Chapter 3
The ride continued in silence for a few minutes before Trinity's cell phone chimed.
"What is it?
"I don't know, something big is coming, and it's heading your way."
"Got it. Thanks, Operator"
Trinity looked at Morpheus then back at Solid Snake, who still gripped his SOCOM tightly.
Suddenly, the Mercedes screeched to an abrupt stop, something massive impeding their way. Snake's eyes narrowed at what he saw. He checked the SOCOM's chamber and examined the clip. This was his purpose, to stop the thing outside. He aimed at the Benz's sunroof and put a bullet through the glass and climbed onto the Benz's roof.
Trinity grabbed Snake.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Snake's grizzled voice answered back. "A heavily armored, nuclear equipped, walking battle-tank. Simply put..." He readied his SOCOM "...Metal Gear."
Snake leapt into action with a grunt, dashing off of the Mercedes when the slicing beam from Metal Gear's belly activated. Snake back-flipped aiming his SOCOM at the circular dish on Metal Gear Rex's left shoulder as he landed. He squeezed out an entire clip futilely, knowing the low caliber munitions would leave nothing but a scratch.
"Damn!"
Then an unfamiliar voice came over Metal Gear's loudspeaker. The voice had a condescending British accent, but it wasn't Liquid.
"Mister Hayter, I trust you fight along side these terrorists out of ignorance. It is for that, you are still alive."
"The name is Snake."
"So be it, Mister Hayter."
Suddenly an explosion rocked Metal Gear's cockpit. Snake glanced back to see Trinity hefting a rocket launcher. Snake's first guess: Stinger launcher.
He yelled. "Aim for the Radome!"
Behind Snake, before she could even ask: "what's a Radome?", 75 caliber slugs erupted from Rex's Vulcan cannons. Snake broke into a full sprint as the machine gun shots hit pavement behind him in his wake. He could hear the servos in Rex's legs moving. It was getting ready to launch its missiles. He had to disable Metal Gear now. Rocket smoke plumed from Rex's launcher pods and arched in towards the Benz. Morpheus leapt from the limo headfirst and came out of a roll holding an M4 Assault Carbine.
He fired at the incoming missiles, his shots reflected in his mirrored out sunglasses, and was rewarded with two explosions.
Trinity dropped the Stinger Launcher and began using the missiles as stepping-stones. She jumped from missile to missile with the grace of a grasshopper and pulled something out from under her coat. Snake didn't have time to see what it was. His job was to stop Metal Gear. And to do that, he needed a Stinger Launcher.
He managed to catch the falling launcher before it impacted with the ground. Instantly, he brought the Stinger Launcher in line with the Radome on Rex's left shoulder and fired without waiting for a lock-on. The Radome exploded magnificently. The cockpit opened and behind the controls, Snake saw one of the suited men the mysterious duo referred to as Agents. Snake watched in awe as the woman used the missiles as stairs to get her to the cockpit. He'd never seen anyone move like that since... since Grey Fox. Then Snake knew what she was up to.
He saw her smash the C-4 plastique on the edge of the cockpit.
She back-flipped high into the air, arms spread like a swan, almost as if moving in slow motion.
"Morpheus, Now!"
The black man called Morpheus, pulled a switch out and thumbed it.
An explosion overtook the cockpit, leaving Metal Gear Rex headless. But there were still missiles incoming; the missiles Trinity had hopped over. And they were heading straight for Snake.
Snake dropped the Stinger and tried to run, but the first missile had struck home. Followed by the second, and third. Snake was thrown into the air violently and when he came down, everything was blurry. His CODEC beeped. It was Otacon.
"Snake, come in. Snake, what's happening? Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!"
But it was to no avail. Snake's vision faded to white, sending him into unconsciousness.