Warzone Chapter 1

Prologue

You are Lieutenant Paul, a seasoned operator in the elite military unit Alpha 1. The world knows your team for precision, grit, and the uncanny ability to survive missions no one else would dare attempt. But nothing about tonight feels routine.

A high‑level VIP—identity classified even from your squad—has been snatched by a militant faction calling themselves The Crimson Vow. Their demands are unclear, their ideology fragmented, their methods brutal. Intelligence confirms they’ve fortified an abandoned industrial district on the coast.

Your commander, George, briefs the team in clipped, heavy tones. Pete, your closest friend in the unit, rests a hand on your shoulder with his usual lopsided grin. Skye, the squad’s sharp-eyed marksman and the person who’s become more than a teammate in recent months, watches you with a quiet intensity. Spike loads gear with his trademark reckless enthusiasm.

At home, your daughter Zoe—18, stubborn, brilliant, and loyal to a fault—begs you to promise you’ll come back. Her best friend Kim lingers in the doorway, clearly worried too. Zoe hugs you hard; Kim tells you, "Just don’t be stupid, okay?" You try to reassure them both, but you can’t shake the feeling that this mission is going to change everything.

Alpha 1 moves out at 0200.

The objective: infiltrate, locate the hostage, and extract. The unknown VIP must be brought home at all costs.

What no one knows yet is that fate is about to tangle all these lives tighter than any of you could imagine.

I am new to creating visual novels, so I still have a lot to learn.  

Chapter 1 is fairly short compared to future chapters. I have added some sound effects and a few more images. The main work has been on the coding side, as needed to change a few things around, so future chapters run smoothly.