Metal Gear: The New Menace
By: SolidSnake
Chapter 2: Infiltration
Snake found it particularly difficult to swim with all his gear on. He was used to swimming with diving gear and no equipment but cigarettes. But this time, he was swimming in his sneaking suit, with some gear, with a barely functional breathing mask. After swimming for about 3 minutes, he found the entrance. In one quick motion, Snake tossed his breathing mask to the floor and drew his SOCOM. He was in a fairly narrow hallway with little lighting. After scoping out the scene, he called Otacon on the codec. "Otacon," he said, "what's our status from outside the warehouse?"
"It's fully guarded on top," Otacon replied. "There's heavy surveillance on top. Also-" Just then there was the loud noise of rotors. "Snake, a helicopter just landed on the roof of the second tower. Let me take a look and see who it is." Otacon took out his binoculars and looked out at the chopper. "That's Shalashaska! I have to tell Snake!" When he turned his head to contact Snake, he accidentally bumped his Stealth Camouflage and turned it off. At the same time, one of the guards was looking in Otacon's direction and spotted him.
"Halt! Intruder!", the guard ran over and grabbed Otacon by the hair. "You're coming with us." Four guards took him, put him in a dinghy, and set off towards the second tower.
Meanwhile, Snake was holding his position in the narrow hallway. What is taking Otacon so long? he wondered. All he had to do was ID the chopper's occupants. He then decided to try to contact Otacon. "Otacon, do you read me?" No response. "Otacon, do you read? Hello?" Still no response.
Then, a voice almost drowned out by static, replied. "Snake, be careful. Ocelot is here. He was in the chopper!"
"Where there's Metal Gear, there's Revolver Ocelot," Snake said with a sigh. "Was there anyone else? Who was with him?"
"There was a woman. I couldn't see her face. She was being escorted by arm from a man wearing a gas mask."
"A gas mask? That sounds like...like Psycho Mantis. But he died. It has to be someone else."
"Snake, the helicopter is parked on the-" Suddenly, Otacon and the cell guards began to struggle. After gunshots and shouting, all that was left of Otacon's Codec signal was static.
"Otacon, what happened?!" Nothing. He had to go on without Otacon's help. "Great, no backup." Snake lifted his SOCOM pistol and walked cautiously down the hallway. The hallway turned left after a long stretch, and Snake looked around the corner. There were two guards talking a ways ahead. Snake listened in.
"When will Shalashaska initiate the ignition sequence? There was an intruder outside, and I'm concerned there will be more."
"The intruder was unarmed and alone from what we can tell. Silverburgh is in control of the ignition and firing. Ask her about it."
Snake was busy trying to put all of that together. Ignition? Of what? And who is Silverburgh? That was Meryl's last name... Snake thought for a moment about that. That has to be a coincidence. Meryl is dead. She died in my arms. All because of Liquid... Liquid Snake... Some "brother" indeed. Snake was still thinking about his memories of Meryl, when an AK was pointed in his face.
"Freeze, intruder!! You're probably with that other one, aren't you? Drop your weapons!!"