Disclaimer: Metal Gear Solid is a product of Konami.

Code Name: Solid Snake

Briefing - Who they are:

Solid Snake: Former member of FOXHOUND, now a mercenary for hire. His life, his mind, his soul all belong to battlefield. Rarely anything else comes to mind, but fighting. He's a bit of a hothead, but tends to think before he acts...sometimes.

Otacon: One of the engineers on the 'Rex Project'; a development for making a Metal Gear. He was tricked into believing that he was building a defensive weapon. Now he's teamed up with Snake to stop the production of Metal Gears around the world.

Metal Gear: (Myth) Was made for defense against nuclear attacks and weapons of mass destructions. (Reality) It is a weapon of mass destruction.

And now you know… (Insert G.I. Joe phrase here)

A dark figure kneels outside a stonewall surrounding a towering building in New York. He presses two fingers against the side of his head and says in a gruff voice, "Alright, I'm here."

"Do you remember what to do Snake?" Another man replied.

"Yeah, infiltrate the building and find Metal Gear." Snake answered in an irritated voice. "You know Otacon, I'm getting sick of having to go after this machine. How are people getting their hands on them?"

"Blue prints. As of yet, they haven't been retrieved." The man answered. "Anyone with the power, influence, and the money can have one built through the black-market."

"So why don't we find those blue prints and destroy them?

"That's all in the mission Snake. Whoever owns the building has either the blue prints or the Metal Gear."

"What about both?"

"Oh yeah…never thought of that."

"…. Right."

"As always, we'll stay in contact by Codec."

The transmission ends and Snake straighten up. Pressing himself against the stonewall the mercenary slides down it until he reaches an entrance. Once there he peeks around to see two sentries standing guard at the front door. They were wearing black suits with a red symbol on their shirtfronts and they seem to be wearing katanas on their backs.

Snake couldn't help rasising an eyebrow at what he thought were oddly dressed men. "I knew there would be guards, but I didn't think they be wearing pajamas." He commented before turning around and running opposite the gate. Reaching the corner he made a sharp turn and ran along that wall till he was behind the building. Then he quietly hopped up to grab the top of the wall and pulled himself up high enough to see the entire back yard.

"Good, nobody back here." Snake gave a small chuckle. "Arrogant bastard thinks he doesn't need a lot of security." Stealthy the bandanna-wearing man pulled himself over the wall and lands on the ground as quietly as humanly possible. On the ground he ran over to the building, hiding in the shadow it casts, and slips pass a security camera to an open air duct he managed to find. "A thief's entrance." He said while crawling in.

Snake continued to crawl along the duct for what seemed practically forever until he finally found an opening. "It's about time." He groaned when he stood up. After giving his back a quick crack Snake ran down an empty hallway to hide in briefly. Then he kneeled down and pressed two fingers to his head. "Alright, I'm in the building, first floor."

"Good Snake." Otacon replied. "Now see if you can find their computer center. Once there I can hack into the building and see what I can do about helping you from there."

"Sounds easy enough. There doesn't seem to be much security."

"Don't get cocky Snake. Cocky people tend to meet an early grave."

"Whatever." The transmission ended and Snake stood up once again.

He runs back out the way he came and presses against the wall to peek around a corner. With nobody coming or going Snake runs up a random hallway in search for the control room. As he runs down another hallway Snake couldn't help but feel like there was someone following him. He stops short and turns around to see nobody there.

"Strange…"

Snake continues to run down the hallway, still feeling like he was being followed. Again he turns around to see nobody behind him…but the background did seem to be moving. While he takes a moment to ponder things he receives a sharp kick to the gut that sends him flying down the rest of the hallway.

Snake recollects himself from his short flight. "Who's there?" For a brief minute a costumed something flashes before him dressed in some gray armor like costume and with the same symbol on its shirtfront as the guards outside. The guy also seem to be wearing a strange kind of mask that look something like a gasmask. "Well this will prove to be fun." Snake muttered to himself.

He lunges at the strange figure and it jump-flips over him as he sails past. Snake tucks himself so that he could roll onto his feet. Then he jumps up in time to see the figure disappear. Listening carefully Snake hears his opponent charge at him and with lightening speed he jump kicks the guy in the face. Down the hallway a human shape crater appears on the wall.

Snake huffed to catch his breath. "Cloaking device." He grunted. "Can't people ever come up with something original?" There was a page on the Codec and he answered it. "What the hell was that?"

"That is one of the many securities this guy owns." Otacon answered. "They're called 'Foot Tech-Ninja'."

"Ninjas? You mean I have to put up with ninjas again?" Snake asked irritably.

"That's right Snake. The guy who owns the building is a master in Ninjitsu. Even the tech-flunkies know it."

