"WARNING the follow chapter contains torture if you are sensitive to this please skip this chapter but I will say its not graphic but if you want to skip this its perfectly ok with me :), this chapter was also see Wolf and Lydia dealing with the situation.

Chapter 28: Holding On and Getting Along

Wolf woke up and all he could see was darkness and as he slowly woke up he realised his hands were tied above his hand and was his feet were in the air and thats when he realised he was gonna be tortured by who ever was in the room and all of a sudden he heard a scream right next to him along with the sound of an electrical current and he didnt need to think who was next to him cause he knew who it was and thats when massive pain started to surge through his own body and he remembered he went through the same thing and it lasted to the point where he passed out and now Lydia was having her turn.

Lydia screamed to the top of her lungs and she was electricuted by a soldier holding two electric rods running on a motor and he dug them straight in to her stomach and she moved all over the place trying to escape the pain but she was just hanged from the ceiling and had nowhere to go.

Wolf wondered how long they had been keeping this up, he could only guess as it could have been ten minutes, thirty minutes or even close to an hour but he hoped she would hold on.

The solider pulled the rodes away from Lydia and she tried to collect her breath and soon the two blinded soldiers heard a voice and Wolf reconised it to be Marston and he heard him approach Lydia.

"You are a strong woman miss, you have held out for an amazing amount of time you have my respect but my orders are to get infomation out of you despite how much I like you right now" Marston stated and pulled her rag up so she could see and she could barely open her eyes cause she was so exhausted from torture and soon she felt Marstons hands on both her cheeks and gently made her look at him.

"Tell me where Diamond Dog's base is at, tell me and the pain will stop" Marston said in a gentle tone but Lydia knew he was mocking her and she could tell he was a maniac and loved seeing this kind of thing but she refused to tell him anything and spat in his face and he moved away and the rag fell over her face then Marston removed the spit from his face and he then sighed.

"Continue" he ordered the soldier and he cranked up the voltaged and she screamed again as the voltage surged through her body but it didnt last long as the door opened and the soldier pulled away and inside the room stepped SkullFace looking at the situation.

Marston saluted with his cybernetic arm "Sir we have not been able to extract any infomation from them yet but I believe we will soon".

Skullface didnt answer and went past Marston and examined the two hanging soldiers and the two of them were in rough shape, they were cut up and had severe burns on their torso's and Skullface looked towards Wolf.

"They are not going to talk you are wasting your time" Skullface stated and Martson stood next to him.

"Sir, everyone has a weakness we just need to find it" Marston explained and Skullface removed his hat.

"Wolf has been personally trained by Big Boss, the very man who was trained not to break by The Boss, if she trained Big Boss not to break he himself then past these lessons to Wolf then you will have the same result". Skullface stated and then turned to Lydia who was breathing heavily.

"And this woman was once CIA, I looked up her records and she recieved the hardest training that would even break a soldier, she is the second woman ever to complete the training without breaking down, combat training, bomb disposal you name it she has trained for it and she even recieved the hardest torture resistance in the world, she is one gifted woman even though she is sometimes a hot head. SkullFace smiled at her and Marston walked up to her and looked at her wounds then looked back at SkullFace.

"You said she is the second woman to complete this training, who was the first cause I am curious" Marston crossed his arms and SkullFace chuckled "The Boss was the first and I must admit it is great to see someone like Lydia here, its just a shame she's on the wrong side".

Marston then looked to Wolf "What about him".

SkullFace approached Wolf and threw the rag of his face and Wolf pulled his head back trying to get some air before looking back down in exhaustion.

"This man is one of the first to join Big Boss's army he has been there since the MSF days even before the Peace Walker incident, many idolised him just as much as Big Boss, he recieved special training from Big Boss the very kind of training that was past to him by The Boss, he is smart, tactical and is skilled to the point where he matches Big Boss himself and not to mention he looks like a younger version of him" Skullface stated and turned around and Marston lifted Wolf's head to look at his face and chuckled.

"I can definatley see Big Boss in his looks" Marston let go of his head and turned to SkullFace.

"So what do you want me to do with them?" Marston asked and Skullface put his hat back on and looked to Marston.

"Weaken them to the point where their bodies refuse to work, I have plans for them myself I think its time to make some new soldiers out of them" Skullface left the room and Wolf looked up to the door and he knew what SkullFace meant...he wanted them for the next Skull experiments he discovered back at the Tanker.

Marston turned to Wolf and Lydia and took one of the electric rods and cranked them to the highest they could go and looked to his solider and nodded and went back to Wolf and the other solider went to Lydia.

"Guess its showtime" Marston smiled and at the same time him and his fellow soldier dug the rodes into Wolf and Lydia and they both screamed the room down.

Thirty minutes had past and Lydia and Wolf were thrown into the same cell and they crashed to the floor and they heard the sound of the door slamming.

Wolf fought against his own body to try and push himself up but the pain was so great it felt like he was dying but he ignored it and managed to push up enough to lean on the wall and looked at Lydia who was in absolute pain and just refused to move.

"You..are a tough woman Lydia" Wolf sounded extremely tired and he heard Lydia cough and looked up to him".

