Twin Suns

Cold Memories

Through the Mk. II, Snake and Otacon were able to hear everything said on Liquid's boat. Although the Mk. II was discovered and destroyed by Vamp, they were able to hear enough to figure out Liquid's true plan: to take down The Patriots himself by destroying the main satellite of JD, the head AI. Of course, to do that, he needed a weapon that was powerful enough to fire a missile into space, but was not governed by SOP. The answer was simple: the rail gun from Metal Gear REX.

Deducing that Liquid was planning to revisit Shadow Moses Island, Snake followed him to Alaska, and to the one place he never thought he would return, re-navigating the route he took almost a decade earlier to reach Metal Gear REX's Underground Base.

After a series of haunting flashbacks, Snake emerged into the Snowfield where he fought and killed Sniper Wolf, encountering, to his shock, her doppelganger, Beauty and the Beast Unit member Crying Wolf. After engaging in a lengthy sniper duel, Snake defeated her and continued to the Underground Base. Once there, Otacon used the new Metal Gear Mk. III to reactivate the elevator, taking them up to where REX was still laying unmoved, exactly where Snake left it. Unfortunately, also waiting for him are Vamp and Naomi. Suddenly, Raiden, fully recovered after an White Blood infusion, appeared to fight Vamp whilst Snake fended off the Suicide Gekko swarming the base. Snake destroyed all the Gekko, but Raiden was unable to kill Vamp, due to Vamp's still apparent immortality. Snake then fought Vamp, and finally managed to kill him using Naomi's nanomachine-suppressing syringe, and he died of the injuries Raiden gave him.

Vamp defeated, Naomi apologised to Snake and Otacon, before revealing that she had cancer, and injected herself with the syringe, effectively committing suicide. They mourned for their loss, accepting that they would never know where Naomi's true allegiance lied.

One More Reboot

With more Suicide Gekkos on their way, Otacon used the Mk. III to reactivate REX, an upgraded operating system making it faster and more agile than before. With Raiden hanging on, Snake used REX to escape from the base, but, outside, is ambushed by Metal Gear RAY, being piloted by Liquid. Using an array of weapons built-in to REX, and fully appreciating for the first time was a magnificent weapon it was, Snake destroyed RAY.

Liquid, however, escaped, emerging from the ocean moments later at the helm of his own Arsenal Gear, Outer Haven. Haven, with REX's rail gun now connected to it, rammed itself into the port, almost killing a weak Snake. Luckily, Raiden managed to stop it moving, but at the cost of both his cybernetic arms.