A/N: Again, spoilers to both MGS games. This chapter will be a little
interesting. Yes, Raiden will be taking on REX, no he won't get stepped
on. Yes, Snake takes part in the battle. No, I won't tell you anymore, just
read on.
CHAPTER 13-METAL GEAR REX
REX stood on the platform. Raiden looked in awe and shock. It was bigger than RAY, but it didn't look as if it could go as fast as RAY, but it looked a lot more bulky. It would take at least five minutes for REX to start up. Raiden took that time to look around. Right behind him were some stingers as well as the launcher. He also saw a box of chaff grenades. He grabbed the stinger launcher and then he immediantly called Otacon. He only had five minutes to gather as much info about his target as he possibly could.
"Alright Raiden, I'll tell you what you're doing. This is new to you, as it was too Snake. You see the big round plate on REX's left arm?" Otacon began. He heard Raiden say "yeah" on the other end. "Thats a Radome. As long as thats around you can't penatrate REX's armor at all, not even with the stingers. These aren't the RAYS."
"So what do I do?"
"First, you need to destroy the Radome. With that gone Liquid is forced to open up the cockpit. REX's armor is perfect you can't destroy it. The only way to penatrate REX is from the inside." Otacon said.
"So I take out the Radome and then fire into the cockpit? Its that simple?" Otacon said.
"Not as simple as it looks. REX is equipped with a laser much more devastating than the RAYS. REX also fires three knee missiles at a time that lock in on his target. These are much harder to dodge than the RAYs. REX is also equppied with machine guns. They'll shred you if you give them the chance. You need to stay close to REX at all cost or else the missiles will more than likely hit you."
"You made it with absolute perfection yet you gave it a weakness?" Raiden said. It actually sounded pretty damn easy to take on.
"Its not a weakness! I like to think of it as a character flaw. People just aren't complete without some type of character flaw don't you think?"
Raiden grimaced at what Otacon said "Yeah you're right. But don't remind me of mine." He said jokingly. At least Raiden wasn't nervous about taking on Metal Gear.
***
Roughly two minutes left. Snake, who was still on REX's back didn't know how he was going to get down without killing himself. He could jump onto the knee and then to the ground. It could work. Snake quickly did this. Grey Fox would come and destroy the Radome anyway. Unless Otacon had deleted him from that part...in which he probably did.
Snake was now at the base of REX. It had been a while since Snake had seen REX. Five years actually. He ran behind REX. He wanted to see Raiden take the damn thing down. Snake ran into a corner. It was at a good enough distance that he could observe Raiden and be safely out of harms way. The only problem was that Snake couldn't anticipate what Liquid would do.
***
REX was now starting up, but his circuits quickly jammed. "Blast!" Liquid shouted in the cockpit. Raiden had started with a chaff grenade. Liquid didn't care. He could guess where Raiden was. Liquid wanted to take out Snake. He was certain that Raiden was the one taking him on though. He was convinced that Snake was still on the back of REX. He'd worry about Snake later.
Raiden watched as REX turned to a wall and fired three missles from its knees. He then saw Snake at the far end of the room smoking a cigerette. REX was facing the other wall thank goodness. He still wanted to be the one to take Snake down. Raiden threw another chaff grenade. Then he ran up behind REX and fired off a stinger at the Radome. It didn't take it out though.
Liquid felt this rumble and turned REX around. It took a while to do this. REX certainly wasn't as agile as RAY, but it certainly was a bit tougher than RAY. When Liquid finally turned, Snake dashed off to the other end of the room.
Raiden threw another chaff grenade and stood his ground. Just as Raiden had thought, REX overshot the missiles. He fired off into the Radome and dashed off quickly. Raiden had to keep moving a bit. As Raiden dashed out of the way, the laser swept through where he was once standing.
Liquid was not getting the feeling that Raiden was on the move. Liquid had underestimated him. Raiden certainly wasn't as dumb as he looked. Though after some of the things he did, Liquid couldn't be too sure.
