FC2: PERMADEATH Chapter Nine: I Love You, Man

I wake up to find Marty has apparently been watching me sleep again. Why do I always end up friends with total weirdos? He does offer to stick around and save my life again if I need it, which is nice, and also makes the same comment about Michelle using me as bait. Speaking of which, time to do something about that.

I head back to Mike's and spend my last two diamonds on an accuracy upgrade for the silenced Makarov, figuring that now I might be able to score the crucial headshots needed for effective stealth with that gun. Otherwise, you end up either missing completely or scoring a non-fatal hit, which tends to result in a lot more screaming than I'd like.

Next I head into the actual bar part of Mike's and make a point of not acknowledging Michele as I walk over to talk to Paul, who I played as in a past Far Cry 2 life. He wants me to head to the fort where I killed that king, because a guy who was operating a supply business got busted by the APR but the documents detailing where all his stuff is are still stashed away there. I head to the bus station in Pala and head to the NW, then sleep in a nearby safehouse until nightfall. This time, I might actually be able to be stealthy.

I take the same approach as before, driving a buggy with the headlights off down a small road which led to the side path up to the side of the fort. This time, though, there's a small patrol walking along the wall, and though I take out the first guy who rounds the corner with my silenced pistol, his buddy behind him standing on the wall spots me gets a shot off with his shotgun. So, there goes stealth out the window again. I dash through the side entrance then back into the building where I committed my first ever regicide.

I start frantically searching for the documents, first heading up to the office on the second floor. I search all over the place and keep looking even as it becomes more and more obvious that they aren't there. Fuck. By this point the whole fort is on alert and looking for me. I cautiously move back to the first floor and as I take cover by a doorway I see the attaché case on the floor by the opposite wall. Okay, grab the case, then GTFO. As I move to retrieve it, some asshole sticks his face in the doorway, so I shoot it, then run and grab the case. I hightail it out of the fort and back to the buggy, getting back to the bus station and Mike's with no more real trouble. As I hand the case to Paul, he simply says "Badass." And you know what? He's right.

I take a gunrunning job just to round things out. The convoy this time passes through the intersection right next to the villa from the first mission and that one other time. By the time I get there it's dark the convoy's moved on, but that's fine. Plenty of time to set up. This time I packed IED's, so I place one in the truck's path then hide in the bushes.

This time I get the timing down perfectly. As the truck passes over the obvious explosive in the middle of the road, I press the button. The two escort cars start freaking out and looking for the attackers, but by then I've slunk away into the undergrowth. I secure a nearby safehouse and take a nap. Presumably I also make a cup of hot cocoa. I've earned it.