Author's note: As some of you may have noticed in the last chapter there were lines that were from the game. I found a script of the whole thing on a site and it's helping me write this story, awesome! Anyways, in this chapter I'm doing the same but giving some major alterations to make the chapter not as long… Now on with the show!

Disclaimer: Yeah I know I know, I forgot this for the other 3 chapters, super sorry, I need to put giant sticky note on my forehead to remember. Anyways I don not own any of the characters, story concepts or anything else that I have borrowed from MGS. I do however own Phoenix, she is MY oc!

Chapter 4: Torture Session

Snake woke up to the sounds of people talking, there were two of them. Above him was a medical light and he was strapped onto a metal table. He noticed that he was only wearing pants and all his gear was missing. He looked around and couldn't see Meryl or Phoenix anywhere.

"Relax your female friends are safe, for now." A blond haired man said.

"Ocelot I want him alive. No more accidents like that DARPA chief."

"Do you need his DNA too?" Wolf had joined the other two.

"Yes, I want a sample while he's still alive. We need it to correct the Genome Soldier's mutation."

"Then we'll be able to cure them?"

Snake stopped listening to their conversation for a moment and thought about what had happened earlier. Meryl… Then he suddenly became focused on a new problem, where had they taken Phoenix? He would need her help for Metal Gear Rex, hopefully her wounds wouldn't slow her down too much.

"Boss, looks like our friend is awake."

"There's definitely a resemblance, don't you think, brother. It doesn't matter. You and I are the last surviving "sons of Big Boss".

Liquid's cell phone started ringing and he picked it up almost immediately. The three talk for a while in slightly hushed voices and Snake goes back to thinking about Meryl and Phoenix, where are they?

"Perhaps there's a spy among us… Mantis is dead. We've also got to find out what killed Baker and Octopus. We're shorthanded, so make this little torture show of yours as short as possible."

"Torture? This is an interrogation."

"As you wish." Liquid turns to Snake, "See you later, brother…"

Liquid leaves and Wolf walks up to snake.

"Your women are still in this world."

"Meryl…"

"Catch you later handsome."

Wolf leaves.

"Where are my things?" Snake demanded

"Oh don't worry, there all there. Washington has taken quite a chance sending you here. Someone must have a lot of faith in your skills, huh carrier boy?"

"So metal Gear is armed with a new type of nuclear warhead, huh?"

"Why don't you go ask Campbell for the full story."

"The colonel!"

"Is Meryl okay?" Snake thought about Phoenix then decided she must be okay, she's tough and a soldier that she'd proven.

"She's not dead yet. Wolf must be feeling generous. But if you want her to stay that way you better start answering my questions now. You were holding one card key. Where are the other two? What's the trick behind that key? That weasel of a president said there's some kind of trick to using the key"

"Hell if I know."

"I see. No problem then. We're going to play a game Snake. And we'll find out what kind of man you are. When the pain becomes too great to bear, just give up and your suffering will end. But if you do, the girl's life is mine."

Ocelot walked over to a computer and looked at the screen. Then he began tying with his remaining left hand. Then the rotating table Snake was trapped to became electrified. Intense pain went through his body.

"Arrgghh!"

He shut his eyes tight trying to forget the pain, it was impossible to forget. It seemed like it lasted forever when suddenly it stopped. Snake let himself collapse in his restraints, panting, he hadn't given up yet but he wondered how much more could he take? The process was repeated a few more times, every time getting slightly longer and more electrifying.

"Hmm, it seems Snake that you're a hard man to break."

Ocelot motioned to some guards. They went over to Snake and took him off the bed and brought him to a cell. There were two beds, one against the door to the cell and the other on the far wall. Someone was lying down on it, Snake gasped when he saw her. 'Phoenix!' he thought to himself. The guards shoved him on the bed and left, locking the door when they left. Phoenix was in bad shape, obviously had the same treatment he just received. She was on her side her eyes closed. Snake looked around the room and saw…

"The DARPA chief?"

He grimaced at the smell that came from him, it was horrible. Then his codec started ringing.

"Snake are you okay?" It was the colonel.

"I've been better."

"How's Meryl and Phoenix!" It was Naomi

"Phoenix is in here with me, she's in bad shape and …"

"…Snake, the government has decided not to give into their demands. We're trying to buy some more time."

