"We are back with another chapter and these are events from the game but have been heavily altered for this alternate universe but I think it worked out well so lets kick it off!"

Chapter 49: Blind Rage

Big Boss, Ocelot and Miller were in room 101 and had Huey tied up in was scared of what was going to happen to him as he told a lie about not being in contact with Strangelove and more suspision grew of what else he was hiding and Ocelot hit play on a cassette player holding a question tape from eariler and it played a certian part with Ocelot speaking to Huey.

"Why were you the only one spared you got away without a scratch, why did Strangelove leave the base on the eve of the inspection? you two were close"

"Strangelove? huh" Huey's voice came on the tape suggesting he never worked with her since then.

Huey looked down at the floor and Ocelot stepped forward to Huey "You sure you never been with Strangelove since the fall of MSF?, cause it seems one of our best soldiers luckly found one of Stangelove's closest assistant which goes by the name Helena and she even remembers that you called her for a secret project".

Huey looked up at Miller and Big Boss at the table and they had stern looks on them "Fine, yes Strangelove was doing A.I research in that lab".

"Why hide that until now?" Miller questioned.

Huey struggled to find his words "I...ok..so what I wasnt working alone you've got to understand you do understand right? I didnt want to drag her into this its my load to bear alone".

Big Boss frowned "That doesnt make any sense why call her to join you if you didnt want to drag her in this mess".

Huey looked at Big Boss "I..I just wanted to see her again thats all..Skull Face said that we could meet in a secret location before commiting to the project but when she arrived Skull Face approached her with the offer to work on the project we all know she has a weakness for that".

"So you didnt create the AI intended to drive Sahelanthropus, it was Strangelove" Ocelot stated.

"Skull Face was never in favor of AI control so they argued, Strangelove she..she made him angry and then..he killed her" Huey's voice went as he spoke the last word.

Ocelot wasnt buying it "How, you didnt see it? what did he do with her body?.."You just let it happen".

Huey looked at Ocelot "I begged him not to do anything to her"

Ocelot crossed his arms "So you begged him not to do anything rash very kindly and he said he wouldnt but he killed her anyway?".

"I...that..thats right" Huey struggled to find his words again and Miller picked up on it.

"Pathetic.."

Ocelot leaned down looking directly into Huey's eyes "You know we have another idea, that you killed her".

"I..ME! I couldnt kill her look at me!" Huey countered the argument.

"You killed her and decided to take the credit for Sahelanthropus yourself" Ocelot gritted his teeth.

Huey shook in his shoes "I wouldnt..dont do treat me like one of you, I cant just kill anyone when ever I feel like it..I'm a normal human being".

Ocelot sighed "I see just one more question".

Huey looked down to the floor "Havnt you got enough already?".

Ocelot raised his hands and took a step back "Ok ok I can see its a painful memory you dont have to answer just listen to the question".

Huey sighed waiting for the question.

"You see this Helena also says that not only did you two work together before her death but also mentioned something else...she had a child didnt she...you're child" Ocelot stated and Huey started breathing heavy.

"Where's the kid?" Ocelot questioned and Huey looked back at him.

"How should I know"

"So there is a child" Miller spoke out.

"I..never seen his face" Huey had tears in his eyes.

"DONT BULLSHIT US HUEY!" Big Boss slammed his fist into the table as he stood up.

"What do you take us for" Miller questioned Huey.

Huey started crying looking back at the ground "They took it all..even my child I didnt even know he'd been born...I..lost everything..".

Ocelot looked back at Miller and Big Boss then back at Huey "How old would he be?".

Huey responded "Its been four years since then".

"And you know its a boy" Ocelot stated.

"Strangelove said so" Huey still looked at the ground.

"And his name?" Ocelot simply asked.

Huey then looked back up at Ocelot with his eyes red from tears "We called him..Hal, even though I never saw his face". Huey started crying again and Big Boss and Miller left the room and let Ocelot deal with Huey further.

