Justice League: The Borderlands Saga
Chapter 1: Welcome to Pandora
"ohhh… my head" Robin moaned as he slumped out of the train wreck before hitting the snowy ground
"wow! What a ride! Let's do that again" Supergirl cheered excitedly, Alex calming her down
"ohh… who turned off the lights?" Maya murmured sleepily before coming face to face with Killer Croc
"Bonjour" Croc said sexily, Maya screaming loudly just as Axton and Nisha shushed her
"who are you guys?" Gaige asked curiously
"why, we're the Justice League, silly! We're the greatest band of superheroes that ever existed!" Hippolyta declared proudly
"…oh. Well, I never heard of some Justice League, but… how'd you all get here?" Nisha asked
"funny thing. Apparently one of our teleporters went a bit haywire and landed us in that train you guys were in. next thing I know, one led to another and boom; we're all stranded in… uh, where ARE we?" Two-Face asked
"this is Pandora. An alien planet far, far from the Milky Way. According to the statistics, the air on this planet is breathable" Zatanna explained
"huh. So we're on an alien planet… with aliens. Figures" Hawkgirl snarked
"wow! You're not dead! This is great! Claptrap, your metaphorical ship has arrived! I am a ClP-4TP unit, but my friends call me Claptrap, if I had any friends. Here! Take these ECHOs I totally didn't loot from these corpses. Now come, come friends, let's get you inside" said Claptrap, speaking in his incredibly annoying voice as usual
"…a robot? Out here in this snowy junk heap?" Hawkgirl asked
"awww, I think he's cute" Supergirl said sweetly, wanting to hug Claptrap until Alex pulled her back
"Kara, we don't talk to strangers" Alex said softly
"strangers? We basically saved your life" Nisha said, feeling a bit insulted
"listen… thanks for saving us, but… we don't belong here. We have no idea where Earth is, or where any way to get home is, so… we just wanna go home" Nightwing said
"I'm afraid it's not that easy, Richard" a very sexy voice spoke
"who said that?" Kara asked, looking around
"I did, Supergirl. My name is Angel. I'm here to help you and your family. Listen very carefully" Angel spoke
"why should we trust someone we don't even know? Are you one of the bastards responsible for bringing us into this mess?" Hush asked
"Tommy, please settle down. There's no need for tension. These are all very nice people. I'm sure all of Pandora will welcome us with open arms" Hippolyta said calmly
"Unfortunately, Your Majesty, you're wrong. Not everyone on Pandora is friendly. This planet is FILLED with very, very, VERY dangerous people. All kinds of life; people, plants, animals, whatever; they WILL try to hurt you. And the worst of them all is Handsome Jack, the president of Hyperion. HE is the one who caused the train explosion to send you here. He has terrorized Pandora for many years and has manipulated everyone for his own dirty work" Angel said
"great. So now we're on a savage death-trap planet and we're being hunted by a psycho narcissistic madman who thinks he's a hero when in reality he's nothing but a lying, cowardly, cruel, childish, petty, vain and downright despicable douchebag" Robin spat in disgust
"yes. But there is a way for you to get back to your planet" Angel continued
"Really?" Dinah asked happily
"Yes… but it WILL be VERY difficult. It will be risky, there will be violence, possible gunplay and the high chance someone could die" Angel said, the Leaguers gasping in horror. They've seen plenty of monsters and dozens of planets but for the life of them, NOTHING in the world could prepare them for landing millions of miles away out on a hostile alien planet and their only friends are six strangers, a chatterbox robot and a mysterious angel.
