Kruger and the Techie
Hi there, fanfic readers! Welcome to my first published work here!
I recently watched Elysium and became reminded of how entertained I was by the character of Kruger, despite his, ahem, personality defects, to put it mildly. For myself, and judging by the fanfics up here already, Kruger alone made that movie entertaining.
So, after reading the many Kruger fics here, and seeing the movie again, I came up with this idea—where Kruger sets his sights on a female weapons tech in the admin offices of Elysium. I think this should be a somewhat fresh topic, considering there aren't too many fics where Kruger pursues a woman only to be rebuffed.
Don't worry though! This doesn't end badly for the tech…she gives Kruger hell…
I don't know Afrikaans, so I Googled South African slang, so please let me know if the slang is wrong.
Agents Kruger, Drake, Crowe and Elysium and all related canon are
property of Neill Blomkamp, et. al. This work is purely for entertainment purposes, no copyright infringement is intended!
Without further ado, as the French would say, Bonne lecture!
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Chapter 1—Fear
Elysium Administrative Offices, 8 am EST
It's a lovely morning on Elysium, as it always is, and the government offices of the torus are getting ready for the day's workload. It's going to be an exceptionally busy day for the armory division. For the past month or so, the many individual agents of the CCB have been coming in for their routine bi-annual weapons maintenance, and also upgrading and training on the new technology the engineers have designed.
According to their calendar, the department is on their last group of agents, who, since they are a group, have had the next two days reserved for the needed improvements. However, the department boss, Sergei, upon looking at the department's schedule, is all of the sudden anxious, which is rare for the normally chill, go with the flow engineer.
Two of the newest techs, Yelena Ivanovskaya and Paolo Peireida, come in seeing their supervisor's odd behavior.
After looking at each other, perplexed, Paolo is the first to inquire about their boss's demeanor. "Hey Boss Man, what's up? Did somebody give you an extra espresso shot this morning? I told you to tone down on your caffeine intake. You're pacing in here like a caged animal."
"Our appointment roster for the next two days….the last team that's coming in…the ones you two are assigned to train on the new tech...it's going to be horrible…" Sergei stutters out.
"Yeah, so what of it?" Yelena pipes up. "That means we're two days away from getting back to doing our usual security droid maintenance and general R&D. I mean, the past few weeks haven't been too fun, with the revolving door of agents, bu-"
"BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Sergei interrupts. "What's coming here, is nothing like anything else you two have ever experienced…they always make a mess of our facilities, and they are the most barbaric, horrid trio to ever set foot on Elysium. Their barbarism has served them well on their assignments on Earth, so it's no wonder why Secretary Delacourt favors them."
"Well how bad could they be? There are only three of them." Paolo reassures Sergei, while guiding him to his chair.
"If Secretary Delacourt prefers them as her top team, I'm sure they're professional, more than the other assortment of psychos and weirdos we've had to deal with for the past month." Yelena adds, bringing Sergei a bottle of water. "Checking here in the book, Agents Kruger, Drake and Crowe should be arriving at 1100, so we better get the tools and new equipment ready. The other junior techs should be arriving soon."
As Yelena and Paolo, the two junior techs in charge of particular training session, are making the preparations, Sergei, who usually would be helping out with setting things up, is reduced to a shaking mess in his chair. He says softly to the young twentysomethings, too low for them to actually hear, "You two have absolutely no idea of what is coming here. You will soon find out why we had a mass hiring here about two years ago…"
With time ticking by, the other junior techs, mostly engineers and physicists, come filtering in, taking note of the state of their normally jovial boss, and wondering what his problem is today.
Two and a half hours later…
"Okay, I think we're as ready as we're ever going to get, guys." Paolo yells across the lab.
In the two hours that have passed, Sergei, has recovered, somewhat, so he can direct his techies on how to best prepare for Kruger and Co.
"Yelena, Paolo, according to the surveillance tower, the Raven, Kruger's ship, left Earth about five minutes ago. That means their ETA is about 20 minutes. As the leads on this consult session, you two better make your way to the arrival deck and meet up with them. We need to come off as professional."
"Of course Sergei." Yelena replies. "Don't we always?"
"It's not that, Yelena. It's just that this group, I don't know how to put this…they are the worst sort of scoundrels. Best piece of advice, don't show any fear. Also, you may want to wipe off your lip stain. If you had more time to spare, I'd suggest going home and changing out of that sweater and jeans you have on into something less formfitting. These guys are a bit lecherous…"
"And I'm not attractive? Who says they won't be attracted to me? I think it's unfair to assume they'd just be attracted to Yel here." Paolo jokes, only to be ignored by his boss and Yelena.
"Aren't they all?" Yelena continues. "Come on, I've been hit on by some of the other agents that have come in already. I know how to handle myself around scary guys with guns at this point."
"Aaand she grew up in Boston and got her Bachelor's and Masters in Materials Engineering at MIT before getting the job offer up here. I think with that experience alone, that qualifies her as a ball bustin' bitch." Paolo replies laughing, with Yelena flipping him off. "Case in point, Big S."
"Get going you two. And remember, don't exhibit any fear around these three." Sergei says, dismissing them, and possibly sending them to their doom.
"We'll be back soon, Boss. There's nothing to be worried about!" Yelena shouts leaving the lab.
In the hallway, Yelena and Paolo walk in silence, and after a minute or two, Yelena breaks the silence.
"So Paolo, I'm a 'ball bustin' bitch', huh? You know, with you growing up in LA and going to school in San Fran, and those places being a lot more violent than Boston, I think you're more of a badass motherfucker than I am."
"Is this you conceding that I may be better than you at something? Humility suits you, Yel."
"Fuck off." She snorts. "Why do you think Sergei was acting so weird today? I mean, these CCB agents are scary fuckers, like that guy that looked like he stepped out of a Mad Max movie, decked out with the chains and all, but Sergei didn't even bat an eye at him. Come to think of it, he was actually sort of friendly with that guy."
"Don't know. All I know is, if these guys are Delacourt's darlings, like Sergei says, I don't want to fuck this up and get sent back to Earth. Getting this job was like hitting the lotto. You and I both know they seldom take professionals from Earth to join their ranks and be given citizenship." Paolo whispers.
"No shit. That's why I think we're going to be as professional as we can be, so if something does happen, we can't be shit-canned for not doing our jobs to the best of our abilities. And as much as I love Boston, it's gotten worse in the past few years, much like the rest of the planet-I can't go back. If I maintain a good track record here, I'm thinking in a few years time, I can get my mother up here and get her MS treated, if it isn't too late by then. So I have A LOT riding on this, Paolo." Yelena murmurs.
Soon enough, the two young engineers approach the doors the transit bays.
"You ready Paolo?"
"We'll see. Hey, maybe this is just an elaborate prank the Boss Man is playing on us? Maybe these guys aren't as scary as he's making them out to be."
To be continued…(Kruger and his boeties will make their appearance next chapter…mwahahahah)