He had entered a berserked rage; he came out blasting 2 grenades at the unit. The blasting sound added to the chaos that already surrounded the Center, although order had at least been partially restored by Duke Nukem's Order platoon. The grenades wiped out all of the humans and only 2 of the androids were still standing, heavily damaged. Vercetti let his weapon rattle, unleashing an insane amount of rounds at the machines. Although they fell soon after, he kept shooting at the fallen androids. "Cold blooded murderers,” he hissed with fiery bloodlust in his eyes. Snake kept his friend to his left as he entered the Center, his stealth far too refined to be noticed by the possessed gangster. Duke Nukem's Unit had restored order, there were no more civilians on the streets but corpses were spread across the ground like leaves on a windy day in Fall. Random execution was Nukem's usual way of scaring the population back into the buildings. Vercetti came out blazing. A man with a personal vendetta and fueled by his anger, he fought far better then he had ever could before. Android after android was shot to pieces, soldier after soldier incinerated by the flamethrower that was mounted on Vercetti's specialized weapon, as Snake helped him with his Nikita's from an undisclosed location. Battered and wounded he made his way through the streets until he appeared at the crossroad of the main street of the center, at which his building was located. He could see from here there was nothing left but rubble, half burning fires sizzling calmly. "Looking for your family.......... Vercetti?" The Italian turned his tired body to see Duke Nukem standing with an arsenal equipped that would put a regular army to shame. " Too bad your wife was killed in the explosion. I planned to have my way with her before we killed her, but you had to go and set off the signal. You robbed your missus of the best time of her life.." Nukem shouted with a grin. All the anger was now aimed at the colossal Duke. The taunts of the soldier were too much to bear for the already heavily stressed Vercetti. Every fiber in his body screamed for vengeance, and no better victim then this man. With a scream of primal emotion Vercetti ran toward the giant. Until the sight of something stopped him dead in his tracks. "I wouldn't do that if I were you" "You might just hit something you didn't want to..." That insane mechanical voice......that robotic maniac. Snake thought from the rubble he had taken position in. Oh my God.........I have to do something... Megaman027 had a 5 year old child on his shoulder, left arm and leg limply hanging, obviously broken, looking dazed. "His mother was selfless enough to throw him from the first floor, I thought you would like to have a last kiss from your son before you die. " With that, MM027 set the child on the ground and kicked him in the direction of Vercetti. Vercetti had no anger in his heart anymore. All the feelings of fatherhood welled up inside of him. And his heart broke to see his Michael like this. He started to walk towards his son.... "No-no-no, Tommy......Let him come to you, if you move, I shoot him. He is a strong boy Vercetti, have a little faith in your son." MM027 sadistically added with an insane twinkle in his eyes. I.........I.......can’t.... Vercetti felt helpless. The thought of attacking the two hadn't even crossed his mind. He had one thought that discarded all others: " Michael... The child was bawling, he tried to crawl toward his father who had his arms outstretched, and he was just an inch away when it happened... MM027 fired his armgun at Michael. The child let out a high-pitched scream before falling to the ground, blood flung sideways as the energy pulse entered his neck, staying motionless. The air was heavy with emotion, only disturbed by the robotic cackle MM027 was unleashing. The Duke, looking disturbed himself, was frantically looking in turn at MM027 and at Vercetti. No No NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Vercetti let his shoulders drop. He had no reason to live, no will left to fight. "I guess we better end this right now...." MM027 aimed his armgun at Vercetti as he said it. Snake jumped from behind onto the back of Nukem, slicing his throat from left to right in an attempt at diverting Megaman027. The android still released his shot which hit Vercetti square in the shoulder. As the limp body of the late Nukem fell to the ground, Megaman threw his body with mesmerizing speed into Snake. The soldier landed 30 feet farther into a pile of debris, the fire burning his back. Have to.......stand up......ahhhh....my ribs.... Megaman slowly marched toward the beaten soldier. "What you did was pointless. He was useful, but trivial. You don't win wars with Nukem's. He was an annoyance anyway." "Vercetti was a fool, but I thought you were smarter then him, Snake. Sacrificing your own life only to join a doomed friend is inefficient. I would have expected more from a veteran soldier. You let your emotion cloud your judgment, private. You are guilty of endangering your mission. This Court Marshall sentences you to DEATH " With a maniacally high pitched screech he let out the last word, bringing his arm up to deliver the final blow. Snake watched it all in slow-motion, as if his senses were slowed. Then he watched MM027 as he pointed his weapon at him. He accepted his fate. Then with a delayed wave of sound and flashing light Snake saw Megaman falling to the side, to reveal Samus Aran. Samus.. He barely caught the purple haze in the corner of his left eye, waving with the winds. Apparently someone was standing next to him. "Prepare for the void.......Darkmatter" he heard the figure say. Magus? Then I will live..... He saw Megaman struggling with the shadow magic, trying to fight off the gravity. With a scream he broke the spell. Snake felt Magus scoop him up and hanging him on his shoulder. Samus Aran flew towards them on a glider, and Magus jumped on. Megaman027 was readying his missiles when suddenly Vercetti clasped his arms around him from behind, two grenades in each hand. His shoulder and neck were bleeding profusely and you could see Megaman surprised at the attack from the presumed dead mobster. " DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!" The glider sped out of view as the death cry of Vercetti was replaced with an explosion which shook the ground they flew over. "If I may ask, where are you taking me, bounty hunter? " the wizard said with mock politeness. "We rid the world of Megaman and you want to know where we are going?" Samus asked incredulously. "Oh, I doubt that. You may take me to our headquarters, I need to speak with our leader. I took this off Nukem's body." The wizard held up a black glove which had the marking of the Link Alliance on it. "It is a pledge of allegiance to Link's cause, from one of our operatives. We have a traitor amongst our midst. They had too much information. We have several gloved members, including me. But the spy must have been very good at hiding his identity, probably someone schooled in this manner." Why are you telling me this? I came here because they were destroying my home, and to help Solid Snake. I have no interest in joining your inefficient Resistance" Samus said clearly. "After you have spoken to our leader, I think you just might. You are shortsighted, bounty hunter, for you can accomplish nothing alone. The weak together can outmatch the strong. It is a lesson I have learned, and one my friend Crono had forgotten." Choice 1: What should our heroes do? 1: Go to the hideout, and act on Magus' instinct it was Fox-McCloud. 2: Go to the hideout, and act on Magus' instinct it was Sam Fischer. CHOSEN 3: Go to the hideout, and act on Magus' instinct it was Master Chief. 4: Go to the hideout, and act on Magus' instinct it was Squall Leonhart. Choice 2: Who is the leader of the Resistance? 1: The leader of the resistance is Crono. CHOSEN 2: The leader of the resistance is Auron. 3: The leader of the resistance is Cloud Strife. 4:The leader of the resistance is Solid Snake. Back Home |