As Sheik ran down the empty ally, she heard a noise. Inaudible at first, but then she began to be annoyed by it. Beep, beep, beep. She stopped and took off her cloak. Sure enough, there was something on it. It was tiny, barely noticeable, but there. A small red light flickered off it in time with the beeping. Dropping the cloak, she hid behind a trash-can. As she lay in wait for her follower, she saw the strangest thing. Her cloak began floating. She started thinking magic, but then noticed it was in a grip. Electricity began forming around the cloak, and a figure appeared, holding the cloak. He looked very mechanical and skilled, armed with a katana. He dropped the cloak and turned his back to her. Pulling out one of her dagger-needles, Sheik snuck out from behind the can and charged him, hoping to drop him here and now. He knew she was there. He turned and dodged the attack. Looking to her, he yelled from behind his mask, "Found you!" Sheik threw the needle and, when the man/machine blocked it, charged with her short sword draw. He drew his katana and matched her move for move. She knew she couldn't win, so she sheathed her blade and jumped to the roof of one of the buildings and ran. He began his pursuit, catching up rapidly. "He's not normal…" she thought aloud.

'Why is this guy running?' This was one of Raiden's many thoughts as he pursued his target. He began loosing him, so he activated the cyber-limbs of the suit, soon gaining inhuman speed. As he caught up with the strange fighter, he used his target aid in his helmet and struck him on a small point of the neck, rendering him unconscious. Flipping on his CODEC, he radioed Snake.

Snake was driving the 'company car', an old, rusty Chevy pick-up. He'd been following Raiden on a GPS, augmented by Otacon, when he heard said 'hot-shot' on his CODEC. "Snake! This is Raiden! Do you copy?" "This is Snake, go ahead." "Snake! Great news! I have captured the target. Requesting extraction from the ally by 33rd and Sunny View." "Roger. I'll be by a few minutes. Stay hidden and keep your prisoner incapacitated." Snake started speeding a little, hoping to get there before he was needed. He couldn't help but feel a small sense of pride in Raiden. "Good job, kid."

'Sheik. Sheik. Wake up. You still have a mission.' 'Have you found the Metal Gear unit yet? Metal Gear, Metal Gear, Metal Gear, Metal-' "Ah!" Sheik sat upright so quickly, blood rushed to her head and she collapsed back down onto the bed she was on. Where was she? How did she get here? Who was that man/machine? A million questions race through her mind at once, all without answers. Looking around, she was in a white room with one door and no windows. An odd white chair sat in the corner opposite the bed she sat on, and nothing else. She had no resources, no idea where she was or how she got there, where she could go, or how to get there. Checking her person, she found she was also without weapons. Even her harp was gone. After a few minutes in the room with nothing to do, the door opened and in walked a man with long blonde hair and some type of strange, black crossbow. Along with him, there was a man with graying brown hair wearing a long, white coat and glasses, unarmed. "What is your name?" he asked. "My name is Sheik," she replied. "Uh-huh. And where are you from?" "I am everywhere. I wander." The man began writing it all down on a clipboard. "And, what does that symbol-" he pointed to her Sheikah emblem on her shirt. "-mean? Is it religious? Ancestral? Tribal?" "It is the sign of my people." Sheik was getting rather annoyed. "Why do you care?" she demanded. "I'm just doing my job. I don't mean to offend. Now, if you'll let me run a few medical tests, just to make sure you weren't injured during your delivery here, I can get this done a lot faster." Sheik decided to cooperate, for now. It was only because she was unarmed. The man took her blood pressure, took her temperature, made her follow the light, and a few other miner things. He seemed to know what he was doing. The blonde-haired man had left a few minutes ago, trusting the two not to fight. "By the way," the man said. "My name is Hal Emmerich. I'll bring you some food in about an hour. If you need anything, just press that button over there by the door to contact me." With that, he got up and left.

Otacon walked up the stairs, going over his notes. "Any info on the new Metal Gear, Otacon?" Looking up from his board, he saw Snake. "No, not yet. He's still getting settled. I told him I'd be back with some food later." Snake nodded and left for the television, hoping something other than reality shows and news was on. Working on the strange text Raiden had sent him almost a day ago, Otacon almost lost track of time and started fixing a quick meal for their new guest. It was microwavable macaroni and cheese, some toast, and a Jones soda, but it would have to do. Moving down the stairs with the tray, he almost dropped it when the lights flickered off and on. At first, he thought it was another power flux in the building's crappy wiring. But when he opened the cell door at the bottom of the stairs, he saw Sheik laying on the floor, spasming from an electrical shock.

Sheik was getting bored and hungry. It seemed forever since she'd talked with that man, Hal. As she paced back and forth, her mind began to wander. What if he wasn't coming back? What if they were just going to let her starve and rot here? What if, what if, what if. It was taking its toll on her, and she began looking for a way out. She remembered the button next to the door, which, she found out a while ago, was locked and securely in place. She wouldn't be able to break it down. She opened the panel the button was mounted in and began fiddling with the wires. She just about had the thing figured out when a noise from above startled her, causing her to break one of the wires. All of a sudden, she felt excruciating pain fly through her entire body.

Setting down the food, Otacon looked to the panel by the door that held the button he'd pointed out earlier that had been popped open and fiddled with. A wire had broken and electrocuted Sheik. It was a big shock, too. It had caused the house to surge for a second. He began removing Sheik's top half of clothing, hoping to hear a heartbeat more clearly. "Snake! Raiden! Someone bring my first aid kit!" he yelled. He finally managed to remove the eye-symbol rag and had put his ear to her chest. "Shit." Hearing nothing he began to take off the tight, blue undershirt. Snake and Raiden ran down the stairs, Raiden with the first aid kit. "What happened?!" Snake shouted. "Later." Otacon answered. Once the blue shirt was off, they noticed a black body suit made of rubber, or something like it. Removing it, they saw something that shocked them all. Under the body suit, Sheik wore bandages over her chest, in order to hide something. "He's a SHE?" Raiden gasped. Snapping out of his thoughts, Otacon took the first aid kit and began treating for shock. "Later Raiden." He put his ear to her chest and heard a heartbeat. A good sign, but it was beating too fast. There was also a burn on her right hand. "Raiden, dress her hand. It's burned." Otacon braced himself for what he was about to do. To slow down her heart rate, he had to breathe for her. Plugging her nose, he put his mouth to hers and began taking deep, slow breaths, breathing into her. After about ten breaths, he checked her heart rate. It had gone down considerably. Looking back to her face, she'd passed out and was sleeping.