-Blue- pt1
A one-shot Borderlands 2 fic by C. Hopwood
3rd-person omniscient
Maya/Krieg
Contains: Nudity, fluff, coarse language, be wary of any coincidental sexual content
Disclaimer: Alright. This is my first time writing Borderlands fan-fiction. I am mostly fearful of even posting this mainly because I know how fierce people are when trying to represent the Vault Hunters properly. In this case, I tried to play it carefully; I am mostly scared about how I represent Krieg and Maya in this piece. Of course, this is my own interpretation and in no way will I exploit such an interpretation to be more 'canon' than anyone else's.
...Otherwise, thank you for clicking, I hope you like what's ahead. 3 I'm curious as to how I did.
This is presumably after the Vault Hunters got to know each other, and Maya and Krieg are pretty comfortable around each other (if not close friends), working out the kinks with Krieg's outer craziness and all. She can understand him most of the time.
Ah, the silence again. Isn't it nice? his mind spoke out as if the siren next to him could hear, but obviously that was not the case. The two were planted on the same respective couch in the HQ they always seemed to retreat to when taking a stop there. This situation was no different; mission briefing? This couch. Game night? This couch. Hangover? This couch- not shared. The floor was a nice resting area to whoever didn't get the couch first.
Nevertheless.
"So?" the familiar line blurted out from Maya, as it always did whenever they were seemingly alone- or just needed a subject to build upon. Talking to Krieg was difficult, sure, but it was obvious the psycho was listening to her on the inside. His eye contact and small, subtle body language always told her they're getting somewhere. That was good to see.
Awesome. No-one seems to be around. Time for a chat I'm guessing, his mind whispered in glee, awaiting the words from the siren.
"I've been working on something for a while. Wanna see?" her tone didn't show any hint of awkward gawk or mumble; they've spent so much time in eachother's presence she knew it was pointless to hold a timid stance while she talked with the psychotic giant. At least he seemed controlled around her. Understanding this, her voice was full of cockiness and care-free edge.
Krieg didn't respond, but his body did with a jerk of his head in a weird nod. Maya outstretched her right arm and raised her palm towards the door on the far side of the room.
For emphasis she uttered a spooky 'oooOOoo' and waggled her fingers as a burst of energy rushed up her arm, lighting up the tattoos and instantly lighting the door aflame with a phaselock. She snorted and covered her face in laughter as she saw that it worked, not taking into consideration she just damaged the property. Again.
Krieg was about to react when she cast her other arm out in front of him, saying between laughs, "NOT FINISHED- hold on-" her tattooed arm brought itself upwards and she rested her fingers in a fist- that put out the flames and 'healed' the door, seemingly hiding any damage done to it seconds before. Krieg's showing eye just stared unblinking at the metallic entrance that was blazing seconds ago, a small smile curling underneath his mask.
"Light up tHE FEAST AND PUT OUT WITH a niice, SWEET BANG!" Krieg flailed a bit and barked in glee, staring Maya dead in the face after she finished her laughing fit. Why is she laughing so hard?~ the head voice teased, causing the giant to instinctively hit himself with a flat palm to the temples.
"Okay-Okay-" Maya fanned herself with a blubber of her lips and scooted so she was facing Krieg. "That never works- that was seamless. TOTALLY a fluke. You're lucky to have saw that and no-one dying in the process," she snickered, burying her face into the couch wall with muffled snorts.
If only she could see us smiling, said the little man inside. It was true- the mask never helped in these situations. In this case, he wasn't just contagiously smiling because the pretty lady was- but he also found himself intrigued. His stare travelled up Maya's glowing arm with an obvious admiration for Ms. Siren's glowy bits. He wanted to say something.
I've always wondered how the skin of a siren does that, his thoughts continued, his outer self agreeing with a subtle grunt and leant forward in curiosity. Hold on- what are you doing-
Maya was silenced with a sudden gasp as her tattooed arm was pulled forward by a nervous and touchy Krieg, feeling his oddly calloused fingers run up the blue markings. She would've slapped anyone else away, phaselocked them or choked em' by now, but this was Krieg- Krieg. Just Krieg. She raised a brow and decided to go with it.
