Christmas Eve Defection

The real-life view from where the supply truck carrying Larry and Nizéé was parked during the Bad Bitches' assault on Wheaton's front lines

### Performers

Leah WrightBad Bitches
StormTech
Militech
Seven Nations
Wheaton Defectors

### Location

Morton Arboretum, Illinois, New United States of America

The **Christmas Eve Defection** was a mass defection and prison break carried out by Leah Wright against Wheaton.

## Background

Leah Wright is the husband to Wheaton's Head of Security, Peter Wright and mother to Elaga. Elaga was placed in the Orphanage, a prison and reeducation facility in Wheaton, on charges of crossdressing and homosexuality. Following Kevin's bombing of the first Orphanage and subsequent breakout, Wright fell into grief and began to gather anti-Wheaton sympathies. Over the course of years she began to gather contacts and information on those in Wheaton who were less than loyal to the cause, and plotted a second breakout in order to try and redeem herself for what she allowed Wheaton to do to Elaga.

## Planning

Despite dealing with a siege around Wheaton, the involvement of Militech, the Seven Nations, and StormTech was a blessing for Leah Wright. She managed to contact Chicago by signaling Morse code at a Militech surveillance drone through a stolen laser sight, informing them of a breakout she had planned for the midnight of Christmas Eve on Wheaton's southern border.

## Executing the Defection

Due to their familiarity with Wheaton, the Raffen Shiv and the Bad Bitches were called to assist with the operation. On the night of the breakout, mere minutes before the attack began, the Bad Bitches began moving up through the snow. Although spotted by Wheaton soldiers, who fired upon them, they pressed on, with Dominque clearing out large paths in the snow with her signature flamethrower "DaBibi".

Once the clock struck midnight, Irene managed to get an angle on the College of DuPage, where the Orphanage had been relocated to, and got a closer look using her teleoptic cyberware. There, she managed to view gunfights breaking out inside, with several people fleeing the building and getting into vehicles. In the meantime, the Bad Bitches had just crossed the frozen over East Branch DuPage River and began to fire upon nearby suburban homes where Wheaton forces had set up fortifications. A combination of Nizéé's sniper work and Dominique's grenade launcher made short work of the front line soldiers.

Vehicles full of defecting Wheaton Security Forces, prisoners, and children who managed to escape the College of DuPage soon came pouring into the intersection that the Bad Bitches had cleared. Several trucks crashed, but there were no notable injuries. The defectors soon began to run towards the front line held at the Morton Arboretum while the Bad Bitches prepared to meet the Wheaton counter-attack.

Wheaton Security Forces, led by Peter Wright, immediately encountered issues. Despite the eight vehicles and almost three dozen personnel they brought against the four Bad Bitches backed up by Nizéé, they were almost immediately annihilated. Dominique's use of net grenades, compounded with winter driving conditions, initially caused the Wheaton Security Forces to crash their trucks into one another, causing the Wheaton forces to be grouped tightly together. She followed up her net grenade with a High Explosive grenade, destroying one truck and creating a smokescreen through damage to a nearby truck's engine. The Bad Bitches immediately opened fire on the packed group of trucks, firing pistols and throwing grenades into the group. Dominique excelled once again through the use of her Dover GA-1112 Autogun, firing 80 rounds in three seconds upon a group of trucks, killing several.

As the numbers of Wheaton Security Forces dwindled, Penelope was shot in the head by a soldier who rushed her from around the corner. Her helmet, given to her by a Militech soldier at the front lines, saved her life. Retribution was immediate. The remaining soldiers in the counter-attack were summarily dealt with, including the coup de grâce of a soldier bleeding out on the ground.

Upon seeing that he was severely outnumbered and outmatched, and that his own wife had orchestrated the defection, Peter Wright surrendered to the Bad Bitches.

## Aftermath

The capture of Wheaton's Head of Security by Chicago forces is assumed to have sent Wheaton into panic. While there is not much information concerning Wheaton's internal affairs, it is hoped that the further escaped Wheatonites will be able to provide new knowledge on the inner workings of the militia.

The children who escaped celebrated their first Christmas outside Wheaton, with some being timid, scared, and traumatized while others were thrilled and enthralled by the various cybernetics on people around them. Irene and Penelope put on a Christmas show displaying their odd blend of K-Pop and punk rock.