Metal Gear Solid:

Untold Mission

A/N: Alrighty, I got reviews, and I am a happy, happy man. So…as a gift for making me such a happy, happy, man I will give you Chapter 2! P

Umm also, I would like to direct this toward a reviewer who corrected me on a mistake I made in the introduction chapter. I typed up that Jack had a .45 M.M handgun, but it was a .45 caliber handgun. But you also pointed out that a .45 MM is a grenade-launcher type thing, but there is a .45-millimeter handgun also. But no matter, thanks for correcting me.

NOTE: I realized that in the last chapter, I kinda made it so that Snake and his new friend Charlie arrived right at Hanoi. Well umm…that's kinda unrealistic because Hanoi is nothing more then a small village. So what happened is they landed at the nearest airport and drove the rest of the way! D

NOTE#2: There will be conversations between Jack and Vietnamese people from the village of Hanoi, since I don't actually know Vietnamese, I will just type it in English and you can use your imaginations to pretend their speaking Vietnamese. P

And finally…The story continues.

Chapter 2: Searching for answers

The sound of chatter outside his window woke him. It was the sound of a foreign language, Vietnamese. There were also sounds like something being rolled over stone roads. Big Boss ran a hand through his brown hair and sat up. He sat there for a moment, thinking of what today may bring. He hoped that it would bring him some answers…like where EVA disappeared off too.

Jack rolled out of the bed, and stretched before heading over to open the curtains on the window, as he did so it revealed a great amount of people walking up and down the streets, some were hauling wheel barrels full of various items, and some were pulling wagons along with them that was loaded with various grains and some barrels. It was much, much different then the United States. Much.

Jack turned away from the window and walked into the bathroom. After splashing his face a few times, and brushing his teeth with a toothbrush he had brought along, Jack walked back into the sleeping area of the small room and pulled out a random black t-shirt and then headed out into the hallway to find Charlie.

This place, as Charlie had said, wasn't the wealthiest of all places. This very motel wasn't very homely either, the floors were made of wood, and the wallpaper was torn, peeling, and old. The bed however was in good shape; the sheets were clean which was a great factor. The bathroom was standard, a bathtub and a sink and toilet nothing special.

Jack made his way down a set of squeaky steps, and into the lobby area of the motel. Sitting behind the old, chipped up desk was Charlie. There was a small fan sitting on the table that blew air at the man. He was sitting with his legs up on the desk and reading a newspaper.

"Charlie…" Jack said simply, his voice as low and rough as ever. Charlie peered up from his paper, and instantly folded it back up and put it on the desk, a wide smile formed on his face.

"Jack! Good morning, did you sleep well?" Charlie exclaimed, sitting up and looking at Jack with round brown eyes.

Jack nodded. "Yeah, actually. Thanks for the room." Jack scratched the back of his neck. "Is there any food in here?"

Charlie shook his head. "Not yet, I should be able to get some by tomorrow though. But there is a pretty good restaurant down the road a little ways from here. It's right past a fish stand. You can probably get a good, hearty breakfast there." Jack nodded and headed out the door without a goodbye. "Quiet guy…" Charlie mumbled to himself as he watched Jack disappear outside.

Big Boss walked down the streets, observing everything he saw as he walked toward where Charlie said the restaurant would be. Many people gave him strange stares as he walked down the road, they probably didn't receive many visitors…

The streets were either dirt, or pebble roads. The people didn't seem to be as well dressed as people in the U.S. Many wore ragged pants, and shirts. Most of the houses were made of mud brick, wood, or concrete, the roofs of the house were either straw or tin.

Jack saw the fish stand coming into view, and so he increased his pace. His stomach was growling relentlessly all the while. As he finally passed the stand, he laid eyes on the restaurant. Jack cocked his eyebrow at the small restaurant that was nothing more then a small hut with a straw roof and an old stove behind a counter. Jack looked around, as if to check for more fish stands. Sighing Jack walked over to a nearby table. A middle-aged woman approached him. She had mid-back length hair and coffee brown eyes.

"Good morning." The woman greeted, in Vietnamese of course, luckily it was one of the many languages that Big Boss had learned over the years, a wide grin upon her face. But Jack could sense a bit of nervousness behind her grin.

"Good morning." He replied, scratching the back of his neck. "Do you happen to have eggs?"

The woman nodded. "Egg's and bacon."

Jack nodded. "Alright, I'll have two eggs, and bacon."

"How many strips?"

"Six." Jack replied, and she nodded and walked away. Jack sat back in his chair and stared up at the straw roof of the 'restaurant'. He wondered if he could dig any information up from the locals? It had only been a few days after EVA's disappearance, and it was likely that someone knew where she was. Maybe she simply didn't want to be involved with the military any longer, and disappeared? There weren't really that many reasonable reasons for Jack to choose from, so his best bet was to ask any and everyone he saw.

After about two minutes the woman came back to Jack's table with a glass of water for him, and about ten minutes after that she returned with his plate and sat it down on the table. She smiled down at him. "Enjoy your food, sir." She said, and as she started to turn around Jack stopped her.

"Umm, excuse me, have you seen this girl?" Jack asked as he retrieved a small snapshot of EVA's face from his pants pocket. He handed it to the woman and she studied it thoughtfully. Big Boss watched her with intense, hopeful eyes as she stood there staring at the picture of the blonde-haired female. Jack started tapping his finger on the table and chewing his bottom lip impatiently as she stared at it for what seemed hours.

"Actually," She said finally as she handed the picture back, "she used to come here each morning for about a year. She stayed at an apartment down the road. She was a nice young woman, very kind, very respectful. But she disappeared a few days ago. I don't know what happened to her actually. Ironically, it was on the same day that the Chinese army paid us a visit."

