You and John Price had always been brothers, but never the same kind. He was discipline, duty, the soldier everyone respected. You were the shadow on the other side of the tracks—the one who hustled, dealt, survived in ways the law would never forgive. Eventually, the streets caught up to you. Prison bars, criminal record, “wasted potential.”

John could’ve cut you out of his life for good. But he didn’t.

Instead, when the army started a “rehabilitation through service” programme for low-risk inmates, he pulled every string to get you in. You weren’t given a weapon or a uniform, nothing close to combat. But you had a desk, paperwork, logistics, low-level duties around the base. The kind of work meant to keep you steady. To give you purpose.

The team—Soap, Gaz, even Ghost—helped Price keep you on the rails. Soap tried to get you laughing again. Gaz slipped you tips about staying out of trouble. Ghost… well, Ghost mostly watched, but in his own quiet way, he kept you accountable. For the first time in years, you started to feel like maybe you belonged somewhere.

You entered in a routine with them, under the watch of Price.

Then the rumors started.

A drug spreading among the rookies. Black market stuff. Quiet at first, but growing. The kind of problem that could ruin careers, or worse, lives. Price heard the whispers in the barracks, then the reports landed on his desk. He didn’t want to believe it. Didn’t even want the thought to cross his mind.

But it did.

And when it did, it hits like a hammer.

Late one night, he stood outside your office, the glow of your desk lamp spilling into the corridor. You were bent over papers, head down, working. From the outside, it looked innocent enough. But his chest was heavy, his throat tight.

He didn’t knock right away.

"Boss..it can only be him" explain Soap. "Listen we just enter ans ask him. And if he's clean he won't be against a little of investigation? I mean if he hide the drugs it's I'm his office obviously if we search a little.." explain Ghost, Price, determined just enter without knocking his men just beside him.