Liquid Sin

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The Chaos Storm Looms

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Dr. Eggman was lucky! He should be considering himself the luckiest man alive right now. Surviving against Metal Gear RAY could've killed the poor doctor. Unlike all the poor souls lost in the tanker incident, Eggman was alive and well. However his choice of escape was much more to be desired. Although alive, Eggman was forced to steal a life boat, and now he was in the middle of the sea, alone. Eggman however didn't care about that right now, all he could think about Ocelot and his little assassin Gray Fox.

"Darn that pussy cat, how dare he contact me like that so he could kill me? Well I got something up my sleeve you!" Said Eggman bitterly rowing across the ocean with all his might.

But Eggman also couldn't stop thinking about Fox, his assassin sent by Ocelot to kill him, Eggman never seen anyone like Fox. Fox was able to slice all of Eggman's missiles without difficulty. Seeing Fox slicing up his missiles like butter was like seeing his rival Sonic. Eggman hoped he would never see Fox again, after seeing his power first hand.

"Incredible, no mere human could slice through my lovely missiles, Fox what are you? You can't be Ocelot's creation, so what are you? I must find out!" Said Eggman, with Fox on his mind.

"But what am I thinking? I can't spend forever focus on him while Sonic is there to foil my beautiful plans to conquer the world. Besides I don't think Fox survived that little mess with the cat!" Eggman began to grin of Fox's suppose death.

Then a striking realization hit Eggman, Ocelot! Ocelot was still alive, and now had the world's strongest weapon in existence. Even Eggman feared Ray's might and power capabilities. It didn't matter if Sonic was around to smite every genius plan he had, Eggman now found competition with Ocelot.

"Now I have another nuisance to deal with, it looks I have to release my secret project now… as soon as I get back to base." Said Eggman with a frown, Eggman began thinking of the perfect way to crush Liquid Ocelot and his superior weapon.

Fox was in a deep slumber, events in his life haven't been kind to him. Facing Liquid once again Fox didn't want to look forward to. But that didn't matter now.

Maria and Chris hurried to their home to save Fox from dying. They hurried to Maria's bedroom where Maria volunteered to put Fox on her bed. Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, Ratchet, Clank, Tails, Cream, Cheese and Vanilla were all sleeping, and didn't notice them carrying the dying ninja.

Chuck however was awake, he was thinking of a new invention to make. He heard the front door open, curious he took a peek and he saw his grandson and adopted granddaughter carrying a strange person with white armor.

"Chris? Maria? Don't you guys know how late it is? Shouldn't you two be sleeping?" Said Chuck with a slight yawn.

Maria and Chris stopped in their tracks and eyed there elder guardian, "We're sorry for being late Grandpa, but we must help him!" Said Chris.

"We need to hurry before he dies!" Said Maria softly.

Chuck eyed his grandkids, he then noticed the person they were carrying upstairs. Chuck couldn't believe his own eyes. His jaw dropped in amazement.

"Oh my, he looks really bad! Where did you guys find him?" Chuck asked quietly.

"By the river, I noticed him lying on the ground, and then we saw how terrible he looks with all the bruises and marks all over him! We couldn't leave him to die!" Maria informed. She looked at Fox again with a sad expression.

"And I offered that we bring him home to save him, I hope you don't mind grandpa?" Said Chris.

"Don't mind? Chris it would've been a bad thing if you two left him out there, he could've died. But what's with the armor?" Chuck asks the two, noticing Fox's broken exoskeleton.

"We don't know what is it to be honest." Maria stated.

Maria and Chris looked at Fox again. They paid good attention to Fox's armor. They noticed it was attached to his skin. From the moment they found Fox they didn't focus on the armor, only on Fox's health. Now they wondered why Fox had this armor on. To Chuck it seemed like the source of his ordeal.

"Hmmph, I see! I think its best that we take it off somehow! I don't think he'll live if he continues to wear it." Chuck stated.

"Good idea, we'll see if we can take it off after tonight." Said Chris.

"Who would do such a horrible thing to him anyway?" Maria said.

"I don't know Maria, my money's not on Eggman this time. So it must be something else," Said Chuck.

"We'll ask once him he's awake, come on let's get him to bed." Said Chris.

