"This will be Big Boss's chapter with Quiet and is pretty much the same mission shown in the TGS Gameplay of Africa so if you want a clearer picture of the mission go watch the TGS gameplay demo hope I didn't leave anything out lol please enjoy!"
Chapter 37: New Partner
It was 6:00AM and Buffalo along with Big Boss headed down the stairs to Quiet's cell where they found her just laying on her bed as the day she arrived and according to the gaurds she hardly moved since the argument with Buffalo and Big Boss could sense the tension in the air.
"Quiet" Big Boss stated and Quiet looked back and saw Big Boss and Buffalo standing at the stairs and she resumed her sunbathing taking no notice of them as they walked to the door of her cell.
Buffalo entered first and saw Quiet look up at her and time stopped for a few seconds the tension was extremely high between them but Quiet then turned her attention to Big Boss as he entered so she sat up on her bed wondering what they wanted.
"Quiet we have come here to inform you that..you are no longer gonna be joining me and Wolf on missions" Buffalo stated and Quiet saw the sadness in her eyes and even though she was still pissed at Buffalo she felt her own sadness in her heart but the only thing she thought of was getting her life back if she allows XOF to procceed with their plans for Diamond Dogs.
Big Boss stepped forward in front of Buffalo and Quiet looked up at the man as he spoke.
"I decided that the tension between you and Buffalo is too risky so instead you will be going missions with me" Big Boss's statement made her look to the side clearly not happy with the news and soon she looked at Buffalo who avoided her gaze clearly not liking it either despite their argument.
"I will be heading out in a few hours and I want you ready, we are going to be rescuing a prisoner located near some mansion in Africa it should be a good ice breaker, are you willing to try and at least give this change a try?" Big Boss looked at Quiet and saw her thinking it through and after a few moments she looked up at Big Boss and slowly nodded and Big Boss smiled.
"Good be ready in the next few hours this mission should be simple as long as we work together" Big Boss turned to Buffalo "I will see you in a bit Sarah, let me know how Wolf is doing".
Big Boss left the cell and headed up the stairs leaving Buffalo alone with Quiet in her cell and it was an ackward moment and finally Buffalo spoke.
"Quiet" Buffalo spoke and Quiet looked to the side not wanting to look at her and clearly had no intrest in what she was going to say so Buffalo sighed and pulled out a cassette tape and held it out to Quiet and soon she turned her head looking at the cassette tape in Buffalo's hand.
"Listen to this if you want, All I can say is I'm sorry for what I said..." Buffalo said in a quiet tone and Quiet saw the emotion in Buffalo's eyes and soon Quiet slowly took the tape and they looked into each others eyes for a few more seconds before Buffalo took her leave and left the cell and up the stairs.
Quiet made sure she left and she finally got up and walked to the middle of her cell looking at the tape labelled "I'm Sorry".
Quiet just looked at it thinking if she should play it but then her mind cast back to what Buffalo said to her the other day.
"We gave you a chance and you just throw it back in our face, maybe Miller was right about you and I am giving you a warning, Stay away from me..and stay away from Wolf, now get back to your cell you freak".
It made Quiet's blood boil and sure she may have had an attitude to Buffalo and Tango that day but that doesnt excuse what Buffalo said to her even after everything they went through and then her mind went back to what Marston said in the plains of Africa after she rescued Wolf.
"Make your choice Quiet, will you die...or will you live once again"
Quiet made up her mind and she thought to hell with Buffalo's apology so she threw the tape under the bed with everything else she had from Wolf and Buffalo she wanted nothing from them anymore all she cared about was getting her life back and to prep for her mission she went under the shower and took the time to relax and enjoy the moment as she roamed her entire body with her hands as she was soaked in ice cold water.
A few hours had past and Quiet was finally ready to head out and she just waited at the Helipad near the chopper ready to take them on the Command Platform and soon Big Boss arrived and she noticed he was in Tiger Stripe camoflauge with no top on and she looked at all his scars on his chest as he approached and she never saw so many scars on a man before.
"Quiet, you ready to head out" Big Boss questioned as he came up to her and she nodded and Big Boss entered the chopper and Quiet quickly followed as she couldnt wait to get of Motherbase.
"You taking Quiet with you today Boss?" Pequod asked as he looked back at the two and saw Quiet take her seat just facing forward.
Big Boss closed the side door and took his seat and looked at his pilot "Yeah decided to change things up, she's gonna be with us from here on out".
