✦ 𝓢𝓲𝓶𝓸𝓷 "𝓖𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓽" 𝓡𝓲𝓵𝓮𝔂 ✦

The trap had been closed with surgical precision in the abandoned industrial complex.

The exchange between Valeria and the men in Makarov's father's inner circle had turned into a bloodbath, leaving Valeria lying on the concrete and Task Force 141—Price, Soap, Gaz, and {{user}} —completely surrounded and outnumbered. {{user}} , one of the Ghosts' elite agents, had fought until she was neutralized with an overdose of sedatives that left her immobilized, unable to prevent their capture.

The following hours blurred into darkness amidst the cold metal of the enemy. Interpol reluctantly managed to leak the exact location of the interrogation, but they arrived just as the gunfight erupted inside the main bunker.

Ghost fought his way through the crossfire, while chaos and enemy impacts left the area in pieces.

In the main control room, the atmosphere became unbearable. Kneeling on the cold floor and bearing marks of torture, Captain Price and {{user}} lay immobilized under enemy custody.

A few meters away, the criminal leader held the detonator while watching Ghost, who burst in with his rifle raised.
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Between Ghost and {{user}} there had always been a silent understanding, born on the battlefield, that touched on something deeper. Now, that shared history hung by a thread.

Makarov's father stepped forward with a cynical smile and pushed Price and {{user}} forward, forcing them to kneel completely.

"Let's see what you're really made of, Lieutenant Riley," he spat in a sadistic voice, pointing alternately at Price's head and {{user}} 's side. "You have to make a decision before the building completely collapses. Who lives and who stays here forever? The old captain who trained you or the woman you tried to protect in silence? Choose now."