Maria nodded her head, she and Chris walked up the stairs to Maria's bedroom. Chuck went up with them to lend a hand if needed. They carefully walked the long hallway to Maria's room so no accident could happen to Fox with the condition he's already in.

"Careful guys!" Said Chuck. He opened the door to Maria's room. The two teens carefully laid the former Foxhound onto the bed.

Chris rubbed his head after a long dangerous trek. Maria looked at Fox. She hoped now things would get better for him.

"There, things should be fine." Said Maria to Fox.

Chuck looked at Maria with doubt, "It's too early to tell, he's barely alive. Rest is all he needs now. We'll try to figure out who he is tomorrow morning, and hopefully find out everything as to why you found him like that."

"But I'll know he'll be ok! I just…know!" Maria told Chuck.

"Don't worry Maria he'll be alright." Chris assured her.

Maria looked happily at Chris, "Thank you Chris! I'll make sure he'll be fine, even if I have to be here to make sure he wakes."

Chuck, and Chris looked at Maria with disbelief, but they knew she'll never leave someone alone on the verge of death. "If it makes you happy, do what you need for him, but try to get some sleep Maria." Chris begged her. He then gave a yawn.

Maria nodded her head, "I will! Good night you two."

"Good night Maria sweet dreams." Said Chuck and Chris in unison. They left her bedroom without much struggle.

Maria then looked back at Fox. She was determined to make sure Fox will wake no matter how long it took. She grabbed her small chair and placed it alongside her bed. Maria sat down, and began to watch Fox for the rest of the night.

She crept closer to Fox's ear and gave him a gentle "Good night!"

Hours later, Maria was still awake, although it was still dark. Slowly, Maria's energy begins to give. She slowly closed her eyes. Without thought she put her head on Fox's armor. The two now slept the night away, however Fox still had a long way to go before coming back with reality.

Black as Knight

Part 1

Hundreds of miles away from Station Square, in the desolate dirt road, a black car, zoomed across the desert road with incalculable speed. Its front lights gave way its figure, but its black paint job made the car invisible.

Michael Knight of Knight Industries driving his partner KITT, (Knight Industries Two-Thousand), across the road to the populous state of California, Michael Knight looked at KITT's dashboard. KITT himself was the car of the future his inside made KITT a sort of spy car, with various buttons, and monitors to back it up.

"How long till we're in Los Angeles KITT?" Said Michael Knight.

"At the current speed we are traveling, I say in about an hour, give or take." Said KITT over his dashboard.

"Of course, we got the best highway to make sure we meet our contact in time. If were jammed in traffic, imagine how late we'll be." Said Michael while chuckling.

Michael looked outside for a brief moment, and he saw a green sign passing by them. "78 miles huh? We only left Nevada 2 hours ago. So anyway Devon wants us to go to Los Angeles to investigate the theft of top secret equipment?" Said Knight.

"That is correct Michael, although Devon said our contact's name is Kennedy, nothing much."

"Kennedy? That's pretty damn useful! Are we sure we can trust him?" Said Michael Knight suspiciously. Michael Knight took a right turn at a fork road. KITT slowly revered over, and went right.

"I'm sure we can trust this information Michael, Devon knows what he's doing. Where suppose to meet Kennedy at this address" KITT showed the address to Michael in a nearby monitor.

Michael peeked at the monitor carefully, "12th Street, 434 avenue, Dixie road, right in front of the Exo Corp building. Exo Corp? Weren't they in charge of developing chemicals?"

"Yes, supposedly someone broke in and took some files relating to a dangerous substance the government wants private."

"How bad could it be?" Michael asked KITT.

"Bad enough for the President to request FLAG's help, I think they send in one of their agents to look into this. I think it's possible that our contact could be him."

"But who would want to steal some chemicals, what are they Bio Terrorists?" Said Michael Knight.

"If it's bad enough for the government to be involved in this, then we have to look into it Michael! It's our job to protect national security!"

"I'm aware of that KITT, it's just the thought of what kind of people would want them?" Michael asked his car.

"We'll find out when we arrive, I'm pretty sure our contact is doing his part." Said KITT.

"L.A. here we come!" Michael gave a sly grin, as he and KITT continued to ride into the night.

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Liquid Sin

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Plots Unfolding

Ocelot made it back to his secret aquatic base in the Pacific Ocean he had managed to get away with RAY without alerting the government or any nation in general. Ocelot went to his private quarters. There he spoke to a young woman in a white lab coat with brown hair, and dark eyes.

