This is the final chapter of Endgame. Thanks to Angelbecca for getting this back to me in record time. I have a extended scene at the end along with a preview of Project R. Thanks for the support and enjoy. I don't own Full Metal Panic or Metal Gear but I do own Michael Kanzuki.
The battle kept repeating itself over and over again in his head. The Arbalest completely outclassed and outgunned by the AS suit known as Belial.
Sousuke watched as Kaname was taken again into the endless night sky. His heart and soul ached in pain unlike anything he felt before. He slammed his fist on the cold metal of the crushed Arbalest.
Their last hope had been crushed like an ant.
"Why are you upset Kashim?"
Sousuke froze and recognized the voice. He turned and was surrounded by darkness. His disbelief and shock were clear on his face as Gauron stood in front of him.
"But your-"
"Dead?" He opened his shirt showing the bullets that Sousuke had fired, "Courtesy of you Kashim." He only smiled back him. It seemed that he still got some pleasure out of the fact that Sousuke had killed him.
The dead Gauron only smiled, "So tell me, why does the great Kashim weep for the loss of one person?"
Sousuke glared at Gauron, "Because she was important to me and to others!"
Gauron started laughing. The same laugh that Sousuke heard when he found him crippled and dying in Hong Kong, "Since when was anything important to you Kashim!"
Sousuke gripped his fist as he felt the same fury and hate rise before.
"You are Kashim and that means you are a killer." Sousuke turned and saw Ocelot behind him.
"OCELOT!" He went for his gun but it was not there. He was completely stripped of his weapons and never felt more vulnerable in all of his life.
Ocelot continued as he twirled that cursed revolver of his, "What right do you have for happiness with the lives that you have taken." Ocelot stepped back into the darkness disappearing with Ocelot still twirling his revolver.
"I did that to protect others!" Sousuke yelled proudly.
Gauron only laughed, "Protect!? Mithril ordered you to fight those people Kashim. You are a mercenary and it means that you have no allegiance to a country or anything like that!? How do you know you were protecting the right ones?"
Sousuke stopped for a second. He felt sweat from his body, that question had never come into mind. He always believed that his orders were for the protection of others.
"Michael knows this lesson well and you should have known it considering the life you lead." Gauron looked at Sousuke dead in the eyes with no smile on his face, "Protect, justice, comrades they are all words that politicians use. The definition of those words change with each new day Kashim!" Gauron proclaimed
Sousuke could not find his voice. In a twisted way, Gauron was right.
"So tell me Kashim?!" Gauron taunted, "What do you believe in!?"
Sousuke tried to answer but Gauron raised his hands stopping him, "I'll tell you what you believe in." He pointed down, "Just look down."
Sousuke looked down and more sweat poured out of his body. His heart was literally pounding to get out!
Bodies.
Dozens and dozens of the bodies were piled underneath his feet.
"And your hands." Gauron pointed to his hands.
Sousuke saw his hands drenched in blood. He tried to wipe the blood off with his clothes but it was still fresh and warm.
"That is what you believe in Kashim. Murder and death." Gauron smiled as he started to laugh.
"I'm not like you!" Sousuke yelled.
"But you are," Gauron proclaimed, "If you weren't than why do you still fight?! Why do you still continue to kill and take lives well I will tell you why."
Sousuke paled waiting for Gauron to answer.
"You enjoy killing." Gauron simply said.
"THAT IS A LIE!" Sousuke yelled. He tripped and landed on top of the bodies. He struggled to get up but could not.
Sousuke looked down and saw the arms of the dead slowly pulling him down. The harder he fought the more that pulled him down.
"You enjoy it Kashim just admit it. It will make things easier." Gauron said as he walked back into the darkness.
Sousuke tried to climb up but the arms were stronger and kept tugging and pulling him.
He saw a light in the distance and was desperately trying to get to it. The light seemed to magically take a form.
It became Kaname.
Sousuke struggled with all his might to reach her. Kaname was the only thing that allowed to keep some of his humanity. It was the one thing that seemed to be pure and untouched from the face of war. The harder he tried to reach her, the harder it became to climb up.
"As I said Sousuke," He said Leonard walking up to her, "You will always be the one to reach for the stars." He put his arm around her waist, "While I can grab them." He kissed her and Kaname kissed him back.
Sousuke screamed in fury as he sunk down the pile of bodies screaming her name.
"KANAME!" Sousuke shot straight up from his bed.
Sousuke ran his hands through his hair as he came to the realization that it was all a dream.
He winced slightly looking at the bandages around his waist, "It was only a dream."
Sousuke pulled his leg up and rested his arm on it trying to calm down.
"A dream." He repeated to himself again as he looked at the calendar.
It had been five days since Kaname was taken. Five days to rest, heal, and plan the next move.
Sousuke was not sure what he would do now. Mithril may have been destroyed and for all intents and purposes FOXHOUND was also compromised.
Michael and Sousuke took up shop in a safe house that FOXHOUND had informed Michael about before coming to Tokyo.
There was no new word from either Snake or the Colonel. The last time a communication was sent was with Michael informing the Colonel about the defeat. Few words were spoken when they finally got a hold of them. Snake and the Colonel promised that they would contact Michael again when they were ready.
Sousuke had not talked to Michael about much since coming to the safe house. After the battle Sousuke helped Michael to the house where their wounds were taken care of. Sousuke had a lot of questions for Michael and he had agreed to tell Sousuke a lot.
The London Tragedy.
The girl named Mary.
And the most perplexing was the phrase known as 'gene soldier'.
Sousuke remembered the tragedy in London. It was a few months after Zanzibar Land had fallen and Big Boss was killed. The only real details were that at least thirty people were taken hostage in a business building. The result was that a bomb went off killing the hostages and at least five SAS members sent in to rescue the hostages.
Michael must have had a connection considering the fact that he was in the SAS then joined FOXHOUND.
The one thing that had been bother Sousuke was what Leonard had said to them before Kaname was taken.
Leonard had proudly declared that Michael had killed an innocent person that he was in love with.
For all Sousuke knew, it was a trick by Leonard to just play games with them. However, that was not the case. Considering Michael's reaction to the taunt, what Leonard said must have been true.
Could this be what Leonard meant?
That Michael was the reason that London experienced a terrible tragedy? Was the tragedy all done on Michael's hands?
Sousuke sighed getting out of bed wincing at his own injuries. To his amazement Michael had quickly healed from his numerous injuries.
It was either the nanomachines that he had in his body or the alterations that he has as a result of being a so-called gene soldier.
No matter the reason, Sousuke was going to get answers.
Michael tapped away on the laptop computer in the safe house. His left hand typed while twirling his black KBAR with the blade in the table with his bandaged right hand.
The wound itself was not bad but to make sure there would be no infection he had it treated anyway.
