"Lyoko Files - Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes"
By cdc100
Summary: XANA has used his influence to take control of the most dangerous weapon in history. The gang will have to team up with a legendary mercenary to stop him…
Disclaimer: This is a work of pure, non-profit fanfiction. Metal Gear Solid is the property of Konami, Kojima Productions and Hideo Kojima. Code Lyoko is the property of Antefilms, Moonscoop, France 3, Canal J, Cartoon Network, Tania Palumbo and Thomas Romain. Please support the official releases.
Note: I don't know if I'm spelling Jeremie's name right. I've seen it spelled, "Jeremie," and "Jeremy," so just bear with me. If anyone thinks I should change the spelling, send me a review.
Chapter Two
"Shadow Moses Island"
It wasn't long before the USS Discovery had made it within a few miles of Shadow Moses Island. On board, Colonel Campbell and Dr. Naomi Hunter prepared for the operation. Meanwhile, down in one of the torpedo compartments, Snake had boarded the SDV and was ready for launch.
After a few minutes, the Discovery launched the vehicle in the direction of the island. Snake held on tightly as the SDV glided through the water. He looked out the vehicle's forward view camera and watched as the island came into view. Snake pressed a button and ejected from the vehicle just as it was about to collide with a group of underwater hills near the island. He steadied himself and started to swim toward the island.
After a few minutes, he made it inside a cave, and popped up out of the water. Inside the cave was a loading dock with several soldiers patrolling. Snake pulled out his binoculars and looked through them, over at the dock. The soldiers were not looking in his direction, and a couple of them were following a man with a long brown trench coat, and shaggy blond hair that stopped at his shoulders.
"Stay alert," said a voice, which Snake deduced came from the man in the coat.
"He'll be through here," said the voice, with a heavy British accent. "I know it."
The man stepped onto the elevator and spoke to the two sentries flanking him.
"I'm going to swat down a couple of…bothersome flies," he said.
The agent put his finger to his ear and heard a chirping sound.
"This is Snake," said the agent. "Colonel, can you hear me?"
(A/N: Solid Snake – David Hayter)
"Loud and clear," said Campbell. "What's the situation, Snake?"
(A/N: Colonel Roy Campbell – Paul Eiding)
"Looks like the elevator in the back is the only way up," said Snake.
"Just as I expected," said Campbell. "You'll have to take the elevator to the surface. But make sure nobody sees you. If you need to, contact me by Codec, the frequency is 140.85. The Codec will directly stimulate the small bones of your ear. No one but you will be able to hear it."
"Got it," said Snake. "Okay, I'm ready to go."
Snake proceeded out of the water and to the elevator at the back, taking out several guards along the way. Since the only things he had with him were a pair of binoculars and a pack of cigarettes, he had to rely on a cleaner method: strangulation.
Once he made it to the back of the room, he crouched down and waited for the elevator to come back down.
Snake heard his Codec ring and listened as Campbell spoke again.
"Snake," he said. "Don't forget this is a covert operation. There are lots of bad guys and only one of you. If you're spotted, you'll be surrounded before you know t.
"If that happens, you're finished," said Naomi.
(A/N: Dr. Naomi Hunter – Jennifer Hale)
"First, go to the elevator in the back and take it up to the ground floor," said Campbell. "Then, look for the DARPA Chief."
After the connection was cut, the elevator came back down and a guard stepped off. Snake snuck past the guard and boarded the elevator, which began its ascent immediately.
As the elevator made its climb, Snake removed all the other scuba gear he had been wearing. The air tank on his back fell to the floor of the elevator with a loud THUNK, and as he removed his goggles and pulled off the swimming mask, he shook his head from side to side, releasing the tails of a black headband that covered Snake's whole forehead, including his eyebrows, and accompanied dark gray and black fatigues, black boots, black and gray knee and elbow pads, black gloves, and a black flac vest and harness. Once he had straightened and tightened his equipment, he was ready to go.
-THE LYOKO FILES-
TACTICAL ESPIONAGE ACTION
METAL GEAR SOLID:
THE TWIN SNAKES
Once the elevator stopped, Snake found he was back outside. Looking ahead, he saw a helicopter getting ready to take off. To avoid being spotted, he ducked behind a pile of crates, then pressed a finger to his ear.
