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Philanthropy
Chapter 1: A phone call of family ties.
It was a cold morning in Alaska, as always was, snowing lightly with the sun slowly rising over the horizon. Spring would be arriving soon and many animals with their young roamed peacefully in the white powdered fields searching for food.
'A sure way to tell when spring is here, is when that lake, melts.' Told David pointing to a small lake located out side his strong wooden house, whilst standing on a small balcony out side his bedroom.
'Wow, it must be nice living in a place like this and having it all to your self.' Said a red headed young woman, who was standing in front of him with his arms rapped lovingly around her.
'It is, now that you're here...Meryl.' The man said softly whilst kissing her on the side of her head.
'Awe ha-ha Snake.' She laughed as he did so, however receiving a slight frown as she said the word "Snake". 'I'm sorry, I - I didn't mean...' she stuttered as she noticed.
'It's ok, really.' he told her calmly 'Let's forget it.'
David, other wise known as Solid Snake, didn't like to mix his personal life with his work, choosing to separate both persons by name and life style. On the battlefield he was the legendary Solid Snake, a highly trained, elite soldier with no name and no past, but in the civilised world he was known as David Grace a wealthy bachelor with a well known reputation, who inherited his money from his parents.
In truth, Snake was the adopted child of a wealthy family who could not bear children and had left their money to him after they'd died. His reputation, though only extending as far as the Alaskan borders, was because of his participation in the world's longest and toughest dog sleigh race Iditarod, and has been winner for two years in a row.
His last name "Grace" was taken from his adopted parents.
For a moment there was an awkward silence as both he and Meryl watched the sun rise behind a gentle fall of snow. 'I hope Mattiya is doing ok?' Meryl asked timidly, trying to quickly change the subject. 'She'll be having the pups soon.' She continued whilst thinking of the female husky curled up in a basket in the room behind them.
'Huskies can usually have around four to ten pups. It's been almost seven mouths so it won't be long now.' David said searching his memory whilst also being a mushier and owner of forty-nine other huskies as well. 'Which reminds me, I need to drop by the village later and pick up some more food for them. I shouldn't bee long. I'll take the snowmobile.'
'While you're gone, I'll keep and eye on Mattiya in case any thing should happen.' The young red head said in the kind of military tone she used at Shadow Moses Island. It had only been a few days since then and Meryl was living with David in his three bed roomed cabin. The cabin was privately owned and had a kind of small barn next to it, made of strong wood that housed David's forty-nine other huskies. In front, was a frozen lake that stopped just in front of a forest leading out to some snow covered mountains.
'I'm gonna make some breakfast.' Dave said as he left Meryl admiring the scenery.
Slowly, Dave stepped into his bedroom from his small balcony and quietly walked past Mattiya the black and white husky who was sound a sleep, looking very peaceful. He moved through the short hall, down the creaky stars and in to the kitchen where he turned on the kettle for some coffee.
He peered into a cupboard and pulled out a bagged loaf of bread, placed four pieces in to the grill then started to pick out toppings out of the fridge, decided on butter with jam.
Just then, Dave could hear the similar sound of his staircase as Meryl fallowed his path to the kitchen, helping her self to a cup of coffee, then adding milk and two sugars.
'I made us some toast, d'you want butter or any thing?' He asked while making his cup of coffee, black, and unsweetened.
'No, just on it's own, I don't like butter.' Meryl replied politely, tacking a sip from her cup.
Meryl Silverburgh, was one of those people who had to be different from every body else. She was a tomboy who didn't like make up and was picky about things like clothes or food. Any thing that was, to her, too feminine she wouldn't wear and any thing she considered very unhealthy she didn't eat, though it wasn't because she was scared of losing her figure, it was because of her military background.
Just then. Ring, Ring! Called the phone loudly. Ring, Ring!
'I'll get it.' David said as he bit into his piece of toast while heading into the living room.
'Hello?' He began. Roy...Yeah she's here... she's fine...I'm not sure, hold on.' David places a hand over the speaker. 'Meryl, It's your--uh... well he wants to talk.'
'I don't want to speak to him.'
'C'mon.' he gestures the phone to wards her.
'I'll talk to him when I'm ready.' Meryl snapped whilst turning away.
For a short period, there is a pause as Dave gives her a frown, 'Meryl, he's your father. You have to talk to him some time or another.'
'When-- I'm-- ready!' She snaps again.
It was just two days ago when Colonel Roy Campbell told his nice, Meryl that he was her real father but was reluctant to explain how. All that time of training her self, mentally and physically, just to become a soldier and to understand her dead father was all in vein, when her real father was alive all that time. Her supposed biological father, Roy Campbell's little brother Matt Campbell, died when she was younger and after his death, Meryl wanted to get to know better. However, finding out the truth made her feel betrayed and lost, trying to find answers for questions that didn't exist.
'He wants to talk to you now.' Dave said seriously while still having a hand on the speaker.
Another few seconds of silence pasted as Meryl sat down awkwardly on the arm of a brown leather sofa, debating in her head weather or not she would take the phone and talk to her real father or not.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author: If you're wondering about how Snake has a family, it's in the Official Metal Gear Solid Strategy Guide (For the game). It says, "Under strict surveillance, Solid Snake was raised outside the context of a military environment and was the adopted child of a wealthy family." I just added the bit with him inheriting their money.
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Fox.