"Modern Chemistry"
Disclaimer:I do not own Metal Gear Solid or anything related(characters, key items, etc...). I do Own my own created characters(I'm sure you'll all be able to point them out) and this particular plot.
Authors note:I am going to be honest when I say that this will be slightly AU. I will apologize in advanced if my portrayl of Snake or any of the other original characters are not to your liking. I am very partial to comedy and random utterances of pop-culture, but I will only pepper my fic with light bits of humor. I also know that one major concern with readers are Mary-Sue's(dun dun dun) but I can assure you that I have no intentions for my characters to be such...unless you, the readers, would like to see that...entirely up to you guys, please do enjoy!
Ch.1 New Order
"The weather today will be-"
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"In other news, toy companies are-"
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"-is back in rehab-"
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Turning the television off, muttering under his breath, David roll over on the couch, covering his eyes with both arms. Letting another listless day drive him furthar and further into regret of old thoughts.
He remembered when he used to want a 'normal' life, no more wars, no more killing.
"Of course, I would have to wait for Ocelot and that damn arm of his to die before I can really try to live a normal life...".
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Two years ago, David, better known as Solid Snake, fought alongside a manipulated soldier, Raiden. When Ocelot ran away with the Metal Gear, Arsenal, Snake dove after him and managed to plant a tracking device on Arsenal before losing grip.
Ocelot seemed to keep himself on the move until one year ago when the signal seemed to be at a standstill somewhere around the Australia.
When he got there, still following the signal, all he found was the device with a note reading
Did you honestly think it would be that easy?
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Since then, there hasn't really been much for the soldier and his hacker companion to do. The Patriots' file was a bust, seeing as how that information was at least onehundred years old.
Snake would sometimes wonder if he would ever get another lead on Ocelot, or would the possessed fool destroy all we know without any notice...
"Snake..." called a familiar voice from the other room, David ignored it for now "Probably nothing important".
"Snake! Come in here...quick!" Hal added on as to emphisize importance, "Damn, I swear he can read minds sometimes...".
Without a response, Snake slowly got off the couch and strode into Hal's 'office', also known as Hal's bedroom. Budgets and relocations suck.
"What is it?" Snake leaned down to see what was on the screen, it seemed that someone sent an urgent e-mail.
"It's from Colonel Roy Campbell...he says Meryl's already on the case and requests our assistance..." Hal summarized the lengthy e-mail.
"Really?" David asked without any real tone in his voice, "What's the mission?".
"He doesn't say..." Hal shrugged, a raised eyebrow from the other man demanded an explaination but the hacker simply shrugged again.
"He says we'll get the details once we arrive..."
"Arrive where?" the unshaven warrior pull out his signature pack of smokes and lit one up out of irritation.
"New York..."
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Three days after recieving the e-mail, Snake and Otacon arrived at the destination described in the e-mail. After various security checkpoints and driving around an underground labrynth-like garage, they were then escorted by a young man in uniform to see their old friend.
They were led through a brightly lit building that resembled something closer to a hotel rather than something they would normally see associated with the military. They stopped inside a room with a few couches, minibar and television set.
"The Colonel's will see you in a moment..." the young office worker saluted them before heading out.
Snake looked over at Otacon with his eyebrow raised again "Colonel's?"
The hacker held his hands up defensively, shaking his head "Don't ask me!"
They turned back toward the door when they heard a feminine giggle come from the doorway.
"Just wait in here and the Colonel's will be here momentarily...teehee!"
They never did see the giggling woman but they did have reason to look suprised at who was backing into the room, obviously watching the woman walk away.
"Raiden?" Hal blurted.
The pale, young man quickly turned towards his name and blinked in suprise.
"Otacon? Snake?" the younger man quickly composed himself "What are you guys doing here?".
"Hn..." Snake nodded in greeting "Could ask the same of you...".
"Oh good, you're all here now" came an unfamiliar older mans voice from the door.
