"Testing will commence in five... four... three... two... one...
Metal Gear T9811 ADAM activated, testing..."
"It's working!"
"Wait...what the hell?"
"What? What's wrong?"
"It's not moving. Camera two, now! Okay, look..."
"Why is it like that?"
"I don't know, sir, but something's wrong. What the-? What's going on here?"
"What?"
"I can't move it, sir."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I'm saying I can't move it! It won't work! Wait, it says here, it's functioning perfectly..."
"What?!"
"Well, I can't move it, and if-What the hell? Now it's moving!"
"Well, good!"
"Sir, I'm not doing anything!"
"What do you mean?"
"Look!"
"But you said it's working perfectly!"
"That's right. It's working just fine."
"Who is that? Who the hell are you?!"
"I'm making the orders now."
"Sir...someone's inside ADAM. She's commanding it, sir."
"No!!!"
"Yes..."
"Get out! Get her out! Shoot her! Blow her up!"
"Sir, the government assigned us to research this MG, top-priority. They'll be mighty pissed if they even see a scratch on it. And if we had to shoot the MG, it won't work. We can fire nukes at it until the cows come home, and we won't even touch it. You know it has an advanced counter-attack system like none other in the world, even for MGs. Nuclear weapons won't even won't even gain an inch near it."
"And plus, it is comfy. Now listen up. You have no control whatsoever. I control this ADAM. I know how to use it. And I will use it in a way you would not desire if you do not give me what I want."
"What do you want?!"
"Call the President of the United States."
"Dial the President's private number right now."
"Sir-"
"Right now!"
"Yes sir."
"Tell him I want the remains of a former Fox-Hound mercenary the government picked up a few years ago...one that went by the name Solid Snake."

METAL GEAR SOLID
MESSENGERS OF TRUTH
By Bad Ronald
"Let the Soldiers of Reality rest... and let the Messengers of Truth come down and fight."



Chapter One: The Black Heaven Revolt
Three days earlier.
Gray Fox was pissed. Not only that, he needed a beer. Badly.
According to the laws of Trial and Error, he really should be getting better at this.
As fate would have it, he was doing worse. A lot worse.
He lifted up his suppressed .45 SOCOM, aiming at the camouflaged soldier. The balaclava-clad soldier went through his rounds in a weird intensity, walking and patrolling his rounds in a stiff way.
Fox moved the gun up to the back of the soldier's head, then pulled the trigger. The soldier went down, a big mist of crimson trailing from him.
Fox wasted no time.
He ran over the soldier, maneuvering through the narrow halls. He found what he was looking for, and sprinted to it. It was a mysterious glowing door, and he had to open it. He then reached out his hand to turn the knob.
Breep!
"Mission Failed.", a mechanical female voice spoke, the message echoing around the room, indicating that the time had run out and that Gray Fox had failed.
The door and the whole room flickered for a moment, then vanished, leaving Fox into a pitch black room.
"ARGH! Dammit! I was so CLOSE!", Fox cursed, flinging his fake SOCOM to the ground.
"Congratulations, Fox. We're all dead.", the voice of General Roy Campbell said, referring to the failed VR mission, which was to take back a terrorist-overtaken building, and find the bomb hidden in the building.
"....", was Fox's great retort.
"Do it again, Fox.", Campbell said blandly.
".... Yes sir...", Fox sighed, whose features were showing attacks of fatigue and weariness.
"Mission Reloading..." the mechanical female voice rang out.
Fox sighed, and got ready to do the hellish task all over again.

