Fluttershy is pretty quiet, maybe she can join Snake on a stealth mission
Fluttershy had been given a place to stay on the cargo plane, she would be bunking with Raiden.
"Ok, we got an extra mattress for you, you'll sleep in my room so I can keep an eye on you"
Fluttershy nodded, "Thanks Raiden"
She laid down on the mattress, Raiden kneeled next to her, "I still feel kinda bad for scaring you before, I don't know what came over me"
Fluttershy nodded, "It's fine, given the circumstances I can't blame you, besides you're really sweet now, and if you can be that scary to me, maybe you can be that scary to protect me"
Raiden nodded, "Sure thing, now sleep tight"
"Are you gonna get some sleep?"
Raiden shook his head, "First I gotta check with Snake, I must be vigilant, never know when a mission could come up"
"Ok, be here soon", Fluttershy said.
Raiden nodded and went to his allies, they were already planning the next course of attack.
"We need to head east, reports say Liquid's men were marching through the area, probably just another base of operations but we need to squash in nonetheless, any town we don't save, an innocent person may die", Campbell said.
"Do we have precise coordinates, or do we have to retcon the area?" Snake asked.
"We have a location, the bases are likely scattered, some sources say one of the bases is designated to powering up Gekkos, so we need to definatley hit that before the others", Campbell said.
"We'll split up again, I can handle one area, Raiden can handle another & Meryl's group can handle one", Snake said.
"Sounds like a good plan", Campbell said.
"I can lead some troops to retcon as well", Mei Ling said.
"Well done, now that's tomorrow, you're all dismissed for now", Campbell said.
Before they split, Campbell called Raiden, "Mind coming over Raiden?"
Raiden approached him.
"Raiden, I'm sure you know this, but be sure to let your Pegasus friend know not to follow you or anyone else outside this ship, she must remain a secret, God only knows what will happen if Liquid found out about her", Campbell said.
Raiden nodded, "Will do Colonel, I will keep Fluttershy safe"
"Another thing...be careful with your emotions, I know things aren't going well with Rose and-"
"Colonel, with all due respect, I'd rather not talk about my domestic issues, I'm focused on serving this team and protecting Fluttershy"
Campbell nodded as Raiden went back to the room with Fluttershy, she had fallen asleep.
"She looks so cute..." he approached her and kissed her head before getting to sleep himself.
The next day, they had approached the area in question.
"Ok team, you know your mission, now Mei Ling had just sent men to do recon on the area, all you have to do is go down there and take out any Metal Gear you find", Campbell said.
"Right, everyone here is ready too, well I think they are", Snake turned to Raiden, "You focused there Raiden?"
Raiden nodded, "I'm fine Snake, don't worry about me"
Snake then noticed Fluttershy approach.
"Hey, are all going on a mission now?" Fluttershy asked.
They each nodded.
"Well, try to come back in one piece, I don't want any of you getting hurt", Fluttershy said.
"Don't worry kid, we're professionals, this shouldn't take too long", Snake said.
"If you want, you can over with me and help me monitor, usually help Snake from this area", Otacon said.
Fluttershy nodded, "Ok, I will"
The plane landed, Snake, Raiden, Meryl & her team got off and went to their mission.
Since the plane was about a few miles south of the base, they used Drebin's Van to go the rest of the way.
Fluttershy stayed behind and noticed a camera with them.
"What's that?"
"My Metal Gear Mk III, it's gonna follow Snake, Meryl's team & Raiden have cameras on them, but mine interacts with Snake and helps him more", Otacon said.
Fluttershy sat back and watched the teams enter the enemy bases.
So far so good, the teams were able to maneuver through the area, Meryl's team was more of an open area, not much cover but they managed.
"Wow, they work together so well, it's almost like magic", Fluttershy said.
"Yeah, it's the nanomachines in their bodies, it helps them maneuver around and act as one, not to mention it also reduces hunger and prevents you from needing the bathroom", Otacon said.
"Then why does that one guy look all sick?"
They noticed Johnny holding his backside, "Oh no! Not again!"
Otacon face palmed, "He doesn't use them, and he has constant diarrhea"
Fluttershy looked grossed out, "That's...kinda gross"
They noticed that Raiden's area was well taken care off, his area seemed to have more hostages, so he easily took out the enemy soliders and rescued the hostages, Fluttershy turned away from most of the fighting, since Raiden basically slashed and stabbed all the soldiers, but Otacon usually would tell her when it's over, and she watched him rescue the hostages.
"He's so great", Fluttershy said.
With Snake, he snuck around, pretty much avoiding all unnecessary combat.
"He doesn't seem to fight much", Fluttershy said.
"He only fights if he absolutely needs to", Otacon said.
"That's a good mindset to have", Fluttershy said.
Snake snuck around avoiding the soldiers, though the ones that did spot him were quickly dealt with before they can call for back up.
"Wow, he's quick", Fluttershy said.
Snake snuck in until he saw an area where the Metal Gears were being processed.
"Liquid Snake says to have these finished before the end of the day tomorrow!" a soldier said.
"There they are Snake, Campbell wants those taken out of commission, destroying them now will cause too much attention, but if we disable them, that should do the trick", Otacon said.
