We all stand there in shock, I want to say Very funny Night, now how are you feeling?
But I know this is serious.
Night still sits in bed, confused and still scared.
"Look lass, do you remember us?." MacTavish asks
Night shakes her head, and replies "Why the hell would I?."
"We're your friends." MacTavish explains.
Night still stares at us, her face hardens.
"What's today?." MacTavish asks.
"The 10th of January." Night says in cold voice.
"What? its September, not January." I say.
Night shakes her head and replies "I'm pretty sure its January."
MacTavish thinks for a moment.
He then sighs and says "Shit, I know what she's talking about."
"What happened in January?." Sam asks
"Back in the S.A.S., Alex was fifteen and January the 10th was the day we sent her to London." MacTavish says as he runs his hands through his mohawk.
"How can she remember that if she doesn't remember you?." I ask.
We all turn to her.
"What happened on January the 10th?." I ask her.
Night looks skittish and admits "I don't know, but I know something terrible happened."
"Ghost..." MacTavish looks at me "You said she had a concussion what's the after affects?."
I think for a moment then begin to mentally swear to myself "She had a mild concussion, that can cause temporary memory loss, among the other affect's."
"I was hoping you weren't gonna say that." MacTavish grumbles.
"So you cant remember me?." Roach asks trying to hide his smile.
Night looks at him for a moment, then shakes her head "No, I'm sorry, were we suppose to know each other?."
Roach beams a smile and says "No no, this is perfect!."
Sam then jabs Roach in the gut with her elbow.
I sigh and face reality, she doesn't remember me, she doesn't remember any of are fights or are sentimental moments, just nothing.
"Roach you need to go spreads the word to the other, I'll be right back." MacTavish says as he walks out, Roach follows behind.
Me and Sam stand there in a awkward silence un tell she finally says.
"I'll leave you two alone."
I look at her and whisper "What are you doing!?."
Sam raises her eyebrows and whispers back "Night just lost her memory! I think you need to address the fact that you two were a couple."
I give a sigh as I hear the door shut.
Night shifts uncomfortably, I know she doesn't like being alone with me, I can tell just by the way she looks.
I pull up a chair and sit down by her bedside and sigh. Back to the basics.
"It feels weird to say this but..." I stop for a second and give a sigh "My names Simon Riley, everyone here just calls me Ghost."
Night gives a unsure nod. "Whats my name?."
"Alexandria." I give a faint smile and say "You hated that name, so you were more known as Alex, but your call sign is Night."
"Night?." Alex says in confusion.
"You and I use to share a room, you stayed up till at least 3 a.m. each night, you were liked a Night Owl, therefore you were called Night."
"We use to share a room?." Night seems slightly alarmed.
I give a nod, "Not for very long, the other Girl that was in here, her name is Sam you two are like best friend's, you were assigned to her room."
Nights face floods with relief.
"So, do you remember anything?." I ask
Night gives me a strange look, as if she was debating on whether I was worth answering.
"A little bit." She finally admits.
"Well? what do you remember?." I ask, hoping that maybe she'd remember us being together.
Instead Night frowns and replies "I'd rather not talk about it."
Before I can ask anymore MacTavish comes in "Glad too see you two are getting cozy with each other again."
Night raises her eyebrows slightly curious on what he meant by that, I of course understand his reference too are relationship.
Mactavish holds the photo book Night and I had took a gander at.
"MacTavish what are you doing?." I ask curiously.
"Maybe this will bring some of her memory back." MacTavish says as he gives the book to her.
Night looks at photo book hesitantly "What's in side?."
"Old photo's of you and your old family." MacTavish says.
Old family?
Night slowly opens the first page, MacTavish takes a seat by her.
The first picture is the same one she had first shown me, it was a full picture of the whole team.
Night's eyes begin to narrow. "Who's that?." Night points to Price.
"That's Price... he was like a father figure to you." MacTavish explains.
Night sighs as she begins to look at the old photo's "And this is suppose to be me?." Night then points to her younger self.
"Aye, you were the only under aged person in that entire base."
"So how old am I now?." Night takes a gulp.
"22, its been about 7 or 8 years since these photo's were taken." MacTavish explains, before they can talk more the doors burst open with the team hurrying inside.
"We heard about the news!." Archer says worried.
