"Mission complete. Head back to headquarters"
"Roger that"
Snake has just completed a very special mission to stop foxhound from destroying the world. He had to leave smash temporarily to complete this mission but he can't help thinking about what Sonic said before he left.
"Please don't go…." The words echoed into his head.
"I'm sorry Sonic. But your old man has to save the world from possible annihilation" He remembered telling him. The poor boy clinged onto his leg, pleading him not to go. Snake knew Sonic was having some emotional problems but he knew the rest of the fighters would do their best to take of care Sonic while he was gone.
When Snake arrived at headquarters, he felt that something was wrong. Meryl hugged Otacon as he cried, Sunny was consoling her crying father. Campbell looked at Snake with a sad look.
"Snake, I have some terrible news" Campbell began
"What is it?" Snake asked. He was really confused by all this and it showed.
"It's Sonic…." Campbell began. Snake felt all the color leaving his body. What was wrong with Sonic?
"They found him this morning in his room, hanging….." Campbell said not ready to tell Snake the final sentence.
"Your son is dead…."
Snake felt the room shrinking around him. No, it can't be. He keeled onto the floor, face down.
"Im so sorry Snake" Campbell said. Snake can feel the tears forming in his eyes.
"No….." Snake said. He didn't want to live in a world where his adopted son commited suicide.
"I'm sorry Snake. I'm sending you home so you can say your goodbyes at his funeral" Campbell said.
"It's the least I can do"
A few weeks later, all the fighters gathered around at the cemetery. They all sobbed as a coffin stood before them. Along with a photo of a smiling blue hedgehog. It's sad to think that this happy hedgehog would commit suicide. Snake did his best to hold in his tears. He had to stay strong for Sonic. No matter how bad he wanted to cry and hang on to the coffin like a mother who lost her son in the army, he didn't want to spill out all his emotions no matter how much it hurt that he was gone.
Once the coffin was buried, everyone left home except for Snake. He just stayed behind glancing at the framed picture of a smiling blue child. The one who accidentally called him "Dad" one day and the name stuck on him. The one that Snake used to hug closely as he had a breakdown. The one that Snake would supervise as he and Pikachu played together. It hurts to know that this smiling blue child was gone. And he couldn't be there to save him.
Snake knelt down to the ground, head on the grass as he slowly began to cry.
"I'm sorry…...i failed…… I wish I spent more time with you….." Snake began. It was hard for him to get any words out. He felt like the only person going through the pain but everyone else felt it too. They were devastated about Sonic's passing and everyone was blaming themselves for it.
"I hope you never forget you were loved" Snake said as if he read that off a poster with a cat on it. Snake felt a little better after getting all his tears out. He stood up and spoke to the grave one more time.
"Until we meet again….."