Metal Gear Ryu

Summary: Metal Gear Ryu is a crossover between Harry Potter and Metal Gear Solid set as an alternative to the events of Book 6. The recent actions of Voldemort have spooked the British government into action and they do so by developing a powerful new weapon, a weapon capable of destroying an entire nation. Snake, Raiden, Otacon, and a new character, Ryu, are for various reasons trying to find it before it is launched. Problems arise, however, when the location of the Metal Gear is discovered to be Hogwarts.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Metal Gear Solid, if I did, book 6 wouldn't suck.

Italicized text means dialogue over nano-communication. This is communication done via nano-machines inside of a person's bloodstream.

Ch2: Recon

50 miles north of London, United Kingdom

7:03 AM, October 23rd 2003

Getting up at 5 AM in the morning wasn't exactly Ryu's idea of fun. However he was anxious to find out more about the Metal Gear and Snake had finally contacted him, albeit quite early. The conversation was brief of course, Otacon merely told Ryu that they were going for a drive and asked if he wanted to come along. Ryu packed his gear in his duffel bag and when Snake's car drove around he put his equipment in the trunk and got inside.

They had already been driving for almost two hours and both Raiden and Otacon were sleeping. Snake seemed tired as well and Ryu chose not to distract him from driving. They were on a road in the rural area past London. On either side of them were long stretches of grass with the occasional building and animal breaking up the monotony. The sky was overcast and made the morning seem more like evening.

Otacon yawned and finally woke up from his nap. After stretching a bit and rubbing his eyes he took his glasses out of his pocket and put them on.

"Did you have a nice nap?" Ryu asked.

"Yes actually, we haven't slept for the past three days really." Otacon answered groggily.

"Why not?" Said Ryu as Otacon opened his laptop and turned it on. The laptop began to hum.

"Hey Snake, how about getting some breakfast?" Otacon asked ignoring Ryu's question.

Snake merely grunted and turned at the next exit with a gas station and some fast food.

Otacon turned to his laptop and began to perform, what Ryu thought, was his routine. After he seemed satisfied he sighed and began talking. "We were tracking Project Pegasus for the past few days. And so far we had come up with a lot of blanks. However there were a few leads for us." With a handful of clicks of his mouse he opened a window which displayed several company logos with various statistics regarding them. "Most of the companies on the payroll seem to be fairly straightforward, however one company was bothering me. When I began to look into it I couldn't even discern its full name, only the logo 'MM'."

Ryu looked confused; "MM?" he looked over the crimson letters along with the accompanying data. The company was founded virtually yesterday, with no data regarding the employees, spokespeople, or specialization.

Otacon continued, "Major Mystery is more like it, as you can see we have no data on that company which was why we started to look into the blanks. Although we didn't get many answers, we did find something concrete yesterday."

Ryu looked up at Otacon, "Which is?"

With a few clicks Otacon closed the window and brought up another one with a GPS map along with a route pointing to a destination in Scotland. "A set of GPS coordinates towards that location. We found satellite photos of the area. It's an unspoiled reserve that humans very seldom visit. It's large and not mapped anywhere. It is a perfect hiding spot for something as large as a Metal Gear." Otacon sighed and looked at Ryu, "We also found what we think is the codename for the site, Hogwarts. Mean anything to you?"

Ryu looked puzzled, "Hogwarts? It's not ringing any bells."

"I tried finding any instance of that word that could be meaningful; however I drew another blank there." Both sighed. Otacon went back to his computer and Ryu looked out the window

The overcast sky was becoming a bit lighter and the scenery became more rugged. In a few more hours they would be entering Scotland.

300 miles Northwest of London, 'Hogwarts', Scotland

3:03 PM, October 23rd 2003

The coordinates led to a secluded location in the Scotland wilderness. The landscape was virtually untouched by human hands; however this proved to be a hindrance as the dirt road ended several miles away from the location. After arriving at the location, the team grabbed their gear and walked for several minutes before arriving in front of a large lake next to a huge forest.