Raiden threw another chaff. The problem was this one came a little late. His position was now revealed to Liquid. Raiden didn't realize this at first, but as the missiles came closer and closer it was all clear to him now. Raiden got out of the way of the blast but he was still affected by it a little bit. No biggy, but he threw another chaff grenade just in case. He was starting to run low now. He fired off another stinger to REX's Radome.
To Raiden's surprise it still wasn't down. Before another thought came to Raiden he fired off another stinger and that too hit the Radome. REX was still going. But now the Radome was screwed up a bit.
The chaff was gone but REX's system was still screwed up. Raiden had hit it pretty hard. Liquid wasn't sure where Raiden or Snake was. But he fired off the machine guns in several different directions. Snake hid behind a metal box, and signaled Raiden over.
Raiden went over to Snake, he didn't trust Snake at all, but this wasn't the time to think about the competition. "What do you want? I'm not doing bad. I'd say I'm doing good this time."
Snake cut him off. "You won't have that much luck destroying the Radome. You should save your stingers while they last."
"I can't do that! For once I'm actually DOING something! And it feels great!" Raiden exclaimed. "You don't know what its like to be compared to the legend do you?"
Snake just stood there. They had a moment before Liquid would actually spot them again. "Kid, do you know what its like BEING the legend?"
Raiden hadn't thought of that before. "I don't like being compared to you. It isn't easy. We could go on a mission together and if it were a success, people would look at me and give you praise. If it was a failure, people would look at you and tell you its my fault."
"You can't be worried about success. In a mission, there is no such thing as failure. Eversince the Shadow Moses incident, I haven't been able to take a stroll outside my front door. I haven't been able to walk the streets without covering my face. You don't want to be the legend kid."
"Tell me Snake, why did you do it?"
Snake actually wasn't sure what Raiden was talking about. "Do what?"
"Why did you accept my challenge? And why did you send me to Ocelot? Why did you do nothing but torture me Snake?"
Raiden hadn't figured it out yet. Perhaps that was a good thing. "Raiden, look at yourself now! Before you couldn't even pull the pin on a grenade! Now you can actually pull the trigger on a SOCOM. I sent you to Ocelot, and I tortured you because you really were THAT bad! I needed competition, so I did all that stuff to toughen you up."
Raiden hadn't noticed the change. "I've had it in me. I just didn't think you'd accept the challenge. I actually didn't mean it literally."
"You needed a good ass-whoopin' anyway. There isn't much time left. Take out REX so we can finish this once and for all. Don't let up now Raiden, because I haven't even given you a pillow yet."
With a swift moment Grey Fox was on the scene. But instead of his gun, he had a sword. "There you are!" Liquid shouted as he could now finally see on the Radome. He blew up several barrels before he finaly found Snake and Raiden. He could kill two birds with one stone.
Grey Fox, swiftly in his exoskeleton leaped up and slashed at the Radome. It only took one swift slash of his sword. He cut the Radome off entirely, slicing through it like butter. He made it seem so easy.
Liquid opened up the cockpit. Raiden's several stingers did nothing but damage it, yet Grey Fox chopped the damn thing off. "Stay the hell out of this Fox! This is between me, Snake, and that thing over there!" He said pointing to Raiden.
This was his chance! Raiden had a chance to take out Metal Gear. He held his ground though. He looked at Snake. Snake gave him that 'don't think just shoot' look. Raiden took this in. The problem was that they were standing so damn close, but Snake didn't care.
Grey Fox disappeared in his stealth as Raiden fired the stinger. Liquid turned REX only to see the stinger hit right under the cockpit! The blast was heavy and Liquid felt it. It hurt a bit, but he knew he'd be fine. After all, in the real shadow moses Liquid had survived much more than that.
REX wasn't down yet. He walked over to Raiden and lifted his foot in the air. Snake, since he was standing next to Raiden quickly rolled out of the way. Raiden, did his torso axle out of the way. REX's foot came down with hard and erupting THUD! The barrels next to REX had ignited on fire.
Snake took out a stun grenade and tossed it. FLASH! The room illuminated. Raiden coudln't see, and neither could Liquid. But Raiden could still look on with the Stingers, and he did so. He fired off a stinger and it hit right in the cockpit.
