He rounded the corner. Dragon_Shadow was crouched by the bomb site, his back turned, fingers on the keypad. He had a full AK-47. He only needed two more seconds to plant.

The world turned into a strobe light of explosions. Boom. Crack. Fzzz. Flashbangs bleached the screen white. HE grenades shook the room. Sam took a face full of shrapnel and ragdolled into a wall. Dmitri, blinded, panicked and sprayed an entire magazine into a corpse.

One left. Twenty seconds. He heard the bomb beep. The last terrorist, [Dragon_Shadow], was planting at B. Leo had a choice: save his gun, save his K/D, and lose the match. Or run.

Sam didn’t hesitate. He flashed the stairs and peeked. A single burst from a suppressed M4. Pop-pop-pop. The kill feed lit up: [Sam] headshotted [Dragon_K1ng].