sup guys? Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Metal Gear. Enjoy the 800-word story. I don't own Metal Gear, Konami, Hideo Kojima and a few others do.

'Venom Snake' as the man had been called. He ended up being a tool of the real 'Big Boss' he ended up being made into a monster… no, he had crossed that line years ago.

"THERE HE IS!" The leader of Outer Haven felt arms wrap around him, a few voices that seemed faintly familiar.

He passed out, his body wracked with pain and slipped into shock.

(10 minutes later)

Venom awoke as a very familiar voice cut him off with something Big Boss used to say all the time.

"Kept you waiting, huh?" Venom groaned as he looked around.

Diamond Dogs, his men… Miller, the man tapped his cane on the ground.

"Miller?" The horn on his head was gone, removed by new surgery, it almost killed him… but it was something that didn't help him sell the allusion of big boss. The biotic prosthetic was very easy to try and hide.

"You look good for a dead man." Miller looked at the Diamond Dogs.

His and Venom's men. Ocelot betrayed them, and now Venom knew Big Boss had used them both only to discard them as trash when they no longer mattered to his plans.

"And you really are a phantom… so now you know?" Miller asked, Venom looked to see 2 men clad fully in balaclavas and Military BDUs.

Miller knew, he had tried to tell Venom behind his back. Big Boss didn't care about all the men who had died in combat against Skull Face, maybe he did… but he deserted them to handle his pet project.

"What are you doing here?" He looked at the helicopter, it was the same chopper he used to ride in.

"Pequod, get us to Mother Base…" Miller ordered, people thought Mother Base was ripped apart during a storm and dozens of personal had died.

They were wrong, while they lost dozens of men to Big Boss's personal army, but they still had personal.

Soldiers who had been loyal to Diamond Dogs, the PF they had built… something Big Boss had just abandoned to start his empire of soldiers.

"You know most people think your dead." Miller looked out the window at the carnage of Snake's rampage.

He had trained the man well, he wouldn't stop here, he'd keep going and destroy what Big Boss had built.

His thoughts turned to Ocelot, the man had flat out tricked and lied to him, used him and the men around him.

He cursed Big Boss; the man had gone from being someone he would take a bullet for… to being the one-man Miller devoted his life to destroying.

"How did you find me?" Venom was still woozy; the Medical unit had whipped up a cocktail of medicines that would just about knock him for a day.

"Diamond Dogs still has resources despite Big Boss trying to leech from us…" Miller praised the Intel Team and Support Unit.

He had taken them for granted before, not anymore, they would get more then a raise when he got back.

"Why did you…" Miller held up his good arm… he remembered wanting to remember the pain of Skull Face's assault upon them.

Now it seemed only he and Venom carried that pain… Betrayed by Huey, the recent surgery Code Talker had that the medical unit told him he had a very low chance of survival for… and whatever happened to Quiet. They had never known if she died in the desert, but he had gone from hating the woman to admiring the fact she would sacrifice her life for 'Big Boss'.

It more then made up for her trying to kill him. she had earned her place in the Diamond Dogs.

"I came because we shared a phantom pain against Skull Face... and now that Phantom Pain has passed from him to Big Boss… He used you, and you ran to his side like an obedient dog… Now, we finish our war to free the world from false kings." Venom rubbed at his head as a voice came over the radio.

"Sir, the unit is ready… that other PF you asked for is being set up." He heard and nodded.

The war continued, only the sword was aimed at its own master.

Diamond Dogs would operate from the shadows: Void Owl would take care of the rest.

Author notes

Phew, first chapter done! I thought of bringing back Venom Snake after my first playthrough of MGS5… though Venom isn't the Main character. Next chapter will be in a few weeks and set up Void Owl helping Diamond Dogs with an assignment in Metal Gear Solid. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!