18:16:03, Outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, now that the interrogation is over, Kyle expresses his disapproval of the methods used to break The Butcher. Captain Price and Soap convince him that they are still doing the right thing in response.

Kyle: Boss. What the hell are we doing here?

Captain Price: We're cleaning up a mess.

Kyle: With women and children?

Soap: They were leverage.

Kyle: They were hostages.

Soap: When you take the gloves off, you get blood on your hands, Kyle. That's how it works.

Kyle: *sighs* Where do we draw the line on this, sir?

Captain Price: You draw the line wherever you need it, Sergeant. End of the day, someone has to make the enemy scared of the dark. We get dirty, and the world stays clean. That's the mission. Now, if you're having second thoughts, then Soap and I can do this on our own.

Kyle: No, sir. No second thoughts.

Soap: Good man, that's what we want to hear.

Captain Price: Now let's get Hadir before he kills the Zakhaevs.

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Going Dark

2nd December, 2019 - 18:30:23

Cpt. John Price

British S.A.S. - Unsanctioned

Kolpino, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Just walking distance from Kolpino, the British S.A.S. Operators encounter a pickup truck full of Al-Qaeda and Taliban Terrorists wearing Russian civilian clothes but brandishing both Russian and NATO weapons.

Captain Price: Hmm. The nights must come sooner here at this time of year.

Kyle: Is that a search party?

Soap: Affirmative. Hadir brought Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. They're still looking.

[doors open]

Captain Price: We're not too late then. Let's get Hadir before he starts a third world war in the Zakhaevs' basement. Stay close.

Kyle: It's quiet.

Captain Price: Means Hadir's already in control.

[birds fly away]

Kyle: The Zakhaevs may not be home.

Captain Price: Assume they are. If they're not, they will be. Kolpino will be crawling with Al-Qaeda and Taliban. Best advantage we'll have is the dark. Stay hidden and only engage when you have to. If Hadir's in the Zakhaevs' house, we need a chance to find him.

[AKS-74U fire]

Captain Price: Shots fired, let's go.

The entire town being quiet can only mean that Hadir and his Al-Qaeda and Taliban friends are already in control. With the enemy having the strength in numbers, the only advantage Captain Price, Kyle and Soap have is the quickly approaching dark.

After killing a few light and power sources and Al-Qaeda/Taliban Terrorists in the forest before Kolpino, Bravo 6, Bravo 8 and Bravo 7 arrive at a ridge overlooking the entire town. They take a quick scan and see that the Zakhaev Estate is quiet while the establishments surrounding it, which are a clock tower, a church, and a pool, are busy despite most of the Russian citizens being dead.

The British S.A.S. Operators then split up with Captain Price and Kyle rappelling down and Soap staying behind to provide overwatch. The first stop of the strike team is the Pool, where they find no Kilo 2 or any of the Zakhaevs but a Russian hostage who just went through electroshock torture.

Kyle: No sign of Hadir... but they have a hostage.

Captain Price: Alright, let's find out what the hostage knows. Any intel could lead us to the Zakhaevs.

[Russian Hostage 1 speaks gibberish]

Kyle: Poor bastard's done in.

Soap: There's still activity in the Church and Clock Tower. Hadir could be there.

With the Pool being a dead end, Bravo 6 and Bravo 8 move onto the Church. Where they do not find Hadir, but a murdered Prime Minister Viktor Zakhaev currently tied up to the temple's Crucifix via barbed wire and another kidnapee.

Kyle: Oh, no. They killed Prime Minister Viktor Zakhaev. What a mess.

Captain Price: The PM may not be the nicest man in the world, but this is plain wrong. Even for Hadir. Fucking savages.

Kyle: Still no visual on Hadir. It's another hostage.

Captain Price: Let's see if he can still talk.

Russian Hostage 2: Our family will come for us.

Kyle: Shit, Captain. The hostages are the Zakhaevs' family.

Captain Price: The Zakhaevs' men came to Hadir's house, and now he's in theirs.

Soap: Better hustle to the Clock Tower. If they have a hostage, he or she won't last long.

Captain Price and Kyle waste no time infiltrating the Clock Tower and finding one more hostage now that a possibly inbound Russian rescue force has been discovered.

Kyle: Negative on Hadir.

Captain Price: Let's find out if the hostage gave up Imran Zakhaev.

Russian Hostage 3: Third floor, 4-5-1. Third floor, 4-5-1.

Kyle: They broke him. He's saying "Third floor, 4-5-1.".

Soap: What's the call, Bravo 6?

Captain Price: Eh, it's all we got to go on. Get to the third floor of the Zakhaev Estate. We'll meet you there.

Soap: Roger, roping down now.

With that new development, the British S.A.S. Operators methodically rush to the Zakhaev Estate's third floor. Where Soap is already waiting for Captain Price and Kyle by the only door with a keypad lock.

Soap: (quietly) On you, mates. I'll cover.

Kyle: (quietly) 4-5-1. *opens door* (normally) Clear right!

Captain Price: Clear left! You stupid BASTARD, Hadir!

Hadir: Captain, PLEASE! I didn't know it was you!

Captain Price: Where's Imran Zakhaev?!

Hadir: He's not here!

