Gate: Where Psychos and Common folks unites (what are the odd?).
Chapter 1: A bloody greeting.
Pandora, Morning, unknown time… Titan's End..
It's another typical day in Titan's end bandit camp. Nothing going on but the goons sitting around, either chatting, hyped up on drugs and torture their poor prisoners. The big burly bruisers are lifting weighs that made from dead bodies as they always do. The psychos; just wandering around, muttering their random crazy thoughts. For decades, the Psycho has been a important part of the bandits's "corps" around the planet of Pandora, their immense speed, strength, brutality and fearless nature has earned them the respect and fear from their buddies.
Things has been quite quite around the borderlands of Pandora after the defeat of the Enclave and The Warrior. Roland,Lilith,Mordecai,Brick and the new team of Vault hunters Axton, Maya, Gaige,Zero and Salvador managed to save Angel's live, the daughter of Handsome Jack and defeat the mighty ancient eridian bio weapon called "The Warrior". However there is a trade-off. They let Handsome Jack got away. Angel has cuts all ties with her father since he was an asshole. She found a new life as a vault hunter stationed in New Haven
However, there will always be a "black sheep" in every flocks, in this case, a gray sheep. As two Psycho were kicking a corpse that's been dead for weeks, already reeks of stinks and spilling out liquids. A deep,raspy and young voice came up behind "Hey dumbs-dumbs! That's a dead body! It won't scream even if you tardyboys chop it's nuts off!"
The two Psychos turned around to see another Psycho, this one was.. different from the rest, not in appearance. The guy wears the same orange pants with straps and steel-toed boots like the rest. He was about the same heights as his buddies. His complexion was paler compare to the rest. He was skinny but muscular, topless, exposing his muscles, various tattoos. And one particular tattoo on his back that reads "Smrt and Luvin' it" and of course his face was covered with the Pyscho's signature gas mask with two red line running down both sides. He's also have a white Mohawk that was slightly slicked back.
For most Psychos, intelligence is not one of their attributes. But this guy however, was a gray sheep of the flock. He somehow retain his intelligent and enough common decencies to NOT to kill most of the things in his wake. He can speak good grammar and have sufficient knowledge AND obsessions about safety in the working environments, thanks to 9 toes who he worked for before his demise under Roland's team. He's still a psychopath at heart, he still kills people, in the most brutal ways he can think off and enjoys it. He also like to bring his tomahawk to a gunfight just like his buddies. But he's much smarter than the average bandit, if not all of them.
The bandits "family" dislike him for both helping the citizens of Pandora clearing out their wanted lists on the side and helping them with raiding towns and villages, AND sparing the women and childrens. His intelligence made him a freak in the others eyes. He's the gray sheep of the flock. His buddies doesn't like him, but he's still "family" so they keep him around.
The two psycho shouted at the smart one "FREAK!" and walk off, but not before one of them stomp the dead body in the head one more time before he leaves. The smart Pyscho doesn't seems to be angry as he silently walk off.
He took out his tomahawk and juggling it up and down as he walk toward a group of bandit sitting by one of the tents, chatting. The Psycho sat down next to them after he plunge the tomahawk on the ground.
The mood became awkward for the bandit as they recognize who he was, It wasn't easy to recognize who's who when it comes to psycho, they don't have names, they look mostly the same. But not for this guy, everyone in Titan's end can see him from a mile away.
The Pyscho starts the conversation by saying "The fuck happened to your left arm Bood?"
The bandit named Bood reply "Fucking bitch with a half shaved mullet chop it off with her… weird power!"
The Psycho then put one hand on his mask while pointing the other hand at the one-arm bandit and laughed like kid before he said "I TOLD YOU! I FUCKING TOLD YOU!"
The bandit name Bood frowned "Oh shut up ya uppity freak! At least I don't works for those goody-two shoes like SOMEONE in dis here camp!"
The Psycho said nothing as he just punch Bood in the face, knocking him out instantly, he's still a maniac afterall, god knows how would he chose to react to people's comment about him and his choices in live.
The other bandits just silently stared at the KO'ed buddy and look back at the smart Psycho who were cracking his knuckles wrapped with bandages stained with black as he asked them "Any raids today?"
One of the bandit reply "Uh…yea…I think there's one… some caravans are coming in throught Fryarstones! Heard they got weapons, shield generators and drugs! You comin'?"
The Psycho silent for a couple of second before he said "Nah! Got some bounties to collect!" and stood up.
Before he walk away, one of the bandits asked "Hey why the fuck do you like working for the people we suppose to kill anyway?"
