External Gazer Challenge
Here’s my External Gazer entry.
I picked: …wondering why Philantrophy works so well together but…I still don’t know how that is supposed to work out in the end. LOL Anyway… I picked Campbell instead of Natasha since I never wrote him before and I just don’t know anything about that strange smoker anyway. But Natasha is in the story too.
Rating: M
Pairing: Otasune (implied Campbell/Big Boss and Big Bosselot)
Genre: Humor, Post Tanker Chapter, Pre Plant Chapter
Summary: Well….yeah…. Campbell’s visiting Philantrophy and wonders why they are working so well together. While he thinks Otacon might be a Patriot, he sees something he shouldn’t (but this reminds him of the good old times)… Just read it! ^^
Title: Campbell’s wondering…
Title: Campbell’s wondering…
The first time I was told that my old friend was now part of a group called Philantrophy I thought “That’s good. It’s time someone opposes those damn things…” But then I asked Mei Ling THE question: Who else is part of the group? (It’s obvious that Philantrophy couldn’t be a one-man-group, right?) And her reply shocked me. No, not that she and Natasha were part of it too. I mean a man needs some women around him after spending time on the battlefield and… Forget about it!
Anyway, when she said that Dr. Hal Emmerich was Snake’s partner there was a long pause. It was somehow difficult to build words all of a sudden. All I could think about was: The skinny nerd teamed up with THE Snake?! So after I was finally able to think straight again I asked another question that knocked me straight from my chair: How is it supposed to work if Snake lives in Alaska and that skinny geek in Manhattan?! (Because, between you and me, Snake is an idiot when it comes to computers. Thinking about it, he must have inherited this from his father…)
And then she knocked me from the chair by replying: “Well…actually they moved in together, sir.”
“…just hold on a second…”, I said and got up from the ground again. They moved in TOGETHER? THEY? THE Snake and the skinny geek?! Are you serious?!
“Ehm, yes sir…”
I couldn’t believe it! Was this Dr. Emmerich dying to be shot or strangled?! From what I’d heard about him he was insecure, easily scared and the personification of the victim that would be bullied throughout his life. And he moved in with THE Snake? Make no mistake! I knew Snake inside out! (No, not as you might imagine know. In the end he’s not his… Forget about it!) Snake was grumpy, Snake could be mean (very mean!), Snake hated weak people, Snake was the complete opposite of that geeky doctor and the geeky doctor was everything that Snake hated. So how did those two end up together?!
“Where do they live now?” I asked and after Mei Ling told me that they were just moving into another apartment and she didn’t have the address yet, but that they had a group meeting anyway, I decided to pay them a visit. I had to see this with my own eyes and I was sure that the doctor was already going on Snake’s nerves.
Three days later I was on my plane to Manhattan and arrived at their secret location after a three hours ride through the city. Did I mention how hellish a drive through the city during rush hour is?! Anyway, I arrived and was greeted by Mei Ling at the front door, who gave me one of her cute smiles. (I bet that my old friend was hitting on her. Which man wouldn’t?)
She gave me a quick tour through the rooms and I must say: even if they were still setting their base up it looked good so far. Especially the technical equipment. I was sure the doctor was responsible for it and bought some of the stuff from the black market.
“We also have a kitchen, two bathrooms, one living room and 3 bedrooms, plus a guest room,” she told me and showed them to me. “Oh, and of course a balcony and a gym. Snake gets pretty grumpy if he doesn’t have his workout…”
“Like his father…,” I mumbled and suddenly smelled tobacco. “Is that Snake I smell?” I laughed.
“No, that’s Natasha,” Mei Ling said and led me back to the living room. “Snake doesn’t smoke inside the rooms.”
He…what? “Why not if she is doing it too?” I asked curiously and began to frown. Snake doesn’t smoke inside? He never cared about the biggest prohibition signs… (ehm,…like his father…)
“Hal doesn’t like it,” she shrugged and my jaw dropped slightly.
Ooooookay,…so the doctor didn’t like smoke and THE Snake didn’t smoke then?! Well, maybe my old friend just wanted to play nice because Mei Ling didn’t like cigarette smoke? Yes, that must be it. “And where is Snake?”
