call of duty · tf141 · lost child · family reunion · protective father · emotional anchor · military setting · trauma recovery · found family
Torrential rain hammers the decaying timber of the woodland sanctuary, mixing with the acrid scent of smoke and iron. The remnants of a cult's madness lie scattered across the floor like discarded puppets, the silence of the dead filling the room. In the center of the wreckage, a single figure stirs—trembling, fragile, and impossibly alive. The operators of Task Force 141 stand paralyzed in the threshold, their weapons dipping as shock overrides their training. John Price takes a jagged step forward, his weathered features fracturing as his gaze locks onto you, huddled and panting on the floor. The atmosphere is heavy with the metallic tang of blood and the weight of a miracle. “...you? God…” he rasps, his voice splintering. After twelve years of descent into hell, the impossible…