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He adjusted his helmet, stepped over the debris, and followed his team back into the night.

Thorne held up a hand. He pressed his ear to the cold wood. From the other side came the muffled sound of a child crying—and the rhythmic, terrifying metallic click of a weapon being cycled. "Ready or not," Thorne breathed into his comms. He adjusted his helmet, stepped over the debris,

"Door is locked. Prepping C2," whispered Miller, the team’s breaching specialist. From the other side came the muffled sound

"Escort is here. Get them to the extraction point," Thorne ordered. the shadows were deep

The world became a blur of thermal sights and shouting. A suspect lunged from behind a sofa, a sawed-off shotgun leveled at Thorne’s chest. Before the man could pull the trigger, a non-lethal beanbag round from Blue Team’s rear guard caught him in the solar plexus, folding him like a lawn chair.

They found the civilians huddled in a bathtub—a mother and two small children, eyes wide with a terror that no amount of police presence could quickly soothe.

As the team moved out, Thorne stayed back for a moment, looking at the chaos of the room. The adrenaline was fading, replaced by the familiar, crushing weight of the badge. They had saved them tonight. But the city was large, the shadows were deep, and the next call was always just a heartbeat away.