Chapter 4: Dismantled

Snake wakes up in his bed. Otacon is there.

Snake: "Where he go."

Otacon: "He left. In a helicopter. I didn't see who he left with. I came after I heard the helicopter leave. Sorry I didn't help.

Snake: "Don't worry about. You couldn't have done anything"

Otacon: "Get some rest snake. You're going to have to go on a new mission tomorrow."

Snake: "New mission?"

Otacon: "The new Metal Gear."

Snake: "What if the U.S was attacked. We need a metal gear to protect us."

Otacon: "Yes, but were still to stop any metal gear from being created or activated."

Snake: "And do you know where this metal gear is being kept."

Otacon: "When Solidus left he left in a Kasatka."

Snake: "Russian helicopter? What is Solidus doing with the Russians?"

Otacon: "That's what I want you to find out. If Solidus is working with the Russians he must be doing something. I think they must be building a new metal gear. I put a tracking device on the helicopter right before they left. I want you to go to the base where they landed. It's a Russian base, obviously."

Next day

Otacon: "You ready snake."

Snake: "Yea, how am I supposed to get there?"

Otacon: "You'll take a helicopter. It will take you straight to one of our bases. It's far from here so be prepared for an uncomfortable trip. You'll have to swim the rest of the way.

Snake goes outside the base and gets in the helicopter.

Otacon: "Snake. Before you go take this." Otacon hands snake a silencer. "It's for your SOCOM."

Snake: "I think I know that already."

Otacon: "You have you're tranquilizer right."

Snake: "Yea. My USP and AK too."

"Use your silencer as much as possible. You don't want other soldiers seeing blood."

Snake: "Yea I know."

Otacon: "Call me on codec when you get there."

Snake rides in the helicopter until it stops. Snake gets out and finds himself on one of their bases. When he arrives he calls Otacon on the codec.

Snake: "How do I get to the Russian base from here?"

Otacon: "Use you tracking device radar I gave you. It will lead you there."

Snake took out the radar and headed toward the base. When he arrived he called Otacon.

Snake: "I'm here. Kinda've a far swim."

Otacon: "We'll that's the closest I could've got you. Okay first you-wait" said snake cutting Otacon off.

Snake walks over to a helicopter and examines it. He pulls out a camera and takes a picture of a symbol on the helicopter.

Snake: "Otacon"

Otacon: "Yea, snake"

Snake: "Where can I send you this"?

Otacon: "What?"

Snake: "There's a symbol on this helicopter I know I've seen before"

Otacon: "We'll there's a picture machine like the one you used to send me the pictures of metal gear ray in the basement. The elevator at the far northeast of the heliport takes you straight down to the basement. Go there first."

Snake: "Okay"

Otacon: "Snake you need to find out anything you can. Call me when you get to the basement."

Snake walks to the far northeast of the heliport like Otacon told him and finds a guard guarding the elevator. Snake pulls out his tranquilizer and shoots the guard in the head. He drags the guard and hides him in a cardboard box.

Snake: "That's weird. He's the only guard out here"

Snake presses the elevator button and waits for the elevator. He sees someone in the elevator as its coming up and hides behind a box. Solidus walks out of the elevator with Sergei toward one of the helicopters. Snake pulls out his camera and takes a picture of the side of Sergei's face, which was the best he can get, then calls Otacon on codec.

Snake: "Otacon, I just took a picture of someone walking out of the elevator with Solidus. It appears there going somewhere."

Solidus and Sergei get in a Kasatka and take off.

Otacon: "Hmm, that was probably who shot you and left with Solidus from the base yesterday. How old did he look?"

Snake: "In his late 20s early 30's"

Otacon: "Hmm, weird, I can't find anyone who fits that description. We'll anyway snake just get down to the basement first then we'll figure out what to do from there."

Snake hangs up the codec and walks into the elevator with his tranquilizer out. He gets out at the basement and shoots a guard walking up and down the hall and continues walking. He walks to the end of the hall and makes a left. There is only a staircase there. He goes back and makes the right instead. Here he finds two doors. He goes to the door on the left but it's locked. He goes to the door on the right and the door slides open. He looks inside and finds no one inside. He walks and sees the picture machine. He walks to it and puts the pictures inside and sends them to Otacon. He then calls Otacon on the codec.

Snake: "I just sent them."

Otacon: "Good. I should be getting them any-Ah, here they go. Hmm, I've never seen this guy before and SNAKE! This is Gurlukovich's symbol."

Snake: "I new I seen that symbol somewhere before."

Otacon: "At the tanker a few years ago went you sent me the picture of Gurlukovich, when I looked him up it said that that was his symbol. He had it on everything he owned. You don't think he's alive."

Snake: "Doubt it. Saw him die right in front of my eyes. Ocelot killed him."

Otacon: "We'll there's something weird going on. Snake I need you to find out everything you could. Call on codec if anything comes up. Wait, don't take the elevator anymore. It's too risky. Use the stairs."

He hangs up. Snake goes up the stairs, which is the only flight of stairs and makes a right but stops because he hears someone talking. He hides behind the wall listening to who's talking.

"Did everything go as planned"

Solidus: "Yes, the president's speech went just as it was supposed to"

Snake noticed this voice. It was Solidus. But he didn't know who he was talking to.

"So what's next?"

Solidus: "We activate metal gear."

Snake: "Metal Gear."

Solidus: "We will activate him in few hours."

"And do what"

Solidus: "Attack the U.S."

