Part 7: Death No More

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Carmen: Rudy take this gun take Valeria and yourself to the safe house outside of Las Almas. Valeria. Take my knife, but please don't run away or kill Rudy.

Valeria: wouldn't count on it el cariña

Rudy: you are trusting a drug lord with a knife?

Carmen: yes now go. Run Rudy. Please

I walked out of the cargo container with my gun in my hand. Everyone who tried to detained me was either shot or beaten to the ground. I sprinted full force to the gate and saw a bunch of shadows along with Graves.

Soap: you're out of line Graves.

Graves: don't do that. Don't... do that. No one needs to get hurt here.

Carmen and ghost: are you threatening us?

Graves whipped his head around to me and I saw his face flash with fear and then anger.

Graves: I don't make threats. I make guarantees. So let's not do this.

Soap: I'm calling shepherd

Graves: General Shepherd sends his regards. Told me ya'll wouldn't take this well.

Ghost: he knows about this?!

Graves: he's put me in command for this operation from here on out. So ya'll need to stand down and let the pros finish this.

Carmen: *giggling* you think you're pros?

Graves: why the hell are we talking about this like it is some kind of negotiation?

Carmen: because it is. One of us is going to come out dead and it isn't going to be me.

Graves: are you crazy?!

Carmen: I was never sane.

Graves: you are a bitch!

Alejandro: who the fuck you think you are cabrón? My men are inside!

Graves: I'm afraid not. Your men have been.... Detained.

I grabbed a flair from my suit pocket, lit up, and raised it.

Carmen: Красный берет (Red Berets)

All of a sudden shots ran out and all of the shadows that surrounded Graves were sniped. I through a smoke bomb and dragged all of the boys with me down the hill to get to the city. We were being shot at and I could see that soap got hit.

As we got into the city you could hear shots ringing and innocent citizens screaming and being murdered.

Carmen: soap are you ok?

Soap: I'm hit. Where's ghost?

Carmen: he's somewhere. He didn't follow me. I think he has Alejandro.

Ghost: *radio* ghost to soap. How copy?

Soap: solid.

Ghost: thought I lost ya. Where's Carmen? I have Alejandro. 

Carmen: I'm here. Where are you two?

Ghost: there's a church we are headed there.

Soap: we'll meet you there.

Ghost: alright.

Soap and I walked through the town avoiding the shadows. We arrived in a house and heard distant screaming.

Carmen: they are killing everyone in their path.

Ghost: War crimes.

Soap and I came out from the house after gathering materials and tried to get out of the gated alleyway.

Ghost: I've set up a sniper position in the church tower. Find your way there and you guys might just make it.

Soap and I continued gathering things together. We waited by the door for a shadow to walk past. Soap stabbed him and took his gun. We continued through until we hit a group of shadows. Soap and I shot at all of the shadows and continued to a balcony.

Soap: we make a good team lass.

Carmen: that we do soap.

Soap: it's pishin' it doon out here

Ghost: speak English.

Soap: it's rainin' fuckin' hard.

Ghost: then say so.

Soap: I did!

Ghost: let's worry about you Johnny.

Soap: so you do like me?

Carmen: can you guys not flirt while we're in a life or death situation?

Soap: sometimes flirting is needed to bring a positive look on negative things.

Ghost: we're not flirting!

Soap: breaking my heart Lt.

I sighed and continued walking through the alleys with soap. Soap opened a case that had an adrenaline shot he offered it to me but I quickly shook my head.

Carmen: you need it more.

Soap: good morning Mexico!

Soap found materials to make a smoke bomb and a mine. Soap and I continued our way to a tunnel that would lead us to the church. We swam under water dodging the shadows that were walking around. Soap killed one last shadow and we ran up the staircase out of the tunnel.

Soap and I ran into a lot of shadows and kept getting shot at. We continued moving while shooting . Soap and I finally arrived to the church and we saw Ghost and Alejandro running towards the large fence. They both jumped and ran down the stairs.

Ghost: we need a car to get to a safe house.

All four of us ran to a truck that was on and had one of the doors open. Ghost was in the driving and soap was in the passenger. Alejandro was in the back with me. Ghost drove off and I whimpered as I felt a pain in my thigh.

Carmen: oh shit.

All of a sudden I started to get dizzy and I could feel the pain .

Alejandro: what is it Hermana?

Carmen: I'm hit! My left thigh.

Alejandro: shit! Hurry up and get to the safe house

The drive was long and nearly unbearable. I was constantly in and out of consciousness and soap had to carry me out of the truck.

Carmen: Rudy and Valeria should be here.

Alejandro: you let Valeria go?!

Carmen: I gave her a knife too.

Alejandro: omg tonta! She probably killed Rudy and ran away!

Carmen: I'm not too sure!

Ghost: what makes you say that?

Carmen: Valeria and I shared a moment in the cargo container today.

Alejandro: what the fuck does that mean cabrona?!

Carmen:*giggles* it's a secret!

Soap: she's lost too much blood she is starting to get delirious!

Ghost: get her inside!

Everyone arrived to the door with me still being carried in soap's arms. I kept giggling every time we would move.

Alejandro: Rudy let us in!

Rudy: Alejandro?

Alejandro: yes it's me hermano! Carmen's hurt let us in.

The door opened and I saw Valeria inside and Rudy holding open the door.

Carmen: Valeria! te extrañé! (I missed you!)

Valeria: is she high?

Soap: she's lost a lot of blood.

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