A/N: Since people love Shade so much I've decided to carry on with the whole entire Shade scenario in MGS. I mean come on this guy is awesome when he's not sulking around and oh yeah Shadow Eye he's coming back too Might make him work alongside Ocelot and the gang have not decided fully yet.
Vaporeon-Chan: I have mentioned Venom in this chapter, hope you don't mind. I have plans I'll let you know soon enough
Mytheslinger:Red eye has been introduced
Anyway I shut up now and let you read on
It was four days after the Thames incident, the whole entire thing made headlines in every news possible, No one knew Snake, Shade and Adder were involved it crippling Shadow eyes base but they did know that Mandy Arveso was reported dead or so they were lead to believe but amongst all the chaos and hype Shade, Snake, Adder and Mandy were back at the base settling down and putting their feet up after a mission well done. Otacon was busy flicking through the internet while Snake and Adder decided to rip apart the Suzuki Hayabusa Adder keeps for maintenance, oil was being traped around everywhere much to Otacon's disgust. Shade was on the fifty two inch Plasma high definition Television playing some random shooter game while Mandy watched over Otacon while he hacked away.
Shade paused the game for a minute, a question floated around his head and he could not tell if it was a serious one or a stupid one.
"Hey guys if this is supposedly a non profitable organisation, where the hell do you get all this stuff?" Asked Shade
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over at Shade in shock.
"What I was only asking." Gruffed Shade
Otacon stood up and looked at Shade.
"We're kinda being subsides by the US government." Replied Otacon uneasy
"What's the catch?" Asked Shade
"Well we get money if each of us goes out and gets a part time job." Said Otacon
"Yeah I'm acting as a martial arts advisor for the film industry part time." Gruffed Snake
"I'm a motorcycle delivery girl for a top delivery firm." Said Adder
"And I'm working for Microsoft in their internet security department." Replied Otacon
"And this is all part time work?" Asked Shade
Everyone in the base nodded, Shade bowed his head.
"Ah great." Muttered Shade
Mandy looked at Otacon stunned like this was not part of the brief stunned, Otacon just looked back at grinned at her.
"Don't worry we need a first aider where I work." Said Otacon
"Oh thanks Otty." Replied Mandy Sarcasticly
"Otacon subtle as a sledge hammer." Joked Snake
Shade slung the controller on the floor and walked over to help Snake and Adder with the Motorbike, he rolled up his sleeves and looked as they tried to figure out how to change the oil over, Shade shook his head, he found it funny watching a bunch a noobs Service a bike themselves.
"Hey guys you ain't doing it right." Said Shade
"Well we figured that when Oil just pissed out all over the floor and stained the floor." Replied Adder
"Then you should have put paper down." Joked Shade
Snake placed his oil covered hand on Shades face and watched as Shade pulled a face of "Yeah thanks you git." Look. Shade shook his head and started fiddling around underneath the bike, trying to find something important, Shade looked over to Snake as he grabbed scrap newspaper and started to place it underneath the bike.
"Snake can you grab me a deep tray of some description?" Asked Shade
"You mean like one of Otacon's in trays for filling random pieces of information." Replied Snake
"NO! NOT THOSE." Yelled Otacon
"Yeah that'll do I'll wash it afterwards." Laughed Shade
Snake laughed and went to find one of the Trays Shade was after, Shade looked over at Adder as she started tweaking with the bikes exhaust, he laughed she always tweaked the exhaust to get a louder roar out of the bike but it seemed never to be loud enough for her. Stripping her bike down was a regular thing she use to do when she went round Shades at the weekends.
"After all these years you still don't know how to service your own bike propably?" Asked Shade
"Hey screw you Shade, it saved money." Replied Adder laughing
"Yeah and then you ended up bringing it round mine to unclog the pipes from all the dirt and shit off the roads." Gruffed Shade
"Ah you loved it." Laughed Adder
Shade rolled his eyes, he lost count of the endless times he would get his hands dirty to unclog the pipes, stripping the bike down and cleaning each part individually. Snake had come back from Otacon's mini office with a tray Shade had ordered him to nick, he looked over at Adder as she laid on the floor tweaking the exhaust of the bike.
"You still doing that?" Asked Snake laughing
"Look when I start this baby up it'll send Otacon's hair flying off and that's including him being sat on the second floor." Replied Adder
Shade laughed, the idea if Otacon's hair flying off was enough to set him off into fits of laughter but he had to focus on doing this oil change otherwise he could mess the bike up which could mean certain death.