"I have a feeling Naomi, that our target is back in Station Square. I need GW." Said Ocelot to his prisoner Naomi Hunter, the same woman who helped Snake back at Shadow Moses.

Naomi looked at Ocelot, she didn't want to help him, but she was now under his leash. "One of the Patriot AIs has been found?"

Ocelot nodded, "The very same, and how ironically that it's in the same city Snake perished. How unfortunate HeHeHeh!"

Naomi gasped at the sudden revelation, "Snake is dead? How? "

Ocelot turned away from Naomi briefly, "Gone! Down with the ship I made Eggman attacked, and now I finally beat him, the one son of Big Boss is dead for good, and no one will stop me from unifying this world into the one Big Boss always dream of!"

Naomi looked up in realization, "Outer Heaven? You plan on bringing it back?"

"Yes, but I need to destroy the Patriots first, before I can do that." Said Ocelot.

"But in the end, you'll throw the world into war there will be no peace, Ocelot!" Naomi warned him.

Ocelot chuckled, "That is why people will have to follow my rule, at the end of this war there will be no United States, Russia, China, or France! There will be only Outer Heaven! A world without laws, borders, wars, and corrupt governments, only a place where people could call home! And I don't care if I have to set the world on the brink of war. I will bring back Big Boss's dream!"

Naomi widens her eyes in terror, "You're insane, I will not help you Ocelot. You have gone too far, after what you did to Snake, I will never help you."

Naomi dropped to the floor and began to cry. The thought of Snake's death was too shocking for her to bear. Ocelot looked at her, but he did not pity her. Ocelot only found this amusing.

"Go ahead cry it'll not bring Snake back! Also remember if you do not help me I'll release the gas that'll shut down the nano-machines keeping you alive, with one touch of this remote. It'll be unfortunate for me to, as I need you as you need a place to call home Naomi! Don't make it difficult."

Naomi wiped out the tears in her eyes, and looked at Ocelot holding the remote. Choosing living over death, Naomi slowly got up, and looked at her master quietly.

"Good girl…" Said Ocelot.

"You bastard," Naomi snapped back.

"Now there no need for name calling! Like I said, GW is in Station Square somewhere! Go find it and transmit it back to me." Said Ocelot.

Naomi could help but frown at her order. "I think I know a place to look there!" She said and left the room.

Ocelot cautiously watch Naomi leave, and gave small grin. He twirled his revolver around since it is only sort of amusement other than using people for his own gains. With cat like reflexes he swiftly caught his gun, when he threw it, in mid air.

"I still got it," Said Ocelot with a cocky smile. The formers Foxhound agent sat in his leather chair which was near a large computer monitor. Ocelot could hear the quit footsteps of his assassin Vamp, a former member of the terrorist group dead cell.

Vamp slowly stood before Ocelot, his smooth cheeks filled with blood. Ocelot wasn't queasy at the sight of blood since he knew Vamp had vampire like abilities.

"Been feeding have we?" Ocelot teased.

"Yes sir, I apologize but I couldn't resist draining the blood of our own men, it was…tasty." As sadistically as Vamp would put it in his Romanian tongue.

"Just promise you won't do it again Vamp, I had to use whatever resources I had left finding and recruiting the genome army that was scattered after the Shadow Moses incident." Ocelot said quietly while firmly looking at Vamp.

"Sir when we are in a secret base, hiding from the government, one tends to get hungry if I don't go top side on a daily basis. Blood is the only thing I hunger for, and if I must be done here 24/7 one must eat such as I." Said Vamp.

"Well I hope you're still hungry because, I have a small task for you up there." Ocelot declared.

Vamp didn't know to jump for joy, or kiss Ocelot. He didn't like being stuck inside underwater for that long. However Vamp knew better then to do such ridicules things to ruin his image he long created as a deadly warrior, but Ocelot's offer tempted him. "What's the mission I must embark sir?"

Ocelot gave another sinister grin, Vamp was just another tool to him, but as tools they are useful. Vamp will, in time, play his part to make sure his plans will succeed, just like how Gray Fox played his part. Ocelot knows even if Vamp knew he was a tool, it didn't matter to him, all Vamp wants is blood and nothing more.

