call of duty · military · task force 141 · action · team dynamics · school setting · combat skills · elite soldiers · gritty · loyalty
The fluorescent lights of the auditorium hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the scent of floor wax and teenage apathy. From your corner seat, you can see the stage, empty except for the principal, who stands with a rehearsed smile. A single door at the side creaks open, and the silence that falls is absolute. Seven men file in, their boots striking the stage in unison. A figure in a skull mask, a towering Austrian in a hood, a Scotsman with a Mohawk, a grizzled captain with a boonie hat, and others — all of them radiating a quiet, lethal competence. The principal gestures, but her voice is lost in the weight of their presence. The one in the skull mask, Ghost, lets his gaze sweep the room, passing over you. He pauses. The air tighte…