„Mum, Dad! We´re here!" Caroline yelled as they entered her parents' house.

"We´re in the living room honey." A woman yelled back.

With a hint Caroline signed Toad and Julia to follow her. All three made their way through the large corridor of the ground floor; Julia looked around and had to admit that Caroline´s place was really nice decorated and cleaned. Somehow the house reminded her of her own home; it had a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and was built in a quiet location, a few kilometers out of the city, in a little village. All around the house were trees and Julia saw as they arrived that there was a lake not far away from the estate. It was a very nice environment to relax and the totally opposite of the 141 base. Passing a stair, which led to the next floor, Caroline opened a door and all three stepped into a big room. In the middle of it was a large cream-colored couch with a wooden coffee table in front of it. Julia looked around and saw a big wooden closet covering a whole side of the room, on the two windows opposite of it she could see some sorts of potted flowers; a door next to the windows let to a huge balcony from which the lake was in a good view. The room itself was painted in a bright yellow shade and on the walls were hanging a lot of pictures.

"Chris! Nice to see you. How long has it been since you visit us the last time?" Julia heard the female voice from before and turned her attention to the woman who spoke.

"It´s been quite a while. Almost a year." Toad answered to the woman as she hugged him.

"You haven´t changed much. How´s the work? You still have to stay in the military?" The woman asked him as she studied him and smiled brightly.

"Everything´s fine at work. We had a hard time the last months but I´m fine. Yes, it's my work, of course I have to stay there." Toad answered and scratched his head a little insecure.

"You know I would be happier if you would leave the military and start to have a family with my daughter. How long do I have to wait till I become a grandma?" Caroline´s mother asked somehow disappointed.

"Mum, stop it. I told you I don´t want to have kids right now and if Chris is happy with his work and the way our relationship is right now, I´m happy too." Caroline said and rolled her eyes.

"Whatever you say honey but believe me someday you will regret that you don´t have kids." Her mother answered and turned her gaze to Julia, who just stood there and smiled at the woman.

Caroline recognized the stare her mother shot Julia and cleared her throat, making her mother look at her. Caroline shook her head slightly and raised one eye-brow.

"Mum that´s Julia. She is going to stay here for two weeks." Caroline explained and her mother stepped up to Julia, shaking her hand.

"Nice to meet you. I´m Caroline´s mum." Her mum said and smiled at Julia.

"Nice to meet you too." Julia replied smiling.

"Where´s dad by the way? I thought he´s with you?" Caroline asked and looked around.

"He was, he went down the cellar to get something to drink. Why don´t you all sit down? I´m going to make something to eat." Caroline´s mum stated and dragged them onto the couch.

A little embarrassed Caroline watched her mum leave the room and go into the kitchen. She apologized for her behavior and said that her mum was always concerned about her relationship to Chris. Julia told her it was okay for her and that her mum seemed really nice to her; she had to admit this woman reminded her of her own mother. Julia wondered if she should visit the house of her parents, unsure if she could handle the feelings that would bring this up. At the thought of her parents Julia got sad, as she left her home six years ago she wouldn´t have thought that it would be the last time she saw her parents. If she had known back then that her parents would die in the war, she would have took the time to visit them. Julia shook her head, this wasn´t the right time to think about the past. She needed to look forward to the events that would come.

To shorten the time they were waiting till Caroline´s mum was done with cooking, Caroline showed Julia the house and the room she could sleep the time she was here. It was a small room with a sleeping couch in it, a little cupboard and a TV. There even was a separated toilette which Julia could use. The last thing Caroline showed her was the cellar, in which Caroline thought they would meet her dad but he wasn´t there anymore. So both women left the cellar again and as they arrived in the living room Caroline´s dad was there talking to Toad. As he saw the two women his eyes grew wide. He shot up from his spot, smiled at Julia and pulled her into a hug.

"Julia! Good to see you!" Caroline´s dad said enthusiastic and Julia as well as Caroline stared at him with mouths wide open. Toad himself just stared at his future father-in-law and made a very surprised face.

"Ohm…yeah, nice to see you sir." Julia said short taken and looked at Caroline help seeking. Caroline just rolled her eyes and stepped up to his dad, laying one hand on his shoulder.