The Psycho crack his neck, pick up his tomahawk and said "I like killing! Doesn't matter who I kill for!" and walk off.
After he's out of eyesight, one of the bandit said "I can't believe we're actually friends with that freak! We have code ya know? We let him stay cause 9 toes told us so… and he's fucking dead! Lousy dead people's will honoring code…"
One other bandit seems surprise "Wait… we have codes?"
…
Somewhere in the badlands…
A group of raiders were holed up in a small abandon weather station. The leader seems to be on his toes as he pacing back and forth in front of his goons, shouting " YOU FUCKING IDIOTS! I TOLD YOU TO OPEN THE FUCKING SAFE! NOT BLOWING IT UP!" inside the weather station's main building.
One of the goons was shaking as he said "Bu…But the safe was locked boss!"
The boss quickly yelled right in his face "THEN WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MORONS THINK I GOT THIS BLOWTORCH FOR? TO WARM UP MY ASS?"
The goons said nothing. The boss draws his pistol, a mean looking caustic revolver and shoot one of his goons dead then continued "Let that be an example the next time you dirt-brain mess things up!"
Suddenly they heard a scream of pain outside. The leader walk out with his goons to see what happened. They saw a Psycho repeatedly cutting up one of his guards with his tomahawk. Blood was covering his body and mask. The poor bastard is a big pile of bloody mess by the time the Psycho done with him.
The lone psycho look right at the leader and his goons before he crack his neck and pull his tomahawk out of the dead guard's crotch.
The leader doesn't said a word as he raised his sidearm and open fire. This only intensify the Psycho's blood-thirst. In the badlands, even the bad seeds of Pandora are at a civil war between themselves. Raiders doesn't like bandits and the other way around. They fought each others from times to times. So a Psycho killing a raiders is nothing new in Pandora.
The Psycho took the first bullet. But was unfazed by the pain. He retaliate by throwing his tomahawk right at one of the goons. Nailed him in the head. As the goon fall dead on the ground. The Pscyho charged forward with his bare-hands and a wild scream.
This set the leader and his remaining goon back a bit as they startled by his scream. But that doesn't stop the raider's group leader from firing at the Psycho. Most of his shot misses due to the Psycho's immense speed.
The leader quickly back away, leaving his goons behind as they fired blindly at their attacker. The Psycho dodges the lousy shots and lunged at one of the goons. Pin him down on the ground by driving both his thumb down on the raider's eyes socket like a drill. The force of this attack crushed the raider's eyes. Making blood spew out. As the raider screamed in pain, the Psycho drove harder. His thumbs actually went deeper and a loud *squish* sound can be heard. His thumbs has went throught the skull's eyesockets and crushed the brain. Killing the raider.
The remaining goons and their boss look in horror as they reload their weapons. The Psycho stood up, went to recover his tomahawk and tiled his head then look at the rest of his prey before he charged toward them.
One of the goon open fired on the Psycho but his smg were jammed. Taking this chance, the Psycho grabbed the goon's gonads and crush it in 1 second flat with his barehand. The leader and his other goons step back in fear as they saw blood dripping down on the goon's pants. He was twitching rapidly due to shock and the horrifying pain that no man should endure throughout his lifetime. Not satisfied yet, the Psycho then rip both of his balls out and raised them up the air. This further instill fear in the rest of his preys. They were shaking as they look upon the pair of bloody and crushed pair of balls in the Psycho's hand.
With the pair of balls still in his hand, The Psycho quickly lunged toward the nearest goon, pin him onto the ground and beat him to dead with the other goon's balls while he gave out a eerie, wild battlecry.
Before the raiders could do anything; the Psycho quickly jumped at the next goon, and slam his tomahawk downward, splitting his head in half. He quickly pulls the tomahawk out, dodge another bullet and spun around as he aim for the next goon and slice his head off with a spinning slash.
As the headless body fell to the ground, the Psycho threw his tomahawk at the leader, who quickly grabbed his last goon and use him as a meat shield. The goon managed to yelled in pain before he die as the blade penetrated his chest.
The leader let go of the body and fire at the Psycho again. Hitting him in the stomach. But once again, it didn't faze him at all even when bloods are flowing out from the wound.
The Psycho then said "You're gonna wish you haven't done that!"
He then grabbed the leader's arm and brake it by holding the leader's elbow upward and drove his own elbow downward, creating a loud crack and a scream from the leader. Forcing him to let go of the revolver.
The Psycho then pickup his tomahawk and chop his broken arm off. Further intensifies the pain. At this point the leader couldn't even scream.
