Hello! and welcome to my first Fanfic in years. This idea has been floating around my head for quite some time and even if I'm a bit nervous I thought I should just suck it up and write this.
So, there are a few things I have to adress before starting here:
1.- English is not my native language, I'm writting this as a way to improve my grammar and get a little practice writting.
2.- I'm writting this in the Mobile app so I'm sorry for any formatting issues you may encounter.
3.- This is going to be a Harem story so if you're not into that you can just go back. Right now I don't have an idea of how many members will be in the harem but as soon as I have a clear idea I'll let you know. The Harem will be composed by the girls of the SNAKEHOUND Unit, an OC and two characters I would like your imput in; you see I would love for Meryl to be in the harem but and can't bring myself to either make her leave Johnny or have Johnny killed so I thought in genderbending Johnny to Jane and have her join too. So tell me, what do you guys and gals think about that? If the majority of you don't like the idea I won't have Meryl in the harem.
Well, now that I've finished my rambling I gladly welcome all of you to A New Beggining.
Nomad, 3:20am XX/XX/2014. Before the events of Twin Suns.
Naomi Hunter, the world renowed cientist know for her advancementa in the genetics and nano machine field also responsible for the FOXDIE virus was seen furiously working in her laptop while everyone else on the aircraft was sleeping.
'It seems that I overstimated the amount of genetic engineering that went into making him all those decades ago...' . Thought the doctor while trying work around a big problem that appeared during her research to save a certain someone and maybe finally be at peace with all her sins.
'It seems that even with all the advancement I've made with my research all this years I can't still make it time to save him'.
"Damnit!". She exclaimed out loud while banging her fist on her desk.
"...M-Miss Naomi?" Naomi heard a little meek voice call her by the stairs as a small girl with platinum hair and bunny pijamas came walking down the stairs.
"Sunny? What are you doing up sweetie?" Said the doctor.
"I-I couldn't sleep so I decided t-to go to the kitchen and get a glass of w-w-water. But then I heard a-a n-n-noice here and I came to check it" Said the little girl while walking closer to the woman.
"It's nothing to worry about honey, it just a little block that I found while doing my research. How about I go fetch you that glass of water and take you to bed again?".
"...Can I see what you're working on?".
"Don't worry about darling, it's just some numbers and data I can't seem to get right. But enough about that, let me get you that glass of water" Said the doctor to the little girl that at her side looking closely to her laptop.
"T-these values here are n-not r-r-right, you should t-try to run them in a specific sequence so you can get their c-correct v-values!" Said Sunny before Naomi could get up and close her laptop.
"...You're right Sunny. Do you know the sequence in wich I should run all the data?" Said the now impressed Naomi. No matter how many times Sunny does it, she always manages to impress Naomi with her intellect at such young age.
"T-there are s-some that I-I-I can think of... do you want me to run t-them with you?" Sunny said as she looked at Naomi with exciment in her eyes.
'Am I really going to let a seven years old girl help me to clean my sins? Ha... I'm even more desperate than I thought' "Ok Sunny, let's do it" Said the doctor as both of them began working on a project that would save the life of the man that has saved them all time and time before.
Washington, USA XX/XX/2014
General POV.
It's been a month since Snake's encounter with Big Boss at the graveyard. Meryl got married and made up with the colonel, Raiden got reunited with his family, the warmachine that kept the world running was finally stopping and the future looked bright for everyone. Everyone but the man that managed to bring the peace that everyone yearned for so long.
In the suburbs of a big city we can see a lonely house a little bit out of the way from the other houses near it. In that normal looking house we can see a figure resting in one of it's rooms.
David, or as everyone has gotten to know him, Solid Snake was resting on his bed hooked on to various machines to check his vitals, but nothing else. After the last few months of constant straining and stress his accelerated aging has gotten worse and took a huge impact on his body. He can't walk anymore or even sit in his bed, he can barely move or talk at all and has become all but a shell of the man he once was. And even with all that he was... happy. for the first time in over ten years Snake can finally say that he was happy. He finally feels the peace that he has been hoping for his whole life, and even with all the sacrificies it took he doesn't regret a thing.
Resting as comfortably as he can be on his bed Snake looks to the side as his door opens and then a man with a blue sweater, long black hair and glasses fraiming his face enters the room.
"Hey Snake, how are you feeling?" Said the man.
"Like...shit...Hal" Snake told his best friend for over nine years. Hal "Otacon" Emmerich, the scientific mind behind Metal Gear REX and the only one that would follow Snake to the depths of hell if he asked.
"Y-you shouldn't s-say b-b-bad words, uncle Snake!" said a little meek voice from behind Otacon as Sunny came to view dressed in her normal attire.
"You're...Right...Pipsqueak...I'm...Sorry" Said the legendary Soldier of Fortune with difficulty.
"Snake, Sunny has something important to show us. It seems that before Naomi scaped the Nomad she went to see Sunny and left her a few vials with some kind of substance in it".
As Otacon was telling this to Snake, Sunny began hooking a familiar looking latop to Snake's tv so she could show them something.
"Uncle Snake, U-Uncle Hal, Miss N-Naomi told me t-to show this to you after everything had c-c-calmed down. She said t-that this is really important and c-c-could help Uncle Snake with his sickness" Sunny told both older men as she finished with the laptop and began playing a video in it. Snake and Otacon watched as the screen came to life and a video of Naomi began playing.