"Honestly she spends more attention on that bike then me some days." Gruffed Snake
"I think she prefers having a high powered beast between her thighs." Joked Shade
"I'll pretend I never heard that." Laughed Snake
Shade took the tray off Snake and stuck it under the bike where he had his hand placed, he looked over at Adder and signalled for her to come over.
"Oi you pay attention, see where my hand is?" Asked Shade
"Yeah under my bikes bits, Shade be gentle with her." Laughed Adder
"Very funny. No seriously where my hand is, is where you drain the oil from okay." replied Shade
"Got you." Replied Adder
Shade twisted the cap off the oil drainer, there was a click as Shade stopped twisting.
"There we go." Said Shade triumphantly.
The oil drained out of the bike as Shade wiped his hands from all the shit collected underneath the bike, he placed the cap next to the tray as the oil flowed out, Otacon was going mad as he watched one of his beloved trays get mucked up.
"Maybe you should get a job as a motorcycle mechanic." Suggested Snake
Shade shook his head and grabbed a ratchet from out of the toolbox next to the bike.
"Nope this is one of the talents I like to keep to myself." Replied Shade
"Why?" Asked Adder as she lay underneath the bike fiddling with the chain making sure it was greased for the harsh winter ahead.
"This is the sort of thing I like to do after a hard days fighting, it relaxes me." Replied Shade
He removed the front panel of the bike and checked to see none of the wires had come loose or to check for cracks in the fairings. Otacon walked over to the edge of the platform and relaxed on the railings.
"Well you can't mope around here all day thinking we are giving you a free ride." Moaned Otacon
"Hey so long as I earn my keep I can't see how that's bad?" Gruffed Shade
"BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. GET A JOB." Yelled Otacon
"And if I get a job there'll be no one here to check all your weapons work." Replied Shade harshly
"Oh and you think the government will subsidise a maintenance man for us?" Replied Otacon sarcasticly
"I don't see why the fuck not. Who else will check the bloody equipment works safely? The bloody magic pixie man?" Asked Shade
Otacon was going to yell something he knew he would regret later but was saved by Mandy stepping in with her say on the subject.
"Actually Otacon they should be paying for a maintenance man. All you have to do is ring them to say you have one and they will pay his wages." Interrupted Mandy
Shade grinned as Otacon buckled under the pressure.
"Okay fine, I'll ring them tomorrow but I don't want any slacking from you mister, you work from nine till five everyday." Gruffed Otacon
"You have yourself a deal." Replied Shade enthusiasticly
"You better be worth it." Grumbled Otacon
Shade laughed as the oil dripped out of the bike into the tray, he knew how to piss Otacon off and then sweet talk him into a deal or get some help doing it. It was a natural thing for him. Mandy grinned as Otacon found the number for the US government and entered it into the phone, She looked down at Shade as he worked on the bike and paid attention to every little detail. She grinned as he removed his jacket, Shade looked up and smiled at her.
"Bloody pervert." Joked Shade
"What? I much prefer looking at a grease monkey like you then some builders bum any day." Laughed Mandy
Snake laughed as Shade shook his head and carried on working on the bike, Adder placed her hands in the oil and ran up to Snake as he started to remove the side panel, She wrapped her arms around his neck as he crouched by the side of the bike and slowly undid the side fairing, Adder placed her hands on his chest and grinned.
"Hey." Whispered Adder
"Hey what's up?" Asked Snake not paying attention
Shade could see what Adder was up too and started giggling as she started applying Oil onto Snake's white T-shirt, something she used to do with Shade when she was bored or finished her part of the bike.
"I was just wondering could you put the tools down and give me a hug?" Asked Adder
"Hang on let me get this panel off and I'll be with you." replied Snake
He caught a glimpse of Shade on the floor laughing, Snake raised an eyebrow and looked up at Adder in the hope she would know why Shade was on the floor laughing so much.
"What the heck has gotten into him?" Asked Snake
Adder shrugged her shoulders as she teased Snake, draping her arms all over him, Shade was in fits of laughter as Oil marks appeared all over Snake's T-shirt that was once white. Snake eventually gave in to Adder and Gave her a hug as she rubbed her oily hands down his back.
