Chapter 11- Metal Gear?!
Snake looked at the ninja's face, recognizing it somehow, but not being able to pinpoint who he reminded him of. He had thin, messy red bangs. His skin was a dark complexion, a light bronze tone to it. Snake let out a low sigh, trying to figure out his identity.
"Look, I don't have time to try and figure out who the hell you are. You said you're here to help stop the Patriots. What've you got?"
"The Patriots are-" His sentence was cut off by a loud exploding sound. They both looked out the window of the room and saw dirt and snow slowly starting to tremble. The rubble then literally exploded into the air, launching sky-high, debris flying into the air. Something, very large, leapt straight into the air from seemingly beneath the ground, landing with an impact that would have shattered the Richter scale. With it's large metallic body and glowing red eyes both men immediately knew what it was.
Snake grabbed Immortal's F2000, and started to run outside, but he got a look at the back of Immortal's neck first. It had a strange tattoo on it. It was a cross, with the words "Temptation" and "Revelation" placed above and below the image.
"What the hell is that?" Snake was deep in thought. He took a photo of the tattoo with his camera and contacted Otacon.
"Otacon, take a look at this for me. I'm transmitting a photo," said Snake.
"What is that?" said Otacon after about three seconds.
"A tattoo on one of Ocelot's henchmen," Snake told him.
"Who?"
"Some guy calling himself Immortal. And I'll be damned if he's not. Claimed that he has the same genes as Big Boss, but he's not a clone."
"Snake, that's impossible... unless-"
"What?" asked Snake.
"Nothing, just let me do a little research on this guy. Now, the tattoo. I recognize it. It was on Liquid's arm, remember?"
"Except Liquid's had a snake and a staff," Snake told Otacon.
"Right. Let me research a bit into this as well."
Snake then heard a loud crash outside. "Otacon, I'll get back to you. I've got something to take care of right now."
He ran outside, but hid behind a crane and watched a conversation between the pilot and the ninja, vowing to help his new partner if he needed it.
The RAY let out a roar, as it's "mouth" opened into four parts, exposing the hydro cutter laser bay. It then returned to full height, and someone spoke from the cockpit.
"What happened to the good friend that I once had?" said the RAY's pilot, apparently talking to the ninja. We were once partners-"
"Cut the crap! I was never a partner of yours, nor will I ever be."
"Don't be so naïve, Kyle. You were once a proud and loyal soldier, fighting for the good of your country. Now," the voice scoffed. "Now, you've not only degraded yourself, but the good name of the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo."
"No! The Patriots are nothing but power hungry tyrants. They want domination no matter what the price. Even if it means manipulating the citizens of America!"
"Too bad you won't live to tell the world about it! Then again, no one ever does!" The mammoth machine rose to full height and let out another roar, as a lion or tiger would to mark his territory, warning others not to come closer.
"Say goodbye Kyle!" screamed the pilot, still in the cockpit. Snake ran out, for he knew what was going to happen.
"No!" yelled Snake. He ran up next to the ninja, still with no helmet on, and looked up at the colossal machine.
"Oh, I see you've made a new friend, Kyle," said the pilot. "Why not introduce us? Wait, I know you. Yes, it must be! Solid Snake! Killing a rebel soldier and the legendary Solid Snake, all in one day? Oh, I think a promotion will be in place when I report back!"
"Report back? To who?"
"Who else, Snake? The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo!"
"The Patriots?!" yelled Snake, confused and frustrated at the same time. What are they planning here? He thought. He vowed to find out before the day was done.
Snake got out the F2000 that he took from Immortal, and looked through the scope, hoping to hit the Metal Gear with a few grenades, aiming carefully.
"Take all the time that you need, Snake! You're not making it out of here alive!"
The rockets from RAY's hull were then, without warning, launched toward Snake and "Kyle", about five or six of them. Both men were a little preoccupied with trying to live to count them. Snake ran away from the Ray, though two of the missiles followed him. He executed a roll, and the missiles landed where he had been a split second earlier. Kyle, however, teleported from place to place, and the missiles were unable to keep up with him, harmlessly hitting the ground. Snake saw him, and tried to figure something out about how he was able to do it.
We've never met as acquaintances, but we know each other well as enemies. Snake thought about the words of his new ally.
