"I decided to add a sweet moment in PEACE as we have been going serious for a while, it may be a small moment but every sweet moment counts. So please enjoy this chapter and we will continue with Big Boss in the next chapter!"

Chapter 172: Baby Wolf

"So you found her inside that pod after the fact?" Ocelot stood in front of a tied up Huey in a chair in the middle of the hanger 101 with Miller sitting at a desk a few feet away while Wolf stood to the right side behind Huey just a few meters away from him. With his arms crossed Wolf just kept his eyes on Huey as the scientist just had his head low not looking at Ocelot.

"And you just left her body to rot in there?" Ocelot asked another question and Huey didnt respond and thats when Ocelot came a little closer to him crossing his own arms. "Or perhaps you put her in there afterward?".

"I...I asked him not to take him away from me..." Huey spoke afraid to look up to Ocelot. and thats when Ocelot and Wolf looked to each other confused by his response, the two even looked back to Miller who slowly shook his head absolutley unimpressed with Huey's excuses as they all turned their attention by to Huey.

"So she was killed by Skull Face, but you asked nicely, and he put her in the AI Pod for you?" Ocelot continued his questioning and Huey looked up to him. "Yeah..thats right" His voice sounded unconvincing.

"Pathetic.." Miller mumbled leaning against his chair.

"You know I think Wolf has another idea..." Ocelot stated looking up to his friend. "What do you think really happened Wolf?".

Wolf with his arms crossed slowly walked up from behind Huey and soon came to his side making sure Huey could see him and all he did was look down at the man in question.

"That he killed her..". Wolf spoke with hate and Huey looked up to Wolf shocked. "Me!?, I couldnt kill her!".

"You killed her and locked her body in that Pod" Ocelot added.

"I wouldnt!" Huey defended himself against these stupid questions. "Dont treat me like I'm one of you!".

"I thought you were with us Huey? Was that a lie too?" Wolf mocked looking down at him and the scientist looked back up to Wolf. "No..no thats not what I meant..I cant just kill whenever I feel like it!".

"I'm a normal human being!" Huey stated and Ocelot chuckled "Oh, I see. So you just shut her inside?. And waited for her to die?".

"I would never do that!" Huey turned back to Ocelot.

"Oh so she killed herself?" Ocelot asked and he saw the scientist quickly think over his words. "...Yes".

"She climbed inside the Pod and shut the door. It cant be opened from outside...it was suicide." Huey explained and Ocelot just huffed.

"Suicide I said! She killed herself.." Huey lowered his head and thats when Wolf slowly leaned down next to Huey's ear. "Why did you say Skull Face killed then?".

"...I...I was ashamed of what she did, I didnt want to believe the woman I loved killed herself that way. She was always strong and to see her do that.." Huey trailed off with his head still lowered. "She got in when I was looking, and suffocated".

"So she had suicidal thoughts? What would cause her to do that?" Wolf questioned.

"She'd often try to do things like that. By the time I realized and opened the door...she wasnt breathing.." Huey then looked up to Ocelot not wanting to see Wolf's gaze at his side. "I got scared and shut the pod again".

"I couldnt bring myself to open it back up again. Thats right.." Huey tried to sound convincing. "Me..kill her? what is wrong with you!".

"There is still one thing left" Wolf stated still close to the side of Huey looking right at him.

"What else is there to know!?" Huey sighed looking away but suddenly Wolf grabbed his jaw and forced him to look at him, Huey's eyes met Wolf's and the scientist saw the eyes of a soldier trying to restrain himself from causing pain.

"The kid, you said Strangelove left with him. If she was in that pod this entire time then who was looking after your son?" Wolf spoke slow but with a stern voice.

"I already told you...I've never seen him. I'm telling the truth..Strangelove kept that from me" Huey tried to speak as Wolf's grip on his jaw was like a vice grip.

"I dont believe you..you have spun a new version of your story every time we come back to it.." Wolf stated letting go of Huey's jaw as he leaned back up and moved away.

