Metal Gear Solid: The Hidden Snake

Chapter 2: A Hidden Source

When Snake and Otacon return to Snake's office, they immediately start to search for the CD. After several minutes of searching they both give up.

"I could try searching for it again," Otacon tells Snake.

"How long did it take to find the pictures?" Snake wonders.

"Once I found the source of the information, it took about two hours. It should be a little shorter this time since I know what to do," replies Otacon.

"Well then get to work. We're wasting time," answers Snake.

Everything goes normal for about 45 minutes until suddenly all the computers crash, including Otacon's. Snake observes all the commotion down stairs. Soon, his phone starts to ring off the hook. They all ask the same question, "What the hell happened?"

Otacon comes rushing up to the office breathing frantically.

"I think... I know... what happened," Otacon tells Snake.

Snake looks confused. "Catch your breath first."

Otacon continues on to say, "I think someone found out that we may know who the Patriots are, er, at least what they look like. So they probably uploaded a virus to their site. Since I visited the site, the virus was downloaded to the computer, which then spread to all the computers in the room. This has wiped out all information on the computers. I'm sorry, Snake."

Snake is in disbelief. Metal Gear Radon was over 95% complete, only to be wiped out by a virus. It has taken over 3 years to get to this point and only days from being complete.

"Do you know who was behind the source that you got this information from?" Snake asks Otacon.

Otacon replies, "I don't want to make assumptions, but I believe someone that knows the Patriots was behind this."

Everyone is still going wild down below Snake's office. People are thumbing through manuals to see what to do, but frankly, there is nothing to override this. Metal Gear Radon may never be completed.

Snake comes over the loudspeaker. "I'm afraid that a virus has stricken this program. Everything is lost, all of your hard work is lost. For now, your job will be too find the source behind this virus."