The Psycho crack his neck and said "Ah…I love the smell of blood in the morning! Smell like… chicken and money!"
Without letting the leader retort, the Psycho proceeds by chopping his head off with a golf-like swing.
…
New haven… A Couple of hours later..
Everyone was casually doing their daily biddings around town, Scooter's shop new manager still working on one of his cars ever since he moved to Sanctuary. Roland, Lilith Maya, Axton, Brick, Gaige along with her trusty robot Deathtrap and Angel was at the pub nearby after they just finish another bounty. Salvador, Zer0 and Mordecai has business in the Sanctuary.
It's been a couple of years after Handsome Jack defeat, the search for the vaults of the eridians are far from over for the teams. Now they have a new additional member. Handsome Jack former daughter, Angel. She decided to join the team in order to thank them for what they've done for her and the folks of Pandora. She and Gaige seems to get along as fine as two loving sisters. The group didn't get any new leads on the other vaults beside a map. But since everyone in Pandora is searching for them. Eventually, clues will turn up. So the team decide to take a break from the intense action and settle for a more… relaxing entertainment: bounty hunting. Partly to help Angel learn to control and fully discover the potential of her power.
Roland sighed as he chug down the beer "It's been too quiet lately! I need some REAL actions! Not these child's play, although they paid pretty good!"
Lilith smiled "Oh could you relax a bit?"
Maya added in "Yea! I mean, I thought this is what we fought for: some peace and quiet!"
Brick nodded as he noming on his food "Hell yar! I love smashing heads as much as any of you do but, some peace and quite ain't so bad either!"
Gaige was drinking her fruit juice through a straw as she said "Well I actually like some more actions! Keeps me on my cute little toes!"
Angel smirked as she rub Gaige's head "Calm yer mecromancing tits would ye?"
Angel then continued "Why are you guys like this place so much anyway? I still prefer the Sanctuary! It's breezier up there!"
Roland chuckled as he said "because this place holds a lot of memories when we fist arrived here! We'll go back soon! There soon, Marcus said a new weapons shipments is coming in!"
The group then noticed how the people began to slowly back away into their houses. They all turned around to find a Pyscho with blood all over his body and tomahawk. In his hand was the servered head of the raider boss he just killed. The Psycho was whistling as he casually walks into the town. The group readies their weapons as they saw him. Roland said "What the fuck?"
Lilith huffed "He got balls I tell you that!"
Gaige crack her knuckles and said "Can we smash him now?"
However before they can do anything. The new sheriff of New Haven quickly emerge from his office and greeted the Psycho "Try losing that mask! Maybe people'll stop running when they see you!"
The Psycho hold up the head of the raider boss and said "Not gonna happen bud! Anyway, here's the prick's head! Still fresh and full of maggots eggs!"
The Sheriff covered his nose as he took the head and said "You know a bag to put this head into could have been a good idea!" as he went into the office to pay the Psycho. As the Psycho follows him while saying "Are you stupid? That's waste of good human skin!"
The gang just frozed with a "wtf" look on their face, Maya turned to the others and said "Did that Psycho just spoke… like… in full sentences?"
Brick scratches the back of his head and said "Is this Halloween or something? People started to dress up as those maniacs now? ... no seriously, I couldn't even tell what date is it today!"
Inside the office, The sheriff was turning the knob on his safe to get the money, The Psycho silently look at the stuffs on his desk before he took notice of a dark blue Shotgun with pistol grip and no buttstock on it. The guy pick it up to examine it. Seeing that, the sheriff said "A friend gave it to me a couple of years ago when I first got here!"
The Psycho open the chamber to take a look, 6 shots pump-action cylinder type. And it's fully loaded. The Pyscho then close the chamber up and said "I like it! How about this instead of the money?"
The sheriff seems puzzled at his request. This is the first time anyone has asked for weapons instead of money in his own office as a reward. But since he doesn't really bonded with the gun that much, he closed the safe and nodded "Welp… Normally I paid people in cash… but, our budgets has been quite low these days, thanks to the raidings that your buddies keep pouring down our heads…"
The Psycho crack his neck and said "Hey, I might be one of them but that doesn't make me PART of their raids! If I wanted you dead… I would done that 2 days ago when I walked into your office to find you sleeping on the chair like a fucking sloth with human clothes!I'll Tie you up, hang ye upside down then slowly flay you alive… then threw a bucket fullof salt on your red…smelly skinless dick!"
The sheriff certainly intimidated by this comment, he try his best not to shake in fear as he gulped and smiled "Well…You can have my gun! If you need some ammo I could.."
The Psycho pick up the shotgun and walk out as he said "What do I look like? A charity case?"