"Ok I will cut you some slack, lets go on a different subject all together" Ocelot stated out of the blue then moved closer to Huey making the scientist look up to him once more.

"Why is it taking you so long to finish the Battle Gear? Its been a long time and I honestly haven't seen any improvements, actually we decided to check over reports from your terminal and notice you have been undoing some completed work only to do them again. How many times have you uninstalled and re-install the Gear's targeting systems?" Ocelot asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I..I do this with all my projects in case of replacements are needed. The Battle Gear wouldn't be any good if I couldn't replace a damaged system in the Battle Gear, I need to make sure every part of the mech can be replaced easily with the delay of redeployment". Huey spoke feeling uneasy as Ocelot looked at him.

"So you are just looking out for the machine just to make sure no complications will come across our soldiers in the field, I admit those are noble goals...however I got a funny suspicion your up to something else." Ocelot smirked.

"What could I possibly gain from delaying the development of Battle Gear, your just soldiers you dont know how much work is needed to make these things work perfectly...you..you need to understands that projects like this will always face delays".

"Anything that has software, hardware they all face delays hell even a child's video game console can be delayed if the makers believe improvements are needed to make the product greater and last longer" Huey explained everything as simply as he could and soon Miller stood up from his chair behind the table getting the scientist's attention.

"You have been on that Battle Gear for almost a year, how long did it take for you to make ZEKE during Peace Walker? Dont use the simple excuse of delays, the people who make video game consoles are nothing compared to your skill. This is child's play to you and I personally think you are halting development on purpose!" Miller clearly had enough.

"I told you I have no reason to delay the project!" Huey tried to defend himself and thats when Wolf looked back to Huey with his arms crossed. "So when will this project be done? There mist be a release date somewhere, unless you are hiding that...".

"Wha..what do you mean?" Huey asked Wolf a little confused and thats when Wolf took a few steps closer still with his arms crossed.

"I'm starting to think your more of a waste of resources, the money spent on that Gear is almost as much as we spent on ZEKE..." Wolf then looked to Miller. "Maybe its time to reconsider his place here..".

"No..wait!" Huey spoke up.

"Maybe your right, maybe we should just let throw him out of the hanger and use it for storage" Miller agreed with Wolf then looked to Ocelot. "You got space for one more in the Combat Unit?".

"The Combat Unit!?" Huey said in shock.

"Theres plenty of space there, I'm sure there are old friends which would kill at the chance to see you again" Ocelot smirked.

"Ok! Ok! Look I'll have the Battle Gear completed by next month I swear!" Huey finally broke and the three looked to Huey.

"You got a release date?". Wolf raised his eye brow.

"27th of April, I promise no more delays" Huey spoke with so much promise and thats when Wolf, Ocelot and Miller looked to each other all seemed happy with the date. However they still didnt have the answers they wanted regarding Strangelove, they knew they wasnt getting anything else out of him today so they decided to leave it there for the day.

"You have until that date to deliver the goods, if you dont you are done Huey" Miller looked right at Huey and the scientist looked right back at him.

"I promise Miller the Battle Gear will be ready" Huey seemed to almost be sure of that date and with that Wolf decided to take his leave while Ocelot and Miller decided to finish their time with Huey.

Saying nothing he left the hanger and into the hallway wanting to just settle in for the night and after all the stress of the horror seeing Strangelove dead in the pod he just wanted to end the day.

-Wolf's Quarters-

In the safety of her new room was none other then Cub who was sitting on a pillow on the floor with her legs crossed in pink Diamond Dog Pajama's which were made for her, she was looking at the small tv set up in the corner of the massive room and she had a few snacks on the carpet in front of her.

Cub was enjoying a packet of crisps as she was watching a show for children known as The Banana Splits, it was a live action show on VHS and it had for characters doing crazy things. There was a dog called Fleegle, a lion called Drooper, an elephant named Snorky and a orange monkey called Bingo. It was a joy to watch and it was her favorite show and soon a scene of Snorky the elephant began attacking his friends for making him fight a tough guy from a gang called the Sour Grapes and all Cub did was laugh her little head off seeing Snorky going nuts on his friends.

