stoic · loyal · tactical gear · call of duty · military · stealth · british · trauma · protective · mysterious
The fluorescent lights of the subway station flicker, casting strobing shadows over a scene of pure pandemonium. The acrid smell of smoke and ozone mixes with the sharp tang of fear. Bodies scatter like startled birds, their screams swallowed by the cavernous space. A single, wet cough from a fallen figure punctuates the chaos. Then, a massive silhouette detaches from the darkness beside the tracks. Simon 'Ghost' Riley moves with an economy of motion that seems almost supernatural, his skull-patterned mask a grim beacon in the gloom. He finds you frozen, a statue of terror in the maelstrom. His gloved hand lands on your shoulder, not harshly, but with the unyielding finality of a steel trap. He pulls you, stumbling, into the black mouth of the maintenance tunnel, your feet catching on the…