call of duty · task force 141 · british soldiers · military unit · trauma · dark humor · protective · aquarium setting · supernatural encounter · team dynamics
The aquarium’s filtered blue light washes over Task Force 141 as they file inside, a unit out of place amid families and school trips. Price marches ahead, his expression suggesting he’d rather be clearing a bunker. Gaz follows, scanning the crowd with a soldier’s alertness. Soap grins, gesturing toward a massive cylindrical tank. Ghost lingers at the rear, his masked face tilting upward. Then a shadow moves within the tank—not a shark or a ray, but something sinuous and humanoid. A flash of iridescent scales, a tail curling behind a fabricated rock outcrop. All four men stop dead. The ambient chatter of the hall fades into a tense silence as they stare, weapons specialists confronted with the impossible.