As she continued to watch and laugh she then heard the door leading out of the quarters open but she was too focused on the TV to see Wolf finally enter the quarters and his eyes quickly set on her, he then looked to the tv seeing the show she was watching and what he saw just confused the hell out of him as he saw men dressed as animals with one in an elephant suit attacking his friends.

The characters were running for their lives around the stage they were on as the elephant just ran and attacked the closet animal near him and he was just amazed that this was children's entertainment, Wolf with his eyes still on the tv moved to the table in the middle of the large room and took a seat resting on arm on the table continuing to watch as Cub was still laughing her little butt off.

Soon the fight ended with the elephant being thrown out of the stage in his anger and the other characters just fell to the ground in exhaustion and soon the scene faded to black with Cub falling to her side laughing while holding her stomach while Wolf just slowly shook his head looking at the Tv.

"What did I just see?" Wolf gave a little chuckle as Cub finally sat back up turning to look back at Wolf and her cheeks were red from laughter. "I dont know but I love this show!" Cub continued to chuckle for a little bit more before calming down.

"Well I guess it keeps you happy, so what you been doing today?" Wolf smiled turning to the table checking his cybernetic arm before deciding to change it.

"Not much" Cub shrugged her shoulders finally calm and she looked over to DD sleeping on a mat on the other side of the room curled up by the radiator. "Been playing with DD, been outside watching the birds fly around".

"Good to see your keeping busy, sorry if it gets boring sometimes" Wolf stated as he took the arm plate off the top of his cybernetic arm to check the inner wires and thats when Cub looked up to him. "I'm not bored, I love it here".

Wolf chuckled as he continued his work on his arm. "Good, keep yourself busy Cub. A little girl like you should always have fun".

It was then Cub slowly got up from the floor then walked to the table placing her hands on the table trying to look over the table to see Wolf's robot arm. "What are you doing?".

Wolf was startled looking to Cub and was surprised by how silent Cub moved next to him and he just saw her trying to look up on the table, looking back at his arm he decided maybe Cub should see this just so she could learn what this was. Chuckling to himself he slightly turned getting Cub's attention as he gently picked up Cub.

"Up you get kiddo" Wolf stated lifting her up and allowing her to sit on the table next to him and she just focused on Wolf placing his cybernetic arm back on the table and she was just amazed by what she was seeing.

Wolf then reached his hip pouch pulling off his belt and placing on the table and poured a few tools on the table and by instinct Cub grabbed a few tools that rolled across the table and placed them back near Wolf.

"Thanks kiddo" Wolf thanked Cub as he looked at the items in front of him, he had a few colored cloths and sprays. Wolf decided it was best if he maintained his arm by himself instead of relying on R&D fixing it themselves, in a way it helped him with his handicap and made it more easier to endure Phantom Pain.

Looking at the items he then looked to Cub who was looking at the items, he then looked at his arm and seeing that the girl hardly had anything to do on Mother Base he couldn't help but wonder if it wouldn't really hurt if she learnt something new, making his decision he looked back at her. "Want to help me?".

It was then Cub looked to Wolf a little surprised. "You want me to help?". She couldn't help but give a little smile.

"Why not, you will be learning something new. Only if you want to?" Wolf offered and Cub smiled again picking up the small screw driver. "I want to!".

Wolf could only chuckle at Cub's excitement as he gently took the screw driver. "We wont be needing that yet, first we need to clean the plates on my arm. Think you can do that?".

Cub quickly nodded with her blonde ponytail flicking up and down as she was eager to help Wolf and he smiled at her. "Ok" Wolf then looked to a black cloth and small black bottle near her. "I want you to take that black cloth and bottle, pour a little on to the cloth".

"What is it?" Cub asked picking up the small black bottle.

"Tarnish Remover, in case my arm gets a little rusty. Pour a little on to the cloth and I want you to clean the big plate near you, go up and down loads of times" Wolf explained and Cub nodded and quickly went to work picking up the plate and putting it on her lap, next she poured a little of the tarnish on the cloth then began to rub it up and down the plate making sure not to miss a single bit of it.

