Chapter 22

A massive hangar where the walls and the ceiling were too far away to discern was where Raiden came out. The trap door was closing beneath his feet separating him and Snake for undetermined time.

The rail gun fired and hit just a few inches away from Snake's feet, but it was enough to send him flying backwards, dropping his M4 to the ground. He hit his back on the rails and fell over, but thanks to his quick reflexes and a steady hand he was saved from certain death. "Humph…" Snake grunted as he tried to grab the ledge with his other hand.

"I thought this would be longer." Fortune said when all of a sudden a noise circled through the shaft.

"Jack, I've been watching how you fight. It looks like you've remembered the way you used to kill in the old days! Or is it one of the S3 Plan's proud achievements?" It was Solidus voice, apparently being broadcasted along the hangars.

S3 that's what Olga was talking about…Snake thought to himself while swinging to get a hold of the ledge.

"It came as a complete surprise when Ocelot discovered the S3 data from GW. Not a bad idea, though…using fire to fight fire, creating the perfect assassin to retire Solid Snake's brother."

Snake finally got a hold of the ledge and pulled himself just enough to see where Fortune was. She was looking up, hearing Solidus every word. Snake decided to shimmy to the side so that he could attack Fortune from the back, if he could incapacitate her, this fight would end.

However Solidus was far from finishing. "S3 stands for Solid Snake Simulation..." WHAT!! Snake almost faltered.

"It's a development program to artificially reproduce Solid Snake, the perfect warrior. The result is a FOXHOUND commando. When FOXHOUND no longer exists, a simulated Solid Snake shaped by VR regimen. Sounds like someone you know, Jack?"

The realization of everything began to sink in Snake's mind. FOXHOUND, Raiden, the Ninja and the virus, I knew it couldn't be just a coincidence…

"There you are!!" Fortune shouted bringing Snake back to reality. She fired her rail gun again, hitting the floor near where Snake was. The protective rail blew up sending iron and sparks over Snake's head.

"Damn!!" Snake shouted as he felt being pulled downwards into the abyss, the voice of Solidus remained clear as ever. "I'm sorry to see you reduced to one of the Patriots' puppets. But I've made use of you and their plan, too. Solid Snake's sudden appearance, your arrival…it was obvious the Patriots were among my ranks. I had to smoke out the agent before the mission entered the final phase. You came in handy as bait."

Fortune fired and again Snake tried to shimmy to the side faster. Sounds of metal twisting announced that a part of the floor of the platform was beginning to give in.

Snake was being overloaded with sound, but he gathered from Solidus speech that Solidus knew that a spy had been working against him.

"C'mon kill me!!" Fortune shouted again taunting Snake.

Snake had had enough of hiding. He heaved himself up from the ledge and took out his USP. Fortune pointed his gun to him.

"Jack, those days during the civil war were as real as they come... Every day was absolute, split between life and death. You ran from it, and now, you've been lead back to war by something less than real." Solidus voice died out while Snake and Fortune kept their guns pointed at each other.

"It's nice to see that even you fall into the Patriots hands." Fortune said.

"That maybe true, but I'm not controlled by them." Snake shook his head. "I've got my own agenda. My own future…"

"I've had enough of this… if you can't kill me, then you're off better dead."

Suddenly the sounds of what seemed like a thousand horses came from the hangar on top of Snake and Fortune.

The Ray's… Snake thought and hoped Raiden could take care of himself.

"That's it…goodbye Solid Snake." Fortune paced herself and placed her head near her guns sight.

Suddenly the floor crumbled and Snake took advantage of it. "Not yet." He mumbled and then dashed towards Fortune.

As the floor shook Fortune's aim was way off and missed Snake completely giving him the chance to get near her. "What are you!!?" She was about to fire again when Snake jumped to her. Snake and Fortune were just a few inches away, Snake was grabbing Fortune's gun with his left arm, incapacitating her from firing.

"Let it go!!" Fortune shouted as she saw Snake holding her gun down.

"I don't think so." Snake pointed his gun towards Fortune's head. "I'm sorry about you and your family, but from this distance I won't miss…"

It was apparent to Olga that Raiden was unable to defeat all of the Ray's equipped only with a Stinger Missile launcher. After a few minutes he fell to the ground tired as the Ray's surrounded him. No…Olga thought to herself while Solidus appeared right beside Raiden. A Metal Gear Ray raised its leg about to crush Raiden however Olga couldn't just stay there and watch has her only chance to keep her baby alive died. She had been watching everything form above, but now she had to intervene. When she landed right in front of Raiden the Ray unit stopped.

