Michael "Toad" Rogers

"*And who the fuck do you think you are, Graves? WE'RE A TEAM!*"
— Toad's last words before being betrayed by Phillip Graves and killed.
**Michael "Toad" Rogers** is a main character featured in *Call of Duty: All Out War 2*. A member of the SAS with a close allegiance to Simon "Ghost" Riley, Toad is an expertise marksman, and is loyal to those who lead him. He works alongside Ghost, SAS and Shadow Company to stop Imran Zakheav and Chang Wei, but is killed by Phillip Graves in an act of betrayal.

## Biography

Not much is known about Toad's past, other than the fact that he is very close with Ghost and the two have history together, and that he joined the SAS "right when he was able to".

### War Against Zakheav and Chang

#### Assassination of Ghobonoch

"*Ghost, mate, gimme a sitrep. Shadow's are getting pissy.*"
— Toad's first line of the game.
On July 15th, 2024, Toad assists Ghost, General Shepherd and Shadow Company on their assination of General Ghobonoch, acting as radio support for Ghost as he evades the hostile forces in the area. Upon reaching the checkpoint, Ghost orders the missile and Phillip Graves fires it, and directly hits the area, killing Ghobonoch and all the hostiles.

#### Capture of Victor Zakheav

"*He's right here, you can't be serious!*"
— Toad to Shepherd when Shepherd tells them to let Victor Zakheav go.
2 Months later, Toad and Ghost work with the FSB to fight the Inner Circle in Moscow. After getting a tip on Imran Zakheav's son, Victor Zakheav holed up in a compound north from Moscow, Shadow Company AC-130 arrives, and the joint-force moves north.

An hour later, Graves assists the team from overhead in an AC-130 while they progress into the compound where Victor is, fighting through countless Inner Circle soldiers. Despite his attempts to escape, Toad and Ghost personally capture him, then get extracted by more FSB agents in a van, Victor secure.

While trying to escape in the van, they are ambushed and forced to hold out on a rooftop while they wait for secondary extraction. During the altercation, either Kamarov or Nikolai will die here, but no matter what, Graves will keep the team safe with the AC-130, and they are able to escape with Victor secure. The team interrogates Victor, but are forced to let him go per Shepherd's orders so they can "see where he leads us".

#### Delivering Crippling Blows

"*This is your idea of a stealth mission? God help us all.*"
— Toad to Graves after the stealth mission in Changi goes wrong.
Following the failed assassination attempt of Chang Wei, Toad works with John MacTavish, John Price and Gary "Roach" Sanderson, as well as Ghost and Shadow Company to go after his countless networks setup in Singapore.

On September 5th close to midnight, Toad and Ghost stealthily infiltrate a massive port in Brani, Singapore with Soap and Price on overwatch in order to secure precious cargo that is being shipped to Chang. The mission is succesful, and they board the ship that Soap and Price are on and clear it out, before it disembarks off the port to move.

On September 6th, Toad, Ghost, Price, Soap and Graves with Shadow Co. race to an offshore Oil Rig located off the coast of Changi, Singapore to sabotage it as a diversionary tactic. After rescuing all the hostages, and planting C4 on most of the dead guards; they blow up the rig and escape swiftly in helicopters.

5 hours later, the team with assistance of the USMC attack Changi Airport that had just been taken over by Chang in order to stop a bombing run from even initiating. Toad, Graves, Ghost and Shadow Co. stealthily move through the slums and reach the airport first, providing sniper support and recon for the main attack force so they can reach the hangar. After regrouping, the team accomplishes their mission and bugs out before reinforcements arrive, at the cost of a wounded Soap who must stay back for their next mission.

#### Re-Capture of Victor Zakheav

"*The Sins of our Fathers..*"
— Toad talking to the team about Victor.
Hours later, the team (minus Soap) decides to go on an unsanctioned illegal operation to re-capture Victor for more information on Imran, due to the fact that Chang Wei has essentially disappeared off the grid after his operations in Singapore failed. After stealthily clearing the checkpoint and securing disguises, they ambush Victor's convoy and Toad and Ghost personally pursue him while Roach is on sniper support. They manage to corner and subsequently capture him, handing him over to Graves for interrogation.

#### Betrayal and Death

"*No, I don't take orders from you.*"
— Toad defiantly defending himself against Graves, moments before the betrayal.
Afterwards, the team heads back to the Shadow Company forward HQ but are stopped at the front gates by Graves who subsequently betrays them per General Shepherd's orders, due to their "time being up", and Shepherd wanting to be looked at as a war hero and to be the one to stop Imran. In the ensuing battle, Graves kills Toad, but Ghost and Price are able to escape into the city while Soap is captured back at Shadow Company HQ in the US.