"We are back with a LONG chapter and this time we are on the field with QUIET! lets see how this mission goes with Wolf, Buffalo and Quiet working together! :)"
Chapter 20: Footprints Of Phantoms
Wolf and Buffalo were walking side by side with their gear and weapons and were also carrying some of Quiet's equipment in hand and heading to Quiet's cell and then they saw a helicopter on another platform and Wolf was curious.
"Wonder who that is for" Wolf frowned and took out his scope and looked to the chopper.
"Is it Big Boss's chopper?" Buffalo asked and soon she heard Wolf sigh before he responded "No, its the Charon Corp and it looks like Lydia is talking to Miller but the mic cant pick up what they are saying".
Buffalo adjusted her rifle and watched on as they saw the Charon Corp enter the chopper and take off.
Buffalo shook her head "They are gonna be a problem but I swear of they cause problems to any of our comrades..".
Wolf chuckled as he rubbed her back "You will beat the crap out of them like our fight on the beach".
Buffalo looked at Wolf with a smirk "Well except for the fucking part, but you are right I will make them suffer".
The two decided to ignore the Charon Corp and went to get Quiet and soon enough they came to the stairs and went down them and saw Quiet playing in the water on the floor and she looked up at them with a smile and Buffalo chuckled "Last minute drink before we go eh Quiet?".
Quiet chuckled and nodded as she finally stood up as Wolf and Buffalo came to the door of her cell and opened it.
"Well Quiet I hope your ready to head out" Wolf asked her and she responded with a big smile which he returned and Quiet watched Buffalo and Wolf place her harness, boots and holster on her bed and gave her space as she was finally able to be her in her gear again.
A few moments have past and Quiet tightned the last strap on her leg holster and she was ready to head out and so she turned to Wolf and she stood still when he held out a sniper rifle for her and what shocked her was the fact it was the very one she used in Afganistan and she looked at him with a questioning look.
"I managed to get a salvage team to go to the ruins where you faced Big Boss and they brought is back" Wolf smiled as she slowly approched her weapon and she slowly picked it up and admired and she soon realised it had a few things changed to it.
Wolf saw her looking over it and explained "It was in pretty bad shape so I ordered the R'n'D team to repair and add a few extra bits to it, new plating, new muzzle and a new scope which you can zoom six times the range and can toggle night vision plus you have a silencer attachment which should last a long time".
Quiet looked up at Wolf and smiled at both him and Buffalo just amazed they went through all this trouble for her and she looked back at her rifle and was eager to get back in the field.
"So Quiet, are you ready to head out?" Wolf asked and she gave him a smirk as her answer.
Wolf, Buffalo and Quiet came to the heliport on the command platform and saw Big Boss geared up in woodland camoflage and had splitter camo on his face as he turned to the three.
"So it looks like Quiet is ready to join you guys" Big Boss smiled and Wolf chuckled as he responded "She is determined Boss I think she will be an asset to us".
Big Boss looked past Wolf and caught Quiet looking to the side and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear giving a small smile at the compliment and he knew that Quiet was starting to like Wolf and Buffalo alot.
"I'm glad to hear it, listen I want you guys to bring those Walker Gears back I think we can use them and of course make a few more like D-Walker" Big Boss ordered and Wolf nodded.
"We will get it done Boss good luck with the Viscount" Wolf saluted and Big Boss saluted back and turned to his chopper and jumped in and looked back at the three soldiers in front of him as Pequad took off and finally closed his side door and after a few moments Tango came around to the helipad and landed ready to take Wolf, Buffalo and Quiet to Africa.
Wolf walked up to the side door and opened it and stepped to the side smiling at Buffalo and Quiet "Ladies first".
Buffalo was the first to walk and was followed by Quiet and Buffalo gave Wolf a wink and entered the chopper and Quiet stopped and looked at Wolf before entering and she saw him offer his hand.
