Note:
The following story follows the same story as the Tales from the Borderlands, so spoilers ahead for those of you that haven't started to play it or watch on YouTube. If you don't like stories like this, than I'd advise you not to read ahead.
Summary:
Rhys and Shadow have been working in the company known as Hyperion with their friends. However when they get demoted instead of getting a promising promotion they plan to ruin their bosses career, by stealing a deal, which involves the alien tech known as the Vault Key.
Meanwhile on the planet Pandora, Fiona, Sasha and their youngest sister Plutia plan to con a deal to steal a lot of money from their dealers which happen to be from Hyperion.
Unfortunately for both sides of the story, things don't go as planned.
Back again? To hear another story of immense fortune and unthinkable peril?
Well… I have some time.
The Borderlands of Pandora were told to contain mysterious alien treasure troves filled with advance technology and incredible power. Vaults at least that's what people called them… and to seek one out was to earn you the title of Vault Hunter… at least by me.
You could say Handsome Jack was one such explorer, though his methods could be seen as… somewhat unsporting. He ran the corporation Hyperion… and died trying to claim Pandora as his own.
History's attention is fickle, my friends. It will remember those pirates like Handsome Jack but forget the adventurers who risk it all for less… ah obvious.
Rewards.
Stories, legends, those are much better at getting at the real spirit of things. Stories, remember both sides of the tale.
-Somewhere on Pandora-
In the wasteland of the desert two people walked from the plains of Pandora. There was a man who a black suit and a silver robotic arm with brown hair. The other was a eighteen year old teen with red and black hair; he wore a black coat with an dark orange shirt and grey pants and had a pair of red crimson eyes; but on his left eye was robotic had metal under his eye and it looked like it was a snake.
The man with the black suit was holding an ECHO device of some kind that was beeping. They both looked around.
"You sure this is the right place?" The seventeen year old teen asked the man.
"Well this is what the she said to meet up." The man told him.
The teen looked around again, "It doesn't look like anybody's here."
They walked over by a billboard, which had read, "Prosperity Junction" but some of the letters were faded. Just behind the billboard looked like what appeared to be an abandoned town that had a single clock tower, to which the arrows did not move; not even an inch. They stopped just in front of the billboard and took a look around.
They each called out a name.
"Fiona? Come on! We can work this out!"
"Plutia! Plutia! Where are you?! If you're here, come on out!"
No answer came for them, as the wind continued to blow. It wasn't before long until the device in the man's hand started to beep rapidly. "What do you think that means?" The teen had asked him. "I-I don't know." The man replied.
They soon heard the sound of footsteps. They turned around to see that it was a person wearing some kind of mask, with only a single way to look through and a metal sun hat. The person wore strange clothing, and held what appeared to be a shotgun. The teen backed up a bit, but the man had said, "Fiona? What, is there some sort radiation leak we don't know abo-"
The man was cut off however when the person hit him in the head with the but of the gun; the teen jumped at this.
RHYS
THE COMPANY MAN
Rhys fell to the ground hard, and the teen gritted his teeth at the person. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING YOU DAMN BASTARD!?" He shouted as he rushed him. But this was shortly lived when the person made him lose his balance and hit him in the back of the head with the butt of the gun. He fell to the ground passing out as well.
SHADOW
YOUNGEST COMPANY MAN ALSO ONE OF RHYS'S BEST FRIEND
A little while later, Rhys woke up in bindings and was being dragged by the person who had attacked them earlier; While Shadow was over the person's shoulder. He noticed Rhys was awake.
"Welcome back to the living hell known as Pandora." He said jokingly.
Rhys tried to get out of the bindings but it was to no avail. But he couldn't help but ask the person he was currently getting dragged by, "Where exactly are we going?"
The person responded with his voice all synthetic, "I ask the questions."
"Yeah, that's the answer he gave me when I asked him that." Shadow told Rhys.
"Okay, than..." Rhys said, before asking the person again, "Do you mind asking yourself where you're taking us?"
The person stayed silently this time. He continued walk through the deserted wasteland. "What?" Shadow said, "You're going to ignore us now is that it? We just want to what you're going-OW! HEY!"
