A/N: Beautiful people do ugly things. O.o Know what I mean? No? Yes? Hm. Well, anyway, thanks for all your beautiful reviews. *Clears throat* The first of which was an insult. I should smack that person. Well, here's chapter three!!

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"Ahh!" T veered hard. "Where is it?! I can't see it anywhere!"

"Uh....I..I think it submerged!!" Snake called. "We...Guh!" He yelped. It had shot up in front of them."

"Any last words?" They heard Liquid call in a sing-song voice.

"Um, yeah..." T blinked. "I want a cookie, moo cow, Holy crap, Bill Cosby, You can do it, Nicky, kitty kitty, I want McDonald's, Satan, and Jesus Murphy."

There was a moment of silence in which Snake stared blankly at T. "You-" But he was inturrupted. An explosion went off.

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Snake was out cold, and quite a bit of blood had leaked through his suit. T herself was barely conscious, and had a bloody gash along the back of her neck. She had trouble holding her head up. But, being the determined female that she was, she had managed to float Snake back to the harbor using a piece of floating wood.

Out of the water, T had made scraps of her long trench coat with a knife and used them to temporarily cover her and Snake's wounds. She clumsily tried to wave down help, but no one saw her. She collapsed next to Snake and rummaged around to find her communications gadget. Upon finding it, she banged it against her knee to get it started. Once it booted up, she dialed in Otacon's frequency.

"T!" Otacon called. "What happened"

"I...I don'...don' 'member...I can' stay...Snake's hurt, you...you need to come...an', an' find us...we...we're at the h-h-har-harbor..."

"Hang in there, T!" Otacon cried. "We're on our way!"

"Hurry..." And she faded out, loosing consciousness.

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T stirred. It was warm, and there was light. She sat up quickly, but was forced back down. "Easy. You'll make yourself sick."

A stunningly handsome young man was looking at her. "Who the hell are you?" T asked quietly.

"Hal Emmerich. Otacon. The one who helped you through your mission." He smiled at her. "You and Snake have made remarkable recoveries, almost 100%. Only thing is, you have a fever, and he's still unconscious."

"He's stable." T repeated.

"Yes." Otacon smiled.

"He might even be awake." Came a female voice. "I poked him with a ruler and he grumbled."

"Oh!" Otacon blushed furiously. "T, this is Meryl Silverburgh. She;s been giving me a hand around here. Meryl, this is T, the newcomer."

Meryl smiled. "Well, then, T, welcome to Philanthropy." She offered her hand to shake, and T did so, weakly. "Hm," Meryl gazed thoughtfully at her. "You need a better name than 'T'. It's just not very .....namely."

Otacon and T stared.

"How about Talena?"

"T...Talena?" T echoed.

"Sure! Talena Silverburgh. We can be sisters!"

"I...I...okay...." T, rather Talena, smiled gratefully at Meryl. "I didn't have much of a family."

"Well, you have one now. Snake, Otacon and I, and now you, we are family."

"Let's work on the family bonds, then." Came a sleepy voice from the corner. "Seeing as how I thought you were dead for quite a long time."

"Heh. Sorry, Snake." Meryl said, turning around.

At this point, T struggled to get up, tripped, got back up, and jumped on Snake. "You're alive! Oh, thank you, God..."

"Woah, easy, you about killed me there." Snake said, gently prying her off. "I'm fine, now. I need a little rest and quiet, but-"

He was inturrupted by a squeak. He raised an eyebrow. "Um, Otacon?"

"Snake? You're dead."

"No, I'm right here."

"No, you're leagally dead. Ocelot....he reported you dead."

"And what about Talena?" Meryl asked.

"No birth record. No one believed that a girl was there with Snake."

"What's the point?" Snake asked, throwing his legs over the side of the bed, standing up slowly and walking slowly over to Otacon.

"They...they have your social security number, Snake. They know where our HQ is."

"Oh, no. Oh, no.." Talena said. "If they find me, I'm smoked. They'll shoot me up faster than-"

"Talena, we're getting you out of here. You have to leave." Meryl said, grabbing her hand.

"I...Oh, my God!" She said, her eyes welling up with tears. "This is all my fault!!"

"No, it's not." Snake said in a low voice. He looked over. "T, erm, Talena...let me talk to you. Alone."

He took her into another room, and touched her face. "It's not your fault, but we have to keep you safe. You have to go."

"Snake..." Talena said quietly, looking up.

"Yeah?"

"Don't forget me."

"How could I? You're..."

"I'm what?" Talena said with her goofy smile.

"You're the weirdest person I have ever met." Snake grinned.

"Snake, I don't want to.."

"I know, but hey, I'll see you again. With a different name, but the same face."

"......"

"I'll love you, the whole time we're apart. It's amazing what people can go through in two days."

"Yeah. Bye, Snake." She reached up and stroked his rough face before Meryl came in.

"Come on, Talena. I'm gonna take you to someone I know can help you out." She said with a small smile.

"Yeah, okay." And she left.

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A/N: Weellllll?!?! How was chapter three?! Ah, just when the love scene heats up, some screwed up government official ruins the whole scene. Any suggestions for the next chapter?! E-mail me, please, or IM me, or write it in a review. Thank you, so very much!!