Quiet knew her mission had to come first but she wanted to spend time with Wolf and Buffalo for as long as she could so she smiled and took his hand and they shook hands.
"Welcome aboard Quiet" Wolf winked and Quiet smiled and looked down as she blushed and she finally entered the chopper and was followed by Wolf and the three found their seats and Tango took off.
"Taking these ladies out on a date eh Wolf" Tango chuckled and the ladies rolled their eyes at the comment but Wolf played along "Well I decided to take them out to blow stuff up gotta keep the girls entertained".
Tango was finally moved away from Motherbase and made his way out to see and looked back at the new woman.
"So who is the new lady?" Tango asked and Buffalo responded "Her name is Quiet she has decided to come with us".
Quiet looked to Tango and she saw him smile at her "Well its nice to meet you Quiet its always nice to see new faces". Quiet smiled and nodded at Tango and he turned back to his controls and Quiet looked around the chopper and saw a few interesting photos on the hull and Wolf spotted her looking at them.
"We like to keep a few photos from the past in here, you can have a look if you want" Wolf smiled and Quiet nodded and got out of her seat and went to the far end of the chopper and examined a few of them.
Quiet saw a photo of Big Boss leaning his arm on Wolf's shoulder and had Miller next to them on a helipad with a chopper behind them and she assumed they came back from a mission and another she saw was Wolf and Buffalo together with their arms around eachother and she really liked this photo of them.
"Maybe oneday you can be in a few photos Quiet" Buffalo called out and Quiet turned to Buffalo and smiled and sat back down and Tango spoke up.
"Its gonna be a few hours before we head to Africa maybe you three should get some sleep" Tango suggested.
"You know what I agree with that dont know about you two but sleep sounds wonderful" Buffalo placed her weapon beside her seat and Wolf chuckled as he got up and Buffalo sighed happily as she layed across her seat and Wolf's.
"You always take my seat dont you Buffalo" Wolf smirked as he sat on the far end of the chopper and she saw Buffalo stretch out and winked at him "Girl has got to relax" and she then got comfortable and closed her eyes.
Wolf shook his head and pulled out his idriod and looked at the intel for ten minutes and was about to play some music but he saw Quiet just looking out the window and he chuckled and it caught her attention.
"Quiet you can relax if you want we got a long way to go so rest up if you like I will wake you two up when we get there" Wolf suggested and soon Quiet looked at Buffalo who was now sound asleep and she looked at Wolf and smiled as she nodded and layed on her stomach across the three seats and looked at Wolf and smiled at him before she rested her head on her arms and sighed as she closed her eyes.
Wolf smiled at Quiet as she drifted to sleep he had to admit even though she was dangerous there was some times he thought she was cute and it was nice to see a lighter side of her then his eyes catch Tango looking back and looking at Quiet's ass in those black panties and covered in dark pantyhose and Wolf could understand cause Quiet did indeed have a great ass then Tango looked at Wolf realising he was caught when Wolf raised his eyebrow at him and Tango quickly turned back to his controls and focused.
Wolf looked at Quiet and he did wonder if anymore soldiers on Motherbase was perverted over her and he did feel sorry for her, she had no choice but to wear what she had on cause if she wore clothes she would suffercate and she had to expose her body for all to see.
Wolf then turned back to his cassette player and put in a cassette tape labeled 'Heavens Divide' which was Buffalo's favourite song so he pressed play and relaxed and let the music play and he slowly drifted to sleep.
Petals of white
Cover fields flowing in grieving tears
And all the hearts once new, old and shattered now
Love can kill, love will die
Give me wings to fly
Fleeing this world so cold
I just wonder why
Cold as the dark
Now my words are frosted with every breath
Still the heat burns wild, growing inside this heart
When the wind changes course, when the stars align
I will reach out to you and leave this all behind
When heavens divide
When heavens divide
I will see the choices within my hands
How can we ever protect and fight with our tiny souls?
Let me shine like the sun through the doubts and fear
Do you feel the storm approach as the end draws near?
