May 11th, 1984, Quarantine Platform

"How is she?," I asked Code Talker.

"I am not sure," Code Talker said. "She should be dead, but she isn't. I'll need more time to examine her?"

"Are the vocal cord parasites in her still infectious?," I asked.

"I do not know," Code Talker said, "but we shouldn't take any chances. In any case, it was a good thing you kept the parasite mask on while you were around her."

I walked out of the quarantine facility and Kaz angrily approaches me.

"Boss!," Kaz said, "How could you bring that woman back here!?"

"Are you saying that I should have left a fellow Diamond Dog behind?," I asked.

"But what about the parasites?," Kaz asked, "Do you want her to kill us all?!"

"We're keeping her in Quarantine and Code Talker is the only allowed in there," I said.

"What if she tries to get out?," Kaz asked.

"I doubt she'll do that," I answered. "Remember, she left us in the first place because she feared that'll her parasites would cause an outbreak like Emmerich's."

Kaz walks off and boards a helicopter to leave the platform. As I watched him leave a drop of snow fall on my face. I looked around and noticed that it began to snow. As I watch the snow fall, I begin to remember the last time I saw the snow 10 years ago.

XX/XX/1974, Mother Base of the Militaries San Frontiéres,

It was a snowy day at Mother Base, which was weird because it was Spring. All of the platforms were covered in snow, but no one seemed to mind. In fact, they seemed ecstatic. Since it was snowing, Kaz decided to give every staff member the day off. Big Boss seemed a little reluctant, but Kaz convinced him that everyone deserves to enjoy a snow day, especially on this rare occasion.

As Big Boss and Kaz converse, Big Boss is suddenly pelted in the face with a snowball. Big Boss grabbed his M60 assault rifle and aimed it towards his attacker, who turned out to be Paz. Paz smiled and gleefully said, "No guns allowed in a snowball fight, Snake."

With a confused look on his face, Big Boss put his M60 away and asked, "Snowball fight? What snowball fight?"

Big Boss then noticed that all of staff are pelting each other with snowballs. Big Boss turns towards Kaz and asked, "Kaz, what's going on?"

Kaz smiled and told Big Boss, "Well, Boss, Paz thought it would be a good idea for everyone to participate in a base wide snowball fight."

Paz chimes in and adds, "The last one standing wins a prize!"

To be honest, this was the first time I heard of it. It was obvious that Big Boss was kept out of the loop on purpose, but I guess word just didn't reach me. I noticed a snowball fly towards my direction and I immediately ducked. I scooped up a snowball and threw it off my attacker. I dashed to the next platform and found Cécile and Amanda throwing snowballs at each other. Cécile somehow backed Amanda to a corner, but as she prepares to strike, Chico comes out of nowhere and throws a snowball at Cécile's chest. It would seem that Chico and Amanda are working together.

The siblings spotted me and started throwing snowballs my way. I dived behind a control panel and scooped up some snow. Chico crept up to my position and tried to surprise attack me, but to his surprise, I was gone. He turned around and I shoved a snowball in his face. I turned around and Amanda throws a snowball at me. I dived away and it hit Chico in the face. I scooped the snow off of Chico's face and hit Amanda with it.

As the war rages on, I noticed Emmerich watching the fight. Paz soon threw a snowball at his face causing him to whine, "Hey, I'm not in this snowball fight!"

Those who were hit by a snowball had to gather on one platform so everyone knows they've been removed from the fight. The numbers quickly dwindle and soon it was quiet. I looked around and was surprised to find I was alone. Suddenly, a snowball hits the wall I'm next to and I turn towards the direction it came from. To my surprise, Big Boss was standing a few feet away tossing a snowball up and down.

"Just you and me, Medic," Big Boss said.

Big Boss throws a snowball at me but I ducked with barely enough time to escape. I made a snowball and threw it towards him, but to my absolute shock, he caught it. Big Boss dashed up to me uses his CQC to grab and hold me with a snowball in front of my face.

"Any last words," Big Boss asked.

To his surprise, I smiled and elbowed his stomach. I then grabbed his right arm, slammed him on the ground and disarmed the snowball in his hand. I then grabbed it and prepared to smash it in his face, but Big Boss then used his free arm to trip me. I fell face first onto the ground as Big Boss grabbed my right arm and jumped on my back.

With my free hand, I scooped up a snowball and threw it to Big Boss, but to my shock, he caught it at such a close range. Big Boss then smashed the snowball in my face, winning the snowball fight. Later that night everyone gathered in the mess hall where hot chocolate was being served. Kaz gathered everyone's attention, lifted his mug and said, "To the Boss, who survived an assault of over a hundred men!"

Everyone raised their mugs and cheered. Big Boss then raised his mug and said, "Let's raise our mugs to Medic, who almost bested me in CQC and a head to head snowball fight."

May 11th, 1984 18:21

It felt good to have everyone congratulate me, but it felt even better to have the Boss compliment me. But I just realized something, the Boss voice was a lot more gravely back then. I wonder what happened to his voice.