Michael's entire right shoulder had been bandaged and still felt stiff despite the nanomachines working to heal his body.
He scoffed thinking about what Hunter had said to him about the healing rate of the nanomachines.
Michael stopped tapping feeling a slight sting course through the right side of his body, "Be healed in no time my ass."
He went back to tapping as he hacked into the medical records trying to find something out about Kyoko.
Neither Sousuke nor Michael had received anything from Wraith. It was still a mystery as to why she did not stop Kaname.
But still with the situation as it was, could she have even stopped Kaname?
Michael sighed as he read the medical report. Kyoko was currently in a coma but her prognosis was good and was expected to wake up. She suffered multiple injuries from the bullets in her back along with a lot of internal bleeding. If it had not been for Wraith, she would have died.
It was no guess that she would have to have more surgeries to help stabilize her condition and would have to go through vigorous rehabilitation.
Michael sighed and leaned back into the couch. Snake and the Colonel knew the story just by the words Michael said.
'We lost.'
Two words were all that were really needed to sum up the situation. The Colonel wanted both Sousuke and Michael to heal before the next move.
The situation at FOXHOUND base was the worst-case scenario.
Many people were killed and many had turned traitors in order to stay alive or to get something out of the FOXHOUND's demise. Only a few handful survived and got out of the base before the self-denotation kicked in.
Once the evacuation planes were in the air each activated their stealth-camo and each went to a different rendezvous point.
The Colonel was using an emergency channel that only he knew and so they were safe as long as they used that.
It was no question now that Dr. Hunter was the traitor along with the damage she inflicted. She had access to all the personal records along with locations and which soldiers had nanomachines.
Hunter was even able to get her hands on the communication frequencies, which allowed Amalgam to jam all transmissions and put FOXHOUND in the dark.
Security codes along with top-secret files were all copied and sent to the forces that attacked the base.
It was clear that this was an operation that took months to plan and coordinate.
There was the one thing however that bothered Michael since the attack ended.
There must have been a higher objective to be achieved besides crippling FOXHOUND and Mithril and taking Kaname.
Something that would put things in their favor if they were to lose.
"In other news, tension between the East and West has sparked old Cold War feelings between the two powers." The news reporter was saying.
Michael's eyes widened as he turned up the volume listening to the news.
"While it is not completely confirmed, speculations of the terrorist attack in Tokyo.
The attack has left hundreds injured and dozens killed. The current theory about who was behind this attack points to North Korea. Eyewitnesses have reported seeing people carrying weapons used by the North Koreans."
Michael sat back in the couch. The answer was in front of him the whole time!
"Intelligence in the JSDF has uncovered documents which show that mercenaries, not country soldiers, were part of this attack. The North Koreans are denying this saying that Japan wants to usurp North Korea with these claims forcing the communistic country to stand even more alone."
Michael rested his elbows on the table and rested his chin on his hands. The TV screen was the only light in the whole room.
"In response to this, the United States has issued warnings to North Korea that it will put sanctions against the country if it does not comply with U.N inspections. The U.N was unavailable for comment but released the following statement," The reported pulled out a piece of paper, "'We wish to get to the root of this problem as soon as possible without forcing any kind of military actions.'"
Michael continued to watch waiting for that one part. It was the one part that would confirm his whole theory.
"The U.S.S.R has said that it will stand by its allies stating that it will support the country in an action that they called 'wrong and warmongering'. The U.S along with its European Allies has stated that if Russia does anything to assist the country there will be consequences."
Michael turned the TV off. The answer was in front of him the whole time.
Though the Cold War had died done and the peace between the East and West was an unstable peace at best, it helped diffuse old fears of a Nuclear Holocaust.
Now with the actions that Amalgam was making meant one thing.
"If another incident like this occurs in a country that is an ally to the Soviets than we are looking at a worst case scenario." Sousuke said as he came in. He heard the last part of it and put the pieces together.
"A world war." Michael finished as he closed his laptop computer.
Sousuke took a seat, "Win or lose their purpose was to try and start conflicts."
Michael nodded in agreement, "If what Gauron said is true, they start conflicts to test the latest technology they make. If a World War happens-"
"Amalgam can emerge on top as it plays a neutral role, supplying weapons like the Venom and maybe the Behemoth." Sousuke said grimly.
Michael only nodded, "Mithril and FOXHOUND served to keep that balance of power and prevent any kind of situation like this. But now that they are destroyed or crippled, Amalgam can move ahead with its plans."
Sousuke nodded, "Whatever they may be."
The two sat in silence letting the knowledge that they found out sink in.
Sousuke turned to him, "We need to talk."
Michael sighed resting his head on the back on the cushion looking up at the ceiling, "Take your pick." They both knew the topics they wanted to talk about. The question was which one?
"The London Tragedy." Sousuke looked at his brother square, "What really happened brother?"
Michael sighed, "Let's talk about Mary first than we will go to that because the two are tied to each other." He reached over and put the KBAR in the sheath.
Michael took a deep breath and thought back, "It was after I joined the SAS and we parted ways. Needless to say, things were tough at first. A kid my age joining a group of older men with more experience than me, well they did not take it well at first."
Sousuke stood silent listening to him.
"I was assigned to Red Light which is the top of the SAS counter-terrorist teams. It was on the battlefield that I earned their trust and acceptance. We were on a mission in the Middle East. Some of the men were pinned down, and I took out six hostiles on my own and pulled one of them out on my own. After we got back to England, the guys wanted to take me out to celebrate my accomplishment."
Sousuke smiled a little. He remembered Kurz, Melissa and the other members of the SRT teams doing such things for him.
"They took me to a bar where a lot of SAS people go and drink. Needless to say, the bartender allowed me to drink as long as no one told." He laughed a little, "The guys immediately started to make me drink like there was no tomorrow. It was than that I met Mary."
Sousuke leaned forward listening.
"I was drunk at the time and did not know what I was saying but the next thing I know, she kisses me on the lips and whispers, 'Congratulations' and that was it." Michael smiled remembering that memory, "I found out the whole story from the guys the next morning despite the massive hangover I had. She apparently had heard of my success and wanted to do something special since she and I were the same age."
Sousuke looked at him, "So she took a liking to you?"
Michael shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows really, but it was the first time that someone other than a soldier had praised me. You know what I mean?"
Sousuke nodded, "Indeed." He said softly thinking about Kaname.
"Needless to say, she was as tough as Kaname but without the strength. I've seen her yell out drunken men and even kicked a few out of the pub. Mary was the daughter of the barkeep, what can you say but she was good at it." He smiled slightly looking into empty space, "She would wait for me after I left and we would sit and talk when I got back. The guys always teased me about it, asking me if we had done it." He laughed at it, "The guys even convinced her to come to the base when it was birthday dressed in something rather skimpy clothes." He laughed running his hands through his hair.
