Legend, hero. These are things Snake heard when he met with the president. He hated the title of "Big Boss" but would have to live with it. He would soon learn to accept these titles and show how he deserves them when faced with a new threa
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After killing The Boss, under order from the United States and acquiring the philosophers legacy, Snake reflects on the events of Operation: Snake Eater. After the Operation, he was given the nickname of Big Boss for killing his own mentor. Snake, questioning his own government, ponders about ideology, what did he truly fight for? His country, or for his own gain? Not having a clear conscious, and thinking of no answers, is thrown into another world where conflict seems almost nonexistent, but was still fought In shadows.
This is the story of the Big Boss, code name "Naked Snake" in the land of equestria, a place where Snake will test his abilities to become a hero, and a true legend.
It had been one week since Operation: Snake Eater, and killing his mentor. One week since snake aquired the philosophers legacy, killed Volgin, and destroyed the shagohod. He now sat in his home, staring at the legacy. The philosophers legacy was ammased money from world war 2. Snake picked it up and examined it for about the 300th time, thinking there it some special code, or lock, hell maybe even a key. Not just money. Once again, nothing he noticed. Sighing, Snake got out a cigar and a match.
He inhaled and exhaled, he preferred cigars to cigarettes, but would smoke the occasional cig. He was the only one who would know what the Boss, his mentor who defected to the soviet union, did. Not as a traitor, but as a true patriot. Setting the holocard on the table, Snake stared at the ceiling. After being awarded, he resigned from the FOX unit and spent his time basically idle. Soon after figuring out that his contact, EVA, wasn't with who he thought. She was working for the people's republic of china, and was to kill him and anyone who knew of the legacy. But she didnt, because he knew about the bosses true mission.
What was he supposed to do with his life? He had no one to turn to, no thing to turn for, and no reason to turn away. He lost all he cared about, and was in no state to ask for favors. In the peoples eyes, he was a " Hero", but in the governments eyes, he was the perfect cover-up for the US's "mistake". Snake idly rubbed the eyepatch over his right eye. He had become so used to being partially blind and acted as if nothing was wrong. In his life, he was just another soldier, not a hero or anything of the like. And oh was that about to change.
Snake stood up and stepped outside to get fresh air. "Huh......" Snake grunted to himself, "How long was I sitting there?" Talking to himself had become the most common thing he did, besides stare at the legacy. "Need to get out more." And at that, he stepped back inside. Putting a shirt on, Snake went to grab the legacy, only to see it moved to a side table. Walking over to it, he saw that the device was vibrating. Picking it up, he felt a shock go through his entire body and he couldn't let go of it. No way to free himself of the extreme pain, he soon found himself falling over.
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Elsewhere
Twilight Sparkle was taking a leasurley stroll through the ponyville park, a place where other than the library, she could find peace and quiet. Most of the time. When the CMC weren't so obsessed with getting their cutiemarks, or pinkie's constant babbling about nonsensical things. But it was pinkie being pinkie, and that was normal. For her, today was a normal day in equestria. Same sky, same library, same friends, and same studies. She needed something new to do. For her, anything would be fair game. Ponyville didn't really get new ponies all that often, so she saw the same ponies every day(with the occasional stranger) and had always asked her mentor, Princess Celestia, if there was other life on some distant planet. She usually got the response of "we will know sooner or later. Until then, why dont you look into..." that was the basis of the answer.
She sighed to herself. Some days it was very slow and rather dull. Save her friends talking about recent events or in her friend Rarity's case, dress designs. She was the smartest in their little group. She was also the element of magic. One of six elements, the others were to her friends and their personalities.
She reveled in research and logic. She also liked to prove the unexplainable, which caused personal injury and the fact that pinkie can't be explained with logic. Of any form.
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Snake regained conscious and was falling through a black void, legacy falling next to him. He could almost make out music being played, but wasn't sure. "What the hell is going on?!" He yelled, only receiving an echo. Then he heard it, a voice he knew all to well. "Jack? I'm no longer your boss..." The bosses voice echoed through the endless fall. "Boss? Boss!" Snake could imagine her saying that her. It hurt him because he cared for her, and he killed her. He killed her for a government to prove its innocence in the virtuous mission and her defection. He felt a tear well up, only for it to go in front of his face. In the tear he saw himself, standing above her grave, saluting.
Then he landed, or woke up, by his position. He was lying on a forest floor. He sat up and rubbed his face. He then stood up, which caused him to get a look at what he was wearing. He was wearing his olive camo, and upon investigation, had all of his gear from the operation. "Why do I have all this?" Snake said to himself. He thought it best to get a scope of his surroundings. He looked up to see no way past the foliage, the trees were too thick to squeeze through, so he settled with the next best option, picking a direction and going. He chose to head to his east. Getting into a prone, he blended into his surroundings, noticing olive green wasn't the best idea for the present situation. He went through his camo's before settling for the Fears camo. The Fear was with Volgin and Snake had fought him with only his Mk. 22 and stun grenades. Remembering he had all of his weapons, he drew his tranquilizer pistol and his knife.
He held his knife along the left hand grip so he could go from shooting to CQC easier than drawing his knife from its holster. Only problem was that the Mk. 22's slide would lock after each shot and he would have to manually chamber each shot by racking the slide. This wasn't with his other handgun, which was a heavily customized and masterfully forged m1911w/suppresser. He always chose non-lethal over the more deadly options. Snake was loaded with guns and supplies, so he was set along with his wilderness survival training. He was. After all, the best. "Now, time to find out where I am" Snake thought, crawling east in his special camo.
Snake had been crawling for what felt like hours, which wasn't that off from the actual time. He could tell that darkness was falling, even though the forest itself was dark. Snakes eye adjusted rather well to the shift in light. He decided to swap camo's once more. This time to the sorrows camo and a black face paint so he would be barely visible to any foot soldiers, if any at all. After about another few hours of crawling in the dirt, he reached a dirt path. It led two ways, he could turn right or left. He didn't have the slightest clue about which way a town would be.
"Perfect, two more directions, no clue about either way..." Snake sighed. Another choice. Snake cursed his luck and turned left. Hopefully he went the right way.
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It was dead night when fluttershy noticed one of her animals was missing from their home. This worried the yellow pegasus, who cared dearly for her animals. She lived on the outer limits of the everfree forest. As she trotted along the path, she could hear a soft rustling.
