Notes: Howdy there! Her I come, bearing delicious crack fic! I hope you all like it. This fic is divided into two parts, for the sake of points of view :giggles:

Part 1:
What's Got Into Me? (Sigint's P.o.V.)

I'm not the type of person that gets 'fired up' by things. In fact, Para-medic once told me that I should be more obstinate. With those words still echoing in my mind when Big Boss told me about what was going on in that peninsula, I decided that was the time to be 'obstinate'.

Going there gave me the chance to see the world by a new point of view. I've always been involved with the army, special missions and this type of thing. But I've only took part of them from afar, through a tiny screen or through headphones. I never really took part of the action per se.

There, I wasn't just a 'spectator' or advisor. I was an important piece of that whole unit, and that made me feel quite alive. Gave me a nice little rush that I've never felt.

Sure, I wasn't out there shooting guns and punching people, but I was closer than ever to all that, and that was enough to get me all exited.

But, when I joined the unit, something bothered me a lot: how Big Boss trusted in Roy that easily? It isn't like he wouldn't figure out there was an escape route in that cell, without any help. He is Big Boss, after all. I mean, the man used a fork as a weapon back in that Snake Eater mission. Finding a tunnel in such a small place wouldn't be that hard.

Although, a small hint is always nice and Big Boss used that. If I were in his place - and don't get me wrong when I say that - I would just get the hell out of that place and never look back again. I wouldn't think too hard about saving someone I just met.

Fortunately, I wasn't the one in that cell, or else I would regret my decision forever and ever.

At first, I must say I didn't trust him. Sure, things were flowing slightly 'fine', but who could guarantee to us that he wasn't leading us to a trap? I seriously thought, for a long time, that he was just one hell of an actor and that he was disguising very well the fact that he worked for Gene. But, at the time, no one seemed to share the same thoughts, and I stayed in silence about that.

Also, Para-medic was always talking to him and I didn't know how or why she got so close to him, so fast. Then I realized I was the only one being a total blockhead about that.

I started to talk to him more often. At first, my intentions weren't the best. I just started talking to him hoping that I would 'uncover' him for everyone. But, the more I talked to him, the more I felt sympathy for him as well. My suspicions vanished completely when I realized that Roy really wasn't the brightest crayon in the box. He really wouldn't be able to pull such a big trick.

Not that he is stupid. Far from that. But I'm under the impression that 'think fast' doesn't exist in his mind. It seems, to me, that the only thing that can make his brain work faster is when he's thinking about the best way to infiltrate a building, or what route the unit has to take and so on. That pretty much compensates his slightly slow behavior.

This fact aside, we started to get a little bit closer. I would sit there in the back of the truck, trying to come up with some new gadget while he would stay in the front seat, eagerly waiting for news from Bog Boss. While that, other soldiers would get inside and outside the truck to get weapons and supplies.

The days passed, sometimes slow and sometimes fast, but we eventually solved the whole thing. No, scratch that. Big Boss solved the whole thing, now that I think of it.

When it all ended, I was pretty relieved about the fact that I could go back to that messy place full of junk that I liked to call home. But a part of me really didn't want to leave.

That's why I sounded more excited then I should when Roy told me that he wanted to build a 'base' for the whole unit. When Big Boss actually agreed with that, I swear I could hear fireworks inside my head. I didn't know exactly why, but I heard them anyway.

I must admit I've never been so anxious about something in my life. I just wanted that base to be build already, so then we could all get together there. While that, I stayed at my house and tried to develop something new, with no success.

When the place was finally up and running, I was the first one to show up there with all my things. I was really excited about that whole new experience, but I really didn't expect what was going to take place.

Roy told me there was a main building in the middle of the whole base and that I had a room of my own there. He also told me that was Big Boss' idea, since he wanted his friends to be close to him.

So, I stayed there, day in, day out. And it seemed like my creativity was back at full force. Like, there were no limits for it. I would sit on my room, for hours, drawing project after project. Sure, not all of them worked, but I was producing something.

This also gave me the chance to know a little bit more about Roy, since his room was the one next to mine. Although, once he was the one making sure that everything was organized around the base and that I was always locked up in my room, thinking, we really didn't see each other as much as I wanted. I wanted to talk to him because he was a really nice person.

One day, when I was sitting there in front of my board, with a bunch of disassembled weapons all over the place, my brain put two and two together. Then, it seemed like I had the most astonishing discovery of my life: I really liked Roy.

That really explained a lot of things. Like why I would stay in the back of the truck just so then I could talk to him, or why I heard fireworks when I got to know about the base, or why I felt bad about not being able to talk to him all the time, among other things. Suddenly, I was the slow one.

When this realization struck me, obsession struck me as well. That was the point where I got really 'obstinate'. Suddenly, I had to have him by my side, no matter what.

But, I often asked myself: what he would think about that?