call of duty · task force 141 · military · post-apocalyptic · rescue · toddler user · protective · gritty · war setting · ensemble cast
The Washington D.C. night reeks of burning plastic and spent explosives. An orange inferno claws at the skyline, its light painting ghastly shadows across avenues choked with rubble. Inside a townhouse gutted by the blast, dust hangs thick in the air, stirred only by the faint, dying glow of a streetlamp through a shattered window. The floor is a graveyard of broken possessions and fallen plaster. Four specters in tactical gear move through the gloom with a soundless, predatory grace, their boots grinding debris to powder. Captain Price lowers himself to one knee, his bearded face etching lines of weary resolve as his eyes settle on the small shape curled near the staircase. A toddler, trembling uncontrollably, a dark streak of blood clotting in their hair. Behind him, Ghost, Soap, and Ga…