30 minutes before Snake was to report to the torpedo launch tubes, the guards threw him some clothes to wear and escorted him out of his cell. When they arrived, the Colonel and Naomi were waiting for him. Beyond the, there were some navy enlisted men, preparing a single man SDV (SEAL delivery vehicle) for launch out of the torpedo tube.
"Snake?" Naomi replied.
"Yea, what do you need?¡"
"Its required that I do another strip search to make sure you haven't acquired any weapons or you are taking anything that will lead you back to us."
"Oh, is that so?" Snake replied sarcastically.
As Naomi was strip searching him, the Colonel was telling him how he was going to get there and that he will be providing more information to him while he was being inserted by codec.
"Snake, you are going to infiltrated the facility by one-man SDV. To contact any of us, we are able to be reached at by codec. Your sneaking suit is over there by that table 'Colonel points at a table off to the right'. There is also a pair of field binoculars, a mask, SEAL re-breather, waterproof balaclava, and a pair of fins. You will use those until you have reached the entry point. Once reached, ditch the equipment in the water or some place safe."
As Snake put on all his gear the Colonel and Naomi left, and he was just surrounded by guards. They were all watching him, knowing that he was the infamous SOLID SNAKE. They knew he was the only one who could rescue these hostages and free them. There was a weird pause of silence while Snake was putting on his equipment. Out of nowhere, a guard broke the silence.
"Good luck Snake. Go out and kick some ass. Show those bastards what a former FOX-Hound member can do."
"Thanks for the praise..."
As Snake climbed into his SDV and held onto the handle bars. The others around him closed the top hatch. As they were loading it into the tube and preparing it for launch. Naomi called him on his codec.
"Snake'be careful, and good luck."
And the codec went off. He heard the hiss of the SDV being pressurized and water flooded in. There was a pause'then he was launched straight out of the torpedo tube. Colonel called him on his codec and he picked up.
"This is Snake."
"Snake, there are 6 old members of FOX-HOUND cooperating in this terrorist act. Their names are: Psycho Mantis; has the power of psychics and can tap into your mind and read you. Decoy Octopus; master of disguise. Sniper Wolf; beautiful, but deadly sniper. Vulcan Raven; well built and shaman. Revolver Ocelot; expertise in torture and formidable gun fighter. And last but not least, Liquid Snake."
"Liquid Snake?"
"The only one in FOX-HOUND who has the same codename as you. He was inserted into FOX-HOUND after you left. He also has the new generation genome soldiers all of the complex guarding. These soldiers are high sophisticated and have been genetically altered."
"I though genetically altered soldiers were against the rules of engagement and treaties nationally."
The codec switches over to Naomi and she begins explaining to him how these soldiers were created.
"Well Snake, they aren't. Internationally they aren't, just within the U.S. is it restricted. These soldiers have been genetically altered so that their hearing and sight is much better than ours. Also adapting to combat high and stress has been altered to. They are the ultimate soldier."
The SDV began to slow down, and Snake looked at the small screen in front of him projecting the outside view in the green color of night vision. He used the controls to looked at this surroundings. All of a sudden, the SDV stopped and the top hatch broke open. Snake swam out and swam to the surface. As he looked around, he noticed he was inside some kind of underground tunnel for cargo ships to come through and dock. As he dove again and swan forward he began to make out the faint sights of steps. He resurfaced and noticed guards patrolling a Dock that had many containers on it. He sat on the steps and began to take off his fins, when something caught his eye. He dove under the water and went to the right corner of the stairs. There he found his first item'a ration. He thought 'Well, at least its better than nothing.I didn't even get anything to eat before I left'. He resurfaced and took off his fins. The silence was broken by someone talking in the background and a guard confirming the person's command. That's when his codec bursted out in his ear.
"This is Snake."
It was the colonel calling him.
"There is a low pipe to the left of those barrels and a small opening at the bottom of that heating system. Crawl under one of those and you¡¯ll be out in the open."
"Alright, I'm going in"
As Snake crawled under the opening, he noticed a guard's foot walking by.
'They must be patrolling certain areas' he thought.
He waited for the right moment and crawled out. He spotted the same guard to his right yawning, and then he dozed off to sleep. Snake creped silently behind him. He slowly put his hands around the guard's neck...and SNAP! He broke the guard's neck instantly. He couldn't just leave a dead body around so he looked for an area to put the body. To his right he noticed a break in the guardrail that lined the edge of the dock.
'Must be the loading area for the ships' he thought to himself.
So he dragged the body, and tossed it over and there was a splash.
"Huh? Who's there?"
"Shit." Snake muttered. "He must have heard the splash."
Snake ran off in the other direction around the containers and crouched low. In the corner of his eye, he saw his radar telling him that the guard was looking around and his field of vision was red. The guard didn't see anything unusual so he walked off back to his patrol route.
'That was close' Snake thought, 'It could have been worse.'
As he sneaked around avoiding guards, there was a loud noise and a bright flashing light.
'What?! Have the guards been alerted?!' he thought.
He looked around the corner of his container he was against and noticed that the elevator came back down, and another guard with it. When the other guard wasn't looking, he ran forward and rolled into a corner near a parked forklift. When the guard on the elevator walked off and headed to his patrol route, Snake quickly ran inside the elevator. Once again the elevator made the noise.
Snake thought, 'Hmm...the guards aren't suspecting anything...they must be thinking the other guy was switching off.'
Snake removed all of swim gear and tossed it into the corner of the elevator. His balaclava was replaced with his familiar headband and his hair cut short, instead of the usual long that he had in the cell. The elevator came to a stop. It had reached the ground level. It was snowing outside, and he looked around at his surroundings and thought, 'This is going to be one long day'