Chapter 7: The Crying Game
A bomb exploded in Snake's face. They all know that he's dead. The County Coroner's Office will probably call in the morning. At the ghetto house there is great sadness and mourning.
Meryl: [crying] He's dead!! [sniffle] My David is gone! That Bagelmeister bastard took my David from me!
Otacon and Raiden are doing they're best to console her.
Otacon: Meryl....I...I...
Meryl: [crying on Otacon's shoulder] It's not fair, Otacon! We should have gone with him. He died for us so we could make a quick $50,000.
Raiden: If we did that we would've gotten blown up too.
Meryl: Yeah, I know.....but there must've been something we could've done!
Otacon: There was nothing we could do. You know that Meryl.
Raiden: There's only one thing we can do now.
Meryl: Yeah? [sniffle] What?
Raiden: We're gonna catch The Bagelmeister. And then we're going to have our revenge. Vengence will be ours.
Meryl: [hugs Raiden] Thank you.....Thank you both. I.....I need some time to myself.
Meryl goes to her room to mourn in private.
Otacon: [sigh] Maybe sum music would be good right now?
Raiden: Yeah , sure.
Otacon flips on the radio. "Gone Away" by the Offspring is playing.
Raiden: Geeze.....It's like everyone knows already.
Otacon: Yeah, I know.
Raiden: I hope Meryl is okay.
Otacon: She's a strong woman. I witnessed that on Shadow Moses. She'll be fine.....eventually.
Shadow Moses. That's where Otacon's life changed. That's where he met Snake. Snake taught him to belive in himself and be strong. Snake always had words of wisdom. Either that or something very witty. Snake knew what he was doing. Otacon flashed back to Sniper Wolf's death.
Otacon: What was she fighting for? What am I fighting for? What are YOU fighting for?
Snake: If we make it through this, I'll tell you.
They did make it out of there. Otacon knew he owed it to Snake to find The Bagelmeister. Raiden was also thinking back to his experiences with Snake. The Big Shell. Snake showed him the ropes. Snake showed him that people are not tools of the government. Snake was to Raiden in the Big Shell what Grey Fox was to Snake way back in Outer Heaven. He told him to think for himself. To think of the important things. He taught him what it really meant to "pass it on" to the next generation. He also taught him how to have a sense of humor in a dreary situation. Like when you don't have any clothes on.
Snake: How do you walk around like that?
Raiden: Snake?......[achoo!] Where's my gear?
At the time it didn't seem all that humourous. But now it made Raiden grin a little.
Raiden: Wait until I tell my son that I walked around Arsenal Gear with absolutly no clothes on.
Otacon: Huh?
Raiden: I was just thinking of my time with Snake.
Otacon: Yeah, same here. He always knew his stuff didn't he?
Raiden: Yup.
Meanwhile Meryl was having thoughts of her own. She was remebering when she and Snake first met each other in the bathroom.
Meryl: So there's something you like about me?
Snake: Yeah, you've got a great butt.
Bastard. But he was her bastard. She told him that he shouldn't waste his time hitting on her. The psychological therapy training she had would keep her from being attracted to men and keep focused. That all went down the drain as soon as she met him. The heroic all-knowing legend. That and she also knew that in the back of her mind that he was attracted to her.
Downstairs a knock is heard at the front door.
Raiden: Who could that be? Coroner here already? [answers the door] What do you wa....hmmm, it is possible to be whiter than I am. [calls upstairs] Meryl! Get down here quick!
What could possibly be at the front door that would be so important that Raiden would disturb Meryl in her time of grief? And what does he mean by "whiter than I am? Find out next time.
A bomb exploded in Snake's face. They all know that he's dead. The County Coroner's Office will probably call in the morning. At the ghetto house there is great sadness and mourning.
Meryl: [crying] He's dead!! [sniffle] My David is gone! That Bagelmeister bastard took my David from me!
Otacon and Raiden are doing they're best to console her.
Otacon: Meryl....I...I...
Meryl: [crying on Otacon's shoulder] It's not fair, Otacon! We should have gone with him. He died for us so we could make a quick $50,000.
Raiden: If we did that we would've gotten blown up too.
Meryl: Yeah, I know.....but there must've been something we could've done!
Otacon: There was nothing we could do. You know that Meryl.
Raiden: There's only one thing we can do now.
Meryl: Yeah? [sniffle] What?
Raiden: We're gonna catch The Bagelmeister. And then we're going to have our revenge. Vengence will be ours.
Meryl: [hugs Raiden] Thank you.....Thank you both. I.....I need some time to myself.
Meryl goes to her room to mourn in private.
Otacon: [sigh] Maybe sum music would be good right now?
Raiden: Yeah , sure.
Otacon flips on the radio. "Gone Away" by the Offspring is playing.
Raiden: Geeze.....It's like everyone knows already.
Otacon: Yeah, I know.
Raiden: I hope Meryl is okay.
Otacon: She's a strong woman. I witnessed that on Shadow Moses. She'll be fine.....eventually.
Shadow Moses. That's where Otacon's life changed. That's where he met Snake. Snake taught him to belive in himself and be strong. Snake always had words of wisdom. Either that or something very witty. Snake knew what he was doing. Otacon flashed back to Sniper Wolf's death.
Otacon: What was she fighting for? What am I fighting for? What are YOU fighting for?
Snake: If we make it through this, I'll tell you.
They did make it out of there. Otacon knew he owed it to Snake to find The Bagelmeister. Raiden was also thinking back to his experiences with Snake. The Big Shell. Snake showed him the ropes. Snake showed him that people are not tools of the government. Snake was to Raiden in the Big Shell what Grey Fox was to Snake way back in Outer Heaven. He told him to think for himself. To think of the important things. He taught him what it really meant to "pass it on" to the next generation. He also taught him how to have a sense of humor in a dreary situation. Like when you don't have any clothes on.
Snake: How do you walk around like that?
Raiden: Snake?......[achoo!] Where's my gear?
At the time it didn't seem all that humourous. But now it made Raiden grin a little.
Raiden: Wait until I tell my son that I walked around Arsenal Gear with absolutly no clothes on.
Otacon: Huh?
Raiden: I was just thinking of my time with Snake.
Otacon: Yeah, same here. He always knew his stuff didn't he?
Raiden: Yup.
Meanwhile Meryl was having thoughts of her own. She was remebering when she and Snake first met each other in the bathroom.
Meryl: So there's something you like about me?
Snake: Yeah, you've got a great butt.
Bastard. But he was her bastard. She told him that he shouldn't waste his time hitting on her. The psychological therapy training she had would keep her from being attracted to men and keep focused. That all went down the drain as soon as she met him. The heroic all-knowing legend. That and she also knew that in the back of her mind that he was attracted to her.
Downstairs a knock is heard at the front door.
Raiden: Who could that be? Coroner here already? [answers the door] What do you wa....hmmm, it is possible to be whiter than I am. [calls upstairs] Meryl! Get down here quick!
What could possibly be at the front door that would be so important that Raiden would disturb Meryl in her time of grief? And what does he mean by "whiter than I am? Find out next time.