Sousuke smiled, "And you reacted how?"
"Like a babbling idiot. Blushing and trying to keep distance as she advanced toward me with the 'look' in her eyes." He used his fingers putting quotations around look, "Still there were a lot of great memories. For four years, I thought those memories would last forever" His smiled disappeared, "Until that day."
"The London Tragedy." Sousuke said.
"I remember that day so well. We had briefing that thirty people were taken hostage in a new business building that was opening up. Most were just business people going over everything one last time along with a few construction workers." He looked down, "We were told that several bombs were placed near the hostages and it was made clear that the intent was not to destroy the building but to kill people."
"And Mary was one of them?"
Michael was silent as he gripped his hands together, "She told me that she had an opportunity at that building. It would help her in going to college in the future and she was so excited about it. I forgot that it was the same day that this occurred."
Sousuke sat silent listening to Michael continue. He watched him struggle as he tried to find the right words to describe what happened.
"It was a routine plan. Go in, take care of the terrorist and than defuse the bombs. Once that was done exit with the hostages." He paused taking a deep breath, "However the situation changed dramatically. Once our teams were in the building we received new information from base that said that an additional ten hostages were several floors above but they could not confirm it. I volunteered to confirm it." He stopped, "It was there that I saw Ocelot."
Sousuke was silent but remembered Ocelot's words. He remembered saying that it was a while since they last met.
"The same fear gripped me like I was back in Afghanistan. I stood holding my gun aiming it right at him with shaky fingers. He saw my hesitation called me weak. After that he shot me. A short gunfight followed and he escaped. I pursued without informing HQ about what had happened. I followed him with the full intent on killing him." He stopped looking at Sousuke grimly, "I entered a dim hall still on a adrenaline high. My focus was not sharp and I was so already making a crucial mistake. Soon I saw a shadow with a gun behind me. Without even looking, I turned and pulled the trigger."
Sousuke's face paled.
"I went to see if it was Ocelot." He stopped as he felt a few tears down his face, "It was Mary with a bullet in her head. She was holding one of Ocelot's guns. It was trick by Ocelot and things only got worse. Around her waist was a remote that was tied to her heart. Once the heart died, the bombs went off."
Sousuke looked at him in total shock.
"Thirty people were killed along with five members of the SAS. I was immediately tried and sentenced to an indefinite sentencing in a military prison. Mary's father wanted to have me killed and even some of my old friends in the SAS wanted me dead."
Sousuke felt his body hit the back of the sofa, "It wasn't your fault."
"I pulled the trigger."
"It was dark, you could not see. Ocelot tricked you."
Michael looked at him, "Did he? He may have Sousuke put with this hand I killed an innocent and that caused more people to die. It was my fault."
Sousuke took a deep breath, "FOXHOUND got you out?"
He nodded, "They offered me a chance to redeem myself. However," He scoffed, "I don't think that I will ever be forgiven for that."
Sousuke tried to find the words to say something, but what could he say? What could he say to try and help Michael put this past away? If something like this happened to Kaname than he would be the same as back in Hong Kong when he was told she was killed.
"Gene soldier," Michael continued without even a second glance, "is the term used for a soldier that has been augmented to near super soldier levels. Through research, we found out that there are specific genes related to a soldier's performance."
Sousuke looked at him in total shock. Michael had just moved on without a second thought about it. However, it may have been the only way to really deal with that tragedy.
"Using a certain body, we are able to identify and isolate those genes." Michael said triumphal.
"Whose body?" Sousuke asked.
"The body of the greatest soldier in the 20th century. The man who was called the 'one man army.'"
"Big Boss." Sousuke answered.
Michael nodded, "Yep, I've had my body augmented with gene therapy along with other experiments to increase my abilities. I can run faster, jump higher and I am much stronger than a normal person, but there is a problem."
Sousuke knew what he was talking about, "What happened when I was fighting Belial."
Michael nodded, "In my case, I have to go through four stages of this therapy to make sure my body can handle these changes. I'm at the second stage and cannot really do much."
"The nanomachines put limits on it." Sousuke had figured it out.
"Exactly," Michael said, "They send signals to the brain that prevent me from using my full strength. Once I release that lock, I can reach that potential for only a short time. Fifteen minutes is my max and if I exceed that, than I am only hurting my body as you saw."
Sousuke could not believe this, "But gene therapy is illegal. Doing this kind of human experimentation is dangerous and unethical."
Michael shook his head; "You have been at Mithril for too long. Things are not always black and white as Mithril shows you brother. The black ops world is one of danger and cunning. You do whatever it takes to complete your mission even if it means doing things that are wrong. The missions that FOXHOUND undertakes require soldiers with above normal skills and with a mind that says failure is not an option."
Sousuke shook his head, "Why would you agree to this?" The reason had to be much more simpler than Michael mad it. He was agreeing to have radical changes in his body that could shorten his life.
Michael looked at him, "Because I chose to do this."
Sousuke looked at him not clear of his answer.
"Why did you pilot the Arbalest?"
Sousuke looked at him and thought for a second, "Because I was ordered to pilot it."
"Is it not because you wanted to? Because you wanted to prove that you can bring out your full potential in it? To show that you are the best?" Michael inquired.
Sousuke looked at him unsure about it. However, in a way Michael was right.
"That is something for another day; however I chose to go through this therapy knowing the consequences of what could happen to my body. I wanted," He stopped for second, "To be able to be more than what I am right now."
Sousuke looked at him, "To avoid another incident like in London."
"Exactly, it was why I said that I did not want you to lose your home like I did." Michael said sadly.
Sousuke looked at the floor as he wrestled with his feelings of guilt and confusion. There was no way to explain to the students what happened and why they were attacked. Most people would never accept anyone that brought them trouble, because it would inevitably bring trouble back to them once again.
Could they ever accept Kaname again or even him?
Could forgiveness be out of his reach?
The question bothered Sousuke and it did not have an answer. However, he knew what he needed to do.
He stopped when he felt a chime in his ear.
Michael turned to him, "It's the Colonel and Snake. They want to talk to both of us."
Sousuke took a deep breath and accepted the communication.
"Are we on?" Snake asked.
"Yea, we're on Snake." Michael answered.
"Okay, Sousuke you there?" Snake asked
"Affirmative Mr. Snake."
Snake sighed, "Kid, I said if you called me sir or Mr. that I would make sure you pay. Understand?"
"Yes!" Sousuke answered quickly. His face paled with the thought of having to fight the legend himself.
"Okay, Sousuke right now the Colonel wants to talk to you alone. Michael, we have some business that I need to inform you about. Understood?" Snake finished.
"Yes." They both answered.
"Okay, Michael we need you to switch to the second emergency channel. Sousuke, relax." Snake and Michael left the channel.
