My personal ghost - Simon 'Ghost' Riley

. 9

"Ghost, we're in."

Alejandro came on the walkie after ten minutes, letting us know they had successfully made it in the house and had free roam. I could feel the bubbling anxiety i had slowly fade, i was worried that we hear Alejandro telling us Soap was dead, killed by Sin Nombre.

"What've you got?" Ghost asked.

"El Sin Nombre is in the penthouse. Third floor." Soap spoke.

"Elevator is a straight shot. We just need Diego's key card." Alejandro was talking now.

"Where's Diego?" Ghost asked.

"The offrenda, second floor."

"You see anything, LT." Soap asked. "Um, Ghost LT."

I gave a small smirk over to Ghost, remembering when we argued over us both being LT. Ghost took a break from eying the house to give me a glance,  i shook my head while trying not to laugh.

"If you can scout a way a way to the roof, there's access to the penthouse." Ghost looked back into his scope.

"I'm headed upstairs either way." Soap said.

"Find El Sin Nombre and let's get this done. Out here." Ghost was done talking.

Now all we had to do was wait until we saw Soap on the roof, or got confirmation that he made it to the penthouse.

I knew Alejandro would do his best to make sure Soap was safe, but it was hard not to have some worry. I couldn't let it get it to me too much, i needed to stay focus and keep the objective at hand; get Sin Nombre.

Ghost didn't talk, he sat and waited. He always was focused, he seems like a robot sometimes because of it. But i've started to admire him for it, he has laser focus, something i tended to lack.

Not too long went by before Alejandro came on the radio,

"Graves, El Sin Nombre is posing as a female sicaria. We're moving in, you set?"

"Check."

"Y/n, Ghost?" Alejandro asked.

"All set." I said.

"Take her alive." I heard Alejandro whisper to Soap before his line went silent.

Here goes nothing.

I heard gun shots as me and Ghost got up to move in, keeping our distance until we got the notice it was safe to move in. We came down our hill and hid in some bushes. Graves in his helicopter started coming towards he house, propellers loud and it's lights blinding.

"Should we take out some cartel that's on the outside?" I whispered.

"We can't compromise our position. Best if we lay low until Valeria's on roof." Ghost replied.

I kept quiet while i watched the cartel scatter around the house, gun shots still going off.

"Down! Get down, now!" A loud Graves was heard over shots, his helicopter hovering over the roof of the building.

We got her.

"Ground team, you're clear to move in." Graves wasn't talking from his helicopter now, he was on our walkies.

Ghost signaled me to follow him and i did. I watched as a women, who i'm assuming is Sin Nombre, was pushed into the helicopter. It felt surreal knowing we caught her so easily, after all she's run Las Alma's for years.

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Valeria had confidence, that's for sure. Even while being interrogated she held her ground. She never hesitated to snap right back at whatever Graves and Alejandro said to her.

Apparently she knew Alejandro, or used to. She was ex military, they served together before she turned she turned a leaf and took over Las Alma's. She was smart, she knew what she was doing. She toyed with Alejandro with every word she spoke.

"Whyre you doin' this?" Graves asked Valeria.

"You tell me.." Valeria leaned back in her chair. "You're the contractor no? What you don't do your competitors will."

"You're a narco harboring a terrorist." Ghost chimed in.

He was standing in the back of the storage unit we were using as the interrogation room.

"Terrorism is good for business. It's insurance."

"What the fuck does that mean." Alejandro spat.

Valeria yelled at Alejandro in spanish. After she calmed down she spoke,

"As long as there is war on terror, there will be no real war on drugs. To find your so called terrorist, and your missiles, you need me."

She was right.

Alejandro was visibly upset, he obviously doesn't like Valeria and i don't blame him. She betrayed the army, and now has a monopoly over Las Alma's, terrorizing the city.

"Don't make a deal with her. It wont end well." Alejandro stormed out of the storage unit.

It was surprising seeing so upset, i'm used to the charming Alejandro. If he's so upset about her, who knows what's next for us.

I stepped closer to where Valeria was, Soap was now in front of her as Graves got in her face. I looked over my shoulder at Ghost, he was still against the wall, in his own shadows.

Valeria struck a deal with Graves and us. She would tell us where Hassan and the missiles were, and in exchange we let her go  and leave Las Alma's for good. It was the best we could do for now.

We soon learned that there was an oil rig near the gulf of Mexico; where one of the missiles were. Or at-least we think it is. Now we were on the move to the middle of the ocean  to disarm a goddamn missile.

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