Chapter 7

1000 hours; Downtown Miami

Squads of police cars come rushing towards a scene along with SWAT vans. Choppers in the air flew towards the location. Police radios were all ordered to go to a certain address. They sped towards the area and then when they reached the scene, the snipers in the chopper fast rope down to the nearest roofs and got their sniper rifles out and aimed at a certain person. The police cars and SWAT vans blocked both exits of escape and everybody got out of the vehicles and got their weapons out and took cover behind their vehicles and aimed at the person. An officer with a bullhorn and prepares to yell something to it.

The officer yelled and ordered," Solid Snake! This is the Miami-Dade County Police Department! We have the area surrounded! There's no escape! Your only option is to drop the weapon, put your hands behind your head, and get your knees on the ground! We're giving you ten seconds to comply mister! After that, we will use force!"

Snake looks around him, his Mark 23 in his hand and sees that battling them all would mean he would never make it. Nothing matters to him, now. This is the only way to solve things. Snake then dropped his SOCOM to ground, and took off his equipment and dropped his other weapons to the ground. He then put his hands behind his head, interlocked his fingers, and lowered on the ground where his knees touched the ground. The officers then rushed towards and forced him on his stomach. The then handcuffed his wrists while other officers confiscated his gear and weapons while an officer read him his rights.

"Solid Snake, you are under arrest for acts of terrorism against the United States and mass murder including the former President James Johnson. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do will be held against you in a court of law. If you have the right to appoint an attorney then we'll appoint you one."

The officers got him on his feet and they escorted him inside a van with SWAT officers in it. The sat him down and locked up the back of the van. A tap was heard in the back and they were on their way back to the station. The SWAT officers looked at him with hate and anger at him. Snake knows they're arresting the wrong man but to them they're doing the right thing because they still think that he's a terrorist who only makes destruction. The van reached the station and the officers escorted him inside. Inside, people were watching him as he was escorted inside. Then Rick, orders them to take him to a room. One officer a slide a card into the card reader and led him into a room with a black table, two chairs, and a reflective window. They un-cuffed one of his wrists and sat him down in a chair and then reattached the cuff to the wrist again. When they left, the room became very quiet. Snake sees that everything ends, now or does it? He gives a faint smile. "Everything is going according to plan", his mind says.

Last night

Otacon sees the anger, Snake is having. He looks at the broken TV that Snake smashed and Snake punches the wall till his fists bleed.

"We're too late. DAMN IT!!! DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!!! We never even got the chance!! DAMN IT!!! DAMN IT!! DAMN IT!! DAMN IT!!!"

Otacon puts a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Snake."

"Mei Ling, I'm sorry. We were too late."

He then slams his fist on the floor.

"It can't be her!! It can't be!"

"Snake, I know how you're feeling. I'm sad, too but we have to accept the truth."

"Otacon! I'm not going to accept anything until I see that body! It just can't be her!!"

"We have to move on, Snake. She's dead."

"She's not!! You damn well, know that!!!"

"I wish I could."

"Otacon, just at least let me say one last good-bye to her, if she's dead."

"But to do that, we have to get in that police station somehow and not to mention that's the lion's den we're going to be dealing with. Even if we can, there are many police officers there that will arrest you and even you can't take them all on."

"Otacon, contact the Colonel."

"The Colonel?! For what?!"

"You'll see. I have a plan."

Snake continued to stare in the room, then Horatio came into the room, holding a folder and then he puts it on the table and he sits down. Horatio opens the folder and gets a photo of the dead Mei Ling out and shows it to Snake.

"Did you know who she was?", Horatio questioned.

Snake looked at the photo and saw that it was Mei Ling. The look on Snake's face told Horatio that he did know who she was.

"We found her body in the harbor. She had multiple beatings around her torso, cuts, too and finally, a head trauma on her forehead. The coroner says that the cause of death was suffocation probably with a bag. Did you know anything about this?"

Snake continued to be silent. Horatio then sets the photo aside and got out two other photos from the folder. These two showed the two agents Snake killed.

"These were two FBI agents that you killed at the Everglades. They were working with a Raven Sword PMC group on intel from the Middle East until you killed them all. You mind filling in the blanks for that?"

Snake was still silent and Horatio threw the photos down in frustration.

"Mr. Snake, you can be silent all day but this doesn't help anything. Not to mention you came in illegally into the U.S. with false credentials and attacked me, CSI Eric Delko, and a fellow police officer. You also are accused of many crimes against the U.S. So you will be trialed and if found guilty you will be seeing the death penalty. So make this a little easier on yourself."

Snake stayed silent

"Very well, then. I can see that I'm wasting my breath."

He gathers the photos and puts them in the folder and starts to get up. He walks to door and faces Snake.

"Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?"

Just as he was about to leave…

"Wait."

Horatio looks back and then sits back down in the chair.

"Want to talk, now?"

"I can fill in the blanks for the deaths of those two agents."

"Enlighten me."

"I had sources told me that those two were the men that were responsible for kidnapping Mei Ling."

