Metal Gear Solid: Elements of Destruction

Title: Metal Gear
Solid: Elements of Destruction- Chapter
22: Darkness at High Noon

Author: The Ice Goddess (FrozenBlueIce)

Fandom: Metal Gear Solid

Feedback: All feedback is welcome, whether it be
negative or positive. I’m trying to improve
on my writing so, please be honest: frozenblueice@yahoo.com

Pairing: The main pairing of this story is
Snake/Otacon, which is obvious to anyone who knows of my fondness for Hal
Emmerich, so therefore alright to disclose.
There are others, but if I told you what they were, it’d ruin the story.

Series: No.
There may be sequels in the future, but right now that is looking
unlikely due to time constraints.

Rating: R for graphic violence (this chapter only)

Disclaimer: All characters appearing in previous Metal
Gear Solid video games are the property of Konami Computer Entertainment of
Japan, and of their creator, Mr. Hideo Kojima.
All new characters are the property of The Ice Goddess. This is a work of fanfiction, and in no way,
shape, or form will I receive any monetary compensation for it. It is for entertainment purposes only.

Type: Action/Shounen-ai

Summary: This story takes place one year after the
events of “The Bigll.”ll.” New
information found by Otacon sends Snake back into action. (That’s all I’m revealing!)

 

Chapter 22: Darkness at High Noon

 

Genesis
smiled to herself as she headed towards the torture room. If she was going to ensure conception, she’d
have to take her brother again. The
lady Snake found herself strangely aroused by the thought of raping him. She was going to enjoy this.

She
swiped her access card, then punched in her ID number.

“What
the…?!” Eve growled.

He was
gone.

Genesis
turned on her codec to an open frequency.

“They’ve
escaped! Find them!” she ordered. “Do what you want with Jack and Emmerich,
but don’t harm Solid Snake! I need him
alive!”

Eve
closed the call.

“I should
have known better to underestimate a man of my own blood,” she muttered under
her breath, “but I’ll find you.”

***

Anja,
Raiden and Snake, with Otacon still in tow, sprinted down the halls to the
hangar as warning sirens went off.

“Over
there!” the woman shouted above the blaring.

Their
destination was just ahead.

So was a
woman with a gun, pointed directly at them.

She fired
the gun, hitting both of her targets, who fell dead to the ground, blood oozing
from the wounds in their heads.

Raiden
looked at her, unclear as to why it was Frost had done what she did. Then he turned around to catch a glimpse of
the two RNF soldiers she had just killed.

“You’ll
have to hurry,” Frost told them.
“Genesis has the entire base looking for you.”

Jack
knitted his brow. “Why are you doing
this?”

She
smiled, blue-violet eyes sparkling. “Go
on. I’ll hold thff.”ff.”

Snake
looked at Raiden, then at the other cybernetically enhanced person. “You know her?”

The
blond-haired man nodded. “An old
childhood friend.”

Frost
unstrapped Jack’s sword from her back.
She held it out to him. “Don’t forget
this.”

He took
it, unsheathing the blade as the sound of soldiers’ boots could be heard
storming their way. Raiden circled the
sword around twice, then set himself in the en garde position.

“Get
‘Richard’ to ‘Shadow’. I’ll help Frost
take care of some of these soldiers.
I’ll be there as soon as you have him situated.”

Snake
gave an acknowledging nod, then ran with Otacon into the hangar, followed by
Dr. Anja Raznov.

Another
group of guards made their way around the corner, assault rifles in hand.

“We’ve
found prisoner Jack,” one said into his radio.
“He’s in front of the hangar.”

“Kill
him,” a woman’s voice returned.

That was
all the license they needed to begin firing.
Jack made a few quick swipes of his High Frequency Blade, deflecting the
bullets. He charged them, throwing his
nimble body into acrobatics, making it near impossible for the RNF soldiers to
follow their target. He spun as a
dancer would, slashing three of them at their throats in a kind of morbid
ballet.

Frost
watched Jack as she provided cover fire.
He was indeed skilled with the blade, just as she had remembered. His battle partner looked on with
admiration.

Raiden
cartwheeled his way through the center of the group, stopping only to swing his
blade. He slashed two more men, groin
to chest, their insides spilling out.
The soldiers watched each other’s demise helplessly, as they crumbled
into heaps on the floor.

The last
of the squadron got himself positioned to shoot. The bullet whizzed past Jack’s head and he heard a shriek of
agony from behind him.

His heart
sank.

Diane was
shot.

***

Metal
Gear Shadow was an amazing sight to behold.
It stood high above them, its sleek black color making it appropriate tos nas name.

