r index finger down hard on the left mou

headphones. The screen went black for a second be

a female avatar with a high ponytail, a basic white t-s

the mode on Solo and clicked the RE

was suddenly standing on a bleak, abandoned island. The area was swa

ps. Suddenly, a black character wearing nothing but underwear s

e mouse to the side to turn around. The camera spun v

e C-130 transport plane. The deafening roar of the engines shook her

dropping. Her palms started to sweat. She mashed

eamed in her headset. She dragged her mouse franti

drifted aimlessly over a barren field. She slammed straig

s. Her character plummeted fifteen feet,

ly turned gray. Yo

ATCH FINISHED text. She bit her lower

picked up a tiny pistol. The wooden door below her kicked open.

iddle of nowhere. She was running from the blue zone

a bush, her heart pounding with excitement. The sky turned

tration built in her chest until it felt like a physical weight. Sh

Her boots hit the pavement. Before she could even open a door, a cast

ammed them onto the desk. Her chest heaved. Her

's freezing eyes in the elevator flashed through her

ispered to the empty room, her voice shaking wit

over her ears. She cranked the volume dial up.

mouse drifted over to the Squad option

survive past the first five minutes. M

hrew her into a squad. Four names popped

anned

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as back on the spawn island. Gunfi

The little microphone icons next to their names were f

against the 'T' key on her keyboard, preparing

ing out. The four of them were launched into