Author's Note: Last time we went on a mission with Soap and Shadow. This time, it's Ghost's turn!

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Chapter 7

"Ghost, do you copy?"

"Yes, sir. We're on the roof opposite of Ferelli's hotel room. It's empty at the moment," said Ghost looking into his binoculars.

"Roger that. Just to inform you that Intelligence collected by Soap and Shadow confirm that Ferelli has been supplying Makarov. You have permission to engage when you have sight of the target."

"Copy that. Ghost out." He turned to the other guys near him and told them, "Ok team, you heard Shepherd; we are authorized to engage."

"When we see him though; it's five in the fuckin' morning. Where is he?" asked Ozone sounding irritated.

"Ozone stay frosty," replied Ghost.

"I see two people entering the hotel," informed Toad. "One of them is Ferelli."

"Who is the woman?"

"I don't know Ghost. I didn't have the chance to take a good look at her."

They waited for Ferelli enter his room. He was accompanying a woman wearing a short skinny leopard-print dress wearing heavy make-up and high heels.

"Damn, our target is a player," laughed Archer.

"Sir, we have a visual on the target; he has a civilian with him. How do we proceed?"

"Kill the target only. You may fire at the bodyguards only if they fire back."

"Roger. Let's do this," said Ghost.

"The target is locked on," said Archer.\

"Wait!" said Ozone. Ferelli turned around with the woman in front of him her back at the window. "This is going to be tricky."

Ferelli and the woman started to remove their clothes and kissing each other.

"Who needs porn when you've got this?" asked Toad and they all laughed.

"Come on lads let's concentrate because if they back out from the window we're screwed," said Ghost.

"Was that a pun?" asked Ozone.

"No. The woman seems to be moving for the bed," said Ghost his eyes pressed on the binoculars. "They will reappear in the next window. Archer, take the shot when you see him. It's now or never."

"Roger that."

As he reappeared, Archer pressed the trigger and they saw Ferelli's lifeless body hit the floor. The woman started screaming and the bodyguards entered the room pointing their guns at the woman.

"Let's get out of here!" ordered Ghost and they all went for the stairs to exit the edifice. "Prepare your weapons we may find some hostiles as we exit the building."

They ran down the stairs and went out the door. As they started running, hostiles started shooting at them.

"Take cover!" shouted Ghost as he started shooting at them.

It did not take too long to clear them out. Intel was correct when it said that he won't be heavily guarded.

"Nikolai, this is Ozone; we're approaching the LZ. E.T.A. five minutes."

"Da, I will be there."

As they boarded the Pave Low, Ghost contacted Shepherd.

"Sir, objective completed Ferelli has been neutralized, we're coming home."

"Good. Soap and Shadow are on their way to the base as well. Shepherd out."

"Even though Ferelli was the bad guy, he had great taste in women let me tell you that," said Ozone.

"When we get back I'll buy you some porn, you'll find a lot of women like her don't you worry," laughed Toad.

"And how do you know that huh?" said Archer and Toad stopped laughing which made them all laugh.

Malloy and MacTavish arrived at the base and they noticed they were the first ones to arrive. Major Stevens was waiting for them and approached them once they exited the helicopter.

"Captain Malloy reporting for duty, sir," said Malloy saluting the Major.

"As you were Captain. I'm impressed that you managed to infiltrate the lodge without alerting anyone."

"I had a good partner," she said slightly smiling to MacTavish.

MacTavish was surprised to hear her say those words.

"What did you expect from S.A.S.?" smiled the Major. "By the way, your team will arrive at 1700 hours today."

"Sir?" asked Malloy confused, "I thought they were deployed all over the world."

"They were but they're coming back. I want you together so that we can concentrate on bringing down Makarov with the 141. They will be staying at that Barracks over there and you will be training together. We'll have to say goodbye to the States for now."

Malloy was very pleased with the news that she will be reunited with her team.

"Go rest you two. I will explain everything tomorrow. Well, actually today."

"Sir, I almost forgot," said Malloy handing him the pen drive. "You will find another name in there besides Makarov's, an F. Castro."

The Major looked puzzled and said, "We'll check on that." And he walked away.

They both proceeded to their rooms to get some well-deserved rest.

"We are finally going to meet your team then," said MacTavish.

"Yep! They are one crazy bunch. That's why I love them and hate them at the same time," said Malloy yawning. "Good job out there. We work well together; I'm looking forward to going on another mission with you Captain."

"Aye, but what happened with the changing clothes incident, I'm afraid to be in the same room as you are in case you decide to break my neck," laughed MacTavish.

"Oh don't worry I may choose one of the other methods to kill someone silently," said Malloy casually as MacTavish stared at her. "Good night."

"Night," he said.

He entered his room and changed clothes but did not go to sleep yet as he waited for Ghost to see how the mission went so he decided to read something. After about twenty minutes, the door opened and Ghost came in yawning and spotted MacTavish reading.

"Hey."

"Ghost! How did it go, mate?"

"Ferelli was with a civilian when he entered the room making it harder to eliminate him," sighed Ghost, "but we finally got him. What about on your end?"

"It went well. Malloy knows something about covert ops. No wonder they offered her to lead a team. We infiltrated the location and she managed to smooth talk every situation; even though we had a bit of a bump."

"Bump?" asked Ghost removing his balaclava and glasses, revealing short brown hair; hazel eyes and a square jaw.

"We had our backs to each other to change into the enemy's uniforms and I accidentally dropped my side-arm on the floor –"

"You didn't!"

"Well, when something falls you pick it up!" said MacTavish defensively.

"You're an arse," replied Ghost changing his clothes.

"I told her I was sorry but she kept throwing things at me."

"I don't blame her. A man she barely knew saw her half-naked."

"When you put it that way it is kind of creepy."

"Let's go to sleep mate. It was a long night and I'm looking forward to rest; night."

"Good night," said MacTavish rolling on the other side to sleep.

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Quick Author's Note: I am going to upload Chapter 8 very soon comrades! We are finally going to meet some of the E.T.F. soldiers and Williams is going to notice some changes ;) she is quite perceptive :P Stay tuned!

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