Five years after the death of Handsome Jack, the world of Pandora has almost come back to what is generally called normal. Brick, Mordecai, and Talon left to seek out new vaults. Sanctuary began to rebuild what was destroyed in the lunar bombardment, with the help of some reprogrammed Hyperion loaders. the Crimson Raiders tore down the City Opportunity, and left the ruins as a reminder of what happens to those who overstep their boundaries. However, after the crash of Helios, a new threat emerged. A man claiming to be Handsome Jack reborn is beginning to attack those who bought his reign to an end. Our story starts with the Mechromancer Gaige investigating a signal coming from the ruins of Opportunity...
Gaige raised her weapon and advanced further into the ruined city. Behind her sat a small shuttlecraft, which had bought her to this place. She passed old holosigns, still flickering Hyperion propaganda. She reminded herself why she had come. A distress call from an unknown sender had come from this ruin. Gaige had only come because she was mentioned in it. She hadn't told anyone, not even her fellow Vault Hunters.
She checked her HUD. The signal was coming from the other side of a building in front of her. She quickly checked her robotic arm was fully charged, and that her shield was online and ready. Everything checked out. She slapped a new magazine into her Vladof rifle, and continued to advance.
She rounded the corner of an abandoned building, and stopped dead. In front of her was a constructor. It was dead, but Gaige was still shocked by the unexpected sight. Gaige looked closer. A handprint had been left in a patch of dark soot. It was slightly smaller than Gaige's own hand, as if it belonged to a small child.
Gaige heard a sniffling sound coming from behind a nearby door. Gaige put away her rifle, and pulled out her Dahl SMG. She nudged open the sliding door, priming the underbarrel grenade-launcher. She stepped inside the building.
As Gaige's eyes adjusted to the darkness, she saw that the building she was in was a lab. Gaige looked around, noticing the piles of yellow Hyperion crates, and the gutted frames of several digistruct stations. She noticed that a trail of small footprints lead through a door at the end of the room. She silently sprinted to the door, and flattened herself against the wall. The sniffling was coming from inside. She kicked open the door, and aimed her gun. The sniffling was coming from a young girl, about 10 years of age. She had a section of bald skull, where several implants were embedded in her skull. She was wearing a pair of clothes that were way too big for her. The most stunning thing about her were the siren tattoos down her arm. She stopped crying, and raised her head.
"No," said Gaige, stepping back in shock. "You're dead. I saw you die…"
The girl smiled, her gaunt face showing years of abuse and stress.
"Hello Gaige," said Angel. "Long time no see."
Hope you enjoyed this first chapter. I'm going to (hopefully) publish a new chapter every week. See you in 7 days!