Jojo's Pandorian Adventure part 1: Eridian Blood
Helios
A lone spaceship is travelling through the universe, and inside two people are happily discussing.
They are both old enough to be considered adults but also young enough to be still full of hope and energy.
- Say, Jonathan, are we there yet? -, the woman asks.
She looks like an angel, with those golden hair and blue eyes, and she definitely has the heart like one.
- It shouldn't take long -, the man replies, - Are you tired, Erina? -.
- … A bit, but I'm mostly excited -, she says then.
Jonathan chuckles, and Erina laughs with him. How can't she? His laughter is so contagious; she's unable to resist it.
- Well -, he starts then, ruffling his blue hair, - Actually I'm excited too -.
- Too bad we had to interrupt our honeymoon for this -, Erina admits.
Jonathan makes a face; he was enjoying himself and his marriage quite a bit, but well, when his half brother Dio called him from Hyperion to let him know that he had found a Vault and requested his assistance, he hadn't been able to refuse him.
So here they are, on a private spaceship on their way to meet up with Dio at Helios, Hyperion's base.
It's still weird thinking about him working for one of the biggest corporations of the entire universe, but Dio has always been ambitious – Jonathan knows that – so it's not really that surprising.
- If we can manage to find something out about the Vault, we'll be one step closer to the truth about its origin -, he says then.
- Yes, it'll be great for the scientific community too -, Erina replies.
- Yeah, that too -.
Eden-5, the planet they're from, is famous in all the galaxy for its schools and universities, and Jonathan and Erina had studied there.
Jonathan studied archaeology while Erina studied alien engineering, so of course the news of a Vault had picked both their interest.
- Hey, Erina, why don't we play a little game? -, Jonathan asks then, - I mean, we don't have anything better to do, so… -.
- Sure, why not? -, Erina replies, - What do you have in mind? -.
- Well, we could ask each other questions about the Vault and see who knows more -.
- … Jonathan, is this like the tests we had to do at school? -, Erina asks, - I thought I was finally free from them, so why would you even want to do that? -.
- I understand your point, but what if we arrive there and then… then… like… you forget something? -, Jonathan replies, - If we fail in front of Dio he'll never let us live it down -.
At the sole mention of him, Erina rolls her eyes.
Since they were kids she had never liked him and she even told Jonathan about it.
He doesn't fully trust Dio either but he still does his best to treat him with respect and he considers him a part of the family, just like his father wanted. He's just too good for a family like that, so of course as soon as she found out about Dio's call,sh insisted to go with him, so at least she'll be able to keep an eye on Dio in case he's just using Jonathan for his own gain.
- … Fine -, she says then, - Who starts? -.
- You, if you want -, Jonathan replies.
Erina then takes some time to think about what to ask, then she decides to start with the basis.
- So, what's the Vault? -.
- We still don't know exactly what the Vault is, but it's believed to be a cache of alien technology, maybe weaponry, built by an ancient population called Eridians, for purposes we know nothing about -, Jonathan replies, and to Erina he sounds exactly like a student in front of a teacher.
- Ok, my turn now -, he says then.
- Where can it be found? -.
- Until now we've never found anything about its location, so we don't where the Vault is. It was believed that it could be on the planet Pandora, since there are a few findings that suggest that the Eridians had visited the planet… -.
- Exactly, I wrote my thesis about that -, Jonathan comments.
- … But if what Dio says it's true, the Vault is actually on Elpis -, Erina concludes.
- Yes, but Elpis is Pandora's moon, so we're not that far -, Jonathan points out.
- That's true -, Erina replies, - But still, there are so many unresolved questions -.
- Hopefully we'll be able to make sense of all this -, Jonathan says, - Isn't that the reason we're here after all? -.
- Yeah, you're right -, Erina replies.
They continue to play their "game", but it doesn't last long. The Vault is still a mystery for them, so there isn't much more to ask.
They are close now, and Jonathan tries to contact Dio by radio, but he doesn't pick up.
- Ok, that's weird -, Jonathan mumbles.
He needs Dio to open the gates or else they can't enter inside.
He tries again but nothing, Dio still doesn't reply.
- If this is a prank, I swear… -, he starts, but Erina interrupts him.
- Jonathan, look -, she says, and he does as he's told.
He sees Helios – anyway who thought that creating an H-shaped base was a good idea? – but what are those little shapes near it?