"Okay, Srgt. Sousuke Sagara can you hear me?" He heard a middle-aged man's voice over the CODEC.
"Yes, Colonel." He answered once the Colonel was done talking.
"Wow you quick to answer I am impressed with that. My name is Colonel Roy Campbell and I am the commander of FOXHOUND. It is a pleasure to meet you." Roy said.
Sousuke froze, "The Roy Campbell. You're the man who completed many black ops with Big Boss himself and even assisted with stopping Metal Gear."
Roy laughed, "Stop, I know I'm getting old but don't remind me Srgt."
"Yes sir, I apologize for-"
"It's a joke Srgt, relax." The Colonel reassured.
Sousuke tensed slightly waiting for the Colonel to continue. From what Sousuke could remember, Colonel Campbell was once the second in command of FOXHOUND before the incident in Outer Heaven. When Big Boss was revealed to be the one behind it, Washington believed it was time to disband FOXHOUND. However, Colonel Campbell fought for the group saying that as long as high-risk missions were their, FOXHOUND would always have a place in the black ops world.
However, it did not mean that both Mithril and FOXHOUND got along. Sousuke knew that the Intelligence and Operation Divisions of Mithril were constantly at odds with FOXHOUND for a long time. Both stated that FOXHOUND had no right in some of the operations they were involved in. In short, sometimes both had the same target in mind and it soon became a conflict of who had the greater authority.
FOXHOUND constantly criticized the Intelligence Division for its lack of good information gathering abilities and Operations for only getting half the job done.
In one meeting Sousuke heard, FOXHOUND jumped down the throat of Operations for not wrapping up a dictator and only killing some of his support. FOXHOUND later assassinated the dictator but at the cost of two men. The Colonel blamed Mithril for the loss of the two men for there inability to react in a proper way.
Sousuke knew that FOXHOUND was good at what they did. Sending in solo teams to accomplish tasks in a high-risk situation and leave no trace of any involvement.
For all purposes, the members of FOXHOUND were ghosts in a sense. Unseen and unknown but people knew they were there but could not prove it.
"Well, Srgt. Sagara, I must admit that both of our organizations were caught with our pants down." Campbell said trying to lighten the mood.
"Yes sir." Sousuke said sadly.
Campbell took a moment and continued, "Sousuke, I must ask you an honest question. Have any of the surviving members of Mithril contacted you?"
Sousuke shook his head, "I don't know. For all purposes they could be dead. I know most of the fleets have been destroyed. I don't know about the Pacific Fleet."
Campbell smiled, "Well, I have some good news. Some of the Pacific Fleet made it out."
Sousuke froze, "Alive? The Captain, Kurz and Melissa?"
"We are not sure who made it out but we know that a big battle took place. From what we can gather from satellite images, at least four Behemoths attacked the base at Meridia Island."
Sousuke paled, "Four."
The Colonel smiled, "From what the satellite images can give us, two were destroyed by your friends in the SRT teams." Campbell laughed a little, "I am impressed, if they were not working for Mithril, they would have a place at FOXHOUND."
"Colonel, what else happened?" Sousuke asked eager to know more.
"Our satellite images have shown that a large object was leaving and ran over a Behemoth to get out." Campbell smiled, "It is assumed that is was the Tuatha de Danaan. I must admit your friends are a lot tougher than we thought."
Sousuke smiled and leaned against his chair. The Captain and the others were alive. Melissa and Kurz were still alive because only those two could take down a Behemoth.
"What will FOXHOUND do now Colonel?" Sousuke asked.
"Right now we rebuild and wait in the shadows. FOXHOUND official is gone according to Washington." The Colonel lost his smile, "It's for the best since the Secretary of Defense is a member of Amalgam."
"What!?"
Campbell sighed, "It has been known for a while but we really could not do anything since we do not have a lot of evidence. Only bank records and a few conversations but some can say that it was all made up." Campbell explained as he continued, "The President official says that FOXHOUND is no more and almost all of the command staff is either killed or missing in action. Proof of that was given to that bastard and he believed it. The President only gave us one order before we were forced to end communications."
Sousuke stood at full attention.
"Wipe them off the face of the Earth." Campbell answered.
Sousuke stood confused, "But if you don't have official support or even a base how can-"
Campbell chuckled, "Big Boss was planning for that. He expected FOXHOUND to be attacked or even destroyed by either an outside or inside force. Big Boss may have been a soldier but he was smart one to plan ahead. This was called 'Plan: Ghost Fox.'"
"Ghost Fox?!" Sousuke asked.
"Yes, this plan was set up just incase something like this happened. In short, Big Boss built a better base somewhere in the world along with funds and full equipment. It also comes with an access to a large database and computer system." Colonel explained.
"Where is-"
"I'm the only one that knows and for all purposes that is classified at the highest level. Only I know the exact location." Campbell snapped.
Sousuke could not believe this. FOXHOUND had a base. Mithril operatives were still alive if they came together, they could form a counter attack and devastate Amalgam.
"Right now, we are just trying to figure things out and start planning. However, Sousuke you must not reveal anything to anyone. We want Amalgam to think we are dead. We want them to think that they have won an easy victory. When we strike back, I want them to cower in fear."
"Affirmative sir." Sousuke answered. He was already starting to like the Colonel. His attitude to the whole thing was what they needed.
"Which leads me to my next question to you Sousuke? What will you do now?" Campbell asked.
Sousuke was silent as he considered his next words, "I'm not sure. Contacting the others would only compromise their position along with mine."
"Correct and FOXHOUND cannot do much right now." Campbell explained, "We are trying to gather as many of our survivors as we can to at least rebuild the internal structure along with the Command Staff."
"What about Michael? Is he going to be recalled back to the States?" Sousuke asked. His brother promised to give him support no matter what happened. However, if he had orders to return he would have to follow them.
Campbell sighed, "We need him. A man as good as Michael is needed back to help us rebuild. I'm sorry Sousuke, but he will not be able to help you for some time."
"How long until he can help me?" Sousuke asked.
The Colonel laughed, "That all depends on him."
"What do you mean?"
"He will have to tell you." The Colonel answered, "Are you going to look for Ms. Chidori?"
That was the question that was burning inside him since she was taken. Sousuke promised to bring her back to her home. However, could he really do it? Could he fight entire army? Fight mercenaries on Ocelot's level and against every single class of Arm Slaves without the support of AL or the Arbalest?
"Yes." Sousuke answered with firm determination, "I said I would bring her back and a specialist keeps his words."
The Colonel turned serious, "You realized what you will be facing. You may face an entire army to get to her. So why are you fighting for her? Do you love her?"
Sousuke took a moment to answer, "That is not relevant to you Colonel but this is her home. There are people that love her and care about her. Is it right to allow someone to take her from a place that she loves?"
