Chapter 2: After the Cave
We join our hero exiting the cave. In the interest of not leaving the readers who haven't played MGS3 I'll summarize the events of the cave.
Snake entered the cave using the conveniently placed ladder. Inside he used the torch Ocelot gave him. He navigated the dark tunnels and found Night Vision Goggles and a shotgun.
He soon found himself in an underground lake with a few islands in it. As he surveyed the area he heard a humming. He looked up and saw a cloud of hornets. He dove into the water and swam for the closest island. The cloud gathered in the middle of the large central island, and then they flew outward revealing a large man in a hornet striped vest and a balaclava.
"I've caught you at last. We are the sons of The Boss. I am The Pain. I will guide you to a world of anguish beyond your imagination. Let's get started!" the man said.
Snake fought The Pain and finally beat him (with only a few stings). On the island was a yellow thing. Snake climbed onto the island and found that it was The Pain's vest, which made it so bees wouldn't attack him.
Snake left the lake through a different passage and reached a passage with high walls. A weird flying platform flew overhead.
"What the?" he asked
He continued on until he reached a canal. He changed into the water camo and went to move, but was stopped by a call from Sigint.
Sigint: You're not wearing facepaint?
Snake: I don't have any paints that blend with water.
Sigint: I gave you that Brown facepaint for a reason.
Snake: This won't blend in at all. What would be the point?
Sigint: It let's you hold your breath forever.
Snake: What?
Sigint: You can stay underwater as long as you want.
Snake: How?
Sigint: Well, it works by… umm, don't you have a mission to do?
Snake: …
Conversation over
Snake put on the brown paint, took a deep breath, and dove in. After a few moments he realized that he didn't feel like he needed to breath.
"Whoa, Sigint was right"
He practically crawled across the bottom so as to avoid the searchlights of the hovercrafts. He swam down a side path before going straight. The side path lead to an area with two guards. He took them out and entered a room with an SVD sniper rifle inside. He went back to the canal and swam the other way.
He moved foreword and pulled out his binoculars to see what was going on across the water.
He saw Sokolov being hassled by guards. Volgin and a woman showed up, followed closely by Ocelot. Another man came walking out and confronted Sokolov. He pulled out a pistol and threatened Sokolov. Before he could shoot The Boss ran up and disassembled the gun. The man walked off, Ocelot looked over toward Snake then followed. A door opened and a wheelchair came rolling out. A skinny man suddenly appeared and ran across the water, just 20 feet from Snake.
Suddenly it started raining and Volgin dragged the woman inside. Snake zoomed in on The Boss and saw a ghost floating behind her, the same as earlier on the bridge and at the beginning of the mission. The Boss went in and some guards came out to wheel the old guy inside. Snake put his binoculars away and felt the sniper rifle in there. The thought to shoot the geezer crossed his mind, but he dismissed it realizing it would send him into alert mode.
We now will fast forward past the tedium of Snake's trek to Granin's Facility. But that'll have to wait until the next chapter.