When heavens divide
Time will come to softly lay me down
Then I can see a face that I long to see
And for you, only you I would give anything
Leaving a trace for love to find a way
When heavens divide
I will dive into the fire
Spilling the blood of my desire
The very last time
My name scorched into the sky
When heavens divide
I will see the choices within my hands
How can we ever protect and fight with our tiny souls?
Let me shine like the sun through the doubts and fear
Do you feel the storm approach as the end draws near?
When heavens divide
Time will come to softly lay me down
Then I can see a face that I long to see
And for you, only you I would give anything
Leaving a trace for love to find a way
When heavens divide
And for you, only you I would give anything
Leaving a trace for love to find a way
When heavens divide
After a few hours Wolf stirred in his sleep to the sound of Quiet grunting and slowly opened his eye to quite a sight, Quiet was doing stretches looking away from him on her seat and her ass was on display for him to see as she was on all fours and leaned her upper body down while her backside was up in the air and all of a sudden Quiet looked back and caught him and quickly sat up brushing her hair aside waiting for an explination.
"Sorry Quiet I just woke up, I heard you grunting and realised you were stretching then you looked at me" Wolf explained and Quiet raised her eye brows then got on all fours facing him and continued with the same stretching but she looked down to hide her blush and she smiled and after a few moments Quiet controlled herself and finished her stretching and sat back up looking at him.
"Quiet I wasnt looking at you like that, like I said I just woke up and was still processing what you were doing" Wolf then saw her smile and waved her hand telling him it was ok and that he was forgiven and he sighed in relief and took out his idriod to check on any intel.
Quiet sat there looking at Wolf and she really looked at him and she had to admit he definatley looked like a younger hell even a better looking Big Boss and she felt butterflies in her stomach cause for some reason she loved it when Wolf was looking at her doing stretches and she damn well knew he was looking at her ass, it sent tingles up her spine but she then turned to the sleeping Buffalo thinking how lucky she was to find a good looking soldier and in a way she was jealous but she was happy for her all the same, then she thought back to what two soliders said above her cell a few days ago.
-four days earlier-
Quiet was lying on her bed sunbathing and then she heard two female soldiers talking about Wolf and she was curious so she listened it.
"So what do you think of that fight Wolf broke up?" One female soldier spoke and the other responded.
"I got to hand it to him he knows how to maintain order" this made the other woman chuckle as she responded back "Yeah he sure was quick, hey I have to ask have you ever looked at him properly?".
This cause the other solider to frown "What do you mean?" waiting for a response and the other soldier shrugged.
"Well it could just be me but..he kind of looks like a younger version of Big Boss" this statment made the other solider's eye's widen "Now that you think about it..he actually does" and the other chuckled "Its a shame he is taken..I would love to get my hands on him but as we know, Buffalo has her talons in him..god she is a lucky girl".
Quiet decided not to listen to the rest but it was interesting to hear that some people see Wolf as a younger version of Big Boss, she didnt see it but maybe she didnt look hard enough.
-Present day-
Tango looked back to the crew and Wolf and Quiet looked up to Tango "We are an hour out Wolf I advise you get ready" then he turned back to the controls of his chopper.
Wolf was about to wake up Buffalo but Quiet raised her hand and smiled while pointing to his weapons telling him to get ready which her responded with a chuckle and she got up and shook Buffalo's shoulder and she stirred and finally woke up.
Buffalo stretched and saw Quiet smiling down at her and she returned it "Afternoon Quiet, I guess we are ready to start the mission". Quiet nodded in response and went back to her seat and prepped her sniper while Wolf and Buffalo prepped theirs and deep down they were looking forward to be out in the field together.
After an hour Wolf finally opened the side door and overlooked the sight of Africa despite the situations in the area it sure was a beautiful sight and soon enough Tango came to the drop off point and Wolf, Buffalo and Quiet jumped out and loaded their weapons and Tango took off.
