Hey everyone, this is my first entry and I was brought to this site by a friend: The Baz. Go check him out :). This fic will be assuming you've played at least MGSV and maybe MGSVGZ (Metal Gear Solid: 5 The Phantom Pain/ Ground Zeros) and will be written slightly so even those who haven't played MGSV can kind of understand what's going on. Enjoy.

Also: might contain explicit language and of course, SPOILERS.

" I did not choose to be Quiet. I wanted to express my feelings to you. If only we shared a common tongue. Vengeance is what drove me to them… The only language left to me, revenge. But the words we shared… No, the was no language at all. That is why… I chose the language of gratitude instead, and go back to silence. I am Quiet… I am… The absence of words."

These were the words that Venom Snake heard from the tape he found hanging from the tree. The sound of her voice alone echoed within his mind. It was…quiet after that. Before he could at least hear the hums of her voice, but not this time. As if the whole world just stopped. The winds of the roaring desert of Afghanistan slapping its razor sand grazed his fatigue. Reality started to come back and the muffling sound of Pequad's helicopter blades gradually came back. Then it started again. The sweet sound of the humming came back. The only sound, the only way of showing her presence to him returned. Pequad started to yell out to Snake. "Boss, we have to go! There will be another sand storm coming and we can't risk leaving you behind!" Snake's heart sunk as he see's the small glimpse of her looking back to him from afar on a small mountain of sand. She gives a small, but sweet smile as she turns around.

"Quiet! Quieeeet! " Snake cries out as she vanishes. The stirring up sands started to form, throwing itself in-between the line of sights of him to Quiet. She was gone. Snake grits his teeth, tightening his bionic arm. He felt the phantom pain in his finger tips and now more so in the gaping emptiness in his heart. "Boss, we HAVE to go!" Snake looks to the side and nods and makes his way down the small hill just beyond the intense battle he and Quiet had against the Soviet Forces. He made his way inside of the helicopter and you could see the attack of another sandstorm brewing up again. Just about Pequads departure, Snake halts him. "Wait." Venom says as he quickly brought his left arm up towards Pequad signifying to stop. He then moved to the left side of the helicopter looking where he last saw Quiet. His eyes squinted to catch a better look, maybe with hope she'll appear next to him just like every end of a mission. "She's not coming back sir, we're leaving." He nods, accepting that she's not coming back. After the long trip back to Mother Base, the HQ of Diamond Dogs, the copter lands. As usual, Snake is greeted by the salutes of his soldiers. "Welcome back, Sir." It was said in unison by the 4 soldiers stationed there. Both Miller and Ocelot crept their way in between the soldiers.

Miller never liked Quiet. She shared the abilities with the Skulls whom work for cipher as an assassin sent from Skull Face to kill the Big Boss. She failed, obviously. In-fact she failed three different times. In the hospital, during the sniper fight in the deserts of Afghanistan, and the english parasite strain spread. Both Miller and Ocelot were loyal followers to Snake, the Big Boss, but Miller always shared a bit too much of…Opinion. He threaten even after Snake wanted to bring Quiet to Mother Base, to kill her regardless of his wishes. However, the chain of command goes from Ocelot and Miller to the Big Boss, Venom Snake.

Snake climbed out of the copter, pulling away his scarf from his neck. Ocelot knew something was up with snake. Miller held a stern look as usual. Noticing the absence of Quiet, almost wearing a smile, but the respect to Snake denied him that. "Boss, where's Quiet?" Ocelot asks out. Snake salutes back to the soldiers, dismissing them, but they only but slowly stepped back to see what's going on. His presence alone increased the morality of his soldiers and everyone who follows him. "She's gone." Ocelot looked to his right towards Miller and exchanged thoughts.

"What do you mean she's gone? What happened? We lost you out there for a bit."

