The Final Hour

"The Final Hour" recounts the final hour of Gaz, a main character from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, in a novel format through Modern Warfare 's last two missions, "No Fighting in the War Room" and "Game Over," until Gaz meets his ultimate fate: death.

A few minutes before...

We are all in contact with Command. These vents are freaking cramped.

"Team One moving in." I say as we trudge on through the air vents.

I hear the voices of a US Marine and an SAS member, checking in. Command replies with good and bad news. Good news came first, as it always did. The good news was that the launch control wasn't located too far from our current location, about less than half a klick away.

"Gaz, you go with the Yanks and hit the security station. Soap, Griggs, and I will head for launch control." Price said, nodding towards me.

I reciprocated the nod back to Price.

"Roger. Command, what's the bad news?" I dared to ask.

A moment of silence came through the radio until Command came back with a regretful tone.

"Uh... The bad news is we're still trying to get those abort codes, over."

"The hell with it. We 'll give it our best shot. Out." Price immediately replied, motioning for Griggs and Soap to follow him in one direction.

I nodded to the other US Marines and we took the other route to the security station. The Russians already knew we were here, so we knew there would already be a lot of resistance. Or maybe they would find Price, Soap and Griggs and go after them?

We dropped down from the ventilation shaft in what appeared to be a long, grey, and dull hallway. There were doors that led to rooms that branched off the hallway and stocks of missiles, munitions, and general supplies were at the sides, next to the walls.