REX was stumbling now. Raidn in front of REX, Snake behind REX. "Snake! Raiden! I'll crush you both like bugs!" Liquid said. But the shock was too much for REX. REX went down on both knees, and the right arm dropped to the ground. REX then had an internal blast that eventually reached its legs. Snake and Raiden, standing a bit too close were blown back by the blast.
Snake hit a wall and was knocked unconcious. Raiden on the other hand, was just blown back a bit and hit the ground. He wasn't knocked out though.
Raiden blinked a bit, and before he knew it, Liquid was on the ground and walking towards him. "I'll worry about Snake later." Liquid said as he walked up to Raiden.
Raiden wanted to blow him away with the stingers....but he was out. He tossed the launcher aside and came to a stance. He wiggled his legs a bit like Jell-o. Liquid laughed at the sight. "I can't believe your still here!"
Raiden then finally managed to speak, "You talk to damn much!" He told Liquid.
"The kid has a mouth." Liquid said and chuckled. He then threw a right punch at Raiden. Raiden caught his punch! It was amazing! Raiden held Liquid's fist, and even he was in shock at what he did. With Liquid's fist still in Raiden's hand he quickly kicked Liquid off. 'Gotta think! What would Snake do?'
Liquid landed on his back. Raiden remembered the blast furnace. He quickly ran up and stepped on Liquid's chest. He used his other foot and kicked Liquid in the head knocking him out cold. Raiden gasped in shock. Had he actually done this? He was amazed! He knocked Liquid out. He reached into Liquid's pocket and fouind a bomb and some rope. Why the hell Liquid was carrying it around was anyone's guess.
Snake was unconcious but managed a blink. The last thing he saw was Raiden walking towards him....slowly. Was this it? Was Raiden actually going to win? Snake was unsure, before he blacked out again.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: Had to make it interesting...ummmm before I have so many people asking questions. It ain't over yet *points to the words "TO BE CONTINUED"* From here on out is basically a one-on-one deathmatch...sort of. Chapter 14 coming soon!
CHAPTER 13-METAL GEAR REX
REX stood on the platform. Raiden looked in awe and shock. It was bigger than RAY, but it didn't look as if it could go as fast as RAY, but it looked a lot more bulky. It would take at least five minutes for REX to start up. Raiden took that time to look around. Right behind him were some stingers as well as the launcher. He also saw a box of chaff grenades. He grabbed the stinger launcher and then he immediantly called Otacon. He only had five minutes to gather as much info about his target as he possibly could.
"Alright Raiden, I'll tell you what you're doing. This is new to you, as it was too Snake. You see the big round plate on REX's left arm?" Otacon began. He heard Raiden say "yeah" on the other end. "Thats a Radome. As long as thats around you can't penatrate REX's armor at all, not even with the stingers. These aren't the RAYS."
"So what do I do?"
"First, you need to destroy the Radome. With that gone Liquid is forced to open up the cockpit. REX's armor is perfect you can't destroy it. The only way to penatrate REX is from the inside." Otacon said.
"So I take out the Radome and then fire into the cockpit? Its that simple?" Otacon said.
"Not as simple as it looks. REX is equipped with a laser much more devastating than the RAYS. REX also fires three knee missiles at a time that lock in on his target. These are much harder to dodge than the RAYs. REX is also equppied with machine guns. They'll shred you if you give them the chance. You need to stay close to REX at all cost or else the missiles will more than likely hit you."
"You made it with absolute perfection yet you gave it a weakness?" Raiden said. It actually sounded pretty damn easy to take on.
"Its not a weakness! I like to think of it as a character flaw. People just aren't complete without some type of character flaw don't you think?"
Raiden grimaced at what Otacon said "Yeah you're right. But don't remind me of mine." He said jokingly. At least Raiden wasn't nervous about taking on Metal Gear.