"Angel? Angel bunny, is that you?" Fluttershy called out to the noise. The response was silence. Then more rustling. "Angel come ou-" she was cut short as a bear came waltzing out. Fluttershy looked at the bear and then heard somepony shout "Get down!"
When she turned to the source, she saw nothing, then she saw a creature that resembled the stance of a diamond dog, but wasn't because this was a ways away from their caves.
"Didn't you hear me? Get down!" This creature suddenly stood in front of her, it was very tall and she could see its fur was a black color which helped with camoflouge in dark areas. She could see it had a knife, and she said "Don't hurt him! He's nice, I promise!" That caused the creature to turn around and get a better look at the small pony.
"Um, are you ok? Do you need shelter?" she could see it was obviously not from around the area. "Yeah, I could use a place to rest..." it sounded uncertain.
"Um ok, just follow me." she could see it nod "Oh! But I need to find Angel."
"Angel?" it asked.
"Yes, he's a small white bunny, have you seen him?" Fluttershy said behind her mane.
"A white rabbit... I did see a white rabbit," it pointed over to where it came from and standing there was a very impatient Angel bunny.
"Oh thank you so very much! Now if you'll follow me." Fluttershy turned around and glanced back to see the bear looking at the creature. "Come on, Mr. Bear." the bear followed by the other thing. As they reached her cottage, the bear branched off to a pen and waltzed right through. She continued into her house before turning around and passing out at the sight of the creature.
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Snake rushed forward as the yellow pony collapsed. He quickly set her down on the nearby couch. All of the animals looked at him. A creature they had never seen before. He turned back to the pony and saw wings on its mid-upper back. Definately not in any anatomy books he'd ever read. The mare, had three butterflies on her flank. A type of symbol? He didn't know and on top of that, he was tired. Sliding down a nearby wall into a sitting position, he drifted off into sleep. This was his first encounter and first day. And he could guess it wouldn't be his last.
Fluttershy opened her eyes as the first ray of light entered her cottage. Looking around, she saw no part of the creature she had seen the previous night. "Maybe it wasn't real..." fluttershy told herself "What wasn't real?" A voice said "Oh, this really big creature dressed in black clothin- EEPPP!" Fluttershy turned to the voice to see the same creature, only differently colored. "Whats wrong?" It looked around _____________________________________
Snake wasnt sure why the pony was so timid, even though he was a completely different species than her. Sighing, he tied his bandana around his head and stepping over to her. He put his hands up as he neared her to show he wasnt hostile or anything like that. "Listen, I shouldn't be here," Snake began. The pony just continued to shake and whimper. Snake could see he wasnt getting anywhere. "Look, is there anyone you know that can.. ugh... Help me?" Snake asked. This got the pony to stare at him and mouth words. She muttered along the liens of "I don't know" and "I can't help, but I have a friend." "You know someone who can help me? Where are they?" Snake asked. She stood up and began to walk to the door. Eyeing him to follow. _____________________________________
Snake had been following the pony for about 5 minutes when he began to smell what he could only describe as a bakery cooking fresh goods for the upcoming sales of the day. He could only imagine what the rest of the species looked like, mismatched colors and all. He personally wasn't one for such childish things, after all, he was one of the best in the world now. He rubbed his eye patch again and coughed.
Snake and the pony were close, he could tell by the way she was walking. Quicker than before and like she wasn't sure of his intentions. As they passed the final hill, he heard a voice shout "Get away from her!" and saw a blue streak approaching him. Instinct kicked in as he roller to the side and prepared for a counterattack. As the streak returned, time slowed down as snake could see it was in the form of a kick. Reaching out, he transferred all momentum into his throw as he slammed it onto the ground and then drawing his Mk. 22 and shouting "Freeze!"
It was all one fluid motion to everyone around him. Keeping the gun pointed at the other pony he just threw to the ground, he shouted "Why did you attack me?!" He got the reply of "You were gonna hurt Fluttershy!"
"Why would I hurt... Wait what?" Snake turned to the yellow pony, but kept the tranq gun aimed on the grounded one. Big mistake. The pony kicked the gun from his hand and flew up and Snake turned back to it.
"No one can keep Rainbow Dash down!" The pony boasted. Snake just pulled out his EZ gun and shot it in the neck. Instant knockout.
When the pony hit the ground, the orange pony rushed Snake, who directed the kick's to the ground and rolled back. The pony then tried to lasso him, but he cut the ropes with his CQC knife. He didn't want to hurt them because he still needed to find the one that the yellow pony was talking about. As the orange pony charged him again, Snake did the only other thing he could think of, "Stop!" Snake shouted
The pony stopped and starred at him. Probably confused at how he could speak their language. Snake still held his knife and slowly backed to retrieve his Mk. 22. Checking for any damage and seeing none, he holstered the pistol and turned back to the ponies, who were staring at him. Snake walked over to the unconscious pony and patted its shoulder and said "Wake up." The pony grumbled and mumbled "I don't wanna, 10 more minutes." Snake sighed and lightly kicked its side, immediately waking up the blue pony. The pony stared Snake in the eye and then noticed the eye patch and shouted "What the hay is with you other eye?" Snake mentally face palmed.
As the purple one stepped forward, she, judging by the voice, said "Hello, I am Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends." She indicated the surrounding ponies. Snake did a quick spin to look at all of the ponies around him. there were six in total. Two including this "Twilight Sparkle" had horns, two with wings, and two with nothing notable. Just as he finished his observation, the pink one suddenly appeared in front of him, bouncing up and down and said "Oh boy! Somepony new in town! Oh! I have to throw you a "Welcome to Ponyville" party! It'll be so much fun and you'll get to meet so many of the ponies in town! Just talking about it has gotten me excited!"
Snake was following Twilight and the others were introducing themselves to him. The orange one said "Well howdy there and i'm a mite sorry about jumpin the gun. Guess I shouldve shown some hospitality. Names Applejack."
Then the White one spoke, "Greetings..." She stared at his clothing, causing him to look down and say "What? Something on me?" He got a reply."No, but Where did you get your fashion sense? It's atrocious!" Snake grumbled and said "It's not ment for style, it's ment for camouflage." This caused Rarity to sigh. Snake just stared at the unicorn. Rarity looked back at him and said "I almost forgot, my name is Rarity, and I make dresses."
