Chapter 53

Snake moved to the side as quickly as he possibly could in avertedly letting go of his M4, Metal Gear's leg and large foot smashed the tent frame like a small twig. Snake then rolled beneath Metal Gear and got behind it, he was now aware that his right shoulder had been dislocated and his M4 was gone. This can't be good!! Snake began running past the tents, he needed to find a place to hide and possibly get his shoulder back into the right position. When he saw the hangar coming closer he decided to run for it. Snake got to the small hangar door, opened it and closed it behind him.

"You can't hide from me!!" Snake heard Tiger's voice and then, with a loud roar, the entire front part of the hangar was ripped apart, the metal wall crumbled beneath Metal Gear as he smashed into the front just a few feet away from Snake. Snake began to ran to the back of the hangar, Metal Gear's torso turned and began following Snake. Through the corner of his eye, when he passed by the opened door, Snake saw the Metal Gear destroy Ocelot's torture machine like it was nothing. Its minigun began to fire, but Snake continued to run while bullets seemed to follow him, he was now getting close to the door of Phantom's private room. Metal Gear ripped the metal wall that separated the long corridor Snake was in from the other rooms. "Just great!!" Snake ran a few more feet before turning right and entered the massive hangar where Metal Gear was originally. Metal Gear's main canon fired and ripped a massive hole just inches away from the door that Snake had just used, metal shards flew everywhere and Snake had no choice but to drop to the floor. His shoulder was hurting like hell, even more than before, but he had to keep running, he had no choice against Metal Gear all alone and weaponless. Snake got to this feet and got behind some of the crates that stood in the massive hangar, he could hear Metal Gear coming inside the hangar, ripping what was left of the wall over the door. Snake took his left hand to his shoulder and felt it up. He grinded his teeth as he summoned up the will to get the shoulder back into place. Alright…Snake grunted as low as he could and finally he did it. He sighed with relief, but right away he had to move again, another canon round destroyed the metal crate behind where he hid completely, luckily he had moved into the open a second earlier. Now Metal Gear got the minigun ready, Snake looked at the iron frame where Metal Gear once stood. He ran to it while his CODEC began ringing. "Yeah…sorry I didn't call, been busy!!" Snake answered the CODEC as he ran.

"I've got a problem here!" Raiden said making it pretty obvious that Raiden had found its share of troubles inside Metal Gear

"You stick your head outside and you'll see I'm not too good either" Snake replied as he heard the bullets hit just behind him. Once he got to the iron frame he hid behind several thick iron bars and hoped for the best. I need to get out of here, need to get that Stinger… Snake glanced at Metal Gear from time to time as he moved away from its fire that luckily hit the iron structure.

"AHHH!! Snake I'll make that frame crumble over you!" Tiger said through Metal Gear speakers.

Snake knew what was coming; a single well place shot from Metal Gear's canon could collapse the entire structure where he was hiding. As soon as Metal Gear stopped firing the mingun Snake realized he had to get out of where he was. He was about to run towards the open when he saw a stream of white light erupt from Metal Gear's back. That light!!

"That white light, Raiden are you there?" Snake asked.

"I did it Snake, I did it!!" Raiden replied.

"What the…!!" Snake heard Tiger say. That gave him a small chance to get out of harms' way.

"Good, now get out of there kid, I'm going to get the stinger!!" Snake replied and started running towards where the door to the hangar once stood.

Snake had rushed past Metal Gear and was now on the small corridor again. He jumped over debris and parts of Ocelot's torture machine and headed outside. Now it's up to me, with Metal Gear's nuclear weapon deactivated all I need is to destroy the small radome… Snake reached the outside, with no sight or sound that Metal Gear was close. A few feet ahead and he saw it, sitting on the sand, the only weapon he could use to stop the dreaded machine. He grabbed the stinger missile launcher and got it over his right shoulder, the pain on it was gone but it still felt sore. He aimed at the front of the hangar and waited, he noticed that the tents in front of it were practically all on the ground smashed up. The next thing he saw was someone running out of the hangar with a shiny object it its hand. Raiden!! And then the Metal Gear was visible, he moved past the hole it made before on the front of the hangar. Its lights were shining on Raiden as he ran. Snake saw the opportunity; he aimed the stinger carefully at the smaller radome that stood just over Metal Gear's minigun and beneath its massive wing like structure with several bright lights on it. C'mon… Metal Gear was moving towards him, the radome kept getting bigger on the scope and the time was getting shorter. There! Snake took a deep breath and fired.


Tiger had been chasing after Snake relentlessly; he had narrowly escaped Metal Gear's fire and was now hiding behind the large iron structure that had been used to hold Metal Gear. "AHHH!! Snake I'll make that frame crumble over you!" Tiger said taking his finger near the small button that fired Metal Gear's main canon, but before he could fire something stopped him, the entire holographic tridimensional display flickered and disappeared for a second. "What the…!!" Tiger almost shouted. What happened?