Shadow was dropped to the ground; he coughed a bit since dust of sand flew into his mouth. He sat himself up despite the bindings. "THAT WAS A BIT UNCALLED FOR!" Before he could shout anything more, he found himself face to face with the barrel of the shotgun.
"If you know what's good for you. You'll keep your mouth shut unless I demand for an answer." The person said to him. Shadow said nothing; he just turned away from the person. The person removed the gun out of his face and walked over to Rhys. He was standing over him now.
He kicked Rhys in the side; hard.
"OWW!" Rhys exclaimed, "What the hell?!" The person had then kneeled and said, "Tell me about the Gortys Project."
Shadow chuckled a bit, "Seriously? That's what this is about? You couldn't just ask us nicely?"
The person turned to Shadow giving him a look behind the mask. His attention was back to Rhys when he said to him, "But seriously, Gortys is bad business. Now if you want a real hot investment, I am on the ground floor of some property on Eden-"
Rhys was cut off when the person got up and pointed the shotgun at his crotch. Rhys panicked as he said, "Okay! Okay. Okay. Okay."
"Don't be a smart ass." The person said, "I'm not a patient person. So just start talking, the both of you." He then started to drag Rhys by the foot and instead of throwing Shadow back over his shoulder he dragged him by the neck of his jacket.
"Where exactly do you want us to start when we're being dragged through the sand of the desert?" Shadow had asked the person.
"Start from the beginning." The person had replied.
Rhys and Shadow both looked at each other. "Right…" Rhys had said. He then started to tell the story.
(Key:
When the wording is slightly slanted than this means Rhys is telling the story.
When the wording is bolded like this, than this means Shadow is telling the story.)
I guess it all started with a promotion… See I spent my entire career up at Hyperion, and Shadow had started working around the time when Jack was still alive and after when he died; both him and his friend were the youngest out of all of us… So in a way, I guess that makes us the bad guys of the story.
And Handsome Jack, he was the baddest guy of 'em all. And despite Shadow knowing so little about him, he and I wanted to be just like him. Well it wasn't just us, everyone did. Which… resulted in a company overflowing with assholes.
You see when, Handsome Jack died, things got how you'd say a bit more chaotic, and that was literally beyond our standards, at least that's what I was told anyway. Believe me it wasn't easy for me or Mion or well all of us to fit in to Hyperion. It took a while, but we somehow managed it.
Sure, it took a few selects stabs in the back, a new hair cut and the help of a couple of friends… We were on our way to get the promotion that was going to change our lives.
Correction, everyones lives. For the better.
Yeah, for the better.
-Sometime Ago; Hyperion Station over Pandora (Rhys & Shadow's P.O.V)-
Today was the day. The day that he and Rhys were both waiting for. The promotion. All the hard work had to pay off since he started to work with Hyperion. True it took him a while to get used to things but it was all worth it.
Shadow only heard story of Handsome Jack, to many who praised him. Honestly he couldn't see why, however in a way, he did respect a man like Jack; It was crazy but he did. He made his way to the top, and so was he. He stood in front of him a poster of Jack and was in his thoughts about it. He slightly jumped when he was jumped from behind.
"SURPRISE SHADES!" He turned to see that it was his best friend, who was a teen just like him. She had long green emerald hair that was tied back into a ponytail and had the same colored eyes. She had on a brown jacket with a golden yellow t-shirt with the Hyperion logo slapped across it like his shirt was. She also had on a pair of navy blue jeans and dark brown dress shoes.
MION
SHADOW'S BEST/CHILDHOOD FRIEND AND FRIEND OF RHYS
All Shadow did was catch his breath when he realized that it was someone familiar to him. "Damn it Mion!" Shadow said, "You gave me a heart attack!"
"You know I can't help myself Shades. I'm just excited is all." Mion said with a smile, "I just heard the news from Yvette, so this is gonna be the day than?"
Shadow said with a half smile which quickly faded, "Yeah, it's going to be." She then gave Shadow a hug which of course surprised him but soon started to choke him. "I'm so proud of you Shades! You and Rhys are going to be with the big boys!" Mion said as she hugged him harder, "This is just the best day ever!"
