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 23 The Inside Man

1252 Hours, December 24, 1999

Looking at the compound up close, Snake could see only a few weaknesses in their wall of defense. A six meter high wall surrounded the whole area, with a laser barrier protecting the only entrance. Snake could see several guards and dogs, a dozen in all, patrolling the base's perimeter. Two cameras strafed every side save the front, and a single guard tower.

Snake pulled out his binoculars. He watched through the lenses as a guard approached the laser barrier, bending over, and presenting his eye to a scanner. "Damn!"

"What is it?" Holly asked, startled at his sudden outburst.

"The only entrance is through that gate, and there only way to get in is to be let in."

"We can still get through, can't we?"

"Nothing's impenetrable, but this just got a hell of a lot more complicated."

Jonathan Bennet was sitting at the driver's seat of his stolen supply truck, fiddling with his Uzi when the radio beside the steering wheel crackled to life, *140.23* "Bennet?" It was Snake.

"Yeah boss?"

*140.23* "Don't call me boss…"

"What do you need?"

*140.23* "Where are you right now?"

"I'm at the hanger of building three. I had to keep up the ruse that I was just operating another supply truck."

*140.23* "Can you deactivate the laser barrier at the front gate?"

"No, I don't have authorized access to that kind of hardware…"

*140.23* "I think it's time you get in on the action…"

What the hell am I doing?

This was a question that Bennet found himself asking more and more often as the day progressed, and it could only get more frequent.

Bennet had retrieved a box from the back of his supply truck, which he now planned to use to make his way as inconspicuously as possible through the compound to the laser gate. The guards of Building Three had special clearance. Soldiers with clearance wore black armbands and berets. It was this fact that made it dangerous for Bennet to be walking around, for he had neither.

"How Snake can handle walking in this thing, I'll never understand," Bennet muttered inside the cardboard container, making his way along the wall of the compound so as to best avoid detection. He watched his surroundings through the handle hole corrugated in the cardboard. Needless to say his vision was extremely limited. Despite his restricted view, he noticed when a guard approached and froze, placing the box flat to the ground.

He could only see the soldier's legs, but from what he did see, the sentry was looking more than a little tipsy. The guard stumbled over to Bennet, catching his foot on the corner and tripping over the box.

When he got to his feet, the soldier examined the box, "Hey *Hiccup* what's that?" He crouched in front of the box, glaring deep into the hole. Oh dammit! Bennet cursed, He sees me! "Who's in there?"

Bennet didn't think it would work, but he tried anyway, "It's just a box."

"Oh, *Hiccup* just a box? If you say *Hiccup* so." The guard stood passing the box, "Wait a minute! Boxes don't *Hiccup* talk!" He picked up the box, uncovering Bennet. But in his drunken state he was in no way capable of defending himself. Bennet grabbed the man, turning him around and wrapping his arm around the sentry's neck. After several seconds of silent struggling, the guard's body went limp, passed out from asphyxia.

Bennet chose to switch beret and band with the unconscious grunt and taking his radio, seeing the disguise as a much more effective form of espionage. He made his way past the second set of buildings. First things first, he thought, I have to take out the watchtower personnel.

There were two soldiers total; one at the base and another in the lookout post. Bennet approached the ladder, about to make his way to the top when the soldier below took notice, "Hey! You can't go up there!"

Bennet slid down the ladder, walking over to the other soldier. He noticed nervously that the man was significantly larger, and Bennet would be willing to bet stronger too. He put on a serious face despite his fear and said, "Boss told me to get over here. There's something important he's gotta clear up with your boy up top."

"Why wasn't I notified?"

"Something top secret I guess. He wouldn't tell me, and if he doesn't tell you don't want to know. Know what I mean?"

"That's a load of bullshit if I've ever heard it."

"Do I need to take this back to the Boss?" Bennet threatened.

"Go ahead," the other dared.

Thinking fast, Bennet pulled out the radio, tuning the frequency to *140.23*. Snake answered on the other end, "Bennet?"

"Sorry Boss," he spoke apologetically, "I've been stonewalled. The shift officer will not allow me to speak with the Corporal..."

"Bennet? What the hell is going on?"