"So, you've decided to show yourself." Solidus said scowling at Olga.

"Olga, don't do this. They'll know…" Raiden shouted.

"I'll hold them off, give you time to get away." Even Olga surprised herself. She was capable of anything for a child she had never met.

"What about you?" Raiden asked.

"..." She kept silent thinking about what the child would be like when it grew up.

"This is suicide!!"

The truth then…"Your nanomachines…they're transmitting your vital signs to the Patriots. If you die, my child dies. Do you understand?" Olga said.

"The child..." Raiden replied.

"I see…" Solidus grinned slightly. "…so that's why you sold your troops out to me. So many dead and they all died trusting you!" Solidus said turning his hand to reach a P90 that stood on the waist in his back.

" ...!" Olga kept silent.

"Weren't they your comrades?" Solidus spoke with a tone of jest.

Olga whipped out her pistol in anger. "No, not just comrades! Family!"

"Hah." Solidus spoke out loud.

"I know I'm going to hell. But at least my child…"

Solidus interrupted. "I applaud your attitude. If you have a death wish...I'll be happy to accommodate you…see you in hell!!"

"HRRRRGH!!" Olga screamed and cocked her gun, but before she could fire, Solidus waved one of his tentacles around and grabbed Olga by the neck making it impossible for her to make any kind of move.

Solidus smiled as he spun the P90 on his right hand.

At that moment, as the air left her body and didn't come back, Olga knew that it was over. Her past had come to kill her, soon all of her malice and sins would be forgiven. She was about to die and join her father, but she didn't want to go, not before telling Raiden one last thing. "Live…you have to…" She said as Solidus pushed the trigger and Olga's body turned limp. At last she had fulfilled her duty.

Fortune opened her eyes wide before Snake pulled the trigger. No one had ever fired from this distance, perhaps now it would end.

Snake shot and suddenly saw the bullet coming from the barrel and making a sharp turn upwards into the dark. "What!!" Fortune knew it would be true good to be true. She pulled her gun from Snake's grasp and pointed it to his chest. "At least you tried more than everyone else…" Blue sparks flew from the rail gun's barrel as Fortune's cold breath hit Snake's face. Fortune would at least be able to kill the man she thought was responsible for the death of her father.

Snake stood still feeling the cold and watching as Fortune got ready to kill him. He had no means to defeat her. Suddenly all the lights went off and the ground shook again.

"What's going on!!!?" Fortune shouted.

"This is Shalashaska!! Arsenal was on an ascent course!! All men to secure positions…Fortune get Snake and Solidus to the upper deck. I'll be right over with the Marine Ray…" Ocelot's voice came and went through the speaker system.

"Damn!! I hope it still works…" Fortune replied as the lights came back on and she saw Snake still holding his USP. "You won't need that…" Fortune again pointed her gun to him.

"Alright." Snake threw his USP to the ground. The plan had been a failure, he had failed in taking out Solidus and his men and he had no idea if Raiden had failed or not. I lost…Little did Snake know that Olga had also fallen on the battlefield.

"Turn around." Fortune said to Snake. He complied only to notice that she was handcuffing him. She then grabbed one of Snake's arms and led him to the wall where the ladder that Raiden had taken up stood. She opened a hidden panel and pushed a small blue button on it. Suddenly the entire platform began to move upwards, it took a few seconds before reaching an enormous hangar. There Fortune and Snake saw several Ray's on the ground. But what got Snake's attention was a body just a few feet in front of him. Olga…No!!! Although they shared nothing of special Olga had tried everything to save who she cared about, she had been fighting for what she believed in and that kind of ideal was worth to pass on to the future.

Fortune pulled Snake to the side where Solidus was. He was holding Raiden by his neck.

"I've captured Snake." Fortune said taking her place beside Snake.

"S...Snake?" Raiden said with his hands on Solidus tentacle.

"Bring him in." Solidus said as he knocked Raiden out.

"Ocelot told me he was going to the upper deck." Fortune replied.

"Very well, let's go then…" Solidus

Fortune got behind Snake and said. "Move."

Snake obeyed and began walking behind Solidus towards the middle of the platform.

"This won't take long…" Solidus said as again the platform start to move upwards.

As Snake looked up he could see something opening up and the night sky revealed itself. There was a cold wind blowing making the night much more threatening. The platform stopped just a few feet from the surface. A ramp on one of the sides of the platform led to the upper deck where Snake could already see a Metal Gear Ray and a figure that haunted him. Ocelot!!