CHAPTER 2-THE RULES
A/N: Again, spoilers to BOTH MGS games in here....mostly MGS1 but don't worry...this fic is entirely focused on Snake and Raiden going head to head...mostly focused on the whole aspect. But ya know they are in a Shadow Moses VR simulation so well...yeah the other characters are there too...sucks to be Raiden
Disclaimer: Yeah yeah they belong to Konami not me.
CHAPTER 2-THE RULES
As soon as Snake was zapped into VR, he was decked out in his sneaking suit. He had absolutely nothing but his cigs. The only problem is that they wouldn't do him a whole lot of good in the VR simulation....but at least Mei Ling wouldn't give him any crap about smoking since they couldn't do anything to his health.
Snake was in the spot where he had originally started when he was actually here five years ago. The difference was that he wasn't 35 anymore, he was 40. He didn't let that stop him. "I'll show that kid whose the Big Boss around here." He said. He climbed out of the duct just as he had before. He removed the flippers.
Just as he had done before, he called the Colonel. However, this was STILL the real Colonel, so he could expect that not everything was the same. After all, Otacon had made a few "adjustments" to the VR training, and that meant that now Snake could actually well, talk to the normal people and not be bothered with AI's.
He put his hand on his ear and called the Colonel. "This is Solid Snake, do you read me Colonel?"
It took a moment but the Colonel finally said "Loud and clear. We've adjusted this so that neither you nor Raiden can spy on each other. We've turned off your monitors so you can only talk to one person at a time. We can't have you both listening to each other."
"Good point. Where is Raiden anyway?" Snake had then thought about it. They probably put him in a more advantageous position. They must feel sorry for the damn kid.
"We can't tell you that Snake. Did you really think we'd put you both in the same position?" Mei Ling chimed in.
"Of course not, I just wanted to know where he was."
"Snake, we can't let you know that." The Colonel said. "That would be cheating on our behalf. We started you off differently so that you could find each other, and then settle it out. You've both got no weapons so your on you own."
Snake had finally realized something. "Colonel, I thought you said the monitors were off? If that's so, how are you and Mei Ling talking to me?"
"Figure it out Snake. We both have rules here." Raiden spoke up. The difference was that they had let Raiden know where Snake was now. But Raiden wouldn't be that dumb...or would he?
"We'll switch the monitors off once we've told you both what's going on." Campbell spoke. "Listen, both of you. You both have no weapons whatsoever. That's the first thing I need to tell you about. The second, is that this really is a simulation of Shadow Moses...so that means that unit Fox-Hound is here, be on your gaurd. This isn't usually used to train soilders but to see what they've learned. Both of you, at all cost you must try your best to IGNORE the simulations of Fox-Hound. You have to remember that there is a Metal Gear REX and that the simulations WILL see you as an enemy. Focus on each other."
"One more thing Colonel," Snake said, "do you feel sorry for this kid or something....he seems to know where I am."
"Oh that, sorry that was me." said Mei Ling. "But hopefully Raiden won't go after you. Well, I guess he can't though huh?"
"Also, you both can't use any of the guards equipment. We'll make sure to that. If you so much as pull the trigger on an enemy weapon that you didn't find yourself, you will be shocked." Campbell warned.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Raiden screamed on the other end.
"What is it?" Snake said...almost with concern.
"You could've told me we couldn't use enemy equipment BEFORE I started to try to...."
Snake chuckled. "Think of it as a stealth mission Raiden. Try to kill as little as possible, and try to stay the hell out of my way!"
Campbell had one last thing to say before Mei Ling had to explain the Radar...again. "Snake, I've got fifty dollars on you so don't let me down!"
"Shut up Roy," said Mei Ling. "Snake, I've got fifty dollars bet AGAINST you so don't let ME down!"
Snake laughed so loud that he was almost spotted. He forgot the AI was set on eight. That meant that the guards actually were smarter than a bag of dog crap this time.
"Anyway," Mei Ling began as she cleared her throat. "The Radar is just about the same as it was before. The field of vision still stays because this is VR. But the difference is that Snake, when Raiden is around...he'll appear as a green dot on your radar. The same goes for you Raiden. Also, you'll notice that we've placed less rations around this time. If either one of you dies then you'll be sent back to the real world."
"Got it." Snake said. He had to wait for the elevator now. He could hear them actually switch off the monitor. Snake knew what he had to do. When the elevator came he knew Raiden would be in there...and not some dumbass guard. So Snake didn't have a choice. There were only two guards in the room, but he had to take both of them out. He quickly crawled under the crate he was behind. He was careful not to be discovered. He looked as one guard in front of him turned around. He then crawled out from under the crate and got him in a headlock. He was sneaky about it. He snapped his neck, but didn't let him fall to the ground. Instead he took the guard and tossed him in the water.