The Codec let out a loud chirp once again.
"It's Snake," said Snake. "I'm in front of the disposal facility."
"Excellent, Snake," said Campbell. "Age hasn't slowed you down one bit."
"Kept you waiting, huh?" asked Snake.
Naomi spoke over the Codec.
"How's that sneaking suit working out?" she asked.
"I'm nice and dry," said Snake, "but it's a little hard to move."
"Bear with it," said Naomi. "It's designed to prevent hypothermia. This is Alaska, you know."
"Take it easy," said Snake. "I'm grateful. If it wasn't for your suit and your shot, I would have turned into a popsicle out here."
"An anti-freezing peptide, Snake," said Naomi. "All of the Genome Soldiers in this exercise are using it."
"I'm relieved to hear that," said Snake. "Already tested, huh? By the way, how's the diversionary operation going?"
"Two F-16's just took off from Galena and are headed your way," said Campbell. "The terrorist's radar should have picked them up by now."
Snake peeked around the crates and looked through his binoculars. He saw the man from the elevator, flanked by a couple of the terrorists, boarding the prepped helicopter, which Snake could see was…
"A Hind D?" asked Snake. "Colonel, what's a Russian gunship doing here?"
"I have no idea," said Campbell, "but it looks like our little diversion got their attention. Now's your best chance to slip in unnoticed."
The Hind took off and flew in the direction of the oncoming assault.
"There are only 18 hours left until their deadline," said Campbell. "You've got to hurry."
"Wow," said yet another female voice. "He must be crazy to fly a Hind in this kind of weather."
"Who's that?" asked Snake.
"Oh, sorry," said Campbell. "I haven't introduced you two yet. This is Mei Ling. She was assigned to us as our visual and data processing specialist. She designed your Codec, as well as your Soliton Radar system. Contact her if you have any questions about either of them."
The screen of Snake's Codec changed to reveal the face of a very young and very attractive young woman, who looked like she could be of Chinese descent.
"Nice to meet you, Snake," said the young woman with a smile. "It's an honor to speak to a living legend like yourself."
(A/N: Mei Ling – Kim Mai Guest)
Snake simply stared at the image on-screen.
"What's wrong?" asked Mei Ling, frowning.
"Nothing," said Snake. "I just didn't expect a world-class designer of military technology to be so…cute."
Mei Ling laughed.
"You're just flattering me…" she said.
"No, I'm serious," said Snake. "Now I know I won't be bored for the next 18 hours."
"Come on," said Mei Ling, chuckling. "I can't believe I'm being hit on by the famous Solid Snake…but I'm surprised. You're very frank for a trained killer."
"Looks like we both have a lot to learn about each other," said Snake.
"Yeah," said Mei Ling. "I'm looking forward to meeting the man behind the legend…but first, let me explain about your Soliton Radar system. The bright dot in the middle is you, Snake. The red dots are your enemies and the blue cone shape represents their field of vision."
"Be careful, Snake," said Naomi. "The Genome Soldiers have highly developed senses of hearing and vision due to their gene therapy. Make sure you don't let them see you."
"First, I want you to infiltrate the disposal site and look for the DARPA Chief," said Campbell.
"The DARPA Chief was injected with the same GPS transmitting nanomachines as you," said Naomi.
"He should appear on your radar as a green dot," said Mei Ling.
"Get whatever information you can from him about the terrorists," said Campbell. "If he's alive, that is…"
"Snake, your radar isn't affected by the weather, but if you're discovered by an enemy, you won't be able to use it," said Mei Ling.
"Yes," said Campbell. "It gets jammed easily, I'm afraid."
"Yes," said Mei Ling. "It's all made from currently existing technology. You won't be able to use it in an area with strong harmonic resonance. So be careful."
"We'll be monitoring your movements by radar," said Campbell. "Contact us by Codec any time you want."
"Got it," said Snake. "I'll call you if I'm feeling lonely."
