Lucas was holding a press conference at the park in Smashville in an attempt to put the rumors of the Villager being a serial killer to rest.
"Ladies and gentlemen…" he began "I can assure you that my good friend the villager is no murderer. He's a good man, and a good mayor. Did you know that he frequently makes donations to our wonderful museum. Things such as fossils, fish, bugs and paintings that he could sell for a good pay, he gives away for free for the public. My friend is also a philanthropist, and he has put massive amounts of funds towards public work projects. Things such as bridges, a Police station, a Reset Surveillance Center, the Villager has funded. These rumors that he is a murderer are absolutely false. There is no logical reason to think they are true, especially since there haven't been a string of murders going on. I rest my case, and I hope you will all change your view of my good friend the villager." Lucas ended. Surprisingly, most of the crowd gave him a big round of applause.
"That' a boy Lucas!" Snake said proudly watching the press conference from a distance. Snake's codec began to ring. The call was from Nana, so it was definitely business related.
"This is Snake…" He answered.
"Hey Snake, just wanted to let you know that there's some jobs for you to do. Why don't you come back to the office and I let you pick them out." Nana said.
"Sounds good, I'm on my way." He answered and ended the call.
Back at the business office, Leon Powalski, Wolf's former comrade from Star Wolf, was there visiting with Wolf. They weren't having a very friendly conversation however.
"I cannot believe you decided to just drop everything and chose this line of work. You were a legendary mercenary! You were the damn commander of Star Wolf!" Leon chastised his former boss.
"Times have changed Leon. I got bored of the work, what else can I say. Besides, the work here pays better." Wolf explained.
"Even if that is true, you're never going to feel the thrill of combat doing work like this! And what about me and Panther?! You left us without a job! Now we're both struggling to get back on our feet!"
"Actually I checked in on Panther a couple of days ago and he's doing just fine. He used the money he made in Star Wolf to open a café, and it's pretty successful. You're the only one struggling because you're too much of an idiot to look for other work!" Wolf retorted. Leon grew furious and began charging at Wolf.
"I'll kill you!"
Snake walked to the entrance of his company building, but suddenly he saw Leon get thrown out of the window of Wolf's office and landed right in front of him. Snake paused for a moment, but then entered the building, not really caring about what just happened. He walked over to Nana, who was doing paperwork at her desk.
"Alright Nana, what've you got for me?" he asked.
"Well I've got two calls requesting your help. You know that guy Little Mac?" Nana said.
"That boxer from the Bronx who fought a bunch of racial stereotypes in the W.V.B.A?"
"That's the one. Anyway, he called in and asked if you could go over and help train him a little bit." Nana reported.
"Yeah sure, but doesn't he have a trainer already?"
"Doc Louis? Yeah he trains him, but he's a boxing trainer, and Louis told me that Mac needs help with something that only you can help him with."
"Hmm...that's interesting." Snake thought. "So what's the other job?"
"Uh well, Link called but he wasn't clear on what he needs your help with. He just told me that he needs to see you...and he sounded kind of worried over the phone." Nana said.
"Alright, I'll go figure out what Link needs, then I'll go help Little Mac." Snake stated and made his leave.
"Oh Snake wait!" Nana shouted to get him to stop.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Who're you going to bring to the Christmas party as your date?" Nana teased. Snake looked irritated when she asked him the question.
"Just get back to work."
Snake got into his car and began his drive to Hyrule, where he was to meet Link. Snake was a little concerned about this job, with Nana telling him that Link sounded worried over the phone. Link is the damn Hero of Time/Legend/Ages/god damn he's the hero of a lot of things. He's always been a brave individual and was never too worried about anything. After a short drive, Snake arrived at the land of Hyrule. He went over to Link's address and knocked on his door. The door opened and Link stood in front of him.
"Hey Snake, come on in." Link said inviting his guest. Snake stepped inside the house, with Link immediately closing the door and locking it with three different locks.
"Nobody was following you right?" Link blurted out.
"Uh...no..." Snake awkwardly answered.
"Are you sure?!"
"I'm pretty sure. Link what the fuck is wrong with you? You look paranoid."
"Snake...I think Ghirahim is stalking me."
"Ghirahim? Who the hell is Ghirahim?" Snake asked.
"He's a demon. More specifically the Demon Lord." Link informed him.
"Alright, I'll admit that sounds like a pretty intimidating title. But you've fought almost every monster one can think of. You've beaten Ganondorf and he's the damn King of Evil. Why are you scared of this guy?"
"I'm not really scared of him...it's just he really creeps the hell out of me." Link admitted.
"So what, he just keeps watching you? He doesn't try to kill you or anything?"
"Yeah that's right."
"Can you show me what the guy looks like?" Snake requested. Link handed Snake a picture of Ghirahim. Snake looked at the picture and what's shocked at what he was looking at.
"This guy...this androgynous looking mother fucker is the "Demon Lord"?!"
"Why is it so hard to believe?" Link asked with genuine curiosity. Snake looked at Link like he was stupid. He thought about trying to explain why, but decided against it. Apparently Link's view on what someone with the title "Demon King" should look like is very different from his.
"Ok so if this guy is stalking you, what do you want me to do about it?" Snake asked.
"I can't catch the guy! He's a sneaky bastard. But you're even better when it comes to stealth! I want you to catch him and get him to stop following me. Please Snake!" Link begged.
"Ok! Ok! If it's that big of a problem, I'll handle it." Snake assured him.
"Thank you Snake!" Link said with relief. "By the way Snake?"
"What is it?" Snake asked as he stopped.