Jack's interest perked, and he sat straighter. "The Chinese army, you said?" The woman nodded. "What did they do?"

She shrugged. "I don't know. They ordered that everyone stay inside their houses. They claimed that it was strict military business. A few shots were fired, no one knew what happened, or where Mai disappeared too."

"Mai?" Big boss asked.

She nodded. "That is her name right? The girl your looking for…"

Big Boss nodded. "Oh, yeah, back in the U.S we gave her a nickname. I'm not used to calling her Mai, sorry."

"So you two are from the U.S? Is she your girlfriend?"

Jack shook his head. "She's my sister." He lied.

The woman nodded understandingly. "Well, I can see your hungry, so I'll leave you alone. After your done just give me what you owe and if you have anymore questions, go ahead and ask." Jack nodded to her and she walked away and he started to eat the food, the information he was fed whirled around in his head. The Chinese Army? Could they have done something with her? Or did she run away? He knew that she was working for the Chinese; she was trying to get The Legacy for them. Since she failed, was it possible that they came after her? What else would they have come into the small village for anyways? Shots were fired, does that mean they killed her? Or did they injure her, or did they shoot at someone else?

So many questions, but no answers for them.

Jack got up, after eating every morsel of food on his plate and walked over to the counter where the middle-aged Vietnamese woman stood. "Thanks." Jack said as he dug out the money he owed, of course in Vietnamese currency; Won. Jack placed the money in her hand and she nodded a thanks and he left, walking toward where she had pointed EVA's old apartment to be.

It didn't take long to spot the three-story mud-brick building. Jack opened the door to the building, which opened up into a dimly lit room with only a set of stairs to the left that lead to the upper floor apartments and another door marked 'Management'. Big Boss walked up to the door and knocked. He waited awhile until someone told him to come in, to step into the room.

A middle-aged man sat behind a desk complete with a small fan that blew refreshing air at him. The room was quite nice. Two chairs in front of the desk, and another behind it where the man sat, a bookshelf on the left wall, and a portrait of a beautiful Vietnamese woman sitting in a chair with long dark hair. The man behind the desk had short black hair, and thin glasses that sat on the tip of his nose. He wore a white shirt and black pants, he appeared to be quite wealthy.

The man looked up at Jack, and he slid his glasses up to his eyes and scanned him for a moment before speaking. "Can I help you?"

Jack nodded and walked up to the desk. "There was a girl that used to stay here by the name of Mai." Jack retrieved the picture of EVA from his pants pocket again and laid it down in front of the man. "She's my sister, and I heard that she stayed here before disappearing. Can you provide some answers for me?"

The man shook his head quickly. "No, I am sorry. I do not know her, I've never seen her." The man replied quickly.

Jack cocked his eyebrow at the man. "That's not what the nice lady down at the eatery said. She told me that Mai lived here for about a year. Is that true-"

"No! It is not true. She is lying. I am sorry, sir." Once again the man seemed in a rush to get Jack out of the apartment.

"I don't think you understand…" Jack said as he took a seat and pulled it up to the desk. "This girl is very important to me, she is my sister. Don't you understand what I must be feeling to have her gone so long? I am willing to give you five-hundred American dollars worth of Won if you provide me with some answers."

The man narrowed his eyes. "Show me the money first."

Jack nodded and salvaged the money from his pocket and laid it out on the table. "Go ahead and count it if you do not believe me. I am willing to do whatever it takes to get her back." The man stared long and hard at the money, and then he looked up at Jack.

"You don't look Chinese, your not the Chinese Army are you?" The man questioned, a hint of worry and at the same time rage was in his voice. Jack shook his head. "They told me not to tell anyone what I saw…" The man began, taking a deep breath. "They told me that if I told anyone what their business in Hanoi was, that they would kill me…you wouldn't tell them what I am about to tell you, will you?" Jack nodded. "The Chinese Army came into Hanoi in military vehicles about five days ago. There were at least five vehicles and at least twenty soldiers. The Chinese ordered everyone into his or her homes, and said that if anyone tried to see what was happening that they would shoot to kill. Everyone, of course, was obedient in fear of his or her lives and the Chinese went on with their business. They arrived here, in my apartment and they raided my office here, and told me to shut up. When they came in, they left the door to my office open and I saw a group of soldiers walk out of the apartment with Mai. They told me not to tell anyone about this, and of course I've been silent about this until now…"

Jack nodded understandingly as the man spoke. As he finished, Jack sat there for a moment letting the information flow through his head. "Do you know where they may have taken her?"

The man nodded. "There's a Chinese military base about five miles into the forest, they may have taken her there."

Jack nodded again and got up. "Thanks, you've been very helpful." The man nodded back at Jack and Big Boss left. As he walked down the pebble street, he thought of what he might get into if he decided to keep searching for her. But…he had to, it wasn't just so that he could see her anymore. Now, it may have escaladed into something worse. What could the Chinese military want with her? He had to find out.

Big Boss arrived at his motel, after receiving a welcome back from Charlie he continued up the stairs and into his room where he retrieved his backpack that Major Zero had given him. It was a weird coincidence no doubt that the Major gave him all of this, and he ended up needing it. Jack reached into the bag and retrieved the .45 caliber handgun and tucked it into the waist of his pants before zipping the bag up and slinging it over his shoulder.

Jack went back down the stairs, and was halted by Charlie. "Hey, where are you going?" Charlie asked from behind his desk. Jack's hand fell from the doorknob of the entrance and he turned around and faced the chubby man.

"I'll be back in a few hours, I'm going for a walk."

A/N: Not very long, I know. But hey! I think it was good, how about y'all? Next chapter, Jack is back to being Naked Snake again as he ventures through the forest in search of the Chinese Base. So read on to find out what happens! Review!

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