Zero visits Snake

In 1977, Zero visits Snake one last time before going into to hiding, wanting to see him again and wanting to end it by burying the hatchet between the two former friends.

Prelude
In 1975, both Big Boss, and his soon to be fellow Big Boss, Venom Snake fell victim to Skull Face's XOF Trojan Horse operation which resulted in the two men falling into a coma for nine years.

The follwoing year in 1976, Skull Face attacked Zero with the Vocal cord parasite in revenge. Having been left little time by the doctors, Zero wanted  to settle his affairs in order before he enters a permenant vegeative state for the restof his life.

Having left hiding, with the intention of visiting Snake one last time, Zero arranged for his friends in the SAS to take him to the airport with the journeybeing dramatic but then had an easy flight to Cyprus to visit his former friend and comrade for a final time.

The Visit
Having arrived at the hospital in Dhekelia, Zero orders his escort to leave at which point he is greetted by a doctor. The doctor is surprised that Zero managed to make it, with the latter describing how it was arranged and the journey, noting he had scalded himself with his tea, and that he wont be staying for long.

Zero inqures about which one is Jack, with the doctor pointing out he is on the right and when asked about the one on the left, the doctor said that they have followed Zero's instructions. Zero asked if either of them have woken with the doctor replying that neither of them have in two years and their weekly EEGs show stable activity levels, with there being no change.

Zero calls out to Jack and states that helooks fit enough to run a country mile, with the ddoctor saying that they have subjugated the two to load and the doctors move their muscles once every four hours to keep them pyhsically fit should they wake up. When the doctor asked  how long they will be here, Zero says that it will be for the rest of the durations of their comas as it is too dangerous to move them and that for the moment at least no one knows where the Snakes are. Zero expresses his gratidue to the doctor and tells him he needs him to keep it up, he then requests to be left alone with Jack.

Zero begins to speak to Jack spiritually, noting the nice location, saying he went through a lot of trouble to bring him here and that Ocelot is on guard just in case anyone discovers Jack's location. Zero syas that he had no intention on coming but he did because it might be the last time he could, wishing that Jack visited him first. Zero then talks about the last time he visited Jack in hospital in the aftermath of their first mission together, the Virtuous Mission, when he visited Jack in hospital after The Boss threw him into the river and broke his arm, reflecting back with nostalga.

He goes on to talk about something he never  told Jack, that he had another unit called XOF to  aid the [[FOX Unit, with a special man leading it, who may not have liked the arrangement, and has done soemthing to him, which he is the reason he is visiting Snake now and that he isnt feeling well either, not mentally. The doctors have tried everything but there is nothing that can be done, while he has been bought some time it will fully progress eventually and that soon Zero wont remember Snake. Zero goes on to sya that he doesnt mind what Skull Face has done to him but he can never forgive what he has done to Snake, having sent Skull Face to Africa not expecting him to return.

Zero says that once Jack's "holiday" is over, he wont be around, he will be in a place that not even he can find him and that the location will be buried under the codes of a machine, which will be his last mark of his exsistence. Zero then urges Jack to wake up soon as there isnt much time left. Zero then left andwent back into hiding for good.

Aftermath
In early 1984, both Snakes woke up and escaped from the hospital when it was attackedby Skull Face's soldiers who were sent to kill the two. They then went their seperate ways to get revenge on Skull Face and create Outer Heaven. By 1984 Zero had fully entered a vegeative state which he would stay in for the rest of his life.