***
Roughly two minutes left. Snake, who was still on REX's back didn't know how he was going to get down without killing himself. He could jump onto the knee and then to the ground. It could work. Snake quickly did this. Grey Fox would come and destroy the Radome anyway. Unless Otacon had deleted him from that part...in which he probably did.
Snake was now at the base of REX. It had been a while since Snake had seen REX. Five years actually. He ran behind REX. He wanted to see Raiden take the damn thing down. Snake ran into a corner. It was at a good enough distance that he could observe Raiden and be safely out of harms way. The only problem was that Snake couldn't anticipate what Liquid would do.
***
REX was now starting up, but his circuits quickly jammed. "Blast!" Liquid shouted in the cockpit. Raiden had started with a chaff grenade. Liquid didn't care. He could guess where Raiden was. Liquid wanted to take out Snake. He was certain that Raiden was the one taking him on though. He was convinced that Snake was still on the back of REX. He'd worry about Snake later.
Raiden watched as REX turned to a wall and fired three missles from its knees. He then saw Snake at the far end of the room smoking a cigerette. REX was facing the other wall thank goodness. He still wanted to be the one to take Snake down. Raiden threw another chaff grenade. Then he ran up behind REX and fired off a stinger at the Radome. It didn't take it out though.
Liquid felt this rumble and turned REX around. It took a while to do this. REX certainly wasn't as agile as RAY, but it certainly was a bit tougher than RAY. When Liquid finally turned, Snake dashed off to the other end of the room.
Raiden threw another chaff grenade and stood his ground. Just as Raiden had thought, REX overshot the missiles. He fired off into the Radome and dashed off quickly. Raiden had to keep moving a bit. As Raiden dashed out of the way, the laser swept through where he was once standing.
Liquid was not getting the feeling that Raiden was on the move. Liquid had underestimated him. Raiden certainly wasn't as dumb as he looked. Though after some of the things he did, Liquid couldn't be too sure.
Raiden threw another chaff. The problem was this one came a little late. His position was now revealed to Liquid. Raiden didn't realize this at first, but as the missiles came closer and closer it was all clear to him now. Raiden got out of the way of the blast but he was still affected by it a little bit. No biggy, but he threw another chaff grenade just in case. He was starting to run low now. He fired off another stinger to REX's Radome.
To Raiden's surprise it still wasn't down. Before another thought came to Raiden he fired off another stinger and that too hit the Radome. REX was still going. But now the Radome was screwed up a bit.
The chaff was gone but REX's system was still screwed up. Raiden had hit it pretty hard. Liquid wasn't sure where Raiden or Snake was. But he fired off the machine guns in several different directions. Snake hid behind a metal box, and signaled Raiden over.
Raiden went over to Snake, he didn't trust Snake at all, but this wasn't the time to think about the competition. "What do you want? I'm not doing bad. I'd say I'm doing good this time."
Snake cut him off. "You won't have that much luck destroying the Radome. You should save your stingers while they last."
"I can't do that! For once I'm actually DOING something! And it feels great!" Raiden exclaimed. "You don't know what its like to be compared to the legend do you?"
Snake just stood there. They had a moment before Liquid would actually spot them again. "Kid, do you know what its like BEING the legend?"
Raiden hadn't thought of that before. "I don't like being compared to you. It isn't easy. We could go on a mission together and if it were a success, people would look at me and give you praise. If it was a failure, people would look at you and tell you its my fault."
"You can't be worried about success. In a mission, there is no such thing as failure. Eversince the Shadow Moses incident, I haven't been able to take a stroll outside my front door. I haven't been able to walk the streets without covering my face. You don't want to be the legend kid."
"Tell me Snake, why did you do it?"
Snake actually wasn't sure what Raiden was talking about. "Do what?"
"Why did you accept my challenge? And why did you send me to Ocelot? Why did you do nothing but torture me Snake?"
Raiden hadn't figured it out yet. Perhaps that was a good thing. "Raiden, look at yourself now! Before you couldn't even pull the pin on a grenade! Now you can actually pull the trigger on a SOCOM. I sent you to Ocelot, and I tortured you because you really were THAT bad! I needed competition, so I did all that stuff to toughen you up."
