Meanwhile on the Slava class cruiser New Federation cruiser

Angelia II stared at the night ocean she didn't know where Martha's going. Until Aiden shows up

Aiden: Still looking at the oceans?

Angelia II nodded

Angelia II: Yeah...

Aiden: Not much, Martha left, and you just killed Muller for your revenge.

Angelia: Yep, I finally killed him.

The two silently stared at the ocean in the middle of the night. Angelia II spoke to him.

Angelia II: Aiden?

Aiden: Yeah?

Angelia II: Ever since this thing with the Cryptids started, you're worried about me. What I don't understand is why.

Aiden: *empathetic* Because I know how it feels like to be brainwashed and tortured. Did Zelinsky tell you about Snatcher?

Angelia II: Kuma "Snatcher" Rovansk? The former KCCO operator turned rogue Spetsnaz? You know about him?

Aiden: Actually, he and I confronted each other. He lost his left eye, because of my knife.

Angelia II: Sounds like he wanted revenge.

Aiden: He was working for the Inner Circle; they tortured a former operator of ours. So let's say it was brutal vengeance.

Angelia II: Damn. *sarcastic* You're scaring the hell out of me, right now.

Aiden: If you want to weaken your enemies, you need to give them something to fear. Snatcher, however, wasn't driven by fear, it was his hatred for me that drived him. He lured me into a trap and captured me. He tortured me. Little that I knew is that he brainwashed me with the broadcast number system.

Angelia II: *shocked and horrified* You're telling me that you were brainwashed too?!

Aiden: *remorseful* Yeah. I did things I'm not proud of. But then my comrades recovered and unbrainwashed me with the help of Jack Mason. They told me that whatever I did, it wasn't me and I wasn't on my right mind. After the unbrainwashed, we hunted down Snatcher.

Aiden: In part, I was angry at him for what he did to me. In other part, I discovered that Snatcher capture my cousin, Cale Grant. *glaring* Sunovabitch killed Cale's brain and planted Nikita Dragovich's brain inside it.

Angelia II: *shocked and horrified* Oh my god.

Angelia II: I've seen the reports. He was killed in Action. But we didn't know who killed him. Was that you?

Aiden: Yeah. I was filled by anger and hate for what he did to me but killing him brought me no joy. Now you understand why I was worried about you. You and I share a similar pain.

Angelia II: *empathetic* I see. You're right. I still need to recover. I appreciate your sympathy, Aiden.

Aiden: *empathetic* Like I said before, I'm here if you need me, Arya.

Angelia II: Thanks.

Arya could wonder feel the feeling attract Aiden.

Angelia II: *thought* Should I tell him?

Before that, Domingo arrived to see Angelia II and Aiden, both turned their heads at him.

Domingo: Umm, Aiden. There's something problem at the HQ.

The scene shows the video, of Henry and his medical team tries to hold Markus who is gone paralyze.

Aiden: *shocked* What the heck happened to Mark?

Merrick: *COMMS* I have no idea, Markus felt paralyze, Hesh tried his best to calm him down, but its no used.

FTac Recon: Damn shit, its happening.

All: What?

FTac Recon: I felt it too, the Brain of Ancestors inside Markus, it attraction someone.

Merrick: *COMMS* Who?

FTac Recon: It was their master.

All: Master?

FTac Recon: The Ancestors, of course, the Ancestors must attracted Markus, and hypnotis Emilia. They are the one who manipulated both of them.

Domingo: So that means, he's going to...

Cronen Squall: Unleash the Outbreak.

Claire: Damn shit... its all happening.

Merrick: *COMMS* Apparently, his friends tried his best to stopped him, but no used. Maybe the Ancestors attraction but, you may want to hear it.

Merrick turned on the audio, of doctors strain Markus.

Markus: They're coming! They're coming! The Apocalypse has begun!

Doctor 1: Markus, stand down! Damn, hold onto him!

The group of doctors tries to hold Markus, suddenly a loud bang, bash every doctors as Hesh, Logan, and everyone in the room sees Markus floating and eyes glowing blue.