Colonel Roy Campbell was looking old and tired, unlike the man that walked in with him. His uniform answered the 'plural Colonel question', but he was still unfamiliar to the three young males.
He was definately older than them, or at least, Hal, the only human male amongst the three. His skin looked rough and tanned, a faint scar was visable above his right eye going through his brow. His hair was buzz-cut, dark with grey patches, the only real indication to his age.
"Men," He saluted in greeting "I am Colonel Edward Andrik...I believe you are already familiar with Colonel Campbell, here"
Snake and Hal nodded, Raiden laughed a little nervously "Not me...it's an honor to actually meet you sir, er, sirs"
Both Colonel's nodded in greet to the white haired, young soldier.
"Shall we get started then?" Andrik then swiped a card in a slot in the wall within the room. It slid open into a large conferrence room. Large round table with a hanging screen, most likely for call-ins and visual-aids.
Three women were already sitting at the table, one fmailiar to Snake and Hal, one sitting patiently and the other looked half asleep.
Meryl and the patient girl stood up imediately upon their entrance in a proper, polite greeting. Andrik cleared his throat loudly to get the sleepy female's attention. At first she looked up looking slightly annoyed then jumped up, knocking her chair over in the process.
Andrik sighed heavily, shaking his head, while the girl scrambled to pick her chair back up.
"Anyways, I believe that...two of you are familiar with one of our new operatives, Meryl Silverburgh..."
"Snake...Hal...it's been a while, hasn't it?" the red head greeted them both with a smile.
"I think we should hurry this along, Ed" Campbell pressed as he made his way to a chair.
"Yes, Roy, I agree...you are all here for, different reasons, actually" Andrik started, he hit a few buttons on a pad near his seat and a screen came up.
A picture appeared of an older man with short, brown hair in a lab coat. He seemed your typical older male, not exactly fit, but by no means out-of-shape. His face looked kind but carried the deep creases of a man who has spent many years working very hard for a living.
"Our client is Professor Galen Deltos, a teacher at NYU. Of course, he is not only a teacher, but a nuclear physicist...The nuclear physicist for all of America's military units..."
"I'm talking about the Army, Navy, Air Forces, Marines, you name it..."
Andrik hit another button and a different picture appeared. This time it was of a young woman, about mid-twenties, with shoulder-length, auburn hair with pink streaks in it. Her physique matched the averge twenty-something year old, maybe a little more fit than most. Her face was heart-shaped, slight signs of cheekbones, and a small, pointed nose.
"This is Olivia Ellen Deltos, Galen Deltos' daughter...she has recently gone missing..."
"You need all of us...for a kidnapping? Are you serious?" Snake grunted, this was not the kind of thing he was expecting.
"No, we...already have people on that..." Andrik shifted slightly "No, our concern is that some of Deltos' experimental programs have been taken"
"You see, Deltos, like I said, works with America's military by helping to create better, more effective weapons for war. He has also been toying around with some defense and amour creations with the help of his Daughter's fiance..."
Another picture came onto the screen. A young man with slicked back, blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked like a hollywood star, his features looked perfectly symmetrical, well groomed.
"That is Keifer Dempsey, recently graduated from NYU after excelling in Professor Deltos' class. After four years of attending NYU, and being aquainted with Olivia, the two were set for marriage in less than a month..."
"And now she's missing..." Raiden finished that bit of story for the Colonel.
"Yes...we are worried about what data was stolen due to the fact that it was meant for the Metal Gear units..." Andrik looked over at Snake.
Snake grit his teeth "Now I understand why we were all called in...but what-"
"What does that have to do with Deltos' daughter?" Hal asked, there he goes 'reading minds' again!
"Professor Deltos knew that after the Metal Gear units were stolen that it would be safer to put extra security on his compatible programs..."
Another picture came on the screen, showing Galen, Olivia, Keifer and a few others all in lab coats.
"Olivia, even though she is still attending classes at NYU, helped her father as best she could with the programs. So, the security was encoded to only allow her to access it, since no-one outside of Deltos' team really knew about her help in the process"
"So she was abducted to engage the program into Metal Gear?" Hal continued, he seemed very interested in this case.
