Chapter 5 "Love will tear us apart"

"Wake up, we're going hunting." Quiet throws some clothes to the naked Snake while he is still half-asleep.

"Huh, hunting?"

"Yeah, or do you want to sit on your ass all day? Now get up."

"Take it easy man-eater."

Quiet grins as she heads out to the door.

"So, what are we going to hunt?" Asks Snake as he puts the clothes on, "Not hunt really, more like gather food and wood for the fireplace, sometimes it gets real cold here..."

"Hmm." Snake lights up a cigar, picks up the crutch and heads out the door.

"What, we going to walk?"

"No, I have a vehicle here."

Quiet goes to back of the cabin and takes out the vehicle, "Hop in" "Where did ya find one of these?" The vehicle looked familiar to Snake; it looked like one of the 4x4 he used to drive through the desert but without the Diamond Dogs logo.

"I borrowed it..."

"Sure." Puffing another from the cigar, Snake throws the crutch and gets on the vehicle.

As Quiet drives through the deserted road, surrounded by cliffs of mountains on both sides, Snake reminisces again about 10 years ago. Quiet hums her favorite song. In this short road trip, the couple share the moment in silence, she continues to hum her favorite song while he keeps looking to the road ahead, appreciating the landscape he used to roam so often before. They arrive at place, Snake finds so familiar. "We're here." "This is…" "Yeah."

Exiting the vehicle, Quiet stretches her arms and a breath in relief. Being cooped up in the cabin takes a toll; she wanted the fresh air.

"Why are we here?"

"I told you, hunting."

"This is where you and I first fought, it hasn't changed much''

"Yeah, this is a favorite place of mine to come and relax to."

"Hmm the ruined structures hasn't decayed that much, there's still animals around?"

"Sure, I have bought some of them here so they could breed, take a good look around."

Snake while supporting himself from the crutch, he looks around the ruins and finds himself amused at the amount of animals living here. He notices goats, chickens, few birds, lizards and even a few wolfs roaming on the top of the hills.

"This place has become a sort of farm for me, I come here to raise these animals. I even grow food here even though I don't eat them, and that's how the day goes by for me."

"I see..."

"Anyway, you can water the plants and then make yourself comfortable, I've got to work here with the animals."

"All right" Snake obeys the woman and takes a bucket to fill it with water from the waterfall river, do his part in this seemingly new life for a retired soldier. The hours go by and Snake sits down, leaning his back on the fading brick wall, watching the Sniper do her chores. He lights another cigar and observes her, somehow, he begins to feel relaxed. She keeps working, concentrated on her chores, feeding the chickens, taking their eggs and herding the goats. "Howl!" "Snake, come here quick!" Snake gets up and goes to Quiet, she's under a tree, crouching over. When he takes a closer look, she's helping a wolf give birth.

"Give me your shirt." Snake complies and hands her his shirt. He continues to observe her, "what a beauty" Snake thoughts as he continues to observe Quiet work with the female wolf. As the animal keeps pushing, Snake stands there, crouches over a bit and caresses the wolf's hair. He keeps watching Quiet, the more he observes her the more he is mesmerized by her serious expression. He observes her in silence. "We're almost done." He nods in agreement. The wolf lets out one last howl before she finishes giving birth. "Aww three puppies. Look Snake." "Yeah, I see them." Snake maintains his stoic expression, one of the puppies pee at her, he lets out a chuckle and smile. Quiet unfazed by the mishap turns around to look at the usually stoic soldier smile,

"Snake, help me press here." "Right..." he snaps out of his smile and haste to help Quiet. "Here?" "Yeah." After finishing working with the wolf, Snake sits down, feeling unusually exhausted. Quiet goes to the nearby waterfall to refresh herself. She takes out her boots, bra and pantyhose. Snake continues to watch her, when she caresses her long beautiful hair removing the hair band and waving her hair in relief, he begins to feel aroused but at the same time he begins to close his eye, feeling unusually drowsy. When Quiet notices his unusual expression, she turns to him from afar, "Snake?" "Oh, it's nothing." Snapping back from nearly falling asleep, the woman continues refreshing herself, as he watches her he falls asleep to his side. As she exits the waterfall, she walks towards him. She lifts his face carefully, the soldier is in a deep state of sleep. Filled with curiosity, she examines his face close, a shadowy figure stands behind her

"You have to do it again; it has to be stronger…"

"What!?"

"Keep your voice down…"

Quiet takes her hand off Snake's face and looks back at the person.

"What do you mean it has to be stronger?" She asks whispering and a bit frustrated, her face turns her dark butterfly shade as a result. The shadowy figure answers

"My theory was off… the match has to be stronger. You were the one who wanted this, why are you hesitating? Bring me another sample as soon as you can. The plan we must complete…" The shadowy figure turns invisible. Quiet looks as the figure disappears and decides to jump to the arch to mediate on her current situation.

Under the sunlight of dusk, her mind goes haywire with many thoughts and memories. The diamond dogs days, the mistreatment, torture and saving Big Boss. She thought what she did should have been enough for the plan, but she had to make more effort. She looks at Snake from afar, the man in his green fatigues, snoring. A burning sensation goes through her chest, and she pulls a rifle she keeps invincible in her back and points it at him. She begins to hum, her heart gets racing, her breathing uneven, face marked down and with the scope aimed at his forehead she squeezes the trigger in frustration.

BANG!