Captain Price: But his son and family were here!

Hadir: Are you protecting them?

Soap: No, we're trying to prevent World War FUCKING 3!

Kyle: And we're taking you!

Captain Price: Come!

Hadir: Wait! *takes telescopic case* I'm not your enemy. I know where the Sarin Gas is made. I have the location.

Captain Price: This is Imran Zakhaev's chemical factory?

Hadir: Yes. I'm taking it down. We're still on the same side, Captain.

Captain Price: Not like this.

Hadir: Then help us. Please, help my sister— Listen.

[Mi-24 flies by]

Soap: GET DOWN!

Russian Airman 1: (Russian) They're inside the Zakhaev Estate!

[YakB-12.7 fire]

Captain Price: IT'S THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES!

Kyle: WE NEED TO LEAVE!

Hadir: I know a way out! The north side tunnels.

Captain Price: You're in our custody, Hadir! Don't fuck about!

Hadir: The door's stuck!

Kyle: PULL!

[door opens]

Captain Price: This staircase is on fire! Take the other one down the hall!

Soap: You kicked a bloody hive, Hadir! President Zakhaev will want heads for this!

The good news is that Kilo 2 and the location of the Ultranationalist Party's main Sarin Gas factory have been found and are in friendly hands. The bad news is that the Russian Aerospace Forces and Spetsnaz finally arrive to liberate Kolpino from all of its foreign invaders.

Thus making the British S.A.S. Operators and Hadir valid targets for termination. So they have to work together to reach their only exit: the North Side Tunnels.

But it turns out the escape only requires killing a few O.M.O.N. (Otryad Mobilnyy Osobogo Naznacheniya) Operators who are already in the target building. As the Al-Qaeda and Taliban Terrorists and the Russian Armed Forces and Federal Police end up getting busy murdering each other.

So Captain Price, Kyle, Soap and Kilo 2 use the urban firefight to their advantage and sneak to the North Side Tunnels and out of town.

[gate closes]

Soap: Shite. That was some battle. Good call letting them kill each other, sir.

Captain Price: *nods* Kyle, you alright?

Kyle: Mm-hmm.

Captain Price: Clear your head, son.

Kyle: Never been more clear, sir.

Hadir: *helps Kyle up* You'll help me attack the lab, yes?

Kyle: *takes Hadir down* Not on your life. You're going down for this. *zip-ties Hadir*

Hadir: Captain?!

Captain Price: This was a one-way trip, Hadir. You knew that.

Hadir: But you'll do the right thing, yes?

Kyle: Boss, tell me we're gonna finish this.

Captain Price: We need support. Let's hope we get it.

Kyle: Move.

18:53:23, in the middle of the countryside, Bravo 6, Bravo 8 and Bravo 7 prepare to extradite General Hadir Karim to the United Kingdom in an Mi-26 Halo heavy transport helicopter with Nikolai and Kamarov at the helm. Until Major MacMillan gets on the horn to let them know that Laswell is on her way to hand their HVT (High-Value Target) to the Russian Government.

Hadir: Captain, please. Give Farah the plans. Tell her the truth.

Kyle: You'll have a chance to tell the whole world.

Hadir: I don't care about the world. I did this for my sister.

Soap: Ironic. Giving up on the world and subsequently making her homeless only makes you a terrible brother.

Major MacMillan: Bravo Team, this is Baseplate. You've got a friendly helo approaching south of your position at 1-8-0. It's Watcher, over.

Captain Price: (on comms) Copy. (off comms) It's Laswell.

Kyle: What's she doing here?

Captain Price: I smell blood. *gives telescopic case to Kyle* Lab intel. Keep it on you. And hold Hadir with Kamarov.

Kyle: Yes, sir.

Soap: Aye, Captain.

[door opens]

Captain Price: The hell is this?

Laswell: It's the off switch. We're turning him over.

Captain Price: To who?

Laswell: Russia.

Captain Price: Prisoner swap?

Laswell: It's one-way.

Kyle: What's the word, boss?

Captain Price: Standby.

Laswell: Don't make this ugly, Captain.

Captain Price: You give me a reason not to!

Laswell: It's a proxy war, John. We're all just pawns in this.

Captain Price: You speak for yourself.

Laswell: If we don't, then this happens.

Watcher then gives Captain Price an iPad and a pair of earphones and plays a recently posted YouTube video of President Imran Zakhaev addressing the world in reaction to his son's murder with pictures of the mutilated and desecrated late Prime Minister Viktor Zakhaev and Russia's nuclear arsenal.

Imran Zakhaev: Our so-called leaders prostituted us to the West. Destroyed our culture. Our economies. Our honor. Our blood has been spilled on our soil. My blood. On their hands. They are the invaders. All foreign forces will leave Afghanistan immediately. Or suffer the consequences.

Now that the West is one wrong move away from World War 3, Bravo 6 agrees to give his prisoner to Laswell for the deal with the Russians. But he also makes an agreement of his own with her by keeping the Lab Intel.

Captain Price: Hand him over. I'll explain later.

Kyle: Yes, sir.

Captain Price: Hadir's yours. Intel's mine.

Laswell: Whatever you've got going on here, I can help.

Captain Price: I'll call you if I need you. *smiles*