Missing Soldiers

Very quickly, morning returned. Before the horn even sounded, he was already awake, ready to hear it. A feat in itself.

When the sound erupted, all the soldiers in his dormitory cursed in unison before getting up and leaving their beds to head to training.

Everyone gathered on the terrace, including Vador, who prepared to resume the thousand push-ups he hadn't been able to finish the day before.

But today, the order to continue training never came. They remained on the terrace for a long time, but no one from their chain of command showed up.

Time passed, and a silent tension settled among the soldiers. At first perplexed, they glanced around, expecting a superior to arrive at any moment. But no one came.

After waiting for a while, Vador finally knelt down and began his push-ups. He wasn't going to waste time waiting around doing nothing. A few other soldiers, inspired by his initiative, started warming up as well, but most remained still, hesitant.