The mere name of this series causes a joyful shiver in any true gamer. Now its final part lay before us. This script is my humble contribution to its community and a love song to the series.
Do you want to know what happened in the previous parts?
Metal Gear Solid (1998) by El Greco
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197909-metal-gear-solid/faqs/26783
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) by El Greco
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/913941-metal-gear-solid-2-sons-of-liberty/faqs/31765
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) by MHamlin
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/914828-metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater/faqs/34684
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) by SamuraiX
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/faqs/53154
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) by Icaris
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/960566-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker/faqs/60482
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014) by Snow_Guard
http://snowguard.blogspot.com/2018/03/metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-game.html
I highly recommend read (or play) at least Metal Gear Solid 3, Peace Walker and Ground Zeroes before reading this script.
And, without long speeches I gave you...
THE PHANTOM PAIN (2016)
[In the background of company logos, we hear the voice of a soldier on the radio.]
???: Mayday, mayday! Controls unresponsive. Tower, do you read?! Shit! Comms are down.
[A sound of a wreck is heard.]
It is no nation we inhabit, but a language.
Make no mistake; our native tongue is our true fatherland.
- Emil Cioran, Romanian Philosopher.
Just another day in a war without end.
OUTER HAVEN
[We see the protagonist lying on a hospital bed. Nurses are fussing around him. After a while, one of the nurses hears that the protagonist is groaning. She gets frightened and runs to call the doctor.]
3 DAYS AFTER AWAKENING
PROLOGUE
AWAKENING
Doctor: Can you hear me? Are you having difficulty speaking? Can you move your head? Just nod if you can hear me.
[Right stick: Move camera]
Doctor: Look up, please. Very good. How do you feel now? Can you speak? What is your name? When were you born? Can you recall?
[You can enter the name of your choice. Only alphabet characters and characters with certain diacritical can be used.]
Doctor: Good. Now then... Please try to relax. There is plenty of time. I need to tell you something. Please listen, and try not to panic. You've been in a coma for... quite some time. Yes, yes, I know. You'd like to know how long... I'm afraid it's been... nine years. Damn it! Nurse! Calm down! Calm down! Try not to panic! Try not to panic. Now then... You'll be alright. There now. Just rest.
1 WEEK AFTER AWAKENING
Nurse: How do you feel?
Doctor: It's been one week since you came to. Now, let's try getting you out of that bed. Nurse. Don't worry. You've lost some strength, but we've been maintaining your muscle mass through messages, CPM therapy, and EMS. Now, I need to explain something to you, but you mustn't be alarmed. Nine years ago, you were injured - in an explosion. Upon examination, we discovered 100 and 8 foreign bodies embedded within you. In addition to shrapnel, we also found fragments of human bone, human teeth. Most of it was removed, but... Some of the fragments still remain... They are located near your heart, and in your skull. Look at this... The fragments are lodged deep within your cerebral cortex. We couldn't give you an MRI - the metal, you see. But even if we were to extracted it, you would most likely suffer a brain hemorrhage. Mental and physical impairment are... unavoidable, however, you current state is not life threatening. One more thing. This X-ray is your upper body. You'd better look now. Best to understand your situation sooner than later. I know it's difficult, but please look down. Best to see it with your own eyes. Be brave.
[The hero looks first at his healthy right hand, and then sees the stump of his left hand. He is shocked.]
Doctor: Try to calm down. Calm down. Please calm down. It's going to be ok. Better, yes, yes? Calm down. Yes. Better... Yes...
2 WEEKS AFTER AWAKENING
Doctor: It's true. There are those who wish you would have never woken up. You should be dead. But you're not. The wheels are in motion. You enemies are everywhere. We must alter your appearance immediately. Otherwise, I fear you won't leave this place alive. It's a wide open world out there, so there's something we need to take care of first. I'm going to change your appearance - we have no other choice. What you look like, however...
[We are invited to choose a new appearance for the protagonist. The doctor takes a mirror in his hands to show the initial and final result.]
Doctor: Very good. Now let's remove these bandages. Your face has healed nicely. To tell you the truth, these bandages were more for you protection - do you from those who want you dead. As of today, you name is Ahab. Forget everything. Your name, your past.
[A nurse standing nearby is strangled by a woman in military uniform. The doctor, not paying attention to it, shows the protagonist several photos, and then pulls out the mirror again.]
Doctor: This is you - as you've lived until this day. Tomorrow, it becomes your phantom.
[The mirror in the doctor's hands starts shaking and reflects the face of the protagonist before the operation. In a moment, we see that the throat of the doctor has been tightened by slipknot. He pulls a gun out of his pocket, but it's too late. He slowly dies. A woman in military uniform walks away from a limpen body and speaks on the radio.]
Woman: Not yet. The patient in the next bed saw my face... Of course. Consider it done.
[The woman takes out the knife and goes towards the protagonist, but when she sees the gun on the floor, she picks it up and takes aim. A second before the shot, another patient attacks her. They have a short fight, after which the patient starts throwing at her everything that comes to hand. One of these things is a bottle of alcohol. Tired of this pampering, the woman throws a knife into the patient, then chokes the protagonist. The screen fades and in the background, we hear the sound of a lighter. When the image is restored, a woman in military uniforms already embracing the flames. She desperately fights for her life, but another bottle of alcohol is thrown at her. Going crazy with pain, she throws herself out of the window. The protagonist examines his new arm prosthesis. The patient offers him to run.]
