"All right!" said Leela
She leaned over to the mike.
"What if Bender and Fry actually pulled their weight around here?"
"Hey!" Fry and Bender shouted in unison
Leela reached out and pulled the lever on the machine's side. Leela's expression went blank and she slumped back into her chair as everyone else went into spec-mode.
*****
Leela opened her eye to find herself on the couch of the Planet Express lounge and was initially surprised to find neither Fry nor Bender occupying their usual spot, then she remembered why she was there. An open packet of chips lay next to her, Fry's favourite brand- Flarg Puffs. Leela picked up the packet which she noticed to be half-empty already and munched absent mindedly on the puffy treats while she got her bearings.
"Mmm, these are good!" she said to herself "I can see why Fry likes them, i'd have tried these before if he didn't always wolf them down first!"
Leela glanced around the room guiltily.
"Well, it's only a virtual reality simulation I guess. Here goes!"
Leela dumped the rest of the packet's contents into her mouth just as Fry and Bender entered the room, giving Leela a shock and nearly causing her to choke.
Fry looked a little different from normal. While he still wore his usual shirt and red jacket, he was a lot more in shape than the Fry Leela knew, he was practically ripped! His usual vacant expression was replaced with one of idiotic bravado. Bender looked pretty much the same, except this one had taken the time to keep his exterior polished and all his parts in perfect working order.
"Hey, Leela" said Fry "-lazing around on the couch as usual?"
Leela angrily tried to point out that she was the one who did all the work around but it came out as 'Mphphmphm!'
Leela swallowed her mouthful of puffs and opened her mouth, then remembered again that she was in a simulation, and one where Fry and Bender seemed to actually be competent and assumedly, she just lazed around.
"Good news everyone!" came a familar voice, as the Professor entered "I have another highly dangerous and top-profile delivery mission!"
"Where are we going?" asked Leela
"Sorry, Leela- this mission is far too important for an incompetent delivery girl such as yourself. That's why i'm asking Captain Fry and Assistant Captain Bender to do it!"
"Fry? Captain?!" said Leela
"Are you alright, Leela?" asked Fry "You don't seem to be yourself just now."
"I'm fine, i just um... have a headache, yeah!" said Leela hurriedly
"Well we're off on another highly dangerous and exciting mission!" said Bender "See ya around, ya lazy meatbag!"
and with that, Fry and Bender left.
"So is there anything I can-"
"Oh no, don't try to help with anything at all!" the Professor interrupted, "Just stay here and try not to make a nuisance of youself, there's a good girl."
A few minutes later, Leela found herself alone in the Planet Express Lounge.
"May as well make myself comfortable." Leela decided
Leela found the kitchen area and grabbed a can of chilled Slurm from the fridge and a deluxe packet of Flarg Puffs and returned to the lounge. Parking her soon-to-be-not-so toned rear on the couch, she broke the seal on the Slurm can and gulped down the cool, refreshing liquid. Her eye widened.
"Wow, this stuff is good!" said Leela. Leela set the can of Slurm on the arm of the couch as she switched on the TV with one hand and helped herself to handfuls of puffs with the other.
"I could get used to this!" sighed Leela happily through a mouthful of slurm and puffs.
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