23:36:56, M.O.B. Wild West, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, not even in Task Force Los Vaqueros's installation yet, and Hunter Team 2, Shadow Team 1, Chemo and Bishop are already getting debriefed by Captain Price himself. Who is in the country, along with Kyle, Laswell and Sandman.
Captain Price: Task Force, this is Bravo 6. Did you stop the missile in the Gulf?
Graves: This is Shadow 1. We stopped it, Bravo 6. Some of us aren't happy with the execution and result, but the job's done, over.
Captain Price: Good work, and cheers, mates.
Ramirez: *looks closely* Is that—
[tires screech]
[Foley lowers Ramirez's head]
[L115A3 fire]
Roach: WHAT THE FUCK?!
Ramirez, Foley and Dunn: NO!
[MK20 SSR fire]
[Barrett M82A3 fire]
[M240B fire]
[Ramirez leaves his Task Force Los Vaqueros SUV and takes cover]
[C8 SFW fire]
[HK 433 fire]
[LVOA-C fire]
[M4A1 fire]
Roach: 141, LOS VAQUEROS, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!
[door opens]
Dipaolo: GET COVER, SIRS—
[HK 433 fire]
[Dipaolo, Erikson and Vance painfully scream]
[Graves, Chemo and Bishop leave their Task Force Los Vaqueros SUVs and take cover]
[doors open]
Halsey-Brixton: Open fire, Crown Team! Kill them all!
[M240B fire]
Ramirez: PHILLIP, EVEREST, NED, GET OUT OF HERE NOW! I'LL COVER!
[DD M4A1 fire]
[C7A2 fire]
[M4V7 fire]
Graves: NOT WITHOUT YOU, JAMES! COME ON!
Ramirez: *reaches out* ROACH!
Roach: NOOOO! CEASE FIRE! EVERYONE, CEASE FIRE! WHAT THE HELL IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!
Captain Price: Stand out of the fucking way, Staff Sergeant! Your American, Australian and Canadian friends are traitors!
Roach: WHAT?! SINCE WHEN?! SAYS WHO?!
Soap: Since the bloody beginning, Sanderson! Laswell warned us just in time! Now, get out of the line of fire!
Roach: (off comms) Where's Laswell?! (on comms) LASWELL! WHAT'S YOUR INTEL'S SOURCE?! DID YOU MAKE IT THE FUCK UP—
[M4A1 fire]
[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Soundtrack's Betrayal/Coup de Grâce plays]
[Bravo Team, Hotel Team and Crown Team look at Alejandro and Rodolfo]
Rodolfo: Los Zetas can corrupt anyone.
Alejandro: If Sanderson was not gonna betray you, he would've done so later.
Captain Price: Good call, mate.
Soap: Don't worry, hermano. We never liked that little fucker anyway.
Ghost: He can rot in Hell with the others.
Halsey-Brixton: So that's how you kill those masked dickheads. Thanks for the tip, Alejandro, Rodolfo.
The American, Australian and Canadian Operators of Task Force 141, excluding Metal 0-1, have been betrayed and are currently being hunted down by the British and Mexican Operators. And Sergeant First Class Joseph Allen, Master Sergeant Keith Foley, Sergeant First Class Barry Dunn, Sergeant Major of Shadow Company Marcel Dipaolo, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Denholm 'Denny' Vance and Lieutenant Commander Finn Erikson are among the many more who got killed by them in M.O.B. Wild West.
As well as Staff Sergeant Gary 'Roach' Sanderson for merely trying to get a sense of the insanity. The moment the fighting in the base stops, their bodies are then collected by the Task Force Los Vaqueros Operators running the base for immediate disposal.
With a smoking Bravo 6 burning them himself once the ditch has been filled with gasoline.
Captain Price: Watcher, Bravo 6. The Yanks, Canucks and Aussies are decimated and on the run. What's the status of Gold Eagle, over?
Laswell: Shepherd was able to escape M.O.B. Wild West just like the survivors of your ambush, but his entire security team is out of commission. They're all heading into town. Go get 'em, John. I'll main ISR. They won't outrun me or the truth, over.
Captain Price: Roger that. We'll get these treasonous cunts for this, Kate.
Alejandro: Weapons hot, Vaqueros.
All because of this particular truth that was recently uncovered and shared by Watcher.
TWO MONTHS AGO
Laswell: (narration) I uncovered redacted intel regarding a black bag operation. Conducted by General Shepherd and carried out by Shadow Company.
--
Hindsight
August 12th, 2022 - 03:00:03
SMSC. Marcel Dipaolo
Shadow Company
Route 606, Nimruz Province, Afghanistan
--
Laswell: (narration) They were transacting stolen RT-2PM2 Topol-M mobile ICBMs to our allies fighting Russians in the Middle East. The mission did not go as planned.
Erikson: What are we carrying this time, Graves?
Graves: If I told ya, I'd have to kill ya.
Vance: I bet he'd do it, too.
Dipaolo: No doubt.
Graves: This's nothin' but a milk run, boys. Guns for the good guys. You'll be back at HQ for breakfast. Don't shit the bed and there'll be bonuses all around. Find me when you get back.
Dipaolo, Erikson and Vance: Yep, yep. *fist-bump*
Graves: Shepherd's waitin' for a SITREP. Don't leave him hangin'. Out.
Vance: Four containers.
Dipaolo: That's a lotta fuckin' milk.
Erikson: (off comms) Thirsty friends. (on comms) Shadow 2 to Gold Eagle.
Shepherd: Send traffic, Shadow 2.
Erikson: Three Shadow victors exiting Highway 7-Zulu. No issues. Copy that, over?
Shepherd: Copy. Get that cargo delivered on time. Do not fail. Gold Eagle, out.
Vance: "Do not fail." Told you this shit was important.
Laswell: (narration) Reconnaissance said the route was clear of enemy activity. The reports were wrong. The shipment was spotted before it arrived at its destination.
Laswell then learned that Shadow Company was ambushed by the Ultranationalist Inner Circle itself. With Ivan leading the operation and killing the last survivor of the convoy, Dipaolo, while Shepherd and Graves tried burying the fiasco over the comms.
But Watcher is not done yet.
Dipaolo: GRAVES! THEY'VE GOT THE RADIO—
[AK-105 fire]
Laswell: (narration) The Ultranationalists executed the entire squad and got a hold of Shadow's comms. They learned Shepherd was behind it. They gave the missiles to Hadir and ordered him to start World War 3 with them. But Shepherd was able to reach out to them and cut them a deal that involved framing the United Kingdom instead. In exchange, Russia can have all of Europe. Even if it must stand upon a pile of ashes. So they got some British and Aegis colors and insignias, and the rest is history. Shepherd's intentions were good, but the missiles were illegally obtained, unsanctioned and off the books. He and Graves buried it. The cover-up is always worse than the crime. We were getting too close and they weren't gonna let it happen. Four missiles were stolen. We've only found three. Hadir's got one more. We need to find it.
