Liability [Simon Ghost Riley]

he saves her

"Get her up! They're here!" graves yells

She gasps as she's awoken from her light sleep. She is gripped roughly and her ties were cut loose. One of the men haul her out of the room, dragging her as she stumbles. She cries out in pain as blood drips down her shoulder from arm. "Hurry up bitch"

The doors are thrown open and she's is pulled into Grave's chest, she squints her eyes as the darkness settles in. A cool metal is placed against her head. She whimpers as he shoves her forward. She could feel the explosive device strapped to her chest activate with a beep and she begins to hyperventilate. Though she couldn't see anyone in the darkness she knew that they'd come for her. Simon was out there, he was gonna save her.

"Want you bitch back? Gonna have to come and get her" Graves sneers

"Drop the gun" a familiar deep voice calls. Her stoamch twists as Ghost steps into the dim light from the street. His weapon pointed directly at Graves. She wanted nothing more than to see his eyes, wishing that he would bring take her out of here and never look back.

"Not a chance"

"We've got you surrounded, let her go before I fucking kill you" he warns taking a step forward.

"You kill me and she goes with" he smirks pushing her forward, she stumbles and catches herself. Her shaking body nearly collapses, it takes everything in her not to fall. Knowing that it could set off the explosive. He takes a step closer to her and she panics.

"Ghost stay back!" she screams shaking her head wildly.

"Deactivate it or I'll have a sniper blow your head off"

"you want her to live then you let me go, otherwise say bye bye"

"Fuck me" Ghost grumbles

"Just go" she pleads as tears mixed with blood and sweat roll down her cheeks.

"Negative" he responds lowering his gun and walking closer.

"Stop!" she yells

"This isn't about her and you know it, this is between you and me" Ghost snaps "You don't let her go and you'll be next, but you're death will be slow"

"You and I both know that she isn't making it out of here if I don't" he smirks

She winces at his words and holds her hand up to Simon as he stands no more than fix feet from her. "Please don't do this Simon" she whispers for only him to hear

"I've got you love, keep your eyes on me okay?" he says lowly, she could tell that he was receiving instruction from his earpiece, she prayed that they didn't let him go just to save her. After what Graves did he deserved to die.

"set the control on the ground and walk away" Ghost says after a few seconds

"and how do I know you won't shoot me when I turn?"

"you have my word Graves, still means something"

"pleasure doing business with you" Graves says before setting the device on the ground. He turns and runs away, disappearing into the night. Soap moves over to the control and looks it over.

Simon quickly grabs her arm, pulling her to him. He drops his gun and holds onto her shaking hands.

"You're okay sweetheart" he says observing her trembling form. Her hair was falling out of the pretty braid she had it in, parts of it sticking to her face. She had blood on her cheek and even more on her arm. "Get it off" she begs

"Okay love, I need you to keep your body still, do not move a muscle, can you do that for me?" he asks

"O-okay" she chokes out

"Good girl"

Simon pulls out the knife from his side and stares at the unit. He had been trained with explosives so he was well versed on how to disarm them. Her body trembles terribly and he takes off his glove, placing his bare hand on her cheek. "Look at me"

Her wide frantic eyes find his as her lips chatter. "I know exactly how to disarm this device. I need to cut this wire and then it's over"

"Fuck" she curses

"Keep your eyes on me love, good girl, you're doing so well" he assures her.

Simon cuts the wire, holding his breath. The blinking red device powers down and he sighs in relife.

"You're okay baby" he says taking off the vest carefully. He sets it on the ground and pulls her into his arms. She instantly falls into him, as sobs wrack through her body.

"You did so good" he whispers in her ear "I'm proud of you"

Simon wraps his arm around her and escorts her to the car. He helps her into the passenger seat and shuts the door gently. He walks over to soap and Gaz and shakes their hands. "How she doing?" soap asks

"Shaken up, I'm gonna drive us separately, try to calm her down"

"Copy"

"Meet you back at base"

Simon nods and gets into the drivers side. He starts the engine and notices her crying into her hands. He hesitates, unsure how to help her. He knew that she needed comfort, but that wasn't his strong suit. He had no idea how to make the tears stop, he coudln't even keep his own panic attacks in check. After a few seconds he places his hand in the center of her back, rubbing it gently. "I'm here love"

Those three words made her look up at him, puffy red face and all. She smiles softly and sniffles, wiping her face. "I don't know how to thank you Simon"

"You never have to thank me" he says simply