Before he get out of ear shot, the Sheriff call out to him "HEY! I haven't got your name… It's been two years since you set foot into my office asking for work and I've never bothered asking!"
Roland and the gang can hear the two conversation from outside the office, since it's right next to the pub. The're still listening as the Psycho replied "I'm known by many names…But most know me as… Todd~~~~!"
Todd, he said his name was Todd, that was not a name a Psycho should have got. No one could take him seriously if he tells them his name was Todd. This made Brick laughed his butt off after hearing his name.
Todd turned to the gang and said "The fuck you laughing at Blob?"
Brick quickly snarled "The fuck did you called me you junky piece of shit?"
Todd replied as he walks pass them and toward the ammo vending machine "B-l-o-b! B-lob! Means you're a fat ugly muscle packed retard pricks who always wanted to pick a fight like a fucking horny Skag!" as he push some button then insert the cash he have to get a box of shotgun shells.
Brick was seriously pissed off at this comment, he step forward, ready for a fight but were held back by his friends, Gaige hold brick by the stomach and said "woahhh there big guy! Remember the three steps of anger managment?"
Roland seems confused as he said "I thought that was meant for Salvador!"
Gaige smirked "Hello? Muscleheads tend to lose their temper really easy! They don't teach you that in school?"
Axton rolled his eyes "here we go again with little miss know-it-all!"
Todd once again crack his neck left and right, something of a habit of his as he said "You need to control your pet Skag better lil missy!" before he walks off. Leaving Brick shouting while being hold back by his team "YOU GET BACK HERE YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!"
Finally, Brick muster all of his strength and push everyone off of him then charged at Todd with his fist swinging. Todd quickly drop the ammo box and his shotgun to dodge the punch then retaliate with a barrage of punch to Brick stomach. Though he's fast, his punches are like flies landed on Brick's thick skin and layers of muscles.
The big beserker then grab Todd's head, pick him up and slammed it into the ground. The sheriff was witnessing everything from his office, put his palm on his face and sighed "Not again! Least this time he's the one who's getting beaten!"
The team quickly ran to Brick side with Maya asked "Are you ok?"
Brick slammed his fists together and said "Of course I'm ok!"
Maya rolled her eyes "I was asking the maniac with his face stuck on the ground!"
The Psycho quickly sit back up and on his feet, as he dusting his body and knock the dust out from his ears he said "Please tell that wasn't your best shot ye pansy!"
Despite his rude remarks. The team was impressed that he actually survived that attack. Normally it would have kill anyone or anything instantly. But he survived with no apparent trauma injury.
Todd pick up his shotgun, his ammo box and casually walk out of town without saying a word as if the fact that he's just got his head drilled to the ground didn't happen.
The team just stood there and look on with Axton scratches the back of his head and said "Uhh… is that guy for real?"
Lilith shrugged "Who cares? Crazier shits happens around Pandora everyday and you're actually surprised to see a semi-Psycho who knows how to talk in full sentences?"
Angel then pointed up at the sky and said "Uhh… guys… is that crazy enough?"
Todd also took noticed as he look up at the sky to find a small portal opened. And it spit out what seems to be a person. Female from her clothing and hair. The next thing they knew is that she landed right onto of Scooter's autoshop's rain curtain. The curtain was strong enough to stop her descend but also tore apart from the impact. Sending the girl on to the ground thereafter.
Roland just managed to say "What the fuck?"
…
Sometimes earlier, at Koan Forest…
"NOO YUNO!" Tuka screamed in agony as she witnessed her sister being devoured by the Flame Dragon. One of the Empire's killing machine and one of Augustus's favorite pets. The young elf were crying her eyes out as she was dragged away by her father, Hodor, a brave elve warrior.
"You have to be strong Tuka! The Empire's main forces will be here any minutes!" Hodor said as he and Tuka ran throught the flaming villages where they reside and taking numerous Imperial infantries with his bow. After they returned to their home. Hodor quickly ran to his desk and took out a scroll.
Then he took Tuka to the back yard to their house, hoping to hide from the blood-thirsty beast. Hodor then hugged his daughter and said "Listen to me Tuka… I've.. been keeping a secret from you.. I've been studying about inter-realms travels for years… And… Me and my old colleagues has found a very… interesting realms far from here… I have no time to fully explain our discovery…"
Tuka still try to hold her tears back as she said "Wha…What do you mean father?"
Hodor said nothing as he open the scroll then chanted some sort of spells in an Elvish language. Righ after he finished, the scroll suddenly glow, then float up to the air and transformed into a portal, enough to fit a person throught.
