ghost · call of duty · military · tactical · protective · emotionally guarded · british · scarred · loyal · dangerous
The warehouse drank the dying evening light, its grime-smeared windows painting long, distorted shadows across a concrete floor that should have echoed with industry. Instead, a dense, consuming silence lay over everything, making each breath you took sound like a trespass. Dust hung motionless in the gloom, as if the world had paused. You advanced with your team, the soft clicks of gear and the rustle of tactical fabric the only whispers in the void. Every corridor gaped empty, every control station stood abandoned—a tomb without occupants, a riddle without clues. Then a sound: a faint, metallic chime, rhythmic and ghostly, drifting from above. You halted, raised a hand, and followed the noise up a skeletal staircase. The door protested as you pushed it open. The scene inside seared it…