"Seriously, Snake," said Naomi. "We're here to back you up, so call if you need some information or advice."
"I'm also in charge of your mission data," said Mei Ling. "Contact me if you want me to record your current status. My frequency is 140.96. It's a dedicated frequency for saving data. Don't forget it."
"Remember," said Campbell, "except for your binoculars, you're naked. You need to arm yourself with whatever weapons you can find."
"I remember," said Snake. "First I'm strip searched by Dr. Naomi here, and then all my weapons are taken away. Imagine yourself put in that position."
"Well, if you make it back in one piece, maybe I'll let you do a strip search on me," said Naomi, clearly sarcastically.
"Mm…I'll hold you to that, Doctor," said Snake. "By the way, sorry to disappoint you, but I did manage to smuggle out my smokes."
"How did you do that?" asked Naomi.
"In my stomach," said Snake. "Thanks to the shot you gave me that suppressed my stomach acids."
"Cigarettes?" asked Mei Ling. "How are those going to help you?"
"You never know," said Snake.
"If you want to get in, there's the front door," said Campbell.
Snake pulled out his binoculars and took a look at the front door, which was flanked by two sentries.
"It's the fastest way," said Campbell. "But there's too much risk of being spotted by the enemy."
"I can't just knock on the door and ask them to let me in," said Snake, looking at the door. "One sentry on the left, and one on the right. They're armed with five five sixers and pineapples."
"What about the air duct near the door?" asked Campbell.
Snake looked over to the left, and found the air duct Campbell mentioned.
"There should also be a duct on the second floor," said Campbell.
Snake looked up at the catwalk above the door.
"I can't see it from here," said Snake.
Snake lowered his binoculars and hid behind the containers once again.
"I'll let you decide the best COA," said Campbell. "I'm counting on you, Snake."
Snake crouched down and rushed through the falling snow toward the other cargo containers. He spotted one soldier and ducked for cover. As the soldier came by, Snake sprung out of hiding and choked him out, hiding the body behind the container. He saw the helipad the Hind D had taken off from, being illuminated by a couple of spotlights. Periodically, the lights would overlap and then illuminate the opposite end of the pad.
As the lights changed, Snake rushed across the platform and looked in one of the nearby rooms of the facility. He heard a whirring sound inside one of them, and looked up to the upper part of the wall near the door.
"A surveillance camera?" asked Snake.
Snake ran past the camera, and ducked behind another cargo container. Nearby was a supply truck, which was being guarded by a couple of soldiers.
Once the soldiers were out of view, Snake rushed to the back of the truck and jumped in. He ducked behind on of the crates inside and took a look around. Before he came out of the truck, he spotted something. Picking it up, he found that it was a SOCOM.
He immediately holstered the weapon and hopped out of the truck once he knew the coast was clear. He quickly made his way past several guards and another surveillance camera as he went up a flight of stairs. Once at the top, he knocked out another guard and got another call from Campbell.
"That base must have some kind of ventilation system to recirculate the air," he said. "There should be an air duct around there somewhere. They need a lot of power to run the base. There's probably a diesel generator somewhere. And since generating electricity requires oxygen, there must be exhaust openings for that, too. You're not going to believe this, but they shot down the F-16s we were using as a diversion…with a Hind D! Then we got a message from Liquid. He said if we try something like that again, he'll launch the nuke! Snake, hurry up and get in there! That Hind will be coming back soon."
Snake looked around and noticed an air duct right behind the guard he knocked out. He immediately got down and started to crawl in.
Back in France, the six teenagers were running through the sewers en route to an abandoned factory.
"I am so glad this is a weekend!" said the shortest boy, Odd. "The last thing I need is to get in trouble with Mrs. Hertz again for falling asleep in class!"
(A/N: Odd Della Robbia – Matthew Géczy)
"Oh, like you staying awake for class would make a lick of difference," said the smallest girl, Aelita.
(A/N: Aelita Stones/Schaeffer – Sharon Mann)
"Hey," said Odd. "You get credit for trying."
"Guys," said the tallest boy, William, "The point is, the weekend is just starting, so we can fight XANA all we want."