"And that's what brought you here."

"Of course and at that time I didn't know who they were or their guard detail. You remember that time in the Everglades, right?"

"Yeah, you made quite the mess there."

"Well, I planted a C4 explosive on kerosene barrels and detonated it. It killed the others but one was still alive. I shot him once with my SOCOM."

"The Mark 23 .45 pistol?"

"Yeah, that one. I went in the cabin and they attacked me, they didn't yell out that they were FBI or anything. More like these guys were the "shoot first, ask questions later" type. I grabbed his partner and used him as a human shield. The other agent didn't seem to care who he shot at. He shot the man I was holding in the heart and I shot him in the forehead, killing him. I then questioned the man who was bleeding to death."

"What did you get from him?"

"One response "Go to hell". That's what he said to me."

"Was that all at the scene of the crime?"

"That pretty much wraps up the death of those two dead agents."

"What can you tell me about Mei Ling?"

"Data analyst on the Shadow Moses Incident, if you've ever the read the Unofficial Truth of Shadow Moses written by a friend of mine."

"I seemed to have read it, of course. Is that all?"

"Well, she has a real thing for technology and I know that she likes to give proverbs."

"That's just it?"

"Well, yeah."

"You mind telling me how she died?"

"What are you talking about? I never even found her, yet."

"We found some DNA that matches with yours."

"Wow, you got some pretty bad theories here, now."

"You didn't answer my question."

"And I have an answer. I didn't kill Mei Ling."

"Did I say you killed her?"

"You're making an assumption that I did."

"Then what was your DNA doing on her body?"

"Do you even watch movies or TV series where the bad guys would always find some way to frame the good guys?"

"Yes, but this is reality not some movie or TV series. The evidence against you is overwhelming. What motivated you to kill her?"

"Um…nothing. I never even thought about kill her."

"Why?"

Snake: Because I never thought about killing an old friend from the past. Killing any of them would be for nothing. So, whatever you got that source from, you better check it again because I believe some people want me dead for sure.

Before Horatio could say another thing someone comes in the door.

"Um…sir?"

"Yes?"

"There's someone here to see him."

"Someone?"

Horatio walks out of the room with him and out into the hallway and sees a man wearing a business suit, with black hair, wears glasses, and is holding a briefcase. He sees Horatio walk towards him.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Will Sanford. I'm here to see my client."

"Your client?"

"Solid Snake."

"He called for a lawyer? I didn't hear him demanding a lawyer."

"I've been appointed by an old friend of Solid Snake on his defense."

"An old friend? Who would that be?"

"Roy Campbell, he's the one that appointed me."

"I like to see some authorization."

"Why?"

"Because your client is a dangerous man and I need to see some authorization that you have been appointed on his defense."

"Of course."

The lawyer reached into his pocket and got out a paper and gave it to Horatio. Horatio looks at the paper and reads it. Everything was there to him crystal clear. The contract at the bottom had Campbell's signature on it.

"Okay, it looks good. You can go see your client, now."

"I'll talk to him alone."

"Are you sure?"

"Is there a problem?"

"We're responsible for everyone's safety here because a dangerous man is here on the premises. We don't need someone getting hurt or killed."

"Well, I'm sure you can say that to Mr. Campbell and tell him why I can't see him."

Horatio: I'm just telling you.

"Where is he?"

Horatio looks to an officer.

"Can you lead Mr. Sanford to the room Snake is at?"

"Yes, sir."

The officer led Will to the room Snake was at. The officer opened the door for him and Will walks into the room. He sets the briefcase down on the table and sits down. He opens the briefcase.

"So who are you?"

"A lawyer appointed on your defense."

"I never asked for a lawyer."

"An old friend appointed me."

"The Colonel?"

"If that's what you want to call him."

"Well, that was nice of him. Can you tell him I don't need you?"

"Don't worry I'm just here for a few things. I'll be out of your way shortly."

Will walks around Snake and discreetly puts something in his hand as he whispers through Snake's ear.

"He says "hi" and he managed to pull a few strings for you to get through this area with ease but the rest you have to do on your own. He has a few people here he can trust. They know the plan. When you get escorted to your cell that's your chance, you got it?"

"Got it."

"Another thing, your partner is in their system now and he'll lead you in this building."

Will then closes his suitcase and walks out of the room. Snake then sees two FBI agents escort him to his cell. They walked him through the hallway and reached an elevator with two more agents in. Once the elevator is set in motion, Snake uses the lock pick to unlock one of his cuff. When the agents heard the click of the cuff being unlocked they reacted and Snake, using his CQC and the cuff as brass knuckle beat them all up in seconds. He then took off the other cuff that was on his wrist and grabbed a radio off one of the agents. He then touched his Codec.

"Otacon, I'm in the elevator."

"Good, you need to get off at the third floor. That's where they took your equipment to. The morgue is located on the second floor. When you get to the third floor, don't move until I tell you to. I'm in their security camera system. They haven't found out yet. So I tell when you move and stop. Got it?"

"Got it."

End of Chapter 7