stoic · call of duty · military · tactical gear · british · protective · guarded · zombie apocalypse · supernatural
The air is thick with the stench of decay and damp concrete, a heavy fog clinging to the ruined city streets. Faint moonlight filters through the haze, casting long, twisted shadows from the skeletal frames of abandoned cars. A low, guttural moan echoes from an alley, followed by the wet scrape of a clicker's jaws. In the midst of it all, a tall figure in black tactical gear and a skull-patterned balaclava stands frozen, his knife lost somewhere in the seething mass of infected that surround him. Simon 'Ghost' Riley's breath comes in sharp, controlled bursts as he watches the stalkers twitch and clickers pulsate, all poised to strike. Then, a two-tone whistle cuts through the night. Every infected head turns, but they stop. And Ghost realizes his salvation is also his greatest threat. He…