A Ghost In the Night

by Red Dawn Shadow

Ghost has been just fine on his own in the Task Force 141, but his life is turned up side down when he meets the new FNG Alex Stone, Seeing that both are complete opposites, Alex herself is curious to see who the man behind the mask really is. Note: im new to the fanfic writing so it might suck but i'm just saying :) Rated T for Language and Possible suggestive themes :)

1. Chapter 1

The day was hot and dry, not a cloud in sight, This must of been a normal sight for regular members of the One-Four-One. But to Alex, it was quite dull. She gave a sigh and kicked the dirt as she stood in front of the base,

"Welcome to Task force 141 Miss." The soldier said as he guided her to the entrance, The hall ways seemed ridiculously long, but Alex wasn't gonna complain, it was her first day after all.

"I hope there's other women here." Alex thought to herself

Just then the soldier stopped and said the Captains right in there.

Alex lifted her head up then walked in

"Ah here's the FNG right now." The Mohawk Scottish man called out then rushed over to greet here

"Sir." Her British accent was soft and little a bit different then most.

"Captain MacTaivsh at your service, you must Be Alex Stone."

A slight smile formed in her face as she gave a nod

"Any call signs?."

"No, not yet anyways." Alex replied simply

MacTavish gave a nod then said "Come with me we'll discuss your training then meet the other Members of the Family."

Ghost's POV

I give a slight sigh as I sit in one of the chairs

"Depressed about having to share you room?." Roach teased

"It wouldn't be that bad if it was someone I knew." I roll my eyes, even though no one can see it.

Worm gives a reassuring pat on the back and says "I'm sure the guy will be fine."

"You boys might want to rephrase that word." MacTavish warned as he walked in.

Thank god I have my balaclava on cause my jaw just about drops to the ground. No no no no, Bloody hell no this isn't happening. the FNG is a girl?

The room goes silent as they both walk in,

Like MacTavish is, he always keeps secrets, like this. wont give a name or nothing. Personally I don't blame him. id put up a great argument if I knew this "FNG" was a girl.

"Meet Alex boys, and play nice we don't want to give her a bad view on us on her first day." MacTavish says with a chuckle.

She has bright hazels eyes, only to accent her dark rich red colored hair, it seems unnaturally wavy but it doesn't seem to matter cause she has it tied up in a ungodly high pony tail. She wears a light green colored cargo jeans (not to mention with tons of pockets going up and down the legs) with a cropped white tank top.

Toad is the first to come up to her and say "Names Toad, any call sign we can call you beautiful lady." the way he makes his voice sound makes me want to puke,

She's taken off guard by him calling her that, but she doesn't seem to blush that easily

the FNG shakes her head making her pony tail go from side to side as she says "Just Alex."

one by one they all meet her.

MacTavish then peers at me, I haven't greeted her yet, I don't want to meet her.

But he gives a mischievous smile as he says "Seems like you haven't met the Lieutenant yet."
"Damn you MacTavish." I swear under my breath

he then leads her over to me, I've some how shifted out of my chair through out the greetings and now leaning against the wall. I can tell she almost flinch's at her first sight of me, almost everybody does when they meet me.

"This is our Lieutenant Ghost, You will also be bunking with him." MacTavish adds a wink at his last comment.

I roll my eyes at it. she gives a slow nod then says "Alex." I almost flinch at her accent, its a southern England accent, but it seems to a have a trance of something else I cant put my finger on.

Alex's POV

Jesus Christ! he looks like he looks like a bloody cereal killer from a horror movie!, not only that but I have to bunk with him? Lets not mention the fact he's the Lieutenant, He's dressed in a normal task force uniform, different's is he wears red tinted sunglasses with a smiling skull patterned balaclava (I think that's what they are) on. right as my eyes met his, I can tell he doesn't like me. so I don't shake his hand.

personally i'm scared to at this point, MacTavish has already explained that have to the "The pit" which is some gun course that I have to complete in... oh lord i completely forgot what time i had to complete it in. i dismiss the thought and strangely enough my face is still clean of emotions.

