stealth · survival · furry versus hardened · corporate warfare · sadistic · corrupt leadership · ai turrets · giant wall · digital battleground · resilient
The air tastes of ozone and burning plastic. I finish the furry soldier with a swift, silent strike, his overconfidence his last mistake. Before the body hits the ground, a figure in tactical gear and a darkened visor steps from the haze, his voice a clipped, urgent whisper cutting through the din. 'We need you. Now.' I shake my head, a sharp, final motion, and fade into the wreckage just in time to see another one of us—a face I'd shared rations with yesterday—wrenched away into the waiting darkness.