Please no flames, this is my first fic and fire will crush my creative spirit.

I'll post the next chapter once I get some good reviews.

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Oh, also I don't own Metal Gear Solid, Splinter Cell, any of the characters in either game, Seattle, or anything else I might have forgotten to mention.

Chapter 1: Reluctant Alliance

It was a stormy day in Seattle, all the people were so busy trying to get out of the rain and get on with their business, that they hardly noticed the shadowy figure walking slowly through the rain. The tall person had a long, black poncho; a hood shrouded their face in shadow. They abruptly stopped and turned into, turned into a dark alleyway, and quietly slipped into an abandoned warehouse, shutting the door behind them.

As he shut the door, Sam Fisher removed his poncho, and looked around at his surroundings. 'Why did Lambert choose an abandoned warehouse?' he thought to himself. He casually threw his poncho aside and walked toward the center of the room. All of a sudden, the lights flickered on; there stood an older, dark skinned man with curly gray hair.

"It's good to see you again, Fisher." said Lambert in a friendly tone.

"Good Morning, Lambert, is it smart to put so much light on in this place?" replied Sam, trying to mask the concern in his voice.

"Don't worry, all the windows are boarded up, no one will suspect a thing. Now Sam, I'm going to get right to the point, we have an extremely important mission for you." said Lambert, his tone changing quickly from friendly to serious.

"Let me guess, I'm going to save our country, no, the world, single handedly from some nut job that got himself some nukes. It's no different from any other mission I've ever gone on, Lambert."

"Well, you're partly right Fisher. You will be saving the world from terrorists, but you won't be doing it alone."

"Huh? You mean like another team giving me advice remotely or something?"

"No, what I mean is that you're going to have two partners working in the field with you."

"WHAT?" for the first time in his life, Sam was completely at a loss for words.

"Fisher, even you won't be able to complete this mission alone. I suggest you develop some people skills fast because if I'm not mistaken, one of your new teammates has just arrived."

Lambert and Sam turned to look at the door as another hooded figure entered the warehouse.

"Sam, I'd like you to meet the first of your new teammates, Solid Snake." said Lambert with a smile on his face.

Snake pulled off his poncho and threw it roughly to the ground, he was not very happy at the prospect of being on a team. He still remembered the conversation he had with Otacon the previous evening.

Begin Flashback

"You can't be serious!" Snake yelled into the telephone.

"Sorry Snake, but even you need help sometimes. I also happen to know that your new partners will be experts. Anyway, you don't need to snap at me like that, I'm only the messenger!" said Otacon, clearly annoyed.

"Fine but I still bet that I'm gonna get stuck with a couple of rookies." Snake growled.

"Snake, these guys are the best of the best! I know that one of them has a track record as impressive as yours! Any how, it's already been decided you'll meet them tomorrow morning in an abandoned warehouse in Seattle, Washington, I'm e-mailing you the address along with a plane ticket." with that, Otacon hung up and Snake angrily started packing.

End Flashback

"Where's Otacon?" Snake asked.

"He's back at HQ with the rest of your remote support team, ready to render assistance should you need it. Well, I guess I should introduce you to one of your new partners. Snake, this is Sam Fisher. Sam, this is Solid Snake." Lambert said with an amused smile on his face.

Sam and Snake shook hands, both trying to fake a smile, but they were only able to manage pained expressions. Suddenly, there was a sound as a third cloaked figure dramatically stepped through the door and then walked to the center of the room. He still had his poncho on.

"Sam, Snake, meet your new partner…" Lambert was promptly cut off by the cloaked figure holding up his hand

"I'll introduce myself, thank you." said the figure as he began to remove his poncho.

Snake's eyes grew wide with horror as he watched the hood fall.

"Oh God no, not you! Not again!" shouted Snake as the poncho fell to the ground.

"Hey! It's me, Raiden! Remember me?" said the young, blonde agent in a bubbly voice.

"Fisher, this is Raiden, the last of your new teammates." Lambert was trying to hold back a chuckle as he said this.

Sam looked at Raiden; he had one thought going through his mind, 'Where did they find this guy? Wait, I don't think I want to know where they got him.'

"Raiden, this is Sam Fisher, you already seem to know Snake."

"Nice to meet you!" said Raiden, smiling as he shook Sam's cringing hand.

"Touch me and you're gonna lose that hand, blondie!" Snake snarled as Raiden tried to shake his hand.

"Now, the first part of your mission is to spend the rest of the day together, I want you all too actually want to keep each other from dying." He said the last part with a stern glance in Snake's direction.

"Oh Goodie! That sounds like so much fun!" this remark was greeted by a growl and a rude hand gesture from Snake.

"I want you all to learn enough about each other that any one of you could make up for any mistakes the others might make. Here, we've taken the liberty of buying you three a hotel room, now I suggest that you go change into your street clothes before you have you 'Guys' day out'. I don't think people are used to seeing sneaking suits worn in the streets. Report back here tomorrow morning at nine to be briefed for your mission. Now have fun!" this time, Lambert didn't even bother to hide his laughter.

"Come on, the sooner we get changed the sooner we can all have fun!" said Raiden as he put on his poncho.

Once the others had their ponchos on, Raiden pushed them out the door and down the street towards their hotel.

End of Chapter One

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