"Perhaps..." Andrik cloeared his throat breifly "But the question is, who is the only person with access to a Metal Gear unit to want the program?" again, he looked at Snake.
"Ocelot..." the rugged soldier growled out, he knew what this story was getting to, he just didn't like the details so far.
"So, you think Ocelot kidnapped Olivia?" Raiden asked
"Doubtful..." Campbell picked up the conversation "The program has yet to be accessed, so most likely it's one of two situations..."
Andrik nodded "Either he had someone else collect her for him, although, she's been missing for three days and still no breech..."
"The other situation, which we have slight proof on, is that someone else, apart from Ocelot, abducted her and is using her for a gamble..."
Snake raised an eyebrow "You mean...either for something from Ocelot or..."
"Or something from Deltos..." Andrik finished "Either way, they gain something with Olivia in their hands..."
Campbell looked around the room, seeing the usual glint in Snake's eyes that he gets when he's interested in a mission. He also noticed the way Meryl and Hal seemed to carefully calculate plans in their heads...and these new kids...
"Oh my," Campbell chuckled "Introductions all around are in order, don't you think so, Ed?"
"Oh..yes, my apologies..." Andrik turned to the two unfamiliar women from before.
The patient one from before stood up and gave a stern salute. She had chin-length black hair with red streaks in it, something Snake breifly thought looked 'unprofessional' but more-so unpractical. Dark, almond shaped eyes, and a small nose on her slightly round face. It was apparent that she was asian, or at least half asian. Physically, she seemed about on apr with Meryl, feminine but still fit for battle.
"Kana Lynn Nakao, weapons and combat specialist, sir!" she annouced with an english accent.
The other young woman lazily stood up and waved with a big smile. She had long blonde hair, big blue eyes and full lips. Her nose was a little long and pinched-looking. She was kind of leggy, with an hour-glass figure and big...smile, did I mention her big smile? Well, so they aren't ridiculously big, but she sure is showing alot of cleavage!
"Hi, I'm Lola Isolde Valentine. I do most of the computer stuff around here, research and all that...so...yeah..." she trailed off, unsure of what else to say. Everyone was more relieved that her nasal voice stopped.
"Lola will be helping you with all intelligence work, Dr.Emmerich..." Andrik explained.
Lola nodded "Right, yeah...we have full access to the labs here if you feel like toying around with any ideas you have" she shrugged nonchalantly.
"Yes...in fact, you will all be equipped with the latest Deltos has to offer" Andrik assured the group.
"We've gone off track...sir" Kana suddenly announced in a soft, mono-tone voice.
"Right..." Andrik nodded "Now, we haven't learned all of our enemies yet but so far we know that..."
He hit another button and a picture of a man appeared on the screen. The man looked tall, muscular, and tanned and a long, crooked nose set upon his squared face. His hair was long, black and stringy. His eyes were dark and looked dead of emotion. He was dressed in a long, dark trenchcoat and it was barely visable, but her seemed to adorn a preists collar.
"That is Damien Caine, a.k.a. Wrath. One of the surviving members of SinSeven, a local terrorist group. They were hot until we sent out some men to exterminate those cockroaches...unfortunately, most were hard to find...SinSeven was one of those groups that protested conventional war with bloodshed."
Another picture came on, this time it was a woman. Her hair was long and dark, her skin porclean pale, and her eyes were dark and heavily made-up. Her face was narrow with a sharp, pointed chin and nose. She seemed tall, in a leggy, sexy sort of way that was only enhaced by her voluptuous figure.
"Lemme guess, Lust?" Raiden sighed.
"I thought the same thing!" Lola blurtedd, seeming relieved that she wasn't the only one to assume such a thing.
Both Colonel's sniggered at this.
"Actually, she is Envy" Andrik continued "Real name, Bella Caine but goes by Bella Trixx. And before another amusing question is asked, she is Damien's sister, not wife" Andrik eyed Lola after he said this, she only laughed and waved a hand dismissively.
