Prologue

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I could feel the vacuum in the air over my body and legs as i laid as low as possible next to a weakening wall, the crack and thump of autogun rounds as they passed over head was deafening. My micro bead was screaming in my ear as my comrades relayed orders and situations around the group.

I looked to my right and saw my friends wide eyed mouth aghast cold face stare back at me, a hole the size of my fist in his chest, his shotgun laid in his hand not even having a moment to fire it before we came under fire from the gangers. I was stuck in place pinned down and too scared to move as the gangers fired from the shop on the other side of the courtyard at my fellow Law Enforcement officers.
I could just make out the shape of the APC we had in the street beyond my dead squad its pintle mounted stubber was firing in bursts.
"Benn you alive over?" Came the micro bead the voice was muffled and interrupted by a burst of gunfire i couldn't make it out straight away.
"Yes I'm still alive help me" i replied as another hail of bullets passed over me.
"We're gonna move up to you hold on" came the voice.

A minute later the APC rumbled into life coming out of its cover in the street and started to move across the courtyard a group of fellow officers was behind in huddled up using it as cover. I smiled slightly as it got closer it quickly went as a whoosh went over the other sounds followed by a almighty explosion and the APC went up. I screamed in anger as i saw one of my fellow officers the only survivor try to limp away only to get hit in the back that blew out the front of his body.
I lost it and started to sob when i heard glass and rubble move and smash, i silenced myself with my hand. All that i could hear now was the ammunition inside the APC burnt and went off, i gulped as i saw a shadow on my side of the wall a ganger on the other side. The shadow went and i removed my hand from my mouth.
"Eyy look what we've got 'ere mac" came a voice behind me.
I quickly stood up and turned around only to be greeted with a knife in my stomach, i gulped and coughed up blood over the ganger i tried to push him away but i was too weak. My arms went limb and my legs gave way, i could feel myself getting cold and numb my vision went.

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