"HEY? ARE YOU THERE?"
She jumped.
"What the hell Ocelot!" she answered, pressing one hand against her ear, she then listened closely. Ocelot nearly never lost his chill, so their had to be something strange going on.
"Where are you?!", he yelled again and she had to sigh. She was somewhere on the animal platform, feeding Donkeys with the kids, which laughed and ran through the platform, playing some kind of game.
"Animal Platform. Calm down Ocelot, what happened?", she smiled as one kid handed her a flower, whispered "Thanks" and caressed his head.
"And emergency...the Boss he's...he's going nuts.", she heard him whispering the last words, as if he stood right next to someone who was not supposed to hear that.
"Okay, okay...where are you and...is that Snake yelling in the background?"
"Command Platform. Come here ASAP. HURRY."
A cracking noise was heard and then silence. She sighed. So much about three hours with the children. 30 minutes was all she seemed to get for today.
"Do you have to go?", one of the kids asked, touching her lightly.
She squatted down and sighed once again. "Yes honey", she said, looking at his Jacket, unbuttoning it and buttoning it right afterwards, "but we can go on playing tomorrow. I have to help the Boss now, okay?"
He looked at her and frowned: "okay..."
The noise of a helicopter was heard and she looked up.
Pequot smiled at her. She stroke the boy once again and hurried to the LZ.
"Pequot, nice to see you old friend.", she grinned as she entered the helicopter. He actually shut it down, and stood up. The annoying helicopter noise was gone and he laughed, as pulled his helmet off and greeted her with a warm hug.
"Sure is, how have you been? It's been a while since we've seen each other!", he said, still smiling and sat down on one of the sits. She took the place next to him.
"A lot of work lately, more men - more men to care for, as Shakespeare used to say...not", she sighed and he chuckled.
"You really look stressed out...take your breaks angel!"
"Pequot! You're the one who should take a break from time to time. By the way...Ocelot send you?"
"He did.", Pequot nodded and the looked back to you, "We should move. We really have to .. i don't know drink a coffee or sit together while eating from time to time, I barely see you anymore young lady."
"I'll keep it in mind, we really should.", she smirked and he stood up to walk to the cockpit again.
She and Pequot really were close friends. He was a nice guy and always the first one to help wherever he could.
She remembered, when DD was still a puppy how he fancied it. He thanked the Boss about a hundred times for saving the Dog and spent time with it whenever he could. He still loves him.
And he talks to him a lot. Pequot is actually a real dog-whisperer. When nobody was around, he would sit there and start talking with him.
"Who's a good boy? Helped daddy today, didn't ya? You're such a goooodd boooooyy. Yaahhhhh. Daddy's Baby. Our sweet hairy Baby. Kicked some russian asses today? Hum? Wonna play? I know you love it. I know you love that ball YEssssss you do. What was that? yeah, i know you love me buddy, i love you too. We all love you."
Pequot was a good guy. He really was.
She looked out the window.
The glistening waves and the soldiers, looking like ants from up there - truly beautiful. She leaned her head against the window and sighed. From time to time, a little break was something wonderful.
"We're here Miss.", Pequot called and she looked up again. - So much about her break.
"Please Eli...come down, you could hurt yourself!"
She jumped out of the helicopter and looked up. Ocelot and Big Boss stood in front of the main building of the command platform. Ocelot just shouted and now looked kind of worried.
Big Boss didn't.
"GET YOUR FILTHY ASS DOWN HERE YOUNG BOY!", he yelled, full of rage. Ocelot held his hands up to sound louder, Big Boss didn't even make that effort.
"John...don't be so harsh on that boy...", Ocelot whispered.
Big Boss just growled.
"What's going on here?", she asked, walking on to the men. Big Boss shot her a glare and Ocelot sighed.
"Eli,", he started, "the boy somehow climbed up there, took a chair with him and now sits there."
Snake didn't say a thing, he simply looked up again, started yelling one more time: "I'M NOT GONNA SAY IT AGAIN. GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE. NOW."