As Cub helped out Wolf with his screw driver began to adjust a few wires and tighten a few screws which may have come loose over time, the time was silent as the two worked and soon Cub had completely covered the plate she was working on and then looked to Wolf. "I think I'm all done, whats next Wolf?".

Wolf stopped his work and looked to his side seeing Cub's work and for her first time she did a perfect job, he wondered if she just wanted to impress him by showing she was a hard worker or maybe she just loved to help out.

"Looks really good" Wolf smiled then looked to another small bottle which was yellow along with a yellow cloth. "Next you need to grab that yellow bottle and cloth there behind you".

Cub looked back seeing the bottle and it said on the bottle 'Metal Polish" along with the yellow cloth.

"That will polish the metal, same as before just add a little and go up and down the plate until it all shines" Wolf advised and Cub went right to work with no questions asked while Wolf just watched her go right at it.

Cub's commitment to help was one to be admired and Wolf smiled as he went back to his own work on his arm, he checked the wiring and joints and even pulled on one of the metal cords down and his middle finger folded and he pushed the cord up making the middle finger point out and he did the same to all the fingers making sure there was no rust of signs of dis function.

The work continued for five minutes as Wolf finally tweaked and checked all the components he could and soon he was happy with what he could do, next up was to put the plate back in its place. Wolf then turned his head about to speak but he stopped in his tracks as he saw Cub with her head lowered and she wasnt cleaning the plate on her lap, it was then Wolf realised Cub had fallen asleep as she worked away and how she was still sat up was just unbelievable to Wolf.

Seeing this only made Wolf give a silent chuckle as he quietly got up from his chair while gently taking the plate from Cub's lap and she didnt even react as she was in a deep sleep, putting the plate on the table Wolf then gently placed his arm around Cub's back then with his cybernetic arm he placed it under Cub's small legs and gently lifted her up with her head resting against his chest.

With Cub now living with Wolf and Quiet the three were moved into new quarters which was bigger then any other on the Combat Unit, Wolf's new quarters had one massive main room where Wolf and Quiet's bed was with the closet, table and desk with a shower room on the left side of the quarters while on the right side of the main room was a whole separate room for Cub.

Ever so quietly Wolf walked around the table and headed to the other room with its door sliding open and inside the room was a desk with books and paper for Cub to learn, she had a few toys on the floor and up against the back wall was a large bed with pink pillows and blanket and right next to the bed was a little desk with a night lamp which was always kept on for her.

Wolf managed to avoid stepping on the toys and finally made it to the left side of the bed and ever so gently he lowered the sleeping Cub on to the bed and she mumbled in her sleep as he tried to get comfortable on the mattress and after a few moments she settled, with Cub now in a comfortable position Wolf then gently pulled her pink blanket over her body until it rested just over her shoulder as she slept on one side.

He could only look down at the sleeping Cub as she looked more peaceful then ever and he saw a tiny smile on her face as she felt safe and comfortable in her new room and Wolf honestly felt a lot better now she was away from the child soldiers who still blamed her for Ralph's death, deep down he knew she was innocent and she would never hurt those she loved.

Wolf gave a tiny smile as he leaned down and with his real hand he removed a strand of blonde hair from her face and pulled it to the back of her ear.

"Goodnight Baby Wolf..." Wolf whispered as he came to care about her more then he ever did in his life, he honestly believed she was now another reason for him to live. In his heart he now had two souls to protect.

He had a Silent Butterfly and a Baby Wolf to look after and he was happy to have them both in his life.

"Wolf just called Cub Baby Wolf, that shows how much he cares about Cub now and deep down he loves her. Also as a side not the release date of the Battle Gear which is the 27th April is actually the birthday of John Cygan (Solidus Snake VA) so I decided to throw that in as a little tribute to the man. Anyway I really hope you loved this chapter and are ready to get back to Big Boss as he hunts for Null! GET READY!