"Mion…" Shadow managed to say, "You're kind of choking me…"
"Oh sorry." Mion said breaking out of the hug, "But I can't help myself, it really is the best thing that could happen! You getting a promotion and at the age of seventeen! I can't get that promotion even if I wanted too! Think about it, you go from being a computer guy and lab assistant to something even better than just sitting behind a computer! Oh man have you grown."
"Yeah that. Look at me… All grown up."
Mion noticed the look on in his eyes. He had what appeared to be an unsure look in his eye and robotic eye; he leaned against the wall with his back supporting him and hands in his jacket pocket, "Hey, what's the matter? I thought you would have more enthusiasm. I mean, aren't at the very least excited with what's about to happen right now?"
"Of course I am." Shadow had told her, "It's just that, I still can't believe that we were at some point two kids on Pandora pretty much scrounging for food like a couple of skags. Not only that I lost my left eye thanks to a Bandit, and you have a scar because of one of them."
"Yeah, seems like yesterday that we were like that."
"I mean, if it weren't that man Jack, we would've still been that way.".
"You know something I'm still in shock at the fact that he would just pretty save our asses."
"I'm still in shock about that too."
Mion had then drew her own conclusion to what her friend was thinking. "Oh I get it now, you're still wondering why he helped us aren't you?" All Shadow did was nod his head to her. Mion then placed her hand on his shoulder, "Come on how many times do I have to tell you not to worry about it, and be grateful. I mean he even went through all that trouble to get your eye replaced with that robotic one."
Mion tapped under his eye on the metal plating, "And half of my brain." Shadow had added, "And FYI it's not exactly the latest ECHOeye* you know."
(Shadow's ECHOeye is able to scan like Rhys's ECHOeye, however unlike his, he is unable to download information from nearby machines; direct download from a memory drive however that's another story.)
"Well it is something isn't it?" Mion said, "I mean at least you're not seeing with just the one eye."
"I guess." He told her, "I know you tell me not to get too much into the real reason why Jack saved our lives, and for that matter give me a replacement for my left eye, but I just can't help it."
"Sure you can't download things from nearby computers like Rhys can, but hey, at least with your brain being half robotic you can at least download info from a memory drive."
"Which I don't even know if I can actually do, since let's face it, no one asked me."
"Oh come on Shades, you're being paranoid. Besides whatever the case, I think Jack there had a good reason to help us."
Shadow stayed silent at this point, not saying anything to her. Mion patted him on the shoulder again, "Come on cheer up. You're getting a promotion remember?"
Shadow let out a smile, at the mention of that, "Yeah, it's that big day! It's going to be for the better for everyone."
"There we go, that's the spirit!" Mion said, "Now let's go meet Rhys and Vaughn up at the office shall we?"
"Right." Shadow had said. And thus they went towards the office.
Meanwhile Rhys was excited at the fact that he was getting a promotion, as he walked proudly towards the office where he would talked to his boss. He spent about three years already just kissing up to the guy, and it was all worth it in the end, for not just for himself but with everyone that worked in Hyperion.
It was going to be glorious for Rhys and Shadow; they both equally worked hard and at the fact they kiss up to their boss.
He was soon bought out of his thoughts when his friend had asked him, "What's the first thing you're going to buy? I know what Henderson's making… I do his payroll."
VAUGHN
RHYS'S BEST FRIEND; THE MONEY MAN
They turned the corner of the hallway.
"If you and Shadow are getting a fraction of what he earns you guys are going to be rolling in it." Vaughn had said, "Being an exec in Hyperion comes with expectations."
"I figure I could get lunch first." Rhys had told him, "Seems like a good place to start."
Vaughn had then said, "Well then we're starting with 5 of whatever is the most expensive and wine pairings."
"What, for lunch?"
"We're gonna get twisted bro. I mean if I'm not puking up five hundred dollars in food and alcohol this afternoon then we are doing it wrong."
"Even with teens?"
"Hey you know the old saying you only live once, even they know that."
"That is true."
They saw the door to the office just down the hall. "We're meeting with Yvette afterward to celebrate." Vaughn had said, "She booked us a table."
