A/N: OK that last chapter threw some people a little bit I can tell! Don't
worry though. As for Raiden thinking...well don't worry you'll see that
his thinking didn't get him too far after what Snake is about to put him
through! Again (and I'm gonna keep saying it!) There ARE SPOILERS TO BOTH
MGS GAMES!!!!
Another Authors Note: It turns out that later on there was an error in the story in which I have now fixed. Thanks to ReanimatedSpirit this error has been fixed.
Disclaimer: Umm you know how it goes
CHAPTER 4-CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
"AHHHHHH." Raiden screamed as he pulled the trigger on the SOCOM. He immediantly dropped it in atagonizing pain! "What the hell happened!?"
Snake just laughed as Raiden went down to the ground. "This is just great!" He said as he tried to control his laugher. "Think about the grenade in the armory kid. Listen well. I got to the DARPA chief and claimed my card right?" He said flashing the Level 1 keycard in front of Raiden. Raiden just slowly nodded. "When I was ambushed by the guards that came in I killed one and took HIS Socom pistol, and took MY surpressor and put it on. Of course I couldn't use it, so I easily slid in the enemy Socom while you were blinded by the blast."
Raiden just looked at Snake shocked. Then he looked at the Socom he'd dropped. "Then where is mine?" He asked Snake. He was mad once again.
Snake reached into his sneaking suit and pulled out a second Socom pistol. It was the one that Raiden found only it was in Snake's possession. "You left it right in the armory, didn't stop to think obviously. You just picked up any gun lying around and ran for it." He was absolutely right. Easily, and ocne again, Raiden had been fooled by The Legend. "I didn't think that one would work but I know you Raiden."
Raiden pounded the ground, and then heard Kenneth moan next to him. Raiden had completely forgotten about him. He didn't care though, he was too pissed off to want to care.
Snake walked over to Kenneth and reached in his pocket and grabbed a level 2 keycard. "Here you can have this one I guess." He said and dropped the Level 1 keycard in front of Raiden. Snake had no more use for it. It wouldn't serve Raiden much good either.
"Alright Raiden, I'm heading north through the canyon, think you can keep up? I won't kill you here, that would just be too easy." Snake said. Of course he didn't want to kill Raiden here, that really WOULD be too easy. Instead he wanted to have some more fun. Snake left and didn't worry about Kenneth Baker at all. Raiden figured that he better do the same thing.
***
"Who's winning?" Campbell said as he came out of the restroom. He'd missed that last moment where Raiden had shocked himself. "Snake is I'm to presume?"
Mei Ling didn't like this at all. "Yeah, he's winning....I think I'm feeling more sorry for Snake than Raiden. I mean I'm rooting for Raiden and all, but for Snake this is just too easy, and for that I feel sorry that Snake doesn't have any REAL competition."
"Are you trying to back out of the bet now?" Campbell asked.
Mei Ling smiled. "I've already lost this one." she chuckled. But she was enjoying it more than anyone else. "You missed Raiden shock himself."
Just then Otacon walked in with some popcorn. "Anything good happen? How are my adjustments working?" He started to eat some popcorn. Watching Snake and Raiden was pure entertainment.
"Yeah..." Mei Ling said. "Raiden pulled another....ummm....Raiden." she chuckled.
"I told you Snake was going to win! It just isn't a competition!" Otacon laughed. He was absolutely right though. "I mean, come on Mei Ling. Even you have to admit, what made Raiden even THINK he could stand up to Solid Snake?"
Mei Ling was silent, but then a smile crossed her face. "Yeah, you're right. But I think I just wanted to see Raiden screw up."
"But you bet against Snake! You know he's going to win!" Campbell said.
"Hey! It could've turned out like one of those movies. Raiden needed SOME spirit didn't he?" Mei Ling said. She had no idea which side she was on now.
"Okay fine! But lets keep watching alright, I want to see what Snake is going to do next. If he's smart he'll take advantage of that Liquid voice he's got." Campbell said.
As Otacon ate some more popcorn he finally said, "Oh by the way. I had to take Meryl out of the VR simulation. I couldn't risk someone actually advancing the story by getting a hold of the PAL key." He said.
The Colonel wasn't all to thrilled about that but he finally decided that may have been the best way to go. "But then that means that Baker has it right?"
Otacon nodded, "Yeah of course, if Meryl isn't there he can't give it to anyone right?"
Campbell smacked his hand on his forehead. "Hal, did you ever think he might give it to Raiden?"
"I never thought that Raiden would be so egotistical as to challenge Snake, so I left the PAL key in there altogether. You said that we had to test what they learned. They can't learn to destroy a Metal Gear without activating the PAL right?" He had a point. Finally the Colonel decided he was right.