Snake grunted at her snob attitude and was greeted with another voice; "I've got my eye on you buddy." "So, no name?" Snake commented. "I do to have a name!" She snarled at Snake. "Jeez, you could tell me then. That would make more sense." Snake said impatiently. "It's Rainbow Dash, fastest flier in all of Equestria!" Rainbow did a few flips. "Never heard of you." Snake blandly replied, grounding the show off. "What?!? You must live under a rock!" "And you must be a complete show off who's ego blocks out others who are 'lesser' than you. I've met your type, years ago." Snake finished his assumption. Rainbow dash stared, mouth wide open. "Why you..." Rainbow began.
Snake took up a CQC defensive stance, preparing for another charge. The expected charge never happened. Instead, a field of energy separated Big Boss and the angry pony.
"Rainbow, you've seen what he can do, and I'd hate to have to drag you through town." Twilight said. "Now, let's finish up our introduction's. Pink-" Pinkie was already speaking at 500 words a minute. "Hi!MynameisPinkiePie!Youretotallygonnaloveponyville!" Snake thought about knocking out this crazy pony also, but didnt want to risk his way home dissapearing. "Ummm hi." Snake did an akward wave to the energetic pony. "Now theres one other pony who should introduce herself..."
A soft wimper could be ehard behind Snake aas he turned around to face the shy pegasus. "So, who do I owe my thanks?" Snake asked "Um... Im Flutteshy." She spoke softly. "Fluttershy?" Snake could barely hear her. The pony nodded. Snake looked around him, they were entering this "Ponyville" and sure enough, the entire town was occupied by multicolored ponies. "Just my luck..." Snake muttered to himself. Well... Whatever you are," Twilight began, "Welcome to Ponyville, nicest town in all of equestria!" "You're pretty excited about something. I assume it's me?" Snake asked "Uhhhh... Well I guess we should talk before introducing you to the town." She began to walk to a tree with a door on it. Snake followed her into the tree and gaped in awe. "How is this possible?" "It's all possible because of magic!" Twilight exclaimed "Magic?" Snake tought to himself. "So, whats your name?" the group was staring wide eyed at Snake, waiting for him to tell them his name. Snake sighed and said "Call me Snake."
The girls looked at each other and Rainbow bursted in a laughing fit. "Ha hah ha! What kind of name is Snake!? Its like, the stupidest name ever!!!" She continued to laugh uncontrolably. "No offence, but shes kinda right, that aint even a real name, and 'ah can tell." AppleJack stared at Snake. "Why dont you just tell us your real name?" Twilight asked "I can't. Im not at liberty to divulge my real name." Snake told them. "Is there another thing we can call you by?" AJ asked Snake scowled, there was one other name... "If you want, you can call me Big Boss." Snake said "Big Boss?" the girls, minus Rainbow, wo was still laughing, said. "Yeah... Not a name I like, but its your choice." Snake said "Ok, im fine with Snake." Twilight said The others nodded in unison. "I think Big Boss is cooler! Why would you hate that?" Rainbow asked, recovered from the fit. "The last part of the name and how I got the name is why I perfer Snake." He fininshed
Twilight introduced Snake to Spike, and Snake didnt question him at all. Twilight then asked if she could ask him a few questions. He replied "Sure." "Alright," Twilight cleared her throught. "What is your species?" "My species are called 'Humans'." Snake answered "Where do you come from?" Twilight asked "The United States of America." Snake said "What is this 'United States of America'?" Twilight asked him "The US is one of my worlds super powers, but were in the Cold War with the Soviet Union." Snake told them. "So not every 'Human' comes from the United States?" Twilight cocked her head "No, I was born in the States. There are other countries across our world." Snake looked around "Let's say... I was to cross one of the seven oceans on Earth, I would be heading to the eastern part of the world and more than likely be in Portugal, but that may have not been my intended destination. So instead of using water to travel, I may take a plane and land in say... France, which is another country on our planet, which is made of seven continents." This was all a jumble to everyone except for Twilight, who was busy writing everything Snake was saying. "How many continents are there in this world?" He looked at Twilight. "Well, there's the main part of Equestria, and to the East is the Griffins homeland." She looked at him, expecting an answer.
"Wait, Griffins? Those exist?" Snake was dumbfounded "Yeah, aren't they in your world too? Rainbow looked as him. "Nope, no griffins, talking ponies, unicorns, or pegasus." Snake closed his eye and folded his arms. "It's pegasi, by the way 'Big Boss'." Dash said rather rudly "Just call me Snake." He told RD
"Anyway, so what did you do on Earth?" Twilight raised the quill to the paper. "I worked for the government in Tactical Espionage. I gather intelligence that can be used by my government and carry out tasks that our normal forces cant do. The designation for our elite forces is FOX Unit." Snake looked for a reaction. "Well, what are you trained for?" Twilight was thoroughly interested in where the topic was going. "I'm trained in wilderness survival, Stealth tactics, Close Quarters Combat or CQC for short, and basically anything our countries Green Berets can't do." "So how do you spell your acronym for close quarters combat?" twilight looked as Snake "It's CQC" Snake said "Could you write that?" She levitated the paper and quill over to him. Snake grabbed the paper and noticed that none of the writing on it was in english. He turned to Twilight, "What language is this?" She looked at Snake and said "It's Equine, don't you humans know it?" "Humans speak english, not equine." Snake said "Wait, then how are we communication? Is there some kind of barrier that weve passed?" Twilight asked, confused. "Maybe." Snake scratched hs beard. "Anyway, we should probably introduce you to the rest of the towns ponies so you dont freak anypony out." Twilight left Snake and the others while she spoke to the mayor. Upon agreeing, it was just the problem of getting them to like Snake without freaking out and panicing. She returned with the all clear. ______________________________________ *Town center* "Alright Snake, now to introduce yourself." Twilight pointed to the podium in which he was to speak from. Snake sighed as he stepped onstage. Twilight was surprised none of them were freaking out. Snake cleared his throat and began. "Hey, you're probably trying your best not to freak out about the thing that is standing in front of you. So i'm going to say it quickly. I'm known as Big Boss." Snake looked at the girls and back to the crowd. "But you can call me Snake."
Snake opened the door to leave Fluttershy's cottage, knowing that it would be another day filled with Twilights constant pestering about Earth. It was the third day in Equestria, and the girls all devised a plan that he would alternate living quarters each day. Sighing and adjusting the Auscam, Snake walked across the small bridge Fluttershy had to cross a small stream and walked along the dirt road leading into ponyville, where she had left for earlier. Snake looked in the sky and brought his left hand up to block the glare of the sun. Judging by the position of the sun and his internal clock, it was nearing noon by the looks of it. Grumbling, Snake increased his pace to a brisk jog, knowing he was late for meeting with Pinkie to discuss his living quarters and for him to tell her that he didn't want a party.
