The Voice Beneath the Silence
A/N: This is a small drabble of the game from Quiet's perspective. Forgive me as this is my first, and may possibly my only Metal Gear fanfic. I never played the game myself but watched walkthroughs and read from its page on Metal Gear Wiki. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain belongs to Konami, its plot belongs to Kojima, no copyright violations intended. Much of this based on compilation of her scenes and on the tapes. Not exactly a masterpiece, more like a cross between terse diary entries and poetry. Forgive me if this is very long. I just couldn't help it. As I never played the game, I turned to YouTube videos to learn as much as I can. Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave review. Merry Christmas 2015 to all and a Happy New Year 2016.
Disclaimer: This is a fanwork, no copyright infrignement intended. Whatever the disputes, Konami may hold ownership of the franchise but characters, concept, and story belong to Hideo Kojima and his team. Sayanora, Kojima-san. You were an inspiration to me. You were a major influence to the industry, shining light of you ideals. We will miss you and Snake.
Chapter 1: REVENGE
The order had came
The scarred man has come to see me
A loose end, he called him
The mark is simply called V
...
I met the scarred man
He briefed me
I could not believe it
A hospital in Cyprus,
Of the British military
Makes my job harder
Why not just put the target on a bus?
...
He told me who he was
I cannot believe it
The legendary soldier himself
Big Boss...
I thought he slipped under the sea
Drowned in his castle of steel
...
V, he must be
Tapped phone and radio we listened
Indicated he has come to
I'm put on stand by
Planning continues
He's just another target...
...
It wasn't easy
The doctor and nurse had to go
It was not pleasant either
To kill someone defenseless
Would prefer shooting from afar
Yet, those are my orders...
...
The patient next to him
Attack me with all his might
Never expected a bandaged man
To put up such a fight
...
FIRE! Fire! He burned me!
My skin was roasting
It smells of meat...
Lamb
I screamed and screamed
Crash through the window I go
Shattering glass heralding my fall
...
I woke up... They saved me...
But he exacts his price
My body he claimed
And my soul
...
It takes some time getting used to
My choice of wear is hard on my modesty
But was the only way I can survive
For the parasites to thrive
How could this be?
But after the scarred man showed me
How my fate could be worse
The Skull, a soulless super soldier
Whose body must molder
So I must accept my curse
...
The parasites breathed new life
To vanish quietly
And to phase behind a person's back
I can slow down time to shoot
I can leap higher than a pole vaulter
And kick a man twenty feet across the floor
Sunlight and rain sustains me
Sleep I need little, food none
Yet, I was not made to live long
I speak my mother tongue
Slow death awaits
...
They trained me hard
To master my new body
Already a weapon
Trigger at ready
...
He came to me again
I never saw or felt him like this
So cold and brooding
Yet so menacing... and worse
He seemed to look down on me
Then he gave me my mission
...
I remember how at first
I was repulsed
At how they brought me back to life
I am no longer human
It's common ground, he claimed.
That we are set afire
Pain broke us and forged us
Why should we feel so?
And free our enemies remain
They should feel our pain
Each word took me back
To that night I had lain
That I seem to roast on a rack
...
He explained to me his story
From that village in Hungary
Trapped in that factory
Burning rapeseed oil cascading
Leaving his skin scalding
They all died
He did not
Hell claimed his skin
But not his soul
Left to expire
To fade away
They took him away
Russians, Germans first?
Neither matter
Tortured
Forced to speak their tongue
Held on to hope
To hang the world on his rope
...
I'll make my life matter, he said
I've less to live now
Big Boss should be dead!
And taught me how
...
In Afghanistan I go
Playing hide and seek
Putting fear in their sleep
The Russian soldiers whisper
Beware of the sniper
Who walks naked on the sands
Hmmm... men
...
Big Boss is here!
No doubt he has heard of me
Picked up my trail of bread crumbs
Of dead men who spoke too much
Of the scarred man's iron beast
Now I have him in my sight
To Aabe Shifap I lead him
Where a king's realm reached twilight
Ruins, a grave from another time
It will be his too
Big Boss, to hell I send you!
...
Bastard!
He really lives up to his name
He's too quick and cunning!
He's putting the hurt in me!
Supply dropped on my position
Out of my scope, he saves his head
But he can't get a bead on me
That makes it a draw
Only one of us must yield
It won't take long
...
Dusk approaches... Neither of us a victor
He is persistent! Truly a demon
A part of me wants to leave
To fight another day
But another wants him dead
To assuage the pain
Of the flesh I lost
Burnt away into ash and meat
I want him to burn!
Ugh, why does it sting?
Darts!?
...
I feel... tired...
Who's that behind me-
AARRGGHH!
...
I can't believe it...
He defeated me
I am beyond human
Yet he took me down
I lie on my back a second time
To face my fate again
He's here to finish the job
Though I resent, I must accept
I tried to kill him
I expect no mercy
I lost, he won
I await my death...
...
I looked at him
He looked at me
That cold eye of his
Looking down at me
No surprise
This is the end
No use fighting it
I glanced back
I spot a change in his eye
Savoring the moment, I see
Just get on with it
...
He saved me...
Why!?
He took me in his arms
And aboard a chopper
I almost spoke but held myself
We'd both be dead
Fool? You're mine!
...
I simply pretend to sleep
A surprised him and disappeared
Make him think I got away
How wrong you are
They talk of this "mother base"
Something to my advantage
Beware of quiet gifts
...
They sent a Harrier?
He's my kill!
His time I decide still
But that jet won't go away
I must be something!
This chopper is no match for it!
Big Boss, legend or not, is still a man
I took the gun, killed the missile
I took my rifle, killed the pilot
I surrendered and we stay silent
...
