Upon looking up, I saw the vantage point Quiet had shot from, a cliff.

"Hmm... Hm, Hm, Hmmm."

The crackle of a radio.

"Fire."

"Good Job."

"The Boss is here with me."

"I am Quiet, the absence of words."

I was snapped back to reality by Leon asking me "Why are you staring up at that cliff?"

"Memories. Just memories."

I absently gazed at the cliff, trying to think of a way to get up there. I glanced at the dead Skull before it got up and jumped away. I then had Leon lay where the Skull was. I then began to climb up the cliff, left leg up, right arm up, right leg up, left "arm" up. Eventually I got up to the top, pulled out my Int-Scope and acted as if it was Quiet's rifle scope. After doing the calculation, it was obvious she sniped in a prone position. I looked off into the desert...with no hope. I then was interrupted by the sound of rotors. But it wasn't Pequod's chopper. Shit! it was a XOF chopper. Why would they still operate? Of course, it noticed me and opened fire. Not thinking, I dived and began to plunge down... I hit the ground hard, and instantly lost consciousness.

Boss!

Snake!

The sound of a helicopter landing.

Gunfire.

I finally mustered the strength to get up. I was half expecting Skull Face to be there. The other half, seeing my comrades dead. Neither. Instead, Pequod and Leonid took them down, poor old DD can't do much at his age, but I can. Ever since the Wolbachia mutation, Code Talker had developed then Mk. II vaccine, it cured it and (as a side effect) stopped aging, meaning I (and the rest of Diamond Dogs (Including Pequod) ) would still look young. Coming back to reality, I heard Pequod exclaim "Back in business!" We got into the XOF helicopter, and Pequod got in the front seat, just like old times. Leon came up after following DD onto the chopper. He sat on the side seat while DD sat next to me. My new ACC. But Leon asked why keep the XOF logo. I told him that now we could go anywhere as the Soviets are also secretly working for XOF, revealing why Leon had been neglected from his army at times. Before taking off, I quickly got the duffle bag from the jeep and attached C-4 to the jeep. No traces, right? Upon being high enough, I told Leon to look. We watched as I detonated the C-4, the Jeep spinning off in a cloud of flames as it exploded.

We looked down, hoping to see Quiet's trail... There was no trace. As she'd left. How we left it.