As he walked into town, they were supposed to meet at a resturant and she was nowhere to be seen. The waiter walked up so Snake. "Good afternoon, sir. May I take your order?" The waiter looked at Snake, who thought for a moment before replying. "I'd like pancakes and a fried egg." The waiter nodded and trotted back inside. Snake looked around before adjusting himself on the hay seat. Where could Pinkie be? As far as Snake was aware, she was usually good with time and meetings. Minutes passed and the waiter returned with Snakes food. He thanked the waiter and began to eat. He wondered what could be holding Pinkie. As he finished his meal and paid the correct amount for the food, he got up and headed for sugarcube corner. He would have to thank Twilight for teaching him about bit exchange and for the money. As he neared the cake's shop, he saw one of the mates Pinkie spoke to regularly and stopped at her stand. "Hey Rose" Snake stopped in front of the flower stand "Hello Snake! Do you need something?" She knew Snake didnt really buy things, so it was rare to speak with him. "Yeah actually, you know where Pinkie is?" Snake looked over his shoulder, half expecting her to jump out of nowhere. "She's been following Rainbow Dash and some Griffin named Gilda." She told Snake, who nodded and said thanks before walking off. "A griffin? Hmm." Snake muttered to himself
After walking around looking for Rainbow, he spotted fluttershy guiding a group of ducks and ducklings through town. Then she bumped into a giant mound of fur "Watch it, dweeb!" The creature shouted at Fluttershy, who turned tail and ran away crying and wimpering. Snake tried to stop her, but she was already gone when he reached where she was. Lookig to the side, he saw a creature with wings, a beak, and lions paws for back feet standing about ten feet directly away from him. "Didn't you hear me? Move it squirt!" It shouted at Snake, who turned his body to the side and put one hand on his knife hilt and the other on his Mk.22's grip, ready to engage in combat. "You can't honestly expect me to move. I dont take orders from anyone or thing anymore." Snake stated, obviously enraging the furry beast.
"I'm warning you, if you dont move I'll make you move." It growled back at him. Snake removed his left hand from the knife grip and went to unscrew the silencer from the pistol. When the silencer was off, he reached his hand back to the knife and said "Good luck. Im judging by the fact that you have wings that i'll have around a four second window to make my move and dodge your assault before retaliating." It was the final straw as the creature shrieked and took off into the air. Snake rolled to the side and drew his knife and pistol, immediately bringing them together and taking aim at its neck. Pulling the trigger, the shot rang out and could be heard theoughout the area. The round connected with its shoulder, only for it to rip the dart from its skin and look Snake with a fiery hatred renewed in it's eyes. Snake cursed his luck and moved his knife, ready for some dangerous CQC. When the creature charged Snake, a voice shouted "Gilda, Big Boss, Stop!" This caused Snake and the feathery being to look in the direction of the voice. It was Rainbow Dash. "Dash?!?" Snake's eye widened "You know this thing?" "Of course I know her, she's my friend! So why were you fighting her?!?" "You didn't see prior to the engagement." Snake got into a position where he could move if necessary. "You know this dweeb, Dash?" Gilda looked at Snake, not knowing how to react. "Yeah, his name is Big Boss." Dash turned to him. "I've told you before, it's Snake." He grimaced at the title as memories of The Boss returned to his head. After all, she was dead by his hands.
"Big Boss? That's a stupid name." Gilda looked at her claws, as if bored by the receiving of his identity. "And 'Gilda' is a stupid name." Snake shot back That hit a nerve and Gilda charged Snake, who grabbed one of her outstretched claws and threw her to the ground before pressing his pistol to the back of her neck. "Too slow." Snake said "Let her go, Boss!" Rainbow was getting irritated at him. Grumbling, Snake removed his hand from Gilda's claw. She immediately turned to face him, but didn't do anything else, except say "I've got my eye on you." "Same here." Snake moved his bandana and made the eyepatch obvious. "Nice fake eyepatch, dweeb." Gilda turned and kicked dirt at him before flying off. Snake looked at Dash and shook his head before saying "Don't follow her." "She's my friend, Boss. Besides, you don't know her." Dash sped off after Gilda, leaving Snake looking around at the ponies who had come to see the commotion he had caused. "She's a big meanie pants, that Griffin." Pinkie was standing next to Snake. "That was a Griffin?" Snake was surprised at what griffins looked like. "Come on, Snake, let's go over to the library and devise a plan." Pinkie had an oddly serious tone in her voice. "Are you alright Pinkie?" Snake turned to see her already trotting off in the direction of the library. Sighing, he gave chase.
When he entered the library, Pinkie was already talking about how "mean" Gilda was and how she was planning to steal Dash from them. To Twilight, it all sounded like a relatively stupid theory, but to Snake, it made sense. The fact that the fight ended on a few words and Gilda's aggression showed how Gilda wanted everyone to see that she was as tough as Rainbow Dash put herself out to be. Snake turned to Twilight. "Twilight, are Griffins an aggressive race?" Twilight looked at Snake strangely "Not normally, but they can be exetremely territorial. You don't think.." "Yep, Gilda's trying to claim Dash as territory." Snake crossed his arms. "But why?" Twilight was confused at Snakes theory, "And how are you so sure?" "When I was fighting her, Dash shouted 'Stop!' and Gilda stopped on the dime and flew away shortly after, as if expecting her to follow. Obedience, you could say." Snake scratched his facial hair and began to pace around the ground floor. "Rainbow is the element of Loyalty, so I'm not sure it wasnt obedience." Twilight didn't want what Snake was saying to be true.
"Are you 100% sure she knows Dash is the element of Loyalty?" Snake put the prices together. "I don't know." Twilight looked down and shuffled her hooves. "Relax, we'll find a way to fix it. Right Pinkie?" Snake turned to Pinkie, who was jumping up and down frantically. "We can throw her a party! Then she won't be such a grumpy pants!" "Pinkie, I dont think that'll work." Snake wanted someone to punch his forehead repeatedly. Remembering the beating Volgin gave him in Groznyj Grad, he dispelled the thought. "Anyway, say this party does work, how will we tell Dash the truth?" Snake brought up that point "Hmmmmm." Pinkie rubbed her chin. "We'll just do it as it comes." Now Snake facepalmed. "Thats the master plan? Well, I'll be there as backup, just in case." "Alrighty Snakey!" Pinkie turned and bounced out of the library. Snake turned to Twilight and she rolled her eyes. "What? It's Pinkie being pinke." He sighed and walked out. Now he would have to wait for the party to resolve the problem. Back in the town square, Snake began to fiddle with his radio. "Major Zero, can you read me?" Snake called Zero's frequency. No response. He then tried Para-Medic. Same thing. Grumbling, he tried Sigint, but to no avail. "Damnit!" Snake punched the bench, causing mixed stares to look in his direction. deciding there was no further use in trying to contact his former support team, he turned the radio off, and decided to check his firearms.
