Metal Gear AU (part 1)

AN: Feedback and ideas are appreciated

Intro:

Sometime after Queen Moon Butterfly used her "Darkest Spell" on Toffee, the monsters worked on a project. What they were building was a Metal Gear - a bipedal war machine capable of launching nukes from anywhere in the world, the missing link between artillery and infantry. Thankfully, the monsters did not have the technology required for such an ambition. They had spied on the Earth dimension for some time and gathered all the necessary blueprints. Technology and magic are eerily like one another. It took a while, but the monsters could substitute some of the parts required using magic. Instead of having the extremely thick armor, they enhanced the metal using strengthening magic. Instead of launching a nuke, they would be able to launch an energy ball capable of destroying an area up to ten kilometers in radius.

This Metal Gear had two launch codes held by the lead scientist, Stephen Walker (Americanized name). Walker, unknown to the other monsters, was a Mewnian sympathizer. He was the only one allowed access of the codes. Before the project could be completed, the codes had already been inputted and could not be changed. His knowledge of the codes could not be erased by him simply dying; there was necromancer magic that could bring his body back to life for them to get the codes. The only way was to pass on the knowledge from his brain onto another's. He snuck into an infirmary on Mewni and passed on the code to a baby. He went into another dimension and did the same. After that, he killed himself. He knew that the monsters would come for him so he drowned himself in the ocean of the unknown dimension.

The Metal Gear just stood there in all its glory, unable to be used without the codes. The project was abandoned after that. However, there were some who did not lose hope and wanted to bring it back alive to take revenge on the Mewnians. They would find where the codes were and bring devastation to the world.

Metal Gear T Specifications:

A large crystal inside can power up a large bubble-shield to protect itself.

The thinnest armor (where the driver is) is equivalent of 7 cm of steel plating.

A rail launcher is on top of it all, used to deliver the devastating magic blasts.

Two 20mm guns that fire magic blasts on each side.

Characters Thus Far:

Star Butterfly: After being charged with a crime, the interdimensional communities demanded justice. At the age of fourteen, she was sentenced to four years in Saint Olga's. This is her second year.

Snake: Sent to Saint Olga's to rescue Star.

Campbell: Presumably a man from a division of Mewni's military. Hired Snake for one million gold coins.

Princess Star Butterfly was currently strapped onto a chair. Her mind was dizzy and she wanted to throw up from the sensation. But she didn't; after all, it would be unladylike. The room that she was in was used for splitting minds. Theoretically, there is a "soul" within every single one of us. The soul contains our ideas, ideals, beliefs, etc. Splitting minds require the soul to be destroyed. The beliefs that are deemed unpleasant are put into another "soul." One of the souls is then put as the dominant one while the other is sealed away.

The first time she was sent to this room, it was because of her resistance. She resisted all the training that this school had for her: tea parties, singing with birds, curtsying. And so, her mind was split into two: the perfect princess and the rebellious one. When the procedure was done, a guard asked her a question, "Who are the patriots?"

Unable to answer, she merely apologized and went to her room. The second time she was sent to the room it was because a guard had found her misbehaving. Once again, after the procedure was done, a guard asked her, "Who are the patriots?"

And once again, she was unable to answer. They cycle continued on and on. Going to the room, being asked by the guard, unable to answer, and then being sent to the room once more. Star had lost count of how many times she was sent to the room she currently was in. The more times she was sent in, the sloppier Olga's handiwork became. The disobedient side was not properly sealed anymore. The proper side and the other began to talk to one another.

The other wanted revenge on Saint Olga and the school and on her parents for sending her to such a place. The proper side wanted to go back to Mewni and perform her duties. Both were equal in dominance of the mind and body. Both knew that their body wouldn't survive if they fought against each other. They formed a truce for now to plan a way to get out of the prison.

Star was panting on the chair as the straps on her wrists were released. Olga sighed. A beep sound came from the door, which had unlocked. A guard came inside and saluted Olga.

"Headmistress," he said. "You are needed at room two-oh-seven. A princess there is yelling about how she wants to be a free individual."

"Hmm, the Rosa girl?" Olga asked. "All right." She and her two guards went to the exit.

She turned back and told the single guard. "Make sure the Butterfly gets to her room without any problems."