"Are you ok my sweet darling?." Toad says as he dramatically takes her hand and kiss's it.
"Oi! hands off!." I bark at him.
"What? she's clearly confused at the moment." Toad says.
Night looks at us like were crazy.
"Confused? damn right she is if she thinks you two were together." I retort.
"Oooh lover boy is heavy in emotions." Meat says.
"What?." Night asks as she looks at me.
"Well babe, you and I were together but Ghost was super jealous-
"Toad she's already confused as it is, don't make it worse." I growl.
"Look I don't know were the hell I am and I don't know any of you I deserve as explanation.. NOW!." Night seems slightly pissed, she says it in a loud tone so she gets everyone's attention.
"You've been in the military since you were 18 years old, just 3 weeks ago you joined the Taskforce 141, this is your team, your new family." I finally blurt out, I somehow manage to keep the rest of her story in my mouth.
Night gives a relieved sigh then says "Thank you."
Toad then leans towards Night and mutters "He forgot to mention were married."
Night slightly pulls away from him as I give a low growl "Toad, don't make me come over there and cut out were tongue."
"Someone's being a protective boyfriend." Roach states
This makes Nights much more curious, great, she'll be asking questions, I just know it.
"Someone's about to have loose there call sign."
Roach looks at me confused "I don't get it."
"You said you were named Roach cause you were hard to kill, correct?." I say.
Roach doesn't respond.
"Look all of you, clear out, I need to talk to Night, alone." MacTavish says, everybody then scurry's out.
I sigh and take one last look at Night before I walk out.
when the door shuts I look through the door's small window.
After there few minutes of talking Night's face becomes seriously panicked.
MacTavish gently takes her hands as continues to talk.
Night looks away as tears begin to stream down her face, This is the moment I want to come in there and take her up in my arms and calm her down, but MacTavish has already done this, Her face presses into his shoulder.
They look like brother and sister.
MacTavish then looks down at her and says something else, she nods then goes into the bathroom.
I then walk in there and shut the door behind me.
"What the hell has Alex not told me that you already know?." I ask slightly mad.
MacTavish looks at me for a second then says "It's quite equivalent to what you haven't told her."
I raise my eyebrows "And what would that be?."
"Look, Ghost I would tell you, but this is something deeply personal to Alex, and she honestly has every right to keep it to herself, You're going to have to ask her yourself." MacTavish replies.
I sigh then reply "How do I do that? she just lost her memory, would she really believe me if I said we were a couple?."
"What's really bothering you?." MacTavish asks
I look at the ground then finally answer "What if she doesn't trust me?."
"Then you're going to have to gain it back, she only remembers her childhood past, so be careful.."
MacTavish heads for the door, I then call out, "What happened to Alex in her childhood?."
MacTavish stops at the door then says "Something that would scar a person for life." He then exists the room.
I sigh and look at the ground for a moment. I must of stood here for awhile cause I her Nights voice "Can I help you with something?."
If you could remember the fact that were a couple, That would be fantastic.
I shouldn't be thinking this, Night had no decision on whether she wanted to get amnesia or not.
"No not really." I say dejectedly
"Then why are you in here?." Night says as she approaches me.
I give a shrug and answer "Someone has to look out for you."
"About that..." Night says, she her seems slightly red, she turns to look through a bundle of clothing MacTavish must of fetched her when he got the photo book.
"What they said about, You and me earlier... was that true?." Night asks as she begins to go through them, she's clearly avoiding eye contact.
I knew she was going to ask this "Well, um not exactly."
Night raises her eyebrows and looks at me "Not exactly?."
"It's complicated." I say with a small sigh.
"Look, I may not remember you or anyone else, but I know when someone is lying, just tell me the truth." Night says
"There was, something... between us." I take a moment to answer.
"And why didn't you tell me in the first place?." Night asks
"Because you were confused, scared, and didn't know who to trust, for all I know you don't trust me." I reply.
"Your right, I don't trust you, but that doesn't mean you cant earn it." Night says simply as she lets her eyes return back to her the bundle of clothing.
After a moment of silence she asks "What was I like?."
It takes me by surprise.
"Well, you were feisty, very feisty, you made quite the snappy comebacks, you were different then any other girl I had ever met."
"A good thing or a bad one?."
"Good." I answer.
Night gives a nod then gives a bit of a hesitant look but then says "And...What do you know about me?."
