Hey Guys this is my first piece of fan fiction. Still a bit of a neewb to all this fan fiction stuff so go easy on me. Anyways hope you guys enjoy the first part to The Psycho King.
It was a hot day out in the Dust, the sands were blowing in the faces of our fellow Vault Hunters, Salvador, Zero, and Krieg. They have been assigned a job by Axton, who became the new Crimson Raiders leader by a majority vote, to go out and take down a nearby bandit camp. They have been taking down some trucks that contain food supplies for Sanctuary, if they were not stopped some of the residents will starve to death.
As the Vault Hunters got closer to the camp, Salvador was getting really tired from the long walk. He was amazed to see that Zero and Krieg were still walking, and not even close to being on the verge of collapsing down and passing out.
"Please tell me we are almost there." Salvador cried out to the others, "I want to get this crap over with already."
"It seems that you are letting the heat get to you, Salvador." Zero had noticed this half an hour since their departure.
"WORK THOSE FLABBY MUSCLES SO THE INTENSIFIED GLORY OF THE MEAT FESTIVAL SHALL FILL UP YOUR CHEST BACK WITH HATRED!" Krieg was also starting to get annoyed with Salvador's complains as well, just in a way that his other fellow Vault Hunters didn't understand.
"Why is it that we couldn't use a Vehicle again?" Salvador cried out.
"Because Scooter is doing maintenance on the Catch-a-Ride with Gaige since some asshole hacker screwed with the system." Zero was also a bit pissed that he couldn't get a vehicle as well. He could walk miles without getting tired, but he hated doing it, especially in the Dust. Axton called Zero on his Echo device to see how they were doing.
"Hey Zero, how are you guys holding up out there, all that walking must be a total bitch." Axton replied in a wise ass like remark.
"We are almost there." Zero replied back.
"Excellent. Good to see that you are still breathing."
"Just remember our little deal Axton, I stop speaking in Haiku so you can stop acting like a wise ass." Zero had not forgotten about their deal.
"Don't worry about it, it'll take some adjusting. Echo me back when you get the supplies back alright?"
"Sure." Zero hanged up, "Asshole." Zero disapproved the fact that Axton was the new leader of the group. He would have much preferred Maya, Salvador, Brick, anyone else but Axton. He didn't hate him, he just didn't agree with his leadership.
Zero, Salvador, and Krieg had arrived. The bandit camp was small and mostly empty, the only thing they could see in plain sight was a lone midget psycho walking around with a small buzzaxe in his hand. They didn't like the looks of this, it was in the middle of the day and there were no other bandits in sight, they should have been awake by now.
"Something isn't right." Zero wasn't comfortable going into the camp. He is a highly skilled Assassin that has taken down Badasses and made them crumble down to their knees, but he isn't stupid and knows that there could be a potential trap.
"Hey, lets just let Krieg go in." Salvador suggested to Zero. "You've seen him in action, he can tolerate a lot of pain. He'll be fine."
"Sure, why not. You ready to go kill something Krieg?" The Assassin asked. Krieg didn't even give out a formal reply, instead he charged out and let out some of his battle cries along the way.
"I AM GOING TO SHOWER YOU IN A POOL OF YOUR OWN AGONY!" He charged into the camp and aimed towards the lone midget psycho that was walking around. He noticed Krieg's presence and started to run further into the camp. Krieg ran as fast as he could to make sure he wouldn't lose the little psycho, but when he turned the midget had disappeared.
(Huh, that's strange. He completely vanished.) Krieg's inner voice was even surprised that Krieg let something as little as a midget get away.
"COME ON OUT SO I CAN USE YOUR RIBCAGE AND SHOVE IT DOWN THE THROAT OF A BADASS!" Krieg's scream caused all the doors around the small bandit camp to open up. To his surprise there were nothing but Psychos, of all different types, that came out the doors and surrounded Krieg.
"Unusual." Zero was a bit surprised when he saw nothing but Psychos come out. Where were all the normal bandit thugs? The Goliaths? The Nomads?
"So, do we fire at them?" Salvador got his guns out ready for a fight. But Zero pulled him back.
"No, lets see how this plays out." Zero and Salvador just observed, ready for when Krieg needed help. The Psychos surrounded Krieg enclosing him in a circle with buzzaxes in their hands ready to attack. Then there was a voice that yelled out from one on the open doors.
"Stop! Don't you see that it is him?" The Psychos looked at Krieg a bit confused. "Well what are you waiting for? Kneel!" Suddenly the Psychos began to kneel down before Krieg, as if he were their king. The mysterious voice belonged to another Psycho, more sane than the other psychos, and walked out the door to introduce himself to Krieg.
(Wait a minute, he looks like that one cultist guy you killed, Clayton.) The inner voice took noticed of this as he looked very similar to him, Krieg however couldn't tell the difference.
"WHY IS IT THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BE MY VIP OF THE MEAT POUNDING!" Krieg still took his precautions against the Clayton looking psycho and was prepared to sink his buzzaxe deep into his skull.
"Let me introduce myself, I am Colton and my fellow meat splicing brothers have been looking for you." Krieg wasn't too convinced, he still kept the buzzaxe tight in his hand. "We have been growing in size, but soon we will fall apart if we do not have a great leader to take command and lead us into blood savoring glory. You are that leader and we have decided to make you our king."
