KyleIII Locke Cole -
FFOS6
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"I'm sure the manual
will indicate which level is the velocitator and which is the
decelematrix." Locke thought as he began reading the
manual. It seemed the jeep, as it was called in the text,
would be fairly easy to drive. Push the pedal on the right to
speed up, the one on the left to slow down, and the big wheel
to steer. "Even Cyan could use this thing," Locke
realized, remembering his friend back home.
As he
began reading further, massive explosions suddenly began
rocking the building. "I have a feeling something big's
going on." Locke realized. After about ten minutes, the
explosions stopped, and an eerie silence desended over the
place. "Sound's like the battles over."
The
silence lasted for well over thirty minutes. In that time,
Locke had plenty of time to read the manual twice. As he was
about to doze off in the seat, everything began happening at
once.
Suddenly, a man sporting a mullet and wearing a
headband very similar to Locke's followed by a woman with very
large orange hair and a very small black outfit burst into the
room. From the other direction, three armed gaurds jumped out
and opened fire on the couple.
"What the Hell's
going on!" Locke wondered, "I've gotta get out of
here." Turning the key, the machine's engine began
roaring, just as Locke hoped it would. Suddenly, the woman
jumped into the passenger seat. "Snake!" she yelled, "Over
here!" Turning to Locke, she asked, "Who're you?"
"I'm
not with those guys," Locke answered, pointing to the guards.
The other man, Snake, jumped onto the back of the
truck, right behind the large 'gun' attached to the back.
"Meryl, let's go!" Snake yelled.
"You know how to
drive!" Meryl asked.
"Of course, I read the whole
manual!" Locke explained.
"What!?!" she screamed, but
it was too late, Locke had already thrown his foot down onto
the accelerator.
Noticing Meryl wasn't driving, Snake
yelled, "Who the hell are you!?!" Before he could respond,
though, Locke had to slam on the brakes as they approached
some kind of checkpoint. Taking his cue without any more
questions, Snake immediately dispatched the gaurds in the way.
In seconds, Locke was off again.
Suddenly, another
jeep appeared in the distance and began catching up to them.
"Snake!!!" the other driver yelled, "It's not over yet!!!"
"Liquid!" Snake yelled, as the two brothers began
exchanging fire. Suddenly, Liquid pulled up alongside Locke's
jeep and began ramming him.
"Signal dammit!!!" Locke
yelled, "didn't you read the manual!?!"
Suddenly Locke
was blinded by an extremely bright light up ahead. They had
reached the end of the tunnel. Before they exited, Liquid
attempted to cut them off, and both jeeps went flying out into
the snow.
Moments later, the crash was over, and Locke
was pinned to the ground by the jeep.
"Is he dead,"
Snake asked apprehensively.
"I hope so," Meryl
responded.
Suddenly, Locke heard laughter. Since he
was on the opposite side, Locke couldn't see anything, but he
heard Liquid say, "Snake!!!" Suddenly, the man started
screaming. Seconds later it was silent as Liquid hit the snow.
"Liquid died of Foxdie," Snake said, "Does that
mean..."
"Don't think about it Snake," Meryl answered,
concern in her voice.
The three of them managed to get
out from under the jeep. As Locke was brushing himself off,
Snake asked, "Who are you? What's your outfit."
"The
name's Locke Cole, Treasure Hunter extroidanaire!" Locke
proudly stated.
"Treasure Hunter?" Snake responded
confused, "Strange code name. Anyway thanks for your help."
Realizing the round was almost over, Locke quickly
said, "No problem. Er, sorry, I've got something to do. Gotta
run." With that, he ran back into the base, leaving a confused
couple standing out in the Alaskan sunrise.
Back
inside, seconds before the round ended, Locke found the man he
was looking for. Just before they dissapeared, Locke managed
to give Edge a swift kick to the crotch.
Last edited by
KyleIII on 02-04-2002 at 07:49 AM |