Title: Metal Gear Solid: Elements of Destruction- Epilogue: Love and the Battlefield (Edited for fanfiction.net)
Author: The Ice Goddess (FrozenBlueIce)
Fandom: Metal Gear Solid
Feedback: All feedback is welcome, whether it be negative or positive. I'm trying to improve on my writing so, please be honest: frozenblueice@yahoo.com
Pairing: The main pairing of this story is Snake/Otacon, which is obvious to anyone who knows of my fondness for Hal Emmerich, so therefore alright to disclose. There are others, but if I told you what they were, it'd ruin the story.
Series: No. There may be sequels in the future, but right now that is looking unlikely due to time constraints.
Rating: PG. (this chapter only)
Disclaimer: All characters appearing in previous Metal Gear Solid video games are the property of Konami Computer Entertainment of Japan, and of their creator, Mr. Hideo Kojima. All new characters are the property of The Ice Goddess. This is a work of fanfiction, and in no way, shape, or form will I receive any monetary compensation for it. It is for entertainment purposes only.
Type: Action/Shounen-ai
Summary: This story takes place one year after the events of "The Big Shell." New information found by Otacon sends Snake back into action. (That's all I'm revealing!)
Epilogue: Love and the Battlefield (Edited for fanfiction.net)
Gunshots rang out in Otacon's ears and he suddenly sat up, waking with a gasp. He breathed in and out heavily in a rhythmic pattern as if struggling for air. His hair, now soaked in a cold sweat, fell to cover his glasses.
"Otacon, what's wrong?" asked Solid Snake, who had been lying awake next to him the entire time.
For a moment, the engineer did not respond. His mind was wandering back to what it is he had dreamt about only moments before.
"I took someone's life for the first time," he said in a small voice that struggled to pass by the lump in his throat. Hal looked down at his trembling hands. "I never thought I had that kind of power within me. It's frightening."
Snake nodded, placing his arm around the slender man's shoulders.
Hal sighed then shifted his eyes to meet an emerald gaze. "But if I hadn't, I would have lost you."
"It took a lot of strength to do what you did," the mercenary replied simply.
"Dave?"
"Yeah, Hal?"
"It's scary to think about, but I'd do the same thing if I were ever put in that situation again." A tear fell from his eye. "I just pray that I never have to."
Snake shifted his gaze downward. "I never wanted you to have this burden on your shoulders. That's why I gave you the modded M9. I'm sorry I wasn't fast enough to take her out myself."
"It's not your fault," Otacon quickly countered. "She was, after all, your genetic equal."
Snake growled his disapproval with himself. "There's no excuse."
Otacon took a still gloved hand and raised his partner's chin to look into his eyes. They matched each other's gazes, both filled with deep emotion-- pain, fear, anxiety, love…
Overflowing with every emotion imaginable, Hal and Dave joined at the lips.
***
A codec call interrupted the silent bliss of Snake and Otacon's post-lovemaking embrace. They answered it together.
"Snake? Otacon? You reading me?" It was Raiden and he sounded urgent.
"Yeah, kid. We're here. What's the matter?"
"Mei Ling's here with me. There's something I need to tell you."
"Spit it out already!" Snake ordered, growing impatient.
"It's about my son."
"Your son?" Otacon repeated.
"He's here with me now."
"What?"
"Yeah. He was dropped off at my doorstep in a basket."
"Who was it? How did they find you?" Snake demanded.
"I don't know," Raiden answered him, sighing. "Mei thinks that whoever it was, they tracked my location by means of these implants."
Snake growled. "We need to find somebody we can trust to try to remove those, or at least find a way to deactivate their functions. I'll have Otacon look at them in the morning."
"I'll do my best," the engineer said.
"There's more," Raiden pressed on.
Snake rolled his eyes. "There's always more," he said sardonically.
"There was a photograph in the basket with Iroquois."
Solid Snake narrowed his eyes. "And…?"
"It was a photograph of a 2-3 year old, blond-haired boy. I think it may be Olga's child. He was standing next to a man with a long, black ponytail and Genesis."
"What the Hell?!"
The silence hung heavy over the codec for what seemed to be an eternity…
Author's Notes:
If this epilogue seems incredibly short, it's due to the fact that fanfiction.net no longer allows NC-17 content on their site. If you would like to experience the Epilogue as it was originally intended to have been read, please visit: www.thefrostedrose.com/frozenwasteland/fics/MGS_EOD_Epilogue.doc
And that's all folks! Fin! The End! Owari! Please feel free to review me!