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Captain John Price

Task Force 141 Disavowed

Indian Airspace

A.N. Hey guys, what's up? Finished another chapter, and I decided to start off with Persona Non Grata first before I went to Black Tuesday and Hunter Killer, because I looked it up on a wikia, and this mission happens before the other two. I also incorporated a reference to another CoD game in this chapter, just to change it up a bit. So, please R+R, PM, and enjoy. OPKILLERFROST, out.

"Nikolai, what's our ETA?" I said into the headset

"About one hour Captain Price." Nikolai responded

I had a bad feeling about Soap. I don't think the lad will last much longer without professional medical assistance. And because it'd be suicide to go to a hospital, our only choice was Nikolai's safe house in Himachal Pradesh. I knew Makarov would find us one way or another, because with Shepard out of the picture, there were no 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' shit. Now, it was just us and Makarov. And we. Will. Kill him.

Ghost's POV

I felt the pain before I even woke up. It was agonizing and everywhere. I tried to open my eyes, but if I opened them even a little bit, the light coming in was too strong. Am I in hell? Or am I in heaven? I can't fucking tell with the pain and the bright light. I tried opening my eyes again, and this time the light wasn't as bad. When I finally got them all the way open, I looked around the room. The room was pretty bare, with the exception of a couple chairs and the medical equipment keeping me alive. I looked to my left and saw Lily was fast asleep next to me. She looked so peaceful when she slept. It was probably the only time any of us could escape this hell we called reality. I was just about to say something and wake her when shouting erupted from the hallway.

"Out of the bloody way! Get a doctor!" A familiar British accent yelled

Lily awoke and looked around the room until her eyes locked onto mine.

"Ghost." She said, her eyes filling with tears

"Hey." I said weakly, while smiling up at her

"The doctor said he didn't know if you'd ever wake up. You had been injured so much, I- I thought I lost you."

Tears were coming down her face now, and I felt like an ass. I had caused her to feel so much pain. If I hadn't gotten shot, she wouldn't be out of her mind with worry right now. But then again, how was I supposed to know Shepard was going to shoot me and Roach and- Roach. I almost forgot he was injured to.

"How's- How's Roach?" I croaked out

"He's fine. He still hasn't woken up yet. He's in worse shape than you."

"He's a hard bastard. He'll make it."

"Yeah, Ghost, I-"

She was interrupted by a soldier bursting into the room. I didn't recognize him, but yet again, I didn't know where I was. This sure as hell wasn't Firebase Phoenix.

"Captain Price requests to see you." The soldier said

"Where is he?" Lil asked

"Um, I'm sorry Miss. He requested to speak to him."

"Oh. Well, I'll leave you two to talk then." She said

"Love you." I said, barely getting it above a whisper

She didn't say anything, just nodded and walked out of the room. After she walked out, Captain Price walked in. He looked like hammered shit. Bruises were all over his face, he had a cut just below his left eye, his nose was a little crooked, he just didn't look to good.

"Ghost." He said, looking at me a little strangely

Then, I realized that this was the first time he'd seen me without my mask on. The man was seeing my face for the first time.

"Price." I acknowledged

"What happened in Russia?" He asked

"We got the DSM, and ran for the LZ. Roach was hit by a mortar, so I carried him to the LZ. Shepard landed and said something about us being 'loose ends' and shot Roach and me. Then he set us on fire. Bastard had his Shadow Company soldiers come in and poured gasoline on us and lit us with his cigar."

"Well he's dealt with. Soap and I took care of him."

That put me at ease a little more. To know that Shepard was dead and that he couldn't do any more harm made me feel a little easier.

"But it didn't come without a price. Soap was injured bad in the fight. He's touch and go right now."

And then I was tense again. My best friend was dying? We'd been through so much and he was brought down by that asshole? No. He was going to pull through. Always has, always will. He can't die. He always slipped out of Death's clutches. How'd you think he got the name Soap? Before we could continue our conversation, Nikolai and another soldier ran into the room.

"We're picking up inbound signatures." The soldier said

"We've got company." Nikolai said

Gee, Nikolai, what gave you that idea? Was it maybe the guy next to you saying we've got inbound signatures?

"It's Makarov. He's tying up loose ends. Who's your best man?" Price asked

"Yuri. Ex-Spetznaz. Only man I know who hates Makarov more than you."

"Get him. They'll use the ridgeline for cover and fly in from the south."

"How do you know?"

"It's what I'd do."

Nikolai and the other man left the room, and I started to get up, but Price stopped me.

"Oh no you don't. Stay here. You need to rest." He said

"Like I can do that while gunfights ensue around me? Thanks, but no thanks." I said, pushing my way past him and ignoring the intense pain everywhere. I looked down and saw I was in a hospital gown.