After squinting his eyes a bit he understands: they're spaceships. That's weird; if someone's there for business, why not being inside?
Oh no, Jonathan quickly realises, they're not there for business.
They get closer and his worries are confirmed: Helios is under attack.
- What do we do now, Jonathan? -, Erina asks, preoccupied.
Aren't they supposed to call for help? But who can help them? For all she knows there is no organization that guards the space.
Living on Eden-5 neither of them had ever gotten into a similar situation; they don't know how they should behave, but still they can't tuck tail and fly away.
Unfortunately, though, their time to think is over, as some spaceships start to fire in their direction.
- They saw us! -, Jonathan exclaims, trying to drive out of the way, but he isn't no expert pilot and they get hit anyways.
- Erina! Are you all right? -, Jonathan asks and she nods; she can't even speak.
They're losing power and Jonathan has to do something or else it's over, but what can he do?
It's then that he sees a few spaceships entering inside Helios, and that means that they have found a way to open the gate. If they have, then it means they can enter as well.
He pulls the lever and the ship starts to fly towards Helios. He doesn't have much choice: if the power runs out they'll be completely defenceless. He has to bet on his intuition – inside they can regroup with Dio, if he has found a way to save himself, and he can help them escape – and he hopes for Erina's sake and his that he's right.
They get hit again, this time on the back, but the ship doesn't stop. They're almost there, almost…
Finally they're close enough for Jonathan to see that the entrance is indeed open. They're lucky.
- Erina! Hold on! -, he yells then and she complies.
They're going at full speed but they can't slow down or else they'll get caught. They pass the entrance without incidents though and now Jonathan has a clear view of the people who are attacking them; by their uniforms they must be Dahl's soldiers.
Why is Dahl doing this to another corporation? Attacking Hyperion is really too much for a petty rivalry; no, there must be another reason. Could it be that they know about the Vault too?
Jonathan snaps back from his thought as he hears Erina yelling; he quickly realises they're going to hit the ground, but he manages to lift their ship and to save themselves. If it hadn't been for her, though, they would have been dead.
Now the soldiers are shooting too, and their only chance of salvation is on the ground: the power is almost out; they can't be on the ship anymore.
- I'll try to land now! -, Jonathan warns.
Erina doesn't say anything; she's still holding onto the seat for dear life.
The ship comes down really quickly, smashing also a few soldiers, but even if it's on the ground it still goes on for a bit before it completely stops.
It isn't a spaceship anymore: some parts have been completely destroyed, and that landing surely didn't do any good to its state. It starts to smoke too and it's clear that it needs to be fixed or else it'll be useless.
The soldiers wait until it stops and then, ready to fire at the first sign of movement, they slowly proceed towards it.
Nobody must interfere with their mission; whoever is inside must be killed.
Author's notes: welcome to my new project, the biggest one so far: writing all Jjba's parts into the Borderlands' universe. For the people who don't know Borderlands it's a shooting game created by Gearbox. Don't ask me how I got this idea cause honestly I don't remember, but both Jjba and Borderlands are quite crazy, so I think it's a good match.
I'll try to expain everything inside the chapters or at least with the notes, so you don't necessarily have to know Borderlands in order to read this.
So, as you can see we're in space but the only planets you really need to remember are Pandora and Elpis - where this story is set. Eden-5, for example, will only be mentioned.
About the corporations, there are many but they mostly sell weapons in the game, at least some of them. In this part there's Dahl, a military corporation with an army, and Hyperion which is more about techonlogy and robots and yes, they have a H-shaped base in the game too, I'm not making this up.
About the Vault I've already told anything I can, for now. Even in the games it's not really clear what exactly is a Vault and why it's there, but I still wanted to not tell everything so that you can learn along with the characters.
Ok, now a quick note for the ones who know the game: since Borderlands doesn't tell much about some of the things I'll talk about - like the education system - I'll make up a lot of stuff. You can also see that I'm not really following the chronological order of the games (I'm starting with the Pre-Sequel and not with the first game) and also the events will be slightly changed. Of course I won't be able to substitue every Borderlands' character with a Jjba's character especially for the first parts where there are few characters, so some of them will be gone while other will be characters from the other parts of Jjba.
Anyway, if you have doubts or questions don't be afraid to ask and I'll do my best to reply to you. I'd really like some comments since it's the first time that I work on a story this big and I'm curious to know what do you think and also hear your advice, if you have some.
Well, that's all for now, see you next time!