“Move! Move!” Someone screamed over the comms as gunfire cracked through the thick smoke around him, obstructing his vision. 

The world shook violently as another explosion ripped through the street behind them, turning it into nothing but twisted rocks and metal.

Jared’s lungs burned as he sprinted through smoke and debris with his rifle tight in his hands, his eyes on the rapidly filling APC. 

His vision wavered behind his goggles as he pushed his broken body past its limits. If he ...