"One problem, if we disable them, they can simply be reinstated", Snake said.
"This is only a delay, once we're sure there's no innocents in the area, we can form an airstrike, for now get those things off line, fine the data base and hook the Mk III to it, and I'll handle it from here", Otacon said.
"Right, on it", Snake snuck by the area, avoiding all the soldiers in pursuit of the control area.
Once there he spotted a scientist putting some battle data in the Gekko, and then Snake used his M9 Tranquilizer to take the scientist out.
Snake then hooked the Mk III to the machine, Otacon managed to hack the network and get to work.
"Ok, almost there and-"
An alert had gone off in the base and the screen Otacon was working on went offline.
"What happened!?" Snake asked.
Otacon looked surprised, "Oh no, Liquid had a countermeasure for my hacking! The base is set off! Snake, get out of there!" Otacon shouted.
The alert wasn't just for Snake, Meryl & Raiden heard the alerts in their areas too.
"Otacon, what happened?" Raiden asked.
"Liquid had the networks booby trapped, you need to get out of there!"
Fluttershy panicked a bit, she was worried they were gonna get hurt.
To make things worse, the Gekko went online and went in pursuit of the raiders.
"Oh no! The Gekko are active!"
The plane lowered so when the others arrived, they can easily board it.
Meryl's team had to fight extra hard since more soldiers were deployed there and some Gekko arrived as well.
"Keep moving!" Meryl shouted.
Snake contacted Drebin, "Get to Meryl's area first! She has more on her!"
"On it", Drebin drove over to Meryl and her group and used the van to barge into the base and activated the machine guns on his van to shoot the enemy soldiers while Meryl and her group boarded.
"One down, or rather 4 down", Drebin said and drove off.
Snake had taken care of a group of enemies and was able to go back to sneaking around to escape the area, Raiden on the other hand choose to use force and have his sword take out many enemies, leaving dead bodies and splattered blood in his path, and used those same tactics against the Gekko.
Drebin had driven to Snake's area and waited nearby for Snake to show.
Some soldier ran outside and shot at the van but Drebin's guns took care of them, though some Gekko arrived to make things harder.
Meryl went uptop and used a Grenade Launcher to shoot the Gekko, she held it off long enough for Snake to enter the Van.
"Get to Raiden!" Snake shouted.
Drebin went into high gear and drove off.
Fluttershy was really concerned now, especially for Raiden, she started getting paranoid that he was gonna get killed.
Raiden used his speed to run out the base, cutting everything in his path, from doors to soldiers, and managed to get outside and jump on top of the van as it drove by.
"Didn't even need to stop", Drebin said and just drove off.
Fluttershy sighed in relief, but her heart still pounded, she wasn't too thrilled about the danger they were all in, and she felt so helpless that her friends could die and she can't do anything.
Some Gekko followed the Van as it drove to the cargo plane, so Snake, Raiden & Meryl shot at them with Grenade Launchers.
"Really could use that Rail Gun right about now", Snake said.
The got closer to the Plane and it opened for Drebin's van to drive into the cargo area.
"Almost there!" Drebin shouted.
As they got closer, a Gekko was in hot pursuit, and unfortunately the Grenade Launchers were on empty.
"Go faster Drebin!" Meryl shouted.
"I'm giving it all she's got!" Drebin said.
They managed to board the plane and started taking off.
But before it can get off the air, a Gekko jumped to it, so Raiden jumped at the Gekko and slashed it to prevent it from damaging the plane, but unfortunatley the plane started taking off.
"Raiden! He's gonna get left behind!" Snake shouted.
Raiden tried jumping from the Gekko to the plane but it was too high of a jump, luckily Fluttershy arrived and flew down to Raiden and grabbed his hand.
"Got'cha!" she flew Raiden to the Cargo Plane as the door closed, leaving the enemies behind.
Raiden panted, it was a close call, Fluttershy hugged him, "I was so worried about you"
Raiden nodded, "Thanks, you really saved me back there"
Otacon went to them, "At least you're all ok, and it looks like most of the Gekko were destroyed after all, though now we need to be extra careful, Liquid has a lot of things planned out, he seems two steps ahead, so we gotta step it up a bit"
Snake nodded, "Yeah, all of us need to"
Campbell arrived, "Well the mission still had it's success, we dealt a damage to Liquid's plans and we may have bought ourselves extra time, but we need to be vigilante"
They all nodded then went their separate ways, Raiden decided to off, "Wonder if I can get out of this cyber suit for a bit? I'd like to feel like a person again"
Fluttershy followed him, "Please don't scare me like that again Raiden, if I wasn't quick enough you would have gotten left behind"
Raiden smiled at her, "Relax, I've done crazy things before"
Fluttershy flew up to him with a stern look, "That doesn't excuse anything, I would feel really scared if you weren't here with me, seeing you risk your life back there, sent such an odd feeling in my stomach, one I didn't really care for, I need you near me Raiden, I need to know you'll be safe"
Raiden sighed, "Fluttershy, I know you're scared, but I have a duty to do, so you need to accept that, I'm ready to die for this cause"
Fluttershy sighed, "I'm aware of that, so I have only one thing to say, to make sure you stay safe...I want to join you on your missions"
What will their answer be?