After driving for a while, I began to fall asleep, by then my leg had healed enough for me to walk. I had a strange dream, Quiet looking at me, I wasn't there though, then walking off into the desert. I woke up, scared, and sweating. Sun had risen. I started to scratch my head but I felt my ponytail, I took it off, then threw the elastic band toward Outer Heaven. "Big Boss" died there. Pequod asked if I had a good rest, I then said "It was alright, until the dream" He, of course, questioned the dream and I told him so. He seemed creeped out by the dream, but shook it off as a pointer to find Quiet. He knew I had feelings for her, he was my good friend after all, speaking in the ACC with me, giving some recommendations with personal problems...Hold on. We weren't driving to the military base for aircraft, we were going to a civilian airport? I questioned so and he said that the Soviets are letting civilians go through Afghanistan freely. We arrived at the airport, checked in and drove the car into the plane, as we got changed into civilian clothes. Knowing there would be a lot of sun, I got a dark blue button up shirt with sleeves rolled up and beige shorts with black trainers while Pequod had a dark green T - shirt, blue shorts and brown slip-ons, he took off his mask, revealing dark short hair, I could tell it went well with his facial hair. I began to have concern for my features, such as the whited out eye and my horn. He got out a pair of dark shades, telling me he was prepared. "That got the eye out of the way, but the horn?" he pulled out a saw and told me to hold still, he sawed my horn off, I then covered the cut with a straw fedora. Soon enough, we landed. I decided to drive this time, we were about to go through but a Soviet stopped us. He asked why I had a prosthetic, I told him "I got it off the corpse of Big Boss, yeah, that terrorist, after I lost my arm in an accident" He asked where we were headed, I told him the place, but lied for why. They were on the hunt as well. He saw right through me. "Bullshit. Get out of the Jeep." We did so then surprised him with a CQC choke, laid him in the Jeep and began to drive. I took his weapons and placed them in the duffel bag with the others. He woke later, and I asked him to help us. He spat. I was forced to tell him I was Big Boss, he swore loyalty, telling me I inspired him. His name was Leonid. We called him Leon for short. He asked why I would go to terrorism, but I told him I was tricked by others. I asked if he was willing to help. He sure was. After me driving for a while we arrived at the "dream point" Where I "saw" Quiet. I walked up to the top and tripped face first, into the sand. I wondered what I tripped on though. I sat up and reached deep into the sand, felt something and pulled. It was Quiet's Guilty Butterfly. I realised the mist around us. "You have to be fucking kidding me" Pequod muttered. The Skulls. Leon asked what was wrong. I saw the Skull appear and swing his machete. Seeing him coming I grabbed Leon and pushed him down while diving. I yelled "GET TO THE JEEP!" DD, Leon, Pequod and I dived in, and drove, mowing down a Skull. I told Pequod to get ready, and He got the weapons out of the duffel bag and handed some to Leon, telling him to fire at them. We ran out of ammo pretty soon. 5 bullets left altogether, 3 knives to throw and 9 Skulls. Shit. We took them down, with one left. It slowly approached us, knowing it was victorious. A bullet rang out and the Skull dropped dead. The mist cleared just in time to see Quiet turn and run off. I almost cried with joy, seeing her alive. We had new directions then.