"Heh, don't need to rub it in, I know, they're really cool." She nodded and eased her arm into a comfortable bend as Krieg's grip loosened, letting the man explore the labyrinth of blue markings for a little bit before commenting again.
"Alright big guy- watch this," she said as she took in a slow breath, letting small waves of energy pulse upwards towards her shoulders. The glow made the big man flinch at first, almost dropping her arm, but only leant down more to the point where his eye was inches from her wrist. It mesmerized him.
God. Look at him go. Is he really that interested? Maya let the idle thought sit there and then built on it. This is amusing. I just hope it doesn't distract him in combat. What a little kid. She grinned and shook her arm, gently pulling Krieg away from it. He backed up immediately.
"Graceful blue lady has nice star meat-" he started in a cracked up voice, obviously having enjoyed that little time of discovery. Maya held herself back from laughing and just perked up a cocky smirk.
Before their conversation could continue, footsteps pattered quickly from outside and the door burst open, producing a frantic Mordecai eagerly staring at the duo.
"Crap cRAP CRAP- Maya, psychoman, have you seen it?!" his hand flailed from the door and he gasped, shaking it off. "JEEZ- why is this door so damn hot?" Maya curled her lip in slight guilt. He seemed to be jumping around the room practically, his head snapping to every crevice in the floors and walls.
Maya was about to giggle but chose to ask quickly out of concern instead. "W-where's what? Lost something?" Mordecai froze and just deadpannedly boared his eyes into the siren with bemusement. "My gun. The LEGENDARY ONE? THE FANCY SCHMANCY-" he snapped his fingers a bunch of times and sighed. "Okay okay- sorry. Hold on. Gotta contain myself." he took a deep breath and gestured to them both. "Considered a LEGENDARY sniper rifle. Shining maliwan. Any of you seen it around? Gaah- it's been killing me today, it's like it disappeared overnight!"
"No sign of SHINY SOUL STABBER, BIRDMAN," Krieg shouted, startling Maya a tad, but his outburst was expected. Maya just shrugged in the same helpless manner and the hunter's face returned to that of desperation.
"If it is the one/ with the tracking gear on it/ then we can follow it," a filtered voice echoed around the room, and Zer0 uncloaked on the couch next to the doorway. Krieg stood up suddenly, as if that was a cue for some sort of road trip.
Mordecai's head flipped to Zer0's revealed frame and hope swelled in his demeanor. "Y-yes yes yes, you're right! That's the one! Something that rare can't just disappear without a trace." he tapped his chin, and Zer0 spoke up. "Check the holomap/ our solution is there/ adventure awaits."
Whisking the eager vault hunters around the large table in the neighbouring room, Salvador joined them as well. "Damn, seems like it's been dragged out pretty far," Mordecai scoffed, bringing up a vague holomap of Wurmwater, then Hayter's Folly. A large marker seemed to send out signals around both areas.
"Pirates, most likely," Maya stated, even if it was obvious. "How did they even get into Sanctuary? Are you sure you even left it here?"
The hunter thought for a moment. The truth hit him. "..Ohhh, that's right," he said, dragging out his words with irritation. "I built a god-damned nest on top of one of the cliffs in the Rustyards." He just left it at that, too embarrassed to admit the obvious.
"You forgot it there./How foolish and amusing./Leave it all to us." Zer0 emphasized his hardcore teasing by showing a winky face on his mask. Mordecai flushed and sunk his hands into his face.
"Just- GO. YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS. THANK YOU." he waved the 4 off, Salvador and Maya sharing a hearty laugh while Zer0 and Krieg followed suite out of the HQ.
It was decided that the 4 would split and take on the two areas in couples. Zer0 and Salvador gladly teleported to Wurmwater while Maya and Krieg made their way into the nice scenic enclosure of Hayter's Folly.
[CONTINUE]