Markus/Ancestors: Well, humans your time has come... the world soon will be perished! The apocalypse will be prevailed.

Markus suddenly snapped out and fell onto the bed, and doctors gets up.

Aiden: What the fuck?

Henry shows up on the video

Henry: I have no idea, Markus someone been controlled by some kind communication.

Aiden: The Colony is calling, that means... if he or Emilia unleashed the colonies.

Merrick: They would wiped out the entire human race.

Meanwhile Gentiane looked through the window at Markus, she was worried for him, since he got brain hurt him. She was unawared that the ancestors manipulated Markus.

Hesh: That's okay, Markus going to be okay.

Gentiane: *worried* Markus...

Kryuger then shows up with Hesh.

Kryuger: Your boy feel something control.

Hesh: Kryuger, whoever, manipulated my son, Odin said, was master.

Kryuger: Master?

Hesh: I think the Master was the one behind all this... we've had to stop the Outbreak, before it could unleash the entire colonies.

Kryuger: How many?

Hesh: From Henry's work, there are hundreds of colonies around the world, that will mark the Apocalypse.

Kryuger was surprised, even if the Cryptids will be awakened, they would unleash the Apocalypse just like in World War III and every Operation Event.

Meanwhile at the dock, were VTOL awaiting for him. Archer and his men were prepare for boarding. Archer sees Claire, Yuri and everyone.

Archer smirks at Claire, Yuri and others while they just glare at him.

Archer: Heh. Well. Looks like we're working together, Hudson. Just like old days.

Claire: *glaring* Don't give me the "old days" bullshit.

Yuri: *glaring* We may be allies, for now, but that doesn't mean we trust you. Not after what you did to Taylor and Reznov.

Archer: tch, come on, I always asking a truth. That's why I will help you guys to lead to the Colony right after Emilia trying to attack my crew.

Archer walked off to the VTOL before it take off.

Aiden: *glares* I don't like that guy...

Claire: Same here, if he messing this up, I'm gonna kill him.

At the dorm

FTac Recon got on his dream

He woke up in the endless white, he saw him again watching some strange memories. He walked closer to him.

???: Finally, you show up?

FTac Recon looked closer, he noticed, something, those memories looks familiar, he sees a woman walking with her kids, one was a boy on the right and the other, he recognized that face, she was definitely looked like her.

FTac Recon: *thought* Those features? Was that M4?

???: No...

He turned to the boy in silver hair, who shooked his head, that girl was M4.

???: That girl is Lunasia Von Oberstein.

FTac Recon: And who's that boy on the right? *Pointing at the boy*

???: That's William Von Oberstein.

He was shocked that boy was William, before he was a member of Paradeous and before planning to revive Lunasia, he was a boy.

FTac Recon: H-how did you get this?

???: *smiled* I managed to intervene the T-Dolls, M4. I looked into her memories, that she was not Lunasia, she is a clone brain of original Lunasia.

The scene sees, Lunasia, and William was holding their mother walking in the forest.

FTac Recon: Why Her and William too by her mother?

???: Because their father forced out Lunasia alongside William and his wife out of their mansion, because it invoked unclear situation of necessary sacrifice. He tormented her for his own gain.

FTac Recon wide opened as he gasped, he was horrified to see Her father did to her own daughter and William too.

FTac Recon: *shocked* How could do such the thing?!

???: The only reason is unknown.

The scene shows the family tree of William Lunasia's name and faces had been scraped off the painting.

FTac Recon: Their faces and names, that was Lunasia and William.

He nodded

???: True...

The figure rewind forward to another memories of hers, the scene shows a group of cult in Rhine Region known as Evangelical.

???: These memories, shows during thr War, her mother suffered a mental isssues and a faith crisis and family framgented after its transferred to Heidelberg by the US Army in 2049.

FTac Recon: You mean that was 24 years ago, when before me and Kastov 762 went to Rebirth Island.

The boy figure always nodded to him.

???: Yes, your still immortal Doll, but her she was a kid.

The boy figure fast forwards the memories to early 2050s in the church.