But there is somebody that i have struck a match with, Archer is his call sign, a sniper.

Ever sense I joined the military i was a natural at being a sniper.
i was once told that "I had Patience's yet i was persistent, which only leads to great things, and was hard to find" which i guess that makes me a "Good sniper"

"So are you ready to go to The Pit Lassie." MacTavish asks

"Not really, But i suppose i don't have a choice." I say flatly

"I'll let the Lieutenant show you the way." MacTavish says, i notice him passing a wink at the masked man, i wonder what he's thinking.. probably that he doesn't like me. before i can go into any deep thought about it my thoughts were cut off by his British accent, i almost thought that he was American.

"Sure, but can i speak to you in private first Captain."

MacTavish's eyes fall to the ground and sighs as if he knows what's about to happen next, they both quietly walk across the room.

Normal POV

"Why didn't you tell me it was bloody girl!." Ghost hissed is a muffled voice

"Cause i knew you would argue, like this." MacTavish replied in a flat voice

Ghost gave a irritated sigh and said "Let me guess, there's other bunks free but you chose her to stay with me."

MacTavish slightly shifted as he rubbed his hand behind his neck.

"Yes i did, But look lad i think this will be good for you, you haven't been the most social person."

"When have i ever been social?." Ghost replied indifferently

"You haven't but maybe Shecan change that." MacTavish said

Ghost's eyes had widened at what MacTavish had been saying.

"If this is about my lo-

"No no not like that! look she's going to be here for a awhile weather you like it or not, and I've looked at her bio and from what's on there, you'll like her more as a friend then a foe." MacTavish cut him off.

Ghost sighed as he looked at the floor, "Fine." was the only thing he could say

He trudged back to the girl

"Follow me." He muttered

Alex gave a slight sigh as she silently followed him, it was kinda awkward for her, she almost felt compelled to make conversation, but the way MacTavish was giving facial expressions made her stay quiet.

Alex's POV

A voice hits me like a punch in the stomach

"So Alex, How long have you serviced in the military."

I did not see this coming, but i refuse to give a surprised look

Say as little as possible a little voice in the back of my mind says, and i don't ignore it

i give a light shrug and say "4 years, what about you?."

"6." he answer's flatly

just then we make are way out of the base and into the boiling heat.

It isn't very long we've made our way down a slope, i already see MacTavish standing by General Shepard.

How did he get there that fast?

i dismiss my thoughts on that as i'm briefly explained on what i must do, still didn't catch the time though.

I look at my gun selection not much so i pull out the good ole USP 45

I can tell Ghost looks at me in disbelief, i don't need to see his face, i got a vibe for this type of stuff.

"Aren't you going to take a primary." He scoffs

"I don't need one, but if it makes you feel pretty Lieutenant." I reply in a mellow tone

I can feel the scold on his face "Id advise you to watch your tongue or it will be the death of you." He threatens,

"Is that a promise?." I say as a smile dances on my face

His anger glows from his balaclava, but he doesn't say anything else and rushes off.

i roll my eye's, i still wear a smile on my face, i like him.. Eh sorta.

i pick up a SCAR-H just to mock him as i put it on my back i walk to the gate,

the grip on my USP tightens as the gate shuts behind me, i'm sharp on my senses, i don't hit 1 civilian in the first part. i quickly rush into the building swiftly firing, i make my way up the stairs as a card bored cut out pops in front of me,

"KNIFE THE TAREGT." i hear MacTavish say as i'm already in mid slice. the rest is a breeze, i run up to the other gate my face is slightly red from the running but i'm not panting, at least i'm forcing myself to not.

The 3 men come down to greet me,

I see a approving look on MacTavish's face, i must of done it right,

Shepard clears his throat and says "18.9 seconds."

Holy crap! I've been told i'm in great shape, but i didn't know i was that great in shape.

MacTavish comes over and congratulates me, Ghost stays quiet though, He can hide his face in that balaclava all he wants, but i know deep inside he's impressed.