"There was a tank." Snake says softly with his raspy voice. "There was a tank, she pushed me aside and shot it with a rocket launcher but she was wounded. I brought her out to the desert as the Soviets brought their search team and tank units were closing in. She was slowly suffocating from the lack of water and the sun was covered by the sandstorm. I was… ironically bit by a snake and passed out. Next thing I know I woke up and she was gone, only to find a tape she left behind and the small glimpse of her. I don't even know if I really saw her. This shrapnel in my fucking head makes me see things, you know that." From the corner of his eye, Miller notices the soldiers and gestures them to leave. Almost like dogs begging to for your dinner. "You were supposed to kill her if you couldn't have brought her back, Boss. Don't you see how serious this is? She left the Diamond Dogs. She left us and she knows our location!" Miller angrily expresses the situation out to both Ocelot and Snake. Pequad hasn't left the helipad yet, still hearing everything. "No." Ocelot quickly comes to correct Miller. "She wouldn't do that. Don't you remember? Don't you realize? She could have killed us at any point in time. The whole reason for the sad excuse for a cell I point her in was to bait out her plot. She had none. She holds quiet to refrain from spreading the English parasite strain onto Mother Base. Quiet fell in love with the Legend. The only reason to hold her back from being with the Boss was probably to protect him. The two are practically inseparable."

"She spoke. She actually spoke and it was in English." Snake has heard her speak from the tape, but didn't know the reason of her leaving. All three Miller, Snake, and Ocelot turn their herds towards Pequad. Pequad removed his pilot gear and exited the copter and stood front of Snake. "What do you mean, soldier? Did you somehow take the tape and listened to it yourself?" Snake replied. "Negative, Sir. She's the reason that I found you."

"Wait what did she say?" Ocelot and Miller both say, slightly hoping she shared some intel about Cipher.

"She spoke in some weird language. It sounded almost like some sort of Native American tongue and I thought it was your iDroid acting up. But then she spoke. She old me exactly where to go."

"It's the psychic abilities she has from the parasite. Remember Boss? It's just like Eli." Ocelot adds. "Alright, dismissed. Let's go talk about this sensitive topic elsewhere." Ocelot leads Miller and Snake to the interrogation room.

"I know why Quiet left you behind, Boss. It's clear. She spoke english to save you and guide Pequad. However as much as she wanted to return with you, she couldn't. She wouldn't allow Mother Base to become infected."

"So what, she just left and killed herself?" Miller asks.

"Well, the parasite attacks your lungs after the vocal strain activates. It's passed by speaking with the shared language at a close distance and a matter of time with excessive use of the language. Code Talker told us in their conversation of a separate language that she would refuse to speak English and has never spoke it since. Until now of-course. Snake is fine because you took the Wolbachia treatment, but for the sake of MB she left. Now to answer you question that I somehow feel that you think we're better off with her dead. Who's to say? It's unlikely. The parasite kills its host, again by attacking the lungs. Quiet originally died in attempt to assassinate Big Boss when he was in the hospital. Her lungs are literally unusable. Her insides are all fucked. Which is why when Skull Face revived her using the parasite, it gave her body the ability to feed off photosynthesis and water. We don't know how sensitive her vocal strain is. It could be so sensitive that it reacts to any sign of English, dialect or different languages that are closely related to English. If it wasn't sensitive at all and her speaking of English wasn't even enough to trigger the spread, it truly shows how much she cares for not only Boss, but Diamond Dogs as a whole. Yeah, even you Miller." Miller lets off a slight sigh of guilt.

"I don't blame her for leaving regardless. She doesn't fully understand the parasite and refuse to take any more risks than she had to. But with some good news. Boss, you at least know she's alive. Not only that but since she left, the parasite has nowhere to go and no lungs to attack. There's a strong chance that after a period of infectiousness, assuming it was sensitive enough to spread in which I don't doubt because Skull Face truly wanted to kill Boss, the infection within Quiet will eventually die out leading to the unavoidable extinction of the English strain as she's the only one with said strain." Snake lets a sigh of relief after his stoic expression throughout.

Ocelots back turns to snake and miller. "Operation rescue Quiet has commenced. Because like it or not, from the dirt of Cipher she's become a diamond in the rough. A mute hound. -

A Diamond Dog."

Alright that's all folks. It's my first thing I've written and honestly, a follow up mission I would've enjoyed after the dreadful 43 and 45. I hope anyone that comes across this can appreciate the read and enjoy it. If you're older than age of 14 you'd realize that Quiet is more than just eye candy fan service a lot of people put her out to be. She' a character who's actions literally speak for her. Her goodbye tape breaks my heart every time I read the lines and more so when I hear it myself and then followed up by her song. Note to those who have seen 51, this takes place before that, obviously. 51 could easily be argued as not canon and even if it's safe to say the strain is cured because he wouldn't even be alive. Let me know what you think, I may or may not continue this for myself and share it with anyone who wants to read my bad writing and I kind of want to do one where she does die after the departure and raise hell from Demon Snake. TILL NEXT TIME- "WOAH-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"