He then remembered the throwing stars he used in the middle of his fight against Immortal. A flashback then kicked in, to Zanzibar. It was a fierce fight between Snake and Black Color, a man that was once a civilian, experimented on, and turned into one of Snake's toughest opponents. He recalled the way he would teleport around the room to avoid Snake, just as he was now to avoid RAY's missiles, and to catch Immortal by surprise. He also recalled the throwing stars that he had used, in the fight between Snake and Immortal and back in Zanzibar.
Kyle Schneider?! Black Color?! But I killed him. Snake thought He watched him a little longer. The pilot seemed to have completely forgotten about Snake; he was concentrating all his attention on Black Color. RAY let out a roar, which forced the opening its mouth plates, before it fired the missiles from it's knees at Schneider, two fast moving rockets headed straight for him. Once again, he teleported, but this time, he literally disappeared for about five seconds. He suddenly emerged right in front of RAY's open mouth. He put the barrel of the AUG Assault Rifle he was carrying in RAY's mouth, and pulled the trigger. The bullets screamed as they traveled from the gun to RAY's mouth, splashing red nanopaste everywhere. RAY's head jerked violently, but Schneider stood there, still holding the trigger, staring deep into RAY's eyes, so that the pilot could see the hatred in his eyes.
Suddenly, RAY's mouth closed, crushing Black Color's gun, and almost his hand. The RAY returned to full height, the whole machine shaking violently now. Kyle didn't move from his position in front of RAY, standing his ground like a true soldier.
Snake and Kyle then heard the sound of military choppers headed their way. Everyone, except the RAY, which continued to malfunction, looked in the direction that the sound was coming from. Indeed, they saw about twenty choppers headed for them, a mix of Hind Ds , Kasatkas and Night Havoc gunships, and reinforcements were surely on the way. Two Kasatkas and a Hind D were headed for Snake and Kyle, and the rest headed for RAY. The Metal Gear had stopped shaking and now focused on the choppers. RAY's eyes glowed a luminous red, staring at the choppers like a wild animal looks at its prey before it strikes. The helicopters launched rockets and air-to-air missiles at RAY, and the soldiers sprayed the tank with machine gun fire, but they did nothing. There weren't enough of them to do any significant damage before the RAY attacked. It launched rockets from its hull, and they all landed on their target, taking out four choppers. Schneider took advantage of the momentary cease-fire on he and Snake.
"Snake you have to take down those helicopters! I'll go after RAY!" yelled Kyle above the sound of bombs exploding and screaming soldiers.
Snake started to object, but decided against it. He'll find a way to take it down, he thought. Snake looked up at the choppers and put the grenade launcher barrel in the direction of the helicopters. He launched a grenade at the first chopper, a Hind. It landed on the chopper, right underneath the blades, and exploded, causing the Hind to jerk slightly. It stayed in the air however, and continued firing its Gatling gun at Snake.
Snake moved around constantly as not to get hit by the machine gun fire both from the choppers and the soldiers inside, not to mention the occasional air-to-ground missile that came his way. He launched two more grenades at the Hind, and they both exploded on impact, causing the helicopter to malfunction temporarily, but it remained in the air. Snake launched one more grenade at the Hind, and it hit the engine, causing it to catch on fire and immediately crash to the ground. But before it did, it was able to launch one air-to-ground missile at Snake. It hit the ground near Snake, too far for him to notice, yet close enough for him to be affected by the explosion. Snake let out a loud yell as he was knocked off his feet and immediately hit with machine gun fire.
Snake instantly pulled himself up, crouching and running away from the gunfire until he found a safe hiding place. He then aimed up his grenade launcher, targeting the engine of the first Kasatka, and he hit it, sending the chopper down to the ground in a fiery explosion. He then aimed for the engine of the second Kasatka, and shot a grenade at it, but it didn't go down. Snake was then hit by machine gun fire, causing him to drop his gun. Once he recovered, he rolled to his gun, picking it up in the process. He put the scope up to his eye and aimed at the chopper and sent a grenade towards it. It landed inside the chopper and detonated, sending the chopper crashing towards the ground.
He then looked over at RAY. He saw destruction, the RAY taking down everything that came its way. Snake then saw a fleet of KA-50 Kamovs headed their way, no doubt as reinforcements. These were the strongest helicopters that the Russian military had, but they were still no match for RAY. It easily took them down, using the rockets from the hull, launching them in the air, and allowing gravity to bring them down. onto the choppers. Once all the choppers were down, RAY's pilot focused on Kyle.