"Yup sounds good." Rhys had said.
Vaughn and Rhys both stopped within the middle of the hallway. Vaughn had then said, "Look we had to a lot of awful stuff to get to where you and Shadow are. Do I regret some of it? Sure I do. Every night it haunts my dreams, but that doesn't matter now. Cause you made it. You deserve this man. And don't ever think that you don't."
"Hey." Rhys had said to him, "We made it, okay? We're in this together. If me and Shadow are moving up, than we're all moving up. You can be certain of that." Vaughn let out a smile and said to Rhys, "I appreciate that Rhys. You know people around here have a short memories when it comes to stuff like that."
"You, me, Shadow, Mion and Yvette, we're going to run this place." Rhys said to him.
"Yes we are." Vaughn had agreed.
Just than they heard a voice all too familiar down the hall. "HEY! RHYS! VAUGHN!"
They saw that it was Mion who had called out to them; She stood by Shadow's side as she waved over to them. Rhys waved back and went to over to them. "Hey guys!" Mion had said.
"Hello, Mion and Shadow." Rhys had said, "Nice to see you two on this fine day."
"Right back at ya." Shadow had said.
"Alright you two ready to do this?" Mion had asked.
"As ready as we'll ever be." Rhys had said.
"In that case, it's time to get the Hyperion face on." Vaughn had said to the two of them. "Right." Rhys and Shadow said in unison.
Shadow gave what appeared a fake smile with a raised eyebrow, while Rhys gave out what appeared to be a sneer. Mion and Vaughn both looked at each other and shook their heads when they turned back to them. "Nah, that seems a bit too friendly." Mion had said to them.
"Agreed." Vaughn said, "You guys need something a bit more condescending. How about, this? Tilt your head back like one of us said there is something up you're noise."
Shadow and Rhys did just that still having the same look. "Like this?" Rhys had said.
"You two don't respect us at all." Mion said, "That's perfect!"
Rhys gave thumbs up while Shadow gave a wink and thus they both went inside. But the minute the door slammed shut they saw that the office had looked different which caused their look to fade. There was literally nothing within the room, which had struck them as odd. They both looked at each other pretty much confused by this than they turned to the desk that sat at the far end of the room.
"Mister… Henderson?" Rhys said.
The man sitting at the desk had said, "Have a seat you two, I'll just be a second." They heard him talking over the phone with someone, "No I wasn't talking to you. Yes I'm talking to you now."
They both approached the desk, a bit surprised to hear a voice other than the voice of their boss.
The man who was supposedly their boss was still talking over the phone.
"Yeah, but I don't want it in red, I want in black-Because black is better, look don't concern yourself with 'why?' okay Jerry? Concern yourself with 'how?'"
When they stood right in front of the desk, both of their eyes widen in shock when they saw the nameplate.
"And just send the car when it's ready." The man said, finishing up his call.
The chair revealing to be someone both Rhys and Shadow knew too well. "Company car." He said as he tapped on the screen of his computer, "Didn't even have to ask."
HUGO VASQUEZ
NEMESIS OF RHYS AND SHADOW
Both Rhys and Shadow had their jaws wide open when they saw the guy they equally hated, Hugo Vasquez sitting in the chair instead of Henderson. They couldn't even find the words to describe the situation they were in right now.
"You two look surprised to see me." Vasquez had said putting his feet on the desk, "And if I'm reading the situation right, and I usually am. You're not too happy about it either. This all came together quick, so you both might've not been in the loop. But it's for the better… at least for me."
"So…" Shadow had started to say, "Where's Henderson?"
"He uh…" Vasquez started to say, "Stepped out. As of right now, you two are going to be reporting to me. And I want you to know the promotion you both worked so hard to get, that's still coming to you."
They both sat down in the chairs that were provided in front of the office.
"Well that's a relief." Rhys had said, "Because we-" Rhys was cut off by Vasquez when he said, "But this is more about more than that Rhys. It's about your futures in this company."
