Last Man Standing

Heavily breathing and trying to regain their own composure, the battered and bloodied Solid Snake and Gray Fox were pushing beyond their limits, they didn't know how much they had left in their tanks. Big Boss couldn't help but have such a wide grin on his face, this fight was more than he expected. Snake and Fox both then began rising to their feet, both men facing each other on their knees. Covered in blood and cuts, Snake weakly delivers a right hook to Gray Fox. Blood splatters on the floor, Gray Fox answers back with a stronger hook to the face, Snake did the same. Punch after punch, the men began to feel the beat of the drum pound harder and faster, their teeth gritting, Snake's eyes becoming a bloodshot red once more and the same with Gray Fox's vibrant demonic crimson eyes. This was a war and they weren't going to stop until the other falls, the punches became faster and harder to hit until both men stopped and furiously glared at each other.

"SNAAAAKKKKKKEEEEEE!!" cried out Gray Fox,

"FOOOOOOOOOOOXXXX!!" screamed back Solid Snake. In an instant, punches began flying, fists collided with flesh and blood began spilling like paints being spilled against a steel metallic canvas. The barrage from each man ended with one last punch to the face to the other before stumbling back. Both Snake and Fox knew they had to manage their stamina to survive. Solid Snake was the first to show this by adjusting his stance into a boxing one which Fox acknowledged by doing the same, the final round of this legendary bout was going to be a straight fistfight. Solid Snake and Gray Fox paced and circled each other, Snake was the first to swing as he caught Fox with two right jabs then went for a hook but Fox ducked and stepped under the right hook then delivered a sensational body hook then socked Snake with another hook to the face. Snake took a step back as Fox charged in with his assault, he caught Snake with a left jab then a left body blow and aimed for left uppercut but Snake stepped aside and rocked Outer Heaven's champion with a electrifying overhand punch then went for a left hook but Fox quickly replied with a right body blow into a right uppercut, knocking Snake back near the ropes but quickly caught himself. He knew all it took was one touch with that electric explosive barbed wire to end it all, Snake also knew that Gray Fox knew that, he saw the red eyed demon charged at him with a straight jab but quickly leaned aside and caught him with a left body blow then a right into a right jab and finally a stellar uppercut to make Fox stumble back a little bit. Snake rushed in for a barrage of punches but Fox blocked then countered by striking him with an elbow to the jaw. Quickly, Snake caught Fox with a right hook straight to his face then a backhand strike into a right hook to rock Gray Fox, Fox then struck Snake on the openings in his body then punched him once more. Solid Snake noticed his body was slowly giving out, leaving more openings for Fox to take advantage of, his lungs began to feel tight from the body blows and his vision began to get blurry from the cuts.

" Can't stop…can't let him defeat me…I refuse to be hurt…knocked down…I refuse to get knocked out… " Snake glanced over at the sadistic Big Boss who was enjoying this, the anger that he felt before, vengeance. That's what Solid Snake wanted, revenge, he wanted to beat his father into a bloody pulp and no one, not even Gray Fox was going to stand in his way. Fox was going to throw one more jab but that's when Solid Snake tanked the punch and then socked Gray Fox in the face, he didn't stop he kept punching him, face and body, back and forth and Fox couldn't keep up. Snake's onslaught of punches were getting harder and tiring out Gray Fox, he wasn't going to let this be his end. Snake then stunned Fox by clapping his arms onto his head, Snake then began to rapidly punch the stunned Fox who couldn't even defend himself from Snake's fury. The whole world watched and cheered as their champion was fighting against this enemy, his enemy, his former friend, the same one who he was pushing back towards the barbed wire. Snake struck Gray Fox with one more punch, nearly sending him into the barbed wire. With one last stand, Gray Fox's blue eyes awoke back to red and aggressively swung one more punch, a last ditch effort to take out Solid Snake. The punch collided with Snake's broken orbital bone but Snake didn't care if he couldn't open his right eye, he let out a ferocious battle cry then spun around to strike his former friend with a roundhouse kick and to add the finishing touch, Snake leapt up, spun and launched Gray Fox with a 360 split kick. The kick made Fox flip backwards and got his feet tangled in the barbed wire. The impact caused the wires to blow up and electrify Fox along with destroying the cameras, cutting the feed as the world saw that their champion saved the world. In the FOXHOUND HQ, Kaz let out the biggest sigh of relief as Campbell, Kasler and Houseman cheered and Meryl thanked god for protecting David. Meanwhile, Solid Snake fell to his knees, covered completely in blood and couldn't believe that fight was over. As he got up, Big Boss cheered loudly for the fight which made Solid Snake look over his shoulder,

"AMAZING, BOY! You made me proud, you actually have awoken the beast within, the wrath of the Leviathan-" Big Boss was cut off guard as unknowingly to him, Snake grabbed his handgun from his equipment and shot the device in his hand that had access to the nuclear codes. Big Boss chuckled at that and began walking away,

"I'll let you do what you have to do before you face me." Big Boss said as he walked away. Snake then walked towards Gray Fox, his legs torn and heavily damaged from the impact. He couldn't move as Snake approached him, Fox glanced weakly as he saw the M1911 in Solid's hand.

"David…Kill me ... .Kill me now…." begged Gray Fox, Snake held his handgun up and aimed it at his head.

"Do it ...There's only room for one Boss... and one Snake...complete your mission, David…" Fox said to him, Snake kept his aim locked onto Gray Fox's head. Snake's finger was about to squeeze the trigger but weirdly and unexpectedly, Snake felt a warm touch on his hand. There was no one there but he felt the touch push his arm down, Snake felt it in his heart so he simply slid out the magazine and disassembled the handgun. The moment shocked Gray Fox as he didn't expect this from him,

"I'm not a monster…I'll never be a monster….I'll never be my father, I'm sorry, Frank…I'm sorry it had to be this way but you made your choice…and I just made mine…" Snake told him as he dropped the pieces and went to grab what remained of his equipment which at this point was the spray from Jennifer.

"David…David don't leave me here, goddamnit!" shouted Fox as Snake began walking towards the hallway where Big Boss,

"Goddamnit, Snake! Finish me! Finish your fucking mission and kill me! FUCKING KILL ME PLEASE…" Fox screamed at him but Solid Snake already left him. For the first time in a while, Gray Fox shedded a legit tear down his eyes,

"Don't leave me alone…." Gray Fox sadly mumbled as his body went numb from the agonizing pain. As for the bloodied Solid Snake began walking down the hallways began playing a tune in the toilet,

"No one knows what it's like…To be the bad man, to be the sad man..Behind blue eyes. And no one knows what it's like…to be hated…to be fated to telling only lies." Big Boss sang as Snake had his glare locked onto the room he was approaching,

"But my dreams…they aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be…I have hours, only lonely. My love is vengeance…that's never free…" continue Big Boss, Snake was sick of him, he was sick of all of this and decided to express it the only way he felt things tonight.

"No one knows what it's like…to feel these feelings

Like I do…And I blame you. No one bites back as hard on their anger…none of my pain and woe…can show through." sung Solid Snake as he entered the final area where Big Boss was,

"But my dreams, they aren't as empty…as my conscience seems to be…I have hours, only lonely…My love is vengeance that's never free…" sang Snake with much more aggression as he faced his enemy, the man who tormented him, the commander himself, Big Boss.