A/N: Anyways, back on track. This chapter will try to focus a little bit
less on the characters and more on the competition at hand. Again (and I'm
gonna keep saying it) Spoilers to both MGS games.
Disclaimer: Nothing has changed since the LAST disclaimer!
CHAPTER 6-THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS
Raiden had just been tossed in the Med. room once again. This time Ocelot had turned the power up and did it five times instead of four. Raiden was in a lot of pain now. But he still didn't want the game to end here. 'Gotta get ot of here!' He thought. It really wasn't as simple as Snake made it sound. He put his hand on his ear and called up Otacon. "What do I do?"
On the other end, Otacon could be heard guzzling down a soda, and Raiden was a little irritated by that. "OK, so you didn't fool the guard by crawling under the bed right?"
"Yeah, we've established that." Raiden grunted. He was still in pain. Johnny once again banged on the med room windows telling him to shut up. This made Raiden speak a little softer then he once did.
Otacon continued. "You could always try and fake a big stomach ache. Of course since you were just tortured it probably wouldn't work. I can see what I can do though."
"What are you talking about?"
***
As Otacon talked on his codec, he was getting ready to go into VR to help Raiden out. Snake was right though, Raiden was a rookie. Especially if he was still stuck in the med room.
As Otacon was about to put on the helmet the Colonel stopped him. "We can't do that Hal."
Otacon looked at Roy for a moment. "Why can't we?" Raiden could be heard asking "What? Why can't we what?' several times.
"Hal, we have to let Raiden and Snake do this, the only way you can interfere is by using the codec, but not under any circumstances will I let you go into the VR realm to help either of them!" He said to Otacon. He made a real serious face. He grabbed Otacon and dragged him back to the monitoring room. "We can only watch from here. You want to help Raiden? Then give him specific instructions on what to do."
***
"What can't we do!?" Raiden screemed.
"Alright thats it your pissing me off!" Johnny said as he marched over to the cell and opened the door. "Come here you bastard!" What the hell? Johnny couldn't kill Raiden, that would be against orders, but he could still beat the shit out of him if he needed to. Johnny closed the door behind him.
"Raiden. You need to take him out!" Otacon said over the codec. "You don't have any other choice but to take him out!"
Raiden walked up to Johnny with his hands raised, as he cut Otacon out on the codec. "Listen, I don't want any trouble from-" SMACK! Johnny smacked him with his FAMAS. Obviously Raiden couldn't talk his way out of it. Did he really expect to?
Raiden didn't take too much before he finally did a torso-axial forward and smacked Johnny. Johnny didn't go unconcious at all, but he was knocked off his feet for a moment. During this time Raiden tried to open the cell door, but it was still locked.
"You didn't think that I'd leave it unlocked did you?" Johnny said as he started to smile a little bit. He smacked Raiden again. This time Raiden went to the ground. Johnny stood over him with his FAMAS pointed straight at Raiden's head. At that point in time Raiden just froze. Was this going to be the end?
It would've been hadn't Johnny started to feel something in his stomach move. "OOOooooooooo!" He screamed. "My stomach! OOOOOooooooo!" He then put his hands on his ass, and opened the cell door and ran out. Lucky for Raiden, Johnny LEFT the cell door opened.
Raiden could feel blood dripping down his chin from his mouth. It may not have been real life, but damn it sure hurt like it! He just walked out of the cell, with the level 7 card he got from the DARPA chief. He grabbed his sneaking suit and quickly zipped up. His suit felt a little heavier than usual. Something could be wrong, but he quickly dismissed the thought. He had to go down to the armory now, and fast.
***
Snake was in the armory gathering more supplies. He hadn't been there too long, but he had restocked with more grenades, chaff grenades, and now he grabbed some stun grenades. He still had his PSG-1 on him and his FAMAS. He hadn't really needed to use the FAMAS yet, and he wasn't sure if he should haul it around or not. Then he remembered the Comm. Tower. Yeah, he was definitely going to need it. He figured he'd take it with him to the communications tower. Then he'd empty the clip and leave the FAMAS on the walkway. There wasn't any need to have it. He had to think stealth- like. Everything else would be a cinch! He didn't need an assault rifle for the rest of this...not even for Mantis.