Vasquez stood up from his seat and sat on the front of the desk right in front of Rhys. "Look…" He started to say, "You wanna why, I'm the one that's sitting in that chair and one of you are not? It's the very same reason why North is North, why when the handsome guy always gets the girl, and why every spaceship in the universe is shaped like a cock. It's destiny. Men like me, real men like me, make their own."
Vasquez than stood up and walked over to the window. "You two can hold a grudge if you like, no harm, no foul, your thoughts are your own. But bad things can happen when you swim against fate. Sometimes men find themselves standing in the way of other men's destiny… Neither of you want to be that man."
Both Rhys and Shadow couldn't help but look out the large window. They jumped at the fact they saw there now former boss was floating in space with a face of terror written on his face. Even Vasquez was shocked about it.
"Wow." Vasquez had said, "I could not have timed that better, that really helps dramatically make my point."
"Yeah, how about that?" Shadow had mumbled.
Vasquez had then walked back over to the desk, "Well anyway, as I was saying…" Vasquez had said, "This promotion is going to take the two of you out of the way of other peoples destiny and put you on your own paths. And that my friends is why I'm promoting the two of you to-"
Before Vasquez could finish, his intercom had let out a ringtone of some kind. "Jerry!" Vasquez yelled, "Why isn't my new car digi-structuring in my office yet?!"
But instead of being Jerry it was a different man that had spoken. "Vasquez. It's August."
"Oh August." Vasquez had said hesitantly, "Uh… Cool. Listen, I'm kind of in the middle of something here so-"
The man named August had cut him off, "Are you buyin' this Vault Key or what? Cause I-"
With a press of a button Vasquez had transferred the call to his earpiece. "How did this happen so quick? I thought I had more time."
Rhys and Shadow both sat back in their seat and let Vasquez take the call. "Damn it…" Shadow said, "How the hell did this even happen?"
"Still can't believe the fact that Henderson's dead." Rhys said, "Three years of sucking up to the guy just went down the drain."
Shadow then looked over at where Vasquez was pacing as he talked to the person who was named August; He turned back to Rhys.
"Hey." He said to him, "What do you think the deal about the Vault Key is about?"
"Don't know." Rhys had replied, "But by the sound of it, Vazquez is in a pinch."
"I'm not surprised."
They both turned to the computer. Shadow had then asked Rhys while smirking, "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Hell's yeah." Rhys said, "Just give me two minutes."
His blue eye, which was his ECHOeye, began to light up, and immediately went to work, as Shadow kept his eyes on Vasquez. Rhys's eye scanned the computer. With just a simple look at Vasquez's computer, he downloaded the files and it appeared into the palm of robotic hand; from the choice of his car to the deal of the Vault Key.
He started to decode the information specifically the one about the Vault Key. Shadow then tapped on his shoulder, and Rhys put the information away in his head. Rhys smirked, and they both brofisted each other as Vasquez finished his call.
"Why are trying to screw me with this?" He asked the man over the phone; the man named August had said something to him over the phone, which caused him to say, "Oh fine. Just wait there okay? I can only be down-If it's going to be ten million dollars I'm going to need another hour or two-Okay yeah, I'll be a bit-Well than just stay there. It's a tourist shop, right? Buy a mug or something-Sure, sure. Okay, say 'Hi' to your mom."
And just like that Vasquez hung up. "Damn it." He couldn't help but mumble to himself; He turned back to the two. "Sorry about that, had some important business to take care of. So… What were we talking about? Before we were so rudely interrupted."
"We were, talking about our promotion sir." Shadow had said to him.
"Oh, right." Vasquez said remembering the conversation, "The promotion."
Vasquez sat on the table, "Henderson, was a fool." He began to say, "He didn't know his place. He needed lesson number 1… humility. But the two of you. Honestly, I respect you. That's why I'm going to make you… janitors."
Both of their jaws dropped by what Vasquez had just said to them. "What?" Was the only thing Shadow could say, "WHAT?"
Rhys had then said, "N-no, no. Y-y-you can't do that!"
Vasquez had said as he got up from where he sat, "I'm the boss now Rhys. I could do whatever I want. You two are to report to sewage scow, twenty-three, effective immediately."
