Moaning Anna tried to open her eyes. Her head hurt and she felt dizzy.
What was happening?
She was about to visit her dad as a Soldier in a Truck stopped right in front of her and told her he was sent to pick her up. Anna remembered what her dad told her when she was younger, never trust anyone you don´t know and so she told him not to come with him. At first he tried to change her mind and argue with her that he drove all the way just to pick her up and that she doesn´t have to act like a little child, which was baited with candies. But Anna just kept on walking, not wanting to talk to him. If they had sent a soldier to pick her up, her mother or Mac had called her and told her to be picked up. She felt that the truck was tracing her and she started walking faster. She put her mobile phone out of her pocket and wanted to call her mom to tell her what was going on but as she turned her gaze to the screen she pumped into a man and lost her phone. She looked up and wanted to tell the man about the truck tracing her and as she was about to open her mouth the man in front of her smiled mischievous. That was the last thing Anna could remember because she blacked out.
Anna wondered what was going on here. Where was she? Her eyes needed some time to adjust to the darkness in the room she was in. The only thing she saw was an iron door in front of her. She tried to move her hands but realized they were bond behind her back. She looked down and saw that her legs were bond too. For some seconds she tried to open the knots but failed badly. She considered to scream but was sure that no one would hear her. Stuck in silence she thought about why she got kidnapped. She was just a normal girl. Sure her dad and her stepfather were high ranked Soldiers but she never was interested in their work. She even hated to talk about what they were doing and her mom always kept it a secret. She always told to strangers that her husband and her lover were working in the field but never mentioned their military career. Anna was desperate. If her mum knew she got kidnapped? Maybe she tried to call her? But her phone was gone, she lost it as they captured her.
As she heard someone unlocking the door she get even more nervous, who would step in? The door opened loudly and the Soldier from the Truck stepped in followed from a man she hasn´t seen before. The Soldier closed the door and positioned himself in front of it, his arms crossed in front of his chest. The other man walked up to Anna, put one of his hands under her chin and forced her to look him in the eyes. Anna didn´t like how he looked at her, his eyes seemed crazy and scared her a bit.
"That´s she?" The man asked the soldier in a deep voice, which made Anna shiver.
"Yes, she´s kind of pretty isn´t she?" the Soldier answered and stepped up to the man.
"Maybe. You know I´m not interested in her. Well, I let you take care of her, you know what to do?"
"Of course Sir. Leave it to me." The soldier replied and the man turned around again and left the room.
"Oh love. You seem a little bit scared. You don´t have to be. Everything´s gonna be alright." The soldier told Anna and ran his fingers through his hair. This action made Anna turn her head, she don´t wanted to be touched from him. The Soldier shrugged his hand back and started to laugh sinisterly.
"Oh, I like how you avoid my touch. Strong women are my favorites, it´s a shame we don´t have the time to have fun with each other. You wear a nice bracelet." He whispered in her ear and ripped her silver bracelet from her wrist.
"It´s a nice Trophy." He said and put the jewelry in his pocket. He once more stroke her hair and kissed her forehead.
Anna was disgust; what was he going to do to her? She closed her eyes and waited for the worst but seconds later she heard the door open again and as she opened her eyes the Soldier was gone. She breathed deeply; she somehow knew he wouldn´t come back soon but she wished more than ever her dad would come and get her out of there.
Half an hour has passed since the TF found out Anna´s got kidnapped. They all were waiting for the police officer Gisela talked to, who was going to come to base. He said the kidnappers didn´t have the best chances to get away with this ´cause the whole town was equipped with security cameras. After ten more minutes the officer stepped in the conference room and began to explain what happened. He reported that Anna got kidnapped in broad daylight and a passerby could notice the license plate. His office immediately started with the investigations, found her phone and wanted to check the owners' identity as Gisela called and told them he was Anna's mother. He brought the video stuff they had with him and decided to watch it with the Task Force. They hadn´t watched long as Gisela recognized Anna on the video and seconds later they watched a Truck driving alongside her. They saw the driver argue with her and Anna pumping into this man and short after that a man jumped out from the back of the Truck and putting something over Anna´s mouth. They saw how she collapsed and the two men carrying her into the Truck; driving away fast.
