Breaching the Perimeter(ep 12)

Stagnating inside four walls dulls an edge. After securing the armchair bunker, I surveyed the apartment threshold and saw the front doorway gap cracked open just a sliver. I rallied my two black recruits, marched past the mat, and wedged my shoulder against a discarded wooden pencil lying near the door crack. Bracing my heels on the parquet, I rolled the pencil straight into the gap to jam it wide enough for a recon point. Cold, fresh air swept in from the corridor outside. The battlefield just expanded.