Metal Gear: Subspace.

By Stairmaster.

Edited by an unachievable container

"So what's the deal behind this guy, Colonel?"

"His name is Doctor Ivo Robotnik. He hijacked a chemical plant in 1992, and an offshore oil rig."

" So he is a terrorist militia leader?"

"Not exactly."

"Well then how could a doctor accomplish all this?"

"Back in 1989 Doctor Robotnik was the worlds leading researcher in the field of robotics…"

"You've got to be kidding me."

"Yes Snake, he used a robotic army. Current intelligence estimates over 2 million drones are already active and he is producing more as we speak. He is a threat to national security but not just for that reason."

"What could possibly make him more dangerous?"

"Following the take over of the oil refinery he violated the outer space treaty and launched a military satellite into space."

"So can it launch nukes?"

"No, but it has a diameter of over 2,000 km."

"Two thousand?! That's almost the size of the moon!"

"Yes, and photographs from the Hubble indicate that it has two primary lasers that can fire upon any location in the hemisphere facing it."

"If it's in space, why am I being sent to this tropical island?"

"The satellite, codenamed "Death Egg", apparently exploded from the inside and crash landed here."

"Death Egg?"

"That's what the stolen schematics call it. Anyways, at this point you should be arriving at the site "Angel Island." Included along with your scope, a pack of rations, and a map are some documents on the many robots you may encounter. Your mission is to infiltrate the launch base zone and destroy the Death Egg before it launches. This is a one man stealth mission, but because it is unlikely you will be able to procure any weapons on site you have been equipped with a Nikita missile launcher, a modified cypher, several explosives, a survival knife, and a SOCOM Mk-23. Be careful, Snake; Robotnik's technology seems to be far more advanced than all of the nations on Earth,"

"Got it. Commencing the mission."

Chapter One: Angel Island Zone

The soldier rose through the murky deep onto the grainy sandy beach. His name was a high guarded secretly and he was identified by only one pseudonym: "Solid Snake". Before him stood an immense jungle, one that stood so tall he could not see above the tree line. Swimming away from the shore he gazed upon the mountains with his scope. An immense gray orb, supposedly the Death Egg, leaned against a mountain range. To the south he swore he could see a desert, along with other varied locales such as a forest of mushrooms and what appeared to be a carnival. The Death Egg appeared to be miles away. Snake would have quite a trek ahead of him. He swam back to shore and removed papers from his water proof bag. Within these paper were the adversaries that Snake would have to face along his journey. Needless to say he was underwhelmed. Activating his Codec, he notified the colonel of his disapproval.

"Colonel! What is this?"

"Those documents include information on Robotnik's badniks, his series of combat robots."

"They look like a joke, Colonel! Am I really going to have to fight a robot shark with a jet propeller? Or a monkey that tosses bombs?"

"That is what satellite intel and files from Robotnik's own computer say."

"You hacked into his computer?"

A new voice chimed in:

"You have me to thank for that!"

"Otacon?!"

"Yes, Snake, Otacon has been recruited as specialist for this mission. His frequency is 141.12, like in Shadow Moses."

"Got it"

"…"

"What is it, Colonel?"

"Snake, we are picking up two aircraft approaching your position! One seems to be a small plane, but the other is the size of an aircraft carrier! Get into the jungle before you can be spotted!"

"Okay, got it."

Snake quickly proceeded deep into the jungle. Hacking away through the immense shrub he soon found a already cleared path, one which was being patrolled by mechanical rhinos. Confused, he proceeded to contact his ally by Codec.

"Otacon, there are robot rhinos patrolling the path!"

"Those are Rhinobots. The personal berserker units of Robotnik's army. Their horns can peirce through titanium and the combined strength of five of them is enough to tip even an APC over."

"Sounds like I shouldn't engage them in hand to hand combat."

"Try using a chaff grenade to disable them."

"…"

"What is it, Snake?"

"They forgot to give me chaff grenades."

"…Oh."

"So they shipped me out for a mission dealing against robots, but didn't even pack me any chaff grenades? Sounds like Foxhound, alright."

"Oh well, can't you just use your regular explosives? The armor on them isn't that sturdy."