“Oh, I think he is in the gym. He usually trains with Hal during that time. I’ll show you,” she smiled and I thought I’d faint.
Did she just say he trains WITH the geeky nerd? He would never train with that guy, not my Snake. No way! I was sure as soon as she opened that door the doctor would be in tears or dead. But when she did open it my jaw dropped again.
“Good, now try to throw me,” I heard Snake saying who was trapped in the doctor’s grip. Both wore sweatpants, Snake a black tank top and that Emmerich a white t-shirt. “Just remember what I told you last time. Hip under mine and then throw me over it.”
I chuckled. As if that skinny guy could throw… But then I watched how my old friend landed on the ground with a loud thud.
“Good, Hal,” Snake smiled proudly and patted his partner’s shoulder after getting up from the ground. “How about a break?”
“Sounds good,” Hal nodded and took the towel the soldier handed him. “Thanks.” After wiping the sweat from his face he noticed their guests. “Uh…Dave?”
“Hm?” this one made and looked up, saw the nod Hal gave us. “Colonel!” the soldier said in surprise and went over to shake my hand.
I smiled. “Hello, Snake.”
“What are you doing here?” he asked me and I noticed that the doctor had come closer too. “Dr. Emmerich,” I greeted with a nod.
“Ehm…hi,” he just said and HA! He was clearly trying to hide behind my old friend.
“So?” Snake asked me and his intense eyes were still fixed on mine. What was the question again…?
“Oh, Mei Ling told me about your group and I…thought I’d drop by to say hello,” I lied and of course he was skeptical. He was always skeptical.
“Okay…” He shrugged in the end. “I just go and take a shower. Be right back. Mei Ling, be so nice and make some coffee, will you?”
“Of course.”
I watched her leaving and… Yes, fine, I took notice of her nice backside, but so did Snake. We are men in the end. Anyway, the geek and I remained in the gym, he at a loss of words and I waiting for him to say or do anything.
“Ehm…,” he finally began and pointed at the door. “I…I’ll just…go and take a shower too.”
Watching him leaving next, I could only shake my head. But…hold on a second. “Wait!” I said, obviously a bit too harsh since he jumped noticeably.
“Y…yeah?” he stuttered and looked at me like a rabbit that was about to be hit by a car.
I walked up and scrutinized him. Somehow he looked different but why? I recalled the way he had looked on those pictures I had seen. “You cut your hair…”
“Ehm…, yeah.”
“And shaved…”
“Yeah, so?”
“Why?”
“W…why?” the geek asked me and I nodded. “Well… Dave, I mean Snake, wanted it.”
Dave?! Did I just hear correctly and he said Dave?
“S…sir?”
“Ehm,… Dismissed,” I waved off and watched him. How come that geek called him Dave? As far as I know only I knew his real name and not even I called him David. And that odd guy called THE Snake Dave? A nickname?! Something was fishy here. Definitely. Thank God, I was here to find out the truth.
A bit later both returned from the shower. Strangely as it was at the same time, but well…
“So you just came here to get to know the group?” Snake asked me and sat down at the table.
I began to ask myself how he could team up with that guy. The geek was more like a housewife. Now he even helped Mei Ling to cook and set the table. Unbelievable… “Yes,” I nodded and sipped on my glass while I still watched his so called “partner”. “Mei Ling told me that…he moved in with you?” I asked after a moment and nodded at the guy.
Snake followed my gaze. “Otacon? Yeah, we’re just moving again to avoid detection.”
No use of a first name. That was good. “But why did he move in with you?”
“It’s easier that way,” he replied with a shrug. “It would be too risky if we had to drive or fly back and fourth.”
That’s right. I have to give him that…
“There you go,” Mei Ling suddenly said next to me and placed a huge bowl with rice onto the table, followed by some Chinese food and salad. It didn’t take long and the smell of tobacco caught my attention again.
“Dave…,” the geek sighed after sitting down next to my old friend.
“Natasha,” Snake said warningly. “No smoking inside. How often do I have to say this?”
The woman rolled her eyes and disappeared on the balcony to my great surprise.