Schneider was having no problem avoiding RAY's attacks, but he had nothing to take it down with. He then teleported, and appeared next to one of the choppers, a Kamov. He then used his incredible strength and ripped the rocket pod off of one of the wings! He pointed it towards RAY, and launched several rockets toward it. They all connected, sending red nanopaste into the air. The RAY screeched loudly, a sign of its "pain". The RAY walked towards Schneider, barely able to, and lifted up its foot, ready to crush the enemy, but Kyle teleported from underneath RAY's foot, and ended up next to it. RAY sent its foot crashing to the ground, and the impact knocked Kyle off his feet; even Snake stumbled. A group of cluster bombs were sent towards the fallen soldier. They exploded, and landed in the area near Kyle. Snake heard a loud scream and ran over to the destruction.
"Well, well, Snake. I killed your little friend. You're next!" The RAY bent over and let out a roar. It launched machine gun fire at Snake, which he was able to dodge. He then sent the cluster bombs that had killed Schneider, but Snake avoided those as well. RAY tried its last resort, sending the hull rockets toward Snake, but they were unable to connect as well. Snake could do nothing but dodge; he had nothing to combat the Metal Gear. Then, completely unexpected to Snake, two missiles were launched from it's knees, and they connected, hitting each other, the explosion knocking Snake off of his feet, almost unconscious. RAY then leaned down, and stopped abruptly.
The pilot jumped out of the RAY, a large, brown-haired man, a little gray on the sides, showing that he was a seasoned war veteran. He had on a sleeveless leather shirt and leather pants. He had a blue neckerchief on, which was blowing in the wind.
"Time to die, Snake!" he yelled. He took out what appeared to be a Desert Eagle and aimed it at Snake's head. Then, a smoke grenade went off, fogging the entire area, no one able to see. Several punches were heard, then a gunshot suddenly went off. When the smoke cleared, the pilot was on the ground, Snake was trying to get up, and Kyle was seen, smoke coming from his Desert Eagle.
Snake looked at the ninja's face, recognizing it somehow, but not being able to pinpoint who he reminded him of. He had thin, messy red bangs. His skin was a dark complexion, a light bronze tone to it. Snake let out a low sigh, trying to figure out his identity.
"Look, I don't have time to try and figure out who the hell you are. You said you're here to help stop the Patriots. What've you got?"
"The Patriots are-" His sentence was cut off by a loud exploding sound. They both looked out the window of the room and saw dirt and snow slowly starting to tremble. The rubble then literally exploded into the air, launching sky-high, debris flying into the air. Something, very large, leapt straight into the air from seemingly beneath the ground, landing with an impact that would have shattered the Richter scale. With it's large metallic body and glowing red eyes both men immediately knew what it was.
Snake grabbed Immortal's F2000, and started to run outside, but he got a look at the back of Immortal's neck first. It had a strange tattoo on it. It was a cross, with the words "Temptation" and "Revelation" placed above and below the image.
"What the hell is that?" Snake was deep in thought. He took a photo of the tattoo with his camera and contacted Otacon.
"Otacon, take a look at this for me. I'm transmitting a photo," said Snake.
"What is that?" said Otacon after about three seconds.
"A tattoo on one of Ocelot's henchmen," Snake told him.
"Who?"
"Some guy calling himself Immortal. And I'll be damned if he's not. Claimed that he has the same genes as Big Boss, but he's not a clone."
"Snake, that's impossible... unless-"
"What?" asked Snake.
"Nothing, just let me do a little research on this guy. Now, the tattoo. I recognize it. It was on Liquid's arm, remember?"
"Except Liquid's had a snake and a staff," Snake told Otacon.
"Right. Let me research a bit into this as well."
Snake then heard a loud crash outside. "Otacon, I'll get back to you. I've got something to take care of right now."
He ran outside, but hid behind a crane and watched a conversation between the pilot and the ninja, vowing to help his new partner if he needed it.
The RAY let out a roar, as it's "mouth" opened into four parts, exposing the hydro cutter laser bay. It then returned to full height, and someone spoke from the cockpit.
