Recap: Doktor went into the hallway, asks Kylee to get a wheelchair for me.

"This is so going to surprise both Mom and little bro. When they find out we are coming home, today." I excitingly say to Dad with a big smile on my face. He nods his head in agreement.

Dad starts to grab all of our stuff and stuffs them into their proper gym bag. He then puts our gym bags on his shoulder and hands me a blanket for me to cover my legs with, once my nurse comes back with the wheelchair. I slowly lift myself off the bed and slowly walk to the wheelchair. He walks behind me, with his arms out a little to make sure I wouldn't fall. But once I slowly sit down in the wheelchair, he puts his arms down and moves to get behind me.

As I get situated on the wheelchair and the blanket on my legs, Dad starts moving the wheelchair out of my room.

**********Back to the story***********

Callista's POV:

Dad starts to wheel me out of my room and into the hallway. He then put one of his hands on my good shoulder, I put my hand over his and looks up at him with a smile on my face.

'These type of moments, with the people I love and trust the most, is the only time, I actually show emotions. For usually, I don't show emotions in front of people, I don't know and have a blank look on my face.' I think to myself.

I am so deep in my daze I didn't even feel Dad's hand come off of my shoulder, my wheelchair continues to move down a few more hallways. We then come out of Dok's clinic and almost to the car. I come out of my daze when I feel my wheelchair stop moving and he placing the bags into the back seats of the car.

Dad then wheels me to the passenger side of the car and helps me into the car. I closed the door, put my seatbelt on, while he places my wheelchair in the trunk. He gets on his side of the car and starts it up. I start feeling a little sleepy and decided a nap is a good option. So I fell asleep.

"Marie it's going to be a while until we get home. Why don't you get some rest, I will wake you up when we get there?" He asks me while driving. But he didn't get an answer back because I didn't hear him say anything and I am already asleep.

('Hey having to retrain my body to walk and grab things can really take it out of me. So don't blame it on me, blame it on Liquid Snake.' I said to the camera).

Raiden's POV:

I didn't get an answer from Marie, I quickly check on her and notice she is already asleep. I smile at her and look back to the road. I then hear ringing from the dashboard, stating there is a call. I check who it is and notice it is Boris. I answer the call immediately.

(B=Boris, K=Kevin, Co=Courtney, Ca=Callista, Ra=Raiden).

B: Raiden, how is Callista's doing? Also, do you two know when the both of you are coming back onto the battlefield? I have another mission for the both of you.

Ra: *Raises hand and made an shh motion to quiet his voice down and moves the screen onto Marie's side* Marie is doing just fine, but she needs to rest for eleven days, Doktor's orders. But I truly don't know when we are coming back onto the battlefield. *Moves the screen back onto my side* What are the details on the mission? I can tell Marie a summary of the mission to her when she wakes up.

K: *Another screen shows up with Kevin and he says quietly* Since Liquid Snake is now in jail. The VIP in an unnamed African country is requesting for the both of you to come and make a contract for VIP protection, military training, and other required duties.

Ra: We can do it and not have to directly return into combat situations like the civil war Liquid Snake caused in the first place.

Co: *One more screen pops up and shows Courtney* That is correct and it might also help with Callista's recovery, after what happened to her. I still cannot believe it happened to her. Also, Raiden do make sure to tell her we upgraded her sniper rifle for her too.

K: We added a silencer to the nose. You know how noisy it is without it. She can use it while on guard duty and has to make a quick kill for ambushes.

Ra: This is really going to help her very much. Whenever we were on missions, in the past, calling for us to sneak around somewhere. I kid you not it always has blown our cover. Causing us to have to quickly move to another area.

After I say this, I notice we're getting closer to home. I was about to wake Marie up, but she is already waking up.

Ca: Hey guys what's up. *Yawns* I haven't seen nor heard from all of you before Liquid Snake kidnapped me.

K: Good afternoon sleepy head.

Marie sticks her tongue out at Kevin's screen and smiles afterward.

Ca: Good afternoon to you too, Uncle Kevin.

Ra: I will let you know what is going on. Once we are inside the house, okay Marie.

Ca: Okay Dad. Oh look we are home. Bye Boris, Uncle Kevin, Courtney.

B, Co, K: Bye Callista/Marie. Bye Raiden. Good luck.

Ra; Bye guys. *hangs up and turns the car off*

Callista's POV:

Dad gets out of the car and walks to the trunk first to grab my wheelchair. He gets it ready and wheels it to my side of the car. I take off my seat belt and open the door. He then helps me get comfy and I put the blanket back over my legs.

Once I get situated, he walks to the back seats, opens the door and grabs our gym bags. He closes the trunk and then closes the doors we are by. He then puts both bags on his shoulders.

