A Handsome Tale

I open my eyes to see that I am being dragged through a desert by someone in a mask who appears to be holding a gun although I am too dazed to make out what it is. Eventually we arrive at a small camp where I see Fiona. Even after all what happened I am not surprised to see her alive. 'What are you doing here?' I say while trying to put on a curious voice but in the end it comes off more smug, 'It's your fault we're here Angel!' she shouts back but of course she would say that. 3 days ago Fiona was just another low-level citizen to me but now I have found a lot more to her life. She grew up in the middle of the poorest place in Elpis and could only survive through stealing and taking whatever she could and after a while she perfected it and now treats it as an art form. She learnt not to trust anyone and to not take anything from anyone. This is clear to be as she kicks dust in my eye and blames me for everything. 'It was your fault it should have been a simple job but now look at what's happened' she says in-between shouting at me. Suddenly a shotgun shell is fired as we turn around to see the masked man with his shotgun in the air. 'I don't care who started it just tell me what happened' he says in a muffled robotic voice 'where do I start?' I say sarcastically, 'From the beginning' he says.

3 days ago. 

Today is the big day. For a year now I've had small jobs to do but now was my chance to become of the greats of Omega. Although some may consider Omega to be the 'bad guys' I've always dreamed of being the best and at the top, although you've got to know where the top is. Because of this, I would do anything to get to the top so the job I am getting today could be the big one for me. 'Next!' shouts someone who doesn't sound like Raul (my boss) but I will not think about it I will just go in. As I walk in I see another colleague sitting at a desk and behind the desk a chair facing the opposite direction. A voice comes from the chair 'Angel, good to see you' but as I go to speak he sarcastically says 'oh wait no, nobody likes you'. I could recognise that voice from everywhere and not for a good reason. It's Alex. The big shot of Omega who thinks he's the greatest. 'What are you doing here Alex?' I say fearing the worst but hoping for the best, 'There's been a switch around Angel, from now on, your working for me. 'But I still have my big job, don't I?' I say as he turns around to face me and the other person who to this point has been silent, 'To get the power core to power our station? Of course someone needs to do that job and it needs someone who is strong, smart and willing to do anything' he says leaning in towards us to the point that I could reach out and grab 2 buckets worth of product in his hair but I ignore this as those words mean the world to me, 'Which why I am changing your job with Ellie's.' I freeze. What? He can't do that. Before I can say anything he says confidently and smugly, 'Don't worry Angel, I still have an important job for you. I am actually giving you a promotion... To leader, 1st class, legendary. Janitor.' Janitor? JANITOR! 'I know you're speechless but I'll give you some time to relax and you'll be starting tomorrow' 'But I can't be janitor; cleaning up after people who are worse than me' I stutter 'well then you'll die, dismissed.' I walk out, muttering something to myself and trying to figure out what to do until I see Ellie. I hide behind a bin and inconspicuously follow her to the pods where she sets coordinates for the planet Elpis. That's it! I'll steal a pod, follow her to Elpis and get the core for myself and then I can decide to either return the core or finally get to sit in the chair I have envisioned my whole life or keep it and see how Omega will manage without it.

Present Day

'So you followed her?' The robotic man says, 'Of course I did' I retort 'what other choice did I have?' from this comment Fiona sparks up 'Maybe you could have stayed in your junk space station, worked as janitor and never got any of us in to this mess. Before you my life was great, no worries in the world and the planets pockets of change all virtually in my hands and not tied up by a robot scarecrow!' The man isn't fazed. 'What happened next?' he says 'Well I followed Ellie, took care of her and found the core' I say in my most confident voice although I know none of it is real, 'What, happened, next.' He says with his gun pointed to my face. 'Nice bluff idiot, tell you what robot man, I'll tell you what happened next, from my perspective.'