Hi everyone I'm really glad that I got a lot of hits on this story. That makes me happy well here's the epilogue that I told you about in the last chapter. I'm glad you all enjoy this story. I'm thinking of doing something else with Snake and Otacon so stay tuned. Now without further ado let's begin. As always read and review

Metal Gear Solid

Will you come?

Epilogue

Hal woke up in a hospital room a bit disoriented. The last thing he remembered before passing out was Snake growling at the hospital staff to help him. He looked down at the iv in his arm. He then looked around at the machines he was hooked up to wondering how in the world did they afford this. He reached over on the nightstand touching a new pair of glasses. He smiled /Snake.../ he put his glasses on everything becoming clearer. Once he had his bearings worry started to set in.

How did they afford this? Where was Snake? What if the patriots caught him? What if Snake was being interrogated or worse tortured? He started to panic when Snake walked in the room.

He gave a relived grin, "It's good to see you up Otacon."

"Hey Snake, where am I?" Hal asked his panic disappearing the minute he heard that rough, yet caring voice.

"In a hospital in the city most of the doctors here are rebels. I know a couple of doctors here. We were once partners on the battlefield. They didn't mind doing me a couple of favors. I know you're wondering what name we used for the non-rebel doctors, well I'm Bob Pliskin and you're Roger Redfield. You're one of the scientists that the soldiers kidnapped in order to get information from. I'm the soldier that defected from the group in order to save you. So how are you?" Snake asked taking a seat in the chair next to Hal's bed.

"I'm good I was a bit disoriented at first though, but I'm ok now. I feel a lot better than I did before. Snake I remember passing out. How long was I out for?" Hal asked.

"A week you lost a lot of blood, but the bullet I took out didn't do much damage to you. Also my makeshift defibrillator was what your heart needed. They were able to fix all your other injuries and mend your ribs and ankle. They took care of the ones I couldn't get to in our short period of time. I called Mei Ling she was worried when she didn't hear from us after a mission like usual. I told her what happened and she was able to pull a lot more strings for us. We have a better apartment and we were able to replace all your computers that were broken when they ransacked the place, but I have a question Hal." Snake said.

Hal was busy trying to absorb everything Snake told him that happened during the week he was sleeping. He snapped back when Snake called his name again, "Yes?"

"Did you make a backup of all that data? Or did you memorize it?" Snake said.

"Are you kidding? I would have to be an android to remember all that data and codes. No, I backed it up before I went out that day." Hal said.

"Yeah, but where is the information?" Snake said.

Hal chuckled, not being held back by his ribs anymore, as he smiled, "Snake when you moved my stuff did you remember to grab my anime dvd box set. The one I told you we could never leave behind."

"I did because I knew you would be pissed if I didn't. Why?" Snake said not grasping what Otacon was getting at.

Hal smiled wider, "I hid the data in there. I knew if I put my data on an usb or an external hard drive it would be too easy to find, so I made a cd backup of the data then took the cd and made an anime cover for it. So if anyone looked they would only see a duplicate of an anime dvd not a data cd."

Snake chuckled, "Otacon that was brilliant. You keep surprising me more and more. I didn't know that was why you were so adamant about me always making sure I bought that anime set with me. I thought it was because it was your favorite series."

"Well it is, but I had to find a different way to hide the data just in case something happened. You're not the only one who can come up with plans Snake." Hal said smiling.

"I see," Snake said giving him a lopsided grin. He had to admit it was refreshing seeing that bright smile on Hal's face again. "I have to say Hal that's ingenious."

Hal beamed, "Thanks Snake you know I try."

"And you do a damn good job Otacon." Snake grinned as Hal beamed. Hal was happy to see Snake joking with him again. Not to mention for having Snake praise him for doing a good job.

"Snake what about the facility? What about the mission? I'm sorry I stalled the mission." Hal said looking down at his hands sadly. Snake frowned not liking the look in Hal's eyes. It took Snake a while to get rid of that underlying sadness that was always in Hal's eyes. Snake saw it whenever they came across a rumor about a new Metal Gear project. Even though Hal put Shadow Mosses behind him Rex still haunted him from time to time. Snake wasn't an emotional person, but he tried his hardest to cheer Hal up whenever he saw that sadness in his eyes.

Snake placed his hand over Hal's using his other hand to tip Hal's head up to look in his eyes. Hal stared back getting lost in Snake's smoldering green eyes, "You are more important than a mission." Snake growled softly.

Hal's eyes widen in a mixture of love, surprise, and caring. Before he could open his mouth to respond Snake leaned forward pressing his lips softly against Hal's. He was happier that Hal's lips were warmer than last time. Even though Hal was in the hospital he was alive and that's all that mattered. Hal couldn't believe that Snake basically told him he loved him. He felt like he was having one of those heartfelt moments he saw in his animes all the time. He was so happy to be alive kissing the man he loved. He knew it sounded cheesy, but he was happy all the same. He returned the kiss as a stray tear slid down his cheek.

Besides Snake got his revenge on the facility two days after Hal was stable in the hospital. He got the data they needed and took care of the people who tortured Hal, but that's a story he would tell Hal another day.

Now that I wrote a Snake/Otacon story I think I'm gonna make another one. I like writing these two ^^. So stay tuned there might be another Snake/Otacon story in the future. Until then I hope you all enjoyed this one because I enjoyed writing it.