Solidus walked all the way down the hall and went into the door there. The other person Solidus was talking to went snakes way but turned the other way. Snake saw the guy was very built and was bald. He had an army shirt and army pants on. He had a couple of guns on his belt and a couple of grenades, a long strap that goes around his chest holding ammo and a sniper rifle on his back. He looked like a G.I. JOE. But snake couldn't see his face. The guy continued down the hall and snake called Otacon on the codec.

Snake: "Otacon. There's a new metal gear"

Otacon: "I knew it."

Snake: "I just heard Solidus talking to someone about it. He said he's going to activate it and attack the U.S."

Otacon: "Did he say when?"

Snake: "In a few hours!"

Otacon: "Snake, we don't have much time. The first thing you need to do is find that metal gear and destroy it before it is activated. Wait, I have a virus disk-" Otacon paused for a few seconds then said sadly "the one E.E had. I took it before I got the hostages out at the Big Shell. I've been working on it and figured out how to set it up. It will corrupt the data system and prevent from activation. I'll send it to you from one of their computers. Hold on a sec. There. I sent it to one of their computers. It's on the 3rd floor. Snake were are you?"

Snake: "First Floor. By the staircase."

Otacon: "Okay find a staircase. Go to the third floor. Once you get out of the staircase there should be three rooms. It's the last one."

Snake: "Okay one my way."

Snake walks straight. It is also the direction the guy Solidus was talking to went. He made a right. There was a staircase there and he went up the stairs two flights. He saw the three doors. He looked around to see if anyone was guarding the place. He didn't see anybody. He walked in the third room and no one was there. There was only a computer. He went to the computer and pressed the eject button for the disk but nothing came out. He pressed it rapidly but still no disk came out.

Snake: "Where's the disk."

"I have it" said a voice coming from above him.

Snake looked above him and saw the guy Solidus was talking to sitting on a ledge.

Snake: "Who are you?"

"You'll find out soon. If you want the disk come to the heliport."

Then the guy disappeared behind the ledge. Snake looked confused. He left to the heliport without calling Otacon. When he got there he looked around and saw no one. Then someone appeared from behind a box.

Snake: "Who are you?"

"I am Dismantled"

Snake: "Where's the disk?"

Dismantled: "I can't let you destroy metal gear. If you want to destroy metal gear you have to get past me."

Snake: "Fine."

Snake pulled out his USP and started shooting at dismantled. Dismantled rolled out of the way right behind a box. Dismantled pulled out a 9mm out of his belt and turned around still behind the box and started shooting at snake. Snake jumped out of the way but got hit in his rib by two of the bullets.

Snake: "Shit, how he hit me?"

Snake ran to a nearby box and hid behind it. Snake checked his wound pulled out a bandana out of his back pocket and covered his wound.

Snake: "This is going to be harder than I thought."

Snake turned around and saw that dismantled were he was.

Snake: "Were he go"

Snake came out from behind his box and walked around looking for dismantled. Dismantled appeared from a box near snake and shot at snake. Snake rolled and this time dodged all the bullets but nearly. He came out of the box started shooting at dismantled but missing. He hid behind the box then came back out and shot at dismantled.

Snake: "This isn't working. I need that sniper rifle. How can I get it without him hitting me. Wait I got an idea."

Snake took out his tranquilizer and turned around and shot at dismantled. It hit him in the arm. But he didn't go to sleep. He just held his arm, as it was getting numb.

Snake: "Perfect."

Snake got out from where he was and as dismantled was distracted by his arm by the time he looked up snake was gone. Snake rolled right past dismantled grabbing his sniper rifle and one of his grenades on his belt and then ran and hide behind a box.

Snake: "I'll use this instead of the rifle. Bye"

Snake pulled the grenade and threw it. Snake ran as a couple of seconds later the grenade blew up forcing snake to almost fall off the heliport. Snake got up and looked at were he threw the grenade and saw no one.

Snake: "Shit, I'm so stupid."

Snake calls Otacon on codec.

Snake: "Otacon, I messed up."

Otacon: "What happened?"

Snake: "I blew up some guy now this disk is gone."

Otacon: "What guy?"

Snake: "There's no time for that what do I do kno-"

Someone choking him from behind cut snake off his sentence. It was dismantled. Snake used the sniper rifle and shot dismantled a couple of times in the stomach forcing dismantled to let him go. He turned around and saw dismantled on the floor still alive but burned marks and big cuts everywhere from the explosion and bleeding from his stomach where snake shot him.

Snake: "If you tell me where the disk is I might spare you."

Dismantled: "Are you stupid. Didn't you think the disk got destroyed when the explosion went off?"

Snake: "I'm not stupid. I know that if your alive the disk is still safe. Now I'm going to ask you only once more where's the disk."

Dismantled: "Hahahahaha, you're smarter than I thought. Yea you're right I have the disk."

Dismantled put his hand in his pants and took out the disk.

Snake: "So that's were you kept it"

Dismantled: "Had to put it in the least suspecting place. You want it, go fetch."

Dismantled threw the disk over the heliport. Snake dived off the heliport and while he was in the air caught the disk. He landed in the water. He came up and called Otacon.

Snake: "I got the disk"

Otacon: "What! Great"

Snake: "I'll explain everything later just tell me where I have to go."

Otacon: "Okay snake. You need to find metal gear and put the disk in him."

Snake: "Where do I put the disk in?"

Otacon: "In the cockpit there's a disk slot. That's were the disk goes."

Snake: "Okay I'm on it"