"Sheesh! I want to see the rest of this!" Mei Ling ordered. They all sat down and watched more of 'The Shadow Moses Story' as they called it.
***
Snake had picked up the claymores in the canyon, making sure not to advance too far. He had more stuff planned. He didn't want to fight the M1 Tank, and he wasn't going to either. He picked up all the claymores and decided that he could use them later. Raiden would be here soon. Snake badly wanted to put the mines in front of the door so he could blast the hell out of him. Then he decided agaisnt it. He actually HAD to have the will power not to kill Raiden. He almost couldn't wait for the conclusion. After Snake was done he quickly hid behind a rock in the canyon. Then again, he could stand right next to the door and watch Raiden run out....that would be much funner, but Snake actually knew how to be smart....something Raiden had yet to learn.
The door began to open as Raiden walked out. He was gasping for air in a way that he never dreamed. Snake could hear him. 'Stupid kid must've walked into the censors' Snake thought.
Raiden had turned off his Radar for some odd reason. Apparantly he thought it was still jammed. He had no desire to turn it on anymore. If Snake was going to play this way....then hell he'd play too. Raiden ran forward and kept going until he tripped a claymore and it detonated!
"Oops!" Snake said quietly as he tried to hold back laugher. "Must've missed one." He watched Raiden get up and brush the snow off of him. Snake could see that Raiden didn't have any grenades. Did Snake really believe that Raiden had played through a VR of this before? Raiden also didn't have his SOCOM anymore, but he kept the surpressor in case he found another one...and that was likely.
Raiden kept going forward, and once again he passed Snake. Snake quickly and quietly went to the other side of the rock facing away from Raiden. Once again he was out of site. Raiden kept running forward until the ground began to rumble. "What now!" he shouted.
From the other building and M1 tank had emerged. "This is Raven's territory." a voice from inside came. The hatched opened and Raiden looked at a tall muscular man. "Snake's don't belong in.....who the hell are you!?" Raven said pointing at Raiden. "You're not Snake!"
Raiden shifted his eyes a little bit. Where was Snake? He wasn't in sight at all! He looked back up at Raven. "Well, who are you?"
Raiden just stared there...he didn't know what he was going to do now. "Answer me you....whatever the hell you are!" Raiden just continued to stare at him in confusion. "Ugh! this is hopeless." Raven said. "Send him a message." The tank then fired from its main cannon. Now it'd be nice to say that it hit Raiden and killed him but that wouldn't have been any fun for Snake. Raiden dodged out of the way with his torso-axial.
The M1 tank then fired its machine gun for a moment. Raiden was still able to dodge but barely. He didn't think to pick up ANY items whatsoever after Snake had given him the keycard.
Raiden was finally able to find shelter behind a large rock. The M1 tank didn't advance forward. Instead it continued to fire its main cannon until Raiden would come on out.
"What an idiot," Snake said. Raiden didn't even notice Snake was in his sight now. But Snake had pulled a chaff grenade out anyway.
Snake then bolted out with a grenade in hand as the Tank opened up the hatch. With one swift move Snake was up in front of the tank with the pin pulled out of the grenade. The tank was so slow in movement that Snake had no problem getting on top and dropping a grenade in. He quickly closed the hatch and jumped off. The grenade detonated inside. The hatch flew open as a guard came flying right out! Snake being the smart one hid behind the tank.
Raiden, being the....ummm...not so smart one peaked out from behind the rock. He didn't even see ANYTHING that had just happened. He smiled and then looked around. No one was in sight at all! He jump up screaming "IN YOUR FACE YOU BULKY BITCH! WHOSE YOUR DADDY!"
Snake heard this and then just groaned at the fact of Raiden taking credit for everything. Just like he had in the Big Shell.
Raiden then walked up to the door. The level 1 card wasn't going to get him in at all. He didn't seem to even try and search the guard. He was afraid he'd get shocked all over again.
Snake finally took the level 3 card out of the guard pocket and threw it at Raiden. It hit him right in the back of the head! "OW!" Raiden shouted. He acted as if it heart. But once he picked it up the door opened. "YES! Chalk another one up for Raiden!" He said.
After Raiden went in, Snake searched inside the tank. Raven wasn't dead, but he was unconcious. The other guard was definitely dead, as the grenade had laned right on him. Snake searched that guard instead. He pulled out a level 5 card. He knew that if there was no Meryl, he'd have to find that card another way. He just didn't think it would be that simple.