Another picture came on, which showed...
"That's a...man, right?" Raiden raised an eyebrow while tilting his head as if to try and get a better look.
"You're asking that, kid?" Snake gave a gruff chuckle at the younger soldier.
"Don't tease, now..." Meryl defended but seemed amused, it also looked like a faint smirk crossed Kana's lips, but quickly faded.
"What is that...thing he's holding?" Hal squinted at the picture, hoping it would focus.
"That is Pan Lovelock..."
The man on the screen had bright, red hair, styled 'just right'. His eyes were a deep, yet bright shade of green. Pale skin and pointy elf-like features, including a long, effeminate body.
"...Also known as Lust. He has quite a reputation at many clubs and bars..."
"The dirty kind" Lola winked, a wicked little laughed escaped her lips but she quickly stopped when Kana elbowed her in the arm.
Andrik nodded "That's right, we were actually going to do some undercover work to see what we can find out about the remaining SinSeven and Ocelot..."
"Undercover work?" Snake asked then shook his head "Right, they might have Olivia...what kind of undercover work?"
"Actually..." Campbell's nose wrinkled but he kept his tone normal "Meryl, Kana and Lola will be carrying out this job..."
Snake raised an eyebrow "I thought Lola only handled the intelligence?"
"Nothing dangerous abouth this mission...well...yeah, no, nothing dangerous..." Lola couldn't seem to make up her mind.
Kana stood up and explained in her usual militant tone "What she means is that she will accompany us on missions that, most likely, will not result in any combat, like the one we will be doing. It is most definately a 'women only' sort of job, which the results of which will determine future jobs that will be better suited for males, such as yourselves"
Snake stared at the asian-brit for a few seconds then glanced over at Meryl, she seemed a little uncomfortable with whatever they were talking about.
"Now that the main objectives have been dealt with, Col.Campbell and I will be heading back to Deltos' manor..." Andrik strode over toward the door to wait for the other.
Campbell got up then explained "We have been personally selected to guard them until Olivia is found and the threat is under control".
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After the two older men exited, the six remaining sat in a awkward silence for a few seconds.
Lola decided to finally break the silence "So...what were your names again?" she looked at the three young men.
Before either of them could answer, Kana stood up again "Agent Solid Snake, alias Iroquois Plisskin, alias David...agent Raiden, alias Jack...Dr. Hal Emmerich, alias Otacon..."
The asian sat back down, looking at the blonde with an expression asking 'happy now?'.
Lola wrinkled her nose "Codenames suck!", Meryl found this amusing as she hid her snicker behind her hand.
"From now on you guys are just David, Jack and Hal, k?" Lola sighed "I get too confused with codenames..."
"And she's their intellegence here" Snake mused to himself.
"Perhaps we should get better aquainted with the base?" Meryl inquired.
Kana stood up and nodded "Yes, we will show agents David and Jack to the levels most important to them...Lola!" she quickly turned to the blonde.
"You will show Dr.Emmerich the labs and computer offices..." the asian started to walk away then strode back towards the blonde "And try to act professional...please..."
Lola rolled her eyes "I'm always professional!" she turned away from Kana quickly, first hitting her hand on the table then tripping over her chair.
She didn't fall but certainly made a spectacle of herself. She brushed herself off and smiled "Right, so...the labs!"
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"We have three main training facilities, one VR on level four, one Mecha Simulatory in our basement level two and one Sparring/Team Survival on level six..." Kana marched them down many hallways. Taking in the elevators, giving them tours of each level and it's purpose.
"Living quarters are on level's twelve, fourteen, and sixteen..."
Snake and Raiden listened but simultainously both were thinking "She talks like a pre-recorded machine!"
"Kitchens and dining halls are located on levels thirteen, fifteen and seventeen..." Kana continued her quick paced steps.
"You guys will be on level sixteen..." Meryl explained, Kana made a sudden jerk but said nothing and continued walking.