The other guard heard the splash. PERFECT, just as Snake had anticipated. The guard ran to the water and watched his partner float out. It was clear to him that he was dead. As the guard was distracted, Snake pushed the him in. He didn't bother to snap his neck...which was okay because the guard couldn't swim anyway. Snake was gone before the guard could look up and see who had pushed him. Snake ran to the far side of the room. He pressed up against the wall and waited for the elevator.
***
Raiden was at the Heliport on the other hand. Raiden had seen this before. He'd done a simulation of Shadow Moses before. Not like this though. He was up against Fox-Hound. His records were recorded. He gotten so many alerts that the machine broke. Or at least that was his excuse. Raiden broke the machine because he was embarrassed by it. I mean...he had been spotted 971 times! That was real sad!
He saw a guard go towards the elevator. Liquid was talking on the helipad...the Hind hadn't left yet. Raiden quickly went and punched the guard out cold. He got into the elevator and descended. This is gonna be EASY Raiden thought. He already knew that Snake was at the docks, so he went to the docks. What Raiden didn't know was that this was what Snake expected.
***
Snake knew what kind of guy Raiden was. He was the kind that thought later. He knew Raiden wasn't going to use the Soliton Radar. So Snake stood at the side of the elevator. He thought about hiding behind the cargo lift on his left, but decided against it. He KNEW Raiden was going to do something stupid.
As the elevator came Raiden had ran straight out! He didn't even SEE Snake...didn't even look aorund before coming out. Take him out now? Snake thought. Raiden walked forward...still not looking behind him. No...I can't take him out now, Snake thought. That would be TOO easy...even for me.
Snake finally stepped into the elevator. As Raiden heard this, he looked behind him. "Snake!" he shouted, but it was too late. Snake had already gotten away from him.
***
Snake stood in the elevator talking on his codec to Otacon. "This is just TOO easy Otacon. I would've taken him out right there....but I want to have some fun first." He said as he grinned. If Raiden really was that stupid then Snake could make him do ANYTHING!
"What did you have in mind for him?" Otacon asked curiously. Even Snake could be evil sometimes. Snake told Otacon what he had in mind. Afterwards, Otacon busted out laughing. "Thats cruel Snake!"
"I know, but he won't know the difference. I know the Colonel said to ignore Fox-Hound, but I can't resist."
Snake wasn't usually like this, Otacon knew. Snake wasn't usually this laughable...he'd always taken everything so seriously in the past. But when it came to Raiden...well, Snake just LOVED to torture him.
"I can't believe he didn't use his radar! What a loser!" Snake said. He actually sounded rediculous saying it. "See, he thinks he's smart because he's young. I know what happened. He thought he had me, so he didn't use his Radar."
***
Raiden was lucky. Now he had to wait for the elevator to come back down. "Why didn't he just take me out right there?' He said outloud. No one was going to hear him right? "Geez I really messed up that time." For that one mistake he was furious at himself. Then he grinned. "Wait! He probably thought it was a guard! Yeah thats it...a guard!" He said. He actually believed his own god damn lie!
It was about three minutes and thirty seconds before he hard the elevator coming down again. He stood up. Time to go after Snake. Much like a moron Raiden stood in front of the elevator....and as it came back down he saw that the same guard he knocked out was in the elevator...and he had just awakened!
The guard looked at him and made no hesitation to shoot. He couldn't call for back up anyway. As Raiden was being shot at he ran to the other side of the room. His only choice was to jump in the water. "Snake you bastard!" He screamed...and then he jumped right in.
The guard started to laugh as Raiden surfaced. "What's so funny?"
"Snake told me all about you!" The guard says. "Did you even notice that they're no bullets holes in the crates!?"
That bastard! Raiden thought. What the hell was going on? Am I supposed to trust this guy? He slowly climbed out of the water. The guard was still laughing. The gun was loaded with blanks the whole time! Raiden went up to the gaurd after surfacing. "Snake put you up to this?"
"Yeah he did...he said that there was some dumbass runt down here...of course I thought he was Liquid with the accent he was putting on. He's pretty good at that you know?"
OF COURSE! Snake still had his mullet! That made him look slightly more similar to Liquid than before!
The guard continued, "He told me to get out the blanks and so I did! Said you were really easy to fool!"
Raiden went up and punched the guard. Snake can manipulate the guards now? He couldn't get away with it all the time. But how did the guard know that it was Snake who told him all that? "Maybe I should've asked him that before knocking him out." Raiden said as he went into the elevator.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N What did you think of that Chapter? Pretty good huh? Not bad for a first timer at least....There is more on the way so please R+R! Whats gonna happen to Raiden next? Who knows for sure...but Snake is having some fun playing around with him.
