Wow! Yet another update! I can crank these out if I try!

I'm so sick of doing Disclaimers: I do not own Metroid, Metal Gear Solid, Konami, Silicon Knights, Retro Studios, or anything else!

I'm not stealing, I'm creatively rewriting them.

Metroid Gear Solid

Chapter 4: Sickness

After herring this, Samus' jaw dropped, she had never heard of any of this in her studies, something was very wrong here.

Solid Snake was completely taken aback by this startling turn of events. "How do they plan to launch? I though this place was just for keeping the dismantled warheads. They shouldn't have access to a missile..." he said, a small amount of panic in his voice.

"What I'm about to tell you is classified information. Okay? We were conducting exercises of a new type of experimental weapon. A weapon that will change the world." replied the DARPA Chief.

"What?"

"A weapon with the ability to launch a nuclear attack from any place on the face of the earth. A nuclear equipped, walking battle tank."

"Metal Gear!? It can't be!"

"You knew!? Metal Gear is one of the most secret black projects! How did you know that?"

"We've had a couple of run-ins in the past." He said, remembering his previous two encounters with Big Boss, "So that's the reason you were here at this disposal site?"

"Why else would I come to a God-forsaken place like this."

"I had heard the Metal Gear project was scrapped."

"On the contrary, it has grown into a huge joint project between ArmsTech and ourselves. We were going to use this exercise as raw data and then proceed to mass production. If it hadn't been for the revolution."

"Revolution... ?"

"Rex has fallen into the hands of the terrorists."

"Rex?"

Outside the cell, Johnny was hearing the chief talking to himself, and it is driving him crazy. He walked towards the door.

"Metal Gear Rex, the codename for the new Metal Gear prototype. They're probably already finished aiming the warhead they plan to use with Rex. These guys are pros. They're all experienced in handling and equipping weapons."

Snake heard foot steps moving at the door and ducked under the bed as the Guard banged on the door, "Hey! Shut up in there will ya!" he said, and walked away, then Snake got out from under the bed.

"But I thought that all nuclear warheads were equipped with safety measures. Some kind of detonation code that you have to input." Said Snake.

"Oh, you mean PAL. Yes, of course, there is a PAL. It's set up so that you need to input two different passwords in order to launch the device."

"There are two passwords?"

"Yes. Baker knows one and I know one."

"Baker? The president of ArmsTech?"

"That's right. Each of us has to input our password or there can be no launch. But... they found out my password."

"You talked?"

"Psycho Mantis can read people's minds. You can't resist."

"This is bad..."

"It's just a matter of time before they get Baker's too."

"If they find out Baker's password..."

"Yes. They'll be able to launch a nuke anytime. But there is a way to stop the launch."

"How?"

"The card keys. They were designed by ArmsTech, the system developers as an emergency override. even without the passwords, you can just insert the card keys and engage the safety lock."

"And if I do that?"

"Yes. You can stop the launch."

"That card key..." Said Meryl.

"You know about them?" asked Samus.

"More like "it"."

"What do you mean?" Asked Samus, she now knew that she must stop this no mater what, the change in the future would be horrible if she didn't.

"Baker, the President of ArmsTech, gave me this card," she reached in to her shirt and pulled a yellow card, "just before the revolt."

"Well, we have to keep it safe until we find the others."

They continued listing to the conversation next door.

"So where are the keys?" asked Snake.

"Baker should have them. Listen, you need three card keys. There are three different slots to put them in. You need to insert a card into each one of them."

"Okay three card keys. Do you know where they might be keeping Baker?"

"I heard the guard say they moved him to an area of the second floor basement that has a lot of electronic jamming."

"The second floor basement, any other clues?"

"Yes... they cemented over the entrances but didn't have enough time to paint over them." The Chief fished something out of his pocket, "Here, take this. It's my ID card. It'll open any level one security door. It's called a Personal Area Network card. It works together with your body's own electrical field."

"Now the doors will open automatically, gotcha. OK, I'm going to get you out of here."

"Wait a minute."

"What is it?"

"You haven't heard of another way to disarm the PAL, have you? From your bosses or anyone."

"No."

"Are you sure you haven't heard anything?"

"I just said no."

"So, does the White House plan to give in to the terrorists demands?"

"That's their problem. It has nothing to do with my orders."

"But... what about the Pentagon?" The chief is beginning to sound distressed.

