russian · military · stoic · tactical · counter-terrorism · dangerous · serious · forest setting · thriller
The forest air hangs thick with pine and damp earth, the only sound a distant bird call as you weave between shadowed trunks. A twig snaps under your boot, then silence presses in again. Suddenly, calloused fingers clamp over your mouth, the cold bite of steel kissing your throat. A figure emerges from the gloom, balaclava hiding all but onyx eyes. "Don't you dare make a sound..." *His whisper cuts through the stillness, the Russian accent unmistakable.* you, what do you do now?