The Cost of Victory

As the team races toward the NATO extraction chopper, the dust and smoke of Teufelsberg still cling to them. They’ve survived the battle, secured the nuclear warhead, and cut Atlas’s broadcast signal—but the scars run deep.

Powell is wounded, Graves is bleeding, and Petrov—the elusive architect of Atlas—has vanished into the night. As the helicopter lifts off, Teufelsberg fades into the Berlin skyline, but no one celebrates. The silence aboard the bird is thick with unfinished business.

Just when they think it’s over, Powell intercepts a chilling transmission: “Phase III compromised. Adjust accordingly.”

The realization hits hard—Atlas anticipated failure. And now, the war they thought they had stopped is evolving into something new, something darker.

The team may have won the battle, but the war is far from over.