While we ate I kept on watching my friend’s so called partner. The man had really changed. At least from the outside. But also his eyes looked more confident than before…
“What about the stuff you were doing before?” Snake suddenly said and I looked up, but realized that he didn’t mean me.
“The updates are almost done. I’ll check on the systems afterwards to make sure that they run smoothly.”
Wow, that was probably the longest sentence I’ve ever heard him saying. He added some technical jargon that I didn’t understand and even if Snake was nodding, I knew that he didn’t understand one word that man was saying. (Genes anyone?!)
“Sounds good.”
“You didn’t understand one word, Dave.”
“Yep, that pretty much sums it up,” my old friend nodded and my eyes grew wide when he laughed. Up to now I thought that ability had been engineered out. I’ve never heard him laughing before. He’d always been too serious about things. Unlike his father, who could laugh about the stupidest things, as I might add, but both men could be equally dense… Must be the genes again…
“What’s your success rate so far?” I asked out of curiosity. Of course I already knew it but maybe I’d finally understand why they were THAT good. Snake looked at his partner, obviously wanting him to say it and of course that one gave me a brief look only. I knew he’d avoid my eyes. That man was just too insecure and once more I was wondering why Snake would even bother moving in with him. I understood that it would be too suspicious if they traveled back and forth between Alaska (yes, Alaska, since Snake would never voluntarily live in a city that included PEOPLE!) and Manhattan (yes, Manhattan, since the geek would never voluntarily live in a city WITHOUT people. People made it easier for him to hide.), but why, from all people in the world, did he pick him as his partner (and roommate)?
“100 percent…,” he told me and I nodded.
“How come?” I asked him challenging but this time he looked at Snake for help.
“We’re just…,” my old friend shrugged and still looked at the man, “a good team, I guess.”
“They are the best!” Mei Ling smiled.
That woman was so cute… “I hope you are dating this old man here,” I laughed at her and patted Snake’s shoulder. He choked and began to cough. “Oh, come on, Snake. It was you who thought she was cute when you first met.”
“We’re not dating,” Mei Ling told me and I began to wonder why Natasha, who had joined us recently, smirked at Snake, who still coughed, in this odd way, while the geek was suddenly very occupied with his food and after he realized that nothing was left with his water.
Somehow it felt too strange to be coincidence… I crossed my arms and looked at them when they put the dirty dishes into the dishwasher, then at the geek, who hammered some commands into his computer and then at Snake, who was about to bring me a cup of coffee and…walked past me to bring the cup to his so-called partner.
“Thanks,” I heard this one saying and watched how both exchanged a smile. Yes, somehow the whole Philantrophy thing was fishy…
“And?” Snake asked him while one hand rested on the man’s shoulder.
“Looks good. The systems are all up and running smoothly. I’m just making a backup and afterwards I wanted to run a scenario to make sure the alarm system is up and working as well.”
“How long will it take?”
“I should be done in about an hour.”
“Good. I show Roy a bit more around,” Snake replied and beckoned me to follow him.
I listened to him explaining how they planned their operations, where they got their information from and how they paid for everything. As I already had guessed the geek had a far more darker side than anyone could have guessed. When we were far enough away from the rest, I decided to pop the question. “Why are you not dating her?” I asked and he gave me the typical Snake look. “A hot girl like her in your group and you’re not dating her?!”
“No…”
“Why?”
“Not interested,” he shrugged and opened a window so that he could smoke.
I watched him for a moment. Did he just say not interested? The man who went after every woman he saw was not interested in a hot girl like Mei Ling?! Was he serious? I remained silent for a while and just watched him. Since Shadow Moses he had aged a lot. The lights from the outside made it even more obvious that time seemed to pass way faster for him than for the rest of us. He’d just turned 36 but looked like mid 40s already. But him not hitting on Mei Ling could only mean one thing… “There’s someone else, huh?” For that I received a look from him only. “I know you well enough for this, Snake,” I smiled and went over to him. From their base they had a good look on the city. It really looked magnificent.
He shrugged again and watched how the smoke rose into the air before he threw the rest of his cigarette out of the window. “How am I supposed to meet someone when I’m a terrorist?” Right, I forgot about that. “Thanks to Ocelot the whole world knows my face. It’s already hard enough to get supplies without being caught.”
