Accept Your Fate.

Tank was hunched over the engine that sat upon the workbench. He made a few small adjustments and frowned. How had he come to this, reduced to a mere grease monkey? Tank growled and hurled his spanner across the room in anger. It was all Zippa's fault. Until she had come along, HE had been the ultimate soldier. HE had been the strongest. And HE had been the most feared by his fellow legionnaires. But now he was forced to work alongside Deck Officer June-La down in maintenance.
"And she's not much better either." Tank said to himself. "Always talking to the vehicles like they were alive. And that insufferable cheeriness of hers. I swear, one of these days I'm going to snap and wipe that smile off her face!"
He stomped over to retrieve the spanner and get back to work.

Tank was still busy when June-La came into the workroom. She went across and stood over him, looking at how he was going.
"So Tanky." She asked. "Is everything OK here?"
Tank flinched, and bit down on his frustration. He hated it when she called him 'Tanky', and he was sure she did it just to annoy him.
"The engine will run fine once I'm finished." He told her curtly.
June-La just smiled.
"You don't like being here do you?" She asked.
"What do you mean?"
"You resent what has happened to you."
"I do what my superiors tell me." He replied cautiously.
Suddenly a monitor in the room flickered on. Tank saw a grainy image of himself throw a spanner across the room and complain about his lot in life.
"You don't seem too happy." June-La said.
Tank stood up and growled.
"Are you spying on me?" He demanded, taking an angry step towards June-La.
Suddenly Tank froze as an enormous electrical charge surged through his cybernetics, causing them to seize up. All he could do was look at June-La as the smile faded from her face.
"This is my domain Tank. I have eyes and ears everywhere." She said seriously.
She paced around him and stroked his cheek with her bionic hand.
"The choice is yours as to how you want your life to go." She told him. "Be smart, sensible, and a hard worker, and you and I will get on fine. But try to betray me, and I will dismantle you, piece by cybernetic piece. And then I'll give what's left to my dear Kiara for target practice. Do you understand?"
As if to stress her point, another charge shot through his body. Tank sank to his knees and groaned. He looked up at June-La, that annoying smile back on her lips, and simply nodded.
"Great!" She said, and patted him on the shoulder. "Now, back to work, we have a lot to do."
With that she left. Tank forced himself back to his feet and growled. One of these days he was going to get back at all of those who had humiliated him...



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June-La and Kiara-Ne are my fan/original characters.