They sped through the air as they fanned out along the field. Mya reached her first man. His gun was leveled at a soldier, and before he took his next breath, she cut off his head. His body crumpled to the ground as life left him so quickly, so effortlessly. The whole ordeal was over in a second, and it was then she realized she was no different than him.

For just a moment she wondered if he had a family, someone he was fighting for just as she was. But then, she shook her head, ...