PROLOGUE

MOTHER BASE OUTER HEAVEN

1975

It was quiet on the Security Deck of Mother Base. After a very long night of doing his routine patrol of the base to ensure the security details were maintained, Dmitri (also known as “Raging Bear”) makes his way back to his quarters. While opening the door he notices Irene the “Black Raven” (a former British Operative now serving Big Boss) and little Amari, an orphan found near Costa Rica by none other than Dmitri and Irene. They had a bit of an argument with Commander about it, but after a long hard debate Command agreed to let her stay with Irene and Dmitri to take care of her. Walking into the room the door shuts behind him loudly on accident, waking up Irene and Amari.

“Dad?”

Amari asked softly as Dmitri kneeled before her, smiling.

“Hey there little one, sorry for waking you” 

(Irene looked over while waking up)

“End of your shift already?” she asked, leaning up for a kiss from Dmitri 

“Yeah, it was a rather long one. We’ve been preparing for this inspection that Huey keeps talking about” 

Dimitri sat down on the bed, taking off his boots and smiling. Amari gets up and points to the guitar. 

“Dad can you play us a song?”

She asks Dmitri to play for her. 

She always enjoyed hearing it before she tried to go to sleep. With a soft chuckle, Dmitri got up, and walked over to the guitar. (Picking it up and sitting down next to Irene and Amari) He places it on his lap, and then tunes the guitar to get the right tone as he strums slowly along the cords, finally playing a soft melody. Amari lays her head onto Irene’s lap. while Irene softly strokes her hair, calming her down. Dmitri smiled, kissing the top of Amari’s forehead.

“Goodnight My Child”



 He places the guitar gently onto the ground and rests his head against the bed while Irene closes her eyes slowly until they begin to fall asleep. 

PROLOGUE END