Metal Gear: Fox Chronicles
Chapter 9: Operation Snake Eater Aftermath
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Upon returning to the US, Eva got Snake drunk on drugged wine under the guise of a celebration, causing the man to pass out on the floor of a very nice mountain villa. She then went through his stuff, seeing as they had yet to report in to Snake's handlers and took the microfilm from his things. She had contemplated killing him afterward, as to cover her tracks but couldn't bring herself to do so. She stood over his defenseless body, aiming her gun at his head, the barrel shaking uncontrollably before she turned away.

Orders be damned. She had lied and used him enough, she would not kill him too.

But she still had a few things to do. Snake had to know the truth...

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When he woke up, Snake looked around to find that it was morning. Groggy and confused, he tried to find Eva but didn't see her at all.

Standing up, he saw the bottle of wine she had given him and saw a picture of himself sitting there, the picture she had taken of him. On the back he found a pair of lips and the words 'Good Bye' and knew that Eva had left. Snake put it down and noticed a reel of film sitting next to the picture with a player next to the armchair.

He took a minute to get dressed and set it up, sitting down and lighting up a cigar as Eva's voice came from the speakers.

Good morning, Snake. I hope you slept well. First of all, I have to apologize. I wasn't sent by Khrushchev. I'm not a KGB spy and I never worked for the NSA. I am an agent of the People's Republic of China... For the General HQ Second Department of the People's Liberation Army... It was all a lie. I tricked you... and I'm sorry. The Philosophers still exist in China, too. You see, my mission was to find out where Volgin was hiding the Philosopher's Legacy and steal it, so I infiltrated his base as a KGB spy. The two NSA code breakers who defected in 1960... were actually both men. The real ADAM never showed up at the meeting place, saving me the trouble of having to eliminate him. I sneaked in by pretending I was EVA, and you and Sokolov and Volgin... you all believed me.

Snake closed his eye and sighed, taking a deep draw on the cigar

The Boss was the only one I couldn't fool. She was the only one who knew I was a fake. She told me everything. Why did she open her heart to me like that? At the time, I couldn't understand it. But now I think I do. Snake... she wanted you to know the truth. She chose me to tell you. That's why she saved my life. I've lied to you so many times. But not this time. My orders from the government were to obtain the Legacy... and to eliminate everyone who knew the truth about what happened. In other words, I'm supposed to kill you. But I can't do it. Not because we loved each other. And not because you saved my life. But because I made a promise to the Boss, and I intend to keep it. I just wanted you to know. And... you have to live.

Weeks later, Snake found himself walking down the halls of the White House, dressed in his olive drab ceremony uniform to meet the president who wanted to honor him for his work. But all throughout the day, the words from the tape echoed through his mind.

Snake, listen to me. She didn't betray the United States. No, far from it. She was a hero who died for her country. She carried out her mission knowing full well what was going to happen. Self-sacrifice... because that was her duty.

Walking through the doors, the first three he saw were Zero, Paramedic, and Signet, who stepped aside while clapping, Signet even patted him on the back a few times.

He walked past them, ignoring the few people with cameras and the other bureaucrats as he walked up to the President, who held a medal and began to pin it on his chest.

"You are above even the Boss... I hear by award you the title of Big Boss." the President stated before stepping back.

Snake... now known as Big Boss, stood at attention and saluted the man.

"You are a true patriot," he finished before holding his hand out, only for Big Boss to look at it and slowly take the offered hand.

Photos were taken over and over again by the reporters and he could hear a man talking, saying that they should have a unit like FOX in the army with someone like him to handle the top-secret missions, a man who combines the qualities of a soldier and an agent.

Soon he was walking out, blowing off the man who wanted to shake his hand and worrying the support team who was with him during the mission.

Leaving the White House, he went to the military graveyard, Eva's words once again taking hold.

The Boss' defection was a ruse set up by the US government. It was all a big drama staged by Washington so they could get their hands on the Philosopher's Legacy, and the Boss was the star of the show. They planned it so that they could get the Legacy that Colonel Volgin inherited and destroy the Shagohod at the same time. Only a legendary hero like The Boss could have earned Volgin's trust. Finding out where the Philosopher's Legacy was hidden was to be her greatest mission. Everything was going according to plan... but then something happened that no one could have predicted. Colonel Volgin fired an American-made nuclear warhead at Sokolov's research facility. Khrushchev demanded that the US government provide proof that it wasn't involved. They couldn't just abort the operation to steal the Legacy, so the operation itself was greatly expanded and revised. The authorities in Washington knew that in order to prove its innocence they'd have to get rid of The Boss and that one of their own would have to do the job. The public couldn't be allowed to find out about it, not ever. This, they concluded, would be the best way to keep the whole thing under wraps. The Boss wouldn't be allowed to come back home alive. And she wouldn't be allowed to kill herself. Her life would be ended by her most beloved disciple... that was the way the government wanted it. That was the mission she was given. And she had no choice but to carry it out... her death at your hands was duty she had to fulfill. Out of duty, she turned her back on her own comrades. A lesser woman would have been crushed by such a burden.

With a bouquet of white flowers in one hand and a suitcase in the other, he walked though the cemetery towards a grave marked as, 'In memory of a patriot who saved the world:?-1964.

Snake, history will never know what she did. No one will ever learn the truth. Her story, her debriefing... will endure only in your heart.

With tears in his eye, Big Boss set the flowers down and opened the case, pulling out a Patriot submachine pistol and set them both on the grave before standing.

Everything she did, she did for her country. She sacrificed her life and her honor for her native land.

He saluted the headstone.

She was a real hero. She was a true patriot.

