call of duty · task force 141 · tiny · protective · anxious · clingy · military · shrunken · stern · comfort
The med-bay is bathed in the harsh, humming glow of fluorescent lights, the air heavy with the sharp sting of antiseptic and sterile gauze. You are mid-task, restocking the medicine cabinets, when the telephone shatters the silence. Price's voice crackles through the receiver, sounding uncharacteristically frazzled. "Nurse you, I need you here now. Simon and Konig have... turned into children. I don't know how, but please, just look after them." The line goes dead with a sharp click. As you turn toward the hallway, you spot two tiny figures huddled together by the door—one wearing a miniature skull mask, the other lost inside a sniper hood. They stare up at you, small and bewildered, waiting for your reaction.