No man's land.

A gunshot.

I see cover in the distance. Time to run.

I know that gun, I thought. It takes three seconds to reload.

I'm crouched behind cover, bullet holes. It's brittle.

60...

I have a rifle, five second reload time. Equipped with two grenades and a pistol.

59...

Mud all around me, it would be slow to trek through.

58...

A few dead bodies, does he have backup?

57...

Gunshot, pierced through my cover. Bullet inches away from my shoulder.

56...

If he has backup I have to flush them out. I pull out the pin from my grenade and toss it as far as I can.

55...

He runs through the mud, I pull out my rifle and fire.

54...

I miss. The grenade explodes.

53...

Mud splatters upward. He has no backup.

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52...

He fires, the bullet clinks of the corner. I have to run.

51...

I'm under a barrage of fire, probably a pistol.

50...

I fire in his general direction and slide in the mud. I lie flat down on my belly.

49...

Time passes as I scan the horizon for him, I start reloading.

48, 47, 46, 45, 44...

I take a deep breath, should I use my grenade to flush him out?

43...

I search for him. Squinting my eyes, fingers twirling around the last grenade.

42...

I pull out my pistol. I decide to fire toward the north. If he thinks I know where he is, he's going to try and find a new spot to hide.

41...

I start firing.

40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35...

No signs of life anywhere.

34...

My fingers still linger on the grenade. I could still flush him out using this.

33...

Then, in the corner of my eye...

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Movement.

31...

I fire my rifle.

30...

I smirk, I got the bastard in the leg. He collapses.

29...

It's his turn to fire and...

28...

Surprise, surprise. Fucker got me in the shoulder.

27...

I try to ignore the pain and try keep my eye on him...

26...

I curse. I divert my attention away from him and tear out a piece of cloth from my pants.

25, 24, 23...

I wrap it around my shoulder.

22, 21, 20...

After I do that I search for the guy. He couldn't have gone far with a shot leg.

19, 18, 17, 16...

I can't see him anywhere.

15, 14, 13, 12...

I lose my patience and unpin my grenade.

11, 10...

I see him, he starts limping in the middle of No Man's Land, pistol in hand. The grenade explodes behind him.

9...

I run toward him, firing at him with my pistol but he limps away. Turning back occasionally to shoot me.

8...

A bullet impales my shoulder, I almost drop my pistol.

7...

Hand on my shoulder to staunch the blood flow, I sprint toward him and tackle him.

6...

He knocks my gun away and pounds me in the face repeatedly, I fight back too, and knock his pistol away from his hand.

5...

I roll away and search for the pistol, it's just within my reach.

4...

He also crawls towards his pistol, trying his best to get up.

3...

I crawl, turning back to see how close he is. His hands wrap around the steel handle of his gun

2...

I manage to get mine, turning around as quickly as I can to see him standing over me, pistol in hand and it's pointed right at my forehead.

1...

He fires.