METAL GEAR SOLID: THE TWIN SNAKES

Prologue: Previous Ops

Hi! I'm albedos shadow, and this is my first ever attempt at fanfiction. I love to write, but I've never really written anything for the public consumption before. This is my novelization of the original Metal Gear Solid (the "Twin Snakes" subtitle means nothing, I hate the remake but I needed a cool subtitle). If the reviews are good, I've got projects for other games going, so who knows? Anyway, on with the show!

Note I altered the story of MG and MG2 just a tiny bit to fit better with MGS3. But it doesn't really make a big difference. Just fair warning.

The Outer Heaven Uprising

The year was 1995. Deep in South Africa, 200km north of Garzburg, was Outer Heaven, an armed fortress nation founded by the legendary killer known only as "Mercenary X". After gaining fame in black ops circles around the world for his seemingly deliberate attacks against U.S. interests, he was the world's most wanted criminal. The U.N. had acquired intel suggesting that Outer Heaven had developed a new weapon capable of rewriting the future of warfare. The U.S. government called upon the high-tech special forces unit FOX-HOUND, the most secret unit in the country's military, to resolve the situation. FOX-HOUND Commander-in-Chief Big Boss sent Gray Fox, the highest ranking and most respected member of the unit, to end the situation.

3 days later, Gray Fox sent one final transmission to headquarters before disappearing from radar, saying simply two words: "Metal Gear". Distressed by the loss of his best agent, Big Boss selected Solid Snake, a new recruit to FOX-HOUND. Snake had gained fame during the early 90's as a Green Beret in the first Gulf War, and Big Boss now entrusted him with the volatile situation.

After succesfully making a solo infiltration into Outer Heaven, Snake contacted local resistance members Schneider, Diane, and Jennifer. With their support, he succeeded in rescuing Gray Fox, who laid out the horrible truth about "Metal Gear": this was the development name for a nuclear-warhead equipped, two-legged walking tank. In addition to its nuclear capabilities, it could conduct local warfare its vulcan cannon and anti-tank missiles. It was a terrifying new weapon that could wage nuclear war on any nation from any location on Earth.

With Metal Gear, Outer Heaven planned on establishing military superiority over all the free world. They would then issue a declaration of nationhood and become the newest world power. Armed with new intel from Schneider, Snake found and rescued Dr. Mark Pettrovich, Metal Gear's chief engineer, and his young daughter Elen, who was taken captive to force her father to continue development. Pettrovich then told Snake how to disable Metal Gear.

In the midst of the escalating battle, Schneider was killed in a gunfight and Snake was injured in a battle with Outer Heaven's top mercenaries. However, he eventually made his way to the 100th floor basement of the complex and destroyed Metal Gear.

Snake began his escape from Outer Heaven. As he neared the recovery point, he was confronted by none other than FOX-HOUND's Commander-in-Chief Big Boss. Snake could only stare in disbelief as Big Boss told him the truth behind his mission. Big Boss was "Mercenary X". At the same time that he served as the head of FOX-HOUND, he ran a mercenary dispatch company on the side. His insistence on attacking only American interests stemmed from some sort of betrayal he had suffered at the hands of the U.S. government long ago. He had been building up Outer Heaven for 10 years, planning for the day he would get his revenge. He sent in Snake hoping that the rookie would fail the mission, buying him more time for his plans.

Big Boss tried to convince Snake to join him on his crusade against the U.S., promising to reveal to him the truth about everything that the government had hidden from him for so long. But Snake, patriot to the end, refused. Big Boss, angry at his pupil for rejecting him, started the self-destruct sequence. Both men knew that the other could not be allowed to escape. The two soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the helipad outside the base. Snake gained the upper hand and stabbed Big Boss, leaving him to die. Snake took off in the waiting helicopter, hoping to never see combat again...

4 years later...