I raise my eyebrows and say "What I know about you?."
"Did I share anything personal, I mean If we were a couple, I must of said something." Night begins to mutter.
"Depends of your definition of Personal." I reply
"Lets try, before I joined the military." Night says.
I think for a moment then say "You were a orphan, your mum had died of lung cancer, you never went into detail about your father, you were put into a orphanage afterwards, when you were 14 you went to Ukraine and met MacTavish and Price, they let you stay with the S.A.S. for awhile, when you turned 15 you were sent back to London, you then somehow managed to find yourself back into a orphanage, that was were you were adopted by a family."
Night seems to have a relieved look.
"Why are you asking?." I ask
"We may have known each other before, but I don't remember you, I need to figure out what everybody knows about me." Night explains.
"Your interested in what everybody knows about you, why?." I ask.
"Well, if you don't know that much about me I suppose I don't have to worry about the rest of the so called 'team'." Night begins to mutter.
"Why wouldn't you tell me about whatever happened?." I ask
"How long were we together?." Night evades my question by hers.
Hmm, should I answer that?
"Well, about a day in a half." I say sheepishly.
"Well that explains it, I may of trusted you, but I obviously didn't trust you enough to tell you." Night says as she picks up the clothing.
It feels like im being punched in the gut at the moment, I'm really beginning to miss the actual Night.
"If it makes you feel any better, I've never really spoke about it to anyone, and no matter how trusted someone is, they probably will never know." Night says as she then walks out of the room.
But what the hell happened!?
I mean seriously, her childhood couldn't of been that bad.
Just like that her words replay in my head
my father, he, he just snapped afterwards...
He snapped? that could mean anything, she was only 9 months old, in less he snapped when she was older, what could of happened? did he abuse her?.
No, it couldn't be that, any person that has been abused as a child would have clear signs of it, id be the first to know.
After awhile I begin to feel my stomach growling. Sighing I get up and head for the cafeteria.
When I get there I the first thing I notice is Andrew eating at a table.
Avoiding eye contact, I begin to dig through the fridge.
After a moment of looking I give up, thats when my eyes catch a bag of chips. i quickly snach them up and open the bag, I then go to a table at the corner of the room, its quiet in here. Ozone and Scarecrow are playing Blackjack, Chemo is talking to Royce, then there's Andrew, who is still eating, I face his back side so i don't have to look at him.
"You alright Ghost?." I hear MacTavishs voice, I ignore him and continue to eat the chips.
"Are you really that lost without Night having her memory?." MacTavish asks as he takes a seat next to me, I look at him for a second then reply "No, i just didn't realize how unsocial I was un tell Night lost her memory."
"You're telling me?." MacTavish says with a smirk.
We sit in silence for a moment, i then ask "What the hell is that thing doing in here?." I point to Andrew.
"Shepard seems to think he won't be any trouble." MacTavish says with a shrug.
"He tried to bloody kill her!." I snap back
"Tell that to Shepard." MacTavish grunts.
I sigh then say "How do i ask her?."
MacTavish takes a moment to understand exactly what I'm asking.
"When the moments right, you'll know how too." MacTavish answers then grabs a few chips.
"Gee thanks." I grumble, "Were is she now?."
"Resting, it's been a bit of a traumatic day for her." MacTavish answers "Were you wanting to talk to her?."
"No, I was just curious." I say, ok so maybe that was a bit of a lie, I do want to talk to her, but she could use the rest, when I look at Andrews table, he's gone.
"Were did he go?." I ask
MacTavish shrugs and replies "Anywhere probably."
I debate on whether I should go check on Night or not, she can be in any kind of danger with Andrew lurking the halls. Without a second thought I get up and begin to head for the door, I hear MacTavish say something, but I don't bother asking what he said.
The halls are silent, everybody most be either taking a shower, or in the rec. room.
Hmm, if you were Night were would you want to sleep?
Just then it hits me, MacTavishs room, if she trusts anybody here it would have to be MacTavish.
I quickly but silently walk through the halls, when I get to MacTavishs room, I gently turn the knob.
There she is, her back is turned to me, Safe and sound.
"Did you do this before I lost my memory?." Her voice slightly scares me
"Not really... you might think I think I sound crazy but... there's a crazy guy here who basically wants to violate you." I say.