Raiden hadn't noticed the change. "I've had it in me. I just didn't think you'd accept the challenge. I actually didn't mean it literally."
"You needed a good ass-whoopin' anyway. There isn't much time left. Take out REX so we can finish this once and for all. Don't let up now Raiden, because I haven't even given you a pillow yet."
With a swift moment Grey Fox was on the scene. But instead of his gun, he had a sword. "There you are!" Liquid shouted as he could now finally see on the Radome. He blew up several barrels before he finaly found Snake and Raiden. He could kill two birds with one stone.
Grey Fox, swiftly in his exoskeleton leaped up and slashed at the Radome. It only took one swift slash of his sword. He cut the Radome off entirely, slicing through it like butter. He made it seem so easy.
Liquid opened up the cockpit. Raiden's several stingers did nothing but damage it, yet Grey Fox chopped the damn thing off. "Stay the hell out of this Fox! This is between me, Snake, and that thing over there!" He said pointing to Raiden.
This was his chance! Raiden had a chance to take out Metal Gear. He held his ground though. He looked at Snake. Snake gave him that 'don't think just shoot' look. Raiden took this in. The problem was that they were standing so damn close, but Snake didn't care.
Grey Fox disappeared in his stealth as Raiden fired the stinger. Liquid turned REX only to see the stinger hit right under the cockpit! The blast was heavy and Liquid felt it. It hurt a bit, but he knew he'd be fine. After all, in the real shadow moses Liquid had survived much more than that.
REX wasn't down yet. He walked over to Raiden and lifted his foot in the air. Snake, since he was standing next to Raiden quickly rolled out of the way. Raiden, did his torso axle out of the way. REX's foot came down with hard and erupting THUD! The barrels next to REX had ignited on fire.
Snake took out a stun grenade and tossed it. FLASH! The room illuminated. Raiden coudln't see, and neither could Liquid. But Raiden could still look on with the Stingers, and he did so. He fired off a stinger and it hit right in the cockpit.
REX was stumbling now. Raidn in front of REX, Snake behind REX. "Snake! Raiden! I'll crush you both like bugs!" Liquid said. But the shock was too much for REX. REX went down on both knees, and the right arm dropped to the ground. REX then had an internal blast that eventually reached its legs. Snake and Raiden, standing a bit too close were blown back by the blast.
Snake hit a wall and was knocked unconcious. Raiden on the other hand, was just blown back a bit and hit the ground. He wasn't knocked out though.
Raiden blinked a bit, and before he knew it, Liquid was on the ground and walking towards him. "I'll worry about Snake later." Liquid said as he walked up to Raiden.
Raiden wanted to blow him away with the stingers....but he was out. He tossed the launcher aside and came to a stance. He wiggled his legs a bit like Jell-o. Liquid laughed at the sight. "I can't believe your still here!"
Raiden then finally managed to speak, "You talk to damn much!" He told Liquid.
"The kid has a mouth." Liquid said and chuckled. He then threw a right punch at Raiden. Raiden caught his punch! It was amazing! Raiden held Liquid's fist, and even he was in shock at what he did. With Liquid's fist still in Raiden's hand he quickly kicked Liquid off. 'Gotta think! What would Snake do?'
Liquid landed on his back. Raiden remembered the blast furnace. He quickly ran up and stepped on Liquid's chest. He used his other foot and kicked Liquid in the head knocking him out cold. Raiden gasped in shock. Had he actually done this? He was amazed! He knocked Liquid out. He reached into Liquid's pocket and fouind a bomb and some rope. Why the hell Liquid was carrying it around was anyone's guess.
Snake was unconcious but managed a blink. The last thing he saw was Raiden walking towards him....slowly. Was this it? Was Raiden actually going to win? Snake was unsure, before he blacked out again.
TO BE CONTINUED....
A/N: Had to make it interesting...ummmm before I have so many people asking questions. It ain't over yet *points to the words "TO BE CONTINUED"* From here on out is basically a one-on-one deathmatch...sort of. Chapter 14 coming soon!