(This is where it goes into the new stuff)
Chapter 1 - Unofficially
Satellite images had found a snowmobile in the rocks and they took it. Dr. Hall Emmerich and the legendary Solid Snake. Two completely different men moving in silence. The journey they'd been through changed them both for the better, but left them beaten, inside and out. Otacon thought of how he was going to change, and leave his cowardice behind. Snake thought about what he had already left behind: Meryl. Guilt strangled his conscience. It was his fault, he submitted to the torture.
Right around the time Snake was thinking that, Otacon thought about it, too, "Snake. About Meryl," He stated in a very factual way, "It's not your f-"
"Leave it be, Otacon." Snake growled as close to tears as he had ever been before, which in fact was much farther than most men ever were. Otacon shut himself up pretty quick. The two men rode on the white plain towards the sun, watching caribou and whatever other wildlife presented itself along the way. They acknowledged the silence as necessity.
As scheduled the nanomachines in Snake's blood ran down and his codec radio stopped working. All they were good for now was a weak signal to get picked up by. While that was happening the snowmobile slowed and stopped and its' exhaust gave a cry of defeat. Snake got off and kicked it right on the headlight.
Otacon said, "Out of gas," in a child-like way. Snake sat in the snow and let out a foggy breath as he pulled out a cigarette and then realized he had no light. He spit it out in anger and it sunk into the snow.
"Shit!" He cursed at it and the situation. He calmed down quickly though, because the nanomachines had just enough juice to administer tranquilizers and painkillers. He remembered Dr. Emmerich still sitting on the snowmobile, "Otacon, listen. I'm.. Uhhh." Snake stuttered looking for an apology to come out of him, but Hal already chose his own words:
"Leave it be, Snake"
The two sat for a length of time with nothing spoken. They were frustrated with everything but the idea of getting the Hell out of there. An hour after the silence started a chopper arrived overhead, and Otacon and Snake knew it was their ride. They left the snowmobile like an old shoe and boarded the helicopter.
"Hi Snake!" A refreshingly chipper voice greeted. It was Mei Ling, she apparently came with the chopper to be there when Snake was picked up. Her eyes scrolled over to Otacon, "And you must be Dr. Emmerich," she continued looking at Otacon, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Snake hadn't told Otacon who Mei Ling was, but he recognized her by face immediately, "Gosh, you're Mei Ling, aren't you?! I'm honored to meet you." He was like a giddy little kid
Mei Ling blushed, "Thank you."
Otacon speedily continued, "So tell me about how you came up with the soliton radar. And I hear you've got a new project dealing with..." The words were lost to Snake. Mei Ling and Otacon continued to talk shop about new age technology and Snake just stared out the window towards the horizon as the snowstorm that was there when he arrived. It started to pick up again. He started to think about Meryl again, too.
Chapter two VERY soon
Chapter 1 - Unofficially
Satellite images had found a snowmobile in the rocks and they took it. Dr. Hall Emmerich and the legendary Solid Snake. Two completely different men moving in silence. The journey they'd been through changed them both for the better, but left them beaten, inside and out. Otacon thought of how he was going to change, and leave his cowardice behind. Snake thought about what he had already left behind: Meryl. Guilt strangled his conscience. It was his fault, he submitted to the torture.
Right around the time Snake was thinking that, Otacon thought about it, too, "Snake. About Meryl," He stated in a very factual way, "It's not your f-"
"Leave it be, Otacon." Snake growled as close to tears as he had ever been before, which in fact was much farther than most men ever were. Otacon shut himself up pretty quick. The two men rode on the white plain towards the sun, watching caribou and whatever other wildlife presented itself along the way. They acknowledged the silence as necessity.
As scheduled the nanomachines in Snake's blood ran down and his codec radio stopped working. All they were good for now was a weak signal to get picked up by. While that was happening the snowmobile slowed and stopped and its' exhaust gave a cry of defeat. Snake got off and kicked it right on the headlight.
Otacon said, "Out of gas," in a child-like way. Snake sat in the snow and let out a foggy breath as he pulled out a cigarette and then realized he had no light. He spit it out in anger and it sunk into the snow.
"Shit!" He cursed at it and the situation. He calmed down quickly though, because the nanomachines had just enough juice to administer tranquilizers and painkillers. He remembered Dr. Emmerich still sitting on the snowmobile, "Otacon, listen. I'm.. Uhhh." Snake stuttered looking for an apology to come out of him, but Hal already chose his own words:
"Leave it be, Snake"
The two sat for a length of time with nothing spoken. They were frustrated with everything but the idea of getting the Hell out of there. An hour after the silence started a chopper arrived overhead, and Otacon and Snake knew it was their ride. They left the snowmobile like an old shoe and boarded the helicopter.
"Hi Snake!" A refreshingly chipper voice greeted. It was Mei Ling, she apparently came with the chopper to be there when Snake was picked up. Her eyes scrolled over to Otacon, "And you must be Dr. Emmerich," she continued looking at Otacon, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Snake hadn't told Otacon who Mei Ling was, but he recognized her by face immediately, "Gosh, you're Mei Ling, aren't you?! I'm honored to meet you." He was like a giddy little kid
Mei Ling blushed, "Thank you."
Otacon speedily continued, "So tell me about how you came up with the soliton radar. And I hear you've got a new project dealing with..." The words were lost to Snake. Mei Ling and Otacon continued to talk shop about new age technology and Snake just stared out the window towards the horizon as the snowstorm that was there when he arrived. It started to pick up again. He started to think about Meryl again, too.
Chapter two VERY soon