She turns to face me, her face fills with worry "What do you mean!?."
"It's a long story, but he's after you, and whether you trust me or not it's my job to make sure you don't get hurt." I reply.
"Because of our relationship?." Night guesses as she lifts her head from her pillow.
"Not only that but I am the Lieutenant and it's my job to make sure everything runs smoothly." I say firmly
"So how long are you staying? cause I'm not the greatest at sleeping when someone's staring at me." Night states.
I raise my eyebrows and say "So you want me to go?."
"No, I'm just saying that I prefer you not staring at me." Night says.
"That's basically asking me to go." I reply.
"Call it what you want, but I do need rest." Night says slightly frustrated.
"Fine, but I'll be back in about 30 minutes to a hour." I say as I leave the room.
I don't want to leave her alone in there, but she's made it quite clear she doesn't want me to be there.
I begin my way down to the Rec. room, I need to get Night off my mind.
When I get there I see Meat on the computer, MacTavish, Roach and Worm are in a intense game of poker. Toad is playing against Archer at Need For Speed.
Andrew isn't here.
She's going to be ok. I mentally tell myself as I sit down at the table.
I pull my balaclava above my mouth and take out a cigarette,
"You seem nervous lad." MacTavish states as I light up the cigarette.
"I'm just fine." I reply.
"You should really quit smoking bro." Roach says as he reaches over for the pack of cigarettes.
I blow the smoke from my mouth then say " Not gonna happen mate."
Roach signals for the lighten, I toss it too him. Roach barely catches it.
"Roach we cant take you serious if you're smoking with him." Worm states.
"He's got a point bug." MacTavish says as he takes out a cigar.
"I said you should quit, I never said I had too." Roach says as he takes puff of the cigarette.
Just then there poker game ends, Worm seems to have won with a 3 of a kind.
"What are we playing." I say indicating for them too deal me in.
"5 stud, hope your good lad." MacTavish says as he deals the cards.
"We'll see about that mate." I say as I flick the ashes of my cigarette into the ash tray.
Too Long, I've been here too bloody long!
when I look at the clock it's been 2 hours,
I fold my hand and say "I'm off mates, I'll see ya tomorrow."
"Aw he's scared he's gonna lose." Roach teases who has lost almost every single hand, mind you not.
"I just know when to quit." I say as I walk out.
Quickly and silently I walk down the halls, I need to check on her, my heart sinks into my stomach when I hear a high pitched scream.
My feet quickly go into a run when I burst into MacTavishs room my hands have already picked Andrew up.
"I warned you, you bloody little prat." I spit out, I then punch him back to the ground.
Andrew lets out a whimper then scurry's off.
My head turns to Night, she sits curled into a ball, shaking, uncontrollable sobs, tears pour down her face.
I quickly sit next to her and ask "What did he do? did he hurt you?." My voice coats with worry.
She shakes her as another tear falls from her eyes.
"Love, what happened?." She's clearly traumatized, he had too of done something, I know it.
"You what to know what happened?." Night says as she looks directly at me.
"My whole enter life, was completely bloody screw up."
She shakes her head as more tears fall from her eyes "It was my 8th birthday, my father came home completely drunk.."
Night gives a sad and disgusted look then says "You want to know what he did? he abused me, accusing me that I killed my mother, after that, in cold blood he raped me, and left me there as if I was trash, I almost bled to death..."
"Now would you just leave me alone!." Before I can stop her she's already run off.
I sit there for a moment letting her words sink in. MacTavish said it would scar a person for life, now I understand.
After another moment I'm on feet, I need to find her, I have to find her.
Night is now scared to death, she doesn't remember who she is, for all I know she could be trying to escape the damn base.
"Ghost! what happened?." Ozone asks concerned as he jogs up.
"Did you see Night?." I ask.
Ozone nods and says "She was completely freaked out, she was heading for one for the porches." Ozone then points to were she went
"Thanks mate." I say as I quickly begin to run in the direction Ozone pointed too.
When I get to a door way I look out the window of it, she sits there, hands on her eyes, still crying. Were fairly close to my room.
I open the door and quietly shut it, I hate seeing Night like this, I take a deep sigh and sit next to her, for some reason, I pull off my balaclava and take off my sunglasses.
"What do you not understand about leaving me alone?." Night says as she begins to wipe her eyes.