The police officer put in some other tapes and they watched the Truck driving through the streets, till it stopped in front of an old factory. The men hopped out and carried Anna inside the building. The officer turned off the screen and waited for any response of the Soldiers. Price was the first to react; he got up from his chair, turning his attention to Mac.
"Why do we wait? We know where she is, we should go and save her."
"Calm down Price. We need a plan. We can´t just go in there and get her out. We don´t even know how many men are in there." Mac said.
"I don´t care how many men are in there. She´s my daughter, if we don´t do something now I go on my own." Price screamed.
"I agree with him. We should hurry." The police officer interfered.
"Well then. You all gear up. We go in 5 Minutes." Mac gave the order and every men left the room.
"MacTavish? Would you please wait?" Mac asked Soap and Soap stayed behind.
"What is it Sir?" Soap asked, not knowing what his General wanted from him.
"I need you to stay here. I´ll take your place and go with them."
"But Sir…"
"No MacTavish, it´s an order. I´ve heard about your handicap."
"What handicap do you mean?" Soap didn´t know what the General was talking about.
"Really not? I heard you have your problems to concentrate." The General told him.
"Who told you this?"
"It doesn´t matter. You stay here and I go with them. Understood?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Good, you can go now."
Soap left the conference room filled with anger. The only person here which knew he had his problems was Price. He was sure he was the one telling it to the General. Soap wondered if the General would send him home after they rescued Price´s daughter. Or would the General give him a desk job? He didn´t want to think about that; he hated paperwork. Soap went to his room, if he couldn´t go on the mission with his team he wanted to take the time to get some rest.
"Where´s Soap?" Price asked as they were boarding the Trucks.
"He´s not coming along with us." Mac simply replied.
"Why?" Roach joined the Conversation.
"I told him to stay at base. There are some things about him I just need to figure out."
"What things do you mean Sir?" Now it was Ghost who spoke.
"None of your business Lieutenant. No stop asking these kind of questions, we have a job to do." And with this words the Trucks started to drive to their detonation.
They drove about ten minutes as they arrived the factory. They stopped in a side street where some police officers were already waiting for them. They all got out of the Trucks and Mac gave them the instructions. Archer and Toad headed to a house on the other side of the street and went to the roof where they had a good view to the factory. The other soldiers split up into three teams, ready to storm the building from every entrance. They waited for Mac´s go and crushed threw the doors at once. Price, Roach and Ghost encountered three enemies behind the front door and shot them immediately. They went along a long corridor, with Rooms on every side. They checked every single room but they all were empty. At the end of the corridor they turned around a corner and met the other two Teams consisting of Meat, Royce, Chemo, Ozone and some police men. Meat told them they put five enemies down but hadn´t found Anna yet. They only had one room left to go, the only room with an iron door. Price ordered the Team to position on every side of the door and as they did so he put his hand on the doorknob and opened it.
Behind the door he saw his daughter, bond to a chair, looking up to him with tears in her eyes. Price got downs on his knees and released her legs from the rope, while Roach released her arms. Anna smiled, stood up weakly and flung her arms around Prices neck. Price hugged her gently and whispered to her that she´s save now and everything's gonna be alright. He felt tears running down her cheeks and heard her sobbing. He stroke his back and told Roach to get her out of here. Roach nodded to him, laid an arm around Anna´s shoulder and led her out of the building.
Price and the others stayed in there and tried to find some information who was responsible for her kidnap. Again they went through every room, looking for something useful. Ghost was the one who investigated the Room Anna was locked in. On the walls were some pieces of newspaper with reports of…Soap?