***
Inside the nuke building Raidn right to the end of the large corridor and looked under for a moment. "Snake must already be in there." He said softly. No guard heard him. He finally turned on his Radar once again. No guards in sight so he climbed under.
Just as he'd done so Snake had entered. Raiden didn't acknowledge this as he wanted another weapon so he continued to crawl under, even after hearing Snake entering. Raiden quickly got up and noticed a guard was coming to his position. There was a truck in the area, so he ran and jumped inside the truck. There were boxes piled up, perfect place for Raiden to hide.
Snake had seen Raiden jump into the truck. Snake still had two grenades left. He then grinned. He knew what he WANTED to do, but he just couldn't do it. They were in a Nuke Building. If he tossed a grenade in there, it would kill them both. Snake still wanted to do it. But he didn't want to kill himself, that was a Raiden thing to do.
Snake then quickly came up with an easy idea. He had a level 5 key card right? He could go back and get a PSG-1 from the Armory. It wasn't too far, and the canyon wasn't secured yet...so why not? He quickly acted on that thought.
***
Raiden climbed out of the truck, he didn't take a box with him...sadly. He ran up the stairs. Another adjustment that Otacon made was that he took the Cameras off the first floor of the Nuke Building. He ran on the upper level. Then he presed himself up against the wall. There were a stack of boxes in the way. He hid behind them as not to be seen by the guards below. The guard on the upper level came up right next to him! It scared Raiden shitless! He quickly punched the guard over the rail. Not too smart.
The guard screamed and hit the ground with a hard pounding THUD!
"Oh my god!" Raiden said. He then quicly went to the elevator. By the time a guard had spotted him, he was already in and on his way to the second floor. He heard an alarm sound for other guards. He didn't even notice that he had been spotted.
He arrived on the second floor quickly. He ran out very quickly. There were guards looking for him. He looked at his radar. There was one guard right around the cornor from the elevator he'd come on, and there were at least two in the bathroom, and another three in the office! There was no where to go...except one place.
Raiden quickly ran into the women's bathroom. He stayed there until the alert was over and the guards would stop searching. There was a call on his codec while he was there. "Get your ass out of there!" It was Mei Ling. "Are you some kind of pervert! I"m not going to be rooting for you now!"
"Hey," he said quietly, but his voice still echoed. The guards didn't hear though...not like they'd go in there anyway. Now to think of it, I'm not sure why they have a women's bathroom at all! "I'll be find in here, its the only safe place!"
"Get out of there right now Raiden or I'll tell the Colonel your cheating!" Mei Ling threatened. Raiden didn't have a choice....if he didn't want to get the Colonel involved, that is.
Just as Raiden came out the alert was over. He quickly hid behind a piller right next to the bathroom. He sighed with relief. He looked at his radar. Only two guards were in there now. Both of them in the office. "This is my chance!" He said to himself as he rushed to the mens room. "Gotta go real bad!"
"For the love of God!" Mei Ling was still on the codec. Raiden forgot to cut her off. "You're in VR Raiden! How can you think to go to the bathroom."
"When you gotta go you gotta go!" Raiden said and then cut her off.
***
Snake came back to the Nuke building with his new toy. The PSG-1. If he wanted to get through without sneaking, this was the only way to do it. There were only two guards, Snake noticed. The one on the upper level had been killed. Snake peaked through the crack in the barely open door. He shot one guard in the head quick. The guard fell and before he could hit the ground the other guard was already by his side. The second guard picked up his radio but Snake shot it with 110% accuracy. He then shot the guard for the hell of it. It wasn't neccessary after the Radio was gone he could've taken him with his bare hands, but decided against it.
Snake crawled under and quickly ran to the truck. If there was one thing Snake knew about cardboard boxes, it was that they always had the goods. Most of them were empty, but he still managed to find an M9 tranquilizer. Another adjustment that Otacon had made. Snake took the M9, this was much better now. Sadly, the PSG-1T wasn't going to be in this simulation. Snake went to the elevator quickly and went to the second floor.
*** 10 minutes later
Raiden was still standing there and pissing away in the stall. The guards hadn't even come in yet! A call came in on his codec but he didn't answer. It was probably Mei Ling calling to talk to him about "evacuating" as she called it. He was finally done and fushed the toilet. He looked on hsi radar and saw a green dot. Snake was in the area, but was he using his radar?
Snake knew where Raiden was, but Raiden wasn't his target. He had to take out Wolfe first. Another adjustment that Otacon made was that he had removed the battle with Mantis to another point in the simulation. Not even Snake knew where this was, but he kept going anyway.
Snake made his way into the Wolf cave. The wolves wouldn't attack him this time though. If there was one thing Snake made Otacon do, it was to make sure that dogs ADORED Snake. And they did too.
