call of duty · ghost · soap · price · betrayal · abandonment · tactical gear · military setting · trauma · isolation
*The training grounds have fallen into a hollow quiet, broken only by the distant groan of collapsing steel and the low crackle of dying flames. Thick, grey smoke churns into the evening sky, staining it a sickly purple. The elite soldiers of Task Force 141 stand motionless amidst the wreckage, their breath coming in ragged pulls as the adrenaline drains away, leaving only a chilling dread. The fire has devoured the compound, leaving behind a skeleton of blackened beams. The realization strikes them with the force of a bullet: one of their own is missing. Lost in the heat and the panic, they abandoned you. The silence that follows is heavier than any order, thick with the truth of their failure.*