Ghost saw over them and recognized that the news all were about how he survived the attack on the bridge in 2011, how he got promoted and how his home country celebrated him as a hero. He also recognized that someone has blackened all the pictures of Soap. Ghost wondered what was going on there as he heard a noise from the back of the room and a Shadow running through the door. Ghost went after it as fast as he could and outside of the room he saw that the Shadow was a man, running for his life. He yelled at him to stop but the man just laughed crazy and kept on running. Ghost tried to contact the others as he heard Roach´s voice over his mic, saying that Anna told him one more kidnapper was left and that he hid inside the room she was. Ghost asked angry why she hadn´t told them as they rescued her and Roach responded that the man said he would kill Price if she says one word.
Great. Ghost thought and kept on running but this man was really fast. He turned around the corner and saw that the man was running to the back entrance of the building. Ghost raised his pistol and shot but didn´t strike. He cursed, he never failed his target. The man was already outside the building and Ghost was about to leave it currently as he heard a shot and the man falling lifeless to the ground.
"You were faster before." Ghost heard Archer over the comms.
"Kiss my ass." He simply replied with a smile and turned around to gather the newspapers he saw in this room.
As they had all the information they could get they left the factory and took Anna back to base with them. The police officers told them they would take care of the dead bodies and would call if they found something important.
Soap was lying on his bed, thinking about the General´s words. He hoped he was able to show him that he wasn´t weak and could do his job, like he did it before. The Task Force was gone since half an hour and he wished they would come back soon. He hated it to be alone, stuck in silence. Since he was in the hospital after his accidence he always thought about his fall from the clock tower in Prague. The harder he tried to forget the harder he got lost in his thoughts. It was a vicious circle. He breathed deeply and closed his eyes, trying to get some rest. He was about to fall asleep as someone knocked on his door. He rolled his eyes in annoyance, got up from the bed and opened the door. He looked in the face of a man he never had seen before.
"Captain MacTavish?" the man asked with a deep voice.
"Yes, that´s right." Soap answered.
"General MacMillian called me. He said you want to meet the girl who saved you."
"That´s true."
"Well, today is your lucky day. I´m here to get you and take you to her."
"Really? Why should you do that? The General told us we aren´t allowed to meet any members of his Task Force."
"I know. He said it because he didn´t want to disappoint your Team. He said after you have met her he will allow it to the others too. Come on, why should I lie to you?"
The man smiled friendly at Soap. Soap was skeptical at first but then he realized that the man in front of him must tell the truth, otherwise he wouldn´t pass the gate to the base. Soap told the man he would come with him, got his jacket and followed the man to his Truck.
As Price and the Team came back to base Anna was asleep and Roach brought her to an empty Room, where she could rest. Price asked him to stay with her but Gisela told Roach she would take care of her and sent Roach out of the Room. The others were all together in the conference Room and Ghost was looking for Soap, he needed to see what they had found in the factory. He first went to Soap´s Room but as he couldn´t find him he was searching the whole base but no sign of Soap. Thereupon Ghost asked the Soldier who was watching the gate, if Soap had left the base. The Soldier told him a man was here to get him, saying he was part of Mac´s secret Task Force. Ghost wondered if Mac had changed his mind but then remembered that Mac was the one sending Ghost to get Soap. Something's wrong in here. Ghost thought to himself and asked the Soldier to give him the tape which filmed the arrival of the man. The Soldier handed it to him and Ghost went back to the conference room, reporting Mac what the Soldier had told him and as Mac said he didn´t send a soldier to get Soap Ghost put the Tape in the Player to see who was here to get Soap.
As the Tape showed the arrival of the Truck and the Soldier getting out of it Mac couldn´t believe his eyes. He knew the man on the Tape but this was impossible. The man was part of his first Back up Force but he died, killed from the helicopter. Or was he? They never found his dead body but if he had survived why didn´t he come back. Why did he appear right now? Why would he capture Soap? An idea crossed Mac´s mind, what if he… captured her too?