Snake knew what Sniper Wolf was like. As a precaution he led a wolf with him. He knew that Wolf loved the dogs. He went through the level five door. As soon as he stepped through Wolf was already aiming at him. Snake set down his PSG-1 and pulled out his Socom and pointed at the dog. The "Sniper Alleyway" as he called it, wasn't all that long, but a standard weapon certainly didn't have enough range. He called accross the alley. "I can give you someone!" He shouted.
He started to walk down the alley, and the dog followed him. He had picked up his Sniper Rifle and walked down the alley with that in one hand...and his Socom in the other. About mid-way down he meant up with Wolf. "He'll through that door momentarily." Snake said to her. YES! This was one of the BEST things Snakes could do to Raiden before he had that chance to kill him. He wanted Raiden to endure what that sick-bastard Ocelot had done to him.
"As long as you leave my loved one alone." Wolf said. Snake agreed to it. The only thing they had to do now was wait for Raiden. Snake grinned.
***
Raiden was thinking how to get through the doors. He had no idea. He was still in the bathroom, only this time in a stall on the toilet seat. No, he didn't have to go...he was just exhausted. Snake was always one step ahead of him. Raiden still hadn't figured that part out though. The door opened and a guard walked in.
The guard didn't notice Raiden on the toilet seat, perhaps he had to pee really bad. Raiden then came to a conclusion. A guard had to carry a card to get places, right? Raiden jumped off the crapper and then went and got the guard in a choke hold. He decided to snap his neck. Perhaps that wasn't the best way to do it. Maybe he should've knocked the guard out instead. He grabbed the card, at least it was level 5.
He dashed out of the bathroom and went through the doors. He had to catch Snake. He didn't want to be fooled anymore....but that just wasn't possible.
Raiden ran into the Wolf Cave, and heard a lot of barking. Again, Raiden didn't grab a weapon. He was so content on catching up with Snake that he completely forgot all about it. He still had no weapons. He wanted to go back and get some but he just didn't bother to do so. Snake was all that was on his mind.
As he ran through the cave, a wolf jumped out and attacked him! He screamed as his leg was bitten. It hurt pretty bad. The wolf dragged Raiden by the leg. He didn't fight it or anything. He was still taking Raiden closer to the exit so he thought of it as a way to relax. As he was being dragged he hit his head on a rock. "Ouch!" He yelped. The dog then set him down just before the door. He sniffed Raiden a bit. Then he lifted his leg up and peed on him. "God! Get away!" Raiden screamed. The wolf ran away. Raiden smelled pretty bad now.
Raiden came to a stance finally as the the pee rushed down his face now. He felt pretty disgusted with himself. He walked through the door.
As he entered the alleyway, his radar was once again jammed. "Could this get any worse?" He said walking down the alleyway. Snake was way ahead of him now. Who knew where he could be hiding. He ran down the alley way. As he ran he didn't bother looking in any of the shadows. Too bad he didn't do that. If he had he'd have spotted Snake in the very last one.
Raiden was at the base of the Communications Tower A now. An alarm sounded as he was ambushed by three guards and a female sniper. "Dammit!" he screamed. He wanted to scream more, but Sniper Wolf could've easily killed him.
"It's hard to miss when your this close." She walked up with the rifle pointed at his forehead. Then she took one big whiff of Raiden. "Damn! You stink when was the last time you showered!?"
Raiden looked at her, "Ummm.....about ten minutes ago." He said this and then a guard started to cough and pretty soon he fainted. "Oh come on I don't smell THAT bad."
Wolf looked at the guard who fell to the ground. He was chuckling now. "Get up!" the Sniper ordered.
"Yes ma'am." He said as he sprung up. She tilted her head just slightly to the left. Raiden just gave an awkward look, then suddenly he was knocked out cold!
Snake came from the shadows as he saw Raiden go to the ground. "I have one more thing to ask of you." He said as Raiden was carried off.
"What is it?" Wolf looked at him. She had no intention on actually hurting Snake anymore. Raiden was good enough. She liked how Raiden didn't even talk back or anything. She could easily tell that he wasn't a soilder.
"I want your level 7 keycard." Snake said as he put a cigerette in his mouth.
"On one condition." Wolf said.
"And that would be?"
"Give me a cigerette." That was all she wanted? A cigerette? Snake gave in to that. He then took the level 7 keycard and entered the Comm. Tower. Then he turned around. "And Wolf, tell Ocelot not to kill the kid. That'll be my job." He then turned around and walked into the tower.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: Yeah this chapter was actually kind of long wasn't it? I didn't mean for it to be that long, but I wanted it to end with Raiden being taken to Ocelot. I also had to make sure we all knew what Snake was doing. If this chapter was kind of boring....well sorry about that.
