Chapter 16

(The next day)
Phoenix is holding a gun at Raiden at a far distance
Raiden unsheathes his sword and readies it
Raiden is wearing body armor
Raiden: Alright Cyara let it rip!
Raiden relaxes himself
Phoenix steadies her hand and shoots at Raiden
Raiden winds back his katana and attempts to deflect or cut the bullet in half
Raiden misses by a half second and the bullet strikes him in his chest
Raiden becomes knocked off balance but regains his balance
Phoenix: Yaz! You ok?
Raiden: Yeah! Let’s go again!
Raiden readies himself again
Phoenix steadies her aim again
Phoenix shoots at Raiden again
Raiden while fully relaxed makes a diagonal swing with his katana
He successfully cut the bullet in half
Phoenix: Holy s**t!
Raiden: The key is total relaxation.
Phoenix: Hmph.
Raiden: Wanna try?
Phoenix: Maybe some other time.
Raiden: Alright.
Raiden walks into the house and looks for Kozak
He finds her in the kitchen
Raiden: I have a sudden urge to make a pun about this but I’m not going to.
Kozak: F**k you Yaz.
Raiden: Dude even though its 2033 those jokes never get old.
Kozak: You gotta point there.
Raiden: Hey Cyara get in here!
Phoenix walks into the kitchen
Phoenix: What?
Raiden: Get back in the kitchen.
Raiden laughs and runs while Phoenix unsheathes her katana and chases him around the outside of the house
Raiden hides behind a corner on the house
He waits to sense Phoenix around the corner
Little does he know Phoenix goes the opposite direction he’s sensing
She approaches behind him and raises her katana
Raiden quickly sensing this pulls out his pistol and aims at Phoenix
Phoenix: Really?
Raiden: Your call (Laughs) I can cut bullets in half now.
Phoenix: F****n a*****e.
Phoenix sheathes her sword and Raiden holsters his pistol and they walk back into the house together
As soon as they walk into the house Phoenix dead legs Raiden then knees him in the face
Phoenix walks off laughing
Phoenix: Dumb f****r.
Raiden is holding his nose
Raiden: Ow s**t shoulda saw that comin.
Kozak starts to laugh
Raiden: Haven’t been dead legged since I was like 18.
Kozak: Well what do you expect from Cyara?
Raiden: True.
Raiden” Hey Charlene!
Shadow: I’m pretty sure you don’t want to get stabbed!
Raiden: Never mind!
Raiden: Hey Britt I’m planning an op with Charlene later can you watch Selene for me?
Kozak: Sure.
Raiden: Alright thanks.
Raiden goes up to Charlene’s room
Raiden: Dude I’m gonna need you at about 8 o’clock later.
Shadow: Sure.
(Later That Night)
Raiden: Charlene got your gear?
Shadow: Yep. Let’s get this done.
Raiden: Alright. Guys we’re leaving!
Raiden and Shadow leave the house and start making their way to a military research facility on the outskirts of town
About an hour later they reach the facility’s fence
Shadow: Alright let’s set up here.
Raiden: Gotcha.
Shadow takes off her backpack and takes her and Raiden’s katana’s and two headsets
They put on their headsets first
Raiden: Testing, testing.
Shadow: Crystal.
Raiden: Alright you brought this op up to me, what are we looking for?
Shadow: Simple. Something useful for our campaign against your dad and Cyara’s.
Raiden: Which is…?
Shadow: Optic camouflage.
Raiden: Hmmm good find Charlene good find.
Raiden: Alright whenever you’re ready call it.
Shadow: Rog.
(2 hours pass)
Shadow: Alright security just got lighter. Let’s get em.
Raiden: Rog.
They sneak up to the front gate together and knockout a guard in a booth
After that Shadow splits off from Raiden and makes her way into the facility
Raiden still outside is looking for a more old fashioned approach- an air vent
Shadow: Dude this isn’t Shadow Moses and you’re not fighting Metal Gear Rex. Get with the times and use more direct routes.
Raiden: Why? I like using the vents.
Shadow: (Sighs) Fine.
Raiden: And dude if you played the game you’d understand.
Shadow: Hopefully once this is all over I’ll play it.
Raiden: Awesome.
Raiden finds an exit point and drops from the ceiling
He takes out his katana and uses a reverse grip
He meets up with Shadow
Shadow: Dude you’re just a living bunch of video game references huh?
Raiden: Well if I was writing a story similar to something like this I’d have a character do the same thing.
Shadow: Be an a*****e? (Laughs)
Raiden: (laughs) F**k you.
They approach a corner and lean up against the wall
Shadow: Two up ahead Yaz.
Raiden: Switch em off?
Shadow: No not yet.
The two guards split apart
Shadow: I got this.
Raiden: Alright.
Shadow very heavy footedly walks up to one of the guards
Shadow clears her throat
The guard turns around and looks at Shadow
She goes into a schoolgirl pose and the guard charges at her
She sidesteps him
The guard falls down and Shadow hits him in a pressure point in his neck and knocks him out
She very calmly walks over to the other guard and taps him on his shoulder
He turns around and goes to punch Shadow
She swats his punch and knees the guard in his abdomen
He falls to the ground and Shadow finishes him with a swift punch to the Adams Apple
Raiden walks around the corner sheathing his katana
Raiden: Seductive for the first guy then totally f***s the other guy up. It’s a tease but effective can’t lie about that.
Shadow laughs and they continue through the facility
They reach another hall with guards down it
This time there’s five
Shadow: You wanna switch em off Yaz?
Raiden: Sure.
Raiden slowly walks up to the guards
Halfway there he takes his katana off his back and throws it in the air
He sprints at the five guards
He takes out two of them with a sprinting punch to the Adams Apple and the other three he takes out with knife hands
After that he sprints back halfway down the hall and catches his katana and puts it back on his back
Raiden: Now that my dear Shadow is how you fight people.
Shadow: Oh please the filth.
They laugh again and find the room holding the optic camouflage
Shadow: Alright this is it, stack up.
Raiden: Yes Mistress.
Shadow: 3, 2, 1 go!
They burst through the door and Shadow knocks out a scientist while Raiden holds one at bay with his katana
Raiden: Listen we don’t wanna hurt you, you’re just doing your job. We just wanna know what the specs are for the camouflage.
Scientist: They run on an 12 hour battery life and can keep you virtually invisible by making all light around you reflect off you unless you move very fast. All you have to do is clip it on your clothes and flip a switch.
Raiden: Is it waterproof?
Shadow: Dude are you f*****g stupid?
Raiden: Calm down it’s a question.
Scientist: Yes.
Raiden: And how many of these do you have here?
Scientist: Just ten.
Raiden: Even better.
Raiden: Alright close your eyes.
Scientist: Are you going to kill me?
Raiden: In the morning you will be in your bed or here on the floor either way you’ll still be in this world.
The scientist closes his eyes and Raiden puts him in a chokehold
The scientist passes out
Shadow: Dude really?
Raiden: Did you want him sounding the alarm with the giant f*****g button behind him?
Shadow: Oh.
Raiden: Alright grab em and let’s go.
They grab all ten of the camouflage devices and leave the facility unharmed