"Come back safe you three" Tango shouted out as he took off and the three waved to him in response as he got further and further away.
"Ok you two gather around" Wolf ordered as he opened his idroid displaying the map for the three of them to see and he looked at Quiet "Quiet I would like you to scout the area where the Walker Gears are located while we he head there if you see any prisoners there can you give us two sounds over the radio?".
Quiet thought for a moment and she responded "Hm Hm" Wolf smiled "good and if there are any enemies near us just hum that song you like".
Quiet nodded and holstered her rifle over her back and turned before she took off she looked back at Buffalo and Wolf with a nod and smile and she took off with lightning speed which even shocked Wolf and Buffalo.
Buffalo looked at Wolf with a shock "Tell me i did not just see that" Wolf looked to her with the same look "I think we just did, anyway lets head over there it should take us a few minutes and she should have scouted it out by then" Wolf and Buffalo readied their weapons and headed to the location of the Walker Gears.
Quiet dashed through the plains of Africa and with each step she dashed at least thrity meters and tagged all the things she could see on the way there and she was just so happy to be out on the field and soon she was coming up to the location of the Walker Gears and gave a smirk as she took one big step and jumped in the air at an incredible hieght and sored through air just absolutley loving the feeling of the sun and wind on her skin, she finally felt whole again and soon she landed on top of a huge boulder over looking the area and she had a great view from here and took out her sniper rifle and starting tagging the area.
Quiet scanned the entire area and saw three prisoners in seperate locations and turned on her radio to call Wolf.
"Hm Hm, Hm Hm, Hm Hm" Quiet said over the radio and Wolf responded "There are three prisoners, roger that Quiet we are east of the area and Quiet looked through her scope to the east and saw Buffalo with Wolf flashing her flash light and Quiet hummed over the radio confirming she saw them.
"Good you see us, listen we are gonna go off in seprates directions I am going for the Walker Gears and Buffalo is going for the prisoners, I need you to keep and eye on us as we advance and if you see an enemy we have not spotted hum your song and if either of us come near a prisoner let us know" Wolf ordered and Quiet hummed in response.
"Good luck both of you" Buffalo stated and her and Wolf seperated as Quiet kept an eye on them switching between them every couple of seconds.
Buffalo came up to a tent and soon she heard Quiet Hum twice signaling a prisoner nearby and she then saw Quiet point her lazer sight at the tent and Buffalo smiled and looked up at Quiet as she radioed "thank you Quiet" and Quiet responded with a thumbs up and turned to check on Wolf.
Wolf made his way through the area and pulled off a few headshots on enemies near him with his silenced pistol and Quiet let off a hum signaling a prisoner and he then saw Quiet's lazer direct him to a small wall and the prisoner was behind it and he went to faulton him, but as soon as he faultoned him a nearby gaurd spotted him and Wolf reflexes kicked in and delivered a headshot taking him down but he didnt see the soldier who spotted a few meters away but Quiet managed to deliver a headshot of her own with lightning speed.
Wolf was impressed with how quick Quiet was so he looked up to her on the boulder over looking the area and smirked at her and gave her a thumbs up as he advanced to the Walker Gears and Quiet winked at him knowing he was too far away to see her do it, despite taking down the soldier she was very impressed with Wolf's reflexes and she really did see him as a younger Big Boss as the soldiers on motherbase have been saying.
"Quiet, there are two gaurds on opposite sides of another tent I need you to help me take them out" Buffalo ordered and Quiet hummed and turned to Buffalo's location and soon she saw Buffalo hiding behind a small rock with her gun ready and she looked up at Quiet and radioed.
"I will take out the one closest to me, you take out the other when I say go" Buffalo smiled at Quiet and she reponded with a sound and set her lazer on her target waiting for Buffalo.
"Three, two, one...go" Buffalo and Quiet pulled the trigger and both targets went down at the same time.
