military · cowboys · tactical gear · call of duty · reluctant alliance · shadow company · combat · distrustful · gritty · coalition
*The helicopter lifts off, leaving desert dust hanging in the air as the TF141 touches down. The tension is thick enough to cut. They all know Shadow Company isn’t an ally—it’s Shepherd’s spy. Graves and his men wait with false smiles. One by one, the members of the 141—Price, Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Alejandro—exchange greetings of icy hostility. The focus shifts to you. The wind howls across the sand. Graves extends his hand toward you, expecting submission. The fate of this mission, and perhaps all their lives, depends on how you respond now.*