"You'll be going with Ms. Hunter to Station Square, but instead of helping her, your task is to bring me the Chaos Emeralds."

Vamp was caught off guard, why did Ocelot need the Chaos Emeralds? For what purpose? It was a question Vamp was willing to ask. "Sir, if I may,"

Ocelot gave a small sigh, "Proceed, speak your mind Vamp."

"Why do we need the Chaos Emeralds? Aren't Ray and GW enough to destroy the Patriots, and bring Outer Haven from the grave? Surely a world without borders doesn't need these gems of power…sir." Vamp asked with a strong sense of curiosity. Knowing Ocelot he'll try anything to achieve his goal, going as far to get Eggman and Gray Fox as distractions for him to get Ray.

"Enough! Yes, you have a strong point Vamp and never forget where our goal truly lies, annihilation of the Patriots. But there are some things that are not of this world, and may pose a severe threat to my plans." Said Ocelot.

"Are you talking about Sonic the Hedgehog?" Vamp asked, he thought he was close to his answer.

"Exactly, you see Sonic poses a threat to our organization. Everything we have tried to work so hard to achieve may be gone in a puff of smoke, and that smoke could from a pesky rodent, Sonic in general. I have studied Eggman's plans and goals from when I hacked his server, and every time the good doctor is always foiled by him, and even with an arsenal of robots at his side. Eggman would never defeat Sonic the Hedgehog, but unlike Eggman I always plan to stay two steps ahead in the playing field." Said Ocelot.

Vamp continued listening as he tried to piece together Ocelot's words. Ocelot continued with his monologue. "I learn every time Eggman decides to pull off the big one, like that messy incident with Space Colony Ark. Sonic uses the chaos emeralds to go super, like those guys do in that weird anime Otacon watches, I think it was called Dragon…something. Anyway if I had all seven emeralds Sonic won't stand against Ray since it's armor is made from the hardest metal in existence exitum , a metal so powerful not even 300 atomic bombs can't dent it. But this metal is kept top secret from the public by the Patriots. So to put it bluntly I need those Chaos Emerald's as insurance, are we clear on this?"

Vamp nodded.

"Good, now to begin one Emerald is at a museum and another is at a place called Thorndyke Mansion. Ironically that's where Sonic and his allies reside, be wary since Sonic is not the only threat to our plans." Said Ocelot.

"Shadow the Hedgehog…"Said Vamp.

"Precisely, and if things get difficult I'll send in our "special squad" to help you out." Ocelot said snarkly.

"No has never beaten me in combat and never will…not even these hedgehogs can't hold a candle to my graceful speed." Vamp said with full confidence, and to show it he formed a fist and lowered it with pride.

"By the way any word on our operative?" Ocelot asked him

"Ms. Wong sent me an email an hour ago. She says she has stolen the chemicals from Exo Corp as promised." Said Vamp.

"Good when you see her, at the spot where she is supposed to meet me, bring her to me so I could give her….a reward." Said Ocelot forming a sadistic look.

"Yes sir," Said Vamp before leaving.

Ocelot watched Vamp leaving his quarters. He couldn't help but give a small chuckle. All the pawns are now on the chess board, and Ocelot was the all star player. Everything he has planned, to finally strike at the Patriots once and for all. To make sure no viable threat gets in his way of total power, to Ocelot, no Liquid Ocelot defeat looks bleak, it'll be a matter of time before the winds of change blow for his own cause of a world without borders, to make a dream for a friend come true.

"Big Boss…" Ocelot spoke softly, "Everything I've done here is to preserve the Boss's, and your dream of a unified world, I can't fail you now."

Ocelot then lost consciousness from the outside world. He fell asleep in his chair, still thinking of his deeds, his plans, and to those who are suffering or have suffered to make sure it all work. To Ocelot this was one game, and to him to succeed, one must bide his time for the right opportunity to strike again in the open, for surely he'll expose himself to the Patriots if he must rush his plans. Ocelot now waits for his opponent to make a move, and strike back tenfold.

Ratchet and Clank

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Mid Night Mayhem

If it wasn't the sound of Chris and Maria holding Fox, while holding the door and struggling to carry him upstairs to Maria's bed room, it was the sound of Ratchet's snoring that awoke Clank. Clank wasn't sensitive to sounds, but when your best friend who is sharing the same couch (no gay jokes intended) to sleep since every other room is already taken, and snores as loud as Big Ben it has got to get you on your nerves, or circuitry in Clank's case. The small robot angrily looked on at his partner snoring like a bear. He wanted to get sleep, but now fully awake, Clank wasn't up to it at the moment.

