Dragged from Home

Mother Base, Seychelles Waters

Finally finishing his cigar, Big Boss opens the left door of the helicopter and sits at the edge, looking at his and his comrades' beloved home. After Pequod landed at one of Mother Base's landing zone, Big Boss disembarks from the flying vehicle and walks away. Few seconds later, Pequod flies away.

Big Boss walks through the Command Platform for few minutes before something pounced upon him. Before Big Boss can react, the thing immediately licks him in the face. When Big Boss manages to get a closer look at the thing that is still licking him without mercy, he finds out that it's DD.

"Alright, DD. That's enough. Get over here."

Hearing that, DD stops licking Big Boss and goes over the talker's position. When Big Boss stands up, he can see that the one who "saved" him was a man with clothes that won't be out of place at Wild West, Revolver Ocelot.

"Glad to see you return, Snake. I am sure DD here is feeling the same." Said Ocelot as DD barks besides him.

"Indeed. Anything worth a thought?" Asked Big Boss.

"There's one. Miller once again stole some of our GMP for his...'project'."

"Did this 'project' involved...Code Talker?"

"...Yes."

Big Boss sighs as he face-palm as well. While indeed thanks to Miller's project that there are some variety for Diamond Dogs' members' food, he used GMP without his knowledge or authorization. Maybe he should "teach" Miller again about some CQC.

"One more thing, Boss. Thanks to Miller's expenditure, I sent some of our men to a mission. You weren't here and I can't contact you either." Added Ocelot.

"As long as they're experienced enough and not on a mission too dangerous for them." Replied Big Boss.

"Don't worry, Boss. I wouldn't send them to a mission like that."

As if on cue, a helicopter arrived. Big Boss, Ocelot, and DD walk towards the nearest LZ. On their way there, they see that the staffs of medical team are approaching the same LZ with few medical beds. When they arrived at the LZ, ten soldiers are coming out from the chopper. Some are supporting the others until the latter can be placed at the beds. Big Boss then looks at Ocelot with displeased face.

"Maybe I talked too soon." Said Ocelot with low voice.

After letting the medics tending the wounded, a masked soldier approaches both Big Boss and Ocelot.

"Mission Report: Things went very wrong." Said the soldier as he gives a salute.

"I can see that very clear." Said Ocelot with a sarcasm. "What happened?"

"It supposed to be a simple grab-and-snatch mission. When we were extracting from the field, we got attacked."

"Do you know who attacked you?" Asked Big Boss.

"Let me think, sir... Yes, I think I know them. You sirs, called them XOF."

Both Big Boss and Ocelot's eyes become wide before they look at each other. Then, they look back at the soldier.

"Did they follow you here?" Asked Ocelot worried.

"No, sir. We managed to loose them on our way back here."

"That's a relief." Said Big Boss simply.

"There's another thing, sir."

"What is it, Silent Mastodon?"

Silent Mastodon turns his eyes to two other soldiers carrying a large metallic box. He whistles and mentioned both of them to come to his position. Both of them see it and approach the trio with each of their hand holding the side of the box. When they arrived, they put down the box and Big Boss approaches it. He kneels and then opens the box. He's surprised by what he sees.

Inside the metallic box is some kind of ore. The color is blue but it's not only that; it's also glowing the same blue as its color. Big Boss can also feels that there seems to be some kind of aura emitted by the ore.

Feeling that he has seen enough, Big Boss closes the box, stands up, and looks at Silent Mastodon.

"What is this?" Asked Big Boss.

"Don't know, sir. We just found it at the same place that we snatched. We thought that maybe this strange ore can help us in expanding Mother Base." Replied Silent Mastodon.

"Maybe. But I never see or hear something like this. Having this in our base can attract some unwanted attention. What should we do with it, Boss?" Asked Ocelot.

Big Boss thinks about it. If they bring this ore to R&D, they can probably find out more about the ore and used it to either create new weapon or upgraded the already existing one. If they can't, well, it's still an interesting finding. On the other hand, this ore can be the first of its kind and thus – just like what Ocelot said – attract unwanted attention. Cipher can perhaps even used it to locate the new Mother Base.

"Get the ore to the R&D and see if they can find something from it." Ordered Big Boss as he comes into decision.

"Right away, Boss." Replied Silent Mastodon and he and the other two soldiers give a salute before taking the box with them to the R&D Platform.

"Well Boss, if you have nothing more to do, Miller asked for you to meet him at the command center. Let's go, DD." Informed Ocelot as he and DD walks away.

After both of them out of his sigh, Big Boss looks at himself and decides that he needs a shower and some rest.


An hour later...

Command Platform

Big Boss - after taking a shower and had a rest – enters the command center and finds Miller is sitting while reading papers among the staffs.

"You want to see me?" Asked Big Boss as he approaches Miller.

"Ah, Snake. Yeah, I have something to talk about." Miller stands up and approaches a table. "But before that..."

