Following the events of "Takedown" and "Wolverines!"

"Alright," MacTavish said as he walked out of the small house the One-Four-One had used to interrogate their catch. "We got the info we need."

MacTavish began briefing the secondary extraction team that had come to escort the One-Four-One to safety.

"Captain MacTavish!" Ghost called from inside the house. "We've got problems!"

MacTavish immediately turned away and found Ghost staring at a T.V. The images depicted endless amounts of Russian paratroopers entering the United States, specifically in Washington.

Roach stood silently off to the side.

MacTavish was briefly lost in his own thoughts. I'm getting so sick of finding out about this kind of shit from the T.V. MacTavish noticed that Ghost wasn't focused on anything but the still looping images. His brother is in Washington…We don't have much time.

Ghost took off up the stairs, leaving his rifle on the floor.

"Ghost!" MacTavish called.

Ghost didn't answer.

A few seconds later, MacTavish heard the door to the roof slam open. He looked at Roach. "Keep an eye on him."

…

Roach followed Ghost to the roof. He was holding his phone up in the air and muttering to himself. "Two bars. That's all I need. Two bars… I need to get higher."

Ghost jumped onto the balcony of the next house, heading for the roof. The building was a story taller than any in a two-block radius.

Roach ran after Ghost, hesitating before jumping to the next building.

…

"Things have changed," MacTavish said to the evac team. "The United States has been invaded."

There was a moment of grave silence as the men looked at one another.

The technician of the group booted up his portable laptop. "We're getting a continuous busy signal, sir. Any aerial cover or evac we may have gotten has likely been recalled back to the States."

MacTavish leaned his rifle against the car next to them, thinking for a moment. "So we got no cell signal and no satellite coverage," he grunted. "Could we make a call using a payphone?"

The technician looked skeptical. "Yes, but I still don't think we'll be able to get any evac."

"Not from anybody you know," MacTavish replied. "Either way, we have to get moving. Let's see if we can find service or a payphone."

MacTavish turned in the direction of Ghost and Roach to find that they weren't back in the house. MacTavish looked up and saw that Ghost was nearing the top of the highest building in sight. Roach was only a few steps behind.

…

Roach caught up to Ghost and grabbed his friend's shoulder, turning him around.

They were standing on the top floor of the building. There was a staircase leading to the roof and windows on all sides.

"My brother is in the middle of that," Ghost said quietly, his face unseen due to his mask. "I have no service and no way to contact him."

Roach nodded in understanding.

…

MacTavish turned to a commotion down the street. Six militia soldiers burst through the door of the building Ghost and Roach were standing in. There were another seven soldiers moving up the next building over.

MacTavish cursed under his breath. We're going to have to shoot our way out of here.

The evac squad looked around, gripping their weapons.

MacTavish tossed his rifle to the technician. "Make sure we aren't flanked," he ordered.

The evac squad nodded.

MacTavish ran toward the second building as he drew his pistol. "Roach! Ghost! Militia on your six!"

…

Ghost and Roach heard someone clambering up the stairs as MacTavish's warning came through their coms.

Ghost moved to the door as a militia soldier ran into the room with his rifle pointed ahead. Ghost grabbed the weapon and tugged the man forward, kicking in his knee before ramming the butt of the soldier's rifle back into the face of its owner.

Roach moved forward, grabbed the man by his vest, and threw him into the wall before knocking him unconscious with a boot to the face.

Ghost grabbed the soldier's fallen rifle as five more militia soldiers crowded into the room with their weapons raised.

"Drop your guns!" one of the militia soldiers ordered.

Two men flanked left and another flanked right, examining the unconscious soldier for a moment.

The other two militia soldiers stayed where they were.

Ghost dropped the first soldier's rifle as Roach dropped his own weapon.

"Place sidearms on floor!" the militia soldier commanded.

"I'm having a pretty piss-poor day," Ghost warned. "Don't mess with me."

Roach slowly moved behind Ghost, placing his left hand near Ghost's right hip.

Ghost, understanding Roach's plan, took a small step back toward him.

"Kneel down and drop your guns!" the commanding officer repeated.

Roach quickly pulled out his pistol with his right hand while simultaneously grabbing Ghost's with his left and started shooting.

The two soldiers flanking left and man on the right were dead in seconds.

Ghost charged into the two men in front of them. Both hit the wall on the either side of the door. Ghost elbowed the man to his left and kicked the man to his right, sending him off his feet and into the wall.

…

Roach moved to help but pulled up short as bullets ripped through the wall and windows behind him.

Roach dove to the ground and rolled back toward the window. When the fire ceased, he looked out the shattered window for a brief moment before ducking back down.

There were seven militia soldiers spread across two balconies on the building across the street. Roach glanced up and saw that Ghost was far enough away from the windows that he wouldn't be shot. Roach dropped his empty sidearm and grabbed his rifle from the ground.

…

Ghost turned as the man he had elbowed attempted to rise. Ghost kneed him in the face before turning as the other man reached for a on the ground weapon. Ghost ran and kicked the soldier's chest, sending the soldier off his feet.

…

When he reached the roof, Roach ran to the edge and opened fire on the soldiers across the street on the lower balconies. Three men were dead in seconds. A solider on the balcony retreated into the building as the rest returned fire. Roach backed up.

…

The man on Ghost's left rose again and jabbed with his right fist. Ghost caught the arm and sidestepped the soldier, bringing up his knee. The man took the knee to the face before being punched to the ground.

With a grunt of exertion, Ghost grabbed the man by his vest and tossed him backwards into a window. Part of the window was shattered, leaving the man dead upon its sill, a large piece of glass protruding from his chest.

Ghost saw the second man rise to his feet and moved in, punching rapidly. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. The man was barely able to bat the blows aside as he was slowly backed toward the window behind him.

Right. Left. Ghost changed tactics and ducked, spinning around with his left leg in an attempt to trip the man. The militia soldier leapt over the sweeping leg but was unprepared when Ghost finished the spin with a kick using his right foot. He hit the man square in the chest, sending him out the window to his death.

Ghost turned as the first soldier that had entered the room stirred.

The man took one look at the skullface mask and the death around him before limping down the stairs and out of the building.

…

Roach looked over the edge of the roof again and quickly backed up as another few rounds pinged off the side of the building.

Roach gripped his rifle tightly. Then he heard a new weapon followed by screams of pain from the balcony below. He glanced at the street to see Captain MacTavish firing his pistol at the soldiers from nearly forty feet below.

Two more men went down as MacTavish continued firing his weapon. As MacTavish took cover to reload, Ghost came onto the roof behind Roach and opened fire, finishing off the last soldier on the balcony.

Roach nodded his thanks and looked down to see a soldier walk out onto the balcony, pointing an RPG directly at them. Roach grabbed Ghost and they started sprinting toward the opposite side of the roof.

…

MacTavish shot the man holding the RPG once in both legs and twice in the chest. The missile went off course and hit the ceiling just below the roof of Roach and Ghost's building, causing it to explode upwards. MacTavish saw Roach and Ghost leap off the side of the building toward the next roof.

…

The roof of the next building over broke under the weight of Ghost and Roach's fall, sending them rolling into the room below.

After a few seconds of groaning, both soldiers slowly sat up.

"You alright?" MacTavish called through the com.

"Define alright," Ghost groaned.

"Good. Regroup."

…

Everybody regrouped and moved toward higher ground in search of service or a payphone.

Up ahead, they spotted a civilian recording their progress. The civilian realized he had been seen and ran down a side street.

"Leave him," MacTavish ordered as a few men from the evac team moved to pursue. "After that explosion, everybody knows where we are. I've got a plan to get us out of here. Move."