Patient: Okay, Ahab, time to go.
Ahab: What happened to the woman?
Patient: The woman? I - we - gave her a light. She took the short way down.
Ahab: Who are you...?
Patient: Who am I? You are talking to yourself. Been watching over you for nine years, and call me Ishmael.
Ahab: What the hell is going on?!
Ishmael: Well, good news: You're in the land of the living. Bad news? Whole world wants you dead. On your feet, soldier - the whole place is coming down!
[Apparently the protagonist can not get up.]
Ishmael: Need a little pick-me-up? Here...
[Ishmael injects something to the protagonist.]
Ishmael: Nothing like a little digoxin to get you back in the game. C'mon.
[Left stick: Move]
Dhekelia SBA Memorial Hospital, Cyprus
March 11th, 1984 02:03
Ishmael: Follow me. Drug's not working? We're getting out of here. Move it! Let's take the stairs. This way.
[Ishmael brings the protagonist out of the ward.]
Ishmael: This isn't going to work... We better the elevator.
[The heroes go to the corridor on the right.]
Ishmael: What the hell is that? Something's coming!
[Next to the elevator, the heroes notice the strange looking boy with long sleeves. The boy starts to fly slowly. In the corridor in which the heroes stood, an explosion occurs and everything around absorbs by flame. The burning man is slowly stepping on the heroes. At the last moment, Ishmael succeeds in turning on the fire alarm and extinguishing the flame. The burning man disappears.]
Ishmael: Calm down, you can do this.
[The protagonist somehow managed to get up.]
Ishmael: The drug's kicked in? Good, let's hurry.
[The heroes approach the window behind which a helicopter flies by.]
Ishmael: Hold up. Let's fix this.
[Ishmael resets the protagonist’s broken hand.]
Ishmael: Next time do it yourself. It's always good to try and mend your injuries while hiding from the enemy. Over there!
[The helicopter hover near the window and several soldiers get out from it. After a few moments, a smoke grenade rolls over to the heroes and they notice the glare of the under-barrel flashlights. It's time to leave.]
Ishmael: Let's go. This way, hurry! Keep low and quiet.
[They crawling through the wards. Next to them we see one of the surviving patients. He crawls towards the soldiers.]
Injured patient: Help me, please!
[The soldier strikes him with a knife. Ishmael swiftly drags the protagonist out of sight. Sitting under the bed, they see how the wounded patient is being killed. A soldier who murdered patient leaves.]
Ishmael: Let's move.
[Ishmael crawls away, and in the meantime, another patient grabs the protagonist by the leg.]
Injured patient: Help me! I don't wanna die...!
[After a moment, the soldier returns and shoots him, then drags away by the foot and finish off. The protagonist crawls out into the corridor. There we see a nurse carrying a wounded soldier and happily greeting the helicopter hovering outside the window.]
Nurse: Oh, thank God! Here! Over here!
[Her and the soldier whom she carried was shot from the helicopter.]
Ishmael: Time to walk. Press the Stance Button to stand up.
[Cross button: Crouch]
Ishmael: Don't get caught in those searchlights.
[Tip: Approach an obstacle such as a wall head-on to hug the obstacle and conceal yourself. This is called being in cover. Like hiding in grass or in the shadows, being in cover makes it more difficult for the enemy to spot you. While in cover, you can use left stick to move along the obstacle, or press the left stick toward the edge of the obstacle to pick out from it and see what is ahead. You can also press right stick to zoom the camera in and mark enemies from behind cover.]
Ishmael: Here they come. Hurry!
[L3 button: Dash]
[The protagonist sees the soldiers shoot the next patient and runs to the door opened by Ishmael. When he is inside, Ishmael locks the door and block it up with closet. Almost immediately the soldiers begin to break it.]
Ishmael: Move! Go! This way. Come on. Shit! It's ugly down there. Turn back. This way!
[Ishmael leads the protagonist to the corridor blocked by the patients and nurses. They go inside.]
Patient: What's going on?
Nurse: Everything will be alright.
[The protagonist is pushed through the crowd. Suddenly the soldiers start shooting the crowd from both sides. Ishmael in a split second manages to drag the protagonist to one of the nearby wards.]
Ishmael: Get down!
[The soldiers are leaving. Ishmael follows them and overhears their conversation.]
Soldier #1: Anything...?
Soldier #2: Negative.
Soldier #1: He came in here. Keep looking!
[Ishmael returns to the protagonist.]
Ishmael: We're sitting ducks. Blend in with the bodies. Get down on your stomach and crawl.
[Cross button (hold): Prone]
Ishmael: If you move, we're done for. Play dead. Freeze!
[The soldiers begin to examine the bodies. Having reached the protagonist, they understand that he is alive. Suddenly, a burning man appears and soldiers begin to shoot at him.]
Soldier: Grenade! Take this!
