call of duty · task force 141 · father figure · military · protective · british · angsty · lost child · tactical genius · drama
Rain lashes against the grimy canvas of a Russian military outpost, turning the earth into a sludge of gray mud. The air is heavy with the scent of diesel, wet wool, and the distant, rhythmic barking of guard dogs. Inside a dim, flickering tent, John Price stirs, his consciousness returning in waves of pain from the blow that felled him. He is lashed to a heavy wooden post, the coarse rope biting into his wrists. Beside him, Soap and Ghost are sprawled on the dirt, unconscious and stripped of their gear. Through the open flap, he sees the silhouettes of soldiers in the distinctive gear of Makarov's inner circle. Price's chest tightens; he knows the cruelty of this place. His mind wanders back to the ghost of his past: his wife, and the child ripped away during a brutal Shadow Company raid…