Tuka was shock to witness this. Hodor on the other hand grabbed both of her shoulders and said "There're might be no hope left for us but… There's still hope for you my child! Sooner of later, the Empire will find this realm… But I believe deep in my heart that YOU would be ready for them by then! You're strong girl my child! You have so much to live for!"
Tuka began to understand what he means. She quickly hugged him tightly as she sobbed "NO! I won't leave you here father! Please at least come with me!"
Hodor suddenly heard the Dragon's roar. It had spotted them. Theres no time left; Hodor let go of his daughter and smiled "I love you Tuka!" and push her right throught the portal.
As Tuka screamed as she witness the dragon incinerate her father before the portal closed right in front of her. Tuka began to feel dizzy as she fell through the dark, blank void before she passed out after she saw a faint light at the end of the wormhole.
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Present time, New Haven…
"Woah… who is she?" Roland asked as he looking at the unconscious girl on the ground.
Lilith rolled her eyes "You actually expecting an answer? She fell out from a fucking portal up in the sky! And she doesn't look like an eridian!"
Gaige sat down and rub the girl's pointy ears as she said "man what a weird pair of ears… where can I get one?"
Axton said "She's look like she's through some shit… look at all the dirt and bruises on her!"
Maya then said "yea…not to mention… STOP THAT!"
She yelled at Todd who were poking the elf girl with his tomahawk. Which the Psycho shrugged "Safety first!"
Todd then crouch down next to her, pulls out a injector from his back pocket and stick it into the girl's arm.
This alarm the team, Roland was about to step up but Todd cuts him off "Adrenaline! That'll wake her up!"
Todd then pumped in only a small amount of adrenaline into the girl's body. Immediately she shot up from the ground, screaming in shock.
The team sat down beside her to calm her down while Todd said "See?"
The blonde elf girl took a couple of deep inhale and exhale before she take a look at the people surrounding her. She seems nervous, lost and scared. Maya reach her hand out to to the girl and said "Are you ok? You have quite a fall… from…that portal!"
The girl didn't answer the question but she asked "Wh…where am I?"
Before anyone can answer, Todd said "Pandora!"
The girl turned to see the Psycho reaching his bloody hands out to her. And the scary mask he wore scared the girl shitless. She quickly back up as she yelped. This doesn't seems to bother the Psycho since he gets it a lot.
The girl looks confused as she said "Pandora?"
Roland said "Yea! I don't know what planet.. or what… freaky dimension you're from but now you're in Pandora!"
The girl gulped as she asked "I'm from… The village of Koan forest!"
Todd said "What the fuck is a forest?"
The girl then look up into the sky and said "Where's the portal?"
Angel said "It closed right after you fell through!"
The elf girl began to panic "But… I have to get back to my Village! The…The Dragon… It's… the citizens… my.. father…!" and with that she began to sob loudly.
Maya and Angel did the only thing they knew, the two young women put their hands on her shoulder and said "Look… We're really sorry about your father being killed by this "Dragon"! But… I don't think getting back there would be a good idea!"
Angel added in "It's not like we can actually get BACK there to where you came from anyway!"
Todd casually asked "What the fuck is a "dragon" ?"
Axton snarled "Would you shuddup?" at Todd. Who surprisingly obliged.
Angel then said "You need to rest little missy! C'mon, we got a nice place for you to stay at the Sanctuary!" as she helped the elf girl up on her feet.
The blonde girl tilted her head "Sanctuary?"
Roland smiled "You'll find out once we get there!"
As the group took her to the teleport port. Todd picks up his shotgun and box of ammo and look at the group before he asked "Can I come with you?"
Roland said "…No!"
Todd said "Hey I did wake her up!"
Gaige then said "Still no!"
And with that Roland punched the confirm button. And a blue life wrapped around the group before disappearing along with them.
Todd doesn't seems to be pleased as he went over to the Sheriff's office and asked "Where can I get a jet?"
The sheriff awkwardly asked "Do you even know where is the Sanctuary?"
Todd silent for a couple of minutes before he said "No… But it's In the sky right?"
Sensing he isn't gonna leave the office until he knows the answers. The sheriff then took out a small PDA with a map to Sanctuary and a coupon then gave them to Todd and said "Look, this is the map… considering you might know how to read it! And a coupon for a discount jet rental business near here! You might be able to get it for free if the people working there took off runnin when they see you…"
Without another word, Todd tick both the PDA and the coupon into his pocket and walk out.
The sheriff leaned back against his chair and said "Ughh… I need a drink!"
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End of chapter 1
