Her squad was dead. But she was alive.
“Seventy-three percent helical tension retention,” he muttered, reading a data slate. “Better than the prototype. The 97’s double-stack, quad-feed geometry is inefficient in static storage, but under full-auto stress, it achieves zero friction lock-up. The spring is a carbon-metallic weave. It breathes. It adapts.” Hk 97 Magazine
Mei looked at her hands. They were still shaking. “Why isn’t this standard issue?” Her squad was dead
The HK 97. Not a weapon. A secret.
Mei was the last one standing. She raised the G36, squeezed the trigger, and held it. “Better than the prototype
The weapon clicked empty. Smoke curled from the translucent magazine, and Mei saw that the frozen-lightning spring had uncoiled, lying dormant at the bottom of the housing. It had given everything.