"Well if it isnt the dweeby wierdo." A female voice said behind Snake. He turned around to see Gilda staring into his eye. "What do you want?" He truned back to his M1911 and removed the magazine to unload the live round. "I want you to stay away from Dash, and I'm not taking 'no' for an answer." She spoke "I've told you this before, I don't take orders." Snake reloaded the pistol and holstered it. He then drew out his AK-47 and checked the slide for rattles. A claw immediatley cut the AK on the grip and Snake looked up. "I said you WILL stay away from her. Do I make myself clear?" She stated "As clear as muddy water." He replied as he grumbled at the damaged rifle. "Good." She flew off. Snake unloaded the magazine and reloaded it. "I dont take orders." Snake shifted his attention back to his AK, ejecting a live round.
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Pinkie was bouncing around the floor of Sugarcube Corner as guests were trotting in. She kept an eye out for Gilda and Snake. When Gilda lumbered in with Rainbow Dash in tow, everypony turned to face the griffin and Dash. "Something funny looking?" She growled at the ponies, who immediately turned back to the party. "Gilda!" Pinkie shouted excitedly. "So glad you could make it!" "Uh sure I guess." She shrugged off the greeting and continued walking around with rainbow talking to her friends. "Pinkie, wheres Snake?" Fluttershy asked in a squeaky voice. "He should be here soon." She said calmly. "Soon?" Applejack tilted her head in confusion. As if on cue, the entrance opened and Snake walked in. He glanced around and spotted Dash, and he made a beeline to her.
"Hey." He said "Hey Boss." Rainbow replied "You can call me Snake, remember?" He glared at her. "Yeah, but calling you Big Boss annoys you, so..." She looked to her side. "What's wrong?" He looked where she was glancing, only to see Gilda fast approaching. "Why are you talking to this loser?" Gilda said to Dash. "I can talk to others, can't I?" She shot back. Snake glanced between the two before getting a devious idea. "Gilda, I'd like to apologize and give you a gift." Snake pulled a stun grenade from his pack and handed it to her. "Now, for the surprise to come out, you need to pull this pin out," he pointed to the pin "And then this piece needs to come off." he indicated the grenades safety. "Finally, wait a few seconds for the gift."
Gilda took the grenade from Snake and pulled the pin with her claw. Meanwhile, Snake was getting all of the ponies to a safe distance. By the time they were at a safe distance, he heard the safety hit the ground. He then covered his ears as a familiar explosion was heard. When he turned around, Gilda was on the floor, unconscious. The ponies in the room were shaken up by the blast, but the griffin took it the hardest, being within 2 feet of the blast. Snake received stares from everypony in the room and shrugged. "She got what she deserved." Snake said. He didn't have to hold back, since he wasn't affiliated with any government group. He was hoping Pinkie would have done her prank by now. As Gilda began to wake up, she grumbled as Snake quickly hid himself away in the kitchen. "Where is that dweeb?!" Gilda swivled her head, looking for him.
Snake stayed put as the "party" continued, with plenty of pranks from Pinkie. Snake chuckled at the Griffin getting extremley mad to the point where her face was turning a bright red and literal fire spitting from her mouth. Snake soon notice that everyone at the party was seeing how bad of an influence Gilda was, and it began to form in Rainbow's looks and tone. Soon enough, everyone was staring at her and Snake stepped back out. "Dash, come on! You don't want to stick around with these losers, do you?" Gilda stepped back, right next to Snake. "Heres a little advice, make your first impressions the best." He said to her. Gilda began to say things and left the bakery. Rainbow looked at Snake, "Thanks Snake." She shuffled her hooves. "No problem." He replied calmly. "Now that we've got that out of the way," Snake turned to Pinkie, who had the girls in a group hug. "Never mind." He sighed. This was going to be a long stay.
Snake stretched his legs as he got out of the guest bed Applejack had lent for him to use during his occasional stay at their house. It had been three days since they exposed Gilda of being a control freak and hastily separated rainbow from her. He still couldn't believe it had only been four days since the legacy took him here. When he went to freshen up, he had to slouch to fit in the shower, but other than that, it was a rather enjoyable experiance to get water on his right eye. After all, an eyepatch had been covering his blind eye for almost a week. Turning on the water and changing the temperature to warm, he stripped from his camo and removed the eyepatch before stepping in. It felt nice for the water to run down his body, like all of his troubles were being washed away, but he knew better. He relived the day that he ended The Boss's life every time he closed his eye. After he turned the water off, he grabbed a towel, dried himself off and went back to his room. In his pack were a few of his camo's because Twilight insisted that he leave some of them with her to study and Rarity took his moss uniform. He removed his Olive Drab and put on some extra cloths on before the drab. "Still a tight fit..." Snake said to himself.
Snake descended the stairs and went to the kitchen of the apple family residence. "Mornin, Mr. Boss." BigMac said to Snake. "And to you, Mac." Snake looked around for Applejack, but could not find her in the house. "Where's Applejack?" Snake asked. "She went into town early today. If you go, you may be able to make it in a few minutes." BigMac said to Snake. Snake headed out the front door, only for Applebloom, Applejack's younger sister, to run out behind him. "Where ya goin Snake?" Applebloom asked. "Into town to find your sister. Shouldn't you be headed to school?" Snake looked down at the small filly. "Yep! See ya later Snake!" Applebloom took off in the direction of the elementary school. Snake had never asked applejack about her parents, but he knew that was a sensitive subject to bring up. Walking along the dirt path, his stomach grumbled, he forgot to eat. Luckily he had dried snake meat in his pack. Pulling out the jerky looking peice of meat, he bit into the tough meat and ripped a peice off and chewed. It was a good alternative to eating the Rations he had with him, and it was a good source of protein for his activity level. A few minutes passed and he had finished his semi meal and arrived on the outskirts of town. Upon entering town, he noticed there were no ponies at the stands. "Where is everyone?" He said to himself. He was soon answered.