"Yes, your room keycards will be with your belongings down in our customs department on level two..." Kana smiled to herself at her 'comeback'.
"Where are you staying?" Snake asked, just to make conversation with his old friend.
"Level fourteen..." Meryl glanced over at Kana, who seemed to be keeping her cool for the time being.
"Kitchens are free for anyone...I mean, it doesn't matter what level your room is on..." the red head explained, slightly hinting that they can all still see each other when they aren't busy.
"Yes...Lola says that level fifteen is typically vacant in the mornings and late at night..." the asians voice was suddenly softer, less militant.
"So, level fifteen it is?" Raiden shrugged, the others simply nodded which seemed to be the trigger for Kana to start back up and continue her tour.
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"Alright, so here is one of our three computer offices, right now we're on level nineteen but there is another one on level eighteen and on level eleven..."
Hal was thankful that no more scenes like before have happened, but her voice was still giving him a headache.
"Oh, screw it, I'll just show you them...Kana'll kill me if I'm not thorough with my tour" she rolled her eyes.
After showing him the other two computer offices they climbed back into the elevator.
The blonde woman suddenly turned towards the hacker "Now this is where it gets tricky, but since I'm here...we should make it!"
Before he could ask what she meant the elevator stopped at level nine.
"Alright, stick close or else you wont get in..." she grabbed his arm and dragged him toward a small door with a keycard slot next to it.
She stood there for a few seconds with a card in her hand until she quickly pulled his arm forward, over her shoulder, then swiped the card.
She raced in the door, practically carrying Hal on her back. The door closed quickly behind them and she let go of his arm.
"Phew! That was close!" she walked around looking satisfied
Hal raised an eyebrow and pointed back towards the door "What was with-"
"It only permits one individual per card and you would've either been left behind or caught in the door..." she shrugged
"You'll get your own keycard though, it's probably with your stuff right now..." she started to trail off
"Where would my belongings be?" the hacker asked
"Huh? Oh, customs, level two..." she 'came back down to earth' and shook her head "Well, there's another lab on level eight but...I'm sure you'd rather just wait for your own card, huh?"
She motioned for them to leave, it was the same routine for them to get out of the lab, which was good in theory for security and precaution...just inconvenient at the moment.
She escorted him to level two on the elevator, explaining that there was a clinic on level seven and then where the training areas were located.
"I've only done the VR training stuff...I'm not too big on fighting..." she rambled as she followed him off the elevator
"I know I'm putting myself in some danger doing undercover missions and whatnot but...Oh, right!" she smacked her forehead.
Hal could see the customs office just up ahead, he was tired, he just wanted to get his belongings and crawl into a nice warm bed.
"Just in case they don't tell you..." Lola started walking backwards toward the elevator "The rooms are on levels..." she scrunched her face in concentration.
"Levels twelve, fourteen and sixteen and the kitchens are levels thirteen, fifteen and seventeen..." she was almost at the elevator
"And I think you and your friends are on level sixteen so...yeah, see you tomorrow!" she turned around quickly and ran right into the elevator door.
Hal winced at the sound, and to ad insult to injury the elevator 'dinged' and the doors opened to show Snake, Raiden, Meryl and Kana.
Snake and Raiden stepped out of the elevator, eyeing the blonde holding her nose in pain as they did. Meryl gave Lola a sympatheic look and motioned for the guys to continue on.
Kana raised an eyebrow and tapped her foot before musing "You did it again, didn't you?"
Lola nodded dramatically and stepped into the elevator, still holding her nose.
Kana just sighed, shaking her head "She belongs in a bubble, I swear!"
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The guys watched the elevator doors close then turned toward each other, shook their heads then went to collect their things.
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Authors note: Alright, there's chapter one! No need to worry if you feel the intro was too fast because I'm better at details...the meat of a story! This will have all the crazy 'Boss fights' and plot-twists you know, expect and love from MGS. Please review, no flames, and I will post the next chapter shortly after!