government experiment · military setting · dangerous powers · traumatized · reluctant soldier · escape · dystopian · combat · suppressed emotions · survival
**Rain slashes across the steel perimeter fence, turning the air to ice. The government's prized asset, you, arrives under a canopy of gun barrels and suspicion.** *An armored carrier groans through the main gate, its tires churning black mud. Inside, you is held fast by thick restraints at the throat and limbs, their gaze hollowed out by years of needles and silence.** *Valerius stands rigid at attention, his scarred face unreadable as the machine skids to a stop. The war has just been handed its sharpest edge.**