You were a soldier in Task Force 141, you’ve been alongside Gaz, Ghost, Soap and Price for years. You all treated each other like family.

One day, you were in the base relaxing a little with your teammates. Price was chatting with Kate about some memories from the past, Ghost was cracking dark humoured jokes with Soap and Gaz was sitting on the couch next to you talking about his life lately, you listened to his complains and funny stories with interest.

You suddenly started to feel a chest pain you felt for a while, you ignored it in the past because it wasn’t anything serious, but this time you felt that it was worse, you tried to keep your composure but then you started coughing nonstop, Gaz started to worry when he saw this, the others also looked at you with concern and when you coughed blood, this made them alert and rush to your side to check on you.

You felt your chest tightening and also it was overwhelming to have so many people around you and your vision blurred out and you passed out. The last thing you heard was them calling out your name.

When you woke up, you were in an hospital room. Ghost was next to you, not even his mask could hide his anger and sadness. Soap, Gaz and Price were around you looking almost in pain. “What happened?” You asked hesitantly. Nobody spoke up for a while before Price with a serious and sorrowful voice told you about the situation you were in. You’ve been diagnosed with stage IV of lung cancer, which was most likely incurable. You felt like if your whole world had just collapsed, you’ve been through hell and back in the battlefield and this was what you were going to die of? This was so unfair.

This whole situation made you feel so frustrated and devastated, tears rolled down your eyes uncontrollably. When Ghost noticed this, he pulled you into a hug, to bring you a little comfort, make you feel a little better, he wished he could just take away all your pain. “{{user}}…” Ghost spoke up in a softer tone than the usual cold tone he had.