"Boss I know what he is saying in there is bullshit and I think I know how to learn the truth" Miller advised as they walked down the hall.

"Go on" Big Boss was all ears as they stopped in the middle of the hallway.

"That AI pod in the base you found Huey I bet that think is filled with infomation if we go grab it we can start the investigation". Miller seemed hopeful.

Big Boss looked back at the door to room 101 then back at Miller "That pod isnt going anywhere Miller right now I want him to finish that damn battle gear and once he's done that we will go get it, we cant leave a big project like that unfinished".

Miller nodded "At least your up for it, alright we will hold off until that Battle Gear is complete then we can feed that bastard to the dogs".

The two walked further down the hall and came to the door leading outside and they soon exited and saw that Wolf, Buffalo, Quiet and D-Walker had returned and they were a welcome sight.

"Tell me again how it became a three hour hunting mission?" Buffalo chuckled as she jumped off the chopper looking back at Wolf as he jumped off.

"Cause you wanted our 'fun' to last abit longer" Wolf winked.

Quiet shook her head smiling as she left, she knew what they did in the fields of Africa cause it was written on their faces when they met up for extraction and she had to admit is was brave of them for fucking out in the open like that but it was reckless but she understood people needed to unwind every now and then.

Quiet walked past Wolf and Buffalo and looked back at them with a smirk and wiggled her finger at them and winked and soon turned around to head back to the Medical Platform.

Buffalo scratched her head as her cheeks burnt "She knows what we did doesnt she?".

Wolf coughed and looked at Buffalo with a worried look "I say yes..she knows".

Big Boss and Miller approached Wolf and Buffalo and they were proud of the amount of people they faultoned back during their free time in Africa.

"thirty soldiers brought back in a few hours, impressive even though you spent quite a bit of GMP" Big Boss smirked.

"We made sure they were worth the GMP before bringing them in" Wolf assured as he helped Helena out of the chopper and Miller chuckled.

"Its alright besides they are some impressive soldiers so we will let you off on that so this is Strangelove's assistant" Miller looked at the woman.

"I am and I owe these amazing soldiers my life" Helena stated.

Big Boss nodded "We will get you cleaned and give you some food we want to speak to you anyway about Strangelove".

Miller stepped forward looking at Helena "For now just settle in and regain your strength we will come see you later".

Helena smiled "Thank you". Miller then took her away to get treated and Big Boss watched on until Miller was out of sight and then turned to Wolf and Buffalo.

"We got a problem" Big Boss stated.

Wolf frowned "What is it, XOF?".

"Kind of, it turns out that Viper recorded the converstation between you and me about Reeve and his XOF connection and he's taken it to Lydia" Big Boss sounded serious.

Wolf rubbed his head and Buffalo looked worried "Does he have any idea how much damage that can do".

Big Boss sighed "Viper doesnt care he's only here to work for Miller and nothing else, Ive been confronted by Lydia and I managed to convince her to hold of telling Miller until she hears it from Wolf cause he knows the full story".

Wolf shook his head "Imagine the damage, especially to the troops they wouldnt know who to trust and we may see them leave Diamond Dogs".

Big Boss approached Wolf "Thats why you need to see her ASAP maybe you can stop this atom bomb from going off".

Wolf thought for a moment "Alright, I will go and see her alone".

Wolf went to walk but Buffalo gripped his arm "Wolf, Viper could be there and there may be a chance he could try something".

Wolf placed his hands on her shoulders "He may be reckless but he would never betray Lydia, she wants to hear my side before she tells Miller and last thing I want is more chaos".

Buffalo looked down with a sigh then looked up at Wolf with a nod "You be fucking careful, do you hear me".

Wolf smiled "I will dont worry".

"I will keep Miller with me until this situation is resolved we cant risk this getting out just yet, especially with Miller's obsession with the death of Skull Face and his unit" Big Boss stated and Wolf nodded and went on to the combat strut to meet Lydia.

