Chapter 19: Active

Raiden runs on the roof of Arsenal Gear to where Snake told him to go. He runs upp further ans sees Snake behind a damaged helicopter watching something up ahead, but Raiden cannot see it from his POV. Raiden walks up to Snake.

Raiden: What's the problem?

Snake: Take a look.

Raiden sees what Snake is seeing. He sees Metal Gear MAX, in its tank form, wreaking havoc left and right. Genomes and Tengus try to stop it by shooting at it, but it comes to no avail. Some of them are being sliced up by an blade used by an invisible person. The user turns off his stealth and it turns out to be the ninja. He kills at leats 20 soldiers there at that time. Choppers are trying to shoot it down, but MAX turns into its plane form and destroys all the choppers. It turns back into the tank form and becomes motionless, with the ninja standing in front of it.

Raiden: What the hell? How did it become active?

Snake: I have the same thoughts running through my head. That ninja is still a mystery.

Raiden: Who's piloting MAX though.

Snake: It's most likely being auto-controlled, a computer in that thing might be operating it.

Raiden: It could be the Patriots' chip.

Snake: Maybe, but we still don't know.

Raiden: We have to get in that thing somehow, but we have to destroy it first. How we gonna do that?

Snake: Don't worry, Solidus is gonna take care of that.

Snake points behind Raiden, but he sees nothing. Suddenly, a huge machine rips through the roof of Arsenal, it is Metal Gear RAY, the one which Ocelot stole on the tanker and Liquid escaped in 7 months ago.

Codec Transmission

Solidus: Snake, I've obtained Ray.

Snake We can see that Solidus. Did you replace the missing weapons?

Solidus: Yeah, there were spare weapons from the mass-produced RAY projetc, I just took some of them and placed them on here.

Snake: Alright. Try and take on MAX, I'll be helping you out.

Solidus: OK Snake, let's get moving.

End Transmission.

Snake: Raiden, wee need you to find Meryl, Otacon, Mei Ling, Ivan and Campbell, we need to get the hell out of here soon.

Raiden: Where are they?

Snake We have no idea, but we can't do anything more. Raiden, don't let us down.

Snake puts his hand on Raiden's shoulder. (MGS2 theme plays, again) They do the same handshake that Snake and Otacon do in MGS2.

Raiden: You can count on me.

Raiden runs down to the hole where RAY came out and jumps down inside. Snake looks as he jumps down then turns around and faces MAX. (MGS2 theme stops) Solidus contacts him.

Solidus: I'll take care of MAX, try and get rid of the ninja.

Snake: Got it. I have a Stinger with me, when I'm done taking care of the ninja, I'll help you out with MAX.

Solidus: Let's do this Snake.

Snake lunges for the ninja with nothing but his fists. The ninja notices and dodges Snake's first punch. Snake turns around and tries to nail a right hook, but fails again.

Ninja: So . . . Snake wants to fight me. Very well then.

The ninja takes out his blade and prepares for battle. Snake and Ninja engage in the battle for a while, neither getting an advantage. Meanwhile, Solidus, piloting RAY, engages in battle with MAX. MAX turns into its bear form and launches missiles out of its claws. RAY dodges all of them. RAY aims its machine gun arm at MAX, all the bullets hit, but nothing happens. MAX fires 2 homing bombs out of its mouth, Solidus tries to pilot his way out of their trackings, but both bombs hit RAY in the arm and damages it severely. RAY then fires its Hydra-laser at MAX. The laser pierces MAX a little, but does nothing too serious. MAX fires its heat laser at RAY, the laser cuts of the damaged arm, but Solidus is still alright. He pilots RAY to jump on in front of MAX and attack it hand-to hand. RAY uses its other arm and hits MAX in the head. MAX uses its claws and pierces through the armor of RAY. Solidus fires his Hydra-laser at MAX's head, it rips through it and makes a large gaping hole in it. MAX uses its 10 barrel guns and shoots a lot of bullets at RAY's head. Part of the head blows up and Solidus gets severely hurt. It takes its razor-sharp claws and rips it through RAY's chest, with electricity coming out rapidly. Solidus is really banged up and makes RAY jump back away from Arsenal. He turns on the machine gun on its other arm, its homing missiles, its regular missiles all at once. All of RAY's weapons blast right at MAX, causing a cloud of smoke and electricity. RAY then blows up because of its extreme power usage. Solidus ejects before it does so and lands in front of MAX, near Snake and the ninja. When the smoke around MAX clears, it is damaged very much but still active. It tries changing to its tank stage, but is unable to. Snake notices Solidus lying helpless in front of MAX. He punches the ninja then runs towards MAX.

Solidus: Snake, stop! It's a trap. It's trying to lure you out here so it can kill you.

Snake stops for a moment. He hears Solidus talking to him again.

Solidus: Snake, the Patriots rule is coming to an end. I'll deactivate MAX by using my suit's arms and disrupt its electricity field. That way you can easily get that chip.

Snake: (yells) That'll kill you too though! That electricity is too strong, it'll burn you to a crisp!

Solidus: It's not that I care. I've done many bad tings in the past, and I regret all of them. This is a fair punishment for me. Goodbye Snake, and tell my son I'm sorry, and that I'll miss him.

Snake: Solidus, NO!

Solidus takes his Snake arms and clamp it on to MAX, suddenly, a strong electrical current runs through the arms and into Solidus, MAX is shaking violently and parts of it blow up. MAX then makes a big explosion that knocks Snake and the ninja backward. When the smoke clears, Snake sees a destroyed MAX, and a dead brother. End of chapter