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The man was walking towards Ava, smirking. She pushed her knees up, trying to get as far away from the unknown man as possible. She knew something was up. He got closer and closer to Ava, causing her to jump up. The man had run forward and grabbed her hair. She kicked and hit him, which was obviously not a lot to him, as he just laughed. She screamed. She did anything. He forced her down onto the cold wooden floor beneath them. His hand left her hair, as he used his legs to keep her from moving. His hands were focused on pulling Ava's shorts down, which was a struggle due to her squirming.
Ava's head was to the side, her ear on the floor, and eyes staring at the wall. She continued to punch, squirm and scream but no one was coming to her rescue. "Stop squirming girl." He said, still struggling. His fist met her cheek, for the second time today. She could feel her shorts starting to budge. One hand was against her cheek, the other balled into a fist, trying to hurt the man above her, still smirking like a maniac. Like? He was a maniac. She heard the door open, but the man obviously didn't, then footsteps approaching them.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, Jones?!" A familiar voice shouted, yanking the man off Ava, causing her to sigh with relief.
The man, Jones, was stuttering, "I-uh-I just-uh."
"Enough bloody excuses!" He bellowed at him, Ava shuffled back, to sit against the wall. The man ran out the door. Ghost turned towards Ava then, looking her up and down.
Ava could feel his eyes on her "Don't think you're let off so easily, what are you doing in here?" He said, a lot more calmly.
"Some Scottish man said I could stay in here. If you don't believe me, don't you think I would've done a runner by now?" Ava asked Ghost,
Ghost nodded, "Alright, I believe you." He helped her up, and got her re-settled onto the couch. He had pulled the back cushions off, making it wider, "That should help." He said, then going to the other couch to do the same.
Ava looked at him curiously, "What are you doing?"
"Staying down here. We don't want a repeat, do we?" He asked her, she looked down and shook her head. She pulled the blanket over her small body. The man on the other couch was watching her. There was something about her; Ghost wasn't too sure what, whether it was her popping green eyes, or lion-like hair, he felt he had to be there for her.
Ava was the first to wake in the morning. She sat up, and watched the man opposite her sleep. He was still wearing his balaclava. Ghost had confused her like she had confused him. He wasn't wearing the sunglasses he wore when he interrogated her, but still the freaky skull balaclava. She yawned and took in her surroundings. The couches faced a small TV with a battered play station attached. Behind the couches was a kitchen, which had a microwave, a couple of cupboards. Also in the room there was a desk with a computer on, with a ton of paper next to it. There was a dinner table with a couple of chairs scattered by them.
The door had flung open, and Ava had quickly spun her head in that direction to see who it was, it had also woken Ghost. The Scottish man had stood there, frowning at Ghost.
"Ghost, why are you in here?" He asked,
Ghost propped himself up on his elbows, "I'll explain later." He replied calmly.
MacTavish just shook his head and turned towards Ava, "Can I have a word, Avalynne?" He asked, informing Ghost of her name. She nodded, and followed the captain out, and into an office. He sat down opposite, with a hot drink he placed in front of him, he looked tired, as did Ava.
"I was thinking about letting you join the one-four-one. We'd need to see if you were up to it, if you needed training and if you were trustworthy." MacTavish said, cutting to the point.
Her eyes opened in surprise and she smiled and nodded, "Oh my god! I'd love to if it meant never having to go back to that bastard."
He smiled then, realising Shepard would be happy, "Even better, you'd get to kill him."
"Sign me up!" She said, laughing, MacTavish laughed as well.
"I'll get Ghost to test you on everything later on; I need a word with him, if you see him, tell him to find me. And try to stay near him, Roach or me. Some of these men would do anything for a girl. She nodded memories from the night before flooding back to her.
MacTavish looked at the lieutenant, "Would you like to explain why you were in the rec. room last night?"
Ghost was uncomfortable on the topic, "I-uh, was trying to sleep, but there was a ton of noise in the rec. room, and after a while I couldn't take it anymore. I stormed down there, preparing to see Toad and Meat. Snake was on top of her, she was trying to push him off, but the bastard wouldn't budge. I pulled him off her, and stayed with Avalynne to prevent repeats, alright?"
MacTavish looked down, "Alright, I'll speak to Snake later. And you've also got to test Avalynne's ability on everything later, and most likely train her to top standard."
Ghost was shocked, "You're letting her join the one-four-one?"
"Isn't that what I just implied?" MacTavish replied,
"So you're trusting a girl who's worked with Makarov for over five years?!" He asked, temper raising again.
"You should've hear- Wait a minute, how do you know she worked for Makarov?" MacTavish asked,
Ghost looked around, looking for an escape, "I didn't, I guessed." He replied,
MacTavish sighed at Ghost, "Well, you're testing her after lunch, whether you like it or not, now go make sure Avalynne isn't lost."
Ghost searched the base, he couldn't find Avalynne anywhere. "Avalynne!" He shouted down empty halls. Shit, MacTavish is going to kill me. Ghost thought, stomping through the halls. He soon saw Roach. He ran over.
"Roach, you seen that girl, Avalynne?" Ghost asked simply,
Roach pointed behind him, and moved, revealing a smaller form, "You mean her?" Avalynne turned, seeing Ghost.
"Some people would say you're stalking me." Avalynne said as she saw him,
"Well, I've got to train you into the one-four-one, so get over it." Ghost said, suddenly regretting agreeing to this. Ava threw her head back.
"Brilliant. When does all this start?" She asked, not looking too happy.
Ghost wasn't too happy either, "This afternoon."
"Fun." She said sarcastically. Ghost had turned away, and Roach burst out laughing, "What?" She asked,
He continued to laugh; she just gave him a funny look.
She stood on the range, gun in her hand still annoyed about the whole Ghost incident earlier, the fact he had to train her, not anyone else on the base, nope, and it had to be Ghost. "Ready Avalynne?" Ghost asked,
"Just call me Ava. And I have been for hours, so let's just get this over and done with." Ava replied, already having enough.
"Fire from the hip." Ghost told Ava, as she held the AK-47 above her hip bone, and sprayed bullets towards the wood meters away from her.
Ghost was impressed, he expected her to be pathetic, "Aim down your sights." He ordered, she done so, and accurately shot the wood again, "Now, shoot through the metal." She done so, the metal popped down, along with the remaining target, "Finally snap on, I think you know what I'm on about," Ghost said, watching her. She walked away, slamming her gun onto a table.
"There, you happy?" Ava asked Ghost,
Ghost nodded, "Yeah, you weren't pathetic, meaning I hopefully won't have to train you."
"That's good for both of us!" She said,
"How the hell did you get away with this in Makarov's army?" He asked her,
She just laughed, "I didn't." She adjusted her scarf, just after she said that. Ghost could see she was hiding something, but so was he.
A/N: Hey y'all! Erm, just going to upload this now, but it'll probably go through a ton of editing. If this is horrible, please tell me, if this is good, please tell me via reviews. Thank you for reading! -CptHall 3