"OR WHAT?", Eli finally answered. He yelled just as loud as his "father" did.
"OR I'M COMING UP AND KICK YOU DOWN. YOU'LL DO AS I SAY! NOW!", Snake replied and Ocelot moaned displeased.
"Can't we discuss like a normal family?", he said, voice slightly raised.
She sighted: "I really don't have time for that these childish problems of yours, why am i even here..."
"I DO WHAT I WANT, YOU DON'T TELL ME SHIT OLD MAN!", Eli exclaimed loudly and she had to giggle.
Big Boss glared at her once again. "Sorry...", she said, still smiling and trying to hide it, "It's just... ... ...old man..."
"Fucking...being bugged by a fucking child fuck this shit.", the Boss cursed silently and started climbing the outer wall of the building.
"B-Bos what are you doing?!", Ocelot yelled and seemed to get nervous.
"I'm getting that BRAT down!"
"This is starting to get interesting...", she said, crossing her arms and watching him joyfully.
"Are you out of your MIND? John's going to kick his ass, we can be happy if he doesn't throw him off the building or kill him any other way!", Ocelot hissed.
"Calm down Cowboy...", she still smiled, "he's not gonna make it that far up."
Ocelot watched the Boss again, as she did and realized that she might was right. She small pipes and edges, the kid could use weren't much use for a full grown man."
"Snakes should stay at the ground...", she said, shaking her head lightly and smiling to herself.
Ocelot watched her again. "But what are we going to do about Eli? I'm worried about him..."
"You don't have to. He is...pretty good...as you'd put it. He made it up, he'll make it down again. And he won't be stupid enough to fall down if he really made it all the way up WITH a chair.", she finally said, put her hand on his shoulder and went off.
"And what about Snake?", he asked.
"Snake...well you SHOULD worry about him.", she giggled, looking up the wall again.
"OCELOT? Help?", Snake yelled in that exact moment, standing on a small edge and looking down frighted.
"I'm coming Boss!"
She sighted.
She was silent and deadly.
She was the personified death of the battlefield. She saw everyone and everything. Calculated everything.
She was a silent assassin, the soundless butterfly, leaving no traces and no chances of surviving. She was-
"Hi Quiet!"
The personified death jumped and turned around, pointing her sniper rifle at the woman in front of her.
"Calm down Sweetheart.", the woman laughed, slowly raising her hands, "It's just me."
Quiet scanned her and slowly lowered her weapon.
She lay on the cold metal of one of the buildings. Unseen by most of the people. She was practicing - well, she didn't need to, but getting out of her cage was fun from time to time.
"Practicing?", the woman asked and Quiet hummed a silent, sad "Hmm...".
Of course the sniper was melancholic. Being spotted meant that she had to go back to her cell.
Quiet sighed, got up and slowly started walking away when the so called Angel grabbed her wrist.
She turned around, her eyes black and her cheeks slightly reddened.
"Where are you going Quiet? If i'm distracting you i'm sorry...I will go if you want me too."
Quiet nearly gasped. She looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"What? You thought i'm gonna send you back? Come on, it's ME Quiet. I'd never do such a thing...", the woman said and Quiet nodded slowly, before sitting down again.
The "Angel" sat down right next to her, watching her every move. Quiet slightly blushed again, being watched like this always made her feel special.
The Sniper took her weapon and aimed at one of the targets. The ones Big Boss used to train with too.
Her eyes went black again and it didn't took long for her to shoot.
Of course she didn't miss it. She never missed.
The Woman next to her started applaud and Quiet jumped once more. She turned her head.
"Nice one Quiet!", the woman clapped and smiled brightly.
Quiet stared at her in shock, then turned red and looked away shyly. "Hmmm...", she hummed.
"Hmm!"
Quiet took her rifle and held it in front of her chest, offering it to the angel.
"Wh-what...me?"