Three days later.
"They call themselves Messengers Of Truth. Their leader is a man named God One. They have overtaken three connected Fox-Hound buildings in Zanzibar."
"What do you mean three connected buildings? Fox-Hound only has two based in Zanzibar..."
"As you recall, the story is that Fox-Hound took back the Zanzibar island from the Outer Heaven revolt. They built the two Fox-Hound buildings, connected to each other with a bridge, over the former Outer Heaven hideout, and permanently relocated their location there."
"But didn't Fox-Hound disintegrate after the Takeover of Alaska Fiasco?"
"Yes, but Fox-Hound came back after The Big Shell Takeover incident from 2008 and relocated at Zanzibar, since no one wanted the island. Now, if you'll remember, the first Metal Gear incident was in Zanzibar."
"Yeah, all the incidents we're talking about had at least one Metal gear in it."
"True, true. Anyway, remember that I told you Fox-Hound built their new base over the former Outer Heaven base? And that we only know of two Fox-Hound buildings..."
"Then that means... the third building is actually the underground hideout of Outer Heaven!"
"Good! You learn quick, that's what I expect of my agents. Yes, that's right. The Fox-Hound agency, sadly, not one to learn from history, started building and testing another Metal Gear, using the underground base as a hangar and testing area..."
"For what purpose or purposes did they have the Metal Gear in the first place?"
"We don't have sufficient information yet to explain that. They did call us and explain in extreme detail of what was happening, but they never explained why they had a Metal Gear in the first place. We never knew until the terrorists took over the Fox-Hound base."
"What about the terrorists?"
"The terrorists used to be members of a group called Dead Cell, which was involved in The Big Shell incident. The Dead Cell Unit used to be made up of nine people, but five people disbanded from Dead Cell after Fortune's (The leader) husband died. These five people split before Dead Cell started planning for the takeover of Big Shell, and made their own unit, called Messengers of Truth. The members of the group, The Five Messengers, are God One, God Two, Lilith, Sin, and Redemption. They are the ones that took the Fox-Hound base. They are very religious zealots, you know."
"Heh, yeah, I can tell by their names."
"Yes. Redemption is the sniper of the group. Tell me, have you heard of Sniper Wolf?"
"Yeah. She died in The Alaska Takeover, am I correct?"
"Yes, she did. You know of her skills, though?"
"Yeah, top notch, better than any professional sniper in the world, or so I've heard. She can wait for hours, days, even weeks if it comes to that."
"Right... and you can chalk Redemption's skills right next to the desceased Sniper Wolf's. He is that good. You know, we learned something valuable from the diary that he abandoned in his hometown of Berlin, Germany."
"I've been told that German snipers were excellent."
"A little stereotypical, don't you think? I think it would be safe to say that he is better than all of German snipers put together. Would you like to know what we found out about him?"
"Yes, please."
"You know that saying... uhh... 'My whole life flashed before my eyes.'?"
"Yeah....?"
"It seems, from the diary, he has a psychological connection to each victim he kills. 'Each and everyone,' it states in his diary, 'I killed suddenly presented their life to me. Just after the bullet shatters their cranium, their life is opened to me, and I see everything, every pain, every joy, every single moment of that person's life. After I pull the trigger, I know them as if I were them... and I feel ashamed each time I kill. Even though it tears at me inside each and every moment of my miserable life, there is nothing that will stop me from killing, not my conscience nor my guilt... not unless I am killed myself, which I so dearly want.'"
"Whoa, he is so out there..."
"Actually, it may very well be true... we've had strange things in our past operations, you know."
"Yeah, I know. I study military history a lot..."
"Hmm. Now, Sin... he's quite a character."
"Lives up to his name?"
"Oh, yeah. He committed all sorts of crimes, rape, theft, murder, torture, ecetera. His rap sheet is as long as your failed VR missions, you know."
"Ha ha. Why would any unit, terrorist or otherwise, have him?"
"He is a sadist. Mainly, a torturer. Although he enjoys physically torturing his victims, he finds psychological torture much more intriguing."
"...!"
"Yes. But he is psychotic, very unstable. Even though he is a formidable ally for The Messengers, he could be a cause to their downfall."
"General, you still didn't answer my question... why would any unit have him, especially after what you told me?"
"We don't know. It may be his impressive interrogative ways or his uncanny way of coming up with great military strategies when it counts."
"You mean...?"
"Yes, he is a strategist, one of the best. As for the others-"
"General, I'm here."
"You're in Black Heaven?"
"No, I can see it. Heh, they named it Black Heaven?"
"As soon as they took it. Yes, I know, it does remind me of Outer Heaven."
"Okay, I'm ready."
"Good, now, remember, this is a stealth mission. Don't let anyone see you."
"Yes sir."
"Don't botch up the mission."
"See you, General."
"Good luck, Fox. You'll need it."
After he heard that, Gray Fox took his index fingers out from behind his ears, and opened his eyes, turning off the CODEC. He was sitting inside a military helicopter, which was taking him to the island. This was his first mission, and he was nervous, but he had been rigorously trained in VR missions and was ready.
How hard could the mission be?
To console himself further, he thought of the highest ranking codename that his unit had... the codename that carried high importance.
Solid Snake.
They would be calling him that someday, he was sure of it. He had the skills and wits worthy for the prized codename.
He sighed in thought, then looked out the window on his left.
There, he saw a huge sprawling island.
Zanzibar.


"Hey, are you there? How goes it?", Otacon asked.
"I'm good." Snake responded tersely. "Okay. Now what do I do?"
"Well, right now, we're just trying to gather information. Find out if they have a Metal Gear, where they're keeping it. Good old reconnaissance mission, just one guy in and out."
"Sounds simple enough. I'm freezing here... I can't believe how cold it is!"
"C'mon, Snake. It was colder in Alaska."
"Speak for yourself..."
"Would you like scientific proof?", Otacon joked.
"Any idea where I need to go? Any leads? Or am I on my own?"
"I'm afraid you're on your own. I've got my eye opened here... but the reason you're going in is because we have virtually no information about this, except that they might be harboring a Metal Gear. If they do you should find the main terminal for the Metal Gear- Do you have that disk I gave you?"
"Yep. Right here."
"Insert that in the main terminal for Metal Gear. After you do that, press the key marked enter. I wired the disk so you don't have to do the work. It will download all information about the Metal Gear and store it. Then bring it back to me. This is important, Snake, don't forget!"
"Otacon, you know me. I've got a big ribbon tied around my head, of course I won't forget."
"Ha ha. Snake-"
"A helicopter?!"
The legendary Solid Snake, dumbfounded, took his two index fingers out from behind his ear and opened his eyes. He was right, he had heard a helicopter. He looked at the helicopter. It was military... and the cargo door was opening. Squinting, Snake could make out the outline of a man. Snake then looked down and ruffled through his pack. He took out a pair of scopes, aimed it at the chopper, and then looked through it.
The cargo hold door slid open, revealing the silhouette of a limber man. The man crouched and held a bundle of rope in his right hand, then looked down and threw the rope over the edge of the helicopter. As Snake watched on, the man took hold of the rope and rappelled down the helicopter.
Who was this guy, and what was he doing here?
Puzzled, Snake looked at the man, who had just rappelled down the helicopter, and saw that this man was dressed in the same suit Snake himself had been dressed in years ago.
Dammit, Campbell, you never learn!
Snake sighed, then called Otacon on CODEC.
"Hey, Snake, what's with cutting me off?!"
"Otacon... the mission's been compromised."


Hey, Bad Ronald here. First things first, this is my first "serious" MGS fic. Thanks to Motorfirebox for correcting me on the parachuting mistake.
Yes, I will be listening to all your reviews.
Chapter Two will be coming up soon, just expect it to be up in two weeks.
For now, though, please leave some constructive reviews. Flames are fine... but I'll have the flame extinguisher handy... Thanks!