The Fate of the Angel

[Redemption]

The Mechanic
So they fucking did it...they dethroned the kid. My life had no meaning, no purpose. When that idealistic man joined Gladius as an Ensign I almost lived my life through his eyes. I even started drinking less and actually started caring. Everyone was cheering, full of mojo and enthusiasm when we stepped in to help the Separatists, Marshall, and Bering. When the Commonwealth bureaucrats fell, it was all idealism, and he was the brightest of the idealists. I mean, don't get me wrong, I still didn't care much, had no family to speak of, and no purpose - at least I had a reason to put pants on in the morning, he gave me a reason to live for something.

I may not be the best mechanic and engineer, but I do have my experience, they always kept me around despite the excesses I did. But that energy and Zeal didn't last too long after Bering - we saw the the seppies are not like Hellfire, they just drift aimlessly without loyalties, I mean fuck - did so many of us even have to die to help them? They weren't even grateful, that cocky bitch Knight spouting orders without actual deeds to back them up, fucking cunt she is.

So yeah, now my people don't want to die for the kid...I probably would, I am a dead man walking anyway, but they didn't exactly consult us grunts did they? So fuck it, they want to be cowards, I guess I can be one with them and help them. The Kid put us way too far to reach Magellan with his charge that got him drifting by his own crew, there's no way but to give in to the Blues. Fuck it, I never was a fighter, never stood for much, and might as well end up that way too. They got me to unmount our guns, those cracked rusting barrels, and jettison the ammo so our surrender was clear. good there was almost none anyways. I do what they want. I don't even know why, life has no meaning and I don't care what comes, at least the kids that abandoned the other kid can cling to life and get a decent meal after a year and a half, even if it will be in some shitty Texas prison between making uniforms for the same cunts they used to fight against all these years.

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Redemption - The History of the Hellfire Legion