"Hmm, hmm!", Quiet said, smiling brightly (her eyes closed, which made her look like a cat, if you'd asked the Boss) and nodding
"I-i...ohm...i havn't done this in a long time...", she girl stuttered, carefully taking the huge rifle in her hands.
"But thank you Quiet! I'll try my best!"
Quiet smiled and watched her, as she aimed the next target, much closer than the one Quiet took, but still somewhat difficult.
She needed much more time to concentrate and aim correctly, even checking twice, before holding her breath and trying to listen to her heartbeat.
Quiet chuckled and the woman had to laugh too.
She concentrated and fired. The bullet hit the target and Quiet started to applaud just as she did.
"Yayyy.", she smiled and clapped too.
"Hmm!", Quiet moved closer to her and pointed at one of the targets.
The woman raised her eyebrows and went a little pale. "I can't do THAT Quiet. That's way to far away! I'll leave that to a profi..", the angel said, giving back the rifle.
Quiet looked at her for a few seconds, then to the weapon which she was offered.
Instead of taking the rifle, she carefully touched her hands.
The Sniper gave her a sign to lay down and the woman did as she was told.
Quiet didn't let go of her hands. She slightly placed herself next to, and slightly on the angel.
Both held the rifle.
"mmmmmmh~", Quiet started humming her song.
"Hmm, hmm-hmmm.", the angel finished the next few notes and Quiet had the biggest grin on her face.
Suddenly, without hesitation or any warning quiet pushed her finger and the "Bang", shot through the air.
They target fell over.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHH!", the woman gasped and Quiet chuckled.
"THATS SO COOL!", she screeched and suddenly pulled the Sniper into a warm hug.
Quiet didn't move. She was shocked, then blushed and then finally gave in to it, closing her eyes and smiling to herself.
"Good Evening Mamba."
Eli turned around in shock, even jumped a little. He didn't expect anyone beside him to be up there.
"How did you?", he stuttered.
"The pipes are to small and fragile for Big Boss...i'm not that heavy. You're very skilled to climb up here on your own.", she said, walking up next to him.
He still sat on his chair, although it got dark already.
"Hm...which means you are skilled too.", the boy said, crossing his arms.
She was the only one he really talked to. Mostly he did it when the two of them were alone, but it was still a nice gesture.
She let go a small, high laughter and ran her hand through her hair. -which made him blush and shyly turn his head, looking somewhere else-
"I'm not nearly as good as you are. I'm pretty sure i looked very awkward while climbing up."
He stared at her for a few seconds. "Well...", he started, "Why did you come up then? Afraid that i hurt myself?"
"No.", she said and he twitched a little as he noticed, how cold and strict her voice sounded now.
It reminded him of the time Big Boss beat him up and she stopped him, sounding cold as ice.
"I'm here because it's getting cold.", she reached on her back, pulling out a blanket and handed it over.
He simply stared at it for a while before taking it.
Eli would've never said or even admitted it, but he shivered. He wanted to go down, he simply was to lazy but now, it seemed like there was no need for it anymore.
He held it in his hands and stared at it. No muttered "thanks", not even a small nod, but she knew he was greatfull and smiled.
"Well, i'll make my way down again. Don't go to bed too late Mamba. Sleep is important. You'll need the Energy.", she said, turning her back to him.
"W-wait!", Eli shouted. When she turned around, he was stumbling a few steps up to her.
"What is it?", she asked.
"You came here all the way just to give me a blanket? And on top of that...I...don't even know you're name."
She smiled. Even though he was too shy, or too stubborn, he still cared. Because he needed to care for someone.
And even though he'd never admit it, even though he never had anyone caring about him, he couldn't deny that it felt good.
Really good.
"Call me whatever you want to call me. You choose.", she said, smiling and finally jumping down to the next section of the building.
He didn't look after her.
He simply returned to his chair, staring into the night sky. He would regret what he was about to say. He would regret it. There was no space in his head nor heart for feelings like that. But still. It felt warm. The blanket felt so warm. He pulled it close.
"Mum...", he whispered.
What a wonderful night it is, ey?
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