Chapter 1

Disclaimer: These are not my characters and I do not own Metal Gear Solid 1,2, 0r 3. If I did there would be no reason to write this.

Snake tied his bandana securely on his head. Once he was through, Otacon gave him the 'thumbs up'. They both loaded up into the helicopter. The dragon they saw landed somewhere around Shadow Moses. Snake couldn't believe he was heading back to the very origin of his nightmare.

Otacon worriedly looked at Snake. "Maybe you should skip this one Snake. You don't look too good."

"No, I need to do this. I can't move on if I don't go back."

Otacon and Snake didn't speak to each other any more on the helicopter. Once they reached the island, Otacon lowered the helicopter to "jumping distance" from the ground. Snake leaped out of the helicopter, and rolled as he hit the icy ground. He stood up and waved to Otacon telling him he was all right. Otacon waved back and turned the helicopter around heading back to safety.

Snake checked to make sure his handgun, SOCOM, was still in tact before he holstered it and moved on. He climbed up a snow hill overlooking the enemy's hideout. Before he got to the top, he laid down so possible sentries wouldn't see him. He pulled out his binoculars and scoped out the area.

The searchlight, cameras, and sentries from years ago were gone. The searchlights were busted, never to be used again. Some of the cameras were ripped off the wall; one was still hanging by an electrical cord swinging back and forth in the chilly wind. Sentries, none in sight. Something was wrong. Why would anyone land here with no defense? Certainly if they wanted to hide a massive weapon they would have some sort of sentry or camera to tell if there were any intruders. On the other hand, was there even a 'they'?

Out of the corner of his eye, Snake saw something. One of the hidden doors had been pried open with footsteps leading inside. He put his binoculars away and rushed to the site. When he got there, he picked up the remains of C4. The door hadn't been pried open; it had been blown open. Snake pulled out his gun and entered the opening.

He came out into an empty room. To the left, there was a set of stairs that lead up to the second floor. An elevator and two rooms were located there. On the bottom floor there was one normal door, and a cargo door that lead outside. This room had two tanks, and inferred sensors blocking the cargo door when Snake had made his first visit.

What is going on? No guards, no cameras, not even the mice were still there! Something was definitely wrong.

He slowly moved further into the room. His footsteps echoed off the barren walls. Then he heard other footsteps, on the second floor. He could tell because the second floor had metal grates. Before he could react, there was a thump behind him, and the cold metal of a gun was pressed on the back of his head. The person behind him was breathing heavily from the jump.

"Freeze!" A familiar voice demanded. Snake slowly raised his arms, he wasn't even thinking about trying anything. "Now, drop your weapon!" Snake let his SOCOM fall to the floor. The noise from the clatter echoed. The person behind him slowly moved to the front of Snake, keeping his gun on him. He suddenly lowered his gun seeing who Snake was.

"Snake? What are you doing here?" The blonde asked.

Snake suddenly realized who it was; the long blonde hair gave it away. "Raiden?" Snake lowered his arms, and stooped to pick up his gun. "Before I answer your question, couldn't you tell this was me? I mean, doesn't the long bandana give it away?" The blonde chuckled.

"Normally, yes, but I had to be careful. This place gives me the creeps, it has no self defense what so ever." Raiden eyed Snake carefully. "So, you still wear that bandana and you don't shave. You haven't changed a bit."

"At least I don't look like a girl half of the time." Snake smarted off.

"Ouch! Hit me right where it hurts." Raiden patted Snake's shoulder. "Anyway, why are you here too?"

"A metal dragon landed here. It had the letters R.E.D. on the side. Otacon and I think it's a new type of Metal Gear."

"Same here. Colonel Campbell saw it on the satellite pictures he takes. I don't believe him, not after the last incident."

"That's why I quit and made my own secret agency. You know, he probably hacked into Otacon's computer, well HE didn't. He probably had one of those secretaries do it or something. Lazy old geezer."

"I'm with you on that. I don't trust him."

"Then quit." Snake suggested to Raiden.