"What happened to the good friend that I once had?" said the RAY's pilot, apparently talking to the ninja. We were once partners-"
"Cut the crap! I was never a partner of yours, nor will I ever be."
"Don't be so naïve, Kyle. You were once a proud and loyal soldier, fighting for the good of your country. Now," the voice scoffed. "Now, you've not only degraded yourself, but the good name of the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo."
"No! The Patriots are nothing but power hungry tyrants. They want domination no matter what the price. Even if it means manipulating the citizens of America!"
"Too bad you won't live to tell the world about it! Then again, no one ever does!" The mammoth machine rose to full height and let out another roar, as a lion or tiger would to mark his territory, warning others not to come closer.
"Say goodbye Kyle!" screamed the pilot, still in the cockpit. Snake ran out, for he knew what was going to happen.
"No!" yelled Snake. He ran up next to the ninja, still with no helmet on, and looked up at the colossal machine.
"Oh, I see you've made a new friend, Kyle," said the pilot. "Why not introduce us? Wait, I know you. Yes, it must be! Solid Snake! Killing a rebel soldier and the legendary Solid Snake, all in one day? Oh, I think a promotion will be in place when I report back!"
"Report back? To who?"
"Who else, Snake? The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo!"
"The Patriots?!" yelled Snake, confused and frustrated at the same time. What are they planning here? He thought. He vowed to find out before the day was done.
Snake got out the F2000 that he took from Immortal, and looked through the scope, hoping to hit the Metal Gear with a few grenades, aiming carefully.
"Take all the time that you need, Snake! You're not making it out of here alive!"
The rockets from RAY's hull were then, without warning, launched toward Snake and "Kyle", about five or six of them. Both men were a little preoccupied with trying to live to count them. Snake ran away from the Ray, though two of the missiles followed him. He executed a roll, and the missiles landed where he had been a split second earlier. Kyle, however, teleported from place to place, and the missiles were unable to keep up with him, harmlessly hitting the ground. Snake saw him, and tried to figure something out about how he was able to do it.
We've never met as acquaintances, but we know each other well as enemies. Snake thought about the words of his new ally.
He then remembered the throwing stars he used in the middle of his fight against Immortal. A flashback then kicked in, to Zanzibar. It was a fierce fight between Snake and Black Color, a man that was once a civilian, experimented on, and turned into one of Snake's toughest opponents. He recalled the way he would teleport around the room to avoid Snake, just as he was now to avoid RAY's missiles, and to catch Immortal by surprise. He also recalled the throwing stars that he had used, in the fight between Snake and Immortal and back in Zanzibar.
Kyle Schneider?! Black Color?! But I killed him. Snake thought He watched him a little longer. The pilot seemed to have completely forgotten about Snake; he was concentrating all his attention on Black Color. RAY let out a roar, which forced the opening its mouth plates, before it fired the missiles from it's knees at Schneider, two fast moving rockets headed straight for him. Once again, he teleported, but this time, he literally disappeared for about five seconds. He suddenly emerged right in front of RAY's open mouth. He put the barrel of the AUG Assault Rifle he was carrying in RAY's mouth, and pulled the trigger. The bullets screamed as they traveled from the gun to RAY's mouth, splashing red nanopaste everywhere. RAY's head jerked violently, but Schneider stood there, still holding the trigger, staring deep into RAY's eyes, so that the pilot could see the hatred in his eyes.
Suddenly, RAY's mouth closed, crushing Black Color's gun, and almost his hand. The RAY returned to full height, the whole machine shaking violently now. Kyle didn't move from his position in front of RAY, standing his ground like a true soldier.
Snake and Kyle then heard the sound of military choppers headed their way. Everyone, except the RAY, which continued to malfunction, looked in the direction that the sound was coming from. Indeed, they saw about twenty choppers headed for them, a mix of Hind Ds , Kasatkas and Night Havoc gunships, and reinforcements were surely on the way. Two Kasatkas and a Hind D were headed for Snake and Kyle, and the rest headed for RAY. The Metal Gear had stopped shaking and now focused on the choppers. RAY's eyes glowed a luminous red, staring at the choppers like a wild animal looks at its prey before it strikes. The helicopters launched rockets and air-to-air missiles at RAY, and the soldiers sprayed the tank with machine gun fire, but they did nothing. There weren't enough of them to do any significant damage before the RAY attacked. It launched rockets from its hull, and they all landed on their target, taking out four choppers. Schneider took advantage of the momentary cease-fire on he and Snake.
