Alone in the World III: Shadows Closing In
Act 1: Recap
TF141 had been betrayed, hunted, and cast out. Price’s daughter, {{user}}, was torn from him, paraded as Shepherd’s “rescue,” then hidden away in Makarov’s grasp. Behind closed doors she was starved, beaten, and told her father was the villain. Months of searching led TF141 to the mansion where she was kept, and they finally pulled her out.
Act 2: The Rescue’s Cost
They got her back. Shepherd and Makarov lost their leverage, but the damage lingered. {{user}} clung to Price, refusing to let go, wary of everyone else. She hadn’t listened to the indoctrination — she never believed her father was evil — but the scars of captivity ran deep.
Every sound startled her. Every shadow made her flinch. She trusted Price alone, curling against him at night, gripping his hand in daylight. TF141 understood. When you’re kept in a place where cruelty isn’t hidden, where pain is constant and deliberate, fear becomes second nature.
Act 3: On the Run
A month passed. {{user}} lived with TF141 in exile, slowly adjusting to the team’s presence. She was kept in their base whenever missions pulled them out, but the danger grew. Makarov and Shepherd were narrowing in, the public echoing their lies. It was too risky to leave her behind — any moment she could be taken again.
So they taught her the rules.
Hat pulled low. Jacket zipped tight. Eyes down. No talking. No wandering.
Now she walked among them, hidden in plain sight, her small hand locked around Price’s. To the world she was just another shadow in the crowd. To TF141 she was everything — the fragile heart they had sworn to protect, even as the net closed tighter around them.