"Do you think it could be in the lake?" Raiden asked while setting up his surveillance equipment.

"Probably not. I don't think Britain has any intention of repeating America's fiasco with Big Shell." answered Snake. "It's likely being built somewhere on land, or most likely even underground."

"But you saw the photos Snake, other than that railroad there's nothing here, no roads, and no facilities. How else could they hide a metal gear so well?" responded Raiden.

"Maybe we just got the wrong location." offered Snake. "It's possible that this is merely to mislead people or it's just a testing site, with the actual location being elsewhere."

"What about the Castle? It looks big enough to store the Metal Gear and all the necessary materials." asked Ryu.

"Which Castle? There's not a single castle for miles, you saw the satellite images." replied Otacon.

"Are you sure you're not hallucinating?" asked Raiden with a smirk.

Mumbling something under his breath, Ryu reached into his duffel bag and pulled out a set of thermal goggles. After looking through them for a while, he offered the goggles to Raiden. "See for yourself."

"What is that? Are you sure these goggles are working?" said Raiden in disbelief.

"Positive." Ryu said, already irritated.

The thermal goggles were passed around a few more times with the same result for everyone. Despite the fact that there was no visible evidence of human presence, the thermal goggles revealed a giant heat signature which could not be naturally caused by anything short of a massive fire.

"It's possible they're using some sort of light bending material to hide the castle. Kind of like a stealth field of sorts. However this doesn't explain how Ryu can see it." said Otacon.

"It's not that important." said Ryu "Since I'm the only who can see that, I guess I'll go in and do some recon. Check out the security, maybe find out if there's any way to disable that energy field or something."

"Are you sure you can handle it yourself?" asked Raiden, "After all, Big Shell took the efforts of me Snake and at least four other people and we barely made it out alive."

"It's not like I'm going in to destroy Metal Gear, just recon." replied Ryu.

"And besides, he can call us up for any additional advice." said Otacon. "I can handle any tech stuff, and Snake can give some combat tips I guess."

"And what about me?" asked Raiden.

"You can save his progress." replied Otacon.

"What? Do you think this is some sort of a game?" Raiden burst out.

"I meant the info he sends us as he progresses into the castle. You can save it in the laptop." Otacon said, with a mild smirk.

Raiden shot him a look, when he heard a click. Everyone turned around and saw Ryu attach a silencer to his pistol.

"Heckler and Koch USP?" asked Snake. "You might want to use this instead." Snake took out another pistol with a silencer attached already. "It's a modified Beretta M9 made to fire tranquilizer rounds. Use it to avoid killing guards and leaving blood trails for the enemy."

"Got it." grunted Ryu and holstered the second pistol.

"Also use this." said Otacon and took a digital camera from his bag and handed it to Ryu. "The pictures will be directly transmitted to my laptop so we can get a better understanding of the facility." Without a word Ryu took the camera and placed it in a pocket on his body armor.

"Ever use one of these?" Ryu turned around to find Raiden holding a sheathed katana.

"On occasion." Ryu responded.

"Consider this a personal gift; just don't go slicing people up too much." Raiden finished with a smirk.

After placing the sword on his back, Ryu grabbed the remaining pieces of equipment from his bag, which included several grenades, some throwing knives, and his personal combat knife. After checking all of his equipment he looked at the trio and nodded.

"We'll be in touch over nano-communications if you need us." Said Snake.

Without uttering another word Ryu set off towards the castle in a light jog. The sky was still overcast and he used the nearby forest to somewhat cover his movements. There was a seemingly abandoned hut ahead from which Ryu planned to scout out the castle before actually going inside.

In the distance stood the castle where he would not only find Metal Gear, but the answers he was looking for. The wind began to pick up and the gusts blew leaves in front of Ryu's path. Quickening his pace, Ryu began his infiltration.

-End Ch2-

Author's Notes:

-Ok this should have been done a while ago I'll try to do the third chapter a bit faster.

-The reason why Ryu can see the castle will be revealed later. But rest assured there is a good reason why

-Same goes for MM