"Come one! Come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the great and powerful Trixie!" the voice echoed from what sounded to be town square. Jogging to town square, Snake saw a crowd of ponies looking at a cart with pop outs above it and a unicorn standing on the stage. The pony looked across the stage, and locked eyes with him. Suddenly, he was on the stage. Dazed from the spell, he could hear the pony speak. "Trixie will show you how magnificent she truly is!" Snake quickly drew his Mk.22 and aimed at her. When he pulled the trigger nothing happened. "What!?" Snake tried to pull the slide on his pistol for it to not even budge. Holstering his firearm, he drew his EZ gun, only for it to be knocked from his hand. Another bolt whizzed past his head as he reached for his knife, causing instinct to make him roll to the side. The next bolt his him where it hurt him inside. His right eye.
Blood began to pour from the wound and he immediately covered the wound to keep the ponies from seeing the eye. "Damn..." Snake said as he pulled his bandana over the eye. Blood soaked into the cover and seeped down his cheek onto the stage. He could hear ponies gasped in shock at the blood that was dripping. "Snake!!" Twilight shouted as applejack and rainbow dash rushed on stage to help him. As they helped him up he began to speak. "My eyepatch. Grab it." Rainbow grabbed the eyepatch in her mouth by the string. "Got it." Rainbow said as best as she could. "Your helping it? You must be stupider than I thought. No worries, Trixie will rid you of the monster!" Trixie took aim at Snake. Reacting with Fight or Flight, Snakes body chose Fight. He pulled his M1911 out and shot at Trixie. "You missed." Trixie said to him. "Son of a..." Snake began before the two scooted off of the stage and in the direction of the hospital.
"I'm fine, just fix the string." Snake said as the doctor moved the bandana. "Sweet celestia... What happened to your eye? As far as I can tell, magic wasn't the cause. So what was, Mr. Boss?" He looked at Snake. "I'd rather not tell." Snake said. "Fine, but you need to stay here for now. So we can make sure it heals correctly." "I'm fine. I can patch myself up." Snake turned to face the window. "You may need more than a 'patch up'. You've got burns from... A magic bolt by the look of it." "It's just a scratch." Snake sighed "This 'scratch' is a 1st degree burn, and becase I have no prior medical histry for you, I'll have to make a new file and catalogue past injuries." He said to Snake. Snake grumbled as the doctor applied an ointment to the burn. "I'll be back soon with the registration, so please stay here." The Doctor said.
Snake stared at him as he left. When he was alone, he walked over to his broken eyepatch and grabbed it. Stepping out of the room, Snake began to walk towards the exit. Doctors were looking with confused glances and some even tried to stop his escape. When security began to arrive, Snake knocked them out with quick blows. When he reached the exit, Twilight trotted in. "Snake! I heard you were administered as a patient. Shouldn't you be a gown?" "I'm fine, just need this fixed." He showed her the eypatch. "Show me your eye." Twilight shot back. "Twilight... You don't want to-" Snake said before being interupted. "Show me." Twilight was staring at him. "I can't. I'm sorry, it's a subject I dont like to bring up." Snake said, looking to his side to check for any doctors who would try to stop him from leaving. "Your not leaving until I see the damage." Twilight cast a spell on Snake that hindered his movement, save his arms. "It's your nightmare..." Snake moved his hair so she could get a clear view of his right eye. Twilight gasped at the eye, "What happened to you? Did Trixie do that?" The spell canceled "No, It happened one week ago." Snake walked past her and out of the hospital. "Snake," Twilight ran in front of him. "Let me fix that." She enveloped his eyepatch in magic and used a quick fix spell, repairing the damage.
"Thanks." Snake placed he eyepatch back where it belonged and began to walk in the direction of town. "What are you planning?" Twilight stared at him. "I'm not planning anything. I'm sitting this one out." Snake said, stopping to face her. "What? You must have had some plan before! Right?" Twilight had no idea for how to deal with Trixie, and had come to him hoping he would have an idea. "No plan, just figure out how I could help Applejack around the farm." Snake said "What! No plan at all?" Twilight stared in disbelief. "Nope. As I said, I'm sitting this one out." Snake rubbed his beard and continued to walk. "Wait!" A voice shouted. "What?" Snake turned to see Rainbow hovering a few feet away from him. "You've gotta have a plan! She's such a show off! I mean more than me. But still!" Rainbow was saying to him. "Listen, I have no clue why I'm here, and I really want to avoid hurting or even killing one of your species." Snake crossed his arms in annoyance. "How many times do I have to tell you, I have no plan. If I can help, I will. But until then, It's your problem to deal with Trixie."
Twilight groaned and cast a teleportation spell on herself. Rainbow stared at him, which only pissed him off more. "What? I can't help you! Go do whatever your supposed to do!" "I thought you were supposed to be cool. But I should have expected less from somepony who goes by a lot of names." She said as she flew off. Snake grumbled and began the walk to Fluttershy's cottage. He looked up to see clouds slowly moving across the blue sky like they didn't have a care in the world. The serenity of nature here was calming to him and he had began to wonder if any place like this existed back in the States. Perhaps he'd go and find one, maybe settle down if he ever found that place. For now, he planned to rest at her cottage and check the gear he hid near her house. When he did arive, birds began to chirp and fly over to the tree Snake had hidden his weapons in. "Always keeping an eye out, huh?" Snake said to the birds that were landig in the hole where the gear was. Reaching into the hole, he pulled out his XM16E1, quickly glanced over the weapon, and put it back into the hole. He then pulled out a Calorie Mate and began to eat the contents of the box. The birds were landing near and on his uniform. Snake set the box back in the hollow tree and settled down to rest. The birds hopped around the tree and chirped at him. Snake ignored them and closed his eye.
A voice spoke to him, "Jack," Snake was in a room much similar to the one he lost his eye in Groznyj Grad. He turned to the voice and immediately reached for the hilt of his knife. "Boss! How?!" "Even the dead know no rest." The Boss said to Snake. "Where are we?" Snake still had his grip on the knife. "I don't want to fight you. I need to tell you something important." The Boss lokked into his eye, "You've seen the unimaginable. I can tell by the look in your eye." Boss said. "You should be dead, of course I've seen the impossible." Snake replied. "I didn't say 'impossible', I said unimaginable. There's a difference. Those you now know will be the best friends you've ever met. Loyal and trusting even to you, my student. but the enemies you will meet in battle will be ruthless in their goals, not caring about the saftey of others. Not even you can defeat those by yourself. Use all that I have taught you to perservere and survive." Snake stared at her before responding, "Why are you telling me this, and how do you know about who I've met?" "I have ways." She turned to look at The Sorrow, a member of the Cobra unit, and The Boss's husband. "These are peaceful creatures, unlike us humans. Show them the good that we are capable of," The Sorrow spoke to Snake, "Big Boss." "Do right, for the safety of yourself and of the six you care about." The Sorrow said. "You have a duty and a purpose here, so fufil that which will be revealed to you in time. Until we meet again." He approached Snake and touched his eyepatch.