"Nice work Quiet" Buffalo stated and Quiet hummed in response as she saw Buffalo enter the tent for the prisoner and Wolf came over the radio.
"This is Wolf I am setting the Fulton devices on the Walker Gears hows the prisoner extraction going Buffalo" Wolf questioned and Buffalo came over the radio.
"Just extracted the second prisoner, still need to find the third" Buffalo responded and Wolf quickly called back.
"Dont worry about the third I managed to faulton a prisoner which a went past thanks to Quiet" Wolf then heard Buffalo chuckle "Looks like we have a great partner with us".
Quiet chuckled over the radio and watched on and soon enough Buffalo made her way out of the area and so Quiet focused on Wolf as he placed the final Fulton on the last Walker Gear but then she saw a soldier come around the corner from him and she smirked.
Wolf made sure the Fulton was set and then he heard a gasp and turned to a soldier raising his gun at him then all of a sudden Quiet dashed between them and delivered a huge kick to the soldier's head sending him to the floor completley knocking him out and she looked down at him.
Wolf was looked at Quiet standing before him and thats when he saw the soldier in her when she delivered that kick and it was crazy that on Motherbase she was friendly and hell sometimes cute but one the battlefield she was a completley diffrent woman.
Quiet continued to look at the solider on the floor but she actually wanted to Wolf to absorb the sight of her, she wasnt after him at all as she couldnt do that to Buffalo but there was nothing wrong with friendly flirting and then she looked over her shoulder and smiled at him and fazed out of sight.
Wolf shook his head "Show off" he then turned back to his work and set the Fulton.
"Ok everything is set everyone get out of the area". Wolf ordered and soon Buffalo responded.
"Dont worry babe I'm way ahead of you" Buffalo chuckled and Quiet hummed in response and Wolf made his way out of the area.
Buffalo was about three hundred meters away from the mission area and turned on her beacon so Wolf and Quiet can locate her and after a few moments she saw Quiet speeding up to her and finally came to a stop a few meters away smiling at her.
"Well Quiet I say that was a mission success" Buffalo walked up to her and they fist bumped "Well done Quiet" Buffalo stated and Quiet chuckled and she saw Buffalo take out some cigerettes and put one in her mouth and offered on to Quiet which she happily accepted and let Buffalo light it up.
"I thing we have a few moments before Wolf arrives, lets just relax for a bit" Buffalo suggested and sat on the grass and soon Quiet did the same both enjoy the moment while smoking and Buffalo broke the silence.
"I am really glad you came Quiet, you are an amazing partner to have I hope you will come back out with us soon" Buffalo stated and she saw Quiet smiling and nodded as she smoked confirming she would love to come back out on another mission.
Buffalo layed back on the grass looking up at the sky and Quiet looked at her when she heard her chuckle "Its beautiful isnt it, Africa I mean..seeing the open spaces, the animals running around and the clear sky".
Quiet looked around looking at the open plains of Africa and for the first time see did see beauty, all of her life she was focused on being a soldier never took time to herself every now and then but now she did but if there was one thing she was all her life was that she was committed and she still hadnt forgot her mission but she swore she was gonna enjoy the time she could before the time came and deep down it will kill her inside when she strike but just like those around her, she was a soldier.
"Quiet are you ok?" Buffalo's voice snapped Quiet out of her thoughts and she looked at Buffalo who had finished her cigerette and had a concerned look on her face.
Quiet gave a quick smile then turned to look at the plains of Africa and smoked her cigerette quick and got up and offered her hand to help Buffalo up with a smile and Buffalo accepted the offer and Buffalo placed both her hands on Quiet's shoulders.
"Quiet listen to me, I know what your thinking" Buffalo stated and Quiet was curious as she listened.
"I know you left a life behind back in Cyprus but you dont have to live in the past but instead live for a better future" Quiet looked down at Buffalo's statment and she had a slight pain in her chest.