"Who's going to be your date to the Christmas Party?" Link questioned. Snake sighed and was silent for several seconds.
"Shut up." He grumbled and left.
So it looked like it was time to catch a predator. A predator named Ghirahim. This would be so much easier if Chris Hansen was here, but he's not so Snake will just have to work with it. Link was right about one thing. Snake would be able to sneak up on Ghirahim and catch him off guard. But the problem was that he didn't know where the guy was. And even if he ended up finding him, what was he going to do t convince the guy to stop stalking Link. Snake decided that he needed information, and believed that the best place to get would be from Ganondorf. What better place to get information about an evil villain than from the King of evil himself. Hopefully he could catch the Gerudo in a good mood. He went over to Ganondorf's home and knocked on the front door. Immediately after he knocked, Ganondorf swung the door open and had his fist primed and ready to fuck someone up.
"GOT YOU! YOU LITTLE SHI-" Ganondorf stopped his punch, his hand right in front of Snake's face. "Oh...it's just you Snake." Ganondorf said and withdrew his fist.
"What the hell was that about?!" Snake asked with his heart racing from what just happened.
"I know for a fact that Bowser's fucking shit kids have been playing ding-dong ditch at my door. I was waiting for one of them to try it again and then punch their head off. Anyway, what the hell do you want?" Ganondorf asked.
"I wanted to ask you for some information on another villain from your series. I need to know how to stop him." Snake said to the King of Evil.
"Is that right? And why should I help you? What do I get out of this?"
"I'll give you these claymore mines that'll blow Bowser's kids up when they try to prank you." Snake offered and presented the mines to him. Ganondorf looked intrigued by the offer, and took the box of claymores.
"Alright, come on in."
Snake entered Ganondorf's humble abode. They went into the living room, and Ganondorf sat down on his luxurious chair. "Alright, so who's the villain?" Ganondorf asked getting straight to business.
"Do you know about someone named Ghirahim?" Snake asked.
"That androgynous motherfucker who thinks he can call himself the demon king?"
"I know right! That's exactly what I said." Snake expressed his agreement.
"Yeah I know about him, but why do you need to kill him? Does your little business also do assassinations?" Ganondorf laughed.
"Actually I don't need to kill him. He's stalking Link apparently, so Link hired me to stop him." Snake explained.
"Oh god! He's doing that shit again?"
"He's done this before?"
"Of course he has. He's stalked several people in the past. He was even stalking me a couple of months ago." Ganondorf said.
"Well how did you get him to stop?" Snake asked.
"If you want to know just how much of a damn creep that guy is, he stalks people purely for the thrill of the chance of being caught. He stalks people to see how long he can go before being caught." Ganon explained.
"So you have to spot him?"
"More specifically, you have to physically touch him. So do what I did and get the drop on him and then beat the shit out of him. Once you do that, he'll stop."
"Jeez, that guy really is a creep. Well alright, thanks for the info Ganon." Snake said and began to make his leave.
"Hey Snake? Who's you're date for the Christmas party?" Ganondorf asked and laughed.
"What the hell? Why's he asking me that to?" Snake thought.
"I don't really care, I just asked because I've been told it pisses you off." Ganon taunted. Snake gave the King of Evil the middle finger and stormed off.
Late at night, Snake began his attempt to catch Ghirahim. He got Wolf's assistance and the two of them camped out near Link's house. Wolf had done some reconnaissance earlier and filled Snake in.
"So I set up a motion tracker, and throughout the day I kept getting readings that there's some activity on top of these buildings across from Link's house." Wolf explained.
"But from the looks of it, he doesn't stay in one place for too long. He moves to another building every hour, so you better go to the top of the right building."
"All right, sounds good. Thanks Wolf." Snake said.
"Hey Snake, you did see me throw Leon out of the window this morning didn't you?" Wolf asked.
"Yeah I saw that. What about it?"
"Are you going to yell at me about it? Am I in trouble?"
"No..." Snake answered while wondering why Wolf brought this up.
"Oh...ok then. See ya."
It was past midnight, the streets were pitch black, perfect for moving around without being detected. Snake was on top of the apartment building that was across the street from Link's house and he hid in the darkness. With his night-vision goggles equipped, Snake lied in wait for Ghirahim to show up. Sure enough, Ghirahim gracefully jumped from the adjacent building and landed on the roof of the apartment. Ghirahim then stood on the edge of the roof, looking down at the window of Link's house. Ghirahim would turn his head every now and then to check if someone was nearby. He wasn't able to see Snake, but if Snake decided to move in, the Demon King might hear him.
"Better make a distraction." Snake thought. He pulled out an empty pistol magazine, and threw it. It landed behind Ghirahim, who heard the noise and became suspicious.
"Huh? What was that noise?" Ghirahim wondered and walked to where the sound came from to investigate. Snake quietly moved in, getting closer and closer. Ghirahim picked up the pistol magazine. Now he knew that someone was nearby, but before he could react...
"TAG! YOU'RE IT!" Snake laughed as he tagged Ghirahim.
"Dammit! And I was so close to a personal best!" Ghirahim cried. Embarrassed, Ghirahim disappeared into the night.
Morning came and Snake arrived at Link's house and gave him the good news.
"Thank you Snake! Now I can get some damn sleep. Here, take this. You definitely earned it." Link said and gave Snake a bag with 999 Ruppees.
"It's my pleasure. If you need any help you know where to find me."
Snake went back to his car, and made a call on his codec.
"Hey, is this Little Mac? Yeah, just letting you know I'm on my way."