"Hey Snake were you not wearing a white t-shirt earlier?" Asked Shade laughing
Snake raised an eyebrow and looked at his t-shirt. It was covered in oily hand prints, he looked at Adder and frowned slightly, Adder looked back and raised her hands as she smiled shyly.
"Err I slipped in the oil." Said Adder coyly
"Oh and how the hell did you do that since you were laying down?" Asked Snake
"Errrr I don't Know." Said Adder
Snake grinned as a plan conjured up in his mind, Adder backed away slowly as Snake moved over to the oil tray and dropped a rag in it.
"Whoops I dropped my rag in the oil." Said Snake playfully
"Oh shit here we go." Replied Adder as she slowly walked backwards
"Come over here Adder." Gruffed Snake
Adder grinned as she slowly jogged away, Snake quickly picked up his rag and sprinted after Adder threatening to attack her with the oily rag. Shade just laughed as the pair had a play fight, he washed down the front panel and applied it back on the bike. There was a loud thud, Shade turned around and saw Adder begging for mercy as Snake pinned her down with the rag dripping over her arms as she shielded her face.
"Give in." Joked Snake
"No way in hell." Laughed Adder
"Oh dear what a shame." Gruffed Snake
He playfully attacked Adder with the rag and watched as she tried to wriggle away from Snake. Shade was just enjoying the show, he tried in vain to concentrate as Adder squealed every time Snake attacked her with the rag. Shade sighed and put down his tools.
"Hey this is not a playground you know." Said Shade
Otacon walked over to the railings and placed his hand over the phone end.
"Err can you keep the noise down please?" Asked Otacon
Snake pointed to Adder in protest as Otacon looked at the pair sternly.
"I don't care who started it just keep the noise down please." Said Otacon
Shade chuckled to himself, this was the most fun he had in a long time, why not take up the chance and join in. Shade thought about it and decided to go against it, he wanted to concentrate on his job on sorting out the bike, besides Snake and Adder were too busy messing about then to do the bike seriously and Shade wanted to prove his worth. He shrugged his shoulders and stared at the half naked bike in front of him.
"Don't worry miss Hayabusa we'll have you back together in no time." Muttered Shade
He picked up a Spanner and started work on the bike again.
A couple of hours had passed and Shade had finally got the bike back together again. All the tools were packed away and the drip tray taken away and disposed off, Shade stared at his work as the bike stared back at him gleaming clean. Snake had appeared from the bathroom in clean clothes after Adders antics, he looked at the bike as it sat there polished and cleaned down.
"I swear that bike was dirty before I got cleaned up." Gruffed Snake
"She just needed some TLC that's all." Replied Shade
Snake looked around the bike as it oozed some sort of beauty back at him, the black was gleaming and the Adder that was painted on the sides of the bike reflected in the light, every inch of metal was polished to perfection as Shade stood there chuffed with himself. Snake grinned as the keys sat in the ignition, he went to turn them but Shade raised an eyebrow.
"Ahem, err I think the owner should do that." Gruffed Shade
Snake stopped what he was doing and backed away from the bike, he clicked his finger and swung his arm, Shade laughed.
"Where is Adder any way?" Asked Shade
"Last time I looked in the shower pissing about with her hair." replied Snake grinning
"The old Shampoo thing yeah?" Asked Shade
"and random out bursts of Disturbed or Static X?" Asked Snake
"Yeah." Replied Shade
Snake laughed as Shade remembered the times Adder ran into his shower singing and messing around with her hair when she had put shampoo in it. He rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"She never changes."Groaned Shade
Adder charged down the stairs as she noticed her bike was now clean, she looked as Shade and Snake chatted and then ran to her bike.
"Bloody hell Shade you cleaned every little bit." Said Adder in shock
"Yes, she needed it." Replied Shade sternly
Adder grinned as she sat on the bike and started to turn the ignition.
"Lets see if she roars louder too." Said Adder excitedly
The bike purred as it rested, Adder put her hand on the throttle and gave it a twist, The bike roared, it echoed through the base, Adder had a huge grin on her face and decided to do it again just to wind up Otacon, Shade grinned as Adder repeatedly revved the bike. Otacon came screaming over and yelled something but no one heard him and no one cared either, he was probably moaning at them to stop revving the bike inside or something like that. Adder turned off the bike, she listened to it cooling down as it clicked ever so slightly. Shade smiled as Adder sat on the bike impressed at Shades work, she got off it and walked over to Shade and ruffled his hair.