Snake put everyone in the armory to sleep with the M9 he found. None of the guards had to make status reports and that was a good thing. Then, the elevator began to sound. Snake assumed that it would be Raiden. Regardless of which, Snake left himself right in the open. There was nothing that Raiden could do to him now.
The doors opened and Raiden stepped out. Snake was standing right next to the elevator. With his M9 still in hand he jumped out. "Freeze!" He shouted at Raiden.
Raiden put his hands in the air, looking at Snake. "Where the hell did you get that?" He said as he lowered his hands and pointed to the M9.
Of course Snake wasn't going to put Raiden to sleep. He had no need to do anything to Raiden. Snake had a large arsenal of weapons now. Two Socoms, one of which was surpressed, a FAMAS, a PSG-1, leftover claymores and an M9. He also had plenty of grenades, chaff grenades, and stun grenades.
"I found it like I have every other weapon." Snake said. He chuckled at the fact that Raiden had just left it in the back of a truck in the Nuke Building. Snake then felt just a bit generous. He gave his Socom, the unsurpressed one to Raiden. "Take this." He said as he pulled the clip and stashed it.
"Why are you giving me this?" Raiden asked, he thought about the shock earlier. None the less he took the pistol.
"I'm tired of seeing you without any arms! You need a weapon kid. But you've gotta supply your own ammo!" Snake said. He pushed the button on the elevator. It opened right away. Before Snake stepped in he said one thing, "I'm going to the snowfields just north of the communications tower. If your smart, you'll bring a weapon with long range." With that said, Snake went into the elevator, and doors closed.
Raiden decided to go and get ammo for the Socom first. Perhaps there was a surpressor in the room with the Socom ammo. To Raiden's luck there was. He then put that on, and loaded up a clip. He took a practice shot at the wall to make sure that Snake hadn't fooled him again. When he was ready, he decided to find more weapons. The first weapon that came to mind was the PSG-1. He actually took in Snake's warning, and because of Otacon's "adjustmens" there weren't going to be any missile launchers for quite some time. He then made his way to the grenades. He picked up a few for his trip. Next were the stun grenades. After the stun grenades he skipped the chaff grenades. Raiden didn't like chaff grenades and he almost never realied on them. He hadn't needed them in the Big Shell or Arsenal. Though in Arsenal they may have come in handy at some point. He thought about C4. Snake had used all of his up. Or had he?
After Raiden was done "shopping" he went to the elevator. It was just in time too because the guards were just now waking up. Raiden had tons of ammo now, and he was ready. Now he could truly battle Snake.
***
Snake went into the Communications Tower. With each couple of steps he took, he turned around a put a claymore down. He still had the claymores from the canyon with him. He saved at least two of the six he'd picked up. He would've had seven but he missed one and Raiden had walked on it anyway.
After laying down four claymores, Snake walked through the door. He looked up, the same camera was there from before. He shot the camera. He wouldn't be discovered this time. The claymores were for Raiden. Snake didn't bother to grab the rope this time. He still had one C4 left. He wanted so badly to use it on Raiden, but then decided against it. He walked up the stairs of the tower until he came to about the tenth floor. That door that was once frozen over had been unfrozen as another one of Otacon's adjustments. This one Snake was thankful for. He walked through the door.
Once outside, Snake took out his PSG-1. He looked through it and saw three guards at the end. He capped them off one-by-one, shooting each in the forehead. He ran down the walkway, with a grenade in hand. Snake expected the Hind to come, but since he didn't repel it could be a while. He looked around a bit, then he finally heard the sound of a chopper near. He didn't pull the pin yet, he needed the Hind to be in sight first.
When Liquid finally showed himself in the Hind, and laughed like usual, Snake just didn't have time for this, "Shut up!" He shouted at Liquid, and threw a Chaff inside the Hind. Easier said than done. The Hind never even shot at Snake before the grenade finally detonated. The Hind went down once more.