Pequod nodded "I see well I'd rest up if I were you we know how long it will take to get to Africa".
Big Boss chuckled "Yeah well I aint planning on sleeping, got some base managment to sort out".
Pequod shook his head "Suit yourself Boss, alright gaining alttitude".
The Chopper lifted off the platform and once it was at an acceptable height Pequod make a hard left and speeded off away from Diamond Dogs and towards Africa.
During the travel to Africa Quiet kept looking around the chopper clearly bored and soon enough she layed down across the two seats on her back and decided to sleep the rest of the journey and Big Boss just looked at her wondering what her true agenda was, ever since that day Marston got away he has began to suspect Quiet and the fact she managed to let one solider get away even with her ablities did not add up to Big Boss deep down he knew something was up.
Big Boss pulled out a cassette tape from his pocket labelled "Situation With Quiet" and placed it inside his cassette player and placed his headphones in his ears and hit play.
"So you suspect Quiet?" Ocelot questioned.
"I dont know yet but I find it strange that she let one soldier escape, an XOF solider of all people" Big Boss sighed.
"I do admit that is strange I mean you had a hard time trying to fight her in those ruins and you even had alot of cover to help you but this one XOF solider Marston was in the open plains of Africa with no cover at all, anyone could have taken him down" Ocelot explained.
"So what do you think, torture her for questions?". Big Boss suggested.
Ocelot chuckled "I doubt we will get anything from her she still holds up to the name, even with her time with Wolf and Buffalo she still didnt say a word".
"Well I guess theres only one thing to do" Big Boss's mind was made up.
"Your not gonna kill her are you?" Ocelot said in a suggestive tone.
"No, I will take her on missions with me maybe I can get something out of her of she is on missions with me hunting XOF" Big Boss stated.
Ocelot sighed "It's pretty risky but I believe you can do it though Miller wont like it if she is with you".
"Dont worry about Miller if it comes down to it I will deal with him later" Big Boss said confidently.
"So when will she head out with you?" Ocelot questioned.
"She will head out with me in a few days, I will break the news to Buffalo first and with the argument I heard they had I think its best to keep them apart" Big Boss explained.
"Fair enough also we still havnt found anything in Africa which is connected to the Devil's House it appears the soliders are being tight lipped" Ocelot sighed.
"Keep digging Adam something will turn up, its only a matter of time" Big Boss ordered.
The tape ended and Big Boss removed his headphones and soon heard Quiet moan in her sleep as she turned to her side facing the back rests and Big Boss was met with her ass on display as she curled up abit trying to relax in her sleep and Big Boss turned his attention to the window think of the one woman he missed.
"Eva...I wonder where you are right now.." Big Boss sighed and resumed his base management on his idroid.
Hours had past and Peqoud finally made it to Africa's area of operations and Big Boss looked out and saw Africa and looked to Quiet still sleeping.
"Quiet we are here time to get up" Big Boss called out and Quiet moaned as she waked up and looked at her surroundings and saw Big Boss opening the side door looking over the sight of Africa and as Quiet got herself ready Peqoud finally made it to the landing zone.
"I will go on ahead Quiet wait for me to scout out the area and I call you got it" Big Boss ordered and Quiet nodded suprised how quick Big Boss was ready to start the mission and soon Big Boss jumped of the chopper when he was at a safe height and Peqoud gained alttude and Quiet just looked down from the side door looking at Big Boss as the chopper went higher.
Big Boss stretched his arms and the sun was burning on him and he was freaking glad not to wear a shirt and soon he made his way to a cliff next to a waterfall and started climbing up the cliff but then he heard a chopper and he looked up the cliff and saw a unidentified chopper and lucky enough it was far away enough not to spot him and so he continued to climb up the cliff and finally made it on top of the cliff and once he stood up he looked back at the view of Africa and it sure was a beautiful sight to admire.
"Quite the view" Big Boss looked on a few more seconds then turned around and headed into the woods and out of nowhere he heard a gunshot which alerted him and he drew his weapon and saw a few deers run out of the woods in diffrent directions.
Big Boss knew visibilty was extremly low and decided it was time to bring Quiet in so he pulled out his Idroid and ordered Quiet to deploy.
Big Boss waited a few minutes and soon enough he looked to the sky and saw Quiet paracuting down towards him and soon she landed on the edge of the cliff and slowly stood up with her sniper rifle ready.
