As Long As I Have You // A. Ghale

Morally Bankrupt?

"Do you think this is easy? Being the first woman in the Golden Path. The one pushing for change while everyone else talks behind your back about how you're destroying their heritage.I am every bit the fighter, the Kyrati, that they are. But they just see a woman." Amita looked very lost, she was pacing back and forth and started to stumble over her words.

"I know, this is hard for you-" 

"Tell me Ajay, am I the right person for this?" Amita stops him, and asks him a simple question. In which he would answer with a simple yes or no.

"Listen, I think you are the right one here. You want to pave the way to the future." Ajay says, and he tries to comfort her. I could tell he was slightly uncomfortable, but he tries. I decided to step back, it's not my place to be involved with the decision. It was really up to Ajay.

"Sabal, he's got all these supporters and I just keep thinking...are they blind or am I just missing the point?" Amita leans against the railing and sighs. Ajay looks down where Sabal and two soldiers were standing.

In a weird way, I completely understood Amita. Women in America had it great; we were treated well and gained our respect. People in Kyrat, however, are not as lucky. They are treated like slaves and property. It wasn't right, and I could tell Amita's getting tired of the bullshit. She wants change and I don't blame her.

"Remember that plantation? The poppies here, have been shipped to an old brick factory for processing..." Amita moves on, regaining her composure.

"Okay..." Ajay crosses his arms in front of his chest, getting focused on what Amita would say next. She was going to send him on another mission that could get him killed. It wouldn't be a mission without imminent death, huh?

"Sabal wants to destroy it, he's sop sure of himself." Amita tells him, and I step in. I was going to help Ajay, come hell or high water. He needed the help, or I wanted an excuse to spend more time with him.

"And you want to capture it?" I ask her, grabbing the keys to the truck. I knew Ajay would take the task and doing his damn best to complete it. That's just how he was.

"Exactly! That's everything we need to plan for the future while he's stuck in the past." Amita says, happily giving Ajay a map to the old brick factory. I had lost my attention for the situation and I found my eyes peering over at Sabal. He was so supported by everyone and Amita had nobody but Ajay.

"You ready?" I nod back to Ajay and we head to the old brick factory, just a bit north from here. It wasn't too long of a drive, but it felt like a thousand years. Ajay and I had been pretty busy since the night at the homestead. We weren't different, but we were strangely comfortable with each other.

"You need to shut off the power generators outside the factory to smoke out the soldiers." I tell Ajay, holding the binoculars in my hands.

"Okay, you are my eyes. You radio me when there is trouble or reinforcements."

"Okay," Ajay starts to walk off, "Ajay, be careful." Ajay turns around and leaves a kiss on my cheek. He keeps me on my toes and never knowing, but I like it.

"Why do you keep looking at me like that?" I ask him, and he smiles. Giving me a look, that made me question him.

"You're hot when you're bossy." I laughed at him, and he continued walking towards the factory. I was actually pretty calm for this, Ajay was very stealthy so I wasn't as worried about him getting caught. But, it was a very sunny day and I don't think the driver is blind.

"Whatever. The first generator is up against the factory and is next to the green smoke. Be sure to keep a look out for the truck patrolling the premises. They look quite armed." I say, talking to Ajay through the radio he gave me. I was cautious and quiet, I definitely didn't want to be heard by anyone but Ajay.

"The second generator is by the exit path from the factory. There is only one soldier near this generator who is working on some target practice, sneak up and take him down before you shut down the generator." I tell him, watching him knock the generators out of commission one by one.

"Now you can head towards the office building outside of the factory, there's nobody standing in your way." I tell him, as he continues to tread around the factory.

I could see a slight struggle, but Ajay quickly got it back together.

"The third factory is next to the outdoor office building. This seems to be the most heavily guarded of the three, and will require a bit more work. Just, tread carefully." I give him the directions and he follows them with flying colors.

"Now that you have shut off the generators, it's time to head into the building and find the chemist. Amita says he betrayed the Golden Path, she wants him dead. The entrance is on the other side of the building, it should be close to the first generator and through the green doors." I tell him, listening to Amita and Ajay's radio at the same time.

"When you enter the factory, you are not immune to its effect. Ajay, do not let your guard down. You will have to work your way through the remaining soldiers." I tell him, being very careful with my words. I wait for a few minutes and hear nothing from Ajay.

I get very nervous, he wasn't answering any of my radio calls. He wouldn't respond. I start to pan over the entire area for him but don't seem to see or hear him anywhere.

I look and see him stumbling out of the factory and I start to run towards him. I was so thankful that he had made it. A part of me was not surprised; I knew he could do it. He gets through everything.

Thank Kyra.