Snake continued on down the walkway, and then into Comm. Tower B.
***
Raiden stepped into Comm. Tower A. He started to run only to trip a claymore and fly back a bit. He screamed like the dickens! "GOOD GOD!" He screamed as his heart was pounding. He'd used a second ration after that one. They only got five and he was already down to three. He got up and ran forward to trip the second claymore. "BASTARD!" He said as that one blew him back. He didn't use a ration after that one. He got up and STILL ran forward only to trip the THIRD one! "What the fuck!?" Raiden screamed. He still didnt figure it out. Finally he got a call on his codec.
"What kind of dumbass are you!?" It was Otacon.
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you know what the definition of stupidity is?" Otacon asked. It actually sounded like a serious tone.
"Uhh....no." Raiden answereed sheepishly.
"It means doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Though I could go back and rewrite that definition and put 'Raiden' now." Otacon said. "You've been stupidly walking into shit this whole game."
"Well, I-"
Otacon quickly cut him off. "Listen, there is fourth claymore in there and- "
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Raiden screamed. Otacon was too late....he'd detonated the fourth one already.
"Nevermind....that means you have two rations left now don' you?"
"Uhhhhh....yeah." Raiden said. He felt so damn stupid. Hell, he really WAS stupid if he walked into all four mines.
Raiden cut Otacon off, and pressed on. Much like Snake, he ignored the rope. He ran up the tower, until he too reached the tenth floor. Then he walked through the door. He creeped along the walkway a bit, and then sprinted. BAM! Another claymore blew only this time Raiden hadn't stepped on it. 'That was close' he thought to himself. Snake had been one tricky bastard this whole game.
He ran into Comm. Tower B quickly. The only thing on his mind was Snake.
***
Snake was in Comm. Tower B still, but he had put himself in a cardboard box. He watched the door open and Raiden slipped in. He wanted to poke his Socom thorugh the hole and take him out now, but he stayed put. Raiden started to walk down the stairs. He completely missed Snake in the box. He still hadn't learned. As Raiden went down the stairs he wasn't thinking as usual.
BAM! an explosion! Snake's last C4! PERFECT! Raiden screamed. He hadn't used that ration but he was damn well close to it. He had to be more careful. He then heard footsteps going up the stairs.
Raiden ran up the stairs now instead of down. He passed by a cardboard box on his way up. He didn't know it was Snake at the time. Knowing it would be like that, Snake got out of the cardboard box, and set it down and then ran down the stairs. Raiden then heard someone going downstairs.
As Raiden rushed down the stairs now he stopped at the same cardboard box that Snake had been in. This time he searched it only to find a grenade....with the pin already pulled. BAM! Another explosion sent Raiden down to his last ration, and the cardboard box in pieces. Raiden had one ration left, and Snake was still standing tall on all five! Then it dawned on Raiden. He hadn't done ANY damage to Snake this entire match. He was just too good at this!
Snake ran down the stairs and threw one chaff grenade. The point where he'd blown the rest of the stairs out, he could easily jump down to be at the very bottom of Comm. Tower B. He was enjoying this. Raiden was going to fall just WAY to easily to this. When Snake went down he shot the cameras while the chaff was still around.
Snake then equipped his PSG-1. He didn't have any Dizephrams but he wasn't going to need them. He lit a cigerette and went out into the Snowfields.
Raiden wasn't too far behind though by now he had to be in some serious pain! Snake had completely bested him this time! It was worse than at the docks. Raiden moved rather slowly now. He was running out of breath. Snake on the other hand still had WAY more energy left. Was Snake teasing Raiden now?
Raiden then saw the door. He didn't know what was ahead but he knew that Snake had to be out there waiting. Raiden opened the door to see a HUGE blanket of snow. He didn't walk out. Instead he equipped HIS PSG-1. The difference was that he was actually going to need Dizephram, in which he didn't grab. He looked through the scope of the rifle. He then loaded up the clip and step into what seemed like an endless snowfield.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: By far this is my second favorite chapter next to "Catch Me If You Can" but hey at least now Raiden actually has a damn weapon to battle Snake with... oh well...the next chapter WON'T be the battle in the snowfield but rather what's going on at HQ for a moment.