Snake jolted upward instantly and noticed that it had become night. "How long was I out?" He spoke to himself. His thoughts were cut short by screams and a roar. sitting up, he turned his head to see two young unicorns running from something and then Spike running from a giant bear with stars on it's fur. Snake reached into the hollow tree, grabbing the sling on his RPG-7, three rockets, and ran after the beast. When the creature reached town, Snake saw the two banging on Trixie's carriage door. Snake couldn't see Spike anywere and began to asses the situation as Trixie tried feeble tricks and failed to stop the bear. Snake dropped to one knee, brought the RPG to his shoulder, and took aim.
Snake's vision flashed back to the fight against the Shagohod. He looked to his side and saw EVA focused on driving them away from the monster tank. "Shoot!" EVA shouted at Snake.
Snake flashed back to the present moment and squeezed the trigger. As the rocket left the tube, Snake noticed the rocket veer upward and prematurely detonate. The giant bear turned to face Snake, who was inserting another rocket into the tube. Twisting the rocket in, he took aim again and fired. Direct hit. It staggered, and was encased in a purple aura. "What the hell?" Snake stared at Twilight, who was straining as magic erupted from her horn. He had heard the bear referred to as an "Ursa Major" by the ponies. Twilight was moving the Ursa away from town, which amazed Snake. When the Ursa was gone, Twilight huffed and looked over to Snake. "What was that?" She said in between breaths. "What?" Snake looked at the RPG. "This?" "Yes! What did you do?" Twilight was quickly getting her breath back. "I shot it." Snake replied plainly Twilgiht put her hoof on her forehead and sighed. Snake loked over to Trixe, who was gathering her things and saying something Snake didn't care to remember. "At least thats done." Snake turned around and began to walk away. "Where are you going?" Twilight asked him. "To Fluttershy's cottage, remember?" Snake said. "Oh." Twilight remembered the schedule they had planned. "See you tomorrow!" Twilight shouted to Snake, who raised a hand and gave a thumbs up.
The man plodded through the orchid grunting with every step. In front of him stood a jet black pony in a cloak. "It's good to see you are awake. But it's too bad you wont get to move much. I think you will be of great use to me." The pony's horn lit up and the man groaned in pain, losing control of his thoughts. "Good, don't resist. You and I have a common enemy. A man by the name of Big Boss..."
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"Hey Snake!" Rainbow shouted at Snake, who was resting on a bench in Ponyville's park.
"Hmm?" Snake half opened his eye to see Rainbow hovering a few feet above him. "What?" He sat up and yawned.
"Now that your up, remember what you promised Ms. Cheerile you would introduce yourself to her and the class?" Snake shot up and looked towards the sky. His face lost some color as he realised he was late.
"Thanks!" Snake shouted as he crouched through a bush and out with the Mosin Nagant and M37 on his back.
"Do I have to babysit you still!?" She shouted at him. Snake ignored the insult and jogged in his slouched manner towards the school house.
Snake approached the school and slowed to a walk to generate as little noise as possible. When he approached a window, he saw that the class had already started and grumbled to himself. He could hear Cheerile speaking to the class.
"Now now children, I'm sure he'll be here soon." Ms. Cheerile said, glancing around at the windows. It sounded like she had told them about him. Approaching the door, Snake drew his Mk.22 and knife. Preparing to enter, he heard the class continue to speak amoungst one another and decided to make a quiet entery. Opening the door slowly, he inched himself into the room. Only Cheerile could see the stealth agent enter the room, as he was masking his own noise with the classes noise.
"Class, I think we should be quiet as we wait for him to arrive." The children quieted down, revealing the barley noticable noise of Snake's movement. One filly turned to talk to the one behind her, and saw the yellow uniform of Snake's. She screamed in shock, causing the class to turn and face him. Sighing, Snake sheathed his knife and holstered his pistol.
"You would have never heard me if you had continued to talk." He shrugged.
"So glad to see you!" Cheerile said "Now class, I wanted you to meet-" She was cut off by applebloom. "Snake! What're you doin here?"
Snake walked to the front of the room and adressed the group. "Good morining, as some of you may know, I'm called Snake and i have another nickname, Big Boss." He looked for a reaction and saw none present.
"What are you wearing?" One asked.
"My uniform? It's called 'Hornet Stripe' and I'm wearing it because the other uniforms I had with me need to be cleaned."
The children looked at his equipment and a hoof shot up. "What're the two things on your back?" Snake pulled his Mosin Nagant out and held it like The End. "This is the Mosin Nagant. A Russian made Sniper Rifle that was modified by a man called 'The End'. He was hailed as 'The Father of Sniping' and-" Snake was cut off mid sentence.
"Whats 'Sniping'?" Another asked.
"It's when someone hides thmselves in a spot where normal soldiers would have trouble reaching them. In that spot, the sniper would wait for his target and then fire." Snake said.
"Basically it's just waiting." A filly said.
Snake sighed "Yes, it's basically waiting."
"So Mr. Snake," Cheerile looked at him.
"Yeah?" Snake turned from looking outside.
"Why did you choose to do this?" Cheerile asked
"This? I had nothing to do." Snake replied.
"No, force yourself through so much bad, to get little good?" She looked outside next to him.
"I chose to serve my country when it needed me. Fighting is what i'm good at. If i'm not in battle, I can't feel alive. I also made a promise to see the mission through. Without that loyalty and devotion, I can only see myself as a husk, a shadow of the inside. I've got nothing to lose. No love, no family, no friends. I have nothing outside of combat. It's my talent. Killing for a purpose, a just cause to protect my country, my fellow citizens. Not that my country really acknowledges what I've given to them. My life, my strength, my focus, my feelings." Snake touched The Boss' bandana and sighed, "Besides, without purpose, what are we?" He turned to her.
"I didn't know you gave so much... I'm sorry for asking." She shuffled.