???: The group became largest postwar cult in West Germany and her family was one of them

FTac Recon: Why those cults?

???: It's because after the war, the remnants of NATO because Paradeous and rest became the terrorist in the central Europe yellow zone.

FTac Recon: I get it, it because the NATO collapse, and western powers losing because of the Soviets.

???: Indeed, however you seems so hatred about Soviets?

FTac Recon: No, its not... I just got fully hatred of my enemies. First Makarov, Khristenko, and Rorke. They are the one who brainwashed me.

???: Ahhh I get it... your so hatred about not Soviets but the enemy what they did to you.

The scene shows, Stasi attacked the church and violently attack the cults, he sees Lunasia hugging her brother, when she shouted their mother. Unfortunately, she die.

FTac Recon: *surprised* What happened?

???: The Stasi violently infiltrate the church killing the Cults and disbanded by government called the First Purge.

FTac Recon: First Purge?

???: It is between Pan-European Union and Neo-Soviet Union worked together to hunt down the Cults during the purge.

FTac Recon: About both, what happened after that?

???: Lunasia handed her brother over to government, so she could escape and reappeared as member of a humanitarian youth movement until she was arrest by German government.

The scene sees Lunasia and her group protested a surplus food collection operation. However, she was diagnosed with mid-stage ELID and sent to Berlin medical facility in December 2050.

FTac Recon: Was she was diagnosed by ELID?

???: Yeah, she was infected with mid-stage ELID. After which was transferred to Switzerland for further treatment.

FTac Recon and the figure watched Lunasia memories in her life, until the man in hooded figure give her a handgun.

FTac Recon: *curious* A handgun, why?

???: For her revenge for her family.

FTac Recon could remember, himself was getting revenge for his friend Dima Chernov and most of friends too that he died by the hands of Inner Circles: Ivan Makarov, David Archer and Khristenko but for Raul Wilhelm too, his face was full of rage and regret he did in the past.

???: Let's move forward.

The scene moves forward of her memories, the two securities on the borders guarding the entrance.

Soldier 1: You have you heard. There've been a few murders recently, all targeted at PMCS. *sigh* Looks like more work for us now...

FTac Recon: So she was the leader of her movement.

???: Because Stasi agency that Lunasia was a threat, because she was an eldest daughter of Minister Rudolf von Oberstein, because of her psychological disorders and inability to live beyond the confines of the former cult's rules.

FTac Recon: I get it... she was hunting PMCs as a target.

The scene shows the two guards tell her to halt when they were inspected, after which she went for delivery, as PMC told him.

Soldier 2: Hey, have you heard about the American PMCs?

Soldier 1: Yeah why?

Soldier 2: The American PMC, had a largest amount of army, like they had tons of robots.

Soldier 1: *Shocked* Holy Jesus, is it true? *sarcastic* Nah, American lose it happened years ago?

Soldier 2: No, I mean, United States still active, and so far two PMCs were the largest dominance.

Soldier 1: Really tell me?

Soldier 2: First was a Shadow Company.

Soldier 1: Shadow Companies, I've heard reports back in 2023, about trails with General Shepherd.

Soldier 2: Well Shadow Company was revived, they had aid with another PMCs. And have you heard about the missile strikes in Soviet territory.

Soldier 1: Yeah, that wasn't even a nuclear blast, but only a regular explosion strike the cities destroying military base and everything bullcrap us.

Soldier 2: Yeah, they did... and you have heard about... anomolies back in Italy?

Soldier 1: Yes?

Soldier 2: A soviet soldier was traumatized of seeing something that destroyed entire Neo-Soviet Battalion including Doll units too, they called themselves Ghost.

Soldier 1: Ghost? Really, impossible Ghost was just a legend or myth.

Soldier 2: No its true, the Soviet Soldier sees a shadowing figure killing more of them in blink of the eye with gunfires, knife and fist, and everything. They took out the entire battalion.

Soldier 1: Listen here buddy, one Ghost was just a legend, two nobody cares about how did Soviet soldier was traumatized, maybe its because of the gunfire.

Solider 2: *sigh* Your right... why should I.