"Pentagon?"

Then the Chief doubled over, clutching his chest. "Wwh... why?" he said as he gasped for breath, then he fell over, dead.

Meryl banged on the door, "Guard, GUARD!"

Johnny looked at his partner, "You wanna take this one?"

"Nah, I gotta go to the bathroom." Said the other guard as he headded for the restroom next to the control room.

Johnny walked to the door, "What is it?"

"I have to go the infirmary, the pains gotten worse!" Cried Meryl, grabbing her stomach.

"Oh, fine," said Johnny as he opened the door, "but no funny buss... ACK!" He fell to the ground from the roundhouse kick delivered by Samus.

"Who needs a power suit?" She thought to herself as Meryl striped the guard and put his clothes on.

"Samus, you take the other guard, I'll see what happened to the chief!"

Samus ran to the door of the restroom and waited until the guard opened the door, she took him out in the same fashion.

Snake quickly called Campbell on his codec.

"Naomi! The chief! What happened?" He said in a mild panic.

"I... I don't know. It looked like a heart attack but..." Replied Naomi.

The Colonel chimed in "A heart attack? No..."

"Colonel, are you hiding something from me?" Asked Snake, acid in his words.

"Absolutely not. Snake, you've got to understand. This OP is security level Red. You need the highest security clearance to get access to the complete file."

"You want me to believe that you are in charge of this OP, but you don't have access to the complete file!?"

"I told you. The Secretary of Defense is in operational control. I'm just here as your support."

There was a pause in the communication, The Campbell said, "Snake, we don't have time to debate. Get out of there and find President Baker!"

The channel closed, and the cell door opened. Snake took a look outside the door and found one guard knocked out and nude, and another being striped by a blond woman in what looks much like his sneaking suit, only blue.

"Don't move!" Shouted a female voice behind him, she looked in the cell, "So you killed the Chief. You bastard!"

Snake turned around to see the woman behind him, while putting his hands up, the woman stepped back when she saw his face.

"Liquid!? No... you're not."

Snake took a step forward, this time, the other woman spoke up, "Don't move!"

The second woman, who had not put her mask on yet, walked up next to the first woman. Snake looked at the women's weapons, the first woman hands were shaking.

"Is this the first time you've ever pointed a gun at a person?" He said, indicating the first woman, "Your hands are shaking." He took a look at the blonde woman, she was calm, cool, and collected, her face had fine, almost bird-like features, "You," He nodded at the blonde, "you've done this before, haven't you"

"I've been around." said the blonde, not lowering her Frames Assault rifle.

"Can you shoot me, rookie?" He once again indicateed the first woman.

"Careful, I'm no rookie!!" she spat back.

"Liar! That nervous glance... that scared look in your eyes. They're rookie's eyes if I ever saw them. You've never shot a person, am right?"

"You talk too much."

"You haven't even taken the safety off, rookie."

Just then, the door to the holding area burst open and enemy soldiers rushed in. Every one faced the open door. Snake shouted, "What are you doing!? Don't think! Shoot!"

It would be impossible to tell exactly how many bullets were fired, solders continued to rush in the door. A stray bullet hit a near-by fire extinguisher, filling the room with white fog. Soon, all the solders are dead on the ground, Snake and the two women stood there for a few seconds, still on a combat high, the blonde woman snapped out of her daze and shook the first woman, they headed for the elevator, "Thanks for the help!" Said the blonde.

"Wait! Who are you?" Shouted Snake, running after them, the blonde turned around and fired at him, making sure not to hit him, only to slow him down. They both steped into the elevator. As Snake looked around the corner, he saw a faint image of a man floating just in front of the elevator door.

The man spoke, "Good girl, just like that." his words muffled by a gas mask on his face. He disappeared just in time for Snake to see the first woman take her mask off, and a flash of red hair.

Suddenly, a sharp pain erupted into Snake's head, and a vision flashed in his head.

"You fool! You've killed him!!' Said a man with a British accent, he looked at a unidentifiable body.

"I'm sorry, Sir." Said a second man.

"His mental shielding was very strong. I could not dive into his mind." Said the man Snake just saw in front of the elevator.

"Now we'll never get that detonation code!" It was the first man again.

"Boss, I have a good idea." Said the second man as the vision faded away.

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EDITED DUE TO BAD GRAMMER AND SPELLING ON 3/25/2008