Chapter 1

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We were stuck in a dark room with woven sacks tied on our heads. We couldn't hear anything. Then I couldn't see anything.
It was morning and we were outdoors . The sunlight burnt my eyes but they eventually got used to it.
"Welcome to HQ75" said the leading Betio. "We're not here to kill you men, and women. We're here to train you."
"And why would we want that?" Asked Connor.
"Beacause you're weak. You're idiots 'cause you don't put up a fight." He said in an itchy Texan accent. "We are fighters. We are trying to stop disruptions from California and Brighton." He must have been talking about the war's origins. "You are going to kill your pe-" He stopped with a knife in his back...

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