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Not ours.

Definitely not ours.

Boots hit the ground.

Fast.

Organized.

This isn’t chaos.

This is planned.

I grab the medical kit beside me, ripping it open.

Assess.

Prioritize.

Move.

A young woman across from me is bleeding from her arm.

Through and through.

“Press here,” I tell her, guiding her hand. “Hard. Don’t stop.”

Her fingers tremble.

I lock eyes with her.

“Don’t stop,” I repeat.

She nods.

Barely.

But it’s enough.

The door rips open.

Light floods in—

Then hands.

Rough.

Unforgiving.

Weapons trained.

“Out. Now.”

I don’t move immediately.

Not because I’m scared.

Because I’m calculating.