Metal Gear Solid: Shadow Agenda

Chaper 17: A Purpose Amongst Chaos

"Snake...Snake are you there?", Otacon shouted over the codec.

Snake had become lost in thought. This new bit of information had brought up old memories of people Snake wanted to forget. Memorable fights with enemies from the past. Solidus, Liquid, Fox-Hound. Snake had so desperately wanted to put them behind him, but it seemed as though Snake was cursed with the ghosts of his dead enemies.

"Snake, talk to me.", Otacon shouted again.

Snake perked up.

"Sorry, Otacon. I got a little lost in thought there for a moment."

"It's alright, I understand. You've taken in a lot."

"Yeah, but you know me. I'm usually not like this. Somehow, this time, things are different. All the memories, they're comign back to me."

Otacon sighed.

"Snake, I understand it's a lot to deal with, but now, you have to stop Ocelot. Your the only chance we have."

"Thanks for the pep talk. I know what I have to do, but I gotta get this stuff out of my head."

Snake looked to the ground then looked back up.

"Alright Otacon. Look, I need you to keep at it with that report, okay. I'm going to go find those Metal Gears. I think, in this situation, they might come in useful."

"Snake, what are you planning?"

"Don't worry about me Otacon, you know how I am. I'll be alright. Just do what I asked of you, okay. Thats all you have to worry about right now."

"I don't understand you Snake. One minute your all contemplative, teh next minute your gettin' gung-ho on me."

"Heh, just part of who I am Otacon. I'll contact you soon. Over."

"Alright, talk to ya later."

Snake went out the door he had come in, preparing for the worst. Instead, he got dead silence. Snake, still dressed in the military fatigues, decided to go back to get that C4. He walked into the room and grabbed two bricks and a detonator. He check the detonator and it worked. He quickly walked out of the room and back to the elevator. He got in and looked at the control panel. He pressed the key to the lowest floor he could find.

"If they are keeping the Metal Gears here, then they'll be on the lowest floor somewhere, I'm sure of it.", Snake thought to himself.

The elvator went all the way down to the last floor and stopped. The doors opened up and Snake stepped out. Sure enough, he had come to an expansive room with many winding, cavern-llike corridors. He was in one of the corridors which led to teh wide room. Many other corridors in the room led to other elevators and ways of getting up to the floors above.

To Snakes disappointment, though, there were no Metal Gears. Snake figured they were somewhere in the area, now all he had to do was find out where, but first he had to hide the C4. He searched the corridor and found a cloth sack to put the C4 in. He did so, ensuring that they were safe in the bag.

As soon as he did, he stepped into the room. However, he was not alone, as a sniper shot came screaming by his head. From the sound of the shot, it was real this time.

"Hehehe, Snake, trapped again. Twice now, I must be pretty good if it's the Snake I've gotten, twice, hahahaha!", a familiar voice rang out.

Sanke knew the voice though, it was Korvex, and he had returned for revenge.

"This time, you won't be so lucky, Snake", Korvex said as he sent another shot zooming by Snake.