Disclaimer: Nothing has changed since the LAST disclaimer!
CHAPTER 6-THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS
Raiden had just been tossed in the Med. room once again. This time Ocelot had turned the power up and did it five times instead of four. Raiden was in a lot of pain now. But he still didn't want the game to end here. 'Gotta get ot of here!' He thought. It really wasn't as simple as Snake made it sound. He put his hand on his ear and called up Otacon. "What do I do?"
On the other end, Otacon could be heard guzzling down a soda, and Raiden was a little irritated by that. "OK, so you didn't fool the guard by crawling under the bed right?"
"Yeah, we've established that." Raiden grunted. He was still in pain. Johnny once again banged on the med room windows telling him to shut up. This made Raiden speak a little softer then he once did.
Otacon continued. "You could always try and fake a big stomach ache. Of course since you were just tortured it probably wouldn't work. I can see what I can do though."
"What are you talking about?"
***
As Otacon talked on his codec, he was getting ready to go into VR to help Raiden out. Snake was right though, Raiden was a rookie. Especially if he was still stuck in the med room.
As Otacon was about to put on the helmet the Colonel stopped him. "We can't do that Hal."
Otacon looked at Roy for a moment. "Why can't we?" Raiden could be heard asking "What? Why can't we what?' several times.
"Hal, we have to let Raiden and Snake do this, the only way you can interfere is by using the codec, but not under any circumstances will I let you go into the VR realm to help either of them!" He said to Otacon. He made a real serious face. He grabbed Otacon and dragged him back to the monitoring room. "We can only watch from here. You want to help Raiden? Then give him specific instructions on what to do."
***
"What can't we do!?" Raiden screemed.
"Alright thats it your pissing me off!" Johnny said as he marched over to the cell and opened the door. "Come here you bastard!" What the hell? Johnny couldn't kill Raiden, that would be against orders, but he could still beat the shit out of him if he needed to. Johnny closed the door behind him.
"Raiden. You need to take him out!" Otacon said over the codec. "You don't have any other choice but to take him out!"
Raiden walked up to Johnny with his hands raised, as he cut Otacon out on the codec. "Listen, I don't want any trouble from-" SMACK! Johnny smacked him with his FAMAS. Obviously Raiden couldn't talk his way out of it. Did he really expect to?
Raiden didn't take too much before he finally did a torso-axial forward and smacked Johnny. Johnny didn't go unconcious at all, but he was knocked off his feet for a moment. During this time Raiden tried to open the cell door, but it was still locked.
"You didn't think that I'd leave it unlocked did you?" Johnny said as he started to smile a little bit. He smacked Raiden again. This time Raiden went to the ground. Johnny stood over him with his FAMAS pointed straight at Raiden's head. At that point in time Raiden just froze. Was this going to be the end?
It would've been hadn't Johnny started to feel something in his stomach move. "OOOooooooooo!" He screamed. "My stomach! OOOOOooooooo!" He then put his hands on his ass, and opened the cell door and ran out. Lucky for Raiden, Johnny LEFT the cell door opened.
Raiden could feel blood dripping down his chin from his mouth. It may not have been real life, but damn it sure hurt like it! He just walked out of the cell, with the level 7 card he got from the DARPA chief. He grabbed his sneaking suit and quickly zipped up. His suit felt a little heavier than usual. Something could be wrong, but he quickly dismissed the thought. He had to go down to the armory now, and fast.
***
Snake was in the armory gathering more supplies. He hadn't been there too long, but he had restocked with more grenades, chaff grenades, and now he grabbed some stun grenades. He still had his PSG-1 on him and his FAMAS. He hadn't really needed to use the FAMAS yet, and he wasn't sure if he should haul it around or not. Then he remembered the Comm. Tower. Yeah, he was definitely going to need it. He figured he'd take it with him to the communications tower. Then he'd empty the clip and leave the FAMAS on the walkway. There wasn't any need to have it. He had to think stealth- like. Everything else would be a cinch! He didn't need an assault rifle for the rest of this...not even for Mantis.