Miller smacks his crutch at the table. Few moments later, someone appears near the table. It's Quiet. Her presence surprises Big Boss and the rest of the staffs.

"Get out! This is none of your business!" Shouted Miller.

Quiet doesn't react for few moments before deciding to comply. After she's out, Miller approaches Big Boss.

"You see Boss, the intel team managed to get some data about Cipher. For some reason, they will send a squad of hitmen to Afghanistan. The one who lead the squad has quite a high rank. I believed that if we extract him to Mother Base, we can find out more about Cipher's intention." Explained Miller.

"I see. By the way, Miller, there's something I must speak with you about." Replied Big Boss.

Before Miller can ask what is it that Big Boss wants to talk about, the former received a call from his iDroid. Miller takes the iDroid from his pocket and accepts the call.

"[COMMS] Miller here."

"[COMMS] Miller, the supplies have arrived."

Just from the sound Big Boss knows that it was Code Talker who spoke. When he looks at Miller, the latter appears to be sweating. Remembering what Miller did with the GMP and there are "supplies" arriving at Mother Base, Big Boss can guess what both Miller and Code Talker are talking about.

"[COMMS] Good to hear that, Code Talker." Replied Miller as his worries increased.

"[COMMS] Indeed. You better finish your job as soon as possible. I can't wait to taste your...masterpiece."

With that, Code Talker ended the call. Miller puts his iDroid back and looks at Big Boss who has a "Got you" face. Before any of them can talk or do anything else, someone enters the room with papers at her hands.

"Boss, this is the result of our research on the ore." Said the staff as she hands over the papers to Big Boss.

"What ore?" Asked Miller.

"I'll tell you later." Replied Big Boss.

Big Boss reads the papers and looks through them. Sure, they're interesting, but none of them caught much of his interest. That is until he sets his eyes on one piece of information.

"Is this real?" Asked Big Boss as he shows the specific paper on the staff.

"Yes, Boss. The ore's compositions are not registered in the periodic table." Replied the staff.

"What? How is that possible?" Asked Miller. Although he still has no clear idea about the ore, at least he knows what is important.

"We don't know, sir. However, we can at least conclude that the ore is either the only one or the first of its kind."

"Both are not to calming. What else that we know about the ore?"

"For now, not much. The research is still ongoing."

"Eer, sir?"

"Now I believed that the time has come for you to explain, Miller." Said Big Boss suddenly.

"W-What are you talking about, Boss?" Asked Miller worried.

"Sir?"

"I can understand if you used the GMP to renovate the Mother Base or upgrading our equipment. But using it to buy supplies to make hamburgers?"

"Now Boss, there's nothing to be mad about it. Believed it or not, we actually made a profit from it."

"Sir!"

"What is it, soldier?" Asked Big Boss who finally pay attention to another staff.

"Take a look outside."

Big Boss and Miller decides to approach the windows to have a better look. When they look outside, they see that a big storm is approaching the Mother Base. But it's not only that; mist also begins to enveloped the base from all sides.

"Great, storm is coming. Inform everyone." Said Big Boss simply.

"Right away, Boss." Replied one of the staff.

Before the staff can reach the control panel and informed the rest of the Mother Base, light begins to appear from outside. At first, it's simply an annoyance. However, the light is slowly but steady becomes stronger to the point that everyone in the command center must cover their eyes.

When it happened, the storm has finally surrounded the Mother Base. Then, an earthquake occurred.


R&D Platform

The situation is more or less the same as the ones in the command center. The staffs and scientists there are bracing themselves and wait for the storm to pass.

"Hey, what's wrong with the ore?!" Exclaim a scientist as he points at the ore.

The ore is emitting more and more blue light.

"It's having a reaction!" Said a male staff.

"With what?!" Asked a female staff.

The light from the ore is now so bright that everyone near it must cover their eyes less they risk blindness.


Command Platform

After an unknown amount of time, the light is slowly but surely disappear. When Big Boss knows about it, he also realizes that he's currently lying at the floor. He grabs at the edge of a table in order to help him to stand up. After managing to regain his composure, Big Boss approaches Miller, who is having a trouble to stand up. He offers Miller a hand which the latter accepts and finally capable of standing up.

"What the hell happened, Snake?" Asked Miller.

"Don't know. What about you guys?" Asked Big Boss to the staffs that were already standing up.

"We're fine, Boss. As for what happened..." One of the staff approaches a control panel and checks it. "...same thing with you, Boss. We have no idea. However, one thing that we currently know is that we need to do some recalibration and reboot."

"Do it then. Inform me when you're done."

"Right away, Boss."

Big Boss walks towards the door while lighting a cigar. Seeing his expression, Miller asks Big Boss.

"Something wrong, Snake?"

"I have a feeling that this situation won't be quite simple."


And that's the end of the prologue.

I got this idea when I am reading threads about Metal Gear Solid crossovered with Valkyria Chronicles.

So, what will change with the arrival of Diamond Dogs in the Second Europan War?

If you have question or suggestion, feel free to tell me.

Review please.