(Your not buying into this are you?) The inner voice had a feeling that Krieg was being set-up and did not want his psychotic counterpart to get lured into it.
"WILL YOU BE WILLING TO DEVOTE YOU PAIN AND GUTS TO THE GLORY THAT IS THE MEAT BICYCLE!" Krieg was quickly accepting his role as the leader of the small tribe of psychos.
(You can't be serious. Can't you see that he is setting you up? They are going kill you once your usefulness runs out)
"We accept. We will be ruled under the law of the meat bicycle as we free our brothers from the imprisonment they are in and wipe out all who oppose us." Colton bowed before Krieg. "Now lead us into battle into the bandit camp over there," he pointed north. "so we can set them free!"
(Don't do it, it's not too late to turn around and go back to Zero and Salvador.)
"LETS GET THE MEAT BICYCLES GRINDING UP BECAUSE THE FEAST IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!" With that the other psychos cheered and started to prepare their buzzaxes. Krieg started to charge at the other bandit camp, playing his role as a leader. The other psychos followed Krieg.
"So, what now?" Salvador was still in shock with what he saw, same with Zero.
"We follow him." Zero and Salvador kept up with Krieg to the next bandit camp and hid behind some cover so they would not be detected. In the camp there were a few dozen bandit thugs, some nomads, and a goliath. Krieg entered the camp, charging and screaming along with the other psychos.
"LET THE BLEEDING BEGIN!" Krieg started to slash away at the nearest bandits he could find and one by one their dead corpses collapsed to the ground. The other psychos came in and started to do the same. There were some enemy psychos on standby just observing the slaughter by their fellow brethren. Within minutes, Krieg and his army of psychos had succeeded over the bandits and were crowned victorious
"NOTHING WILL STOP THE WRATH OF OUR VENGANCE PENETRATING THEIR SOULS UNTIL THEIR MINDS HAVE TURNED INTO NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY SKAG CARCASS!" Krieg was satisfied with his victory and his new companions that followed him. Enemy psychos started to appear from the doors only to plead if they can follow Krieg and the other psychos.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" Axton Echoed them back to make sure they were still breathing, Krieg overheard his echo and turned it off.
"Yeah. We are still here." Zero replied
"Good. Did you get rid of the bandits yet?"
"Not exactly."
"What the hell Zero. We need those damn food supplies back or people are going to die here in Sanctuary!"
"It's kind of complicated." Salvador joined in on their conversation
"What do you mean complicated? Its what you guys do best, I've seen all three of you wipe out an entire camp of bandits single handedly."
"Krieg went into the camp to get rid of them, but the camp was full of psychos." Zero explained
"And?" Axton wanted to know all the details of what was going on.
"Krieg was surrounded by the psychos and they made him their leader." Salvador explained.
"Wait you mean like some sort of king."
"Exactly." Axton was very surprised by what he heard.
"You don't think that…"
"Don't start on that." Salvador knew what he was going to say next.
"Now hear me out on this one…"
"I know that you and Krieg don't get along with each other amigo, but that doesn't mean he is reverting back into a regular psycho."
"But the possibility is still there." Salvador didn't want to accept it. He had good times killing bad guys alongside Krieg. He no longer felt tired and out of breath, just anger.
"Look if you want we'll let this play out and see what happens next. Scooter and Gaige just repaired the Catch-a-Ride. I'll go down and pick you guys up."
"I'll follow Krieg." Zero did not plan on leaving Krieg with those other lunatics by himself if something went wrong. He owed him when Krieg saved his life at the hands of a raging badass Goliath.
"You sure." Axton needed to make sure if Zero was really going to go forward with it.
"Yeah. Just pick up Salvador and make sure the other psychos don't see you. The bandit camp they left from should be empty and you can delivery the supplies back to Sanctuary with a Bandit Technical."
"Alright, will do. Keep your Echo device on just incase we need to contact you."
Axton headed down into the Dust and picked up a Bandit Technical from the Catch-a-Ride and drove it to the now empty bandit camp. Salvador was there waiting next to all the food supplies.
"Took you long enough to get over here."
"Ran into some traffic along the way. Those Bandit patrols are persistent bastards." Axton climbed down from the Bandit Technical and helped Salvador load up the supplies. When they were done Salvador went to the back to make sure none of the supplies fell along the way back.
"So what are we going to do if Krieg does revert into the whole psycho leader role" Salvador was curious to see Axton's response to this. Axton himself wasn't sure how to respond to that.
"We'll figure it out, don't worry about it."
"Alright, fair enough. But what are we going to do about Maya." Axton looked at Salvador, confused
"Whats that supposed to mean?"
"If she finds out about this she will be on your ass about this. As it is she's already testing your leadership skill's." Axton then recalled that the Siren had some doubts like Zero on whether or not he can handle himself as the new leader. She was likely to get on his case on this and a lecture on it afterwards. The thought of it horrified him.
"Don't worry about it I know what will keep her occupied in the meantime, for now lets just focus on getting Krieg back." Axton then started up the Bandit Technical and drove back to the Fast Travel station to get the supplies back to Sanctuary.