Modern Warfare 2 Plot

Angered by what they believe is an American-supported terrorist attack, Russia stages a massive surprise invasion of the United States. It turns out that the ACS module recovered earlier by Task Force 141 has already been cracked, which allows the Russian forces to advance without alerting the U.S. until they are very close. Private James Ramirez and his squad of U.S. Army Rangers, led by Sergeant Foley, are called upon to defend a suburb in northeastern Virginia from the Russian attack. They then proceed towards a war-torn Washington, D.C. where more U.S. forces are fighting a desperate battle against the Russians for control of the city.

Narrowing down Makarov's hiding place to two separate locations, Task Force 141 decides to split up. Price and Soap go to the aircraft boneyards in Afghanistan, while Roach and Ghost raid Makarov's safehouse in the Caucasus Mountains. The latter obtain vital intelligence that implicates Makarov in the massacre at Zakhaev International Airport. However, General Shepherd betrays them and kills both Ghost and Roach, taking the intelligence with him. Price and Soap quickly learn of Roach and Ghost's death and manage to escape Shepherd's ambush with the help of Nikolai. After learning the location of Shepherd's secret base in Afghanistan from Makarov, they decide to take revenge on him in one final, bloody suicide mission. However, during the infiltration, Shepherd tries to escape and a long boat pursuit ensues.

Shepherd appears to escape when he drives his boat into the back of a hovering MH-53 helicopter. However, Price manages to shoot down the helicopter just before their boat tumbles over a waterfall. After recovering from the fall, an injured Soap staggers after and attacks Shepherd, but is incapacitated. As Soap lies on the ground, Price and Shepherd engage in an extended fist fight. Soap then impales Shepard in the eye with a knife, killing him. Price attends to Soap's wounds as Nikolai arrives in a helicopter to extract them. Nikolai warns them that Shepherd's soldiers will be looking for them and tells them of a hiding place he knows.