Snake put everyone in the armory to sleep with the M9 he found. None of the guards had to make status reports and that was a good thing. Then, the elevator began to sound. Snake assumed that it would be Raiden. Regardless of which, Snake left himself right in the open. There was nothing that Raiden could do to him now.
The doors opened and Raiden stepped out. Snake was standing right next to the elevator. With his M9 still in hand he jumped out. "Freeze!" He shouted at Raiden.
Raiden put his hands in the air, looking at Snake. "Where the hell did you get that?" He said as he lowered his hands and pointed to the M9.
Of course Snake wasn't going to put Raiden to sleep. He had no need to do anything to Raiden. Snake had a large arsenal of weapons now. Two Socoms, one of which was surpressed, a FAMAS, a PSG-1, leftover claymores and an M9. He also had plenty of grenades, chaff grenades, and stun grenades.
"I found it like I have every other weapon." Snake said. He chuckled at the fact that Raiden had just left it in the back of a truck in the Nuke Building. Snake then felt just a bit generous. He gave his Socom, the unsurpressed one to Raiden. "Take this." He said as he pulled the clip and stashed it.
"Why are you giving me this?" Raiden asked, he thought about the shock earlier. None the less he took the pistol.
"I'm tired of seeing you without any arms! You need a weapon kid. But you've gotta supply your own ammo!" Snake said. He pushed the button on the elevator. It opened right away. Before Snake stepped in he said one thing, "I'm going to the snowfields just north of the communications tower. If your smart, you'll bring a weapon with long range." With that said, Snake went into the elevator, and doors closed.
Raiden decided to go and get ammo for the Socom first. Perhaps there was a surpressor in the room with the Socom ammo. To Raiden's luck there was. He then put that on, and loaded up a clip. He took a practice shot at the wall to make sure that Snake hadn't fooled him again. When he was ready, he decided to find more weapons. The first weapon that came to mind was the PSG-1. He actually took in Snake's warning, and because of Otacon's "adjustmens" there weren't going to be any missile launchers for quite some time. He then made his way to the grenades. He picked up a few for his trip. Next were the stun grenades. After the stun grenades he skipped the chaff grenades. Raiden didn't like chaff grenades and he almost never realied on them. He hadn't needed them in the Big Shell or Arsenal. Though in Arsenal they may have come in handy at some point. He thought about C4. Snake had used all of his up. Or had he?
After Raiden was done "shopping" he went to the elevator. It was just in time too because the guards were just now waking up. Raiden had tons of ammo now, and he was ready. Now he could truly battle Snake.
***
Snake went into the Communications Tower. With each couple of steps he took, he turned around a put a claymore down. He still had the claymores from the canyon with him. He saved at least two of the six he'd picked up. He would've had seven but he missed one and Raiden had walked on it anyway.
After laying down four claymores, Snake walked through the door. He looked up, the same camera was there from before. He shot the camera. He wouldn't be discovered this time. The claymores were for Raiden. Snake didn't bother to grab the rope this time. He still had one C4 left. He wanted so badly to use it on Raiden, but then decided against it. He walked up the stairs of the tower until he came to about the tenth floor. That door that was once frozen over had been unfrozen as another one of Otacon's adjustments. This one Snake was thankful for. He walked through the door.
Once outside, Snake took out his PSG-1. He looked through it and saw three guards at the end. He capped them off one-by-one, shooting each in the forehead. He ran down the walkway, with a grenade in hand. Snake expected the Hind to come, but since he didn't repel it could be a while. He looked around a bit, then he finally heard the sound of a chopper near. He didn't pull the pin yet, he needed the Hind to be in sight first.
When Liquid finally showed himself in the Hind, and laughed like usual, Snake just didn't have time for this, "Shut up!" He shouted at Liquid, and threw a Chaff inside the Hind. Easier said than done. The Hind never even shot at Snake before the grenade finally detonated. The Hind went down once more.
Snake continued on down the walkway, and then into Comm. Tower B.
