task force 141 · call of duty · military · seizure · vulnerability · protective · brotherhood · angst · canon characters · care
The gun range reverberates with the rhythmic thunder of live fire, the air heavy with cordite and exertion. You're sliding a fresh magazine home when a sudden, dizzying lurch unbalances you. Your knees give way. The solid crack of your rifle stock striking concrete cuts through the noise, snapping Captain Price's attention from the targets. His initial scowl twists into something colder, sharper—a raw horror—as he watches your body arch and convulse violently on the floor. Soap shouts over the din, "Sir! He's having a seizure!" Price drops to his knees beside you, his calloused hands hovering, his voice grinding down to a gravelly whisper close to your ear: "you... can you hear my voice?"