A/N: HOLY CRAP. I apologise for taking so damn long to get this done! Man do I ever procrastinate!
Anyway, thanks to Sendicard for just basically telling me to do it without actually doing anything. SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY HERE IT IS!

CHAPTER 7:

Day 7, 2016

The rest of the flight had been quiet. No one spoke. Even when Nicolai had landed the plane, all Price told him was that it was a one way flight. Mui and Soap soon joined him on the ground in the desert.

"Soap, Mui, I'm picking up a thermal spike. The cave must be somewhere off the edge." Price said quietly as the trio began heading in the direction he was leading them. It was desolate, and the wind was full of sand as it blew across the plains. Mui kept the distance between them close as she followed the two men. She was certain she wanted revenge just as much as Soap and Price did, if not even more so. "Hold up." Price said as they approached the edge of a cliff. "Enemy patrol, hold your fire." Mui kneeled behind them. There was a road below, a Humvee and about five or six men walking in formation. "Looks like Makarov's intel was solid. This is it." Mui also noticed through the scope of her now silenced rifle that the enemies also had dogs with them. "Good, they're splitting up. Let them separate." Price ordered. He paused to catch his breath. "This decryption code better be worth the price we paid…"
"Oh it will…" Mui whispered back with a sinister tone to her normally calm voice as the Americans down below gave out orders.

"Let's focus on the group on the right. Take them out first." Price ordered again, going prone. Mui and Soap followed him and took aim, easily clearing out the men that were standing oblivious to the three above. "Close enough. We're going to take out the other three before they come back. Move." He began descending the side of the hill, taking careful steps to avoid tripping. Mui followed closely behind, with Soap picking up the rear.

"Come on, let's get the others." Price motioned his hand to the other men further up the road. Mui brought her rifle up to her face, aimed and fired at the same time as Soap. Soap took out the dog first with a shot to the back of its head, while she took out the two men within seconds of each other. Each had a clean headshot. "We don't have much time before they discover the bodies. Let's keep moving." Price's voice was eerily soft and quiet. The three moved up the abandoned road towards the railing.

"There's more down there…repel down." Soap said, hooking his rope to the rusty, two-inch pipe that was connected to a concrete barrier. Mui did the same.

"Go." Price ordered, taking a leap off his barrier. Mui and Soap went after him. She felt the wind against her face as they repelled down the cliff. "There are tangos down below. Kill them." Mui grabbed her knife from her boot, slowing her repel rope down so she hung just above one of the enemies. She quickly stabbed him in the neck as she covered his mouth so he wouldn't scream. She landed on her feet, feeling the other soldier fall down dead thanks to Soap. Price was already unclipping himself.

"Let's go." Price unslung his rifle from his back as he began walking into the dark cave that served as a base for Shepherd's army. Mui pulled out an ACR rifle, similar to the one she had been trained on in the SAS. They proceeded inwards, passing by crates and a computer in an alcove. "Tango up ahead. Do not engage." They ignored the one enemy before realising there was a patrol headed towards them. "To the left, now!" Price ordered, sprinting into another dark and empty space of the cave. Mui fell in close in between the two men. They waited, hearing radio chatter about losing contact with another patrol unit. The cave was explored much the same way, ducking in and out of dark corners and hiding. They occasionally took out a few men here and there when there were only two or three of them. Price hurried up a staircase, taking out a man with his knife. Mui followed, slowly reloading her gun.

"How close are we?" She asked in a whisper.

"Getting there." Soap replied. They continued onwards, into a dimly lit room with various rifles and equipment scattered around.

"Here we go." Price stated, sitting behind some cover. There was more chatter over the sound system about breaching. Mui's nerves were already shot, nothing could spook her now. She gripped her rifle, giving Soap a look. He nodded with a slight grin. She slid behind a heavy crate that left her back against the wall. They would soon have a firefight on their hands.

"Breaching, breaching!" A crash sounded from the far side of the room. Jen turned her rifle and waited for the golden moment to let it rip on them. The first three men came in, and soon died with shots to the head. Even stressed, Mui's aim never let up. The same began happening from all entrances and she soon had a lot to deal with on her hands. Soap helped out by covering the south entrance, while Price held the east. They fought off enemy after enemy, kept safe by the immense amount of crates and other objects to hide behind. Some of the soldiers had laser sights on their rifles, others threw flash-bangs. Mui at one point got hit by one, slowly getting her hearing and vision back, just in time to see Soap shooting a man who was about to knife her. It took her a moment to regain everything before she could thank him. Soap nodded, killing off more. Price had begun working his way out of the room. Mui and Soap hurried after him, providing cover fire.

They clambered out of the cave towards another outside entrance. "Grab a riot shield Soap; we need some cover to get out of here." Price ordered. Soap shouldered his gun as he lifted one of the shields from the pile.

"Repeat we have unauthorised personal on the catwalk…" came the voice on the enemy radio. Mui sighed, checking how full her magazine was.

"Provide Mui cover, I'll get rid of the resistance." Price called out to them, lying prone. Mui stepped over him and pressed herself behind Soap and his shield, firing round after round at the men ahead of them on the higher portion of the cat walk. They traveled as one unit, until there was a grenade thrown down at them.

"Fucking grenade!" Mui roared, throwing it as hard as she could back at them. "Damn bastards!" She crawled back, dodging heavy fire until she was within the safety of the shield. They kept going as Price followed them, behind by twenty or so yards. Soap went up more stairs, slamming his shield against one man while Price took out the other behind him.

"We're clear! Keep moving!" Price ordered as he ran to catch up to the other two. "We're running out of time! Let's get Shepherd, go!"

They hurried at a fast jog through another system of tunnels. Soap spotted a helicopter dropping off more men, so he cooked a grenade before tossing it and blowing them to pieces. "This way!" He shouted, taking a turn to the left. Mui went through the middle tunnel instead, flanking more troops. She kept going at a crouch, shooting as many as she could. Then, she came across a guard who was just standing there. Taking out her knife, she approached stealthily.

"This is for Ghost you bastard…" She whispered as she covered the man's mouth from behind, slitting his throat. She dropped his corpse and hurried onwards, hearing Price and Soap picking up the rear. She met up with them a few minutes later, in front of the control room.

"We've got to breach the door." Price barked, kicking at it. Soap planted the charges.

"Ready? Go!" The charge exploded. Soap shot six enemies with the AA-12 he had picked up, blood and guts everywhere. Price and Mui followed behind, picking off any stragglers.

"All units be advised. This is gold eagle. The site has been compromised." Shepherd's voice came on over the speakers. "I am executing directive one-one-six bravo. If you're still inside, your service will be honoured. Shepherd out."

"Override the door controls! Hurry!" Price yelled to Soap. Soap began the process., fiddling with the computer in the corner. "RUN!" He yelled. Mui picked up the pace, dropping the P90 she had picked up when she ran out of ammo. She could make do with the sniper rifle and pistol. Soap followed behind her as they pushed out of the cave. The place had been littered with blocks of C4.

"Keep moving! This place is going to blow!" She yelled, picking up the pace to full on sprint. She sped ahead of Price. The ceiling of the caves began crumbling as the earth beneath them shook violently. Mui nearly lost her footing at one point. Then, all of a sudden, a massive explosion happened and it all went black.