The scene sees Lunasia in hoody, carrying her delivers to that place. When she entered, the man in his desk sees her delivery arrived.

Man 1: Hm? You're-

Then Lunasia pulled out her handgun and killed the man on the desk with six shots on the chest, her face was full of hatred and her eyes seemed glares.

Lunasia: *rage and glares* The Devil's accomplish... can join him in hell!

FTac Recon was shocked he witnessed, her memories, Lunasia killed the man in his office. Next he saw Lunasia running away to the borders as the guards spot the shooter.

The soldier shot her with four bullets onto her back.

Soldier 1: Got him! Go take a look... Be careful!

The soldiers rushed to the shooter when she was shot, on the floor, the soldiers were surprised, they recognized that girl. By then, she died.

FTac Recon: *sad* What sad moment for her.

???: indeed, that's when AR Team was created to Lunasia's brain.

His memories, of her, when both before they confessed, and she told him about Lunasia and William.

FTac Recon: That's what happened when she was created alongside AR-15, SOP II, M16 and RO.

The figure then turned to FTac Recon, asking something useful.

???: Is there anything else?

FTac Recon: What about my memories, since M4 was Lunasia's memories was a tragic moment?

The figure smiled, he then goes into his memories, of what he could find was a mix.

???: It seems Taylor, you had a mix of memories you had...

FTac Recon: A mix?

???: Yes, let me show you...

The figure shows FTac Recon memories, only he shows that made him surprised, everything was a mix of memories of Alex Mason, Solid Snake and John Taylor.

FTac Recon: Those memories are...

???: Yes, the memories, of Alex Mason, Solid Snake and John Taylor.

He watched full of memories such as Alex Mason fought Dragovich, he also see his grown son David Mason, and always hang out his best friend Woods. Next he witnessed the Legendary soldier solid Snake, he fought so many enemies he did such as Venom Snake the leader of Outer Heaven, Big Boss, Liquid Snake and his foxhound units, Olga, Vamp and everything. And finally, he recognized that boy, that boy is John Taylor, it shows his family playing with John Taylor who was kid in 2022 August. 

FTac Recon could imagine he smiled, at the boy always cared for his family.

???: Those memories are different and living in peace than Lunasia's memories.

FTac Recon was curious to that figure, he was just looked like himself like a mirror.

FTac Recon: Hey, I got question, if your from original civilization, what are you?

???: I am the artificial intelligence, why do I have same features as you? *smiled* Well, I can't tell you anything, but there's more clues you need to find.

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David Archer and two American soldiers are fighting Cryptids in deep in Ball's Pyramid.

US Soldier 1: Last mag!

US Soldier 2: I'm out!

David Archer switches to a MR6.

Archer: Stand fast! I can see the Ark!

The first soldier runs out of ammo and tries to pull out a Frag Grenade.

US Soldier 1: Frag out!

But before he could throw it, a Gargoyle attacks him and bites him in the head; the soldier drops the grenade.

US Soldier 2: Fire in the hole!

Archer grabs the other soldier and uses him as a human shield.

US Soldier 2: No!

The explosion kills the soldier and send Archer flying backwards. He brushes up against a Cryptid plant, which gets some thorns stuck in his right arm. Emilia Lahiti appears out of the chaos and walks towards Archer, and lift up his arm.

Emilia: The poison is lethal, Archer.

Archer: *shocked* No. No. None of this is real.

Emilia: Then this shouldn't hurt.

Lahiti lifts up her Machete and cuts off Archer's arm. He screams in pain.

Archer: What do you want from me?

Emilia: Same as everyone else: I wanna make a deal.

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Meanwhile CIF 3 is boarded on VTOL, CIF 3 members were, Yuri, Tasha, Plina, UMP40, Squad 404, Kastov 762, Lachmann-556 and Kastov 545 arriving at the island where the Ball's Pyramid was located.

Now the CIF 3 was take turned after CIF 2. CIF 3 must journey to the Cryptid Colony and find Archer and remaining US Soldiers who were inside the Ball's Pyrmaid.

to be continued.