Big Boss approached Quiet and she was ready to start the mission just by the way she was standing and Big Boss pulled out his idroid and displayed the map and they both looked over it.
"The target is a few clicks away from this mansion not far from here I want you to head there and scout out the area if you see the prisoner just give your normal signal". Big Boss explained and Quiet nodded and Big Boss pulled up a picture of the prisoner.
"Thats the target remember the face, good luck" Big Boss tapped her back and Quiet holstered her rifle and dashed through the wood to the targets surpossed location and Big Boss shook his head.
"Hope that doesnt alert any soldiers in those damn words". Big Boss sighed and finally made his way into the woods with his weapon drawn while carefully watching for any signs of movement and soon he came up to a soldier all alone taking a smoke and he quickly made his way to him using the woodland to his advantage.
"Hands Up" Big Boss pointed his rifle at the soldiers back and the soldier panicked.
"Ok dont shoot" The soldier placed his weapon on the ground and Big Boss quickly grabbed him and chocked him out and finally let go of the soldier and he fell to the ground and Big Boss took out a faulton and attached it to the soldier and the soldier took off into the air.
"Contact!" Big Boss heard a soldier behind him and as he turned raising his rifle he then saw the soldier's helmet get shot off knocking him off balance and as soon as that happened Big Boss ran to him and slammed him into the ground quickly knocking him out and lucky enough no other soldier was in the area.
Big Boss looked around knowing the shot came from Quiet and soon enough he saw her in the distance laying on her back covered by leafs and he smiled and picked up his radio.
"Nice shooting Quiet" Big Boss stated and he saw her smile back and gave him a thumbs up and she took off to find the prisoner.
Big Boss decided to faulton the soldier and proceed on but then he was alerted by a crying sound so he quickly drew his gun and head to the sound's location, he was on high alert as the sound got louder and louder and soon enough he came to a large tree and the sound was coming on the other side of it so he took a deep breath and went around it and thats when he saw the situation.
He saw a young wolf pup next to its dead mother who was shot and the pup was licking its mother begging for her to get up and Big Boss sighed at the sad moment and it caught the attention of the pup and it turned around and looked up at him crying.
"I'm sorry little guy" Big Boss moved on leaving the pup behind and proceeded to the prisoners location and after a few minutes he came to another waterfall and saw a heavily armed soldier looking over the edge of the cliff and it gave Big Boss an idea.
Big Boss took out an inflatable device then looked at the solider "I hope this works".
Big Boss threw the device right next to the solider and activacted it and a life size balloon version of himself popped out and knocked the soldier off the cliff and the ballon said in recording "You're pretty good".
Big Boss frowned "I dont sound like that do I?"
Big Boss then heard little footsteps behind him and when he looked behind him and saw the little wolf pup walking up to him and soon licked his hand and Big Boss just smiled.
"Tough little guy, I guess I can adopt you" Big Boss picked up the wolf and attached a faulton to the little guy and soon the balloon started to rise and Big Boss let go of him and he hanged there waving his little paws.
"Dont worry little guy, you'll be ok" Big Boss smiled then the faulton sent the pup up in the air and the pup howled up into the air.
Big Boss's radio went off and Quiet hummed a song confirming she found the target.
"Quiet where are you?" Big Boss said over the radio and soon a lazer pointed at his chest and he looked to the direction it came from and saw Quiet up on a cliff and he gave her a thumbs up which she returned and she then pointed to the prisoner's location and Big Boss saw a little camp past a small bridge and saw two guys beating up a prisoner on the floor.
"Ocelot we've found the target" Big Boss stated on his radio and Ocelot responded "Alright get him out then come straight back, Huey wants to speak to you about something he's been working on".
"Alright will be back soon" Big Boss ended the call and proceeded to the small camp and soon enough he managed to get close enough to the soldiers without them spotting him and he pulled out his rifle with a scope and grenade attachment and called Quiet on his radio.
"Take Aim" Big Boss ordered and she hummed in response and she aimed at one of the soldiers and Big Boss aimed at the other and Big Boss spoke.
"On my mark, three, two, one...fire" both Big Boss and Quiet took down both the soldiers at the same time and no other soldier was in the area to see it happen.
Big Boss looked to Quiet and called her on the radio "Wolf was right about you, you are amazing".
Quiet's spine shivered at that statment, did Wolf really think she was amazing despite her condiction deep down she really did like Wolf but her freedom was more important to her so she just hummed in response.
