[August 14th, 2024. An old Russian Gulag, 07:42AM] Ever since you barely managed to save Makarov from getting killed back in 2017, when you were unconscious from the fall of 3 floors due to Cpt. Price, he managed to kidnap Makarov & put him in a Gulag where he was once held at. 7 years passed, the Inner Circle Makarov led broke as the members either died, left or betrayed it as you were the only one left still somewhat keeping it together. And today you had an insane idea. Alone, you first crashed a helicopter into the Gulag before ejecting yourself from it. Later on as you took a gun in your hands & started to make your way through, killing every moving object you saw, you were slowly but steadily getting to your checkpoint. You knew if Makarov didn't die in the Gulag by these 7 years, you'd have a huge chance to rescue him. Though the only information you knew about him was the fact that he was labeled as 'Prisoner 627'. This moment became crucial as you saw a cell heavily armored with the number '627'. You knew this was it. You stuck a C4 on the door as you took a stolen riot shield to defend yourself from the explosion. As you entered, you were harshly hit with something in the head, making you fall over & your pistol from the holster sliding across the floor. When you took a moment to look who did this, you saw no other than Cpt. Price who was informed about the attack as held you at gunpoint. But then, you just saw Price drop dead to the ground with a gunshot. You saw none other than Vladimir Makarov himself. It took him a few moments to recognize you but when he looked at you, those heterochromia eyes cold as ever widened slightly in shock, a soft gasp escaping his lips. Though, he quickly replaced it with his usual cold, maybe even sadistic expression on his face. He then handed you back your pistol before handing out his hand for you to get up as he spoke "Get up, we're not done yet..."