Another Authors Note: It turns out that later on there was an error in the story in which I have now fixed. Thanks to ReanimatedSpirit this error has been fixed.
Disclaimer: Umm you know how it goes
CHAPTER 4-CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
"AHHHHHH." Raiden screamed as he pulled the trigger on the SOCOM. He immediantly dropped it in atagonizing pain! "What the hell happened!?"
Snake just laughed as Raiden went down to the ground. "This is just great!" He said as he tried to control his laugher. "Think about the grenade in the armory kid. Listen well. I got to the DARPA chief and claimed my card right?" He said flashing the Level 1 keycard in front of Raiden. Raiden just slowly nodded. "When I was ambushed by the guards that came in I killed one and took HIS Socom pistol, and took MY surpressor and put it on. Of course I couldn't use it, so I easily slid in the enemy Socom while you were blinded by the blast."
Raiden just looked at Snake shocked. Then he looked at the Socom he'd dropped. "Then where is mine?" He asked Snake. He was mad once again.
Snake reached into his sneaking suit and pulled out a second Socom pistol. It was the one that Raiden found only it was in Snake's possession. "You left it right in the armory, didn't stop to think obviously. You just picked up any gun lying around and ran for it." He was absolutely right. Easily, and ocne again, Raiden had been fooled by The Legend. "I didn't think that one would work but I know you Raiden."
Raiden pounded the ground, and then heard Kenneth moan next to him. Raiden had completely forgotten about him. He didn't care though, he was too pissed off to want to care.
Snake walked over to Kenneth and reached in his pocket and grabbed a level 2 keycard. "Here you can have this one I guess." He said and dropped the Level 1 keycard in front of Raiden. Snake had no more use for it. It wouldn't serve Raiden much good either.
"Alright Raiden, I'm heading north through the canyon, think you can keep up? I won't kill you here, that would just be too easy." Snake said. Of course he didn't want to kill Raiden here, that really WOULD be too easy. Instead he wanted to have some more fun. Snake left and didn't worry about Kenneth Baker at all. Raiden figured that he better do the same thing.
***
"Who's winning?" Campbell said as he came out of the restroom. He'd missed that last moment where Raiden had shocked himself. "Snake is I'm to presume?"
Mei Ling didn't like this at all. "Yeah, he's winning....I think I'm feeling more sorry for Snake than Raiden. I mean I'm rooting for Raiden and all, but for Snake this is just too easy, and for that I feel sorry that Snake doesn't have any REAL competition."
"Are you trying to back out of the bet now?" Campbell asked.
Mei Ling smiled. "I've already lost this one." she chuckled. But she was enjoying it more than anyone else. "You missed Raiden shock himself."
Just then Otacon walked in with some popcorn. "Anything good happen? How are my adjustments working?" He started to eat some popcorn. Watching Snake and Raiden was pure entertainment.
"Yeah..." Mei Ling said. "Raiden pulled another....ummm....Raiden." she chuckled.
"I told you Snake was going to win! It just isn't a competition!" Otacon laughed. He was absolutely right though. "I mean, come on Mei Ling. Even you have to admit, what made Raiden even THINK he could stand up to Solid Snake?"
Mei Ling was silent, but then a smile crossed her face. "Yeah, you're right. But I think I just wanted to see Raiden screw up."
"But you bet against Snake! You know he's going to win!" Campbell said.
"Hey! It could've turned out like one of those movies. Raiden needed SOME spirit didn't he?" Mei Ling said. She had no idea which side she was on now.
"Okay fine! But lets keep watching alright, I want to see what Snake is going to do next. If he's smart he'll take advantage of that Liquid voice he's got." Campbell said.
As Otacon ate some more popcorn he finally said, "Oh by the way. I had to take Meryl out of the VR simulation. I couldn't risk someone actually advancing the story by getting a hold of the PAL key." He said.
The Colonel wasn't all to thrilled about that but he finally decided that may have been the best way to go. "But then that means that Baker has it right?"
Otacon nodded, "Yeah of course, if Meryl isn't there he can't give it to anyone right?"
Campbell smacked his hand on his forehead. "Hal, did you ever think he might give it to Raiden?"
"I never thought that Raiden would be so egotistical as to challenge Snake, so I left the PAL key in there altogether. You said that we had to test what they learned. They can't learn to destroy a Metal Gear without activating the PAL right?" He had a point. Finally the Colonel decided he was right.
