Magus: . I hate Forte for that.

Sephiroth: Well, I think I know what his flaw is.

Mosinwrath: What?

Sephiroth: With that kind of power, he's on the verge of a meltdown. I noticed his fins dripping apart in our battle with him.

Ghaleon: . Yes. I saw that too.

Magus: Also, a couple of his ki balls he formed to fire at us exploded in his hands. He's too powerful, and THAT'S his weakness.

Mosinwrath: . DAMN! I GOT THE OLD MAID AGAIN!!!!!

Ghaleon: . hold on. (Adjusts camera viewing them.) It looks like Puppetmon messed with Beelzemon's fan fiction camera again. (Adjusts the camera.)

Frog: HELL~O MY BABY.

(Static, and it's back on Ghaleon.)

Magus: Beelzemon uses channel nine on the camera, with the frequency 489.62

(Ghaleon adjusts the frequency again.)

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Chapter 12 - Mysterious savior?

Just as the giant mech was about to step down, Falcon screamed out in pain. The three saw a shadowy figure on a crate with a sniper rifle. They had shot Falcon in the head. The arena changed again, and the figure turned to run. Falcon threw a net at the stranger. Snake took the chance while the VR was off to shoot Falcon. He screamed as the bullet hit his arm. He slumped to the ground, and started crying. Then his VR illusion flickered off, and his true self was revealed. He was probably around twelve. His fake appearance was of an older version of himself. Meryl went up to him.

"A boy?"

Raiden and Snake followed suite. Falcon kicked Snake in the groin.

"UGH!!!!! YOU LITTLE BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!"

"Fitting."

They were stumped as to why he'd agree with the insult. Then he took out a dictionary. Raiden read where Falcon opened it.

"Let's see. 'Bastard - n. 1. An illegitimate child 2. A mean, despicable person.' So that's what you meant? An illegitimate child?" Raiden said.

Falcon looked at the dictionary.

"No! That's the wrong one. although that could be fitting too."

I looked it up. He probably means that he never knew his parents. Otacon said.

The poor boy. Rose added.

"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!" Falcon yelled suddenly.

Snake and the others were confused. Then it hit them.

"You can hear our Codec calls?"

"I'm the only one who can in our group, but yes."

HE WHAT???????? Everyone back with Otacon yelped.

"He-he. I didn't tell the others. It's one of my trade secrets."

Then Raiden realized something.

"This could be a trap."

"Why would I? You ruined my VR system." Falcon said as he gestured to part of a network of wires and controls running along his body. One of the panels had a bullet hole in it.

Snake pointed his gun at Falcon's head.

"Just in case."

Then Raiden went to the net where their savior had been. Whoever it was, they were gone.

"Huh? What's that?"

Snake pointed to odd tissue he could see in the wound inflicted earlier.

"AMT. The same thing in Metal Gear Ray. The butchers that put it in damaged my nerves. they're all extra sensitive now."

"Why so friendly all of a sudden?"

"Look. My VR was destroyed, I'm barely able to ignore the pain in my arm, and whoever saved your damn asses is probably still around here. Plus I don't have any rations. And the small fact that I twisted my ankle running into the closing gate earlier."

Snake checked for weapons. Falcon's only weapon was the VR, and it was damaged. However, he did find a notebook.

"HEY! GIVE THAT BACK!!!"

Snake looked through it. There were notes about them. Falcon wrote that Meryl was naïve and immature, Snake was dangerous but reckless at times, and that Raiden was _ NEVER _ to be underestimated. Snake chuckled.

"You were afraid of THAT weak, simple mind fool?"

Raiden glared at Snake, and thought about using his M9 on him.

"I have hidden cameras around here. I've been watching you three. Besides, if he IS a weak, simple-minded fool, then what does that make you two since he's the only one that avoided capture?"

Snake shut up.

"I thought so. Oh yeah!"

Falcon pointed towards a couple crates behind him.

"You're equipment you had before capture is in those crates, along with some AK's and three BDU outfits."

"So we can disguise as terrorists?" Meryl asked.

"Yeah, but they're all the same size, and I doubt you can even get into them."

". Well, at least the AK's will help."

"Why are you helping us?"

"I'd rather NOT have my brains splattered on the floor, thank you very much."

Then Falcon opened a floor panel, and took out a wireless keyboard. He began to play, but with one arm, it wasn't very good. Snake and Meryl took AK's with suppressors, and the three moved on. In the shadows, the figure from earlier stepped out, and aimed the sniper rifle at Falcon. Falcon's eyes glinted with recognition.

"I know you. from the VR I took. You're."

But he never finished. The figure fired, and he fell onto his keyboard, which made it screech from all the keys being pressed. The figure lifted him off the keyboard, and took a level 3 card off of him. Then the figure smirked, with her blonde hair hanging down over her face.

"I shall have my prey after all."

Then she took the hair out of her face, and smirked. She thanked Dynamo for keeping his revival of her secret. She didn't want Snake to know by ANY means. Then the light previously blocked by her hair lighted her face. It was Sniper Wolf.

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Ghaleon: I saw that coming.

Magus: Ditto.

Sephiroth: Ghaleon. the camera's watching us again.

(Ghaleon adjusts the camera one last time. Then we find Jack Frost using the pendent to return the Manticore to an ice sculpture, with Spy Guy trapped in it.)