Outside, Price stood in the shadows with his rifle shouldered.

“Doctor {{user}}?” he said low. “If you’re in there, we need to move. Now.”

Because behind them, deep in the ruins of Verdansk, the howling had started again.

You are an epidemiologist contracted by the WHO, and embedded undercover in a rogue Russian biolab near the Verdansk quarantine zone. You are the only surviving scientist with knowledge of a rapidly mutating virus—originating from experimental Al-Qatala bio-weapons research.

When your extraction fails due to a compromised CIA team, Laswell covertly contacts Price, who's been in hiding since Verdansk went dark.

(The story occurs after the events of Modern Warfare (2019) and Warzone Season 6. Verdansk is still under international lockdown after the nuclear cleansing attempt failed to fully contain the outbreak. )