For the rest of the day the guys are all trying to find a call sign for me that has to do with my speed

"What about Swifty!." Meat says

I raise my eyebrows "What about No."

"How about speedy." Worm suggests

I let my head rest on the table as i say "I give up, I'm seriously not that fast so can we just let go of the call sign thing."

"If you've been in the military for 4 years why the crap do you not have a call sign?." Archer says

"Well that's the problem, i do have a couple of call signs, but they don't sound right."

"Ok name one." Meat says

"Hmm, Coco is one of them." I say mentally embarrassed

They all roar with laughter

"Why would they call you Coco?."

"Cause i have a huge obsession with drinking Coco." I say with a slight smirk

"I'll make a mental note on that." Roach replies

"Well boys i'm off for the night, I've got a big day ahead of myself tomorrow." I say

"Remember to tell Ghost you- We love him." Meat says

we all silent for a moment, was he about to say what i think he was about to.

i give a nod as i walk through the halls. Roach had shown me my new room in the day time, so i know were its at, my mind begins to wonder on Meat stuttering

"Remember to tell Ghost you- We love him." It keeps replying in my mind.

was he about to say to remember to tell Ghost i love him? what the he-

i stop thinking. i'm already at the door. i wonder what he's doing in there, more like i wonder if his mask is off.

Once again i force myself to stop thinking and open the door.

He's sitting there on the bottom bunk writing in a journal, as a matter of fact he doesn't even look up to acknowledge me, that's fine by me.

i don't bother changing, for one obvious reason, he's in here, the second is that I've never cared for pajama's don't get me wrong i will sleep in them, but i don't have to.

i walk up to the bunk bed, and place my hands on the top bar, with one light jump i pull myself onto the bed.

Yes i know there's a latter, but i always find it more fun to do something like that,

i use to be a gymnast before i join the military so doing simple stuff like this makes me happy. i yank the pony tail holder out of my hair and run my fingers through it. after getting comfy,

for awhile i cant sleep. its never been in my nature to go to bed early, the lights are out the but i don't care.

i silently jump out of my bed and make my way out of the room, There he is in all of his glory, sleeping...with the freaking mask on.

i'm already outside of the base as i take a seat on the ground and look out into the sky.

after about 10 minutes i hear foot steps behind me. but i don't bother looking.

"I guess you don't know what the punishment is for being out of bed after restricted time." its just Ghost

"I'd take you a bit more serious if you weren't being a hypocrite." I reply

He takes a seat next to me.

"I swear." He mutters

"You'll kill me if i keep being disrespectful?." I ask, i then sigh deeply and add "But at this point i don't care."

My fingers trace down the scar just above right side of my lip.

"I don't really care the way you speak to me, too be honest in the One-Four-One we speak are minds freely, its just..." He trails off

"Just that i'm a girl and it took you by surprise, i know." Our eyes lock for a moment, but i quickly look at the ground

"How..."

"I have a vibe for that type of thing." i explain

he gives a long sigh then says "I just wanted to apologize for the way i was acting earlier, like you said it took me by surprise, MacTavish didn't tell me anything about you, literally."

There it is again, a smile dances on my lips and i shake my head as i look at the ground

"No hard feelings, i would of been probably would of been more pissed then you if i didn't get a word of warning about who id be having to share a room with."

He's smiling beneath the mask, yes its a vibe.

"We should probably get back inside, and on are way back you should tell me about the punishment for being up after time limit."

He slightly laughs as we both get up.

Despite the rough patch we ran into today, i can tell were gonna be great friends.

Authors note: Whats up people?! so this is the first chapter of my book, which im sure sucks :( (along with the grammer mistakes i probably over looked which im sorry for), but i haven't played Mw2 in awhile and wasn't in the mood to think logically on how MacTavish would actually greet her so i just got creative (and im probably going to wing it for most of her missions), and yes Alex will get a Call sign, in the next chapter ^_^ anyways im out.

Sincerely Red Dawn Shadow.