[Burning man absorbs any attacks and kills soldiers. Soon a helicopter arrives and opening a disorderly fire with a large caliber on a burning man, after which it prepares to fire rockets.]
Ishmael: Damn it! Incoming! Move!
[The attack does not deal a burning man any damage. He undermines the helicopter. Heroes are trying to escape. In despair, Ishmael fires at a burning man from a small-caliber pistol with a silencer. Noticing the fire crane on the ceiling, Ishmael shoots at it. Burning man is extinguished. The protagonist sits down on the floor because of a strong pain in his leg.]
Ishmael: Hold on. We'd better stop and treat that injury.
[Tip: If you sustain a serious injury, you will be able to perform certain actions such as climbing over obstacles for getting on your horse. If you sustain a serious injury to your torso, you will not be able to recover fully without first aid. If you sustain serious injury to your arm, you will not be able to ready a weapon, and in the case of your leg, you will not be able to sprint. In these instances quickly get behind cover and press the Action Button (TRIANGLE) to perform first aid.]
Ishmael: We'll have to take the stairs down.
[The heroes descend the stairs and enter the side corridor where they kill a soldier and take his pistol. Ishmael gives this pistol to the protagonist.]
Ishmael: Know how to shoot a gun? Hold down the Aim Button to aim, then press the Attack Button to fire. Destroy it.
[The protagonist shoots at a fire extinguisher. When they go on and stumble upon soldiers.]
Ishmael: Hold on. I'll take the right. You take the left.
[The protagonist kills the soldiers.]
Ishmael: You are pretty good. Calm down, you can do this. Hurry up and get the program. Nice work. Let's go.
[Heroes go into the hall, packed with soldiers.]
Ishmael: I'll run interference.
[Ishmael throws a silencer and creates a distracting maneuver. The protagonist makes his way through the soldiers and approaches the main entrance to the hospital. Ishmael is already on the street. Suddenly the Burning Man appears and soldiers switch to him. The protagonist was going to get out of the hospital, but then the wall is ramming the armored vehicle, and from the formed passage there is a new group of soldiers. They meet a flying boy in a gas mask. He uses Telekinesis to chop the soldiers into bloody mess using the helicopter blades. After that, a soldier in tank shoots in the Burning Man, which again does not inflict any damage on him. The protagonist tries to leave the hospital one more time, but he is thrown away by the exploding tank. After the protagonist comes to his senses he sees the Burning Man walking towards him. He takes up the submachine guns and starts shooting at him, but after a few moments the Burning Man is hit by the ambulance, driven by Ishmael.]
Ishmael: Get in!
[The protagonist gets into the car and fastens. The Burning Man follows them and become the Burning Rider. A helicopter appears and shoots the car. Ishmael is dying. The protagonist takes control of the car, but it turns out bad and he falls into a ravine. When he comes to his senses, he discovers that Ishmael is not in the car.]
Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, Cyprus
Outskirts of Xylotymbou
March 11th, 1984 03:07
[The protagonist gets out of the car and runs away from the enemies. Soon he stumbles upon a man riding a horse. The horse stands on its hind legs.]
Horseman: Get on! I'm on your side! Hurry! Hurry! Hang on!
[They run away together from the Burning Rider.]
Horseman: Use this! Watch our backs! Shoot him! Don't let him attack! Fill that bastard full of lead! Careful - that gun's slow to reload! Persistent bastard. Wait a minute...! Fire! D'you get him?Back from the dead, huh? We shook him off... Fire just as he's about to attack!I see it! The harbor! We're almost there!
[The protagonist fires back from the hand rifle. Once the heroes break away from the chase, the rock on which they stood, takes a strike of lightning and they fall down into the river. The heroes get out from the water. End of mission.]
Horseman: C'mon.
[The protagonist gets on the horse of the Horseman. While they are galloping, the Horseman tells him about himself.]
Horseman: The name's Ocelot. Big Boss. You know who I am. A certain man gave me a job to do. Two, actually. The first was to get you out of that hospital. The second... was to rescue the man himself. You remember? Your partner, nine years ago. Kazuhira Miller. Nine years back, you private army came under attack by Cipher. You were considered dead. Up until today, that is. When Cipher found you. And it's not just them. The whole world wants you dead. You have to join up with Miller. Built that private Army of yours once more time. It's your only chance. First, we need to save Miller. He's in Afghanistan.
Ahab: Afghanistan?
Ocelot: What? Can't you keep up with world affairs in a coma? Four years ago the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. The Muslims are fighting back, with Western support. Miller was training Mujahideen rebels when he was captured by the Soviets. The Reds' 40th Army. Troop strength's somewhere around 100,000. The squad holding Miller set off near the Pakistan yesterday. In three days they'll reach the Soviets garrison. She'll be interrogated for a few more days, then it's off to a lager... Or left to rot in the ditch of Afghan soil. I give him two weeks. ...The job didn't mean anything to Miller. He only took it on to keep you safe. Well. There's our ride, a whaling ship. A got a good deal on her after IWC started raising a stink. It's seven days to Port Qasim, another three overland. So we won't have much time once we're there. Don't take too long getting used to your new self. Hang on!
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