"C'mon colonel. Why don't you stop playing dumb? I'm sorry about Meryl, but I want the lies to end now!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Metal Gear was designed to launch a new type of nuclear warhead wasn't it?"

The colonel gasped at the other end.

"You knew it all along didn't you?"

"…"

"Why did you try to hide it?"

"…I'm sorry…"

"Can't tell the grunts huh? … You've change a lot. Metal Gear… secret advance nuclear weapons research… Does the white house know about this? How deep does it go?"

"As far as I know, as of yesterday, the President had not been briefed about the Rex Project."

""Need to know basis", is that the idea?"

"These are sensitive times. Even sub-critical nuclear tests are causing quite a stir."

"Plausible deniability, huh?"

"Yes. And tomorrow the President and his Russian counterpart are scheduled to sign the Start 3 Accord."

"I get it. That's the reason for the deadline."

"That's right, Snake. And that's why we can't let the terrorist attack go public." It was Naomi again.

"We still haven't even ratified Start 2 or dealt with the issue of TMDs. This has to do with the President's reputation and America's place as the dominant superpower."

"So patriotism is your excuse for circumventing the Constitution?"

"Please, Snake... just stop them."

"Why should I?"

"Because you're the only one who can stop them."

Snake looked up suddenly. Phoenix was sitting up on her bed, grinning at him.

"Phoenix! How long have you been listening?" The colonel demanded.

"Since the beginning, codec calls have a way of waking me up."

"Phoenix are you okay?" Naomi sounded concerned.

"I've been better."

Snake shook himself from his daze, he was relieved that Phoenix was okay, a bit more relieved than he had expected.

"Anyway back to Metal Gear. Before I stop them, I need the truth about this new type of nuclear warhead."

"I told you before I don't know the details."

"I don't believe you. If the situation is so serious, why don't you give in to their demands? Let them have Big Boss's remains."

"You see..."

"Or is there some reason that you can't do that? Something you haven't told me about?"

"Publicly, the President has been very vocal in his opposition to eugenics experiments. We don't want the existence of the Genome Army to go public."

"And that's the only reason?"

"..."

"Huh! The hell with you!"

"I'm sorry."

"The corpse of the DARPA Chief is lying right here next to me."

"Poor man." It was Naomi

"But it's strange. He looks and smells like he's been dead for days. All his blood's been drained out too."

"Drained?"

"Maybe to slow down decomposition?" Naomi suggested

"I have no idea."

"But the Chief only died a few hours ago, right?"

"Right. But he's already started to decompose."

"There's no way a body could start to decompose and get to this state in only hours, especially not in the conditions of the environment and the area and just the way he is." Phoenix said

"What could it all be about?" Campbell asked

"Something in his blood that they wanted?"

"I doubt it. Just the nanomachines and the transmitter."

"Did the Chief tell them his detonation code?"

"I'm afraid so. It looks like they've got both codes and are nearly ready to launch."

"Damn. Is there any way to prevent it?"

"It seems there's some type of emergency override device that can cancel out the detonation code. It's a countermeasure that ArmsTech installed secretly. You have to unlock it with three special card keys."

"And where are those keys?"

"I've got one of them. I don't know where the other two are. Besides, I'm locked up here."

"We've got no choice. Forget about the keys. Your top priority now is to destroy Metal Gear itself. Sorry to lay it all in your lap, but you're all I've got. Bust out of there and get to the Communications Tower."

The three of them talked for a long time afterwards, Phoenix had left the conversation, bored with what they were talking about. She looked at the DARPA chief for a long time.

'There's no way this is the same guy Snake said had died hours ago. He's to far ahead in decomposition. This guy is someone else. But who is he?'

She winced, she was in rough shape. Ocelot hadn't been very lenient in his so called "interrogation" as he called it. She smiled to herself.

'Quite pathetic really. He stopped just as I was about to crack.'

She smiled again. She thought back to what had happened. She woke up to find herself trapped to a rotating table, two men were talking, she recognized them from when she had infiltrated the base. They were talking about something, she couldn't tell what. Then Ocelot turned to her and smiled menacingly, Phoenix could tell he was going to do something, she later found out what. He enjoyed himself

throughout the whole thing. Five different sets of high voltage fun, as he had called it of course. She looked at Snake who was still talking to Campbell and Naomi, and something stirred inside her, what was it? She felt like they were connected somehow and was like she had known him forever.

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