Snake
frowned. How ironic. The very thing that he and Otacon had sworn
to eradicate was the only thing that would save them all now.

The
engineer on his back stared up at it in awe.
There had been so many new advancements made since he had designed
“Rex”. The rail gun was stronger and
more streamlined. The legs, better
articulated, were perfect for traveling rough terrain. Amphibious like “Ray”, it had a long tail to
help propel it through the water.
“Shadow had a set of wings, resembling the shape of those on a glider.

Snake
lowered his friend to the ground. “I’m
going back for the kid and see if I can’t help him out in the process.”

“We’ll be
waiting,” Otacon said.

The
mercenary went around the hangar, scanning the area. “There’s got to be a gun around here somewhere.”

“There’s
one right over here,” a voice said from behind him.

“Genesis!”
Snake growled. A gun was aimed at his
head.

She
smiled icily. “I’m glad to know that
you haven’t forgotten me, brother.”

Snake
narrowed his eyes. “I know you won’t
kill me. You need me.”

Genesis
laughed, taunting him by pressing the barrel of the gun into the back of his
head. “Oh my!” she said. “So sure of yourself, Snake?”

“You’re
Solid Snake?” asked Anja.

“That’s
right, doctor,” Eve confirmed, “And that’s his friend Dr. Hal Emmerich, or should
I call you Otacon?”

The
engineer, still seated on the floor, swallowed hard. This whole thing had been a setup from the very beginning. He’d screwed up again.

“Now,
brother, you can make things easy on us all and just give up. Or, you can make things difficult, forcing
me to shoot you,” she gestured behind her with a jerk of her head, “or your
partner.”

Snake had
enough. The mentioning of harm to
Otacon, whose only crimes were naïveté and caring too much, threw him over the
edge. The seasoned warrior dropped
quickly into a crouch, sweeping Genesis’ legs out from under her, sending the
unsuspecting woman’s gun flying out of her hand and sliding across the floor.

Being of
the same perfect soldier’s blood, Eve wasted no time retaliating. She threw her leg up high, bringing it down
to wrap around his neck, squeezing hard.

Snake
grabbed Genesis’ body, rolling with the hold to release himself. She kicked him in the chest, knocking him
off balance for a second. He returned
the blow with a swing to her jaw.

Genesis
Snake got up, blood trickling down the corner of her mouth. She smiled and spat, propelling the
shattered remains of her molar into the air.

Eve moved
in to attack again. Solid Snake
sidestepped her attack, grabbing the woman in a chokehold. She elbowed his sides hard. Snake squeezed tighter. Genesis grabbed a hold of her “brother’s”
arms, trying desperately to keep him from snapping her neck. She had to think fast. Eve grabbed for her knife and drove it into
Dave’s thigh. She twisted it to open
the wound, then pulled it out.

Solid
Snake grunted, winced, then grabbed Eve’s wrist to keep her from doing it
again. The lady Snake dug her heel into
his gaping wound, gg heg her just enough of a distraction to circle behind him
and put the knife at his throat.

“I’ve
grown tired of these games, brother.
I’m beginning to think all of this effort isn’t worth it.”

Solid
Snake’s muscles twitched, preparing to flee.

Genesis
held him tighter, touching the blade to his flesh and drawing a small amount of
blood. “Don’t move, or I’ll kill you,”
she snarled.

***

Raiden
quickly and vengefully disposed of the remaining soldier that had shot Diane,
and then hurried back to check on her.

Frost lay
on the floor, looking at the ceiling.
Her breaths were shallow, blood gurgling with her inhalations. There was a considerably large bullet hole
in her chest.

She
reached up to him, and he knelt beside her, taking her hands into his.

“Jack…”
she managed.

“Shh…” he
hushed her. “Just savur sur strength.” Raiden stroked her shimmery blue-black hair.

Frost
looked up into his icy blue eyes and he could see the pain and fear written in
them. He could see the acknowledgement
of her impending death.

“Please,
don’t go, Diane,” he sobbed.

She shook
her head. “Don’t…cry…for…me…
Re…mem…ber, …Diane…died…in…Af…rica…”

Frost
heaved, regurgitating all of the blood that had been collecting in her
stomach. It left a puddle on the
ground, slowly expanding outward. Then,
with a final gasp, she died.

Jack’s
eyes poured, tears falling on the face of his dead friend. She had left him again; one of his only
friends.

Something
in her pocket was sticking out and Jack retrieved it.

t wat was
the picture of Iroquois that he had brought with him. He closed his eyes, clasping the picture over his heart. His son was gone too. He felt so alone.