"I am sorry about your partner that took his life and I know theres possibly alot on your mind especially with Diamond Dogs" Buffalo then watched Quiet look up at her with her eyes tearing up and her markings appeared around her eyes.
"But Big Boss, Ocelot, me and Wolf care about you Quiet you are no diffrent from anyone else and what ever SkullFace did to you to make you a Skull" Quiet closed her eyes in pain looking down again cause what Buffalo did what was spot on cause she didnt ask for this, it was forced on her.
"Quiet, look at me" Buffalo said in a gentle voice and after a few moments Quiet looked up at Buffalo.
"You dont have to be what they made you Quiet, You can become something greater" Buffalo stated and Quiet had so much pain in her and she closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek and all of a sudden she felt Buffalo wrap her arms around her in a gentle embrace and Quiet opened opened her eyes shock.
"You are not alone Quiet" Buffalo whispered and Quiet slowly lifted her arms and then quickly wrapped her arms around Buffalo and dropped her head on top Buffalo's shoulders and took a deep breath trying to control her emotions.
Wolf was jogging to Buffalo's location and as soon as he was out of harms way he took out a trigger device and pressed it and he saw all the Walker Gears take off in the air and the soldiers were screaming in confusion and Wolf couldn't help but laugh as he watched on.
"Bet they don't see that every day" Wolf chuckled and went around the boulder and in front of him he saw Buffalo and Quiet hugging each other and as he approach Buffalo turned her head to Wolf and smiled and he smiled back and Quiet quickly looked up and saw Wolf looking at her so she let go of Buffalo and turned away to wipe her tears and compose herself and after a few deep breaths she was calm and her markings faded then she heard Wolf approach from behind her.
"Quiet, are you ok" Wolf said in a gentle tone and hearing his voice calmed her alot more, to her his voice was soothing and she turned around and smiled.
Wolf smiled back and offered his hand and she looked at his hand and then looked back at him and after a few moments she shook his hand.
"Excellent work today comrade" Wolf winked and Quiet smiled brighter and let go of his hand and he turned away and spoke to Buffalo and during the conversation Quiet looked Wolf up and down just admiring him, he wasnt just as soldier...he was a friend...a friend she could only have for a while.
Wolf kissed Buffalo after their little talk and Wolf pulled out his idroid.
"Tango this is Wolf we need an extraction at out location, it was a mission success" Wolf stated and Buffalo looked and Quiet and winked at her and Quiet winked back and looked to the plains of Africa.
"Awesome news Wolf I will be there shortly" Tango responded and Wolf changed frequency and radioed Big Boss.
"Big Boss this is Wolf mission is complete hows your mission going?" Wolf asked and Big Boss quickly responded.
"Great work Wolf I am currently near the Viscount's location looks like there is more going on then we thought but I will explain later when I get back well done to the three of you, see you at home. Big Boss ended the call and the three of them heard Tango approach and soon enough Tango landed looking at the three through his window.
"Hey Wolf I have to say you three look great together, do you want me to take a picture" Tango called out through the window and Wolf looked suprised but then looked to Buffalo and she smiled at the idea and they turned to Quiet who was looking in a diffrent direction like she was shy.
"Good idea Tango, a nice little memory of our new comrade" Wolf stated and Tango smiled and got out of the chopper with a camera and got it ready.
Buffalo stood next to Wolf holding her weapon over her shoulder and Wolf was held his weapon up from the floor and he looked to Quiet who was hesitant but Wolf waved her over with a smile and she couldnt help herself, so she held her sniper rifle with both hands and stood next to Wolf.
"Ok guys camera's ready lets get a nice photo" Tango aimed the camera at the three soldiers with the sun blazing behind them on the plains of Africa and the three smiled as Tango counted down.
"3,2,1" The camera flashed and the perfect photo was taken.
"I think it went quite well I loved how this chapter ended too and as for Quiet being around Wolf all its just friendly flirting and I absolutely love the bond Buffalo has with her more is coming I hope you enjoyed it :)"