The Zanzibar Land Incident

In 1999, the world was facing an energy crisis. It was very clear that the world's petroleum supply was quickly running out, and an alternative energy source was far from completion. The price of petroleum had skyrocketed, and the world's economy was in chaos. One man's invention quickly changed all this. A Czech biologist, Dr. Kio Marv, invented OILIX, a micro-organism capable of producing a highly refined form of petroleum. The world quickly filled with hope for this messiah of the energy crisis. However, just as the world's attention was drawn to Dr. Marv and his invention, he mysteriously disappeared. The U.N. began to investigate immediately, and they came up with one clue, the name of a place forgotten by the public eye: "Zanzibar Land".

Zanzibar Land was a democratic military regime that suddenly appeared in Central Asia in 1997. When their uprising got out of hand, the CIS army, formed around Russia, sent in a suppressive unit immediately. Zanzibar Land responded by hiring the most legendary mercenaries from around the world and forming them into an army. As a result, the CIS army was repeatedly pushed back, and Zanzibar Land declared its independence.

According to new intel, Zanzibar Land had recently acquired nuclear warheads. With the combination of OILIX and warheads, Zanzibar Land could assume complete control over the world economy. The U.S. ordered Roy Campbell, the new Commander-in-Chief of FOX-HOUND and former member of the group, to rescue Dr. Marv. To assure the mission's success, Campbell brought Solid Snake, the man who had single-handedly destroyed Outer Heaven and killed Big Boss, out of retirement.

Successfully infiltrating Zanzibar Land with the help of CIA agent Susan Horry, Snake made his way deep into the fortress and was shocked to find Dr. Pettrovich, the chief engineer of Metal Gear from Outer Heaven. He told Snake he had once again been captured to produce a new Metal Gear for Zanzibar Land. Snake was then shocked to learn from the doctor that the Supreme Commander of Zanzibar Land was none other than Big Boss, the man Snake had left to die at Outer Heaven.

Snake extracted Pettrovich with the help of Natasha Marcova, Dr. Marv's bodyguard and former member of the Czech International Secret Police. On their way to the confinement facility where Marv was being held, they came across a large suspension bridge. Snake crossed the bridge, and he turned around just in time to see a missile headed for the bridge. Pettrovich jumped the span just in time, but Natasha fell to her death. From out of the trees, Metal Gear appeared, piloted by Gray Fox, who had not been seen since the Outer Heaven incident. He revealed to Snake that while at Outer Heaven, Big Boss had convinced him to turn on his country, and he became the commander of Zanzibar Land's mercenary force. But when he looked into the ravine and saw Natasha's body, he realized his horrible mistake. In a twist of fate, Natasha was the same woman he had fallen in love with 11 years ago at the Calgary Winter Olympics. Natasha had been undercover as a figure-skater, and the two had met each other there. But when they had tried to come back to America together, American and Czech officials denied her immigration rights, fearing a threat to national security. Deeply disturbed, Fox turned Metal Gear around and dissapeared...

Snake finally reached where Marv was being held, but was shocked when he found Pettrovich standing over the doctors dead body. Attemting to make an excuse, Pettrovich said that Marv had attacked him and he killed the doctor in self-defense. But Horry contacted Snake and told him the startling truth. Dr. Pettrovich had been voluntarily visiting Zanzibar Land to construct the next Metal Gear. Marv's kidnapping was carried out under his supervision. Pettrovich attempted to escape, but Snake quickly disposed of him and obtained the structural plans for OILIX.

While he escaped, Snake was confronted by Gray Fox, who had come to terms with Natasha's death. But he also realized that he and Snake were destined to kill each other eventually. The two fought hand-to-hand in a minefield, and Snake was forced to kill Gray Fox. Holding his friend's body in his arms, he watched as Big Boss stepped out of the shadows. After a cryptic speech in which he hinted at the fact that he was Snake's father, the two battled to the death one last time. Snake came out victorious after burning Big Boss alive. As he flew away in the CIA rescue chopper, Big Boss' last words repeated in his ears: "Snake, the one who dies in this battle is truly the winner. The loser is freed from the battlefield forever, and the winner must live his life as a warrior until the day he dies." Snake disappeared into the whitelands of Alaska, and was not heard from for the next 6 years...

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