"Ghost, do you really think you can fight in your condition?"

"I'll give it my best shot."

"Fine." He said, then put a hand up to his headset "Nikolai, get Ghost some gear."

He listened for a minute before responding "He's being stubborn. Just do it."

Price then ran past me and into the hallway. A minute later, a soldier came in and handed me some clothes. I grabbed them and threw on the long-sleeved shirt, cargo pants, vest, and holster. I rolled up the sleeves on the shirt, then I noticed something was missing. Two somethings. I ran out into the hall and noticed a bald guy running past me, into a room down the hall.

"Yuri! Yuri, over here!" I heard Nikolai call

I ran down the hall and saw MacTavish on a table grabbing Yuri by the shirt and coughing up blood. There was a doctor on the other side of the table working furiously on the wound in 'Tavish's chest. I went into the room and saw Nikolai standing next to Yuri and Price next to the doctor.

"We need to get Soap to the Chopper!" Price yelled over the chatter coming over the radio

We all heard a whirring sound and looked to the other side of the room. Three doors stood, to what I presumed to be balcony access.

"What is that?" Nikolai was the one to question the sound

Then, a second later, the wall exploded and sent us all flying, wood splinters shooting through the air. I flew back and hit my spine on the doorframe which, by the way, hurt like a bitch with the second-degree burns back there.

"Is everyone alright?" Price asked

I didn't respond, and got up as the chopper, which I now realized was an Mi-28 Havoc fell out of the wall and to the ground below. I hope nobody was under that. Nikolai grabbed Yuri's shoulder and pointed at Price.

"Do whatever this man says!" He said before helping the doctor with Soap's wound

Price looked at Yuri and told him to take position on the balcony outside. Huh, I was right. Those doors were balcony access. I didn't stop to think about that too long, however, because I noticed troops were fast roping down from Mi-17s. I looked towards Nikolai before asking if he had a gun.

"Armory's across the hall." He said

I ran out of the room and opened a door. What was behind it was enough firepower to make a gun fanatic cry. I grabbed an AK-47 with a red dot and a Desert Eagle before hearing a loud explosion.

"They've breached the courtyard! Take them down!" I heard Price yell

I grabbed a headset and as much ammo as I could and ran back to Soap's room, closing the door behind me. Soldiers in black armor were storming the courtyard outside through the entrance on the far side. I started shooting at the Ultranationalists moving in until one of them popped smoke. I looked at it and it reminded me too much of Makarov's safe house. I almost didn't notice when another Havoc came in and shot at us, killing the doctor.

"Price! The doctor's down!" Nikolai yelled "Yuri! We need your help!"

Yuri stayed on the balcony and continued to shoot before Nikolai called to him again. This time, he ran over to the table 'Tavish was on and picked up a syringe and injected Soap with its contents. Price was standing by the door when an Ultranationalist kicked open the door. The soldier aimed his gun at Price, but couldn't get a shot off before Price hit his gun away, hit him in the gut with his gun, then drew his pistol and shot the poor bastard in the head. He never stood a chance against a legend like Price. Yet again, I've heard of my fair share of legends. Captain MacMillan, Lieutenant Vasquez, Alex Mason, Frank Woods.

"They're on the roof! We've got to get Soap to the chopper!" Price yelled

"What about Roach? He's still out. We can't just leave him." I said

"We won't! We'll find a way to get him out of here! For now, we need to get Soap to Nikolai's Little Bird!"

"I've got him!" Nikolai said, pulling Soap up onto his shoulders

"Yuri, you're with me! Ghost, go help the others get out of here!"

"Roger that!" I said, running out the door

I just hope I can get to Roach before the Ultranationalists do.

Yuri's POV

I didn't know these new men too much. Price and Ghost. Strange names. I didn't know if I could trust them, but if Nikolai did, then I could. At least for now. I went with Price into the hallway, while Ghost ran down the hall towards his friend Roach's room. Another strange name. I hadn't met him but, he was apparently a friend. Price and I moved towards the stairs, but before we got there, more of Makarov's soldiers burst through the windows.

"Yuri, over here!" Price yelled, dodging bullets

I took cover behind some supply crates and shot at the two Ultranationalists. They dropped dead, and we moved up.

"Down the stairs, move!" Price said "Ghost, have you found Roach yet?"

"Affirmative. I'm with Desert, Hazard, Archer, Toad, and Neon moving him to another helicopter. The Ultranationalists are slowing us down, but we're almost there." I heard Ghost say over the radio

"Roger. We're moving into the courtyard now. RV at the lower end of the village."

"Roger that."

I continued to follow Price into the courtyard and past the Havoc that crashed into that man Soap's room.