Bennet continued, "I know you needed to speak with him sir, but the shift officer is certain he can't leave. PLEASE, don't be angry…"

Snake got the clue. Following along in the charade, Snake yelled "WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T SPEAK TO MY OWN SOLDIERS?!" into the codec microphone. Bennet held his radio away from his ear, feigning pain from the noise. Snake continued to spew expletives and fake orders through the radio, so loud that the officer on the other end could hear.

"You wanna speak with him?" Bennet asked, the guard now looking like he made a big mistake.

"NO!" he cleared his throat, regaining his composure, "No, uh, that won't be necessary, sir. Go right ahead. Sorry to have interrupted your duties, sir."

Bennet felt immensely proud having fooled the soldier, and as he turned off his radio and made his way up the ladder he could help but grin a little. When he reached the soldier atop the tower, the man was leaning on the guard-rails, binoculars held to his eyes as he surveyed the landscape. He heard Bennet walking behind him and turned to face his false ally. "What are you doing up here?"

"It's lights out.."

"What the he-" But Bennet never allowed the soldier to finish his sentence. With a well placed punch below the jaw, the soldier was out before he hit the floor. Bennet made his way back down back down the ladder, passing the unsuspecting guard and making his way around to the southern wall, where the laser barrier resided.

As Bennet rounded the corner, he came into sight of the barrier; two dozen or so glowing bars of red light which set off an alarm if anything without clearance passed through the light. It wasn't like those James Bond movies where the laser could cleave a man in two within seconds, at least Bennet didn't think so.

A guard operating the entrance stood next to a console, which required a level seven ID card to operate. He approached the soldier, "Hey, Boss wants to see you in his office." Lucky for him this soldier didn't exactly look like a genius.

"What about?"

"He said something about a disciplinary hearing."

"Oh shit…"

"What'd they catch you doing amigo?"

"Don't ask… But I think it may have something to do with the Sergeant Macoy if I had to guess."

As the guard walked away, Bennet said, "Wait, I'm missing something…" He pretended to search his pockets, "Hey, can I use your card? I left mine in my other uniform."

"I don't know…"

"I'll put a good word in for you at the hearing."

The guard pulled out his card reluctantly, passing it to Bennet, "Oh, alright."

"Thanks, I owe you one," Bennet exclaimed as the soldier walked away.

Snake and Holly were waiting outside Building three's perimeter, ready for any sign of Bennet's success. Holly had resigned herself to anxiously playing with her hair, whereas Snake put his boredom to more productive use; using his bandana to clean his gun.

"You know, you look better without that thing on," Holly complemented, referring to the green strip of sweaty cloth.

"Like I care how I look."

Holly started to say something when Snake's codec crackled to life. He turned the codec knob to 'RECEIVE' and Jonathan Bennet's voice greeted him on the other side of the line,*140.23* "Okay Snake, the laser grid is going down."

Snake watched the barrier, and just as Bennet said, the bars of light which prohibited his entry flickered, then died. "Nice job, Bennet."

*140.23* "I try."

Snake and Holly ran as quickly as they dared, careful to duck inside the culvert along the road. The two eventually made it to the entrance of the compound, Bennet patiently waiting at the doorway, ready to reactivate the barrier as soon as they had all made it passed.

Snake and Holly made it inside, and after Bennet reactivated the lasers, he turned and asked, "Snake, who's this?" pointing to Holly.

Snake gestured from Holly to Bennet, "Holly, meet Jonathan Bennet, he's a 'new recruit'." And then pointed from Bennet to Holly, "Jonathan, meet Holly White. She's been our contact in Zanzibar Land since she came here two months ago."

Bennet went first, using his cover as a soldier to lead the other two safely through the base to the hangar building, a massive structure large enough to fit three airliners. The trio entered the building through a doorway to the side of the two story vehicle entry-way, and inside they found three helicopters, several decommissioned Goliath tanks, and... Snake couldn't believe it. There was no denying… it was "Metal Gear!"

Author's Note: To level with you, this isn't one of my favorite chapters. There wasn't any easy way to figure this out and still make it interesting. In the original version of the game (Don't ask me what they were thinking) they decided to make so that you could get past the laser barrier by getting rid of the guard. But here's the strange part; you get rid of him by making him think it is nighttime by hatching an owl and getting it to hoot (WTF!!!!)

Anyway, rest assured the story isn't going to be over by the next chapter. Everything will be clear in my next author's note. Enjoy!