A/N: Again, spoilers to BOTH MGS games in here....mostly MGS1 but don't worry...this fic is entirely focused on Snake and Raiden going head to head...mostly focused on the whole aspect. But ya know they are in a Shadow Moses VR simulation so well...yeah the other characters are there too...sucks to be Raiden
Disclaimer: Yeah yeah they belong to Konami not me.
CHAPTER 2-THE RULES
As soon as Snake was zapped into VR, he was decked out in his sneaking suit. He had absolutely nothing but his cigs. The only problem is that they wouldn't do him a whole lot of good in the VR simulation....but at least Mei Ling wouldn't give him any crap about smoking since they couldn't do anything to his health.
Snake was in the spot where he had originally started when he was actually here five years ago. The difference was that he wasn't 35 anymore, he was 40. He didn't let that stop him. "I'll show that kid whose the Big Boss around here." He said. He climbed out of the duct just as he had before. He removed the flippers.
Just as he had done before, he called the Colonel. However, this was STILL the real Colonel, so he could expect that not everything was the same. After all, Otacon had made a few "adjustments" to the VR training, and that meant that now Snake could actually well, talk to the normal people and not be bothered with AI's.
He put his hand on his ear and called the Colonel. "This is Solid Snake, do you read me Colonel?"
It took a moment but the Colonel finally said "Loud and clear. We've adjusted this so that neither you nor Raiden can spy on each other. We've turned off your monitors so you can only talk to one person at a time. We can't have you both listening to each other."
"Good point. Where is Raiden anyway?" Snake had then thought about it. They probably put him in a more advantageous position. They must feel sorry for the damn kid.
"We can't tell you that Snake. Did you really think we'd put you both in the same position?" Mei Ling chimed in.
"Of course not, I just wanted to know where he was."
"Snake, we can't let you know that." The Colonel said. "That would be cheating on our behalf. We started you off differently so that you could find each other, and then settle it out. You've both got no weapons so your on you own."
Snake had finally realized something. "Colonel, I thought you said the monitors were off? If that's so, how are you and Mei Ling talking to me?"
"Figure it out Snake. We both have rules here." Raiden spoke up. The difference was that they had let Raiden know where Snake was now. But Raiden wouldn't be that dumb...or would he?
"We'll switch the monitors off once we've told you both what's going on." Campbell spoke. "Listen, both of you. You both have no weapons whatsoever. That's the first thing I need to tell you about. The second, is that this really is a simulation of Shadow Moses...so that means that unit Fox-Hound is here, be on your gaurd. This isn't usually used to train soilders but to see what they've learned. Both of you, at all cost you must try your best to IGNORE the simulations of Fox-Hound. You have to remember that there is a Metal Gear REX and that the simulations WILL see you as an enemy. Focus on each other."
"One more thing Colonel," Snake said, "do you feel sorry for this kid or something....he seems to know where I am."
"Oh that, sorry that was me." said Mei Ling. "But hopefully Raiden won't go after you. Well, I guess he can't though huh?"
"Also, you both can't use any of the guards equipment. We'll make sure to that. If you so much as pull the trigger on an enemy weapon that you didn't find yourself, you will be shocked." Campbell warned.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Raiden screamed on the other end.
"What is it?" Snake said...almost with concern.
"You could've told me we couldn't use enemy equipment BEFORE I started to try to...."
Snake chuckled. "Think of it as a stealth mission Raiden. Try to kill as little as possible, and try to stay the hell out of my way!"
Campbell had one last thing to say before Mei Ling had to explain the Radar...again. "Snake, I've got fifty dollars on you so don't let me down!"
"Shut up Roy," said Mei Ling. "Snake, I've got fifty dollars bet AGAINST you so don't let ME down!"
Snake laughed so loud that he was almost spotted. He forgot the AI was set on eight. That meant that the guards actually were smarter than a bag of dog crap this time.
"Anyway," Mei Ling began as she cleared her throat. "The Radar is just about the same as it was before. The field of vision still stays because this is VR. But the difference is that Snake, when Raiden is around...he'll appear as a green dot on your radar. The same goes for you Raiden. Also, you'll notice that we've placed less rations around this time. If either one of you dies then you'll be sent back to the real world."
"Got it." Snake said. He had to wait for the elevator now. He could hear them actually switch off the monitor. Snake knew what he had to do. When the elevator came he knew Raiden would be in there...and not some dumbass guard. So Snake didn't have a choice. There were only two guards in the room, but he had to take both of them out. He quickly crawled under the crate he was behind. He was careful not to be discovered. He looked as one guard in front of him turned around. He then crawled out from under the crate and got him in a headlock. He was sneaky about it. He snapped his neck, but didn't let him fall to the ground. Instead he took the guard and tossed him in the water.
