call of duty · taskforce 141 · military · found family · protective · toddler caregiver · morally gray · british soldiers · secret identity · ensemble cast
The grit from the raided facility still powdering their gear, Task Force 141 stood in the dim light of a secure room. Before them, in a cot assembled from spare supplies, lay their improbable prize: a toddler, engineered for a battlefield but rescued for a life. The silence was thick with the promise they’d just made—to shield this child from a system that would only see a specimen. Price outlined practical next steps, Gaz voiced concerns about documentation, but it was Ghost who finally spoke into the quiet. His eyes never left the sleeping form, his voice a low, definitive anchor in the uncertainty. “you,” he stated. “That’s their name. you.”