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Naruto sat at an old rickety table in a dirty old bar with two of the soldiers loyal to him flanking his sides while he looked at the man across from him with a smirk. "Mr. Okello, I believe we have an accord... me and my men will fight with you... let the Zanzibar Revolution begin."

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Days later

The Zanzibar Revolution was not was the blond soldier had thought it would be, he expected a bloody war zone littered with loyalist and rebel corpses... all the revolt was ended up as a surprise attack on the Zanzibar Police Force, where the revolutionaries took their weapons and proceeded to Zanzibar Town where they overthrew the Sultan and his Government. The death toll was close to only 80 with 200 injured.

John Okello, the man who had arranged the contract for him tried to back out of the deal, saying that the blond had done nothing. He became corpse number 81.

Abeid Karume, the leader of the Revolutionaries soon became the country's new president and head of state, not only that but he then took on the debt that Naruto demanded. After all, most of the 81 men killed were because of him and his soldiers. Karume was forced to pay the debt under the threat of being... 'removed' from power by the less than pleased blond.

He and his forces were less than happy with the turn out. The former GRU soldiers wanted to fight and their commanding officer felt the same way. They wanted war.

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When Eva returned to China, she was welcomed with open arms by the Peoples Liberation Army but it was not to last. A few days after she handed over the microfilm she had taken from Snake she was called in by her superiors who were less than thrilled. The microfilm was a fake, there was no information regarding the Legacy, only a message addressed to her.

'Did you really think that I would allow the Boss to take half of the Legacy to give to Snake? Have you learned nothing about me Tatyana?'

It was short and didn't have a signature but she knew who it was, Fox had left a decoy of his own.

This blunder cost Eva her job at PLA Intelligence and ultimately led to her being expelled from China all together.

But she didn't lose it all. She wasn't without a backup plan if she was ever in need of money. Her plan came in the form of the journals she had stolen from Fox, the gold mine of information that she could have published for mercenaries and soldiers all around the world to read.

With all the musings, rants, ideology, and ideas that the legendary soldier known as Fox had written, the book was now being translated and sold all over the world to mercenaries, PMCs, soldiers, and even normal civilians. It was called, 'In the Fox's eyes,' now exactly what she would've chosen but the publisher was adamant about it, but it didn't change the fact that any who read it quickly hailed it as the 'Mercenaries Bible' and tried to live by the words of the legend. To top it all off, she had managed to get a picture of him back in Russia where he wasn't wearing his mask and it was printed on the last page.

With the money she got from the sales, she put her past with China behind her and went south... right into Vietnam. Years later, in the year 1968, she vanished without a trace in Hanoi.

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1968

Four years after Operation Snake Eater...

"Man I fucking hate this mountain shit," Grumbled one of the former GRU turned mercs as he and other mercs of Naruto's unit trekked up a mountain covered in thick overgrowth.

"Well we signed up for this, the money is good and the Commander keeps us well supplied with what we need from the Viet Cong." Another man huffed, carrying his AK-47 over his solder by the strap, "Be thankful that we are here and not with the guys disarming the American traps."

Naruto and his unit minus Ocelot who had vanished were aiding the communist forces of the Viet Cong, mainly because the former GRU soldiers were still believers in communism and didn't really like the Americans too well. Naruto personally didn't care, either side was fine for him. But the Viet Cong, while thinking that he was an enemy at first, quickly learned that they were Russian and welcomed him and his men with excitement.

"Enough," their squad captain hissed back at them, "We are to keep our position hidden for our attack on Lima Site 85 and I'll shoot you both myself if you screw this up. Not to mention was Commander Fox will do to us all."

Pale and wide eyed, the two men shut their mouths and continued along the overgrowth.

For their help, the Viet Cong allowed them to use their supply lines, supplying them with anything they needed for the right price or in exchange for 'missions'. Soon after watching him kill entire units with only his sword, they named him 'cô gái tóc vàng ma qu' which translated into 'Blue eyed Devil' in their language. With their fully armed Hinds and training, they made a large impact of the battles, using multiple tactics and strategies to keep the Americans on their toes.

Anyway, the upcoming battle here was to capture a North Vietnamese station on top of a remote mountain that was being used as a recon and communication relay. Small teams were out defusing mines and traps set around the base while a larger force acted as a decoy and seemingly with drawled from the area.

The radio operator with them signaled to the leader, "All right men, you know the objectives, kill anyone inside and take control of the base!"

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Naruto lost all of his soldiers in Nam, each dying like true warriors, guns blazing. The men were dead, the Hinds were wrecked and completely destroyed, but he still had the massive amount of money thanks to the legacy... well half of it. The other half was given to Ocelot, who vanished years ago but the half he had was well hidden, no one would ever stumble upon it nor would they be able to force it out of him. Which was a good thing. Because near the end of the year 1970, he had been on the third and final Hind by himself when it was shot out of the air. Normally things like that were simple for him to escape from but the AA rounds had hit the cockpit and struck him multiple times. The last thing he remembered at the time was crashing onto a river bank before waking up in a American field hospital, where he was under heavy sedation. The last thing he heard before falling under the effects was something about a newly formed organization back in the US Government wanting him for some reason... they were called... the Patriots.

To be continued...

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-Timeline of events in Metal Gear-

Snake Eater... 1964
San Hieronymo Takeover... 1970
Les Enfants Terribles Project... 1972
Peace Walker Incident... 1974
Outer Heaven Uprising... 1995
Zanzibar Land Disturbance... 1999
Shadow Moses Incident... 2005
Tanker Incident... 2007
Big Shell Incident... 2009
Liquid Sun, Solid Sun, Third Sun, Twin Suns, Old Sun, Naked Sin... 2014

The Zanzibar Revolution takes place in 1964, it's a real revolution in history, not a part of the Metal Gear series.

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