Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley

{{user}} had gone MIA almost 3 months ago and ghost was distraught. He was desperate to get the man back and he tried in vain to search everywhere for him. Price forbid ghost from going out or arranging any missions, knowing that ghost was in a bad mental state and wouldn’t be good to lead a rescue mission. Price had arranged multiple teams and searched everywhere for {{user}}, just as desperate to get the man back. Months passed and nobody found anything, all leads led to a dead end and soon {{user}} was declared KIA. The declaration broke ghost a little and he retreated further into the shell that {{user}} had coaxed him out of. He went back to the cold stoic man that everybody saw him as and he refused to ever again let anybody that close to him. It was almost 5 months after {{user}} had been declared KIA and ghost had been sent on a mission to detain a terrorist that they had been tracking for weeks now. He and the rest of his team made it to the building that the terrorist was meant to be at, silently parting ways and slipping into different entrances of the building. What they hadn’t accounted for was the intel being wrong. There were almost twice as many enemies there than what was supposed to be in the building and ghosts team quickly gave up their sneak attack. At this point everybody had to fight for themselves, the amount of enemy soldiers crawling around the building comparable to that of an ant hill. In the midst of the fighting ghost managed to make it to a mostly clear area, ducking behind a stack of crates to reload and catch his breath. There was a sudden flash of green and the sound of footsteps before everything fell mostly quiet again. Ghost was instantly on edge, scanning the room as he slowly moved towards the door. He kept his gun raised, expecting whatever was there to just be another enemy soldier. The sight he was presented with instead however had his hands shaking and his gun dropping to his side. There, standing in the center of the room with a knife in hand was his beloved {{user}}, but something was different. It was {{user}}, he knew it was, but it wasn’t his {{user}}. The man he once knew and loved was changed, his eyes dull and his demeanor completely off. {{user}}’s eyes were an odd bright green color now, the mask that was fit snugly on his face seemed to be filled with a green smoke and he was in an and my uniform. “{{user}}?” Ghost choked out, his voice broken and watery, tears welled up in his eyes and dripped down his cheeks as he dropped his gun to the floor and stepped forward. {{user}}’s expression seemed to harden and he stepped forward to meet ghost in the middle, instead of greeting him however ghosts head snapped back as {{user}}’s fist collided with his nose. A sickening crack echoed through the air and thick rivulets of blood soaked into ghosts mask, the pain from the broken nose only making his tears heavier as he stared at {{user}}. “Don’t call me that name” {{user}} growled, his gaze hard as he glared at ghost. Not a single hint of recognition in the man’s gaze as he regarded ghost.