An hour had past and Wolf finally made it to The Charon Corps quarters and entered and he saw Lydia leaning on her desk sharpening her knife and saw Viper loading his handgun and looked up at Wolf with a smile.

"Welcome Wolf, looks like you got some explaining to do" Viper sounded pleased with himself with the trouble he just caused.

Wolf frowned at the cocky soldier "My reasons are good enough Viper but what can I say about a self centred prick who's ego is as big as his running mouth".

Viper's smile droped "You are in no postion to tell me anything Wolf, you have been keeping a secret from Miller and when he hears about this I wonder whats gonna happen?".

Lydia stopped sharpening her knife and looked at Wolf with fire in her eyes "Miller will know if the explination is not good enough".

Viper snapped his head to his commander "I thought he was going to know?".

Lydia looked to Viper "I know you did not do this for the sake of Diamond Dogs Viper, you did this to cause shit didnt you?".

Viper stood up looking at Lydia "Regardless of why I did it, this is serious!"

Lydia placed her knife in her belt then looked at Wolf and crossed her arms "So tell me Howling Wolf, why is an XOF soldier doing on the base".

Viper approached his commander "Lydia this is pointless Miller needs-".

Lydia snapped her head to Viper "SHUT THE FUCK UP AND SIT DOWN VIPER! THATS AN ORDER!".

There was an intense stare between Lydia and Viper and soon Viper grunted in frustration and sat back down.

Lydia looked back at Wolf "Tell me why you brought an XOF soldier here?"

Wolf crossed his arms and explained "I was on a mission to investigate a Tanker linked to XOF and during my investigation I encountered Skull Face he ended up going into the holds so I decided to follow him not realising it was a trap".

Lydia looked to Viper then back at Wolf "Go on".

"As I went deeper into the holds I came to this wide open area which had one container and thats when the trap happened and thats when I saw Reeve, The trap was originally intended for Big Boss but it clearly wasnt the case that day and Reeve and his own squad had their guns on me and that when Skull Face appeared". Wolf explained and Viper chuckled.

"Suprised they didnt kill you on sight, I sure would have" Viper leaned back on his seat and Lydia looked at Viper with daggers in her eyes then asked Wolf to continue.

"After a little talk with SKull Face he ordered an evacuation and ordered the ship to be destroyed and he left Reeve and his squad in that pit with me to die at the hands of his new Skull" Wolf took a deep breath as he remembered the monster he saw before continuing.

"Reeve went to shoot Skull Face but he didnt get a clear shot at him so we had no choice but to work together and we fought our way back to the top of the ship and he lost a member of his squad one by one by that new Skull and in the end..he saved my life and wanted in to avenge his fallen soldiers..they were his brothers to him Lydia he had a right to lay them to rest" Wolf looked at Lydia who was finally processing the infomation.

Viper got up and looked at Wolf "Quite the fanfiction you told us there but why hide it, why only you and Big Boss knows the truth..shouldnt Miller know about this".

"Because he is still in an unstable state" Lydia confessed which shocked Viper as he turned to her.

"Miller is obsessed with revenge and finding out that an XOF soldier is here will cause chaos, I see that now if we tell Miller right now it may cause Diamond Dogs to collapse cause no one will be able to trust the people their working with" Lydia confessed.

Viper frowned "Are you kidding he needs to know, we came here to work with him only Lydia I dont give a damn about these Dogs or Big Boss they can burn for all I care".

"And I'm pretty sure no one will care if your dead Viper" Wolf warned and Viper turned to Wolf.

"Make your move bitch been wanting to kill you since the beginning, got to admit though your girlfriend is easy on the eyes" Viper smirked and Wolf went to attack but Lydia came between them and faced Viper.