"This is the third time in a week Ratchet, you really must find a way to control your snoring, and my sensors can only endure so much from your loud racket." Said Clank faintly, he stretched his small arms out to get mobility he quietly got to the floor.

Clank looked back at Ratchet who was still sleeping. Clank quietly went into the kitchen with small, quiet steps.

"If I must be forcibly awake by such rude noise, I could at least reenergize myself with my daily doses from my oil can." Said Clank with glee. He open the fridge with ease, he didn't the yellow light blur his vision at such a late time. He took out his oil can, which was just a bottle with an oil drop in a white label on it.

Clank opens the bottle to take a sip, "Bottom's up," but Clank didn't feel a drop of oil go down his wind pipe.

"How can this be? I can't be out of oil right now…" Clank panicked at the realization, then he remembered, "Ah yes, Tails asked me to lend some of my oil supply to fuel his new Walker machine which I gladly helped out to the best of my knowledge, silly me."

Just as Clank put's his bottle inside the fridge he heard a loud noise from outside, to Clank it was more annoying then Ratchet's snoring. 'What in the name of the galaxy is that noise coming from?' Clank gave some thought on what might that noise might be, he searched his audio banks to look for any sound that might relate to the new annoyance, "Ah yes it's a bird tweeting away, well tonight has been interesting." Clank gave a small chuckle, and went back to the living room only to accidently bump into Ratchet who was holding his wrench in his hands.

"Ratchet?" Clank was surprised.

"Clank don't tell me that noise woke you to?" Ratchet asked him.

If only Ratchet knew, "No Ratchet it was…" before Clank could finish Ratchet interrupted him.

"Enough of your jabbering Clank, the quicker I deal with this noise, the quicker we can go back to bed, now do you know where that sound is coming from?" Ratchet asked Clank.

Clank pointed to the window, to where the bird was chirping away. "Aha thanks buddy," Said Ratchet with a malicious smile.

"Now Ratchet don't do anything rash," Clank reasoned with his best friend to not do anything stupid.

"I'm just going to show this bird some manners, that's all Clank," and with that Ratchet zoomed from Clank and into the kitchen, he climbed onto the counter and open the window. He fixed his green eyes on the bird.

"This is for waking me up, you bird brain!" Ratchet yelled at the blue bird while trying to intimidate it with his wrench by swinging it around, however the bird just starred at Ratchet with a blank stare, like if it trying to show it wasn't fazed by Ratchet's threats. The bird continued to chirp away once again.

"Not going to listen huh, well how's about this?" Ratchet grabbed the tree branch and carefully climbed at a slow pace to get to the bird.

The bird still didn't seem to be bothered by Ratchet once again, and still continued chirping. Clank just looked on, trying to make a note on the situation, while hoping Ratchet doesn't make a fool of his self.

"This is completely unnecessary Ratchet," Said Clank.

"Don't worry buddy I almost got him!" Said Ratchet with a smile as he was near the bird. However before Ratchet could grasp victory into his bare hands, the branch Ratchet was climbing on, couldn't support the pressure anymore and snapped in two. Ratchet could only look down in defeat.

"Uh-Oh…AHHHHHHHH!!!" Ratchet screamed as he fell to the ground, luckily for him the tree wasn't that tall, and fortunately for him he didn't suffer any injuries other than being dazed. The bird was, however, still chirping.

Clank opens the mansion's door and went outside, "Ratchet are you alright?"

"Yes Mr. President I'll gladly accept the key to the city," Ratchet mumbled losing contact with reality.

"You're going to be fine. I think it's safe to say we could all go to bed now." Clank gave another chuckle from his wit while looking at a dazed Ratchet laying on the cement ground.

Author's note: Well I would like to say sorry for taking almost two years to work on this story, to those who loved reading it before, please know I don't intent on giving it up. I'll try to update as frequently as possible without life getting in the way. Please leave a review any constructive criticism is appreciated. And if you have any questions, I'll answer them without giving out much of the plot

Till then see ya next time...

Chapter 2: Fox awakens!