Chapter 4 : An unwanted sneeze.

Loyalists base

07:47 P.M.

Ghost and Soap were walking and chatting in front of the buildings of the base.
it was a dark night but thanks to the many lamps of the base they could see where they were going. the weather was a little chilly and cold.
" so freezing weather means amazing weather to you." Ghost said shivering slightly. " it's not freezing Ghost, we're still in the middle of the autumn; besides you could wear a warmer clothing." Soap said " there is nothing wrong with my clothing; it doesn't matter which season you're in; Russia is always so damn cold." Ghost said putting his hands in his pockets.
" can't you walk in silence mate, I'm trying to enjoy my walk in silence." Soap said and Ghost murmured something. " what did you say?" Soap asked.
" nothi_" Ghost was interrupted by his own sneeze. " great, now I'm gonna catch a cold because of your stupid orders." Ghost said. " you reminded me of that mission in Afghanistan, when you and I were sent by shepherd to destroy an enemy base; do you remember?" Soap asked.
" I've been in thousands of missions like that; which one do you mean?" Ghost replied. " you had caught a cold and we were in hiding position; then you sneezed and alarmed the whole base." Soap said smiling. " it wasn't the whole base; it was a few of them." Ghost denied. " no, I'm sure, it was the whole base." Soap said. " a few of them." Ghost said.
" the whole base." Soap said laughing.
" I told you a FEW of them." Ghost was so annoyed now. " don't tell me that; I was there myself." Soap said.

Flash back

Task force 141

07:52 A.M.

Soap was sitting in her office when she heard someone knocking on her door.
" you can come in." she called.
Ghost opened the door and came inside the room " you had asked for me captain?" he asked. " yes, you can sit; looks like we have a mission." Soap said looking at some blueprints in front of her. " our job looks simple this time but trust me it's not. Shepherd says there are some stolen intells in an enemy base in Afghanistan; our mission is to destroy their base and all of the information they got there." Soap said handing the blueprints to Ghost. Ghost looked at them carefully. " who will you pick for the mission?" Ghost asked. " just me and you." Soap replied. " but it needs more than two people; by the look of it; the base seems pretty large." Ghost said.
" I know mate, but Shepherd wants it to be a stealthy mission; no one must know about this mission." Soap said. at this moment Ghost sneezed. " do you have a tissue?" he asked. " here; are you sick?" Soap gave him some tissues. " just a tiny cold; nothing serious." Ghost sniffled.
"when do we leave?" Ghost asked.
" tonight." Soap replied simply.

Somewhere in Afghanistan

02:37 A.M.

Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley.
Cpt. Jane "Soap" MacTavish.

Soap and Ghost were crouching behind some bushes in the enemy base. they had planted some C4s in different places of the base. " this is the last building." Soap whispered and Ghost nodded. in front of the building two enemy soldiers were standing guard. one of them was smoking, the other one had leaned to a wall behind him; suddenly the smoking one began to say things in Russian. the base was believed to belong to Makarov's allies so there was no surprise that these guys were speaking in Russian. " let's avoid facing the guards for now and head for the back of the building; it's not the time to blow our cover yet." Soap said through her comm. " copy that I'm right behind you." Ghost replied into his headset. they made their way to the back of the building in silence. " Ghost, plant your C4 on the wall." Soap said. "I've found an open window; I'm going inside to plant my C4 inside the room that'll be more effective like that." she added. " copy that, I'll cover you." Ghost said through his headset. Soap opened the window carefully and went inside the room. the room was full of computers and files. " this one wasn't on the blueprints." she thought then she heard someone snoring in the room. an enemy soldier was sleeping on a chair in front of a heater. Soap drew her knife out of its holder and finished off the enemy soldier then planted a C4 under a table. " Ghost I'm done here I'm coming out." she said into her comm. they returned to their previous position behind the bushes. they had finished planting C4s too soon; because if their cover was blown they had to blow the explosives before the chopper's arrival and that was no good at all. " when does our chopper arrive?" Ghost whispered. " about half an hour later." Soap replied. " do you have a tissue?" Ghost asked.
" what? Ghost you should have...forget about it, use your sleeve." Soap tried to lower her voice.
" what? I can't use my sleeve that's disgusting." Ghost said.
" shhh, you're giving away our position." Soap hushed him looking at the two guards in front of them. one of them had started walking towards their direction.

Ghost shifted slightly; he tried to hold it back but it was too late and he sneezed. now the guard had spotted them and was yelling things in Russian. " bloody hell they're onto us, open fire." Soap yelled taking the enemy soldier down with her silenced UMP.45 but the other guard was faster and the sound of the alarm filled the whole base. Ghost took the second guard down and they ran for cover.

they took cover behind some metal barrels. bullets were hitting the barrels making holes in them. " uh oh... Ghost run." Soap yelled when she saw a dark liquid coming out of a hole on a barrel. they both ran as fast as they could but the barrels exploded and they were smashed to a wall in front of the barrels. Soap coughed. she got to her feet and looked around to find Ghost. he was still on the ground she hurried to his side.
" on your feet Ghost, come on, we need to move." Soap helped him to his feet. Ghost coughed. " I'm fine; I can move." he said.
" come on we need to get to the LZ. I'm blowing the first C4 to the north wing of the base; this will buy us some time." Soap said running towards the extraction point. " alfa one this is Shepherd we're getting close to the LZ; ETA 60 seconds over." Shepherd's voice was heard over the sound of explosions.
" we're almost at the LZ sir, be ready for immediate dust off; looks like these bastards won't let us escape that easily, over." Soap said into her comm. " roger that captain out." Shepherd replied.

they were running towards the LZ and behind them the base was burning in flames. " there's the chopper." Ghost said. when they were finally onboard Soap sighed in relief. " here," she offered Ghost a tissue. " you had a tissue this whole time and_" " there was no time in there to give you a tissue Ghost." Soap interrupted him.
" I wonder what this mission was all about; If the information was stolen why did we destroy it instead of retrieving it?" Ghost asked. " I have no clue mate, Shepherd didn't tell me anything either; besides our job is to trust our leader's orders not to question them." Soap replied. " I know but_" " you did a great job tonight; captain, lieutenant; I must say I was impressed." Shepherd interrupted Ghost.
" thank you, general." Soap said. " thank you, sir."Ghost said.

Present

Loyalists base

07:48 P.M.

" I don't want to remember those days; I hated obeying Shepherd's mysterious orders." Ghost said remembering the same memory. " too right mate." Soap said sighing.
" I think that's enough walking for now; let's go find the others; we still have a few hours to have fun." Soap said. " oh thank God you finally gave up; I was freezing here." Ghost said. " it's not my fault mate; like you said it yourself I'm a mean." Soap said laughing and they went to find the others. there was still enough time for them to have a little fun.

/: so what do you think, was this story worth reading or not let me know. don't worry I will continue the story but you should give me some time for the next chapter. Thanks for your reviews and thanks for reading.