"Don't be. I needed to get that off my chest sooner or later. I should thank you." Snake looked outside at the children laughing and playing on the playground and talking amongst each other. "Besides, these children deserve better than what can be given to them. Some kids in my world are used as soldiers. Killers, pumped full of drugs and hate, not knowing left from right. Only following the pointed direction labled 'Fire here'. Robbed of what makes them children and thrust into a violent and hateful world full of death, pain, suffering, anger, and confusion. What makes us tame? Our morale codes? Our values? No, we don't want to be the bad guy, we want to be the set view of normal, following the crowd and sticking to the shadows when need be." Snake sighed. "Cruel worlds are often the truest view of whats inside us. That truth can make the most innocent violent. War brings out the worst in us."
"Why are you telling me this?" Cheerile asked him in complete confusion.
"Teach them well. Youth is the best time of our lives." Snake said.
One of the fillies burst through the door with a scared look on his face. "Ms. Cheerile, there's a lot of bees outside!"
"Children, get inside!" Ms. Cheerile shouted outside.
Most of them were already running inside to escape the hostile stingers. Snake continued to stare outside, looking for anything to tell him why these bees were here. He squinted as a flash of yellow became visible behind a nearby bush.
"What is it?" Applebloom asked.
"No way... How?" Snake went to the door, to be stopped by Cheerile.
"Why would you go out there? It's dangerous!"
"Not for me, there's a reason this is Hornet Stripe." Snake walked outside and looked back at the fillies all staring out the window at him.
"So, the snake comes from hiding... To face his death! You will feel the worst pain imaginable!" The voice spoke.
"Pain! How are you alive!?" Snake drew his Mk.22 and aimed at The Pain who emerged from the bushes.
"That is not important! What is important is that you will die today! Prepare yourself Big Boss!" He threw bees at Snake, who shook them off.
"What!? They should be killing you right now! Not acting like you are their mother!" The Pain shouted.
"You don't even remember what your own uniform is capable of? It controls bees, and since i'm wearing the same camo, were on equal ground!" Snake sprinted forward and punched The Pain in the mouth, sending him reeling back.
"Come to me my bees!" He shouted. The bees that were not on Snake buzzed to his body and covered him in a protective shield. He then pulled a small object out. "Grenade!" Snake had swapped for his M37 and aimed at the explosive. Pulling the trigger, a familiar bang entered his ears and another familiar sound of detonating explosives overlapped the noise.
"What! How!?" The Pain screamed as the bees flew away from him in random directions. Snake dropped the shotgun and aimed his now drawn Mk.22 at The Pain's neck. Time slowed as the hammer on the pistol slammed into the firing chamber, igniting powder and sending the round down the barrel. The tranquilizer stuck out like a sore thumb as the anesthetic poured into the bloodstream, taking effect almost instantly.
The Pain dropped to one knee and looked up at Snake, who was surrounded by bees. "Kill me." The Pain said. "Kill me!"
"No, your not the real Pain." Snake grabbed the collar of the uniform. "So who are you!" He looked into The Pains eyes and saw a twinkle.
"You've done it again, son of The Boss. You refuse to let the hate and brutality out. Most respectable. But he is close, and I am not the last. He will bring the others to kill you. Kill him first, it's the only way." The true Pain spoke. Snake released him and let him fall to the ground. "Here, a gift from The Sorrow and The Boss." He held a radio up. Snake took the radio from him and hot to one knee.
"Who is 'He'? Where can I find him?" Snake leaned down to The Pain's mask.
"He is always near. This isn't the first time he's tried to kill you. He used Trixie. Now he uses the dead to do his dirty work." The Pain was gasping for air in between words. "Go."
Snake stood up and turned away as his chest ceased to rise.
"PAIN." His voice rang out.
Snake looked down at the radio, which was now covered in bees. He brushed the insects off and turned the dial, hearing a click. He entered his frequency and heard a buzzing in his ear. Turning the radio off, he unzipped his pack and put the radio saftley inside. The bees dispersed when all presence of the Pain's energy disappered, leaving him and a class of confused ponies.
"What was that?" Cheerile approached Snake, who was scanning the bushes for any movement.
"That was an old wound that was just opened. Do you see anyone out there?" Snake pointed at the brush.
"No, why?" Cheerile looked out and saw nothing odd.
"Because he said 'He is always near'. so he must be controlling others and disposing of them when they become useless now." Snake pulled a pair of Thermal Goggles out and put them on. When they lit up, a faint heat signature was present in the brush. Approaching slowly, he saw the hood of a cowl and red eyes. "Stop!" Snake pulled his M1911 out and aimed at the figure, who took off running. Snake took off after the mystery being. The trees and bushes coupled with his blind right eye made for minimal visibility and Snake soon found himself chasing nothing. "Damn."
"Snake! What happened here?" Twilight rushed up to him as he exited the brush.
"Old wounds from the past." Snake looked where the Pains body was and saw the grass begin to stand at attention, a few blades waving in the wind.
"That doesn't help. Who was here? Another human?" Twilight had obviously asking the class.
"Yea, another human. Not himself. Being controlled by another." Snake put his canteen against his lips and took a drink.
"Where is he?" Twilight's eyes twinkled in hope of meeting another of his species.
"He's with the Cobra unit again." Snake looked skyward.
"What do you mean?" Twilight looked skyward also, seeing only clouds and the blue sky. "I don't see him..." Turning her attention to him, she understood what he ment. "You did what?!?!"
"I ended his pain." Snake replied crossing his arms and closing his eye for a few seconds. "Besides, he would have killed everyone here. He wasn't himself, he couldn't follow the rules of engagement."
"Rules of engagement?" Twilight was shocked at what he was saying. Kill a member of his own species.
"Rules a soldier follows in cities and populated areas. No harming civilians." Snake had done what was necessary and was right.
"Snake, you need to tell us what's going on here. What followed you?" Twilight stared at the still figure.
"I don't think anyone followed me, just is using others from my world. The dead." Snake scratched his beard and began to walk in the direction of town. "And here," he tossed the radio at her. "press that button on the side to contact me."
"Where are you going?" Twilight looked at the radio then to him.
"Sleep. If what The Pain said is true. I expect more." Snake spoke as he walked away.
Twilight closed the door to the library and sighed. "Spike! I need you to send a letter to princess Celestia!" Spike peeked up the stairs. "What for?"
Twilight levitated a price of parchment over to her. "For Snake."
