The monitor immediately cut to black. There was no Activision logo, no developer splash screen, and no bombastic cinematic intro. A low, rhythmic humming sound began to bleed through his headphones, pulsing like a heavy, mechanical heartbeat.
A new line of green text typed itself out slowly in the center of the frozen, static-filled screen: SUBJECT EXTRACTED. UPLOADING TO HOST. Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3.rar
Alex sat in the sudden, heavy silence of his dark room, staring at his own reflection in the dead monitor. Behind him, reflected in the dark glass of the screen, he thought he saw the faint, glowing red pulse of an emergency light. The monitor immediately cut to black
The soldier didn't turn around. Instead, the game's audio instantly cut out. Total silence filled Alex's headphones. A new line of green text typed itself
The static on the soldier's face began to spread. It bled off the character model, spilling out onto the walls and floor of the rendered hallway like a digital virus. The heavy, mechanical heartbeat sound returned to his headphones, now deafeningly loud and distorted.