"Yes, ma'am," the guard nodded. After making sure nobody else was around, the guard closed the door and took off his mask. He had brown hair, brown eyes, and a mole on his face.

"My name is Snake," he told the princess. "I'm here to get you out."

"Get me out?" Star asked.

"Yeah, someone from Mewni hired me to get you out."

"Who?"

"Somebody named Campbell," Snake answered. "You know him?" Star shook her head. "Well, I guess it doesn't matter anyways. I'm still here to get you out."

"Why should I trust you?" the princess questioned. "You just come in here and tell me you're going to get me out for no reason. This is some test from Saint Olga, isn't it? Well, the answer is 'no,' I'm not going with you."

Snake grumbled and reached into his pockets. He bought out a card and showed it to her. "There, you believe me now?" The card was identification for a mercenary group, "Outer Heaven." The name read, "Marco Ubaldo Diaz." All the other information was about height, date of birth, blood type, etc. He put the card back into a pocket.

"I still don't know the person who hired you," she argued with crossed arms.

Snake threw his hand up in the air. "Does it matter? It's still somebody from Mewni, right?"

"Are my parents involved?"

Snake shook his head. "No, they have no idea. That Campbell guy is from somewhere in Mewni's military, that's for sure."

"So some guy who I don't know has a plan to rescue me but my parents do nothing, huh?"

"It's not that simple," Snake answered. "Apparently, your parents are under the gaze of the interdimensional community. If they know even a sliver of what was happening, the political climate would be a disaster. That guy's already putting a lot at stake for even coming to me with this mission."

"And that's supposed to make me feel better?" Star cried. "That some random guy is risking his life to help me while my parents just sit at their thrones like cowards?"

"Well, no…. It's just that…. It's not as simple as your parents not caring. I mean, if they could do something they probably would've, right?"

Star harrumphed.

Snake sighed, "Anyways I need to get you out before the monster invasion starts."

"Monster invasion?"

"Yeah, it's what that Campbell guy said. There's a planned monster invasion to get you." A beep came from the door and both stopped talking. Snake put his mask back on and faced the door. The door opened, but nobody came in. The two stared at the open entrance with confused expressions. A chilling sensation came from behind Snake. Someone had sneaked up behind him unnoticed. A man armed with a pistol came into the room.

"Get down!" he yelled. Snake grabbed the princess and dived to the ground. The unknown man pulled the trigger at the assailant behind Snake. The assailant pulled out a knife and deflected the bullets.

"Vamp!" the man with a gun yelled.

"Our paths cross once again," Vamp responded. The man pulled out an assault rifle and shot at Vamp. He jumped up across the room while the man went in and kept on shooting. Vamp kept dodging the bullets as he danced his way out of sight. The man grumbled and lowered the rifle.

"So you're the one Campbell hired, huh?" he questioned.

Snake took off his mask, "Yeah, who are you?"

"Name's Pliskin, Iroquois Pliskin. The old man sent me in to support you."

Snake frowned. "Support?"

"Yeah," Pliskin answered. "Looks like you need it too."

Snaked looked at Pliskin. Pliskin looked to be older and experience, something that baffled the mercenary. "Why didn't Campbell just send you in instead of me?" he asked.

The older man shrugged. "Who knows. Anyways, it's important that you get the princess out of here before the invasion starts." Right after the sentence, the entire place shook as the school was bombarded from the outside. Red lights began to blink all over the place and a siren blared through the speakers.

A voice from the speakers said, "Attention, please remain in your rooms for the time being. Repeat, please remain in your rooms for the time being. This is not an emergency."

Pliskin ran out the room and to the left. Snake put on the guard mask, held Star's hand and went after him. Looking out a window at the end of the hallway, they could see monsters - a lot of them. Lion-headed ones, ones that looked like swamp creatures, they mostly looked like animals that took on a humanoid shape.

"You know how to use a gun?" Pliskin questioned. Snake nodded. Pliskin pulled out a pistol and some ammo and handed it to him.

"What about me?" Star asked. "I can fight too."

"Sorry, but that's all I can spare," the older man apologized. "There's probably something you can grab from the armory. It's on the west wing on the second floor. But the most important thing is getting you out of here."

"Got any plans?" Snake asked.