"You can't do this to us!" Shadow had yelled getting up from his seat, "Do you even realize how hard we worked to get to where we are right now!"
"Yeah!" Rhys had exclaimed, "You can't just humiliate us like that! We quit!"
Vasquez said to them, "Careful now. The only way the two of you can quit, is the way Henderson did. You two are dismissed."
Rhys got up from his seat, and they both turned to leave the office. As they walked towards the door they heard Vasquez say, "I'll let one of you know when I need my trash can emptied." This had made Shadow let out a low growl and Rhys to shake his head angrily.
They stepped out of the office to see that Mion and Vaughn were just as surprised as they were; the doors slammed shut.
"What the hell just happened!?" Vaughn had exclaimed, "He can't do this to us!"
"He just did." Rhys had said, with his blood just boiling.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT BASTARD!" Mion couldn't help but shout as they walked down the hall, "I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT!"
"This can't be happening!" Vaughn couldn't help but say, "It just can't!"
"I give up." Rhys said, "That's it, we're just finished with this. I mean you guys know how this place is… THERE'S BLOOD IN THE WATER AND EVERYONE CAN SMELL IT!"
"Well they can't exactly smell if you don't quiet down." Vaughn had said, "We should just lay low until we can figure something out. I mean it's not that bad."
"Not that bad?" Shadow said before shouting, "HOW IS IT NOT THAT BAD!? RHYS AND I WORKED OUR ASSES TO GET THAT PROMOTION! AND WHAT THE FUCK DOES HE DO!? HE MAKES US THE FUCKING CLEAN UP CREW!"
In a fit of rage, with one powerful kick he kicked a nearby trashcan across the hallway, which caused them to jump including a young woman with an orange collar shirt and a grey skirt and black heels jumped at this as well.
The trashcan had it the wall causing it to dent and for one of the plants to fall over and the dirt to spill and make a huge mess. The speaker then echoed throughout the halls.
"Senior Vice Janitor Rhys and Shadow to sector D451 for trash cleanup because that is your job now, to clean up with your bare hands."
This had caused Shadow to literally flip off the speaker, still major pissed by what had just happened, mostly because they were demoted but it was something else as well (We'll save that for later). Rhys turned to Vaughn again still pissed, "Sorry, were you saying something? Shadow kind of interrupted you."
The woman who had seemed to know the people standing before her had asked, "Rhys… Why are you and Shadow cleaning up trash? I thought the two of you were getting promoted, because you two becoming janitors seems like the opposite."
Rhys had said to the woman, "What happened? Vasquez screwed us out of the promotion that's what happened!"
"Vasquez?" The woman said kind of shocked, "I thought Henderson was the one in charge?"
"Yeah, about that…" Mion said rubbing the back of her head before saying simultaneously, "Vasquez kind of shoved Henderson into an airlock and is now currently floating outside in space."
"Yup, what she said." Vaughn had added.
The young woman's eyes widened in shock, "Holy crap!" She said before turning to Rhys crossing her arms, "So… Does that mean you're not buying?"
YVETTE
RHYS'S OTHER BEST FRIEND; REQUISITIONS & LUNCH LEECH
All Rhys did was glare at Yvette, and just walked passed her.
"Well… just trying to lighten the mood." Yvette said.
"Too soon Yvette." Mion had said to her, "Too soon." They started to follow Rhys. "I can see that." She said, "But I seriously didn't bring my wallet, so if anyone wants to pay for me than-"
She was cut off when Vaughn had said this, "I'll tell you who's going to pay. Vasquez is."
Yvette gave a confused look to Vaughn, "I don't think Vasquez is the type to-" Mion was than the one that cut off Yvette, "No, he didn't mean like that, he meant the other kind of pay. And Vaughn you're damn right that Vasquez is going to pay. We can't let that dickhead get away with this, not after what he did."
"You're right." Vaughn said to Mion, "We've got to do something."
"Listen to yourselves you two." Yvette said, "Vasquez just killed a guy. If anything, maybe it's better that we lay low for a bit."
"What? No way! We hit back!" Vaughn said.