"No, it just being a thief." Colonel answered, "Leonard thinks of himself as a superior man but he is no better than a common thief."
Sousuke nodded in agreement.
"So are you doing this out of loyalty to her, her friends and your family?"
"No, I'm doing this out of loyalty to myself. It is the right thing to do and I will accomplish that!"
The Colonel was stunned to hear that. Sousuke was doing this not just for her and her friends but for himself as well. Campbell read the reports about his behavior after being pulled out of Tokyo to pilot the Arbalest. It seemed that he was indeed in love with her and he had left before he even realized it. He cared about someone so much that he would do anything to try and have her by his side like before.
Loyalty to one's self and another. That kind of trait was rare in soldier. A soldier is loyal to his mission and his comrades but if he is loyal to what he believes is right than that creates something more.
A warrior.
"You know I only heard that from one other soldier and he would be proud to hear that there are soldiers who believe in something than just a mission." Colonel said.
"Who?"
"Big Boss, in a way you are like him."
Sousuke just felt like he won the Noble Prize and the Lottery in one day. Someone who knew Big Boss well was comparing him to that legend.
"Big Boss was a man who believed that soldiers were not just tools. They had other rights like everyone else. All they knew was just to fight and that was it. It was not true that once that duty was done they had nothing. Some governments would just have them focus on fighting and strip them of all that would give them attachments," Campbell smiled, "I am happy that his idea of a soldier that lives and that you found something to believe in. You do the memory of Big Boss proud."
Sousuke was silent and took this to heart, "Thank you sir."
Campbell continued, "I just wish Michael could believe that."
"The London Tragedy still is hard on him?" Sousuke asked.
"You have no idea," Campbell explained, "He blames himself for that and believes he has no right to any kind of happiness. Mei Ling has been trying to prove that otherwise."
"Mei Ling?"
"Oh, Mei Ling you have not met her yet. She is the Head of Communications at FOXHOUND. She is around the same age as Michael, so it's good to know that they both have someone around their age to talk to besides the old men around the base."
Sousuke thought grimly about his relationship with Tessa. Though he tried to keep as professional and personal as he could, Tessa seemed to try and make it more. It did not help with the watchful eyes of Commander Mardurkas.
"She does care about him but Michael still has a lot to go through." The Colonel explained, "How can you explain to someone that he has a right to live when he believes he killed someone that he cared about and responsible for a terrible tragedy?"
Again Sousuke could not answer.
The Colonel sighed, "That is an issue for another day. Maybe you can help him deal with that. You two are young and have a right to a life besides just constant war. Let the old men die and have the young bury them. That is the natural order."
Sousuke smiled. He could see why Michael respected Colonel. He was both a father and leader for his men. A fine example of a leader.
Big Boss chose well to be his successor when he died.
"Looks like Snake and Michael are wrapping up." Campbell said.
"Wrapping up?" They heard Snake, "We've been done for a while now."
"I see, how did he take the news?" The Colonel asked.
Snaked laughed a little, "He cursed for five minutes with ever word being fuck or shit."
Campbell laughed, "Still he knows that it needs to be done."
"Yea," Snake turned to Sousuke, "You're going after her no matter what." Snake heard his answer and agreed with the Colonel.
Indeed, the spirit of Big Boss was still alive.
"Yes." Sousuke answered with the same steel as he did with the Colonel.
Snake gave a low chuckle, "A real one man army. We will need that later, watch you're back kid." With that Snake closed the channel.
"Sousuke, when the time comes you will be asked to help us strike back against Amalgam. Can we count on you?" Colonel asked already knowing the answer.
"Does a gun need a magazine?" He asked.
Campbell smiled, "Fair enough. Good luck Sousuke and I look forward to meeting you in person." The channel closed and Sousuke looked at Michael. Apparently the news that Snake gave him was bad.
"So what-"
"A promotion." He had his face in his hands as if it was a mark of shame. He continued with much exaggeration and frustration in his voice, "A battlefield promotion to the rank of Major."
Sousuke stood at attention and-
"Sousuke," Michael said in a dangerous voice, "When I look at you, you had better not be saluting me or I will rip you apart."
Sousuke quickly took his seat, "So that is what the Colonel met by it all depends on you."
Michael sighed and leaned back against the couch, "I have a lot of paper work ahead of me along with me being in charge of restoring our operations to what it was before the attack."
Sousuke smiled slightly, "Consider it an honor right now. They must trust you enough to do this."
"Whatever," Michael looked at him, "It is not like I really deserve it."
"The Colonel and Snake speak highly of you. They must trust you and your abilities from your past missions. Men who are of the same caliber of those two are rare. I would consider it an honor."
Michael was silent.
"Mei Ling must trust you as well."
Michael paled and looked at him, "Mei Ling is someone who is always there for me. She trusts me so much that it amazes me."
"She must-"
"Do not finish that sentence." He did not look at him, as his tone was low and slow, "Just stop. That is for another day."
Sousuke was about to answer but bit his tongue. Michael had already revealed enough to him today. Now it was time to just back off.
Sousuke got up and grabbed his school clothes.
"Where you going?" Michael asked. He knew the answer and it was stupid what Sousuke was going to do. He had already learned that once a soldier fails, he is hated.
"To the school, I owe them an explanation." He put his jacket on and adjusted it.
"You're making a mistake Sousuke." Michael answered.
"Am I?" Sousuke challenged.
"Yes," Michael walked up to him, "Why are you going to torture yourself more about this? You really think that they can understand the things that we do? Can you really expect them to understand what you did?"
"I don't" Sousuke looked at him as he buttoned his jacket, "But I will not run like you."
Michael looked at him with fire in his eyes, "What did you say?"
"Run, you ran from the London Tragedy thinking that you could escape it. But you can't we must all face our problems."
"I am not-"
"If you cannot accept the past and try and move forward." He put his shoes on, "Than you are not my brother."
Michael looked at him, "Than what about you Kashim? The sins of Kashim?"
Sousuke stopped and did not look at him. That same question was the one thing that still haunted him. The same question that Gauron taunted him with as he lay dying.
Sousuke smiled, "Because I could endure it because of her." He opened the door and left.
Michael sighed and leaned against the wall. Thoughts and doubt were filling his head.
He scoffed, "Naïve fool."
It was as Michael had warned.
The moment he entered the school he could feel the cold and fearful eyes of the occupants upon him. Each step he seemed to take longer as if something was slowing him down.
Still, he stood focused on what he wanted to do.
What he needed to do!
Sousuke looked at each person as they shot glares at him. He could not respond in any way what so ever. All the glares held the same contempt, fear and anger toward him. It was as if he was seen as a bad omen.
