Chapter 3 Shy

Running through the desert, DD at his side, heading down to the metal gear shaft. Another shot is heard "Boss!" yells Ocelot through the radio. He looks to his side and sees DD dead, and looking back at the line of corpses, all the soldiers that had died in his care and the ones he killed. He looks front and sees the barrel of a very familiar gun. Bang!

Snake wakes up…

"Nightmare?"

"Yeah, did I wake you up?"

"No, I don't sleep much"

"Because of your treatment?"

"Somewhat"

"Hmm.."

"So, what was your nightmare about" she asks while sliding her fingers on Snake shoulders and looking seriously at him.

"The night at the Hospital"

"The hospital?"

"Where you and I first met, remember, you went down there to kill me."

She nods, remembering those long years ago.

"I know… what did you see?"

"In the nightmare, it was more like a flashback, when you came into the room and killed the doctor and then you went to me. Only something was different, you pointed the gun at me and told me If only we shared a common tongue." Quiet gets tense for a moment, removing her hand from his shoulder…

"Then BANG!"

"Ahh!" Quiet gets surprised after Snake playfully presses her stomach with his fist

"Snake you startled me!"

Snake presses her towards him.

"It's weird, seeing you this playful." Quiet remarks,

"Yeah, I can be free here, no longer have to maintain that façade of being Big Boss… well, I don't want to talk about this anymore, I'm going back to sleep." Snake settles to the left side of the bed, forcing himself off from her arms. Quiet lifts herself in seating position in the bed, she looks at Snake's exposed back, all covered in scars and old bruises. Extending her hand to feel his scars, she held back, out of concern not to wake him up. She then sighs, and lets her mind wander adrift.

The truth of the matter is, in her mind, she too had a nightmare. She too sleeps but very less so than normal people. The few hours she sleeps, she goes into a very brief moment of deep sleep. In that short time, she dreams, or rather, relives the worst moments from her life. Like Snake, she too hasn't had an easy life, as a soldier. Tonight's nightmare was a special one for her, as this is the first time she shared herself with the Man she has only ever admired, a Man she delivered herself to.

Her nightmare, took her to Afghanistan, under the heating sun and clear blue sky, where she fought against Big Boss. When he arrived, she felt adrenaline in her, because it was a chance to fight against the legendary soldier himself. "With my abilities, there's no way he'll surpass me." She thought, as she looks through her scope and has Snake in her sights. She hums her favorite sung and as he approaches, the trigger is pulled. She kills his wolf, then is surprised at the trail of bodies that were behind him, she then quickly points the scope at his horn, and squeezes the trigger. Bang!

Snake almost otherworldly reflexes enable him to duck, the fight starts; she is observing Snake while he figures out what to do. As the fight ensue on, she had underestimated him "This is the end of me. What a humiliation." When Snake approaches her from behind, she feels helpless as she could not fathom how could he had reached the top of the seemingly unreachable arch. She cannot willingly move her body, just observe as the legendary soldier keeps approaching. He draws out a gun and points at her "Snake" she whispers, she then sees Ocelot and Miller at his side, while Huey peeking over the Ocelot's shoulder and Eli smiling sadistically behind him. "If only we shared a common tongue." BANG! She feels a slight sting to her heart, jumping in surprise after reliving in her mind the nightmare. Grasping tightly her chest with the left hand, she closes her eyes and reminds herself where she is now.

After taking a deep breath, she hears three taps on the door. She goes to the front door, all naked, not bothering to cover herself up. Opening the door, she takes a small vial that she inserted deep in her vagina, the tube slides off easily with her two fingers. Hands out the vial to the person outside the door, "I have done as requested, here's the sample. Do you need me tonight? No, all right, how much longer?"