"Snake, Hal, if you're watching this it means that the process was a success and Sunny managed to refine the formula to a point where it's safe to use. Even before I infected Snake with FOXDIE I knew that he wouldn't make it past 40 years old, like you know, his genetic code wouldn't let him live longer than that. If my FOXDIE didn't kill him then his own body would betray him. However after all the events of Shadow Moses and Snake helping me scape from prision, I found myself in deep guilt about the whole situation and decided that I would do everything in my power to help Snake live his life to the fullest. Things were not so easy as I thought, since I had to redesing my nanomachines from scratch so they could neuter Snake's own nanomachines, FOXDIE and his genetic code while also bringing his body to the correct age that it should be. If it wasn't for Sunny's help I wouldn't have been able to complete the process before Snake or I died. The whole refining a testing stage has been possible thanks to her. Listen Snake;The content in those vials will give you your life back, but it could also kill you slowly and painfully since I couldn't test it as much as I wanted and there's a risk of unforeseen secondary effects so this is a bit of a gamble. But tell me Snake, what do you have to lose?. I hope that the vial helps you and you can live your life in peace, please take this as my way to show you the gratitude that you're owed but very rarely shown. Goodbye Snake...and thanks for everything".
As the video concluded both Snake and Otacon were astounded. Naomi had found a way to cure Snake's accelerated aging and even bring his body back to the age it should be! Even with the implied risk it sounded too good to be true!.
"S-so, what do you say?" asked Sunny.
"I-I-I don't know what to think... Are you sure it works Sunny!? That it can cure Snake!? M-Maybe we should test it more to ensure it doesn't have any side effects that!-".
"I'll...Do...It". The old mercebary said.
"Snake! Wait! please, let's think more about this!" Said Otacon as he was desperatetly trying to tell Snake to give him more time to test the new nanomachines.
"No...Hal...We...I...don't...have...time...to...think...If...this...is...the...only...way...I'll...do...it".
"Snake I-..." Otacon took a moment to look into the eyes of his best friend and he could see a fire that he tought was put out long ago.
He could see that Solid Snake wanted to live again.
"Ok Snake, Let's do it. Sunny, please be a dear and hand me the syringe and the vials" Otacon told the girl who has been quiet the whole time both adults were talking.
"H-here you go U-uncle Hal. You s-should inject it just like the s-s-supresants that you used before" said Sunny while handing Otacon the syringe and vials.
Otacon took the items from the girl and began prepping them while his mind went a mile per minute.
'This is crazy! I know Naomi was a genius and that despite her age Sunny is more that capable to make the refining and testing process, but this could result in a fate even worse that death for Snake!' Tought nevously the otaku while finishing with the dose and putting the syringe next to Snake's neck.
"Are you ready Snake?" He said only getting a nod as his response.
"T-t-this might hurt a lot U-Uncle Snake" said Sunny.
"Do...it" said the old man without a hint of fear.
After the syringe went into his neck and began injecting the new nanomachines Snake made a grunt of discomfort. By the time Otacon finished injecting him it didn't hurt anymore...Or so it seemed.
Suddenly, Snake began to feel as if he was set on fire! everything in his body began to hurt and he began screaming in pain. The machines that were reading his vitals began to go hairwire with a frantic beeping alerting Otacon that Snake's heart rate was skyrocketing.
"AAAAAAAAAARGHHHH!" yelled the old man as he began convulsing in his bed.
"SNAKE!/UNCLE SNAKE!" Both other occupants of the room yelled simultaniously as Hal got up from his chair and tried to hold Snake down.
"SUNNY! HAND ME OVER SOME OF THE BELTS THAT ARE IN THE CLOSET! HURRY!" yelled Hal as he managed to hold Snake down.
Sunny quickly grabbed the belts and handed them over to her paternal figure with tears running down her face. Otacon took the belts and began tying down Snake as best as he could and then grabing a pair of socks from a drawer to the side of the bed and putting them in Snake's mouth to help with the noise and so he doesn't breaks his teeth by gritting them.
After a few more minutes of Snake twisting and screaming in pain he suddenly went still and the machine just showed a flatline meaning thay his heart has stopped.
"Oh no... Snake. Snake please answer me. Snake! SNAAAAAAKE!" Yelled Otacon while shaking his seemingly dead friend. Sunny was crying silently at the side of the bed, it seems that her refining process was a failure and because of that her Uncle Snake was dead!.
"U-U-Uncle H-Hal *sob* i-i-it's all my fault! *sob* if I-I had refinend and t-tested more maybe U-uncle Snake wouldn't have died!" Otacon inmidietly left Snake's side to hug the crying little girl.
"No! h-honey please don't s-say that h-h-he knew the risk! It isn't your fault Sunny so pleaso don't say it!" Otacon said to Sunny while hugging her tightly and letting her cry on his shoulder. Suddenly, a strange sound began to fill the room. It sounded like... sizzling?.
Both Otacon and Sunny turned to the sound and watched as Snake's body began smoking a sizzling! his skin was burning off and falling in the bed, but the strange thing was that it didn't leave any bone or muscle exposed but lead the way to new, healthier looking skin! The same thing happened to his whole body. His white hair fell and new brown hair began growing in its place, his muscles seemed to be growing and even his bones were moving under his skin.
They watched in astounded silence as Snake's body began slowly but surely rebuilding it self. the whole process took about 30 minutes and after the changes seemed to have stopped they heard it.
*Beep*
"N-no way..." Said Otacon.
*Beep*
"U-Uncle Hal?" said the teary eyed Sunny.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
"SUNNY! YOU MADE IT!" Exclaimed the scientist.
"H-he i-is alive Uncle Hal! we made it!" Said Sunny.
They had done it, they helped Naomi archieve her goal and saved the man that saved them all time and time again.
Solid Snake was alive.
And cut! So tell me, how was it? Did you guys like it? I'm open to suggestions and I'll gladly accept any critisism you guys have as long as you're respectfull and constructive. I'll try to update chapter 2 by Tuesday and also answer any questions you guys have in the comments. With nothing else to say, see you guys and gals next time!
