Metal Gear Solid: Resurrection

by Rookie's Eyes (based off of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake)

Disclaimer: the Metal Gear series and their characters are property of Kojima Productions and Konami

Chapter 5 The Agent, the Ninja, and the Grenadier

"Kasler,.. What do you know about a mercenary by the name of Red Grenadier?"

"Oh now there's an interesting one. The man used to serve as a member of Spetsnaz, from what I hear he used to be their explosives expert. After the Soviet collapse, he became a mercenary, and a good one too. He loves to lead his victims into elaborate traps, and he's always trying to outdo himself. He uses red grenades, thus the name, and his signature is wire traps armed with C4. I'd recommend trying to use his own traps against him."

"Okay, sounds like a plan."

"You ready for this Snake?"

"Ready as I'll ever be."

The Elevator door opened and snake stepped out into a bare hall with pillars running along the center, and no ceiling, only the support struts for the floor above.

Snake heard a voice, but it sounded as if it came from everywhere at once, "Heh heh heh! You're it! You are the great Solid Snake, Destroyer of Outer Heaven!? OH..Oh, this is too rich. The boss must've been off his rocker to lose to you. Oh oh Oha HA HA Heh heh… Forgive me, my manners are a little out of practice I'm afraid."

Snake walked along the hall, listening for any sign of the voice's owner, "So..come to join the party, I trust? Well I've a surprise made especially for you, just look behind you!"

Turning around, Snake saw a red grenade, about the size of a baseball, only a few feet away. Running, he rolled onto his belly to avoid the brunt of the blast. 5..4..3..2..1..nothing.

"Booom! oh Oha Ha ha ha heh.. It's a dud. Whooh! You're a riot, kid. I'll give you that much." Snake stood up, still searching for the source. "My name is Red Grenadier, remember it well 'cause I'll be the last creature of this world your ever going to see."

All that Snake could discern was that Red Grenadier was somewhere along the ceiling, possibly lying on one of the struts.

"What's the matter, can't find me? Well then, HERES A CLUE!"

An explosion erupted once more behind Snake, this time almost knocking him off his feet. He turned around, and there stood a man garbed in Green woodland uniform, with a military helmet, wielding an eight round grenade launcher. Obviously he didn't plan on hiding anymore. Snake put the only plan he had into action. Run. Booom! "Slow down kid. Relax. I only want to talk!" Snake made it behind a pillar just in time before another Booom! Booom! Five rounds to go. With Red Grenadier out of sight for only moments, Snake continued along the hall. He almost stepped forward when he noticed a thin piece of twine, stretched taut across the floor.

"Oooh… So Close! Another step and I would've won. Too bad, I guess I just have to do this the fun way!"

Suddenly, Red Grenadier came into sight from behind another pillar, leveling the launcher at Snake's feet. Booom! Booom! Booom! Only two rounds left. "Damn it! I was sure I'd get you that time! Stop moving, let me hit you!"

Snake pulled off his bandana, and another explosion went off in front of him. One round left. Turning around, Snake found Red Grenadier holding the barrel straight at his chest, only twenty feet away. "Hah! I've bested you. I win. The boss is going to pay me handsomely for your corpse. Any last words, Snake?"

"Yeah… Up yours."

"Heh.. Funny guy Huh? " And with that, he pulled the trigger. Using his bandana, Snake caught the grenade in mid-flight. Shifting his weight, he swung his arm in his enemy's direction, and let the grenade go…Straight into the barrel of the grenade launcher.

"How the He-" KADOOSH! Grenadier's body was launched 30 feet back. Snake walked over to the body admiring his work. *Cough* *Cough* "Damn! That hurt! Hey, what're you trying to do! Kill me!... Oh yeah, heh, …*Cough* that's right."

Red Grenadier stood up, limping over to a wall, where he leaned for support. He pulled out a small electronic device, about the size of a cell phone. "I've got a detonator! It'll set off a dozen bombs I have hidden on the ceiling. I take my finger off this button *Cough* and BOOOM! You and I get to go out with a bang!"

Snake didn't know what to do. There was no contingency plan for this kind of situation.

Out of nowhere came a flash of light, cutting straight through Grenadier's arm. "Ahhhrg! My Hand!" He held nothing but a stump of a right arm, cradling it with his left hand.

A man wearing sleek, flexible black armor appeared beside Grenadier, carrying a knife and holding Grenadier's right hand with his left, keeping pressure on the button with his finger.

Grenadier yelled "Shadow! *Coughing up blood* I thought I told you to *Cough* to stay out of this!"

The man Grenadier called Shadow spoke in a raspy, almost metallic voice, "Come now Red, Snake has won. I can't let you lose, then go and pull a stunt like that. That'd be cheating, my friend, and we both know how much you like to play games." The armored man searched through Grenadier's pocket's, pulling out a level two security card.

He then turned to Snake, tossing him the card. "If you want to live, I'd plan on getting out of here ASAP. I'll let go of the button as soon I'm at a safe distance. Oh…By the way, you'll find Marv on the 30th floor of building two." Shadow disappeared in another flash, and Snake ran to the elevator.

"Damn You!" Grenadier yelled to no one in particular, hunched over on the ground.

The doors closed, seconds later after he had reached the second floor, a BOOOOOM! resonated through the building, shaking the foundations like an earthquake.

Author's Note: Wow, that took awhile to write. I myself quite like how it turned out. To clear things up, I changed the names of these two characters, (I.e. Red Grenadier = Red Blaster) and I also changed the order they fight Snake to let Shadow (Black Color) seem a little more like Gray Fox was as a ninja. Once again, please write to me to let me know how I did.

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