"Maybe I will." Raiden thought for a brief second before looking back at Snake. "I thought I'd never see you again after you took off in New York. I'm glad we ran into each other."

"Sorry, but I don't date guys. Not live ones anyway."

"Wha…? Hey! What's that supposed to mean! And what do you mean 'Not live ones…'"

"I keep a journal and I date it for every time I kill some one. Get it?"

"Ha ha, very funny. You're so messed up."

"What's normal?" Snake asked.

"Yeah, really." Raiden looked around the room. "So what's next?"

"We need to search this place. Every room, every building… Don't stop until you find something."

"Let's start with the next floor down." Raiden nodded toward the elevator.

"Yeah…" Snake said slowly. Snake sighed. He didn't feel like going back to the place where he met Meryl, but it seemed he had no choice. They had to find out what was going on.

The elevator moved slowly, as if it hadn't been used in years. It creaked, and Snake wished that would cover up the cheesy music that was playing. Unfortunately, his wish didn't come true. Eventually, he pulled out his gun and shot the speaker. Raiden jumped and glared at Snake.

"It was annoying me." Snake said putting his gun away.

The elevator finally came to a stop and the doors slowly opened.

"I think it would have been better to take the vents. It took ten minutes just to go down one freaking floor." Raiden complained.

"At least we don't have to worry about guards putting a bullet in our rears." Snake pointed out.

"True."

Snake and Raiden stepped out of the elevator. Shortly afterwards the elevator short-circuited and blew up. Snake looked at Raiden.

"I think you gained weight. You killed our elevator!"

"Yeah, whatever." Raiden walked further down the hallway. He stopped and peeked in through a door on the left. "That's weird." He said after examining the whole room.

"What?" Snake asked as he moved closer to the door.

"There's a camera fixed on one of the holding cells. A gun camera at that." Raiden moved so Snake could see.

"We need to get in there. We don't have a card key though."

"Like I said, the vents." Raiden moved down the hall and took a left. Snake followed him. "Isn't this how you got in there last time?" Raiden pointed to a ladder that led to a vent shaft.

"How do you know all of this stuff about me?" Snake asked.

"I had some fun with the V.R. missions."

"Creep." Snake said before he started to climb the ladder. He then ripped the cover off the vent and threw it before proceeding. Raiden followed him.

They crawled through the vents and took the first left. "Wrong way." Snake said backing up since it went over a bathroom. They went straight until they came to the opening above one of the holding cells. Snake peered in before moving on. It was empty. Snake stopped at the next one and looked in. It seemed to be empty like the last cell, but something was different. The mattress was torn, and all the springs were ripped out. Snake slowly moved the grate and dropped down into the cell. Before Raiden could follow, a metal wire wrapped around Snake and started to squeeze him. Raiden dropped down and pulled out his gun in the process. He saw a figure in the corner and pointed his gun at her.

"What are you doing here? You're both idiots, falling into the trap the enemy set for you. I thought outside forces would have sent smarter agents." She said to them as she held onto the metal wire. Blood started to flow from where the wire was wrapped on Snake. She had black hair with blonde streaks in it. She had a black tank top and camouflage pants on. A set of dog tags hung around her neck.

"So what are you saying? You're with the enemy?" Raiden asked still pointing his gun at her.

"No, I'm not." The metal wire retracted from Snake and rolled itself up in her hand. "I just thought I would test you to see how good you are. You're idiots but you're the only ones I can rely on at the moment."

"Test! You could have killed him!" Raiden started to pull the trigger on his gun.

"Quit Raiden, I'm fine. I knew she wouldn't kill me; the wire wasn't tight enough. Plus, she knows who I am." Snake said as he wrapped his arm with the bed sheet.

"Very good, so you know my mother then?"

"Yeah… well… I knew her. I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it. You did what she asked."

"Wait one second here! Who are you, and who is your mother?" Raiden suddenly blurted out.

"My name is Tira, and my mother is the one you know as Sniper Wolf."

Is it just me or does it seem like Snake and Raiden aren't talking to each other but instead they're flirting? It just seems like that... Maybe it's just me...