"Yuri, on me! We've got to get through the courtyard!"

I followed Price through as we emptied the area of the Ultranationalist scum. As we were fighting, I heard a Loyalist call over the radio that they were pinned down and needed help. We finally killed the last enemy soldier and exited the courtyard through the broken doorway.

"The courtyard's clear!" a Loyalist called to his comrades

Price and I went down a flight of stairs and stacked up at an iron gate. I could hear gunfire and screaming coming from the village below. We took a minute to reload our weapons. I heard a whirring sound, and looked up to see a UAV drone. Great just what we needed right now.

"Russian drone overhead! We're outnumbered and outgunned. We need some heavier firepower!" Price yelled

"There's a weapons cache at the edge of town! We have a UGV stored there." Nikolai informed us

"Then we'll use that to get to the chopper! Let's move!" Price said, kicking down the gate. We started to run down another flight of stairs when a wave of civilians started running towards us with Ultranationalists right behind them, shooting into the masses.

"Hold fire! Civilians!" Price yelled back to me

I didn't want to listen, but I did. Better be safe than sorry. While it was tragic that they were dying at the Ultranationalist's hands, but it would be worse if we accidentally killed one when they could've lived. We ran and took cover behind burned out and bullet riddled cars. I peeked out to shoot an Ultranationalist, but before I could pull the trigger, a car came through, running him over and crashing. He hit a propane tank and the car exploded. Poor bastard.

"Watch the balconies! Nikolai, hang back! Protect Soap!" Price yelled as we ran down the street "Doorway! Right side!"

I looked to my right and shot down a soldier standing in the doorway of a house. It was such a terrible thing. Families had lived peacefully here until that psychopath Makarov sent his troops in to uproot their lives.

"Keep moving down the street! We've got to get Soap out of here!" Price yelled "Ghost! Give me a sitrep!"

"We've made it to the chopper, sir. We're waiting for your go to get out of here."

"Roger that! We're making our way over to the weapons cache to commandeer a UGV to aid in extraction. Hold position for now."

"Roger that."

As I listened, I noticed that Ghost could be incredibly professional at some points, but at others, he lets his emotions get the best of him. It's a trait that's going to get him killed.

"Machine gunner, main balcony! Take him out!" Price yelled to me

I took cover behind a car and looked through one of the windows. Sure enough, at the end of the street, an Ultranationalist was manning an MG and it was taking its toll on our ranks. I pulled out from behind cover and aimed over the hood, then fired three bullets into the machine gunner's chest. Two more soldiers ran up to the balcony, but I cut them down before they even came close to manning that MG. I started moving up when another Mi-17 started dropping off more troops. I tried shooting them down before their boots hit the ground, but one or two made it down. I heard that whirring sound again right as Price yelled out to me.

"The drone's doing another pass!"

I ran to the doorway where I shot down the Ultranationalist earlier. I leapt over his body and took cover in the house. I was not going to be killed by a drone. Not after all the shit I've been through. I saw the drone's missiles hit the street, causing several cars to explode. When the drone passed, I followed Price down the street and around the corner.

"The chopper's this way!" Price yelled

We cleared the street of hostiles and turned left down an alley. At the end was a wall with a big iron gate. On the other side, Ultranationalists were positioned and waiting. This was going to be fun to get around.

"The weapons building is directly ahead!" Nikolai said, finally catching up to us

Price and I approached the gate, but the Russians started firing before we got close.

"There's too many of them between us and the chopper. Nikolai, we need that UGV now!" Price growled

"You're almost there! Go through the building!" Nikolai suggested

"Yuri, this way! Yuri, over here!"

I heard you the first time. It's not like you I'm deaf. I've been listening to you so far, haven't I? We went through a house to our right, and inside was not a pretty sight. There were multiple families, holding onto their relatives, others, their spouses, and children. There were dead and dying everywhere. And to think that all of this was cause by Price and the people he brought here. We moved to the back door where another Loyalist waited with a shotgun.

"Breaching!" He called out as he blasted the hinges and kicked down the door

We ran out the door and the street was full of dead civilians. Rest in peace. Price turned left down the street, not even fazed by the dead bodies. How? I mean, sure, I'd seen dead bodies before, hell, I've made a few. But the ones you kill don't affect you the same way ones of the people you know or innocents do. It wasn't right that these people had to die just because they were between the Ultranationalists and Price. He continued down the street until he made it to the last house. He stepped up onto the porch.

"Hold up. This is it." He said "Get inside!"

I heard the drone come back as he opened the door and we stepped inside. The Ultranationalists must be hitting the village hard with the drone because the building started to shake violently.

