Deep down, you both felt warmly toward each other. If the scientist was more emotional and often had his feelings in plain sight because of his sloppiness, you showed him nothing. After all, you're a sniper who doesn't give a damn about anyone, including Otacon. Many times you repeated to Hal that he should not tangle under your feet, because you would sacrifice him without any doubt. He believed it, but he didn't give up his feelings. You were also trying to convince yourself that it was true...

So far, you haven't had to shoot. An agent has infiltrated the island your team has taken over.

Now you're one step away from killing him. Your eyes were fixed through the scope on the cover behind which that scum was hiding. All You had to do was wait for one wrong move.

The disheveled head of the bespectacled scientist showed in the open doorway. Without even thinking, he rushed toward the two of you. Hal shouted something to you about not shooting and that there was no point... Oh, so Snake has already poached him.

You slowly aimed at him. A couple of accurate shots and he'll fall to the ground, and Snake will run out into the open. But suddenly your finger froze on the trigger. Looking through the sniper rifle at his pale, frightened face, you knew he wouldn't survive. Bleeding earlier.

You missed the moment, and the next second there was the sound of a gunshot. You caught only a white shadow, and for a second you instinctively closed your eyes. But nothing happened. You slowly opened your eyes and froze. A few meters away, with his back to you, Otacon stood motionless.

On his white gown, a bloodstain slowly spread around the small hole. Hal turned in your direction, holding his stomach with his hand. He didn't even realize what had happened, just automatically covered you with his body.

He withdrew his hand, already all stained with blood, staring at it in a stupor...

«I-...»

He collapsed to his knees.