"well, we're listening. I'm always up for a challenge" Nightwing said confidently
"that's the spirit, son" Two-Face cheered
"if you truly want to return to Earth, you must kill Handsome Jack and wipe Hyperion out completely" Angel finished
"…huh. Well, how hard could that be?" Robin asked, unaware that the Leaguers and Vault Hunters were glaring at him
"well for starters, I'm only here to help you and give you advice" Angel explained
"so… does this mean we have to take orders from… THAT thing?" Green Arrow asked, pointing at Claptrap
"Yes! I shall be your wise leader and YOU shall be my strong fearsome minions! Ahahahahaha!" Claptrap laughed maniacally
"oh boy. I have a very bad feeling about this" Batman moaned, Axton giving him a pat on the back
"eh, don't stress out over it, Bats. Just stick with us, and we'll be outta here in no time" Nisha said
"so Maya, is it? I must say, you're very beautiful for a siren" Hippolyta said, as she and Maya sat at the table in Claptrap's Place
"thanks Mrs. Prince. You're quite attractive yourself" Maya said, Hippolyta blushing proudly before a loud guttural roar echoed
"Oooh, a monkey" Supergirl cheered excitedly at the sight of the gigantic Bullymong Knuckle Dragger
"MY BABY" Hippolyta bawled hysterically, Batman and Croc holding her back
"hey, little girl, be very careful. Bullymongs are wild animals" Nisha warned as Kara came closer to the feral primate
"want a banana?" Kara asked, holding a yellow banana in the Bullymong's face
"uh… apparently bullymongs do NOT like being called monkeys oh and they really, really, REALLY hate bananas" Maya explained
"I cant look" Alex whimpered, covering her eyes when all of a sudden Knuckle Dragger roared loudly in Kara's face, covering her in saliva and spit
"Wow! You sure had a lot… judging by your breath" Supergirl exclaimed, coughing as Knuckle Dragger growled menacingly at her
"get outta the way, kid" Axton hollered, shoving Supergirl out of harm's way just as Knuckle Dragger grabbed Claptrap, tore out the robot's eye and left
"oh no! the robot's broken" Black Canary gasped
"no… I'm…fine. My eye… gone" Claptrap said weakly, wheeling around blindly
"what can we do to help, little guy?" Amy asked
"the gun… the gun in the cabinet" Claptrap said weakly, Batman putting the gun in his pocket
"no guns, no killing" Batman said sternly
"hey wake up Bats. These bad guys here, they definitely will NOT take surrendering for an answer. Mark my words, they WILL kill you" Axton said
"well I'm not gonna take part of it" Batman remarked, Red Hood snatching the gun out of Batman's hands
"come on, let's go find that big-ass yeti and get Claptrap's eye back so we can find a way on getting the hell out of here" Red Hood ordered, everyone quickly complying
"ohhh my sweet baby Kara… are you ok?" Hippolyta asked worriedly, hugging Supergirl close
"yes Mommy, I'm fine. I'm scared of this place. I wanna go home" Supergirl whined, sucking her thumb
"we will be home soon buttercup. I promise" Alex said assuringly
"hey kiddos, Handsome Jack here! So… you're the Justice League, huh? Never expected a bunch of lousy pathetic mutant bandits to come down to MY planet and spoil my fun. So, here's how it's all gonna go down: I'm gonna wipe out the bandits, your Vault Hunting friends, every single miserable creature on this planet… and you guys. Oh and I'm REALLY gonna enjoy taking out the little blonde cutie. So, have your fun, kiddies. I'll be in touch" Handsome Jack said mockingly through the ECHO
"You listen to me, you… you… you monster! I don't know what your game is or why you'd hurt and terrorize this poor planet, but you brought all of this on yourself, you hear me? You endangered my babies, you left us all for dead in this snowy wasteland and you call yourself ruler of this planet because you have an army of murdering robots and goons at your beck and call, and because you value yourself more than everyone else on this planet. I swear by Hera's name, when I get my hands on you, you will realize how much of a grave mistake you made by challenging my children. So go ahead, try all you want, send as many of your hunks of junk at us, lie to us, play as many mind games as you'd like, but hear this; we will NOT fall for it. We WILL find you. We WILL stop your mad plans and we WILL send you and all of Hyperion back to Hades permanently. You've been warned" Hippolyta said angrily, crushing the ECHO with her fist in fury as Handsome Jack stood in shock and horror, realizing just how deep shit he just got himself into. Not only did he piss off 6 Vault Hunters, he just angered an immortal, nigh powerful and very, very, VERY loving goddess and her many, many superpowered children. Even worse, they're coming. And if they have to make all of Pandora run red with all of Hyperion's blood and send him screaming into the abyss of oblivion… then so be it.
Meanwhile…
"Roland? We just found out the survivors of the train wreck are active" said Lt. Jessup
"excellent" Roland said
"and there's something else you should know about. The Vault Hunters… they're not alone. I'm sensing some very high levels of superhuman power in their group" Jessup continued as Roland's eyes lit up in amazement at the very strange costumed figures walking alongside the Vault Hunters. The blonde girl in the blue suit was the one that caught Roland's eye the most
"who ARE they?" Roland asked
"they call themselves the Justice League. According to one of them, they came from a strange place called… Earth" Jessup explained
"…huh. This is very interesting news" Roland said, grinning ear to ear. At long last, he had the golden opportunity to find a way to end all of Hyperion once and for all
"um… what shall we do with them, sir?" Jessup asked
"what's their location?" Roland asked
"they're entering Frostbite Crevasse, but they should be in Liar's Berg in just 0700 hours" Jessup answered
"when they get to Three Horns Divide, bring them here. I think we finally have what we need to bring Handsome Jack down for good" Roland spoke
"Yes sir, we'll get right on it" Jessup said, saluting as he exited the command center
To be continued…