After the long wait, here it is! I finally got the time and patience to finish this. If you want to read with more emotion, loop the song "Calling to the Night" by Natasha Farrow, from the MGS3 soundtrack. Soldiers that read this and listen to this song, I salute you, you fight for what's right.

Months have passed since the fight between Metal Gear ZEKE, which was controlled by Paz and Snake. Paz was in a deep comatose state and Snake was feeling worse every day.

*dream sequence*

Snake was in the graveyard, standing in front of his mentor's grave. The Boss was the one who turned him into the war machine he is today and she ended up digging her own grave, by taking on a mission that she knew that she would have to return to America in a body bag. Killed by her own disciple, to prove the United States had nothing to do with incident on Soviet Russia, caused by The Boss. She went down in history as a war criminal, but in reality, she saved the world of a nuclear war.

Snake placed a bouquet of flowers, the same kind as the ones where they had the final fight that ended her life and the Patriot machinegun, which represented what she was all along.

Snake gave a salute to her and then he found himself on the MSF base looking at what was a funeral. Cecile was crying beyond control while Amanda was trying to calm her down. Sake approached the casket to see who had died and his eyes widened in horror as the small, frail girl with golden hair was lying there.

Snake screamed as loud as he could. He never wanted this to happen…

*end of dream sequence*

Snake woke up sweating like hell and breathing like if he just got out of water when he heard a loud knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Snake asked.

"It's me Chico!" Said the voice on the other side of the door.

"Ah… What is it?"

"Snake… I gotta ask, why did you save Paz?"

"Because if it wasn't for her, you and your compas wouldn't be saved and without her, MSF wouldn't be what it is today."

"Oh yeah… I remember now… Sorry to have bothered you…" Chico said while he was about to leave "Oh! Snake, I think you would be happy to know that Paz is stable now."

"WHAT?" Snake said, as he quickly jumped out of bed and got dressed.

Snake arrives in the infirmary a few minutes later. Huey was the only one there making sure she was okay.

"Snake! You're here." Huey said before the room got dead quiet, having only white noise echoing inside the room. Snake was expecting to hear something from him, but he just stood there, not knowing what to say.

"I'll leave you two alone for now…" Huey said before leaving the room.

Snake approached Paz and brushed a strand of hair that was in front of her eyes. Just as he did that, the crystal blue eyes that were once covered, slowly opened.

"S-Snake? Why… did you save me?" Paz asked while tugging on the sheet.

"I don't know why… I mean… after all you did it's hard for someone to like you… still… I couldn't let you die in the ocean…" Snake said.

"Sorry Snake! I should have told you!" Paz cried. Snake held her close, letting his body heat come in contact with her, keeping her warm, while she cried her heart out.

"Don't worry… I will be there for you…" Snake said.

"Thank you Snake…" Paz said while sobbing. She pulled Snake on the bed and hugged him. "Never leave me…" she said.

Sorry if you hated this ending, but I couldn't think of anything that would turn this into a good ending.