"Sheesh! I want to see the rest of this!" Mei Ling ordered. They all sat down and watched more of 'The Shadow Moses Story' as they called it.
***
Snake had picked up the claymores in the canyon, making sure not to advance too far. He had more stuff planned. He didn't want to fight the M1 Tank, and he wasn't going to either. He picked up all the claymores and decided that he could use them later. Raiden would be here soon. Snake badly wanted to put the mines in front of the door so he could blast the hell out of him. Then he decided agaisnt it. He actually HAD to have the will power not to kill Raiden. He almost couldn't wait for the conclusion. After Snake was done he quickly hid behind a rock in the canyon. Then again, he could stand right next to the door and watch Raiden run out....that would be much funner, but Snake actually knew how to be smart....something Raiden had yet to learn.
The door began to open as Raiden walked out. He was gasping for air in a way that he never dreamed. Snake could hear him. 'Stupid kid must've walked into the censors' Snake thought.
Raiden had turned off his Radar for some odd reason. Apparantly he thought it was still jammed. He had no desire to turn it on anymore. If Snake was going to play this way....then hell he'd play too. Raiden ran forward and kept going until he tripped a claymore and it detonated!
"Oops!" Snake said quietly as he tried to hold back laugher. "Must've missed one." He watched Raiden get up and brush the snow off of him. Snake could see that Raiden didn't have any grenades. Did Snake really believe that Raiden had played through a VR of this before? Raiden also didn't have his SOCOM anymore, but he kept the surpressor in case he found another one...and that was likely.
Raiden kept going forward, and once again he passed Snake. Snake quickly and quietly went to the other side of the rock facing away from Raiden. Once again he was out of site. Raiden kept running forward until the ground began to rumble. "What now!" he shouted.
From the other building and M1 tank had emerged. "This is Raven's territory." a voice from inside came. The hatched opened and Raiden looked at a tall muscular man. "Snake's don't belong in.....who the hell are you!?" Raven said pointing at Raiden. "You're not Snake!"
Raiden shifted his eyes a little bit. Where was Snake? He wasn't in sight at all! He looked back up at Raven. "Well, who are you?"
Raiden just stared there...he didn't know what he was going to do now. "Answer me you....whatever the hell you are!" Raiden just continued to stare at him in confusion. "Ugh! this is hopeless." Raven said. "Send him a message." The tank then fired from its main cannon. Now it'd be nice to say that it hit Raiden and killed him but that wouldn't have been any fun for Snake. Raiden dodged out of the way with his torso-axial.
The M1 tank then fired its machine gun for a moment. Raiden was still able to dodge but barely. He didn't think to pick up ANY items whatsoever after Snake had given him the keycard.
Raiden was finally able to find shelter behind a large rock. The M1 tank didn't advance forward. Instead it continued to fire its main cannon until Raiden would come on out.
"What an idiot," Snake said. Raiden didn't even notice Snake was in his sight now. But Snake had pulled a chaff grenade out anyway.
Snake then bolted out with a grenade in hand as the Tank opened up the hatch. With one swift move Snake was up in front of the tank with the pin pulled out of the grenade. The tank was so slow in movement that Snake had no problem getting on top and dropping a grenade in. He quickly closed the hatch and jumped off. The grenade detonated inside. The hatch flew open as a guard came flying right out! Snake being the smart one hid behind the tank.
Raiden, being the....ummm...not so smart one peaked out from behind the rock. He didn't even see ANYTHING that had just happened. He smiled and then looked around. No one was in sight at all! He jump up screaming "IN YOUR FACE YOU BULKY BITCH! WHOSE YOUR DADDY!"
Snake heard this and then just groaned at the fact of Raiden taking credit for everything. Just like he had in the Big Shell.
Raiden then walked up to the door. The level 1 card wasn't going to get him in at all. He didn't seem to even try and search the guard. He was afraid he'd get shocked all over again.
Snake finally took the level 3 card out of the guard pocket and threw it at Raiden. It hit him right in the back of the head! "OW!" Raiden shouted. He acted as if it heart. But once he picked it up the door opened. "YES! Chalk another one up for Raiden!" He said.
After Raiden went in, Snake searched inside the tank. Raven wasn't dead, but he was unconcious. The other guard was definitely dead, as the grenade had laned right on him. Snake searched that guard instead. He pulled out a level 5 card. He knew that if there was no Meryl, he'd have to find that card another way. He just didn't think it would be that simple.
***
Inside the nuke building Raidn right to the end of the large corridor and looked under for a moment. "Snake must already be in there." He said softly. No guard heard him. He finally turned on his Radar once again. No guards in sight so he climbed under.