Wherever he went, only bloodshed and death followed him. Gauron had tainted him before calling him weak and that the weak leech off the strong. That this weakness was the thing that made him lose his so called 'sainthood' in Gauron's eyes.
Still that weakness he called it at the same time was his strength.
'As long as Kaname was with me I could do anything.' He had said those words to her before and it was true.
The TDD-1 hijacking.
Hong Kong.
The Cruise Liner hijacking.
All of these were incidents he overcame but without Kaname he surely would have failed. Kaname gave Sousuke something that he had never had in his whole life.
It was a belief in him as a person instead of as a soldier.
It was something that he could still not understand but every time looked at him, he felt a strength that he never felt before. However, she was gone.
He was alone again.
Sousuke opened the door and saw Ms. Kagurazaka in a wheel chair still teaching. Sousuke was amazed that this woman would still continue to try and help her students.
She looked up and paled seeing him, "So-"
Everyone turned and looked at him. He could feel the same cold eyes upon him. Everyone in this room had made their decision about him.
Sousuke saw Tsubaki with his head on his hands and shot him a glance. Unlike the others, Sousuke could see that he was sorry for what was about to happen.
Ono-D and Shinji both saw him. Each showed a glance of confusion, anger and disbelief. Ono-D looked angrier than anything else.
'Did she call you a monster or did you come to realize it when she saw that head explode?'
Leonard's taunt was still in his head. It played over and over again making sure that it would sink into his head.
Sousuke started walking to the front, "Ms Kagurazaka I need to say something than I will leave."
She only nodded nervously and pulled the chair back waiting to hear his explanation.
Sousuke quickly scanned the room. For the first time in a long time his heart ached seeing the empty chair of Kaname and Kyoko. He remembered the first time he came here. A clueless man saying nonsense with one took a picture and the other just did not seem to care.
Sousuke took a deep breath and told everyone everything.
He kept Michael out of it as much as he could along with Kaname. Sousuke did not want to drag both of them down with him.
He explained the reasoning behind the hijacking of the plane to South Korea and at Christmas. Sousuke revealed his true identity and the organization known as Mithril. He even revealed that he was the one who piloted the white AS suit that everyone had seen as they evacuated the school. Sousuke explained in small detail about the man known as Ocelot and what happened in the basement.
Sousuke even told them what really happened to Kyoko; however Sousuke had already assumed that they knew what happened. Tsubaki was there when he saw Kaname take Kyoko to meet the traitor.
Sousuke finished and for the first time in a while, he felt his exhaustion get to him. It was as if a great burden had been lifted but only replaced with an even heavier one.
"For everything that has happened, I am sorry that I could not," He struggled with the words to end this. What could he really say, "That I-"
"SHUT-UP!!" Ono-D yelled.
Sousuke did not reel at his yell.
Ono-D took a step forward, "You bastard, do you have any idea what happened to Kyoko! Did you see the tubes sticking in her body?!"
Sousuke could not say anything. He only looked at him.
Ono-D grabbed him by his shirt and slammed him against the chalk board, "Before she slipped into the coma she kept going on and on about Kaname not going! She even went on to say who is going to take care of her place!! DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT!?"
Sousuke's eyes widened, "No I didn't." This was a detail that he did not know about. It only made the situation that much harder.
"What kind of friend are you!? Were you just fucking with us!?" He slammed his head against the wall.
Students along with Kagurazaka started to try and pull them apart. Sousuke did nothing. Ono-D seemed to only become more infuriated as the students tried harder to pull them apart.
Shinji grabbed his arm, "Sousuke tried to do his best and-"
"And look what happened!? A psycho attacked our school and shot several others. Several are in the hospital and one is in critical condition and what about Kaname!? If you were suppose to protect her than were is she?!" He demanded.
Sousuke glared at him, "I-"
Kagurazaka had enough, "Ono-D let him go now."
Ono-D slammed him even harder and now most the class was trying to pull them apart.
Finally Tsubaki got in the middle and pushed Ono-D back.
Tsubaki looked at him than at Sousuke than back at Ono-D, "Enough we don't-"
"Get out of my way Tsubaki!!" Ono-D yelled.
"No!" Tsubaki yelled as he fought to push him back.
"I've got business with him right now!!"
Sousuke looked at the floor and took a deep breath, "I only have one thing to say!" He yelled and got everyone's attention.
"WHAT COULD YOU SAY RIGHT NOW THAT-"
"I'll bring her back." Sousuke proclaimed.
Everyone was silent and looked at him. Stunned and confused looks were all around.
Miss Kagurazaka covered her mouth fighting back the tears. She knew what Sousuke was talking about. He was indeed someone to always take the harder path.
"I'll bring Kaname back no matter what. So please," He looked at the floor, "welcome her back."
"And what the hell makes you think that you will do that alone?" A voice called out.
Everyone turned and Michael seen in the back leaning against the back wall of the classroom. He was wearing his school uniform and his right hand was still bandaged from the fight.
"Michael?" Sousuke was confused but happy to see him.
"Sousuke is not the only one who has secrets, I do as well." Michael took a deep breath and explained his twisted relationship with Ocelot. He only explained that he once fought with him and he considered him a brother.
Michael went on to say that he worked for an organization similar to Mithril but did not give a name or say anything about its attachment to the United States. He gave a brief description about his mission and history with Sousuke was given in small details just enough to satisfy people.
"Ocelot and I had a twisted relationship," He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "He would try to kill me or I would try to kill him. A relationship like that is both easy and complex to explain to most people."
Everyone was silent than Ono-D approached him. He walked up to him and punched him across the face.
Everyone gasped with what just happened. Both Sousuke and Tsubaki's face paled at the same time. Both knew what Michael could do to Ono-D.
Michael's head was cocked back slightly and he looked at Ono-D at the corner of his eye, "You done."
Ono-D was silent and took an empty seat. He started to cry and both Mizuki and Shinji went to comfort him.
Michael sighed and nodded at Sousuke.
Sousuke finished, "So please, we will bring her back. When she comes back, welcome her as if it was any ordinary day."
Michael smiled and opened the door. Sousuke followed him and closed the door.
Only the sound feet and crying were heard.
No one knew what to say or even do.
"I have no idea what possessed me to do that." Michael said as they both walked through the halls.
"Why did you? I thought that you would call me a fool for doing this?" Sousuke asked.
Michael smiled, "Actually a naïve fool to be exact but maybe you should not shoulder that burden alone.
They walked outside in the courtyards, "Maybe" Michael continued, "It's time that we learned to trust each other like we did up in Outer Heaven."
"Affirmative." Sousuke answered. He felt somewhat relieved that Michael was starting to confront his past but he was not sure how far he was willing to go. At any rate, he was glad to know that he could count on him.
He was not alone right now in his fight.
They reached the gates and Sousuke looked at the school for a moment. His face was still stone as he gazed at it as if he was leaving home for good. This was a place he could always feel welcomed. Now, things had changed.
