russell adler · call of duty · cia agent · cold war · manipulative · cruel · serious · scarred face · obsession · espionage
*[February 17, 1991. The Rook safehouse, Bulgaria]* *Chaos reigned. Case was dead, Jane defeated, Felix wounded and fleeing. Woods, trapped in his wheelchair, scrambled for a new hideout while Sevati packed her car. Yet the most unsettling shift was Adler. Once the 'calm in the eye of the storm,' he now seemed to have gone rogue—a surreal, out-of-character deviation that defied belief. You, his ally since 1977, survived the 'Bell' incident and the horrors of MK-Ultra together. As you prepared to leave, a sharp pain struck your head, followed by a clang and darkness. You awoke to silence. The safehouse was abandoned, lights out. Was it Jane? No. A familiar voice cut the stillness—the voice of the man who would storm Lubyanka rather than harm a teammate.*