"The UGV is in a shipping crate directly below you." Nikolai's voice came in over the radio

Price bent down and pulled up a hatch in the floor. Below it was a flight of stairs that led into darkness. Price pulled out a flashlight and we went down the stairs. As we made our way down, the building shook again, and dust rained from the ceiling. Price shined his light across the room and the beam stopped on a gigantic shipping crate with the number 526 on it.

"I see it." Price said as the building shook again

He walked over to it, then set his light down on a nearby crate. He picked up a crowbar and pried open the crate, the front of it falling to the ground. Price walked around to the front, then bent down to pull the UGV out of the crate.

"Unmanned ground vehicle. 2 centimeter armor plating, mounted mini-gun, and grenade launcher. Controls are going to be in Russian. Yuri, you're up." Price said

I walked over to the other side of the room where a computer sat on a table next to a garage door. I started typing on the keyboard and watched the screen."[SISTEMA ZAGRUZKI]" [СИСТЕМА ЗАГРУЗКИ] [LOADING SYSTEM]. Finally, the UGV's cam feed came onto the screen.

"Nikolai, what's Soap's condition?" Price asked behind me

"We've got to get him out of here!"

"Yuri, clear a path to the chopper. We'll be right behind you!"

You mean right behind the UGV. I'll still be back here controlling the damn thing.

"That minigun will punch right through walls!" Price yelled

Yeah, I know. I spooled up the minigun and shot down the soldiers before they were even aware of the UGV's presence.

"Use your grenade launcher!"

(Come on, Price. Does he look like he's Ramirez?) I aimed upwards and shot the Havoc, taking it down with two grenades. To the UGV's left, there was a playground with cars scattered around. I shot at any Ultranationalists that were left and they fell quickly. I continued down the road, where more soldiers were running up a hill towards me.

"Clear a path!" Price yelled as I mowed them down quickly and continued down the path they just took, shooting more UNs (Ultranationalists. It was getting annoying writing that out a bunch of times.)

I turned left and saw more UNs running out of a building. I riddled them with bullets then turned to my right, where scaffolding was set up to make up for where a former attack caused the road to be obliterated and fall down to the river below. I worked my way across and turned left to see more UNs taking position on scaffolding covering a three story building. I shot at them and they fell. Literally. The scaffolding collapsed, killing anybody I missed with the minigun. I continued up a hill until I saw the Little Bird. UNs were positioned all around it, and I cut into their ranks with ease. I saw on the corner of the screen that two more Mi-17s were making their way over, so I shot them down with the grenade launcher before they even got close. A Havoc came from where the Mi-17s were and it soon joined them as wreckage in the forest.

"Yuri, we're moving up! Keep them pinned down!" Price yelled "Ghost! Get the bird spinning up!"

"Roger that!" Ghost yelled into the radio

I winced because of how loud he was. He must've been pretty desperate to get out of there if he was that loud. I continued to soot at the UNs as I saw Price and Nikolai come into view on the bottom of the screen.

"We're at the chopper! Loading Soap now!" Price informed me

Not like I needed him to. I could see everything he was doing on the monitor. Then, the entire screen started flashing red.

"Drone inbound!" Price yelled

I watched as a missile exploded, tipping the UGV over. The screen started fuzzing out as the drone flew past. Shit.

"Yuri! Run to the chopper! Move! Go! Go!" Price yelled to me as I took off running

I crossed the dead UN soldiers bodies and ran down the hill. I turned right onto the scaffolding and felt the ground go out from under me as I heard an explosion.

"Look out!" Price yelled as I continued to slide down

The drone flew past, as if to say yeah, I'm sending you to your death. What you gonna do about it? I started to slide down the hill as debris and barrels, well, barreled down past me. They crashed into a house built into the hillside and caused it to collapse. Right in my fucking path too. I clawed my way across the ground, desperate to get out of the way of the pile of concrete and steel. I dodged it and then continued to slide until I hit the edge of the cliff- where it dropped off at least a hundred feet into a raging river. I surfaced for a moment and saw the Little Bird but was pulled under by the current. I clawed at anything I could grab, trying to break the surface of the water. The edges of my vision was getting dark when I finally grabbed something. It was a tree root. I clutched onto it as the current tried to drag me with it. But I held on and grabbed onto a nearby rock, pulling myself out of the river and onto dry land. I collapsed onto the rocks and tree roots that were my saviors. I started to go unconscious, managed to hear a piece of conversation.

"There he is! There's Yuri!" Nikolai called

"Good. We'll need him. We're going after Makarov." Price said

"Who the bloody hell's Yuri?" a man with a Scottish accent asked

I didn't think about who it was, nor did I care at the moment. All I cared about was falling asleep after and exhausting day.

QoC: Now that we're in MW3, whose team do you think I should focus on more? Team Metal or Task Force 141?