Dad grabs his phone and dials Mom's number. I hear her pick up and start talking to each other. He tells her to bring herself and little brother outside. He has a big, special surprise for the both of them. I quietly snicker into my hand and he smirks at me.

Rose's POV:

I'm doing the laundry and hear my phone go off. I place the clothes in my hands, back into the washer. I dry off my hands, as I walk to where my phone is. I grab it and look at the caller I.D. I notice Raiden is calling me and I immediately answer.

I start talking to him but he quickly tells me to grab John, along with myself and come outside, he has a big, special surprise for the both of us. For a second I thought the surprise for us could be Lisa coming home early, so I start getting excited. I call John to come downstairs quickly and end the call with Raiden. I went into the kitchen and grab two ice bags from the freezer.

When John quickly comes down the stairs. He asks me what's going on and why I'm in such a rush? I tell him Daddy is home and has a special surprise for the both of us. His eyes light up just like how mine did. He runs from where he is to the front door, unlocking and opening it. I'm right behind him when I hear him yell out, "Cal."

Callista's POV:

Dad ends the call with Mom and places it back into his pocket. He comes up behind me and starts wheeling me to the house.

When we got close to the front door. I start hearing two sets of footsteps running up to the door and hear the locks are being undone. Dad stops my wheelchair and I place my gym bag on the ground beside me. The door opens up really quickly and we both see my little brother, who opened the door, with Mom right behind him. "Cal." I hear bro scream out as he runs out the door. I open my arms slowly for John to jump into.

He jumps into my arms and starts crying, soaking my shirt. I slowly close my arms around him and also start crying. I hide my face into his neck. Mom calmly walks up with tears of joy in her eyes. She hugs Dad first and places the ice bags on top of my gym bag. She didn't want to make either of her kids cold while she is hugging us. Then she hugs the both of us with him joining in on the family group hug.

After we release from the family hug, with John still sitting on my lap. Mom takes notice about my whole left arm being a metal one. But she didn't even notice my right leg yet since it's still covered by the blanket. She grabs my bag with ice bags and carries it into the house, while Dad steers the wheelchair with his bag back onto his shoulder.

While on the way to the house, Dad starts telling me a quick summary of our mission we are going on, once I fully recover. After we get into the house, he wheels me into the family room. I call Mom to have her come into the family room. I place John back onto his feet, he looks up at me with confusion on his face. I just smile at him as I ask him to help me put the brakes on the wheelchair. He does help me put the brake on the left side, as I put the brakes on the right side of my wheelchair. I then take the blanket off my legs. He gets in front of me with his hands out, I slowly grab his hands and with his help slowly hoist myself up from my wheelchair.

As Mom gets into the family room, she notices I am out of the wheelchair and standing. But what she first notices is half of my right leg is missing and is replaced by a metal leg from above the knee down. She quickly put her hands over her mouth and starts crying again.

I notice Mom's eyes have tears in them. I slowly walk away from Dad and up to her. Once I get to her, I wipe her tears away with my right hand. ('I couldn't do it with my left hand because it is starting to hurt again.' I say to the camera). But evidently, it only caused her to cry even harder.

So I grab her with my good arm and pull her into a tight hug to try help calm her down. She gently wraps both of her arms around me and starts calming down a little, but Dad comes to the rescue and Mom releases me from the hug. She latches herself onto him and he moves into another room.

Once they left the room, I start getting the feeling of both of my legs shaking. I was about to fall over, but before my butt could even touched the ground, instead I landed in my wheelchair. I look behind me and see my little brother barely holding onto the handlebars to my wheelchair. I smile at him as thanks and he smiles big back.

John's POV:

I notice sis's legs are shaking. I quickly un-brake her wheelchair and move it around the room to be behind her. She falls into the wheelchair and then looks behind her. She sees me barely holding onto the handlebars on her wheelchair. She smiles at me as thanks. I smile big back at her, then she motions me to come in front of her and I did.

When I get in front of her. She slowly grabs me and places me back onto her lap. I look up at her face, all I see in her eyes are tears. I quickly place my hands under her eyes and wipe them away. She smiles at me with a thankful look on her face.

"Thanks, bro. Man, I really miss both you and Mom so much. I am so sorry, I haven't been here a whole lot for the both of you." She says with a crack in her voice like she is about to cry.

"It's okay, Cal. I know both you and Dad are trying your hardest protecting us and sometimes could result in this, *points to both arm and leg*. Both Momma and I missed both you and Daddy just as much as you and he did." I say to her as I hug her around her neck with all my strength I can muster in me.

Cal did the same thing but only her right arm hugging me. Her hugs are always the best, when I am upset or just in need of one, as it is one of those kinds of days.

"Oh yeah, you owe me some stories, big sis," I tell her. She starts laughing and tells me she will tell me them when it is time for me to go to bed. I nod to this.

TO BE CONTINUED…