The other guard heard the splash. PERFECT, just as Snake had anticipated. The guard ran to the water and watched his partner float out. It was clear to him that he was dead. As the guard was distracted, Snake pushed the him in. He didn't bother to snap his neck...which was okay because the guard couldn't swim anyway. Snake was gone before the guard could look up and see who had pushed him. Snake ran to the far side of the room. He pressed up against the wall and waited for the elevator.
***
Raiden was at the Heliport on the other hand. Raiden had seen this before. He'd done a simulation of Shadow Moses before. Not like this though. He was up against Fox-Hound. His records were recorded. He gotten so many alerts that the machine broke. Or at least that was his excuse. Raiden broke the machine because he was embarrassed by it. I mean...he had been spotted 971 times! That was real sad!
He saw a guard go towards the elevator. Liquid was talking on the helipad...the Hind hadn't left yet. Raiden quickly went and punched the guard out cold. He got into the elevator and descended. This is gonna be EASY Raiden thought. He already knew that Snake was at the docks, so he went to the docks. What Raiden didn't know was that this was what Snake expected.
***
Snake knew what kind of guy Raiden was. He was the kind that thought later. He knew Raiden wasn't going to use the Soliton Radar. So Snake stood at the side of the elevator. He thought about hiding behind the cargo lift on his left, but decided against it. He KNEW Raiden was going to do something stupid.
As the elevator came Raiden had ran straight out! He didn't even SEE Snake...didn't even look aorund before coming out. Take him out now? Snake thought. Raiden walked forward...still not looking behind him. No...I can't take him out now, Snake thought. That would be TOO easy...even for me.
Snake finally stepped into the elevator. As Raiden heard this, he looked behind him. "Snake!" he shouted, but it was too late. Snake had already gotten away from him.
***
Snake stood in the elevator talking on his codec to Otacon. "This is just TOO easy Otacon. I would've taken him out right there....but I want to have some fun first." He said as he grinned. If Raiden really was that stupid then Snake could make him do ANYTHING!
"What did you have in mind for him?" Otacon asked curiously. Even Snake could be evil sometimes. Snake told Otacon what he had in mind. Afterwards, Otacon busted out laughing. "Thats cruel Snake!"
"I know, but he won't know the difference. I know the Colonel said to ignore Fox-Hound, but I can't resist."
Snake wasn't usually like this, Otacon knew. Snake wasn't usually this laughable...he'd always taken everything so seriously in the past. But when it came to Raiden...well, Snake just LOVED to torture him.
"I can't believe he didn't use his radar! What a loser!" Snake said. He actually sounded rediculous saying it. "See, he thinks he's smart because he's young. I know what happened. He thought he had me, so he didn't use his Radar."
***
Raiden was lucky. Now he had to wait for the elevator to come back down. "Why didn't he just take me out right there?' He said outloud. No one was going to hear him right? "Geez I really messed up that time." For that one mistake he was furious at himself. Then he grinned. "Wait! He probably thought it was a guard! Yeah thats it...a guard!" He said. He actually believed his own god damn lie!
It was about three minutes and thirty seconds before he hard the elevator coming down again. He stood up. Time to go after Snake. Much like a moron Raiden stood in front of the elevator....and as it came back down he saw that the same guard he knocked out was in the elevator...and he had just awakened!
The guard looked at him and made no hesitation to shoot. He couldn't call for back up anyway. As Raiden was being shot at he ran to the other side of the room. His only choice was to jump in the water. "Snake you bastard!" He screamed...and then he jumped right in.
The guard started to laugh as Raiden surfaced. "What's so funny?"
"Snake told me all about you!" The guard says. "Did you even notice that they're no bullets holes in the crates!?"
That bastard! Raiden thought. What the hell was going on? Am I supposed to trust this guy? He slowly climbed out of the water. The guard was still laughing. The gun was loaded with blanks the whole time! Raiden went up to the gaurd after surfacing. "Snake put you up to this?"
"Yeah he did...he said that there was some dumbass runt down here...of course I thought he was Liquid with the accent he was putting on. He's pretty good at that you know?"
OF COURSE! Snake still had his mullet! That made him look slightly more similar to Liquid than before!
The guard continued, "He told me to get out the blanks and so I did! Said you were really easy to fool!"
Raiden went up and punched the guard. Snake can manipulate the guards now? He couldn't get away with it all the time. But how did the guard know that it was Snake who told him all that? "Maybe I should've asked him that before knocking him out." Raiden said as he went into the elevator.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N What did you think of that Chapter? Pretty good huh? Not bad for a first timer at least....There is more on the way so please R+R! Whats gonna happen to Raiden next? Who knows for sure...but Snake is having some fun playing around with him.