"Thank you Shade." Said Adder
"Any time." Replied Shade
He walked over to the bike and slowly wheeled it into the underground garage they kept under the base. Mandy walked downstairs and over to Snake and Adder as they sat on the couch snuggled up and flicking through the TV channels.
"God that Otacon is such a slave driver." Moaned Mandy
Adder and Snake looked at Mandy with raised eyebrows.
"And it took you how long to realise this?" Asked Snake
Mandy replied by throwing her pens at Snake and folding her arms.
It was seven in the evening, Shade had decided enough was enough when it came to Otacon's cooking and thought about treating the gang to a takeaway. He was walking along the streets of Manhattan, Cigar lit and smouldering,gun hidden under his jacket in case some punk felt like attacking him. He looked across the road and looked at a fancy chinease restaurant, he pondered before reaching a conclusion.
"Nah I can't afford that." Thought Shade
He shook his head and carried on walking on, he walked past a news store and peered in remembering he needed some more cigars, not paying attention to the men holding up the cashier. Shade strolled in and walked up to the cashier.
"Hi can I have some err King Edward cigars please." Asked Shade
He looked at the cashier and noticed his arms aloft in the air, Shade knew he didn't have his gun on display and looked to his left and saw a man wearing a mask aiming a sawn off shotgun at the cashier. Shade remained calm, he was use to these situations.
"Oh sorry was I interrupting you?" Asked Shade
"GET ON THE FLOOR." Yelled the man
"You want me on the floor?" Asked Shade sarcasticly
"DO IT OR I BLOW YOUR BRAINS AWAY." Yelled the man
"Oh really?" Replied Shade
The man cocked back the shotgun and fired it, Shade dodged the bullet and looked back at the smoking barrel.
"I say I think you missed." gruffed Shade
"DIE." Screamed the man
He went again but again Shade dodged the attack and this time he grabbed the gun out of the man's hands and aimed it back at him. Shade took a drag from his cigar, he placed the cigar in his mouth and emptied the shotgun, he chucked it on the floor and grabbed the robber by the collar of his jacket and pushed him back.
"I think you chose the wrong time to rob this shop don't you?" Gruffed Shade
The man went to punch Shade but Shade pushed the guy back and launched him through the window pane, people on the street looked on shocked as Shade stepped out of the window and looked at the robber laying on the ground bleeding.
"Run while you have the chance." Said Shade
He pulled out his Socom and aimed it at the man's legs, the man quickly got up and ran away, Shade grinned and walked back into the shop, he was gonna pay for his cigars but the Cashier refused his money.
"Have them on the house for saving me." Said the cashier
"I'll pay for the window then." replied Shade
He picked up his cigars and left the shop and carried on down the street to get food for the gang back at the base. The takeaway was only five hundred yards more down the street, Shade strolled along, his MP3 player plugged in his ears as to avoid the noise of the city and crowds. He remembered the times he walked the streets late at night just to avoid human contact, back in the days when he was recovering from being let go by Foxhound and loosing his friend Venom by being an ass. If it was not for Adder finding him passed out on a park bench Shade would still be at it today. Shade laughed as he remembered Adder dumping him in a cold running shower in her bath as he sobered up, she was the thing that kept him fighting, kept him living and breathing and baring the human race. Those were then Shade had to live with the now, his best mate getting married to the one guy she looked up too and he was slowly coming to terms that Mandy has a crush on him and would do anything to get his attention. Shade smiled as he entered the Takeaway place and ordered the food, he leant on the counter as he waited, reading the newspaper and all over it was news on the whole Thames incident, Shade flicked past it all as he knew the Media would make up a lot of stuff about what happened and why, Only he, Snake, Adder, Mandy and Otacon knew what happened that day and whatever the Media wrote was not close to the truth by a long shot. All that was wrote was there was an unexplained explosion under the Thames and that the MI6 people were finding it out.
"What a load of crap." Muttered Shade
"What is?" Asked the man behind the counter
"All this bollocks about the Thames, how do they know it was just an underground eruption by a burst gas pipe or something like that." Gruffed Shade
"I don't believe a word of it." Replied the counter man
Shade nodded his head.
"I think something major was hiding under there and they won't tell us." Said the counter man
Shade paused and looked at the man.
