The Hudson River, Two years ago. Ocelot has just killed Scott Dolph and Sergei Gurlukovich and detonated the C4 on the Tanker. Determined not to let Ocelot escape with Metal Gear RAY, Snake confronted him, but suddenly Ocelot began to experience a pain coming from his right arm. Ocelot ripped his sleeve of and turned his attention to me.

"It's been a while, brother!" said Ocelot.

"Who are you?," asked Snake.

"You know who I am," said Ocelot.

Snake didn't want to believe it but there's only one person who would talk to him like that.

"Liquid?" asked Snake.

"Not so young anymore, eh, Snake…," said Liquid. "You're drowning in time. I know what it's like, brother."

Snake tried to process this bizarre turn of events as Liquid continued, "No wonder Naomi passed you over for the FOXDIE program.

Ocelot's right arm began to spasm again and Snake heard Ocelot say, "Out - get out of my mind! Liquid…"

Ocelot let out a roar and after a few seconds of silence, Liquid said, "The price of physical prodigy… Few more years and you'll be another dead clone of the old man. Our raw materials are vintage, brother. Big Boss was in his 30s when they created his copies. But I - I live on, through this arm."

Snake took a closer look at Ocelot's right arm and realized that it was Liquid's. Suddenly, an explosion knocked Snake off his feet and Liquid took the chance to enter Metal Gear RAY. Liquid activated Metal Gear RAY just as Snake climbed back on to the platform.

"You don't have what it takes after all," said Liquid. "You're going down, Snake - with this tanker!"

Metal Gear RAY stomped on the platform Snake was standing on with enough force to fling Snake into a nearby wall, knocking him unconscious. A few minutes later, Snake woke up and found Metal Gear RAY running rampant.

"Otacon, we have a problem…," Snake reported.

Metal Gear Ray fired its hydraulic beam and ripped a hole into the tanker, allowing more water to rush in. The surge of water rushing in knocked Snake into the water, causing Otacon to yell, "Snaaaaake!"

Snake swam through the Holds and latched onto a ladder. Snake climbed out of the water and ran down the path he came through. Water came rushing in behind him and eventually the floor under him crumbled away, causing Snake to fall in the water. Snake looked around and spotted a hole large enough to swim through. Snake swam through the hole and swam to the surface. Once there, Snake noticed RAY land on the remains of the Tanker. RAY then backfliped into the river and disappeared.

"Damn it!," said an irritated Snake.

Snake watched the Tanker sink and saw Olga slide into the river. Snake dived into the river and swam to her. Snake grabbed Olga and swam back to the surface. Snake then proceeded to swim away from the wreckage and noticed a boat headed his way. Snake swam to the boat and was surprised to find Otacon manning it.

"Come on, Snake!" said Otacon. "We need to go!"

Snake lifted Olga onto the boat and jumped in himself.

"It seems like things got more complicated than we originally thought," said Otacon.

"Liquid…," Snake muttered.

"Hm?"

"Nothing."

The next day…

"Snake," Otacon called out.

"What is it?" asked Snake.

"Come look at this," said Otacon.

Snake walked up to Otacon and Otacon opened up a link on his computer. The link leads to a news site and an article about the Tanker Incident popped up. Otacon scrolled through the article and Snake said, "So, I sunk a tanker full of crude oil, huh?"

"I don't remember they're being oil on that Tanker," said Otacon. "The only thing in the Holds was RAY."

"So that's what the Cypher was for," said Snake. "It needed pictures of me at the scene of the crime."

"There must have been another tanker there full of crude oil close by," said Otacon. "Once RAY was acquired, the dummy tanker would arrive at the scene and sink itself to release the oil."

"We were played," said Snake.

"It's also reported that you died during the whole fiasco," said Otacon.

"It seems like that's what was supposed to happen," said Snake.

"But the thing is, no one collected the bodies from the incident yet," said Otacon.

"So whoever set me up really believes that I'm dead," said Snake.

Snake pulled out a cigarette and lit it up.

"Well when they don't find your body they'll know that you're alive," said Otacon. "I guess we'll let that show them that they failed."

"No," said Snake.

"No?" said a confused Otacon.

"Let's let them think I'm dead," said Snake. "We can use this to our advantage. Besides with this whole eco-terrorist lie everyone will be after us."

"I agree that going underground would probably be the best course of action," said Otacon. "But what about the fact your body isn't at the scene of the crime?"

"Where's Liquid's body, Otacon?" asked Snake.

"Liquid? What are you…?" asked Otacon. "Oh, I get it. We'll use Liquid's body to throw them off our trail and since you guys are identical on a genetic level no will be able to tell the difference. I'll start looking for him right away."

18:45, Secret Government Facility Holding Liquid's Body.

A supply truck drove up to the facility's gates and waited for it to open.

"Alright, Snake, I guess I don't have to tell you that it's important to stay out of sight here."

"Isn't that what I always do?"

"Well, difference here is that if you any one sees you then everyone will know that you're alive. And we don't want that now do we? So try to avoid any firefights."

"Guess that means I shouldn't use Olga's USP."

"Right. You should mostly try to rely on your M9 tranquilizer."

The gate opened and the supply truck drove into the facility.

"Where's Liquid, Otacon?"

"His body is being held in a freezer underground."

"How do we get him out of here?"

"There's a secret underground passage that can get you out of there."

"Why didn't I use that to get in there?"

"You can access it from the inside. You should know that things are never that easy for us."

"As long as I don't run into another sudden family member of mine."

The supply truck drove up to the admin building and the driver parked it there. Snake crawled from under his cardboard box and surveyed the area. Snake jumped from the back of truck and snuck into the admin building. Snake ducked behind a pile of boxes and called Otacon.

"Otacon, how do I get to Liquid from here?" asked Snake.

"There should be an elevator around there to get you to the floor Liquid is on," said Otacon.

Snake spotted an elevator on the other side of the room and snuck over to it. Snake pressed the down button and waited for the elevator. The elevator doors opened and Snake found four soldiers were already on it. Snake walked into the elevator and pressed the B4 button. The elevator doors closed and the elevator move down to B4 floor. The elevator doors opened and Snake walked out, leaving the unconscious guards behind.

Snake looked around and noticed a freezer door. Snake walked up to the door, looked through the glass and spotted Liquid's body.

"Otacon, I've found Liquid's body," said Snake.

"All right," said Otacon. Get him and get out of there quickly."

Snake opened the freezer door and walked up to Liquid's corpse. Snake remembered Liquid's appearance on the Tanker and said, "Not even death can stop you, can it?"