What a hell of a reception
A 21-gun salute aimed at us
I'm not welcome on Mother Base
Their fortress, their home
This Miller knew I'm from Cypher
Had to save the Boss's breath in telling them
Had to make them see what I can do
Nothing they will can stop me
Useless is firepower and brute force
Against ability bordering on myth
Leaped off the chopper
Vanished in mid-air
And landed behind them with flourish
I took off the cuffs
Disappeared again
Should put the fear in them
But that cowboy had the right mind
Ordered thermals online
Spotted and cornered, the jig was up
No use impressing them
My fate Miller and Cowboy argued
Big Boss arbitrated
Sent me back to the brig
...
First day of my incarceration
Uneventful, except for a few aids
Tried to dress me
Immodest as I appeared
I'll die if I wear a shirt
Night was interview and exams
Intelligence conducted the former
Medical staff did the latter
I remain mute in spite of questioning
Quiet, they called me
I was subjected to machine exam
Terrifying, I feared the worse from radiation
They're also scared of me
Want me quarantined
Cowboy's name is Ocelot
Has taken an interest guarding me
Did the interviews
Nice to give me a cage with a shower
...
He and BB paid a visit
Talked about me
My abilities and my strangeness
Turns out someone like me had it before
Back in the Soviet Union, 1964
How much of this world I knew now?
And how much I didn't know?
...
Ocelot attending some matters
Left me someone to watch me instead
A wuss named Sasaki
Wearing a gas mask and all shivering
Got the short end of the stick, I see
Runs to the bathroom time to time
With a fresh set of clothes
And a tank full of disinfectant
A mere lock on my cage
How clever of the best mercenaries in the world
Yet, I can't help but the get the feeling
They are just watching
Ocelot, I believe, has a hand to it
...
Big Boss out on a mission I hear
Decide to tag along
To learn more about him and his Diamond Dogs
To see more of the legend in action
Better than breathing the air when Sasaki is around
I simply picked the lock
And went out of my way
He prepares to depart
Miller seems distracted
Then bangs his cane beside me
Lucky guess! I'll give him that
How, I'll never know
Surprise, surprise, the charade's over,
But I intend to go
Miller is skeptical
But Ocelot favors my adventure
Miller disagrees
Ocelot hand me his pistol
Tell me to shoot through the blades
Miller protests but Ocelot nods
I shoot through with nary a scratch
A "freak" just proves her worth
Big Boss accepts in spite of my silence
To wherever the winds takes us
...
It is different to see him fighting
When he's not the enemy
I had never seen anyone
Take on a battalion, much less a regiment
With such guile and cunning
Courage and resolve
The more I see him in action
The more I can see why he is legendary
I'm starting to think my plot
Is a terrible mistake
He treats me better than "Skull Face"
Who only gave me a number as a name
No better than those men
Who took my grandpa's brother
To an Indian boarding school
Scrubbing him clean of his identity
To make him their idea of a man
The ideal American
While scorning his lineage all the same
...
I see him guiding those poor boys
Out of that hellhole
Refused the contract to kill
He's protecting them
Nary a merc touch their hair
I play my part
Anyone too close dies
Aboard the bird of freedom we go
Big Boss, why do you fight?
Is it love or hate?
Honor? Justice?
Why do you risk your life for them?
My heart flutters
...
He's escaping!
He has it!
It's in his throat
My dirty little secret!
They tried to stop me
But I swept them away
I must rip it off!
This evil of Skull Face
The evil I willingly accepted...
Big Boss! Don't interfere!
But they stopped me in time
I'm taken back to my cell
I feel defeated
I want to scream but I'm afraid
My cries will take me back to that night
...
I'm put on mission again
After some time in the cooler
Miller still distrusts me though
I should learn more about him
... Why am I holding back?
...
Mother Base is locked down
Everyone blames me
Platforms cordoned off
By men in hazmat suits
Decon showers everywhere
Sasaki must be lucky
Here not to be
Probably in mess duty
...
The intel man we saved
Spoke of the key to our problem
The mission is Code Talker
The man behind the 'sites
It would be difficult
Then the Skulls appeared
Who I might be when the 'sites take over
Who I will be if I speak my voice
...
The Skulls again
At Nova Braga
This time brutes
Men lucky to be infected
And collected
They won't get back Code Talker
Even in death we won't yield!
Fight on, mindless brutes!
...
We taken him back to the base
Code Talker worked with Med staff
It took over two weeks
But we saved Mother Base
From his "children's" grip
I can hear the other guys hurting
I know how it feels
...
One of the boys lost his necklace
In the drink with disinfectant
From their leader Shabani
Their last keep sake from him
They deserve it
Just like my wrecked lungs
I jump in, heedless of the risk
To my being
Ah, it burns!
But I can't lose it, I can't
... The pain, the pain...
But they won't lose Shabani, even in death...
...
Every mission brings to light
How Skull Face wants to set the world afire
To create his twisted paradise
In the Congo and Afghanistan
In Nova Braga against the Skulls
With Big Boss's steed and dog
The Devil's House, the diamond mines
The man on fire
Bwala lya Masa with the White Mamba
And the strange redheaded boy floating with a gas mask
Truly madness
Conflict breeds misery
We saved this egghead Huey
And the plans of his steel monstrosity
Sahelanthropus...
Ozymandias's engine of hell
...
We won, we won
Skullface is dead
No longer to drown the world in flames
I am free!
We returned with our prize
The steel demon Sahelanthropus
Huey's Golem, his Frankenstein
Now Cipher will not threaten us
Lose the head, the body falls!
Miller gave a speech
The phantom pain in us
Our curse and blessing
Our shared bond
Will live in us forever
The battle is won
But war ever rages
A/N: Hope you liked this. Chapter 2 incoming.
