A/N: I should be working on another story, but... yeah, when Borderlands 2 came out, I played it and... this idea popped in my head since. God help me.
There are a lot of spoliers (especially in this chapter) to those who have not played either Borderlands series... and I am trying my best to keep these guys in character.
...that is, if I can.
Only other warning (aside the massive amounts of spoilers) is that this is a DIFFERENT take on the Borderlands 2 storyline... meaning that this MAY be an Alternative Universe/"what if?" idea. So, if I wind up disappointing anyone with the premise of this fic, then I sincerely apologize.
Disclaimer: Borderlands series is owned by Gearbox and 2K.
01
Have you seen an angry Siren?
Of course you haven't.
But... just be glad you're not me right now.
It's a pretty bad situation because Lilith is (or was) pissed off over her disapperance-
...Wait, maybe I should start from the beginning about this before anyone gets confused. I tend to do that a lot.
Like Lilith, I'm a Siren- the rare group of people that have these tattoos on their left side and have "god-like' abilities... never make me say that again. I've travelled around Pandora with her for a while as my 'sister' (putting in that our ages are different by about a year or two... and no, we're not lovers, pervs) while doing these requests just to get by for food and rent... and some elemental weapons.
Then we met Angel.
She was running away from several robots while Lilith and I had to deal with an annoying bandit requested by Dr. Zed. So, naturally, the two of us thought the poor girl was in danger, so we killed off the bots and took the girl back to Zed's to heal her. One thing lead to another, and not only did we realize Angel was like Lilith and me, but she seemed really happy to see us. As to why... we didn't know about that until recent events, but that will come later.
We decided to welcome her as our youngest sister.
I'm guessing all of you were thinking that we were insane for taking a girl like Angel in.
That was actually the best thing that happened to us; Lilith and I needed to know if we were the only ones that had a purpose to these powers. I wanted to know more about my hertiage as a Siren. Lilith wanted to connect with her other Siren sisters. Angel wanted freedom from... wherever she was held before.
After Angel explained about her situation, Lilith suggested that we take care of Angel and help her discover her abilities. At first, I was wary about it. But I agreed after realizing Angel's situation (being holed up in a restrictive area until having the strength and motivation to escape- the thing was she did not tell us where and who she was escaping from) was similar to mine. Poor girl.
Guess that also explained why she wanted to change her looks to that faux-hawk emo look and change her clothing. That collar looked painful... At least we threw that to the Skags to munch on.
We managed to take good care of ourselves despite the addition.
Lilith was trying to gain information about Eridium and the recent discovery of it. It doesn't help that she and Angel use it to augment their abilities... but it seems like they need to have a healthy supply of that stuff. Me, on the other hand... I hate Eridium and I never plan to use it. The only good thing that came from being with that fucking Order was that I managed to use my Phaselock abilities and maximize my abilities without using that mineral.
Zed told me what it does to the average body. That was an image that left me awake for days.
Another thing about Lilith was whenever someone mentions or asks us about the Vault that was released five years ago, the group that serched for the key, and... something called The Destroyer, she gets silent before asking to change the subject. Angel looks worried, but I was actually curious. What did happen to Lilith then? Ws she responsible for opening the Vault? I still didn't ask, but the curiosity was still there.
Angel was secretive as Lilith; she never told us who her parents are, how did she discover her Phaseshift abilities, and details about her escape from wherever she was trapped from. She just shrugs and moves on to read books and listens to the radio.
Me? I'm just as bad as them. I didn't tell them that I escaped from the religious nuthouse called The Order of the Impending Storm (six years ago) and convince a traveler to drop me off at Pandora. I was sure that Brother Sophis sent out peopleto track me down; that is until the day we came to a small unknown town Zed was moving to because of the amount of skags and bullymogs that begin to show up where he was before. It was calm for about a month or so, Lilith, Angel, and I lived near the area so we can handle various missions.
Then the Crimson Raiders show up, which included Lilith's old companions, new faces...
...and Zer0.
Things after that got worse.
"Maya! Wake up."
The blue-haired woman opens her eyes to see Lilith, who has the Hellfire and a shock pistol equipped. She also sees a shield and a grenade mod attached to Lilith's belt. Maya groans as she gets off her bed.
"Lilith? What time is it?" She asks, stretching her arms, "Did we get another mission or something?"
The red head shakes her head, tossing the blue cargo and belt, "Get dressed before the guys wake up."
Maya stares at Lilith, surprised, "...you're joking."
"Your weapons and equipment are at the top of the dresser," Lilith grabs her ammo as Maya gets dressed, "I made sure you got the Adaptive Shield this time."
"Good," Maya grumbles as she grabs her equipment, "Did you get spare money-"
"I prepared a week before."
"Your Eridium supply?"
Lilith pauses, "...I can deal."
The blue-haired Siren stares at her before shaking her head, "Let me guess... we're going back to the Eridium mines."
"Not just there."
Maya mentally sighs, remembering the real reason, "If one of the officers sees us, we're screwed."
"I'm aware of that," Lilith looks aroun the room, "...Let's go."
The two Sirens quietly make their way out of their room before descending down the stairs to see a sleeping Crimson Raider sitting on a chair, snoring softly.
Maya sees Lilith signalling her to wait before seeing the red-head to quickly vanish only to reappear in the center of the area. After a minute, Lilith motions for Maya to head for the door. Maya nods as she quietly makes her way over to the front door with Lilith-
"You may fool the rest / But to the hunter and I / you cannot decieve."
Shit. Maya freezes, hearing the irritation reverbarte in the assassin's voice. Even Lilith froze midstep as the two hear someone coming downstairs.
"You're really going to leave again, little girl?" Mordecai bitterly chuckles, walking past Maya and Zer0 as he walks up to Lilith, "Make me laugh."
"You...!" Lilith turns around, fury blazing in her eyes at the nickname, "What are you going to do, Mordy?"
"it's not what you think-" Maya was about to stop the two when Zer0 grabs her shoulder, "Zero-"
"Leave them," he mutters, reverting away from his haiku speak, "Let's talk."
Maya sighs, biting her lower lip as she and Zer0 went upstairs. They can hear Lilith and Mordecai arguing as they reached one of the bedrooms. As Maya removes her weapons, Zer0 silently shuts the door before walking across the room.
"...are Axton, Salvador... and the others still sleeping?" Maya cautiously asks.
"Yes," Zer0 sounds exasperated as he sits on a chair that is near the bed, "Maya, answer me / For your foolish reasons / Where were you heading to?"
The blue-haired Siren sits on the edge of her bed, worry etching on her face, "...remember Angel?"
"What about her?"
Zer0 does not sound happy to hear her name either... Maya winces, having a feeling his reaction won't go well.
"...Lilith and I were thinking of rescuing her."