Gunfire.
Screaming.
Explosions.
Fires raging in the night.

A village torched, a den of traitorous snakes purged from the glorious Galbadian Fatherland. His Excellency the President would be pleased and Wiggs was always happiest when Deling smiled. The implants hurt less.

More gunfire, another scream. The sickly smell of blood brought Major Arnholt Wiggs screaming back to the present, back to the small box room that served as his office and his prison. They were close now, so close he could [i]taste[/i] the traitors beyond the office door. They lurked in the shadows, waiting to strike out at His Excellency but Arnholt was always there, always waiting, always ready. The garrison had failed, were probably all dead now. It didn't matter. They didn't matter. All that mattered were the traitors about to kick down his door and President Deling's last order. [b]'Root out and destroy all traitors in Timber. Leave none alive.'[/b] It was time to carry out His Excellency's order. Maybe then... maybe the implants would hurt less.

Major Wiggs reached the door in two heavy strides, raising one massive armoured boot before him.


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Silence reigned for a time after the SeeDs dispatched the last remaining soldier and prepared to breach the Major's office. Duncan's concerned voice broke through into their communicators. [b]'Sitrep guys, how are we doing? I've got thermals on one figure in the office, it's gotta be the M-'[/b] In an instant of fire and confusion, the door exploded outward, flinging shards of flaming wood toward the team. An unnaturally large shape shot from the opening, moving faster than any human should be capable of. Before the other SeeDs could react, it grabbed one of the support team by the throat, yanking the dumbstruck young woman into the air. The figure whipped around like a hurricane, tearing flesh and breaking bones by sheer force, and threw the lifeless corpse back toward the rest of the team. As the dust settled, the hulking form of Major Wiggs became visible. He was large, fully a head taller than the tallest man and built like a bear. Freakishly large muscles rippled beneath a tight-fitting Galbadian uniform and he was bedecked in the latest infantryman's armour. The beast took a heavy step back, bracing himself and unloaded with his gauntlet's built in machine guns, raking back and forth across the tight corridor. Killing Wiggs would have been a nightmare at the best of times, but taking him alive would take every trick in SeeD's arsenal.