A Ghost In the Night

by Red Dawn Shadow

Ghost has been just fine on his own in the Task Force 141, but his life is turned up side down when he meets the new FNG Alex Stone, Seeing that both are complete opposites, Alex herself is curious to see who the man behind the mask really is. Note: im new to the fanfic writing so it might suck but i'm just saying :) Rated T for Language and Possible suggestive themes :)

7. Women Down!

Note: There will be heavy Language. DISCLIAMER: I OWN NOTHING, Except Night :)

Oh My God it is freezing. Me and MacTavish lay in the snow as I hear his hushed voice "Night you see the jeep parked by the tent on your 5 o'clock."

I shift over that way as I zoom in on my sniper "Aye, is the third little bastard in there?."

"Nah he's further up, we need to take the guys inside the tent, if we don't do it now we wont get the chance later on."

"Roger that." I say quietly as I begin crawling to the side of the tent.

When I say tent, i'm actually saying its a tent that looks like a small little building, God only knows what there doing in there.

Its 4 A.M. in the morning so its safe to say there probably all sleeping, when I get to the side of the tent I decide to pull a Tom Clancy move and stick my knife in the wall off the tent and slide it down to the ground.

I gently push through the tare, one guy is standing at the door way of the tent, 3 others are sleeping in there bed and one is sleeping in a chair. I approach him with my knife still drawn.

Without a second of hesitation I put my hand over his mouth and press my knife in his throat.

I gently lay him on the ground then signal MacTavish in

"Alright Tavish how do we want to do this?."

"Night I want you to do it silently duh." MacTavish says playfully

I roll my eyes and take out my sniper. I get in position for a double kill,

"Get the guy in the chair ill take the guys in the bed." I say quietly

"Why do you always get to do the fun stuff." I hear MacTavish quietly pout.

"Cause you got to do all the fun stuff back in the old days." I say quietly.

Just as MacTavish slits the mans throat in the chair I shoot both men in there beds I pull over to the other bed,

"Damn you Soap!." I mutter, The little bastard stole my kill, He quietly chuckles in return.

I don't understand why I called him Soap, probably cause he always had to be a prick and always do stuff for me back in the SAS (Aka me when I was 14)

"Alright lets get out of the tent and move towards the base." MacTavish says through the coms

I half heartily want to make a sarcastic comment on him, but I fail to come up with something.

We get out of the tent and slowly crawl to the base

"I hate my life." I mutter on the coms

"I take it your arse is freezing?." I hear Ghost say through the coms

"Jesus Christ! i'll make sure to never bloody joke around you again." I say letting my southern accent dominate the tiny bit of Cockney in my voice.

I hear Ghost chuckle in return

"Alright children if you don't mind we need to get back to business." MacTavish reminds

"But I was having fun making her voice sound different." Ghost pouts

"I'm going to ignore that." I say forcing my voice to not go complete southern again.

{20 Hours Earlier}

{Location: Scanning ...}

{Task Force 141 Base}

"Alright boys and girl this it, when need to catch Aaron Eyon, the third and final War Criminal." MacTavish says as were all gathered around in the War Room

"Night you and me will infiltrate the base." MacTavish points to me.

I raise a eyebrow and say "What's the catch?."

MacTavish chuckles amused "From our Intel there making illegal drugs there, and it just so happens Shepard has requested us to blow up there makeshift base."

"What type of damn base are we talking about?." Ghost chimes in

"Aaron is making a trade with a band of drug dealers, we kill the War Criminal and destroy what seems to be a drug factory, it's quite like hitting two birds with one stone."

I give a approving nod

"Ghost you Archer and Meat are going to come in on the North side, your team plants the bomb after me and Night kill Aaron." MacTavish says

Ghost gives a nod.

"Now, get you're arses outta here, your dismissed." MacTavish says,

We all then continue to go out

"Well sucks to be you Ghost." I call out.

He raises his eyebrows

"You get Meat, the most un stealth person on the bloody team." I continue.

"Un stealth? you clearly haven't seen him on a stealth mission." Ghost corrects

"Your right, he probably takes a machine gun in there and fires up the place." I say with my normal sarcastic voice,

"How do you think he pranks us?." Ghost counters

"Hmm he pranks us when were hung over and asleep." I reply causally

Ghost thinks for a moment then says "Ok so maybe he's only pranked you when you were hung over."

"Aww the love birds are talking about me." Meat says in a sickly sweet voice,

"Eh more like complaining." I reply ignoring him calling us 'Love birds'.

{Present}

{Location: Scanning...}

{Somewhere in Kazakhstan}

"Alright Night get up that slope, I'm getting up there for a better look." MacTavish points to a small cliff side

"And when you fall to your death ill make sure to let your corpse freeze in the snow." I say with a promising tone

He playfully puts his hand on his heart and says "That truly hurts."

