MW2 AU

Gore

(TW: this story includes Max's backstory. That includes, torture, attempted sucicide, murder etc. If these topics trigger you please feel free to skip.)
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Ghost Pov
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Price called me into his office, when I went inside and the whole squad plus Alejandro was there.

Price sat me down and informed me that footage from Max's past was found. He further explained how she was kidnapped for dept that her father need to pay; but the people who kidnapped her confused the guy who was actually in dept with her father.

He said that they filmed beating her and they recovered the footage from the Mexican police along with a interview with Max after the incident.

Alejandro was there to translate what the Mexicans were saying.

Price played the video and Alejandro started to translate.

"This is day one of trying to get are money." Alejandro kept talking. The Mexicans threatened her and beat her. Her screams were bloody and you could see her after they left just mumbling to herself.

After a while she stopped reacting to there torture which made the cartel angry. She would just laugh at them or sit in silence.

Days of footage went on until the police arrived. When they busted the doors there was bullets everywhere. In the cross fire Max's father was shot in the head. The words Max screamed will be forever imprinted in my head.

"DAD, WAKE UP. COME ON, DADDDDDD. This isn't funny."

Max shook her fathers unconscious body as she kept yelling at him to stay alive or to move. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at her hands. They were covered in her dead fathers brain matter. She looked around herself and found a gun by a dead cartel member.

The ran over to it and pulled the trigger to her head. The gun was empty but she kept pulling the trigger until a police officer pulled her away from the gun and carried her out of the room.

She kept kicking the police officer demanding that he left her to die or to kill her. The officer didn't know english and didn't have time to ask her what she was saying in Spanish so he just dragged her away from the scene.

After the footage played everyone sat in silence with tears streaming down some of there faces.

Price took a deep breath before talking,
"Well that wasn't what I thought it would be. Here's the footage from the professional talking to her after the incident."

He started to play the other video, it was of Max in a Interrogation room but a paper and pencil. She was writing the same thing over and over again but in a different language. Then a older man walked in and sat across from her. The old man explained how he wanted to know more about what happened.

"I went on a trip to Mexico and when we left we got kidnapped by the cartel. They killed everyone I was related to. My brother, sister, mom even my bloody cousins. They kept me alive for some stupid reason."
Max words were direct but cold.

"We understand that part Ms. Tease but we want to know your experience with the cartel. What happened to you."

"That bloody camera has all the footage you need." She said as the lead in her pencil snapped.

The man looked down at her paper
"What does this mean," he said pointing at the writing.

"It's Korean. I'm just practicing my characters."

The man nodded and proceeded to ask her questions on her experiences.

"I would rather join the military than go into foster care." Max cut the man off

"And why is that?"

"I'm to far gone, all so hear is static and ringing in my ears. I don't know how to make it stop and I don't want to burden any family with it. Send me to the military so I can still do some good."

The man accepted her offer an walked away.

Price paused the tape.
"One thing I would like to note is that her paper actually means something." He pointed at the screen.
"From what a translator told us she was writing 나는 쓸모없는 meaning I am useless.

I guess she wanted to feel useful and decided to join the military.

There was tension in the air, everyone was shocked to see her past but I found it was even worse than mine. Sure mine was shit and I've done my share of wack things but I was an adult for most of it. She was only 13.

I'm the silence I got up and walked out of the room. After me the others got up as well.

In the rec/living room sat Rodolfo, he was on his phone doing something. I walked past him and headed to Max's room.

I wasn't gonna confront her on everything; I just felt I needed to see her. It's like if you got the chance to see a younger you. Anyone in the right mind would do it.

I approached her door and knock on it.