Reid runs right into chaos. Soldiers are everywhere, some screaming, others more orderly, while the coughing echo of rifle fire and gunshots fill the air. From what he can tell by sound and the low, thin cloud of smoke in the still night the battle is happening somewhere off to his left.

Reid goes right, following three fleeing soldiers down a narrow way between two tents, slowing as he reaches the end to look out.

The center of the compound is empty except for a ...