I suppress a smile as I crawl to a steep slope. not to high up.

When im in position I ready up my sniper

After a couple of minutes I hear MacTavishs voice on the coms "All right im in position, Ghost hows your team coming along?."

"Well, some of us are getting distracted but were still on course Sir." Ghost replies

"Distracted is such a drastic term." I hear Meat say

"Would you two take your girly conversation off the coms." I say in a annoyed voice

"Hey hey, easy now, You and MacTavish have conversations on the coms, why cant we?." Archer counters

"Cause mine and MacTavishs aren't as...childish." I say as I begin scanning the windows at the base, When I say base... I actually mean a huge abandoned building, tons of graffiti cover the building among the snow its buried in, tons of shattered windows.

I wonder were all of the men in there are storing themselves.

"I wouldn't say that." Ghost replied

"Don't make me come down from here and ring both your necks." MacTavish threatens

Just then I see a figure of a head by the window, I zoom in on it, he's sitting in a computer chair, the back of the chair is facing me, a desk is there, I see men set a brief case down.

"Quiet." I say in a hushed voice

"Ill quiet your-

"Look to the middle of the building, I see the target." I cut in

"Dammit, i'm to high up to see the room, Ghost how's it coming?."

"Were here Sir."

I take a slow sigh, something feels off...My vibe quickly gives me a bad feeling but I ignore it.

"Alright, Night take the shot."

I steady my sniper and set my sights for his head sense I have no choice. I wait just a moment then pull the trigger.

After a second I suddenly see the head fly off.

"DAMMIT! it's a fake." I try my hardest not to yell.

I suddenly feel a sniper shot fly past my head, I quickly move down a little.

"Shit, Ghost go ahead and set the bomb, we need to at least take out the building." MacTavish's voice is controlled

"Roger that." Ghost replies

"Remember when trying to find a enemy sniper look for the muzzle flash." I hear Price say

"Right." I mumble under my breath, I move up a little and look around, I see a muzzle flash at my 3 o'clock only to feel a bullet fly past me,

I aim my sniper and find the him, I pull the trigger and get a headshot

"Tango dow- My words are cut off by an extreme pain in my left shoulder

"FUCK!." I swear

I slide down the slope and look at my shoulder, blood pours out.

"What happened?." MacTavish asks

I mentally swear myself out for not thinking to look out for other snipers

"I'm hit." I reply with a sharp pain in my voice

"I'm on my way down." I hear MacTavish say, Just then I put my right hand on my bullet wound.

"Be careful I wasn't able to get the bastard, and let me tell you he's one bloody good shot." I warn as I take a look at my shoulder again, my hand is soaked in blood

"Dammit Price! why didn't you warn me about the other snipers." I mentally blame Price.

I begin to feel light headed as I see MacTavish kneel beside me

"Shit, he got you good." MacTavish admits.

"I just decided to never ignore my Vibe again." I give a weak laugh as I take my hand off the wound and let him take over.

MacTavish puts both his hands on my wound and begins to apply pressure.

"Ghost no pressure but you need to get that damn bomb set so we can get the hell out of here." MacTavish says

"Just one more moment." Ghost replies

I groan as I my eyelids become heavy,

"Oi! don't you dare close your eyes!." MacTavish threatens

I frown and say "I know, I just need..." I begin to trail off as my eyes begin to close

"Night." MacTavish shakes me a little "Tell me about your family."

My frown deepens "The only family I ever had was You and Price."

My tone was no more then a whisper

"Ghost hurry up!." MacTavish says stressfully on the coms

"Got it, were on are way to your position now." I hear Ghosts voice.

I yawn and say "Cant I just take a small nap?."

"Soldier its important you stay awake..." MacTavish says

My eyelids become more heavy "I can't lose you like I lost Price." MacTavish whispers

Just then I hear tons of gun fire

"You made sure to take your time." MacTavish calls out

I see Ghost kneel on my other side,

"We need to get her out of here." Ghost's voice is firm.

"Aye, but she's in no condition to walk." MacTavish replies

Ghost gets up and thinks for a moment, I hear him mutter "Shit."

Just then it begins to go dark.

...

I slowly open my eyes to hear a huge explosion, what the hell? am I being carried?.

Everything goes dark.

{Tracking: Alex 'Night' Stone}

{FAILURE}

{System Shut Down}

{Tracking Simon 'Ghost' Riley}

{Success: Ghost's POV}

When I looked down at Night I already knew she wasn't going to be able to walk

I swear to myself and reply "We need to get too the LZ I hope your a damn good shot MacTavish." I pick up a blacking out Night and we all begin to sprint out.