Just as he'd done so Snake had entered. Raiden didn't acknowledge this as he wanted another weapon so he continued to crawl under, even after hearing Snake entering. Raiden quickly got up and noticed a guard was coming to his position. There was a truck in the area, so he ran and jumped inside the truck. There were boxes piled up, perfect place for Raiden to hide.
Snake had seen Raiden jump into the truck. Snake still had two grenades left. He then grinned. He knew what he WANTED to do, but he just couldn't do it. They were in a Nuke Building. If he tossed a grenade in there, it would kill them both. Snake still wanted to do it. But he didn't want to kill himself, that was a Raiden thing to do.
Snake then quickly came up with an easy idea. He had a level 5 key card right? He could go back and get a PSG-1 from the Armory. It wasn't too far, and the canyon wasn't secured yet...so why not? He quickly acted on that thought.
***
Raiden climbed out of the truck, he didn't take a box with him...sadly. He ran up the stairs. Another adjustment that Otacon made was that he took the Cameras off the first floor of the Nuke Building. He ran on the upper level. Then he presed himself up against the wall. There were a stack of boxes in the way. He hid behind them as not to be seen by the guards below. The guard on the upper level came up right next to him! It scared Raiden shitless! He quickly punched the guard over the rail. Not too smart.
The guard screamed and hit the ground with a hard pounding THUD!
"Oh my god!" Raiden said. He then quicly went to the elevator. By the time a guard had spotted him, he was already in and on his way to the second floor. He heard an alarm sound for other guards. He didn't even notice that he had been spotted.
He arrived on the second floor quickly. He ran out very quickly. There were guards looking for him. He looked at his radar. There was one guard right around the cornor from the elevator he'd come on, and there were at least two in the bathroom, and another three in the office! There was no where to go...except one place.
Raiden quickly ran into the women's bathroom. He stayed there until the alert was over and the guards would stop searching. There was a call on his codec while he was there. "Get your ass out of there!" It was Mei Ling. "Are you some kind of pervert! I"m not going to be rooting for you now!"
"Hey," he said quietly, but his voice still echoed. The guards didn't hear though...not like they'd go in there anyway. Now to think of it, I'm not sure why they have a women's bathroom at all! "I'll be find in here, its the only safe place!"
"Get out of there right now Raiden or I'll tell the Colonel your cheating!" Mei Ling threatened. Raiden didn't have a choice....if he didn't want to get the Colonel involved, that is.
Just as Raiden came out the alert was over. He quickly hid behind a piller right next to the bathroom. He sighed with relief. He looked at his radar. Only two guards were in there now. Both of them in the office. "This is my chance!" He said to himself as he rushed to the mens room. "Gotta go real bad!"
"For the love of God!" Mei Ling was still on the codec. Raiden forgot to cut her off. "You're in VR Raiden! How can you think to go to the bathroom."
"When you gotta go you gotta go!" Raiden said and then cut her off.
***
Snake came back to the Nuke building with his new toy. The PSG-1. If he wanted to get through without sneaking, this was the only way to do it. There were only two guards, Snake noticed. The one on the upper level had been killed. Snake peaked through the crack in the barely open door. He shot one guard in the head quick. The guard fell and before he could hit the ground the other guard was already by his side. The second guard picked up his radio but Snake shot it with 110% accuracy. He then shot the guard for the hell of it. It wasn't neccessary after the Radio was gone he could've taken him with his bare hands, but decided against it.
Snake crawled under and quickly ran to the truck. If there was one thing Snake knew about cardboard boxes, it was that they always had the goods. Most of them were empty, but he still managed to find an M9 tranquilizer. Another adjustment that Otacon had made. Snake took the M9, this was much better now. Sadly, the PSG-1T wasn't going to be in this simulation. Snake went to the elevator quickly and went to the second floor.
*** 10 minutes later
Raiden was still standing there and pissing away in the stall. The guards hadn't even come in yet! A call came in on his codec but he didn't answer. It was probably Mei Ling calling to talk to him about "evacuating" as she called it. He was finally done and fushed the toilet. He looked on hsi radar and saw a green dot. Snake was in the area, but was he using his radar?
Snake knew where Raiden was, but Raiden wasn't his target. He had to take out Wolfe first. Another adjustment that Otacon made was that he had removed the battle with Mantis to another point in the simulation. Not even Snake knew where this was, but he kept going anyway.
Snake made his way into the Wolf cave. The wolves wouldn't attack him this time though. If there was one thing Snake made Otacon do, it was to make sure that dogs ADORED Snake. And they did too.
