Two weeks later…"All teams set…The battle begins in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6…Brendan takes a deep breath awaiting the countdown. His heart is racing and he feels discouraged for a second but then, he remembers all the training he has put himself through, even hurting his hands when practicing at home."You got this…you got this Brendan." Brendan said to himself. "3, 2, 1….ALL TEAM DEPLOYED, WISH YOU LUCK."Out of experience, Brendan was able to survive the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd wave.Hunter VS OmarNow, it's a one-on-one match. Brendan is good at this so he remained calm.From the start, he already prepared a decoy just in case he reached the end."Hunter huh…come hunt me down." Brendan said.As if Hunter heard Brendan calling, he started walking in his direction.They were both deployed in an abandoned construction site with lots of exciting features.Brendan and Hunter are both experienced gamers and they both had a little gunfight before Brendan went into hiding.Hunter tracks him down again,

"Look who's graduating again! I'm so proud of you, Brendan. How I wish your father was here to witness what you've achieved all on your own." "No, no. Come on Mom, we are not going over this again. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have made it to where I am today. So I want to say thank you so much for believing in me." Brendan replied. "Yeah, you will always be my special boy. So what about the Job, still considering it? " She asked. "I think I'm going for it. You know, all I ever wanted was to give you a better life and make sure we never lack again. I'm going to make that dream come true ma." Brendan assures his mother with a big smile. "Wow, that's good to hear. When are you coming home? I want to prepare your favorite.""Mmmm, next week. Can't wait to see you but for now, got to go to class.""Alright, talk to you later.""Alright. Love you, Mom, I'm ending the video call now."QASA HEADQUARTERS"You wanted to see me? It better be good news.""Yes sir, it definitely is." Sonia

"Sonia, can you hear me, are you alright?" Ricky called out through the walkie-talkie. "Yes, I'm alright." Sonia confirmed. "But Brendan…I-I couldn't reach him." She added. "We couldn't reach him from here also." Ricky replied.Sonia started to snivel, looking very sad. She closed her eyes as tears came running down her dusty cheeks. "You were right, I shouldn't have let this happen. Brendan could be dead and it's all my fault." Sonia continues sobbing. "Don't say that, we are not sure yet. He is a tough guy and-and I'm sure he'll pull through." Ricky said, trying to spark a little hope but he didn't even believe in his own words. The look on his face right now is similar, yes that's right. A few years ago he lost a crew to this course. He never wanted all of this happening but that's the deal he signed up for. It's like a contract with the devil that is irrevocable. "I-I'm scared." Sonia whispered under her breath. "What about the others?" Ricky asked. "We were separated when

Flashes of events consume her mind, she could see things happening in her head, all at once. “No!!!” Sonia suddenly woke up with a loud cry, she can't remember how they ended up in a small dark basement but she eased up when she noticed Brendan giving her a sign to stay quiet. “What happened?” Sonia asked in a low tone, looking confused. They managed to find a small place to hide in the meantime. The aliens already surrounded the entire facility and Brendan couldn't think of anything to save his teammates aside from finding a place they could hide.“You don't remember?” Sasha asked. “Remember what? I know we were standing at the entrance when those aliens came and-and they were firing at us, and we were running, and then…” Sonia furrows her eyebrows, trying to remember what happened afterward. “That's all I remember.” She muttered. “It's fine now. They were able to catch up with us and used some kind of velocity gun that shoved us down the second floor. You fell unconscious after

“Come on guys, where are you?” Ricky is pacing around, rubbing his hands nervously as he watches the widescreen. He couldn't read any of the team's vitals and that got him really worried. “Nothing yet?” Drummond asked from behind but Ricky ignored him completely. "Yes! We are alive. We are alive!""Yeah, that was a close one. Hahaahaha."Jasper and Kaleb hugged themselves and started rejoicing when they realized they had escaped the amagroks. The both of them halted at once, seeing Sonia sitting by the rocks, her head buried under her palms. Sonia couldn't stop crying despite the fact that they escaped death, she wails uncontrollably while Sasha tries to comfort her.Feeling sad about the whole thing, Jasper and Kaleb walk up to Sonia and squat beside her."I'm sorry Sonia, Brendan was such a brave guy, a good leader who puts his comrades first." Jasper said, stroking Sonia's shoulders to calm her down."I feel bad about it, but what I can't understand is why he will go back for t