"Snake you have to take down those helicopters! I'll go after RAY!" yelled Kyle above the sound of bombs exploding and screaming soldiers.
Snake started to object, but decided against it. He'll find a way to take it down, he thought. Snake looked up at the choppers and put the grenade launcher barrel in the direction of the helicopters. He launched a grenade at the first chopper, a Hind. It landed on the chopper, right underneath the blades, and exploded, causing the Hind to jerk slightly. It stayed in the air however, and continued firing its Gatling gun at Snake.
Snake moved around constantly as not to get hit by the machine gun fire both from the choppers and the soldiers inside, not to mention the occasional air-to-ground missile that came his way. He launched two more grenades at the Hind, and they both exploded on impact, causing the helicopter to malfunction temporarily, but it remained in the air. Snake launched one more grenade at the Hind, and it hit the engine, causing it to catch on fire and immediately crash to the ground. But before it did, it was able to launch one air-to-ground missile at Snake. It hit the ground near Snake, too far for him to notice, yet close enough for him to be affected by the explosion. Snake let out a loud yell as he was knocked off his feet and immediately hit with machine gun fire.
Snake instantly pulled himself up, crouching and running away from the gunfire until he found a safe hiding place. He then aimed up his grenade launcher, targeting the engine of the first Kasatka, and he hit it, sending the chopper down to the ground in a fiery explosion. He then aimed for the engine of the second Kasatka, and shot a grenade at it, but it didn't go down. Snake was then hit by machine gun fire, causing him to drop his gun. Once he recovered, he rolled to his gun, picking it up in the process. He put the scope up to his eye and aimed at the chopper and sent a grenade towards it. It landed inside the chopper and detonated, sending the chopper crashing towards the ground.
He then looked over at RAY. He saw destruction, the RAY taking down everything that came its way. Snake then saw a fleet of KA-50 Kamovs headed their way, no doubt as reinforcements. These were the strongest helicopters that the Russian military had, but they were still no match for RAY. It easily took them down, using the rockets from the hull, launching them in the air, and allowing gravity to bring them down. onto the choppers. Once all the choppers were down, RAY's pilot focused on Kyle.
Schneider was having no problem avoiding RAY's attacks, but he had nothing to take it down with. He then teleported, and appeared next to one of the choppers, a Kamov. He then used his incredible strength and ripped the rocket pod off of one of the wings! He pointed it towards RAY, and launched several rockets toward it. They all connected, sending red nanopaste into the air. The RAY screeched loudly, a sign of its "pain". The RAY walked towards Schneider, barely able to, and lifted up its foot, ready to crush the enemy, but Kyle teleported from underneath RAY's foot, and ended up next to it. RAY sent its foot crashing to the ground, and the impact knocked Kyle off his feet; even Snake stumbled. A group of cluster bombs were sent towards the fallen soldier. They exploded, and landed in the area near Kyle. Snake heard a loud scream and ran over to the destruction.
"Well, well, Snake. I killed your little friend. You're next!" The RAY bent over and let out a roar. It launched machine gun fire at Snake, which he was able to dodge. He then sent the cluster bombs that had killed Schneider, but Snake avoided those as well. RAY tried its last resort, sending the hull rockets toward Snake, but they were unable to connect as well. Snake could do nothing but dodge; he had nothing to combat the Metal Gear. Then, completely unexpected to Snake, two missiles were launched from it's knees, and they connected, hitting each other, the explosion knocking Snake off of his feet, almost unconscious. RAY then leaned down, and stopped abruptly.
The pilot jumped out of the RAY, a large, brown-haired man, a little gray on the sides, showing that he was a seasoned war veteran. He had on a sleeveless leather shirt and leather pants. He had a blue neckerchief on, which was blowing in the wind.
"Time to die, Snake!" he yelled. He took out what appeared to be a Desert Eagle and aimed it at Snake's head. Then, a smoke grenade went off, fogging the entire area, no one able to see. Several punches were heard, then a gunshot suddenly went off. When the smoke cleared, the pilot was on the ground, Snake was trying to get up, and Kyle was seen, smoke coming from his Desert Eagle.