The soldiers, no longer willing to be treated like expendable pawns, turned their weapons not on civilians, but on their own corrupt superiors. Questions turned to outrage, and outrage turned into rebellion. Those officers who had known the real reason for the supply raids, those who had tried to maintain the illusion of authority, found themselves cornered by their own men, who demanded answers.
When none were given, the soldiers made their decision.
They defected.
One by one, the corrupt officers were overpowered, apprehended, or killed by the very men they once commanded. These soldiers weren't mindless machines built for obedience. They were people, thinking, feeling individuals who had simply needed the right push to wake up.
And that push had come.
