"fatty , scrub harder, what's taking so long to wash a pot " a junior cook boy in the army , stationed at the assessment ground screamed at Carlos, Carlos had gotten into trouble on the camp, he tried to make friends with a group of friends but instead they made fun of him and even pulled a prank on him.
Led by his new found friends he had joined them when they threw food on a guard from a window in the training complex, only for them to run away when the guards came and locking him behind, he was paying for his crimes, he could have been beaten to stupor but the guard had pity on him, he looked like a good kid , he was taken to the kitchen to work with the cooks, he had been washing plates for 5 days now, today was the last day of the break and he hadn't had a proper rest, he had slept on the floor and washed all the pots and plates, in the beginning he cried a lot now he just worked with a sad face, he knew his grandfather sergeant Grant will not serve him from this , if anything his punishment might be worse.
The news had spread round campus of the poor boy , who was washing plates for everyone,some people even made sure to leave a lot of mess on their plates , some spat on their plates, just to mock him , throughout this time he never spoke a word or complained, he had learnt his lesson, even the cooks had begun to feel pity for him but a command was a command and needed to be carried out to perfection, Carlos had always been a pampered child of his mum, but his dad was strict, so he may have been disciplined at home by his dad but he was never allowed to experience real life outside of home by his mum who didn't want to lose her only child, especially after being told by the family doctor that she would never get pregnant again after the c section during the birth of Carlos. Carlos had learnt his lesson. He was going to bear this cross alone and never make this mistake again, it was part of growth , making mistakes and learning from it.
Kiyoshi was at the canteen when she heard the story of Carlos the cleaner, she began to pay more attention to the gist, a group of high strung girls who looked completely out of place with all the makeup and kits ,for people in a military camp trying to get into the military," I heard he smells like a sewage system " hahahaha " but what is a sewage system " one of the girls asked " who cares , all i know is he stinks" . Kiyoshi couldn't stand these girls , they were too dumb, she palmed her face but continued to listen ,she wanted to know where he was, " ewww, I don't even want him washing my plates anymore". Kiyoshi stood up and went up and picked up her communicator to dial Teras frequency, telecommunication had taken a big hit in this age due to the dangers of advanced ai . Kiyoshi and tera had kept in touch since that day , " hey tera I think your friend Carlos might be in a bit of a mess, I heard he is in the canteen washing plates, as much as i would love to accompany you to see him, i heard he stinks and i have no intentions of washing plates so this is all ok you" kiyoshi said over the communicator.
"Oh okay , thanks" , tera stood up from his bonk and dropped down the book he was reading (The Mech Touch) , he went out of his dormitory it was evening, the sun was setting and blue reflections from the major mountains was all over the sky, the blue crystal was a beautiful planet, he breathes in the fresh air and began walking towards the canteen, he wanted to go and see what was going on ,and worse case scenario help Carlos out he owed grant a lot,
He had to turn around the training grounds before he got to the canteen , he decided to take a short cut and cut through the training grounds , passing through the fighting arena, on his way through a group of Brian's hench men saw him and took out their communicators to inform Derrick of the latest development, for days now they had been looking for Tera and they had gotten tired , this was not what they signed up for, they were tired, they followed Brian because he promised to put them in the mech or colossi legion with his family's connection, Derrick received the news immediately but Brian was not present now he needed to inform him immediately,
" Boss" "boss" Derrick called out over the communicator, "what is it , I told you I will be busy this afternoon" " Brian said, he was in a private room in the assessment ground, with two skimpily dressed girls on the bed , there was little money couldn't buy a lot of nobles has gotten involved in a lot of bad vices from youth due to unlimited amount of funding in their hands. " We have found tera he is on the training grounds boss" Derrick said. " Okay, hahaha hold him there for as long as you can when I am done here I will come down", " okay boss" Derrick might have felt threatened by tera but he didn't think he was stronger than him and all his henchmen combined," all of you follow me" Derrick said to all of his men present.
Tera had been walking through the training grounds, he was now passing beside the fighting grounds, he noticed a lot of people were looking at him , he analyzed his environment and realized he was being circled, he stopped walking and looked around and took his stance" if you you want me , come and get me" , they didn't move only further encircling him , their goal was to keep him here not beat him up, that was for sir Brian to do by himself, if not how was he supposed to get fake from beating and already beaten person, "i do not have all day , either you make a move or i will" tera said while folding his fist and shifting his stance for an explosive start,he wasn't playing anymore, neither was he waiting here to be ganged up on by a group of thugs