"And your just tell me this now?"

"I just found out about it now."

"…."

"Anyway, the cloaking devices were developed by a man called Baxter Stockman. He used to be famous, but suddenly seem to disappear off the face of the Earth. Nobody knows what happen to him."

"Anything else I need to know?"

"The cloaking device is like my optical concept. Though the person can fade into the surroundings, they don't totally disappear."

"So I need to just watch for moving background."

"Basic idea. Now let's find the computer control room."

"I'm on it." Snake stood up and took a quick look around to see if anymore of those tech-ninjas were around. When he felt that things were safe he continued going the direction he was heading before his brief fight. 'Now where would the control room be?' Snake wondered…until he passed a floor map. "…." He studied the map carefully, giving the Codec time to upload the information. "Looks like its three halls down, turn right, and two more after that."

When he got to the control room Snake tried the door, however it was locked. "Hmmm…." He knelt down by the door. "Otacon, how do I open the door?"

"It's not that hard Snake." Otacon said confidently. "Any low level grunt should have a key. In fact a patrolling guard is just around the corner from where you are."

"Convenient." Snake stood up and pressed himself against the wall. Stealthy he slid down until he reached the corner. 'Wait for it…' The mercenary practically had to strain his ears in order to hear the light footsteps of the patrolling ninja guard. But when his un-expecting victim came Snake reached out and grabbed the ninja in a choke hold, strangling him long enough to make the ninja pass out and then padded him down for the key card. After finding the prize Snake stuffed the ninja into a nearby locker for safe keeping. "That was fun."

After getting back to the control room Snake slid the card in the security lock and the door opened. Peeking around the door-jam to have a look inside, Snake sees that the walls were lined with computers and very few tech-flunkies manning them. Stranger still was the fact that there were even less guards. 'Now this can't be right.'

In almost no time at all, the dark man had knocked out all the people in the room. "Otacon, I'm in the control room now."

"Good Snake, it will only take a moment to hack the system."

"There wasn't a lot of security in this room. Not something I would expect for someone with a lethal weapon or something to hide."

"Well this is only a level one computer room, not all their attention could be put on it. But according to the last few transmissions an intruder has broken into the building."

"But I thought that alarm I raised quieted down."

"You didn't raise one, there's someone else who broke into the building and they were the ones who did. In fact they raised two alarms. Seems like we're not the only ones breaking and entering."

"Explains the light security on the first floor. But why are they here?"

"I don't know."

"So now that you're in the system, what can you do for me?"

"I can't seem to disable the security cameras or sensors. There something going on that's preventing me from tampering with them. And I can't seem to take out the traps either, but I can disable communications so should you accidentally trip an alarm or someone sees you they can't call for back up in any way other than the old fashion yelling."

"Things would be too easy if you were able to disable everything. Plus they would beef up security if you could."

"Doubting yourself there Snake? Don't think you can take on a bunch of ninjas?"

"I'm moving on." Snake cut the transmission. 'So now there is another person messing around here. Well…whoever she or he is, no matter what they're after, they better not get in my way.'

Snake left the room for an elevator that was nearby. According to the map he saw, this elevator would take him up to the fourth floor. That was the floor that had one of the major control rooms. If the blue prints for Metal Gear wasn't there, at least the room could point him in the direction of where it might be. It could also possibly tell him if Metal Gear was there and where it would be in the building.

Snake calls for the elevator when he gets to it, waits for the car to arrive, and takes it up to the fourth floor. Once on the floor he peeks around the opening to see if anyone was coming his way. Seeing as the hallway was empty the mercenary runs over to the wall in front of him and hugs it before sliding up to a corner. Once again he peeks around to see if anyone was coming. While he was doing so Snake hears the sound of a door opening and closing behind him. He whips his head back around to see that nobody entering or leaving. 'Was that security or the intruder?'

Shrugging it off Snake rounds the corner and slides down the wall to the next one. As he nears the corner he hears footsteps running his way. 'Someone is coming.' He put a hand on his gun. 'Hopefully it's a higher-up guard with a key card.' Snake thought as he heard the running come to a walk. 'I know I'm going to need one in order to gain access to that room.' When the footsteps got close enough Snake jumped out from the wall with his gun drawn. "What the hell?"

A/N: Little does our Snake know that it was the intruder that helped him get into the building. But we knew don't we? (Wink) What? What do you mean you don't know what I'm talking about?

Then allow me to refresh you memory. Remember when Raphael opened the air duct outside the build, but couldn't get in? What about when he hid in one far away from the control room? That's how Snake got into the building. And then there was the alarm he raised to not only get a 'Foot Tech' to patrol the floor, but also lightened things up for Snake to get into the control room somewhat undetected.

Ah, now you got it...I think.