Michael opened the gate, "You do realize that you could never come back."
Sousuke only nodded, "As long as she has this place. I will be okay."
Michael shook his head, "Liar." He muttered.
They started to head out. Both knew that-
"Wait!" Their thoughts were stopped and both turned to see who was behind them.
To both their surprise it was Hayashimizu, Ren and Tsubaki behind them.
The trio stopped short of the gate looking at the two brothers.
Hayashimizu stepped forward and looked at them, "I heard the whole story from Ren and Tsubaki. Tsubaki even told me everything up to last seeing Kaname and Kyoko."
Neither one said a thing.
"Kaname was taken?" Hayashimizu asked.
Sousuke nodded, "She left to save our lives."
Michael looked at him, "We were both about to be killed. She is not that kind of person to watch others suffer."
Ren nodded, "Yes, I do not think she would have liked being here knowing that you two were dead."
Michael and Sousuke looked away unable to really answer.
"Tsubaki and Ren told me what happened in the classroom," He pushed his glasses up, "Needless to say he reflects the opinion of most of the school right now."
Michael shrugged his shoulders and Sousuke still stood at attention.
"But regardless of that," He took his glasses off and handed them to Ren, "This is something that I feel I should do."
Sousuke and Michael could not even breath with they saw in front of them.
Hayashimizu was bowing before them; "I want to thank you both for saving the lives of countless students. Sousuke," Sousuke seemed to snap out when he called his name, "You went out against impossible odds to protect others with no thought of yourself. Michael," Michael looked at him with a look of shock that he had not had in a long time, "You went against a madman to save the lives of the students. For both of your actions and on behalf of the school, I want to thank you."
Neither brother could really speak with what just happened. They were being give credit for a failed mission. Maybe, things could go back to what they were.
"But," He rose and gently took his glasses from Ren's hand, "I expect you two to fulfill both of your words. That you would bring Kaname back and that you two would watch out for each other."
Michael and Sousuke turned to leave when Ren grabbed their hands. They turned and she kissed both of them on there checks, "Thank you for what you have done and bring my friend back home. Please."
Both were stunned but right now, their mission seemed not so impossible right now. A new sense of determination and honor seemed to grow in them that made this task a little easier.
Both turned and walked through the gates not looking back.
Tsubaki ran out of the gate and yelled, "I'LL TRAIN TO GET STRONGER THAN EITHER OF YOU!! DO NOT FORGET YOU TWO OWE ME A FIGHT AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TWO TO SKIP OUT!!"
Neither brother could hide a small smirk after hearing that. It was as if someone wanted them to come back.
Michael raised his arm in the air and gave a small wave to the three.
"They are not looking back." Ren said sadly.
"They can't" Hayashimizu explained, "A difficult road is ahead of them and they have to press through."
Sousuke and Michael walked for a few minutes without saying anything to the other.
"How long until you can help me?" Sousuke asked.
They stopped at an intersection, "Two months at the most. By than, we should be able to get our strength back to what it was and if Mithril is still around we will make contact with them."
"The Captain and others will be important in the upcoming battle. We can trust them." Sousuke answered.
"True, I have to give them credit. The war is coming quickly and we need all the strength we can get." Michael pulled out a piece of paper along with two pictures.
"What and who is this?" Sousuke asked reading the paper and looking at the picture. His eye's widened reading it, "This is-"
"This is a lead that we were investigating up until the attack. Namsak is a place worth investigating." He pointed to the picture, "This man is a good lead to Amalgam. However, be careful this guy is as dangerous as Gauron."
"Mr. Kurma, I think that name is familiar somehow." Sousuke pondered the name, "Still this will help a lot."
Sousuke looked at the second picture and was stunned by it. It was a picture that Kyoko had taken at the dance. Sousuke was standing next to Kaname and both were smiling.
He smiled and looked at Michael, "How did you get this?"
Michael shrugged his shoulders, "I have ways. Thought you might want to keep this close to you."
Sousuke nodded, "Thanks."
Michael sighed, "Just be careful and watch your back. The CODEC that you have will be terminated for security reasons, so we will be out of contact for some time."
"It would be for the best. If FOXHOUND is to lay low, it will need to follow a tight communication's handling." Sousuke stuffed in picture and info in his coat pocket.
Michael nodded haphazardly, "True, I'll come find you when we are ready to strike."
Sousuke nodded, "I look forward to that." He extended his hand.
Michael took it and gave a tight grip and Sousuke responded, "Oh I know you will."
The two smiled and let go.
They than parted ways and walked in opposite directions. Neither looked back nor said anything. Words were not needed now. Actions and trust proved that one could count on the other.
Michael smiled and pulled out a disk from his coat. It was marked ARBALEST combat data, "The next time you fight him you will be at an even level." He put the disk back walking down the long road.
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Full Metal Panic: Project R
Sousuke stands over the bloody and bleeding body of Kurma. He struggles over and grabs him by his coat and pulls him self to face him, "WHERE IS CHIDORI?!" He screams out. Sousuke can feel his body getting weaker from the bullet wound in his stomach.
Kurma coughs up blood and says weakly, "San Carlos, Grenada, Madrid. She is in one of those places." His head turns over and he is dead.
Sousuke starts to crawl away as he can feel his strength leaving him. The AS suit he wears gets heavier and heavier as more blood pours. He reaches out to something that looks like Kaname smiling and passes out.
In personal conflicts we depend on ourselves
Fully armed soldiers are in the arena rounding up Amalgams men. Each one is wearing the symbol of FOXHOUND on their shirts. A man with a familiar face walks over and puts his hand on the unconscious form of Sousuke.
He only smiles and shakes his head, "I leave you alone and look what happens, brother."
In war, we depend on our brothers
Sousuke is floating in a green tank with an oxygen mask. He looks at the figure in front of him, "Michael?"
Michael nods his head, "You have been recovering for a week at our HQ." Michael is only smiling.
Sousuke realizes what he is talking about, "You mean we are ready to strike?"
Michael nods, "We have information that alot of high ranking Amalgam members are going to attending a party in Paris. This is our big chance.
Enemies have gathered
Scene change to the party. It is taking place in a high class conference room at a hotel. Sousuke and Michael are at the party disguised completely as a waiter and bartender.
Michael's voice echoes in the background, "This is our chance to get some big information about them."
Sousuke, disguised as a waiter, brings a drink to a blonde man with a British accent, "Thank you young man." He turns and sees an all too familiar member of Amalgam, "Mr. Silver so glad you can come."
Leonard shakes his hand and Sousuke is trying to control himself.
New allies come together and fight
Sousuke is standing before the Command staff at FOXHOUND
Michael introduces them, "Sousuke meet the Command staff at FOXHOUND."