"Vaughn is right about that!" Mion said, "Besides where Shades and I come from, when someone pushes your buttons, you hit them back, and you hit them back hard!" Rhys had then thought of an idea in his head. Shadow let out a smirk having the same idea as Rhys.
"Are thinking the same thing I'm thinking?" Shadow had asked him.
"Hell yeah, I'm thinking the same thing you are." Rhys had said to him.
"What?" Mion had said getting their attention, "What are the two of you plotting?"
Both Rhys and Shadow turned to them and said in unison, "We steal his deal."
Vaughn had agreed to that plan as did Mion. Vaughn had said, "That's what I'm talking about."
"Oh hells yeah!" Mion had said, "I'm down for that!"
"What are you talking about?" Yvette had asked them.
Rhys had then explained it to them, "Vasquez set up a deal on Pandora for a Vault Key."
"Woah…" Was the only thing that Yvette could say. Mion had then put everything. "That must be the only reason why Vasquez got the promotion." She said, "If there is anything that Hyperion cares about a whole lot more than money, it's Vault Keys."
"It's perfect!" Vaughn had said, "I mean not only do we screw over Assquez, we have a frickin' Vault Key. What're they worth? Like a billion dollars?"
"More." Yvette said to him.
Shadow had then said, "There is just one problem though. We need 10 million dollars right now if we're ever going to make that deal."
"Hold please." Vaughn said.
He tapped a button on his glasses, to which they all heard beeping sounds; They soon realized that he was downloading money. In a matter of seconds he was finished to which he said, "Done." This had left everyone literally speechless by what Vaughn had just did.
Rhys had broke the silence, "I'm not gonna lie… that was impressive."
Vaughn had said, "I'm in accounting. It's what I do. Ten million bucks in chump change around here. By the time anyone notices we'll have a Vault Key." Mion then stepped forward in the group and had said, "Well, Shades and I actually spent most of our lives on Pandora, and let's face it, no offence the two of you don't exactly know how messed up Pandora is."
"I hate to say it, but Mion does have a point." Shadow said, "You two are going to need a couple of guides."
"That's actually not a bad idea." Rhys said. They heard Yvette say to them, "Alright than, I guess you guys have a plan than. I'm gonna go get something to eat alone. Call me if you don't kill, alright?" She was just about to go and do just that, when Vaughn called out to her, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! We need your help. We need clearance, transportation. You're the requisitions master. We need that stuff."
Rhys had then added, "Yeah, maybe a Loader Bot or two, you know, if things get dicey."
Yvette however had tried to reason with them, "Look… It's one thing stealing from a bunch of poor suckers on Pandora, you guys talking about stealing from Hyperion."
"But we're friends!" Vaughn said, "Friends help each other steal stuff. I mean that's how it works."
"Richter used to steal candy bars, and his family still doesn't know where the body." Yvette had said.
"Richter was an asshole and his family are asshole." Vaughn had said.
"Come on." Rhys said,"I'll buy you lunch I owe you when I get back."
"Please Yvette." Shadow said, "Just this once?" Knowing that she wouldn't be able to change their minds, just sucked it up and said, "Fine. But you're buying me lunch now, and when you get back."
"Done." Rhys said with a smiling.
"Okay." Mion said, "With all that settled, we've only got a couple of hours to make the deal."
"Go and withdraw the money." Yvette told them, "I'll get you guys clearance to Pandora, get you geared up and issue you a standard Hyperion town car."
"Seriously? A standard car?" Shadow said, "You can't upgrade it to premium or something?"
"Yeah, like a convertible." Vaughn had suggested. Yvette let out a chuckle, "Sure yeah, a convertible. So just so I get this straight, you want me to get you a car to drive around Pandora that leaves you less protected right?"
"Trust me when I say this Yvette." Mion said, "When you're going to steal something, you want to do it in style."
"We're going with them to Pandora anyway." Shadow said to her, "So I think they have enough protection."
Yvette said to him, "Even so, it doesn't hurt to be safe than it is sorry."
"Don't worry Yvette." Rhys said, with a smirk, "I've already got a car in mind."
After they withdraw the ten million dollars and got prepared, they soon had gone to Pandora.
(Ending Theme: Hamatora the Animation Opening)