"Shepard, our Intel was off, Aaron knew we were coming." MacTavish hissed on the coms

"Copy that, Abort mission, I repeat abort mission, Get to the LZ." Shepard replies

"Roger That." MacTavish replies

Just then we hear more gun fire, bullets flying past us left and right.

"Almost to the LZ." MacTavish calls out to us.

Meat pops a frag grenade and throws it behind us.

I can see the helicopter in the distance.

Once we get to the LZ we all hop on.

I take a seat and decide its probably a smart idea to just hold her the whole way.

Un tell we get back to the base I decide to go ahead and try to stop the blood.

"How's she doing?." Archer asks as he takes a look at Night (Who is now officially passed out).

"Well if she's a tough-son-of-a-bitch I think it's safe to say she'll make it." I reply causally as MacTavish hands me a roll of gauze pad.

I'm not exactly sure how the hell to get the gauze wrapped around her shoulder with her gear still on but I manage.

Oh this is gonna be a long trip.

{A Little While Later}

{Location: Scanning...}

{Task Force 141 Base}

I won't lie I do feel slightly uncomfortable tending to a women. I mean it wouldn't be that bad if she had a sprang ankle, but were talking about a bullet wound in the shoulder.

I thank god she was wearing a tank top underneath her uniform or I would screamed like a child and ran out of the room, and again yes being around a half dressed women does make me feel uncomfortable.

Night lays on a medical bed, she's still unconscious, I was happy to hear that MacTavish decided to get her out of Uniform, cause I sure as hell wasn't.

Too a certain decree I'm not sure if he was just being perverted or was acting like a brother to her... Probably a brother.

Night now wears a pair of shorts and the same cropped white top we first met in.

MacTavish paces back in fourth outside the doors, he has been for the past 20 minutes.

I finally get the bullet out of her shoulder,

"Hmm, probably intervention." I mutter to myself as I look at the bullet.

I finish cleaning the rest of the wound then begin to stitch it up,

I tie off the thread then cut it.

Jesus my hands hurt. I walk outside and say "She's fine, I don't know when she'll wake up though."

MacTavish nods then heads on in, I follow behind him.

"At least her face isn't too pale anymore." Mactavish notes

After about a hour or so, I hear her slightly groan

Me and MacTavish are quick to come over.

Night's eyes begin to slowly open.

"Oh god it hurts." Her voice is weak.

I chuckle and say "Maybe if you paid more attention you wouldn't have gotten shot in the first place."

"Still a hard arse as always." Night gives a weak smile.

"And your still a bitch." I return a small smile

"Wait, are we back at the base?." She asks confused

"Aye, better give your thanks to the lad." MacTavish says

"Wait you mean he..."

"Aye."

Night closes her eyes and gives a long sigh as her face slowly begins to turn a beet red.

I give a humored laugh "Yes I carried your fat arse all the way to the LZ."

Night snorts a "Me fat? your joking right?."

Personally she was lighter then a feather, but I might as well give her a hard time.

"Unfortunately no." I tease

"Hmm your probably just really weak then." Night concludes

"Me weak? now your the one joking." I counter,

"Ok ok you take steroids." Nights smile becomes bigger

I cant reframe from smiling "Get some sleep Night your drunk."

Night laughs a little and says "In less you bottle fed my alcohol when I was pass out I believe your statement is invalid."

"Just like your numb mind? oh by the way is your ar-

"Ghost if it wasn't for the shoulder id strangle you right now." Night says flatly,

I smirk and say "Id probably throw you into a trash can, but luckily for you im a gentlemen."

"A gentlemen who asks how my arse feels every single mission?." Night replies

"Aye." I say

"Oh one of these days." Night mutters

"Ladies, Ladies we both know who the real gentlemen is here." MacTavish cuts in

"You, a gentlemen? That's cute." Night snorts

"All the women come running to me." MacTavish assures her

"You mean run over you to get to me." I say with a smirk

"Look id rather get shot again then even hear this conversation from you too, now if you don't mind id like to get some sleep." Night cuts in

"Wouldn't want sleeping beauty here to be grumpy now would we." I say as me and MacTavish leave the room.

"And don't forget it!." Night calls out as the door shuts.

She truly is a feisty one.

Hey People Wassup!? here's the chapter like I promised, I meant to write this last night and post it, but I seriously didn't know what to write so, I kinda winged it today. Anyways Night gets shot in this one, Thank goodness Ghost was there to save her :P, I actually wasn't planning on having her get shot in this one, but I was like "Eh what the heck.", this is a fairly short chapter, but im ok if that, I also would like to apologize for all the swearing in this chapter, but I guess its a bit realistic when you get shot.

Anyways I also apologize for any grammer mistakes and i'm tired so im off, hope you guys and gals enjoyed the story, FREE BROWNIES :D

Sincerely Red Dawn Shadow.