Sousuke meets a middle aged man wearing a green army uniform, "I am Colonel Roy Campbell."
A man with brown hair and a all too familiar face grabs Sousuke's head, "Some call me Snake."
Another steps up and dusts his coat, "The name is Dr. Hal Emmerich," He takes his glasses off and cleans them, "Or Otacon as I like to be called."
A young Chinese girl steps forward and bows, "I am Mei Ling."
New Enemies come out from the shadows.
Campbell addresses the crowd, "We have new information about the mercenaries that Amalgam has hired." A picture of lovely woman with green hair comes up, "The expert sniper known as Sniper wolf."
Sousuke is stand with his arms in the air in the wilderness. He is completely surrounded with men holding assault rifles at him. He sees a red bed aimed at his head.
The woman known as Sniper Wolf walks forward, "So you are the one she talks about." She puts the rifle down and runs her finger along his chest than up to his face where she gently caresses it, "You have strong eyes you will be fun to kill."
Campbell continues, "Giant and Shaman known as Vulcan Raven."
Snake and Sousuke stand before Raven who is holding a massive chaingun at them. One that Sousuke has never seen before. Raven starts to talk, "The ravens were testing to see what kind of men you both are."
Raven turns up to the swarm of ravens above him and bellows, "The judgement is decided." He turns to the two, "The ravens say you are a true warrior Snake." He shakes his head in a disproving manner to Sousuke, "You are not!"
Another image shows up with a rather bizarre man wearing a gas mask, "Former psychic for the KGB, the deranged man known as Psycho Mantis."
Sousuke is standing in an empty office floor. He turns and barely jumps out of the way to avoid a desk coming at him. He turns and sees a man in black causing several objects to float near him.
The man gives a laugh that could give Gauron a run for his money, "Can you see my power you small minded fool. I will show you that the cursed power of whispered pale in comparison to mine!!"
The final image comes up and Snake looks at it long and hard, "And finally, the man leading them called Liquid Snake."
Michael and Snake are heading toward the manor when a Russian attack helicopter comes into view. It turns and fires its missiles at the two.
Snake pushes Michael out of the way and continues.
A voice calls from the helicopter, "Are you ready my brother?!"
Snake yells, "Who the hell are you!?"
The voice retorts, "Ask the father that you killed brother!! I will send you to hell to meet him!!"
Snake loses his cool, "Who are you!? Why are you calling me brother!?"
The voice calls out as it warms up the chainguns aimed right at Snake, "I'm you! I'm your shadow!!"
Old rivals return
Michael and Ocelot stand completely silent with their guns aimed at each others head. Neither makes a move but can see the hesitation and stress getting to one. Each of the gun's hammers slowly start to rise.
Leonard and Sousuke face each other. Leonard is the first talk with his Arastol bodyguards around him, "Srgt, I look forward to killing you this time."
Sousuke smiles, "And I look forward to punching you in the face, girly man!"
Fights will happen
Michael holds his own against the Arastol units. Near him in the jungle Sousuke struggles against the oncoming Venoms.
Feelings declared
Sousuke walks away from Tessa not caring what he just heard.
Tessa starts to cry and yells, "I LOVE YOU SOUSUKE!!! I ALWAYS HAVE!!!"
Mei Ling grabs Michaels arm and whispers desperately, "Why can you not let go of the past?"
Michael shakes the arm off, "Because it will not let go of me."
In the end, two brothers will reach the next level to fight one last time.
Michael touches the glass and looks at the exoskeleton staring back at him.
Octacon protests, "This suit could kill you Michael!? Why are you doing this to yourself!?"
Sousuke stares at the red and white AS suit that stands before him. It gives a familiar feeling to him as it stands ready to fight.
A familiar voice calls out, "Srgt, let me join your war!"
To take a stand against the madness of men and science
Sousuke and Snake stand before the AS suit that could give the Behemoth a run for its money.
Liquid's voice calls out, "Snake, Sousuke come and sacrifice yourselves to this demon weapon. The demon weapon that will drag the world into the 21st century!!"
It comes life as it gives a metallic and loud roar. It starts to walk as the hum of its weapons comes to life.
Sousuke turns to Snake, "How do we stop it?!"
Snake smirks and aims with the stinger, "We shot it!!" He fires the missile.
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Full Metal Panic: Project R
Coming very soon!
Michael is on top of the manor with his Mark 23 aimed at Leonard and Kaname, "LEONARD HANDS IN THE AIR!!" He is not wearing a coat but is worried since Kaname has a gun.
Leonard calmly turns to him and challenges him, "Why don't you shut me than?"
Without a second thought Michael fires three bullets at him.
A quick slice of silver is seen only for a second and Michael has a small wound across his face. Leonard stands unharmed and a man in a exoskeleton emerges from thin air with the use of Stealth camo.
The red eye shines bright as it holds his sword and points at him.
Michael aims his gun at the new enemy, "Who are you!?"
The man merely answers with, "I'm like you, I have no name!" He jumps with superhuman speed behind him.
Coming sooner than you think!!!
That is the preview for R. I have to say, it will be much better than what I am giving you right now that I promise. Now to address the obvious. Yes, I am going to try and follow the timeline up to BOMF and CMMD to be faithful to Full Metal Panic. Does it seem I am using characters from Metal Gear Solid. Yes, because those are my favorite and they can fit better with the story. I do hope that I can continue to have the support you all have given me. And know, to be faithful to the Metal Gear tradition, a conversation at the end with Ocelot. Enjoy and look for Project R in the near future.
Ocelot is on the phone talking, "I don't understand why you let them live?"
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"Because they are dangerous! They are relentless and-"
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"I see, it would not surprise me about that."
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"Yes, I agree that they can prove useful in the future. Especially with mastering the Lambda driver."
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"Interesting, I had no idea that connection between Gene Soldiers and the Lambda Driver. This could prove useful."
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"Each is good in there own way but from what we can gather, they would prove useful to our methods. We already have some of the combat data along with Dr. Hunter's files on Gene soldiers. It should prove some insight."
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"Yes, yes I understand."
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"Mr. Silver has already taken a liking to her. However, it is like trying to have a white tiger like a jackal in my opinion." Ocelot laughs slightly.
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"Yes, Belial's combat data has been sent to you and is being used in the new Venoms we are developing."
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"Ms. Chidori should prove useful that-"
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"What?!"
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"Than Leonard was lucky to have her by her side this whole time. She will be useful in the projects final stages."
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"70 complete and already we are sent to test fire a missilie. Things are going very well."
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"Yes, I will keep a close eye on them. Silver will not be able to blow his nose without me reporting it to you."
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"Of course, I understand and it is a pleasure doing business with you Mr. Gold."
Ocelot hangs up the phone.
With that, we are done. Enjoy and Review.