“Yes, Ocelot can do such things…,” I mumbled. Especially when he gets jealous… “You never told me how you survived.”
“Otacon saved me.”
“He did?” I asked surprised and he nodded. “How?”
“He had a boat ready and went to rescue me,” Snake grunted. “If it wasn’t for him, I’d have died.”
“I see…” I nodded, even if I couldn’t imagine how that guy could have pulled Snake into a boat… “Well I still don’t know why you teamed up with him from all people, but…100% speaks for itself.”
“Make it 99% thanks to Ocelot,” he grumbled and we walked back to the living room. “Hal’s a good guy and a genius. I can’t imagine someone that’s better suited for that job than him.”
If he says so…
“Done?” Snake asked and Otacon looked up nodding.
“Yeah, everything’s working as it should.”
“Good. Then go to bed. You worked all night through and I don’t want to wake up and find you asleep in front of that thing again.”
“Listen to Snake, Hal,” Mei Ling smiled. “We’ll go to bed too, right?”
“Definitely,” Natasha said and they disappeared into their rooms.
“Night, Colonel,” Snake said to me and closed the door to his room, while Otacon shut down all computers except one.
I watched how he left for the bathroom and suddenly an idea crossed my mind. Of course! How could I not have seen this before?! From all people that geek survived Shadow Moses, he led the mission that ended in a trap for Snake. Someone who acted that innocent and helpless could only belong to the Patriots! I was sure of it. They wanted him to keep an eye on Snake. I only had until tomorrow so I had to hurry up. Maybe I could find some evidence for it in this geek’s room. I quickly went into it and began to look around. Nothing suspicious here. Just a plain room with a bed and a wardrobe that was too big for one man only. I went over to something that looked like DVDs and read the titles. Goddamn Wing?! What the hell was this supposed to be? Oh no, hold on… I tilted my head to have a better look at it. Gundamn… Sounded equally stupid in my eyes.
On with my mission. I went through some papers that lay on the bedside table but they didn’t seem to be suspicious either, a strange looking book with weird looking people in it… No, nothing suspicious about it too (except for the fact that this guy was supposed to be an adult). The bedside table… Ah, there we go. I smiled proudly and nodded. Lube. VERY suspicious if you ask me, but other than that… No,…nothing. Damn. My eyes fell on the wardrobe and I decided to go on with it. There must be something that would out this geek as the enemy. There was no way that the Snake I knew would change so much without someone pulling the strings behind it. I mean…Snake prohibited smoking inside the building! THE Snake! No, someone was behind it. In my eyes they were too friendly with each other anyway. The Snake I knew wasn’t friendly with anyone except his dogs (as long as they didn’t chew on his cigarettes of course).
I had barely looked into the wardrobe as I heard someone approaching. Not thinking twice about it I disappeared in it and had hardly closed the door behind me as the suspicious man entered the room. Humming to himself, he went straight to bed and switched off the lights after putting his glasses on the bedside table. That had really been a close call. Now I just had to wait until he’d fall asleep… I bet that sissy didn’t even snore like a real man…
I couldn’t even tell for how long I was already waiting for him to fall asleep as the door opened again and someone entered the room. I tried to see who it was through those lids but it was too dark. Dear God… Please don’t tell me that this geek was doing Mei Ling?! He from all people… I heard how the second person dropped something to the ground and went under the sheets… Can I have a name, please?
“Hm,…Dave…,” he mumbled drowsily.
Hold on… Did he say Dave or shave?! No, no, no… It must have been the latter. I bet Mei Ling just forgot to shave her legs. I couldn’t help but suppress a chuckle. Dave… Sure, as if they… I started as the geek suddenly shrieked like a girl.
“What are you doing here?!” he asked and again I tried to see who he was talking to.
But as soon as the lights went on I wished I had no eyes… Oh my God…
“What do you think?” Snake replied and smirked. Hold on… Where was his right hand?!
“But… No!” Otacon whined and pulled my friend’s hand away from wherever it had been. “Mei Ling and Natasha are right next to us and Campbell’s here too…”
“The girls are already sleeping and Roy’s down the hall.”
