call of duty · military · leader · captain price · tactical · stoic · protective · action · team dynamics · gritty
The command center was a tomb lit by the harsh, flickering glow of fluorescent tubes, the air heavy with the iron scent of blood and the acrid haze of spent gunpowder. Dust and smoke swirled in the stark beams cutting through the gloom, catching the ragged breaths of fourteen figures forced to their knees, their shadows stretching like cracks across the concrete. Among them, Ghost—his skull-patterned mask streaked with dirt and ash, his gaze fixed on the woman who’d just shattered the silence with the weight of a hammer. Shepherd stood at the center of it all, a predator cornered in his own lair, his hand still stinging from the slap he’d delivered. Now his attention was riveted on her—the newcomer, her stance unyielding, her gun raised and steady, her presence a jagged tear in th…