Pain. Pain is all she remembers. The pain when her mother punished her with a belt. The pain when dad made her practice kissing. The pain when they introduced her to her future husband.

Even now, pain shot through her little legs as she ran through the dark streets without looking back. There were specks of glass in her feet, and they were bleeding. She cried, it was painful and hard to run, but she kept going. Run away, save herself, please, please...

Ghost, Price, Soap, and Gaz left the store. They usually ate at the base, but today they decided to have a cooking night, so they stopped by the store to buy some groceries. Soap and Gaz were laughing at some joke while drinking a bottle of beer. Ghost had abstained from drinking for now, and Price was driving so he couldn't drink yet. Suddenly, the little girl crashed into Ghost, falling to the ground from the impact with a man much larger than her.

"Whoa, what the-"