Chapter 1: Discovery
2007, Hudson River
A shadowy figure walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, his hood up, seemingly to protect from the heavy rain. He had a cigarette in his mouth as he walked, and he was slightly hunched over,
Suddenly, he dropped the cigarette and started to run. He grabbed onto a railing of the bridge, and leapt over the side. The drivers of the passing cars drove on, oblivious.
He landed on the stern of a large tanker, Discovery, and stood up, lowering his hood. There was nothing but a shimmering distortion where his head should be. Suddenly, there was what looked to be a flash of lightning striking him, and his head appeared.
"Damn. Stealth camo's bust"
It was him. Solid Snake. The legend of Shadow Moses.
He put his finger just underneath his ear, and crouched behind a giant winch
"Otacon, This is snake. Do you read me?"
"Loud and clear snake. Have you arrived on the tanker yet?"
"Yeah, but the stealth camo's been knocked out. Looks like I'll have to do this one old-school"
"That's too bad. Anyway, check over your gear. You should have an M9"
"M9?"
"It's a modification of the military model, designed to shoot tranquilliser darts. If it hits a vital spot it can take elephants down for hours. Non- vital spots may take up to a minute to react"
"It'll do I guess"
"Use the AP sensor to detect approaching enemies. It will beep slightly faster as they approach"
"Useful. What about the radar?"
"Just established the uplink. It should be visible now. The marines ahead of you will show up red, with the blue cones as their field of vision. You're the white dot, Snake"
"Good. Doesn't look like these guys are armed though"
"Hello! Snake! These guys are nice upstanding Marines. You'll have to sneak around all of them. Reinforcements with arms are probably down below"
Suddenly a chopper could be heard in the distance
"Otacon, is that a chopper?"
"Uhh, yeah Snake. Who is it?"
It stooped over the bow of the ship, and some soldiers ziplined to the deck, without being seen. They started sneaking up on the Marines, slicing their throats and throwing them overboard.
"Otacon, they're taking over! Who are they!?"
"Snake, I don't know! We had no warning about this! Use your scope, try and find out who they may be!"
He did so. He looked at one of the soldier's weapons. An AK.
"Russians?"
"Snake, you sure about that?"
"Yeah" He swung his scope towards who seemed to be their leader "No Marine barber touched that hair"
"Snake, get me a photo, quickly!"
Snake pulled out the camera and took a snap of him. He used the codec to send it to Otacon
"Well? Who is he?"
"Snake, that's Sergei Gurlukovich. They are defiantly Russian"
"What would they want?"
"I dunno. Metal Gear?"
"I thought that info was confidential!"
"Maybe it's a trap.I don't know. Snake, your orders stay the same. Get those photos of Metal Gear Ray, and get out"
"Ok Otacon. Leave it to me"
Snake looked through the rain. It didn't seem like this would be the walk in the park he thought it would. Everything was getting very complex, very quickly.
2007, Hudson River
A shadowy figure walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, his hood up, seemingly to protect from the heavy rain. He had a cigarette in his mouth as he walked, and he was slightly hunched over,
Suddenly, he dropped the cigarette and started to run. He grabbed onto a railing of the bridge, and leapt over the side. The drivers of the passing cars drove on, oblivious.
He landed on the stern of a large tanker, Discovery, and stood up, lowering his hood. There was nothing but a shimmering distortion where his head should be. Suddenly, there was what looked to be a flash of lightning striking him, and his head appeared.
"Damn. Stealth camo's bust"
It was him. Solid Snake. The legend of Shadow Moses.
He put his finger just underneath his ear, and crouched behind a giant winch
"Otacon, This is snake. Do you read me?"
"Loud and clear snake. Have you arrived on the tanker yet?"
"Yeah, but the stealth camo's been knocked out. Looks like I'll have to do this one old-school"
"That's too bad. Anyway, check over your gear. You should have an M9"
"M9?"
"It's a modification of the military model, designed to shoot tranquilliser darts. If it hits a vital spot it can take elephants down for hours. Non- vital spots may take up to a minute to react"
"It'll do I guess"
"Use the AP sensor to detect approaching enemies. It will beep slightly faster as they approach"
"Useful. What about the radar?"
"Just established the uplink. It should be visible now. The marines ahead of you will show up red, with the blue cones as their field of vision. You're the white dot, Snake"
"Good. Doesn't look like these guys are armed though"
"Hello! Snake! These guys are nice upstanding Marines. You'll have to sneak around all of them. Reinforcements with arms are probably down below"
Suddenly a chopper could be heard in the distance
"Otacon, is that a chopper?"
"Uhh, yeah Snake. Who is it?"
It stooped over the bow of the ship, and some soldiers ziplined to the deck, without being seen. They started sneaking up on the Marines, slicing their throats and throwing them overboard.
"Otacon, they're taking over! Who are they!?"
"Snake, I don't know! We had no warning about this! Use your scope, try and find out who they may be!"
He did so. He looked at one of the soldier's weapons. An AK.
"Russians?"
"Snake, you sure about that?"
"Yeah" He swung his scope towards who seemed to be their leader "No Marine barber touched that hair"
"Snake, get me a photo, quickly!"
Snake pulled out the camera and took a snap of him. He used the codec to send it to Otacon
"Well? Who is he?"
"Snake, that's Sergei Gurlukovich. They are defiantly Russian"
"What would they want?"
"I dunno. Metal Gear?"
"I thought that info was confidential!"
"Maybe it's a trap.I don't know. Snake, your orders stay the same. Get those photos of Metal Gear Ray, and get out"
"Ok Otacon. Leave it to me"
Snake looked through the rain. It didn't seem like this would be the walk in the park he thought it would. Everything was getting very complex, very quickly.