"You listen to me Viper, you will not go near Buffalo, you will not tell Miller about this situation if theres one person thats gonna tell him its me and I will do it on my own terms not so it can give you the pleasure of watching Diamond Dogs crumble" Lydia warned him.

Vipers blood boiled "Oh I see you are one of them now right, who did you fuck to get on their good side huh oh let me guess the man behind you..you seem to love having your back to him".

At lightening speed Lydia gribbed Viper's neck and kicked him in the knee making him drop to the floor and her hand gripped his neck like a vice and Viper swinged his right arm at her but she caught it with her free hand and in the seconds he was already at her mercy.

"Viper, you are hereby dismissed from The Charon Corp you will have one hour to leave this base if you take any longer I will shoot you on sight, you have done nothing but cause chaos, refused to help your fellow soldiers and disrespected your commanding officer for too long" Lydia applied more pressure to his neck and he tried to remove her hand with no luck.

"You cant do this..I've been there since the beginning..Hound and Rogue wont approve" Viper tried to speak.

Lydia smiled at Viper "They are fed up of you too may I add so I'd say they would forgive me".

Wolf walked forward behind Lydia and placed his hand on her shoulder "Lydia let him go..he's not worth it".

Lydia looked back at Wolf and then looked back at Viper and finally let go of him and his fell to the floor holding his throat gasping for air "Wolf's really changed you huh Lydia?".

Lydia huffed "I hate his guts I admit that but he and Big Boss, they opened my eyes now get your shit and get out".

Lydia looked back at Wolf "Help me escort him out of here I dont want him running his mouth".

Wolf nodded at Lydia and they both heard Viper laugh "This isnt over you know that right".

Lydia knelt down at Viper "As far as I'm concerned it is".

Viper got up and just looked at Lydia with rage in his eyes and then pushed past her and Wolf and out the door and Lydia and Wolf sighed at eachother and after a minute or two they went out of the room to catch up to him.

Quiet was on a crane nearby just looking out to the ocean and just minding her own buisness until she heard commotion in the distance that got her attention and she saw Viper in a pissed off state and she just watched and kept a close eye on the situation little did she know Ocelot also witnessed the situation from the upper level of the Combat Strut.

Viper walked towards the helipad and he looked to his left and saw Buffalo working on her bike while rocking to music being played in her headphones and he smiled and looked back at Wolf and Lydia in the distance.

"May aswell give the lady a proper goodbye" Viper ran towards Buffalo and drew his knife to attack the oblivious Buffalo and Lydia and Wolf realised what he was doing and shouted and ran after him but they were too far away to catch up to him and just as he reached her a woman jumped in front of him stopping him in his tracks and her landing alerted Buffalo and she turned around and saw Quiet in front of her and her markings appeared giving Viper a warning.

Viper laughed "Want a good time eh I will give it to you!" Viper slashed at Quiet but dodged his slashes and she went to attack but Viper countered her and slashed across her chest and ended up cutting half way across her chest and she screamed from the sharp pain and she saw he left her a huge deep cut on her chest and her left bra strap was cut and her anger rised so she countered his next attack and ended up breaking his arm and as he screamed she tossed him to the ground and took his knife and pinned him and lunged the knife straight into Viper's mouth but he stopped it with his teeth but she used so much for and ended up breaking his teeth and she digged the knife deeper.

"Quiet! Stop!" Buffalo went to pull Quiet off him but in her rage she pushed Buffalo a few meters away as she focused on killing Viper and Wolf came up behind her.

"Stop this NOW!" Wolf ordered and placed his hand on her shoulder and she reacted out of instinct and jumped off Viper and slashed at the unknown person behind her but Wolf dodged the first attack and gribbed her hand with the knife and disarmed her and Quiet leaned forward and brought the back of her leg up to attack but Wolf blocked it with his arm.

"ENOUGH!" Wolf pulled Quiet to the ground forcing her to her front and restrained her as Viper leaned up from the ground "WHAT THE FUCK YOU FREAK!".