(A/N: William Dunbar – David Gasman)
"William's right," said the boy with brown hair, Ulrich. "Weekend's young and so are we. Besides, Odd, I know you were going to pull another all-night robot fighter video game frenzy."
(A/N: Ulrich Stern – Barbara Weber-Scaff)
"I hate to say it, but you're right," said Odd. "Fighting XANA is a lot more fun in some ways."
"Name one," said the Asian girl, Yumi.
(A/N: Yumi Ishiyama – Mirabelle Kirkland)
"He keeps you on your toes?" input Odd.
"That he does," said the boy with glasses, Jeremie. "I don't like it."
(A/N: Jeremie Belpois – Sharon Mann)
"I'm with Jeremie on that one," said Yumi. "I would take any boring day over a day with a XANA attack. I don't care what happened that day."
"I try to look on the positive," said Odd.
The group began to climb up a ladder that led to a manhole, which in turn led to a bridge to the factory.
"There's a positive to fighting XANA?" asked Yumi.
"Yeah," said Odd. "Think about it. Any fight we have with him is a chance to finish him off for good."
"I don't know about that, Odd," said Jeremie. "XANA isn't just going to give up after failing to beat us a certain number of times."
"Fine," said Odd. "A chance to bug the heck out of him, then."
Odd laughed.
"Get it?" he asked. "Bug?"
"Don't quit your day job, Odd," said William.
The group went to an elevator within the factory and went down to the lower level.
"I'll get you guys ready to head off."
Jeremie virtualized the group and sent them on the Skidbladnir, a virtual submarine that allowed the group to travel through the digital sea from the virtual world of Lyoko to any of the "replikas" XANA made of Lyoko.
The warriors boarded the sub and were ready to go.
"So, Jeremie," said Ulrich. "What do you make of that message that XANA sent?"
"I'm still working on that," said Jeremie. "Secondarily, but I'm working on it. Keeping you guys safe comes first."
"What have you turned up so far?" asked Yumi as the group shot through the digital sea.
"Nothing concrete yet," said Jeremie. "I sincerely doubt he's talking about machinery at the factory."
"Yeah," said Odd. "When I saw the words, 'Metal Gear' on-screen I thought this might all have something to do with clocks. Like, maybe he'd taken over a clock factory or something."
"Not the worst idea you've ever had, Odd," said Jeremie. "But I just keep getting these weird search results."
"Weird how?" asked Aelita.
"Well, one of them is about a place called 'Outer Heaven,'" said Jeremie. "Another is a place called Zanzibarland."
"Zanzibar?" asked Ulrich. "You mean like the island in Africa?"
"Not quite," said Jeremie. "Same spelling, different location."
"What else?" asked William. "Anything that actually makes sense?"
"Well, from what I understand, these two places…well, they were both destroyed and are no longer even on the map," said Jeremie. "Outer Heaven was destroyed in a huge explosion back in 1995, and Zanzibarland was destroyed by an air strike in 1999."
"So we've got two huge places wiped off the map by military intervention," said Yumi. "You think you could dig further and see why they were wiped out?"
"I'll see what I can do," said Jeremie. "In the meantime, get ready. You're not much further from the replika."
To Be Continued…
F-16 – Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon – a single-engine, multirole fighter jet developed for the United States Air Force. Capable of Mach 2 and an altitude of 40,000 ft.
Galena – Galena Air Force Base; now known as Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport – a state owned, public use airport located in Galena, Alaska. As Galena Air Force Base, it was used as a military transport base.
Hind D – NATO designation for the Mil Mi-24, a large Russian helicopter gunship.
Five five sixers – Refers to firearms using 5.56 mm NATO cartridges as ammunition.
Pineapple – A Mk 2 defensive hand grenade, a fragmentation hand grenade used by the U.S. armed forces.
COA – Course of action
SOCOM – Colloquial name for the Heckler & Koch MK23 pistol, chambered for .45 ACP, with a detachable box magazine that can hold 12 rounds, a rail system that can be used to fit a flashlight and laser sight, and a threaded barrel so that it can be equipped with a suppressor. Adopted as an offensive handgun by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
