Aika (Keepers of the Flame: Origins)

Aika Lareto’s life comes apart at the seams during one fatal trip to London. Instead of a romantic weekend away with her fiancé just as his career as a photojournalist comes together, chaos and destruction ends all their dreams. Suddenly everything she thought she knew turns to smoke.And there’s a lot of smoke these days, as London is systematically destroyed in what is becoming known as the Second Blitz.Then a mysterious old man reveals she’s a Keeper of the Flame, a champion destined to fight for humanity in the coming apocalypse. Aika isn’t interested; what she wants is for her life to go back to normal. When she can’t get out of London, joining the city militia seems the next best thing.

It’s there The Agent finds her, and recruits her into Dreamtech–would-be government conglomerate with a plan to save the city. The question is, are they saving it from war–or for themselves?