"So you heard as I introduced her? Dad how often have I told you to not give hugs to every girl that´s in our house?" Caroline told him and shot him an annoyed look. Her father looked at her and wanted to say something to defend himself as Caroline shook her head slightly and leered to Toad. Her father followed her look and seemed to remember something.

"Of course I heard you introduce her. It´s not like I would have met her before. Right Julia?" Caroline´s father began to laugh weirdly and punched Julia on her shoulder.

"That´s right." Julia supported the man and looked at Toad who had turned his attention back to the magazine he was reading. Caroline let out a deep breath and called her mum to ask how long she needed to get the meal ready. As response her mother told her to set the table and five minutes later all of them were sitting at the dining table, eating in silence.

"So Julia. You´re a nurse two? When did you finish your education?" Caroline´s mother asked.

"I finished in 2011 and right after that I started to work in the military." Julia explained and took a sip from the juice Caroline´s mother had given her.

"That´s almost six years. How old are you by the way?" Now it was Toad who asked.

"I´m going to be 29 in a few months."

"Really? I never assumed you´re that old." Toad said somehow embarrassed.

"I know I look younger then I´m." Julia answered and smiled. The rest of the meal they were talking about different themes such as how Toad and Caroline met and how the war affected the live in this town.

After the meal Julia told Caroline that she was going to rest a bit and went to the room she could sleep in. Julia laid on her bed and turned her mobile phone on, which she had switched off as they left the base. It didn´t took long till she got the first message. Wondering who had send her a message she looked on the screen and saw that it was Ghost. With a smile she opened it and as she read what he wrote her smile grew even wider. Ghost had reported her that Roach and Soap knew that he was with her last night and tried to find out what they did. Curious she asked him what he told them and after a short wait Ghost wrote that he only told them she would have soft lips. Headshaking Julia tipped an answer and as Ghost wrote back she laid her phone aside smiling. If she would go back there would be a lot of things to be explained. Exhausted but happy Julia closed her eyes and fell asleep.


"I found something." Roach said happily as he entered the conference room. Price who was studying a list of persons with the surname Makarov looked up at him.

"Something interesting?" He asked and raised an eye brow as Roach laid a piece of paper in front of him.

"I think so. I got a friend at the FBI and he send me this picture." Roach explained and pointed on a little picture in the corner of the paper. Interested Soap who was sitting on a computer joined the conversation.

"Who´s that?" Soap asked and studied the picture.

"His name is Vitaly Makarov. He`s a Doctor of Physic and worked for the US Government till he surprisingly disappeared." Roach told them.

"How does this helps us?" Soap asked curious.

"Well you see. This picture was taken in Moscow one week ago but the more interesting part is that he was on an airport to pick someone up who was forced to go back to Russia. You won´t believe me who this person was." Roach said smiling.

"Come on Gary. We´re not in the right mood to play quiz games right now." Soap said.

"Fine, Mr. Killjoy. He was there to pick the lovely Natasha up." Roach announced disappointed.

"What? Are you serious?" Price raised his voice and Roach just nodded.

"So this means she meant him. Do you know how he and the Makarov we now are connected to each other?"

"Sure. Their brothers."

"Brothers?" Soap asked in disbelief.

"Yes, why are you so skeptical about it? Never imagined that even a villain could have a brother?" Roach asked somehow amused as he saw the puzzled look on his Captain´s face.

"That´s not why I ask but their names are Vladimir and Vitaly? Like the Klitschko brothers."

"Who are the Klitschko brothers?" Now it was Roach who had a puzzled look on his face.

"Never heard of them? What kind of sports do you Americans know? Their famous boxers." Soap explained but Roach just shrugged his shoulders.

"I never was a great fan of boxing. It´s just as boring as Formula 1."

"Well your loss but what can we do with this information? We have a name fine and we know that he was probably the one Andrew and Natasha talked about but why is he that dangerous?"

"I don´t know but he´s a physicist and my contact told me he was responsible for the advancement of biomechanical weapons."

"What? Are you serious?" Price shot up from his chair and yelled at the Sergeant.

"Yes, that´s what he told me." Roach said scared of the Captain´s reaction.

"Then we need to tell it Mac. With this knowledge he could repeat the incidences that happened in London and Paris as the toxic gas killed a lot of people there." Price rushed out of the room to find the General.