“Don’t…cry…for…me…”
Diane’s words echoed in his mind.

Raiden
opened his eyes and wiped away his tears.
He would respect her dying wishes.
He wouldn’t cry.

Jack laid
the photograph in her hand, then he shut her eyes.

“Goodbye,”
he whispered.

***

Otacon’s
mind ran in circles. Who was that woman
and why did she call Snake “brother”?
He shivered, picturing that scene of her mounted on Dave. The rape imagery was disturbing enough, but
this element of information just made it all that more revolting.

“Snake!”
Hal cried out.

Genesis
laughed, her face contorted into that evil grin. She trailed her tongue along the side of Dave’s neck. “Just give in,” she purred into his
ear. “It’s not all bad, is it?”

Hal’s
rarely seen rage burned as he watched the woman taunt the man he loved. His original impression of the woman,
stuck. She was twisted.

Something
on the floor by his hand caught his eye.
He discarded all fear as he realized he still had a chance to protect
Dave and grabbed the object.

Raiden
had just come into the doorway of the hangar, when he saw the Socom in Otacon’s
hands.

Hal
pointed the gun directly at Genesis and fired, the recoil throwing back his
still weak arms.

Genesis
stumbled backwards, releasing her captive, as she chedched her bleeding
stomach. A red river poured from her
mouth.

Otacon
fired again, his anger taking over the usually timid engineer like a
demon. He fired again. And again.

Eve
wailed as the bullets tore through her flesh.
She fell to the floor, all movement ceasing.

Otacon
fired one last time before his trembling hands could no longer hold the gun,
dropping it with a clatter. He then
crawled his way over to Dave.

Hal sat
beside him, pulling a bandage from his pouch on his belt. He carefully and tightly dressed the stab
wound.

His
partner smiled. “I’m impressed.”

The
engineer blushed, shifting his glasses up his nose. “Yeah? Well, I did learn
from the best.”

Snake
tousled his hair.

“Hey!”
Otacon whined indignantly.

The
mercenary’s leg was fully bandaged. He
got up, lifting his partner to his feet.
The two limped their way back over to Shadow.

“Thank
you for protecting me, Otacon.”

Hal blushed
again. “Isn’t that what I’m supposed to
do?”

Dave
smiled warmly at him. “Yes, but in the
future, do your protecting off of the battlefield. Promise?”

He
nodded. “I promise.”

“Good.”

“Snake,
are y-you…” Hal stammered, “that is… um… are you m-mad about what I s-said back
in the lab?”

“Of
course not!” Dave answered. “What gave
you that idea?”

“Well,
it’s just… well, I’m a man. I thought
you might be uncomfortable with that.
If you want me to move out, I’ll understand.”

Snake
rolled his eyes, then stopped to face his friend. “Didn’t I already tell you that at anytime, anyplace, people
could fall in love with each other, and that if you loved them, you have to be
able to protect them?”

“Well,
yes, but…”

“But
what?” Snake said, raising an eyebrow. “Here’s a time, here’s a place, and here’s
two people that have gone through many trials together over the past five
years. I’ve protected you, and you’ve
prted ted me.”

“So, does
that mean…?” Hal trailed off.

“Look,
Otacon. I’m not great with words. Let me sum this up,” Snake said, grabbing
his partner by the shoulders and pulling his body into his. He leaned in and kissed Hal, eagerly and
passionately, catching him off guard.

Raiden
and Anja stood wide-eyed, jaws to the floor.

Snake
pulled away. “There,” he said. “Does that clear things up for you?”

Otacon
blushed feverishly, his head nodding almost indiscernibly.

The two
continued their limping to Metal Gear.

Jack made
his way over to rejoin the group.

Anja
looked at her watch. “It’s 1200 hours
now. We should be able to make it back
to New York by 0300.”

“What do
we do about this place, and what about Dr. Chetnik?” Jack asked.

“His
knowledge and intentions are far too dangeroo keo keep around. After we’re clear of the access tunnel, we
should destroy this place.”

The
others nodded their consensus.

“Let’s do
it,” said Snake.

 

Author’s Notes:

The reason I chose this particular title for the chapter
is because in typical westerns, a standoff would happen at “high noon”. Otacon stands off in a way with Genesis,
though only for a split second. A lot
of dark things happen in this chapter, so this expresses that aspect of
it. Also, in Antarctica in June, it is
winter. During theter,ter, south of the
Antarctic circle, the sun does not rise.
It is dark at noon.