A private jet circles the airport ready to land. Inside the jet Raiden and Snake are preparing their gear. They each have civilian clothes over their sneaking suits and other gear. As Otacon lands the jet they are both ready. The trio exits the plane and enters a white unmarked van. The van travels to a trailer park somewhere on Manhattan Island. The van pulled up to a long white trailer. "This will be our base of operations until we get a lead on a better location," said Otacon. Inside there was some of the most advanced equipment known to man. "My codec frequency is 141.12 and Snake's is 141.80," Otacon explained. "Got it," said Raiden. Suddenly. *Begin codec transmission* Colonel: Greetings Raiden Raiden: Colonel!? WHAT the hell have you done to my parents? I thought they were dead. Colonel: Oh no, Raiden they're very much alive. In fact they are right here. Raiden: What! Let me talk to them. Where are you? Colonel: No, you cannot talk to them. If you want to see them again you will bring the disk Snake has that contains the names of the Patriots to a place that will soon be revealed on the news. Chow. Raiden: wait! *end codec transmission* "What are we going to do?" asked Raiden. "Wait kid, wait that's all we can do," Snake replied. Days passed and at the end of the week our heroes knew what the colonel was talking about. *Welcome to the 6:00 news. Today in sports, football to be specific, the Dolphins triumphed over the Snakes 80-0.* "Shit I lost 50 bucks and got my ass handed to me by the lamest mammal ever," Snake growled. Back to the news, *My word I have just been handed this news bulletin. A band of terrorists have taken over the Statue of Liberty along with 80 hostages including the Vice-President who was on a tour of the landmark.* "Let's do it," Snake said. To be continued.