"What's wrong Tiger?" Marsh asked, but Tiger didn't respond.

When Tiger focused his eyes on the display again he noticed that Snake was gone and something was missing from the display. No…could he… Then, when he saw someone running away from the hangar, someone that wasn't Snake he realized what had happened.

After Phantom began construction of Metal Gear, Tiger made sure he had enough manpower to create a Metal Gear capable of modern warfare through cities at day or at night, Phantom had already completed research on a new type of mechanical legs, but the upper body was completely remade after the Black Unit was ostracized by the Patriots. Without any enormous funds, Phantom had to do the best he could with the parts he had available to him. The last piece of the puzzle was a nuclear device that was to be installed in the back part of Metal Gear. It was Tiger's insurance.

"Tiger, the high powered laser beams create a sort of grid barrier. If anyone has the luck to get inside Metal Gear the lasers will stop them" Phantom said pointing at the plans on top of the table of the recreation room.

"Very good Phantom, very good indeed. Can you actually pull this off?" Tiger asked.

"Yes. I can. I've also got this for you, the interface and the software is ready" Phantom showed Tiger what looked like a thick belt made of metal. "It's the control device, once you sync it up with the computer in charge of Metal Gear systems the belt will display a tridimensional tactile hologram that you can use to control every aspect of Metal Gear. If anyone manages to disable the control system on Metal Gear itself the 

nuclear device will be activated." Phantom sighed. "We're really doing this aren't we Tiger?"

"Yes we are my friend. Amazing work Phantom!" Tiger replied and patted him on the back.

Back to the present Tiger was aware that Phantom had helped the enemy accomplish the one thing he said to be 'close to impossible'. The nuclear device had been disarmed. Damn you Phantom…in the end I underestimated you, but I can still get my hands on another nuclear device…all I need is time, and that I'll gain after I destroy these two…Tiger could see a man holding a large blade running towards the exit, Metal Gear began its pursuit.

That man! Marsh thought as he saw the man on the display running with the blade firmly gripped on his right hand.

Tiger raced behind the man towards the exit of the hangar, Metal Gear ripped apart what was left of the metal wall. Outside Tiger was getting closer to the man holding the blade when all of a sudden the entire display disappeared and didn't appear again.

What now!! Tiger hurried and pressed the small button on his belt. But nothing happened. Tiger's expression changed from frustration to hanger. "NO!!" He shouted, took off the belt and smashed it to the ground. "Damn you PHANTOM!! You told them all about it!!" Tiger screamed at the heavens.

"Tiger, what is happening? Please tell me!?" Marsh asked quietly wondering why Tiger acted so differently for the past minutes.

"What's happening?" Tiger whipped around and faced Marsh. "We were betrayed…that's what happened…it's only you and I now Marsh" Tiger placed both his hands on Marsh's shoulders. "The Unit is no more, everything we five worked for is now gone, all that matters now is to stay alive" Tiger took his hands from Marsh and headed towards the exit of the recreation room. "Let's end this on our terms…Marsh, get ready for battle"


The women at Philanthropy were all in extreme situations, fighting for their lives. Naomi was hurrying across the basement in search of the last two explosives charges, Mei Ling and Rose had arrived at the server room and would now try and contact anyone that could help them and Meryl. Meryl was about to initiate her plan. She had been motionless and keeping her eyes closed for a few minutes. When her uncle arrived and Velkan threatened to kill her in front of her Meryl saw the opportunity she needed, Velkan had her gun pointed at her without knowing that she was awake. Meryl slowly opened her eyes and saw that Velkan had his face turned away looking at Campbell. Meryl opened her eyes wide and winked at her uncle before kicking Velkan's SOCOM out of his hand. Velkan was about to turn around when Meryl got to her feet and again kicked his cane from under his hand. The fall was thunderous, The Major who was by one of the entry points of the lounge area got Campbell's HKG36K ready to fire, Campbell picked up Velkan's SOCOM from the ground while Meryl grabbed her uncle and pulled him to run with her. They headed towards a corridor, away from the machine gun's fire.

"Meryl!" Campbell stopped Meryl from running anymore; they were just a few feet away from the lounge area. They heard Velkan shout at the Major. "Listen to me"

"Uncle, c'mon we need to move!" She said trying to pull her uncle's arm, but it was no good.

"No, you go. I have to deal with Velkan…deal with the past" Campbell said. "You still have some time to get out of here." He said.

"They'll kill you!!" Meryl said, listening to Velkan snap at the Major to find his SOCOM.

"Don't worry about that…"

"No!! I do worry, you don't have to defend me. I can take care of myself and I can make my own decisions. If you're staying behind to fight then I'm helping you out, whether you like it or not!" Meryl said.

"Can you fight with that wound?" Campbell asked pointing at the bullet wound on Meryl's shoulder that was still bleeding.

"Yes" Meryl said rapidly.

"Very well, let's go around the lounge area" Campbell said resuming his walk across the corridor.