Turning off his Codec, Snake grabbed a grenade from his belt, removed the pin, and threw it under the Rhinobot. Seconds later it exploded, embedding its shrapnel in the other Rhinobot. These metallic shards planted themselves directly in it's visual sensors causing it to veer into a tree and explode. Snake then ran out of the forestry into the clearing to proceed forward. Unfortunately, at that moment he was deafened by the roar of an explosion. Through the canopy snake could see a mushroom cloud off in the distance. There he could see a fleet of floating orbs shooting rockets into the sky. Several of them turned downward and plummeted towards the vicinity of his current location. Acting swiftly, Snake ran forward as the sound of the rockets descent grew in volume and leaped off a cliff into the river right as the jungle exploded.

"Colonel! What happened?" Snake said directly into his codec as he re-emerged from the river and pulled himself to shore.

"It appears that someone else is on the island and Robotnik is trying to eliminate this threat."

"By destroying the whole jungle?"

"Yes. For all he knows he's the only man on this island."

"But what about his robots?"

"Snake, casualties mean nothing when you can just mass produce soldiers."

"But now the path should be cleared, right?"

"Hopefully, but those not in the blast zones probably will still be fully functional, so be careful, Snake."

"So where do I go from here?"

"The Pentagon files indicate that Robotnik has set up a fueling station at the… Carnival?"

"What?!"

"The files say there is a carnival on this island."

"Huh, I thought I was just hallucinating from the tropical humidity or something."

"Don't worry, Snake. Your sneaking suit should regulate your body temperature even if you have to go through the desert."

"But Colonel!"

"What is it, Snake?"

"Where did this carnival come from?"

"We don't know Snake. Anyways, to the north is a patch of ruins. You are to proceed through it intill you reach the carnival. You will then infiltrate this carnival, board the Flying Battery, and ride it to the Launch Base Zone."

"Flying Battery?"

"Look up in the sky, Snake."

Snake looked through the blazing canopy into the sky and marveled at what he say. The Flying Battery was literally that: A large metallic dirigible shaped air fortress. Upon further examination with the scopes it was discovered by Snake it was armed to the teeth with turrets. It was slowly gliding over something which perplexed Snake. Before he could question the Colonel on its strange movements he saw why. The Flying battery began to drop its payload on some distant target. The thunderous roar of the bombs sounded near as if it was right behind him. Then he realized it was a continuous roar like that of a jet rocket. At that point he turned around and saw the hovering orb that was gazing upon him. It was one of the many orbs that was in the sky bombing the jungle and apparently it was now after him. Besides the capacity to fire rockets it also had the ability to shoot out flames from the front. Snake soon discovered this as he ducked into the water to evade the spiral of flames which shot from the orb.

"Snake, you'll have to defeat that robot before you can continue on to the Marble Garden ruins." The Colonel advised.

"I think that your rocket launcher could put a dent in it, but it won't work underwater" Otacon added.

Snake swam to the shore as the orb searched from him and removed the nikita missle launcher from his bag, or more accurately the fifteen individual parts.

"Otacon! What is this?! You disassembled my rocket launcher?!"

"It was the only way we could fill all your supplies in there!"

"How am I supposed to fight it now?!"

"I guess you're going to have to re-assemble it"

"Typical Foxhound behavior"

Faced with the odds of defeating a flame throwing robot in close quarters combat without a weapon snake took the only reasonable course of action: He ran like hell. Wading swiftly through the water Snake made it to shore and dashed into to the forestry searching for weaponry in his bag as the orb pursued him. He found such an item, though its discovery resulted in befuddlement.
"Otacon is this a land mine?!"
"What?! I don't see this on the list of supplies at all. Are you sure it isn't C4?"
"Nope, says landmine on it."
"Huh, that must of been meant for some other mission."

Meanwhile in Syria in a completely different mission another such nameless agent was fighting a different battle. His name: Raiden, it was his job to infiltrate a terriost militia headquarters and disable a device that could change the balance of power globally: A mobile fifty meter long rail gun capable of shooting projectiles at mach 2. He had now infiltrated it and was now planning to destroy it through the use of attaching land mines to its treads.

Unfortunately he discovered that he had been sent with chaff grenades instead.

Back on Angel Island our hero was still sprinting through the jungle. The heat of the inferno that had engulfed the jungle was getting to him and effecting his performance. Once he ran out of stamina it would be all over. Taking a great chance snake threw a landmine pressure sensor first at the robot. Seconds later the orb exploded as the land mind connected with it. The shards rained down all over the jungle. The fumes of the great fire was now filling the air and it was time for him to proceed up river to the Marble Garden ruins.

END CHAPTER 1