"We need eyes on tango." The soldier called into the speaker on his tight shoulder.
"tango is within thirty feet of you Ghost, you need to make a decision now, we can't lose all of you now." The speaker went dead in his ear as silence filled the hall. His gun aimed and ready as he slowly walked to his target. Warning signs coming from every drop of though in his mind. He took caution as the door swung open. He aimed down the sights.
BANG
He watched the target fall to the ground, his wife screaming in the background as she went instantly for the gun. He took one last shot and watched through the sight as the bullet pierced her heart. He lowered his gun the flashes went through his mind as he took his mic. "Clear, two down." He said and the only thing he heard was, "I didn't know." He stepped over the bodies and into the dark room. His gun still raised as he searched the room. "Clear," He called to her and went to the laptop and grabbed it stashing it into his backpack. "Okay, Alpha, you there?" He called and Price answered quickly. "We're in section D, we need eyes out of here Ghost, you know what to do.
Ghost sighed seeing he wasn't getting it easy this time. He walked over the bodies once again and flinched seeing the woman with her eyes still open looking at her husband. "Should've never went for the gun." He whispered as he grabbed his gun and continued to the roof. Once there he grabbed his sniper rifle and looked through the scope eyeing the men and their environment. "Okay Price you have men moving in the building you must be in. Blue house, a window to the kitchen and a kids bedroom window with your fat head poking out?" He questioned and Price instantly moved his head behind the desk and cursed him quietly as Ghost scanned back and took out two men instantly. "You have three inside and too many out, I'll take out as many as I can before I give my post. I'm two streets down on Fourth Ave third house. Meet here when you can and I'll have Nick bring in the chopper. I have what we came for, now we just need the distractions back. Price huffed and laughed a soft chuckle as Ghost smiled through his mask. "Come on Ghost, give us a break. We helped you this time, next time I'll put you in a pink jumpsuit and make you run around screaming." He said and he cut the mic off for the moment and sighted his first target.
After a long time. He managed to take out over half the men outside. Price and the men handled off the rest as Ghost watched taking a few shots to help. He watched his team get away and he took his eyes off the sniper in relieve. But when he looked out to the buildings he watched a dragon fly oddly go across his face. Then.
BLACK
When Ghost woke he was in the chopper. He sat up and Price held his shoulder, "Good you're still here, she knocked you out cold son, watch your back." Ghost looked puzzled until he looked over to where Price was looking and saw a girl in a blanket. She was beautiful with long brown hair and hazel eyes. She was shivering and the only thing he wanted to do was ignore his pain and go to her. He would never truly know why, he just saw her. "She hit me?" Ghost asked as Price shrugged. "Aye, I believe she thought you were an enemy and you did go in her home. "I checked the whole place it was clear other than the two..." He looked at her. "How old?" He asked as Price shook his head. "She wont talk, she knows English because she was telling you she was sorry over and over when we got up there." He said calmly as Ghost got up she was sore in the back of his head but to his surprise there was no concussion. He stood slowly getting used to the choppers rhythm. He slowly made his way to her and Price let him be, Ghost was a man of his own. He would do crazy things for crazy reasons. He figured he'd go make the girl feel better. But Price needed her for questioning so he would cut the conversation short.
Ghost made his way to her and she looked up at him and Ghost looked at her. His mask a tad crooked but her wouldn't fix it where everyone could see him. He's never shown his face to anyone but John McTavish and John Price. He smiled softly but you could see it through his mask and she looked scared but smiled back in a frantic soft smile. Ghost sat beside her and rubbed the back of his throbbing head. "You have a very strong arm, did you compete in sports?" He asked in his usual soft strong tone that made the girls heart race. Why was he being so nice to a girl who bashed him in the head with a white old flower pot? She wondered as he laid back. "Look, I know you're scared. You're I a chopper full of men and you look terrified as hell, but listen. You are going to America, a place where no one will hurt you and the only thing you have to worry about is what to do next." He sighed thinking of home and the thoughts made her smiled as well.
"Yes," was all the Russian girl could say, and too his surprise, she was very much American herself. Her accent was a tad southern but the rest was Russian. She looked American too, now that he was really looking. "What?" He pondered softly. and she smiled softly. "I played sports with the men in own when I was younger." He nodded and he asked another question hoping she'd keep talking. "so, how old are you then, since you played when you were younger." A small laugh escaped her as he looked at her. "I'm 19." She said softly and she looked at him, how old are you?" Ghost looked at her body and it seemed unlikely she was 19, her body was so small and petite that she looked as close as 14. He looked at the wall a moment and turned back to her, "I'm 23." He said and she nodded. "So, um- I'm a high ranking military fighter, how, how did you hide so well. I checked the whole place every nook and cranny yet you hit me with a flower pot on the roof." He chuckled adding, "Which was very smart and brave at the same time, I'm amazed you made it up to me without making a noise." She flushed a tad and looked up at him and shrugged.
"I was in the closet in a secret wall. You'd never found it I had suitcases against the wall. I was hiding from the man and woman who killed my mother and father a while back. They were looking for me." She said softly but he was getting information and he couldn't just stop. "Why were they after you?" He asked and she curled knees to her chest and hugged them, "I- I don't want to talk about that right now, can we talk about something else?" She asked and he looked at Price who looked defeated and Ghost looked at her. "If you tell us, we can help you. We can keep you safe if you tell us." She looked up at him. "I was told not to ever speak of if it. It was top secret and even though I'm important if I told other could use me and they couldn't afford that so they said they would kill me." she tucked her beautiful face into her knees as Ghost softly touched her back. "I wont let them touch you." He said reassuringly and she nodded. "I'm the SHD." She said as Ghost looked in amazement. "You're the top secret deice?!" Ghost looked at Price and Price looked uneasy.
"You mean this girl in what we've been looking for this whole time?" Price shouted and Ghost shrugged as she hid against. Ghost touched her shoulder softly and she looked at him. "You're safe. We aren't going to use you, we are going to make sure you're safe. We were told to destroy the device, but your a girl. We wont hurt you okay?" He smiled through the mask and she looked a little more hopeful. Price was now furious. You mean we lost John for nothing!" Price sighed and sat down next to Yuri who was playing on a DS Nintendo being as stupid as always. Ghost looked down remembering his friend Soap. "I don't think so, she was there, price, and she is here now. John would be happy we have the device- I mean her." Price ignored him and looked away as they flew to the Base.