"Have I proved you wrong in my abilities..." Lydia's voice was almost gone but she let out a little chuckle but ended up coughing.

Wolf closed his eyes trying to contol his own breathing before responded "Despite our disagreements and that fact we hate each other...You are one hell of a soldier..".

Lydia took a deep breath and willed herself up dispite the pain and managed to lean up on her arm before looking at Wolf.

"You..are not to bad yourself Wolf..maybe...I was wrong about you..but I still hate your guts" Lydia chuckled but her pain returned and she grunted.

Wolf smiled "Tell you what...when we get out of here...how about a rematch..an offical rematch".

Lydia looked up at Wolf and just looked at him before responding "If we get out of here...I will be up for it..".

Wolf put his hand on a cut near his arm which was bleeding like hell and he responded "Help is coming" Wolf then tapped his stomach a few times and Lydia knew what he meant by this. Gut feeling..thats all".

Lydia chuckled again before clutching her stomach "Maybe...I am starting to...like your confidence".

"Just need to wait" Wolf chuckled and then Marston opened the door and approached Wolf with a smile and knelt down next to him.

"I know what you did Wolf, you are not a subtle as you think tell me why do you think we unleashed all that high voltage on you well you see any devices in your body will be greatly effected by high voltage going through body, we had someone with the same thing going on but after giving him so mucjh high voltage the device in his body exploded". Marston explianed and Wolf looked down in pain absolutley hating this man right now and then he looked to Lydia who looked to the ground.

Martson then gripped Wolf's thought with his cybernectic arm and made him look at him "So you can get rid of this hope of rescue, no one knows this place except XOF so I say its game over for you".

Marston let go of Wolf and got up and looked at Lydia and then turned to the door and before he left he looked at his cybernectic arm and admired it.

"Despite what you did to me Wolf I must thank you for this amazing arm" Marston chuckled and shut the door leaving the two in their suffering.

Lydia looked up at Wolf and slowly crawled up next to him while fighting through the pain going through her body and soon she used all her strength and pushed herself up and sat up with her back to the wall and looked at Wolf.
"Guess this is game over.." Lydia sighed in defeat.

Wolf looked to the door and smiled "No...its not game over...I now know there is a chance we can still get out".

Lydia chuckled "You are just a hopeful bastard you know that".

Wolf leaned his head back and closed his eyes "People love me for it".

Lydia looked at him for a few seconds and then slowly turned her head to the door and closed her eyes "Maybe...I am starting to like it too...but when we get out and heal up...I want that rematch".

Wolf and Lydia fell asleep hopefully they could get a few hours to allow their bodies to heal abit, they just hoped that help was on the way but thats all they could do.

The only thing they had...was hope.

Back on the plains of Africa Big Boss, Buffalo, Quiet and Reeve finally left the chopper and watched Pequad take off and soon Big Boss pulled out his idroid and ordered two jeeps to his location.

"Alright as I stated we will cover alot more ground if we split up so heres a reminder of the plan" Big Boss stated and looked to Quiet

"Quiet you take the run downed base outside the mission area" Quiet nodded at Big Boss's order.

Big Boss turned to Buffalo and Reeve "You two take the airport and I will take the fortified base".

Buffalo and Reeve looked to each other and Buffalo looked back at Big Boss "You got it Boss".

Big Boss smiled "Alright good luck to all of you, lets get our soldiers home".

The Jeeps arrived as soon as Big Boss stopped speak and head jumped in one of them and took off leaving Reeve, Buffalo and Quiet.

Buffalo turned to Quiet and smiled "If you find him Quiet let us know as soon as you can".

Quiet smiled and nodded and turned to Reeve and approached him and they fist bumped like they did when they were a team.

"See you on the otherside Stephanie" Reeve smiled and she returned it and then she turned and dashed away at lightning speed and it shocked Reeve.

"What the hell!" Reeve looked to Buffalo for answers and she sighed trying to figure out how to explain it.

"She went through some changes thanks to SkullFace, she is pretty much half Skull" Buffalo stated and Reeve was just in shock and turned away with his head down.

"They did that to her...the one I considered a sister..." Reeve clentched his fists.

Buffalo walked up to him and placed her hand on his shoulder "I will explain later Reeve but right now lets get Wolf and Lydia out and once this is done we can sit with and explain everything to you, all I ask is for you to just hear me out when we get back."

Reeve took a deep breath and tried to relax and finally turned to Buffalo "Alright, yeah you're right lets just focus on getting Wolf and Lydia back".

Buffalo smiled and tapped his shoulder and they both entered the jeep and took off to the airport.

"Lydia is more of an antihero in this story she is still hates Wolf but she will lighten up a bit when it comes to situations like this or other situations but the important thing is she is starting to become a better person even if she is still a hot head lol Lydia Matthews belongs to 'Sofalofa' and I want to still thank you for allowing me to use her in my story".

Next few chapters will be cut into parts from the perspective of Buffalo and Reeve, Quiet and Big Boss as they search the areas in hopes of finding Wolf and Lydia hope you enjoyed this chapter and are ready for more :)