[ WP ] Write a story where the protagonist is rewarded for an evil act or punished for doing good .

`` I was only trying to do what was right...'' 
 `` What you did was sacrifice a dozen good men for a pair of orphans.'' 
 
 It was true. They do n't even know the half of it, however. They were monsters. Bloodthirsty brutes. They did not care for our country or our protection. All they cared about was being able to legally kill hostile forces. It was like a game to them. Sometimes they killed civilians and blamed it on the heat of the moment. They always got away with it, Command did n't care about a couple of farmers. I wanted to testify against them, but once they knew what I was planning, they came to me in the middle of the night and threatened me with death. Assholes. I was afraid of them, of what I would suffer. I kept silent, but then it happened. They finally went over the line. 
 
 We had just finished clearing out the area of hostile forces when I had heard crying mixed with cruel laughter. I turned the corner and there it was, two kids crying over their parents' corpses, and my squad gathering around them. They were laughing. I knew what was going to happen next. I could n't let that happen. I walked up behind them and I just sprayed. They all dropped within seconds, and I had an empty magazine. Soon enough, I was found and arrested. I went to court, tried to justify myself and failed. I'll hauled off to jail, confined to a prison for a couple of years but what I did, I think it was worth it.
