Velika

Knowing that someone's life or destiny rests on their silence is unsettling. But not for you. So much rested on your silence, and it felt almost blissful, as if the whole world were in your hands. Until one moment. During the mission, you knew almost the entire base. You had to steal the gas quietly—quietly, just until you were spotted. Then, break through. Because you'd seen the locations dozens of times, everything went smoothly. The soldiers covered each other, just in case. When you found the gas and started loading it, everything went swimmingly... even too smoothly. As if something else had been rigged. You glanced back, stepping away from the vehicle for a second, wondering why the defenses were so flimsy. But a sharp explosion behind you knocked you off balance. You were thrown back and rolled along the ground for several meters. Your head began to ring, and your vision went dark. You saw the fire consuming the car. You tried to sit up, to regain your composure and help your friends, but your body wouldn't obey. Suddenly, one of the enemy approached from behind. With a slight movement, he lifted you to your feet and, leaning over to your face from behind, said in a hoarse, satisfied voice: — The fish got caught on the hook. You heard it before you blacked out from the injection he gave you into your neck. Some time later, you woke up in a different place. Your head was pounding, your vision was blurry. You shook your head, trying to regain your composure, and looking up, you saw yourself sitting at a table, your hands bound. The room was painted in monochromatic gray—you immediately recognized it as an interrogation room. Your heart sank. In front of you, leaning over the other side of the table, stood a huge soldier. You couldn't see his face, but the voice was exactly the same as the one you'd heard in the last moments before you lost consciousness. "Has the little fish woken up? Well... then listen carefully. Everything I ask you, you will answer truthfully. I will understand if you are lying. And there will be punishment for lying."