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My hand trembles, and it takes effort to stop it from giving away my state. The man who definitely played a role in my family’s demise is the captain’s father. Why did he have to be his father? But most importantly, what am I supposed to do with this information now? At the start of the mission, everyone is on high alert. Since I’m backup, I remain where the captain ordered us to—near him. We’re all the new additions to the unit, and even though some have more combat experience than me, I’m consoled by the fact that they’re also kept on backup. Our mission today is to infiltrate a warehouse where illegal weapons are stored, apprehend or kill the terrorists, and then report our findings back to base. We’ve landed near the warehouse that’s strategically located in a cave under a dome of snow. As per the training we’ve been repeating for weeks, we have successfully crawled to the warehouse. Captain raises his fist, stopping all of us in our tracks behind some large trees. He motions at th