Big Boss made his way to the little camp and saw the beaten prisoner and undid his bindings "I'm here to save you stay quiet and you will get out of here alive".
The prisoner nodded and soon Big Boss attached the faulton to him and soon the prisoner was sent up into the air and the prisoner screamed which alerted Big Boss and in the corner of his eye he saw a few soldiers across the bridge witness the whole thing.
"Shit..." Big Boss knew he was in for a fight.
"Contact!" one of the solider's shouted out and the whole area went on alert.
"Quiet cover fire!" Big Boss ordered and pulled out his rifle and shot a grenade at the bridge and it blew to pieces taking a few soldiers with it but more soldiers came into view and started shooting at Big Boss and he returned fire.
Quiet pulled headshot after headshot protecting Big Boss but the soldiers kept coming and coming and soon Big Boss came over the radio "We need to move fall back!".
Big Boss ran in the other direction down a small hill avoiding many bullets and finally came to another small bridge and when he was half way across more soldiers appeared on the other side and Big Boss used his quick reflexes and threw a grenade at them as he turned on his heels and ran back from the bridge and his only choice was to head towards the cliff to his right hoping for a way out.
Quiet took out any soldiers trying to flank Big Boss as he made his escape and soon some soldiers spotted Quiet and shot at her but she jump off her sniping position and attacked the soliders at close range vanishing in and out slashing their throats one after the other.
Big Boss ran to the cliff then out of nowhere the chopper he saw earlier rised up looking at Big Boss and he just froze and then he saw the chopper's guns fire up.
"Fuck!" Big Boss ran back as the chopper's guns blasted at him but Big Boss managed to dive behind some crates but they were quickly destroyed by the chopper and Big Boss pulled out his rifle and started shooting at the chooper and it quickly raised altitude away from danger and moved to a new position above Big Boss and shot a rocket at him but Big Boss quickly dived away from the attack to more cover and tried to use his grenade launcher against the chopper and as soon as he launched the grenade the chopper moved out the way.
"Damn it!" Big Boss knew he was in trouble and called Pequod for pick up near the cliff Quiet joined him from and he looked at his rifle and knew he was almost out of ammo and out of nowhere Quiet jumped on a near by cliff next to the chopper and it gave Big Boss an idea.
Big Boss pulled out his last grenade and showed it to Quiet and she nodded understanding what he wanted to do.
"Ready!" Big Boss shouted and he threw the grenade in the air and Quiet shot it and knocked it towards the chopper and it exploded as it hit the chopper sending it out of control.
"Quiet get to the LZ!" Big Boss ordered and he ran to the cliff and jumped to the ground below and as he jumped the chopper crashed to the ground and exploded.
Big Boss ran like a bullet through the thick jungle and many soldiers where shooting at him but the jungle made it hard for them to get a clear shot and Quiet dashed along side Big Boss towards LZ and finally they saw the chopper.
"This is Pequod arrived at LZ will stand by" Peqoud ordered and soon Big Boss and Quiet finally came to the cliff and quickly turned around and gunned down any soldiers closest to them and after a breif stand off Big Boss jumped on the chopper when it was low enough and manned the Minigun and gunned down the soldiers making them retreat back into the woods and Peqoud took off as Quiet picked off a few more soldiers then she turned to the chopper and jumped up to the chopper and hanged on the side of the side door looking at Africa and soon she looked at Big Boss for a few moments with her markings still visable and he then looked up at her.
"Great work Quiet, you're one hell of a soldier" Big Boss complimented and Quiet looked to back at Africa thinkinh things over and soon Big Boss moved away from the minigun and sat on his chair and Quiet finally entered the chopper and took her seat.
"Wolf and Buffalo were lucky to have you on the team and to be honest I'm glad to have you" Big Boss stated and Quiet looked at Big Boss and her markings vanished and she looked out to the window and saw the sun shine on her.
Big Boss looked out the window to his left hoping that Quiet would come around, he knew she was hiding something and it wasnt good but he wasnt a man who just wants to end problems he will trying every way possible to reach out to her and he just hope it works otherwise he would have to pull the trigger.
"I think that went really well and DD has finally joined the story! I am super excited to write cute moments with him during his puppy days and of course I have come up with a new villain, lets just say it will be an Equal to a certain character ) hope you enjoyed this chapter and are ready for more!"