No…he’s not…
“C’mon, Hal…”
“Dave…”
That’s good! Reject him! Because I don’t want to see… Damn, now he’s kissing him. But wait…I know that technique… Yes, like his father. Right to the point after he understood a situation. I smirked. Oh, no! Noooo! Don’t, Snake. Damn! I shut my eyes. I don’t want to see naked-geek. Never mind the body of my old friend (I know what the original looked like) but, no! No naked-geek for me. Carefully I dared to open an eye again just to walk (ehm…see) directly into Snake lying on top of his partner and still kissing him. How many hands did they have? The only things I saw were hands and limbs and…
“Mhm, Dave…,” Otacon sighed and threw his head back as the soldier attacked his neck with his lips, tongue and teeth. He grabbed the sheets hard as Snake descended the body slowly, took his time with every sensitive spot before he reached his goal (Yes, the technique was definitely in the genes…). But…hold on! I don’t want to see THIS! My hand covered my mouth at the same time as Otacon mirrored my movement to muffle any sounds. Why? Why did I go into this room?! Why did I come here anyway?
While I watched how my friend’s mouth worked on his partner’s (yes, now I KNEW why they were called PARTNER) already standing manhood, I tried to think about anything but sex. The whining noises that geek made hardly helped. Even less that the whole situation reminded me of a specific moment in the 70s, as a man looking exactly like my friend did the same to this blonde, gun-swinging, cat. Only that time we had spent the night in the wood, since the car had broken down and I had walked in on them while everything I had wanted was to take a piss. Imagine that… You don’t want to know what kind of noises an Ocelot can make besides meowing…
“Hal…,” Snake said with lust in his already deep voice that even sent shivers down my spine and I watched how his partner straddled him. They went on kissing until Snake took the lube (there it goes…) out of the bedside table and… Hold on! Don’t tell me… My eyes grew wide as he applied it to the geek’s dick instead of his own and lay back down. The genes… Blame the genes… Now Otacon was lying on top of my friend, their hands entwined and… They were going for it.
Just let me get this straight as long as my brain is still in command here. The grumpy soldier who was a loner by nature and the geeky, skinny nerd (who was suddenly not as skinny as I remembered…) created an Anti-Metal Gear group, were wanted terrorists and THE Snake, who was flirting with every woman that walked by, was now lying underneath a man, who watched cartoons, and obviously quiet enjoying himself (judging from the muffled noises he made)?! I must have missed something. How the hell did THIS happen?!
“Hal…,” I heard Snake moaning and they were back to kissing while screwing each other like two teenagers. Their breathing was even more ragged after their lips (and probably tongues…) finally parted and while Snake had definitely come his partner was still thrusting. I must give him some credit. I’d have bet he wouldn’t last two minutes… But then came the shock…
“Love you,” I heard Otacon breathing hard and he muffled every sound he made on Snake’s neck when he climaxed.
While they remained heavily breathing in each others arms for a while, the words still echoed in my head. He loved him? The geek loved the soldier? How the hell did THIS happen?! My jaw was still dropped when Snake pulled his partner into a gentle kiss and yes, he really smiled and looked happy… I shook my head. I was speechless.
Even more so when my old friend rolled them over and kissed him again before he tucked him in and reached out to switch off the lights. “Love you too, Hal…,” I heard him mumbling drowsily into his partner’s neck and both fell asleep very quickly.
I waited a bit longer before I sneaked out of the room and made my way to my bedroom as quickly as I could. What I had witnessed was a surprise. A very big one… The geek loved the soldier and the soldier loved the geek. I knew Snake since he was a baby and he had never shown affection to anything or anyone besides his bandana and his dogs. I believed he was incapable of loving someone for real, especially letting himself just go and give himself to his partner completely (which he had done just now. That geek had Snake’s body, heart and soul for himself…). Jesus, if Meryl got to know about this… I had hardly reached my room as a shadow stood in the doorway next to my door.
“You figured it out?” Natasha asked and blew the smoke of her cigarette into the air.
Oh yes! I definitely had figured out WHY Philantrophy was working so well…
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