Wolf ignored Viper and looked around "Give me a hand!".

Wolf looked down at Quiet struggling to get free "Stefanie! Calm down its me Wolf!"

Buffalo and Lydia came to Wolf's aid and helped to restrain her along with another soldier and while they restrained Quiet she managed to kick the one soldier off her foot and soon Ocelot appeared with a syringe.

"Hold her still" Ocelot ordered and injected her arm and pumped her full of the liquid and as Quiet reacted to the needle she soon calmed down and looked at Wolf and soon realised what she did and Wolf could see in her eyes she regretted it.

"It's ok Stefanie..just relax" Wolf assured her and soon she started to fall asleep and she fell silent and went limp.

"Ok she's out we can let go now" Wolf told Lydia and Buffalo and they all slowly got off her and Wolf picked her up in his arms and Buffalo checked on Quiet's chest and saw the cut was starting to heal and Lydia went to check on the soldier that Quiet kicked.

"You ok Sarah" Wolf said worringly

Buffalo smiled "I'm fine she was just angry dont think she knew what she was doing".

Ocelot nodded "Blind rage, we dont know what we do before its too late but this cant happen again".

Viper looked at the with rage as he stood up "Again!? she almost killed me!".

Buffalo turned to Viper and within seconds she delivered a lightning fast punch and hit him right in the jaw sending a few teeth out of his mouth and he fell to the ground again.

"Bastard! you better be grateful we stopped her but I'm starting to think she would have done us a favour!" Buffalo looked down at Viper.

Ocelot took out his idroid "Security we need you to come to the Combat Strut to deliver Viper to the cells".

Viper looked up at Ocelot with rage "You perfer that witch over a normal person!?".

As Viper complained he didnt see Lydia appear beside him and she drove her foot on to his neck and pinned him to the ground and put alot of pressure on his neck.

"If you ever try and hurt Buffalo again I will be the one to stick the knife down your throat" Lydia warned and took her foot off him and went on her way not before nodding at Wolf and Buffalo out of respect.

Ocelot sighed "One soldier causing all this chaos, I will stay here and make sure he doesnt try anything why dont you take the day off Buffalo".

Buffalo shook her head "No I'm fine thanks Ocelot besides my girl isnt gonna fix herself".

Buffalo turned to Wolf and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek "Dont be mad at her Wolf, she was only protecting us".

Wolf smiled at Buffalo "I know".

Buffalo smiled back and went back to sort out her bike and Ocelot chuckled "You got quite the woman Wolf look after her, anyway get Quiet back to her cell I will tell Big Boss what happened so dont worry about anything".

Wolf nodded and carried the sleeping Quiet in his arms to a nearby jeep and placed her in the passenger seat and drove them to the Medical Platform and once Wolf reached the platform he gently picked up Quiet again and slowly made his way down the stairs and entered her cell.

"I know you would never hurt us Stefanie" Wolf whispered as he gently placed her on the bed putting her in a comfortable position and looked at her for a few seconds and he had a new hieght of respect for her protecting Buffalo like that and he smiled and knelt down and placed a small kiss on her forehead.

"Thank you for protecting Sarah, I will never forget it Stefanie". Wolf whispered and stood up and took one more look at the sleeping Quiet and decided to take his leave and exited the cell and went up the steps but little did he know that the syringe never worked.

Quiet opened her eyes and looked towards the stairs and she started crying as she couldnt believe that in her rage she pushed Buffalo and attacked Wolf, she curled up hugging her legs while laying on her side and she just let the tears fall.

Quiet had to be better then this, she had to be if she was gonna get her life back once she forfilled her side of the deal with XOF, she just couldnt let anything of what she is today become her future...she had to be better.

"Viper is becoming a serious problem and Quiet attacked Wolf out of rage now Wolf and Buffalo may have forgiven her but what about people like Miller? how will he react? lets find out in the next chapter )"