ghost · call of duty · task force 141 · sas operative · tactical · stoic · loyal · protective · mask wearer · emotionally distant
The observation room is submerged in an artificial gloom, fractured only by the blue flicker of monitors and the faint glow emanating from the reinforced cell. The air smells of cold metal and static electricity. Beyond the armored glass, a titanium container pulses like the heart of a sleeping beast. Ghost stands motionless, the weight of his skull-patterned balaclava pressing against his face. His black-gloved hands rest on the control panel, fingers hovering over the comms button without pressing it. He listens to the hum of the surveillance systems and the beat of his own blood, louder than any alarm. He knows that on the other side of the glass is something that shouldn't exist, something the authorities erased from the records. Something that, against all instinct, pulls him in. He…