Snake knew what Sniper Wolf was like. As a precaution he led a wolf with him. He knew that Wolf loved the dogs. He went through the level five door. As soon as he stepped through Wolf was already aiming at him. Snake set down his PSG-1 and pulled out his Socom and pointed at the dog. The "Sniper Alleyway" as he called it, wasn't all that long, but a standard weapon certainly didn't have enough range. He called accross the alley. "I can give you someone!" He shouted.
He started to walk down the alley, and the dog followed him. He had picked up his Sniper Rifle and walked down the alley with that in one hand...and his Socom in the other. About mid-way down he meant up with Wolf. "He'll through that door momentarily." Snake said to her. YES! This was one of the BEST things Snakes could do to Raiden before he had that chance to kill him. He wanted Raiden to endure what that sick-bastard Ocelot had done to him.
"As long as you leave my loved one alone." Wolf said. Snake agreed to it. The only thing they had to do now was wait for Raiden. Snake grinned.
***
Raiden was thinking how to get through the doors. He had no idea. He was still in the bathroom, only this time in a stall on the toilet seat. No, he didn't have to go...he was just exhausted. Snake was always one step ahead of him. Raiden still hadn't figured that part out though. The door opened and a guard walked in.
The guard didn't notice Raiden on the toilet seat, perhaps he had to pee really bad. Raiden then came to a conclusion. A guard had to carry a card to get places, right? Raiden jumped off the crapper and then went and got the guard in a choke hold. He decided to snap his neck. Perhaps that wasn't the best way to do it. Maybe he should've knocked the guard out instead. He grabbed the card, at least it was level 5.
He dashed out of the bathroom and went through the doors. He had to catch Snake. He didn't want to be fooled anymore....but that just wasn't possible.
Raiden ran into the Wolf Cave, and heard a lot of barking. Again, Raiden didn't grab a weapon. He was so content on catching up with Snake that he completely forgot all about it. He still had no weapons. He wanted to go back and get some but he just didn't bother to do so. Snake was all that was on his mind.
As he ran through the cave, a wolf jumped out and attacked him! He screamed as his leg was bitten. It hurt pretty bad. The wolf dragged Raiden by the leg. He didn't fight it or anything. He was still taking Raiden closer to the exit so he thought of it as a way to relax. As he was being dragged he hit his head on a rock. "Ouch!" He yelped. The dog then set him down just before the door. He sniffed Raiden a bit. Then he lifted his leg up and peed on him. "God! Get away!" Raiden screamed. The wolf ran away. Raiden smelled pretty bad now.
Raiden came to a stance finally as the the pee rushed down his face now. He felt pretty disgusted with himself. He walked through the door.
As he entered the alleyway, his radar was once again jammed. "Could this get any worse?" He said walking down the alleyway. Snake was way ahead of him now. Who knew where he could be hiding. He ran down the alley way. As he ran he didn't bother looking in any of the shadows. Too bad he didn't do that. If he had he'd have spotted Snake in the very last one.
Raiden was at the base of the Communications Tower A now. An alarm sounded as he was ambushed by three guards and a female sniper. "Dammit!" he screamed. He wanted to scream more, but Sniper Wolf could've easily killed him.
"It's hard to miss when your this close." She walked up with the rifle pointed at his forehead. Then she took one big whiff of Raiden. "Damn! You stink when was the last time you showered!?"
Raiden looked at her, "Ummm.....about ten minutes ago." He said this and then a guard started to cough and pretty soon he fainted. "Oh come on I don't smell THAT bad."
Wolf looked at the guard who fell to the ground. He was chuckling now. "Get up!" the Sniper ordered.
"Yes ma'am." He said as he sprung up. She tilted her head just slightly to the left. Raiden just gave an awkward look, then suddenly he was knocked out cold!
Snake came from the shadows as he saw Raiden go to the ground. "I have one more thing to ask of you." He said as Raiden was carried off.
"What is it?" Wolf looked at him. She had no intention on actually hurting Snake anymore. Raiden was good enough. She liked how Raiden didn't even talk back or anything. She could easily tell that he wasn't a soilder.
"I want your level 7 keycard." Snake said as he put a cigerette in his mouth.
"On one condition." Wolf said.
"And that would be?"
"Give me a cigerette." That was all she wanted? A cigerette? Snake gave in to that. He then took the level 7 keycard and entered the Comm. Tower. Then he turned around. "And Wolf, tell Ocelot not to kill the kid. That'll be my job." He then turned around and walked into the tower.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: Yeah this chapter was actually kind of long wasn't it? I didn't mean for it to be that long, but I wanted it to end with Raiden being taken to Ocelot. I also had to make sure we all knew what Snake was doing. If this chapter was kind of boring....well sorry about that.