"If you didn't have amnesia you would of said something like 'Ghost you persistent bastard'." I reply.
"But I do have amnesia." Night points out as she takes a deep breath to stop crying.
"Aye, but that doesn't mean I'm just going to stop protecting you." I say as I pull closer to her.
"Before I had amnesia, how did you know I wanted to be protected?." Night asks
"You didn't want it, but I didn't care." I say calmly.
"No matter what happens Alex I will always be here to protect you, whether you want it or not." I let the back of my hand stroke her cheek and pull her into a kiss.
{LOCATING: Simon 'Ghost' Riley}
{FAILURE!...}
{WARNING: SYSTEM SHUT DOWN!}
{LOCATING: Alex 'Night' Stone}
{Success!...}
I can see why I liked him so much, he was a persistent little prick.
"Before I had amnesia, how did you know I wanted to be protected?." I can help but too ask, I must of been difficult, I never wanted to trust someone, for fear they probably break my heart.
Instead he calmly looks at me and answers "You didn't want it, but I didn't care."
It sounds like something i would be difficult with, I give a silent sigh then look at the ground.
"No matter what happens Alex I will always be here to protect you, whether you want it or not." He seems so determined, but it a soft way, Ghost lets the back of his hand gently stroke my cheek, And that's when something so unexpected happens...
Everything, i remember everything! I suppress my smile as he's lips touch mine.
It feels nice to remember he's warm touch, are kiss isn't too special. it's just a small gentle gesture.
when he breaks it, I cant hold it in anymore "You silly little muppet."
I let my hands wrap around his neck, Ghost, is majorly surprised on what i just said.
"You... you remember?." A smile crawls in his face.
"Every damn moment Halloween boy." I say, i don't have any time to say something else cause Ghost presses his lips back to mine,
This time its a bit more rough, nothing animal like though.
I quickly break the kiss and say "Alright love drunk cupid that's enough."
Ghost chuckles and wraps his arms around me. For once, I'm not being difficult, not afraid, no excuses.
I left my head rest on his chest, for a moment a moment i actually feel happy, that type of happy that I hadn't truly had since I was 14.
"You said you almost bled to death, how did you survive?." Ghost asks as his hand strokes through my hair.
"The neighbors had called the cops, I suppose i screamed at the top of my lungs, the neighbors had always been watching my father. when he returned home, I'm not sure what he was going to do, but the cops had broke in, took him away." I say with a small sigh.
"And you were taken to a orphanage after that?." Ghost guesses.
"Aye, no family members wanted me, so they took me there, and that's when the rest of my life happened." I reply.
"My father, he took drugs, drank, beat my mum, abused me, I know how it feels Alex." Ghost says, I'm slightly taken back.
"I never said you didn't." I say softly,
After awhile I give a big sigh and get up then say "I suppose we should tell the others I have my memory back."
Ghost smiles as he gets up...His smile...I don't like it.
"No." Ghost says simply,
"What do you mean no?." I ask
"Last time I recall, you said we could cuddle after that mission." Ghost still smiles.
I raise my eyebrows and say "I said maybe."
"Yes, but i'm mentally and physically exhausted from all of these bloody emotions, now come on." Ghost then puts his balaclava in his pocket and hangs his glasses on his uniform, before I can run off he grabs my hand,
"Still a bastard." I state as we sneak through the halls.
Ghost's smile is bright and he replies "And your still a bitch, Love."
Author's Note: Wassup people?! THE ENDING IS SO FLUFFY I'M GONNA DIE!
Hehehehe, so this is the end of the story...Please don't cry ;_; I will be writing again soon, (by soon I mean in the next couple of days), this was the actual chapter I've been waiting to write for so long!.
I was wanting to put a flashback in this, but I was too lazy too, I also wanted to have a epic fight between Andrew and Ghost, was also lazy on that, I wanted her amnesia to least longer, but I was too lazy xD.
Anyways I took forever it isn't as long as the others but here it is! :D
(Night's past is so sad ;_;)
Well I'm off, Thank you all for reviewing this story, It feels great to know people like the stuff I write (not to get all mushy or something like that), I hope you all have a wonderful day :)
(One more time ^_^) FREE CAKE! (Ew back to cake, Eh sense i'm here sorry for any Grammer mistakes)
Sincerely Red Dawn Shadow.