In Haven-45, Mila had never imagined herself leading people. She was the head of the sanitation crew, someone who spent most of her days keeping the underground base livable.
Her small team was tasked with scrubbing walls, disposing of waste, and making sure disease didn't spread among the survivors. But after Kai and most of the fighters left to secure a new base, leadership fell to her.
Among the group left behind were two nurses, two cooks, three sanitation workers, including herself, one scout, and one boiler room operator.
None of them were soldiers. None of them had the strength to fight off another siege, but they were all equipped with a revolver.
Haven‑45 had already been battered by bombardments during the Mech Siege, and its walls were cracked and its tunnels were unstable. Every day, Mila worried that the ceiling might collapse while they slept.
Still, she kept them together.
