The General slammed the door to his office, he was full of anger. He wasn´t angry about Soap or Roach, he was angry about himself. He never thought this conversation could end like this, he expected they were too happy to meet again and not to ask him so much about his secret Task Force.

He never wanted to be that rude and tell those lies. Sure someday they will meet his Team and they have all the rights to know how and why they got saved but right now MacMillian had other Problems in his mind. There was something he needed to tell Price but he didn´t know how to do it. What is Price going to do if he finds out the full story? Will it be the end of their good relationship? Will their friendship turn into hate? He couldn´t resent him, at any case he would react like that. Mac knew he couldn´t keep it a secret any more. The longer he would wait the harder it would be for Price to handle the truth. Mac got to the phone and dialed a number, he needed to know what she was thinking about the Situation…..


Meanwhile in the conference room the atmosphere got better. Everyone exchanged their experiences they had with Mac´s Force. They heard Ghost´s and Roach´s memory of their rescue and the months they spent in the Russian Hospital. Gary couldn´t even deny to mention Ghost´s "Love story", as he called it. While Ghost kept telling them that there was none and he only liked her as a friend, but especially Meat didn´t believe him. He made fun of it and gave Ghost the advice to ask Poet if he could write a Love Poem for him. This conversation ended abruptly as Ghost allusion a story including Meat, a lot of beer, a hotel and a transgender man. No one had ever seen Meat shut up so quickly.

Meat and Royce could definitely tell the longest story, ´cause they were protected all the time. Every step they took was watched by a Soldier. The only thing they could do on their own was to go on toilet and sleep. They felt like prisoners the whole time. They weren´t even allowed to go outside of the hideout they were in and so they didn´t know in what country they were. Royce couldn´t remember he saw any women around where they were and Meat mentioned that the Soldiers weren´t very talkative. They only gave them short answers or ignored them. But the worst thing for them was to kill time, they had no TV, no games, no paper and couldn´t train, so both started to write a diary about their "very interesting" time. As Toad asked them what they wrote in it both men exchanged a look and told them they wouldn´t want to know but this statement wasn´t good enough especially not for Toad, he wanted to get both of them back for their last prank. He smiled; when the two were asleep that night he knew what he was searching for.

Speaking of Toad, he and Archer got rescued too but against everyone´s opinion they didn´t got saved at the same time as Ghost and Roach. After they saw Ghost and Roach escape toward Shepherds position they left their spot on the hill and got back to the Evac Point they should be picked up but as no one came they started to walk to the next village they found. They stayed the night in a stable, waiting for any response from their teammates what was going on. But as no one called them and they couldn´t call any one they decided to leave the village and find a train or a bus station to travel back to base. That was easier to say than to do ´cause there was nothing around for miles and as they had given up all hope to ever leave this place they got picked up by MacMillian himself, who brought them to a safety place. There they met the rest of the Team, which were saved before Shadow Company could kill them.

After their story everyone was excited what Price had to report. He told them everything from how Soap killed Sheperd, their escape to India, meeting Yuri, the chase after Makarov, Soap´s and Yuri´s dead, how he managed to kill Makarov till his rescue by MacMillian. After he ended his story all of the Soldiers began to applause for him and they decided to go out in town to celebrate their "homecoming".

All of them left the conference room to rest a bit in their barracks, only Soap and Price were left behind. Soap asked Price to stay because he wanted to talk to him in confidence. They were sitting face to face and Soap tried to find the right words to start the conversation.

"So, how you´re doing?" he asked

"I´m fine and you?"

"It´s getting better every day. Listen Price, there´s something I wanted to tell you. I´m sorry that you had to worry so much, ´cause you thought I was dead but I couldn´t get in contact with you. I had to handle the situation for myself first and I didn´t know how to contact you."

"It´s okay Soap. It´s not your fault and I never was as happy as I am now to see you." Price smiled weakly. He knew how to tease Soap a bit.

"Well, thanks for that old man. That applies to you too. By the way is MacMillian all the time like that?"

"What do you mean?"

"His behavior, he got very angry as we talked about his Task Force."

"He´s sometimes hard to handle but I´m sure if you ask him again his answer may will change. Just leave it for a few days."

"Fine, I think I´m gonna ask him again."

"You really want to meet her."

"Of course, she saved my life."

"That's all? Don´t lie to me Soap I know you for years now."

"Hm….It´s just I don´t understand why she didn´t let me die. I mean I was dead and if she´s a good nurse I´m sure she knew the consequences."

"What consequences do you mean?" Price got very serious. Was something wrong with his friend?

"It´s just I sometimes feel dizzy and it´s hard for me to concentrate but that´s all."

Price raised an eyebrow. That´s all? Soap was the Captain, he needed to concentrate ´cause his decisions were important for his whole Team. He was responsible for them and had to take care of them, as if they were his children. He needed to be here with all of his power to lead a Team. Should he go to Mac and tell him that Soap wasn´t doing fine? No, he wanted to wait, he wanted to see how Soap was doing his job, maybe it wouldn´t affect his work.

"Price?" Soap asked looking suspicious.

"Nothings. It´s okay, come on we should get some rest before we go to town." Price answered standing up and leaving the room followed by Soap.


It was a long night for the members of TF 141. They went to a bar, drank some beer and talked about the good old times. Meat and Royce tried to hook up with some girls but failed badly ´cause they were too pushy. Archer and Toad spend the time with darts, Poet and Worm played a card game and the others just sat around and talked.

Roach could feel the stares of the people in the bar, or at least he thought they would stare and felt very uncomfortable. He left the bar after two hours, telling his friends he didn´t feel well and wanted to sleep but Ghost knew why he was leaving. He saw how Gary watched the people around them and always turned his gaze away when they were about to look back. Ghost was sure Roach needed more time to feel comfortable around strangers and so he let him go. He offered him to go back with him but Roach didn´t want him to leave only he left.

Unfortunately Roach was the only one staying sober and so the others had to walk all the way back to base, ´cause they were drinking too much, leaving their trucks in front of the bar.

They got back to base at 4 o´clock in the morning and were more than happy that they didn´t had to train in the morning or do something important. They had a few days off, where they could do what they wanted to do at least that was what the General told them before they left the base.

It was about noon as almost every men woke up, only Price slept longer. As he awoke it was about 2 o´clock p.m. and his head felt like he carried cans of bricks on it. He left his bed slowly not wanting to move his head too much and went to his bath room to get ready for the day. After he took a shower and shaved, he decided to go to Mac and ask him if they had any medicine for his headache. He reached Mac´s office and saw that the door was open and so he knocked on the door and stepped in immediately.

"Hey Mac! Do we have some aspirin? I fell like my head is going to explode." Price asked, looking down on the floor to avoid more pain in his head.

"John?" Price definitely drank too much last night, Mac´s voice sounded like a female´s. Price giggled.

"Mac? I´m sorry, I think I drank too much. You sound like…" Price lifted his head and forgot what he was going to say. His eyes grew wide and his voice crackled.

"Gisela? What are you doing here?" He couldn´t believe she was here. From all the people he thought he would meet here he never thought of her. He never imagined her in a military base. After all the last one you think you would meet at work is your wife.