"There's a magic crystal in the tower to the northwest that prevents dimensional scissors from working when in range of the school. You can either take out the crystal or sneak your way past the monsters. None of the options are good either. If you take out the crystal, then that means monsters will be able to pour in from anywhere. Sneaking past will be hard as some monsters have infrared sight and/or a good sense of smell."

"Sneaking sounds easier," Snake said. "What about the other girls."

"Getting any type of transport here is going to be hard. Let's just work on getting our priority done."

Star crossed her arms and declared, "I'm not going anywhere."

"What?" Snake questioned.

"I'm not going anywhere until the others are safe," she announced.

Snake groaned and replied sarcastically, "Oh, yeah, that's such a good idea. Why don't we just get ourselves killed by facing the entire army head-on while we're at it?"

"It's doable," Pliskin said. "And besides, I don't think we'll be able to change her mind." He turned to Star and asked, "Speaking of minds, I thought they split yours."

"They did," the princess answered. "We've made a temporary truce with each other."

"Mind split?" Snake inquired.

Pliskin shook his head. "Don't mind that for now." Outside the school were guards armed with crossbows, muskets, lances, and other types of weapons. "Head towards the armory on the second floor and get some weapons. After that, round up the princesses in one place. I'll head to the tower where the crystal is kept. Tell me when you've got everyone and I'll destroy the thing. Should be enough time to get out before the monsters figure it out."

"Get out to where?" Star asked. Her eyes changed from bright blue to red to light blue and back to bright blue.

Snake answered, "Shouldn't you go back to-" Pliskin's right hand covered his mouth. The older man shook his head.

"We'll figure it out later," Pliskin said. "Right now we need to focus on our objectives. Snake, got a radio?" The mercenary nodded. "Good, my frequencies one-four-oh-point-eight-zero. Call me if you got any questions."

"Right." Snake nodded. He and Star ran to the armory. Pliskin shook his head and made a radio call of his own.

"Otacon, you there?"

To the armory:

"So, why'd your parents send you here?" Snake asked nonchalantly. "You don't look like you'd do anything that bad to warrant being sent to this hellhole."

"Don't know," Star shrugged and replied without emotion. "Something about an explosion."

"An explosion?"

"Yeah, an explosion. Apparently killed twelve people as well."

"So, did you?"

"Did I what?"

"Did you..." Snake's question died as the princess gave him a look that clearly said, 'Are you serious?' He shook his head. "Never mind."

The two sneaked around the blaring hallways and the announcement that came from the sirens. Guards were running down to the front gates to stop the monster invasion. A few guards that stayed behind were taken out by Snake and Star. Although the entire place was drowning with noise, there was an uncomfortable silence between the two fighters. Snake grabbed a keycard and unlocked the armory.

Inside were all types of weapons as seen used by the guards at the front of the school: claymore swords, crossbows, katanas, muskets, you get the point. All the weapons were mounted on the walls with metal hooks. Star grabbed one of the crossbows and handed it to Snake.

"This crossbow automatically reloads," she explained. "It's heavy so be careful with it." She grabbed a claymore sword for herself. She grabbed ten more of those swords and strapped them all to her back. Snake wasn't so sure about using a crossbow, so he grabbed a musket as well. He slung the strap on the long gun on his left shoulder.

Snake was surprised that she could even carry all of that. "Uh…. I don't think we need that many swords. And if we do, the ranged weapons might be better suited for fighting monsters."

"I'm using the extras as throwing tools," she responded.

He pointed to a collection of spears on the wall. "Wouldn't those be better?"

She shook her head. "Nah, the impaling effect isn't nearly as good."

"Okay, then, let's go rescue some princesses!" Snake yelled with a fake happy voice.

'What the hell did I get myself into?' he thought. He slung the crossbow's strap over his right shoulder and bought out his pistol. Seeing no more guards that were conscious around, he exited the armory and moved to the nearest living quarters of a princess. Star followed him.

Meanwhile, Pliskin sat inside a cardboard box equipped anti-infrared and anti-smell equipment. His scent was overwhelmed by the smell of flowers. It was a neat trick at first but by now his nose grew tired of it. Outside, rows of monsters rushed into the school, the cardboard box unnoticed.