***
Raiden stepped into Comm. Tower A. He started to run only to trip a claymore and fly back a bit. He screamed like the dickens! "GOOD GOD!" He screamed as his heart was pounding. He'd used a second ration after that one. They only got five and he was already down to three. He got up and ran forward to trip the second claymore. "BASTARD!" He said as that one blew him back. He didn't use a ration after that one. He got up and STILL ran forward only to trip the THIRD one! "What the fuck!?" Raiden screamed. He still didnt figure it out. Finally he got a call on his codec.
"What kind of dumbass are you!?" It was Otacon.
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you know what the definition of stupidity is?" Otacon asked. It actually sounded like a serious tone.
"Uhh....no." Raiden answereed sheepishly.
"It means doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Though I could go back and rewrite that definition and put 'Raiden' now." Otacon said. "You've been stupidly walking into shit this whole game."
"Well, I-"
Otacon quickly cut him off. "Listen, there is fourth claymore in there and- "
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Raiden screamed. Otacon was too late....he'd detonated the fourth one already.
"Nevermind....that means you have two rations left now don' you?"
"Uhhhhh....yeah." Raiden said. He felt so damn stupid. Hell, he really WAS stupid if he walked into all four mines.
Raiden cut Otacon off, and pressed on. Much like Snake, he ignored the rope. He ran up the tower, until he too reached the tenth floor. Then he walked through the door. He creeped along the walkway a bit, and then sprinted. BAM! Another claymore blew only this time Raiden hadn't stepped on it. 'That was close' he thought to himself. Snake had been one tricky bastard this whole game.
He ran into Comm. Tower B quickly. The only thing on his mind was Snake.
***
Snake was in Comm. Tower B still, but he had put himself in a cardboard box. He watched the door open and Raiden slipped in. He wanted to poke his Socom thorugh the hole and take him out now, but he stayed put. Raiden started to walk down the stairs. He completely missed Snake in the box. He still hadn't learned. As Raiden went down the stairs he wasn't thinking as usual.
BAM! an explosion! Snake's last C4! PERFECT! Raiden screamed. He hadn't used that ration but he was damn well close to it. He had to be more careful. He then heard footsteps going up the stairs.
Raiden ran up the stairs now instead of down. He passed by a cardboard box on his way up. He didn't know it was Snake at the time. Knowing it would be like that, Snake got out of the cardboard box, and set it down and then ran down the stairs. Raiden then heard someone going downstairs.
As Raiden rushed down the stairs now he stopped at the same cardboard box that Snake had been in. This time he searched it only to find a grenade....with the pin already pulled. BAM! Another explosion sent Raiden down to his last ration, and the cardboard box in pieces. Raiden had one ration left, and Snake was still standing tall on all five! Then it dawned on Raiden. He hadn't done ANY damage to Snake this entire match. He was just too good at this!
Snake ran down the stairs and threw one chaff grenade. The point where he'd blown the rest of the stairs out, he could easily jump down to be at the very bottom of Comm. Tower B. He was enjoying this. Raiden was going to fall just WAY to easily to this. When Snake went down he shot the cameras while the chaff was still around.
Snake then equipped his PSG-1. He didn't have any Dizephrams but he wasn't going to need them. He lit a cigerette and went out into the Snowfields.
Raiden wasn't too far behind though by now he had to be in some serious pain! Snake had completely bested him this time! It was worse than at the docks. Raiden moved rather slowly now. He was running out of breath. Snake on the other hand still had WAY more energy left. Was Snake teasing Raiden now?
Raiden then saw the door. He didn't know what was ahead but he knew that Snake had to be out there waiting. Raiden opened the door to see a HUGE blanket of snow. He didn't walk out. Instead he equipped HIS PSG-1. The difference was that he was actually going to need Dizephram, in which he didn't grab. He looked through the scope of the rifle. He then loaded up the clip and step into what seemed like an endless snowfield.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: By far this is my second favorite chapter next to "Catch Me If You Can" but hey at least now Raiden actually has a damn weapon to battle Snake with... oh well...the next chapter WON'T be the battle in the snowfield but rather what's going on at HQ for a moment.