"What makes you say that?" Asked Shade
"How many fires do you know start unexplained under water?" Asked the man
"You have a point." replied Shade
Shade sighed as he looked at the images in the paper and flashing on the news in the TV above the counter, he was still slightly pissed off by the fact that Shadow eye escaped from him again but this time it didn't hurt so much, he knew they would meet again and he knew he would have another pop at killing him again.
A man burst into the restaurant wearing Shades, he was clutching his chest as blood dripped over his hands, he looked at Shade.
"Shade, Shadow eye, he's back." Said the man
Shade raised an eyebrow and ran to the man's aid, the guy behind the counter rang the emergency number as Shade helped the man out.
"How do you know me?" Asked Shade
"I watched you." replied the man
Shade looked at him confused as he used some paper napkins to act as pressure pads on the wound.
"You watched me when?" Asked Shade concerned
"You control the darkness while Adder summons the reaper and Snake fights with passion a passion that runs deep but not as deep as yours, yours is enjoyment, yours is revenged fuelled and pain stricken." Gruffed the man as he struggled to breathe
"Hey don't doe on me." Said Shade concerned
"I won't I'm here to protect you from something horrifying, something from your past that had hurt you before, something that has reared it's head again that you must fight to prove your loyalty to your new found family and you're old one." Replied the man
"Who are you?" Asked Shade
The man slowly removed his glasses and exposed his red eye to Shade, Shade pulled back and looked the man as he laid there clutching his chest.
"I am Red eye, this wound came from your past family, I betrayed them, they fought for the wrong reasons, they fought for greed." Replied Red eye.
"But Fox hound disbanded four years ago." Gruffed Shade concerned
Red eye shook his head and looked at Shade, the paramedics arrived and placed Red eye on a trolley as quick as they could, Shade looked on stunned as he was taken away in the back of an ambulance.
"Nah way." muttered Shade
The man behind the counter gave Shade a wipe, to wipe off the blood from his hands, Shade sighed and looked at the floor confused, Fox hound disbanded years ago just after Snake killed Liquid, who was going to lead them now, Ocelot was just the interrogator, Venom backed Liquid while the rest were liquids followers. Shade struggled to think but his mind was racing with endless and unthinkable results.
"Hey Shade your meal is done." Said the man
"Oh Thanks." replied Shade
He grabbed the bag and walked out of the restaurant,Shade plugged in his MP3 player again and listened to the music, he was not paying attention tough, his mind was to busy being fixed on the news that Fox hound had re surfaced again and that a guy called Red eye was legally stalking him for protection purposes, he sparked up a cigar and took a long drag from it. It seemed unusual for something from his past to resurface now.
Shade entered the base and walked over to the kitchen.
"Hey grubs up." Called Adder
She rushed downstairs towards Shade and jumped on his back, Shade paid no attention as he got the items off food out and laid them on the worktops, Adder looked at him concerned as the rest of the group made their way down.
"Shade you look like you have seen a ghost." Said Adder concerned
"You could say that." replied Shade quietly
Adder grabbed his arm and made him face her, She looked into his eyes and saw something that troubled him, she looked back at Snake.
"Snake we need to talk like now." Said Adder sternly
"Okay what have I done wrong?" Asked Snake
"Nothing just take a look at Shade and figure out." replied Adder
Snake looked and then cottoned onto what Adder was trying to say to him, he pointed to the office and Adder took Shade in and sat him down, Otacon rolled his eyes, he knew what was up but Mandy was new to it all.
"Always at meal times." Moaned Otacon
Adder and Snake sat down in front of Shade.
"Something has happened." Gruffed Snake
Shade remained quiet.
"Wanna tell us Shade?" Asked Adder
Shade pulled off a slight grin and then bowed his head, he could not come to terms how he was going to put it but there was no other way of saying it.
"Something from my past has come back to haunt me." Sighed Shade
"What do you mean?" Asked Snake
Shade sighed and pulled a face.
"A man entered the restaurant, he was stabbed or slashed I could not tell but he knew me, he knew something about Shadow eye being alive and back but something else he said bothered me, something I hate." Growled Shade
Adder raised an eyebrow and looked at him concerned as Shade looked at the floor, frowning.
"Well what is it Shade, what is bothering you that much that you come home nearly petrified of your own god damn Shadow?" Asked Snake
"I think I know, it has something to do when you was with foxhound, am I right Shade or am I off target?" Asked Adder concerned
"Yeah. Foxhound. They are back with a new leader." Growled Shade