Just the Two of Us

Summary: As Axton arrives on Pandora, he can't help not taking his eyes off the most attractive member of his party. Axton/Maya pairing.

A/N: I had hoped to get this posted before the game came out but oh well. Enjoy.

Axton woke with a start, the train carriage he was in bounced but still continued on. He looked around the carriage and took in the three others that were in there with him. He could hear the sawed off muscle bound psycho behind him as he complained there were no drinks being served. Axton rolled his eyes as the little big man continued to rant and rave. Axton looked towards the front and watched as the cyborg looking ninja sharpened his sword. The ninja stopped his fine tuning and looked up at Axton, his helmet a blank slate. He nodded to the soldier who nodded in return. Axton exhaled. "Okay. Stay away from that guy."

Finally, Axton looked to his right. At her. She sat against the window, facing him but totally engrossed in this old book she was reading. She must have realized that someone was staring at her as Axton saw two gunmetal gray eyes peek over the book. Their eyes locked. Neither spoke for several minutes. She turned a page then lowered the book.

"Which is it?"

Axton blinked. "Sorry?"

"Since you keep staring, I assume you're going to do one of two things." Her eyes glanced back down at the book. "Either you'll want to worship me." A page was turned. "Or try and sell me to Hyperion."

"Why would I sell you to Hyperion?"

"Try to sell." She corrected. She flipped another page. "Try to sell me. You assume I would let you do that."

Axton shook his head. "No, I don't think I would sell you." He shifted in his seat. "I doubt I'd worship you either."

"Ah." An eyebrow arched. "That only leaves the most basic question then. A rather crude question yet an important one."

"Which is?"

She closed the book and stared at Axton. "Do you want to fuck me?"

Silence filled the train car. The little muscle man stopped cursing, the ninja stopped sharpening, Axton stopped breathing. "Um…" He managed after a minute.

She cocked her head to the side. "Well?"

A loud tone sounded through the car, an indication that the train would be arriving at its destination soon. The ninja and the muscle man got up quickly to gather their things. She still stared at Axton. "Answer my question."

"What question?"

"Do you want to fuck me or not?"

Two beeps were heard from behind them. Axton turned and saw two Hyperion Loader robots spring to life. "This can't be good."

She jumped to her feet. "Hyperion!" She drew a pistol from her belt and raised her left hand at one of them. The one she pointed at was lifted off the ground and contained in a sphere of purple. She fired the entire magazine of her pistol into the robot. Axton watched in fascination as the robot just took the damage, it didn't fight back or move. The robot exploded and the sphere disappeared. She turned to Axton. "Maya. Siren."

The other Hyperion robot turned its guns towards Maya. Axton pushed Maya out of the way and unclipped his turret from his belt. He threw the turret towards the ceiling, not watching as it unfolded itself and attached to the ceiling. The turret began firing at the mech, Axton picked up his rifle and began firing as well. The combined power of man and turret was no match for the machine. The robot exploded and Axton reclaimed his turret. He turned back to Maya as she was pushing herself up. "Axton. Commando."

"Pleasure." Axton extended a hand to Maya who took it and he hoisted her up. Several beeps were heard ahead of them, they turned and saw several Hyperion loaders coming towards them. The ninja and the muscle man were nowhere to be seen.

Axton turned to her. "Shall we?"

Maya watched as Axton raced ahead of her. He threw that collapsible turret to the ceiling again as he picked up a rocket launcher. He fired twice and destroyed one of the loaders. Maya, not wanting to be outdone, charged forward. She captured one of the loaders with her Phaselock ability and flung it out the door. Axton called back to her as he discarded his empty launcher. "Outstanding!" Maya gave him a smug grin when a dark shape jumped through the door. Maya started to raise her hand again but realized it was the little man from before. Salvador, I think. She thought. She watched as Salvador pulled two rifles from his back and began firing wildly at the remaining loaders. Maya wasn't sure where the robotic looking ninja was until she heard several thumps on the roof. She turned her attention back to the two other men in the compartment as they finished tearing through the loaders and made their way to the front of the car.

Axton stood next to the train car door, he reloaded his rifle as the little muscle man discarded his empty rifles and picked up another two. Maya was by his side in a second, she had procured a submachine gun from somewhere. Axton turned to the little man. "Alright." He nodded to the little man but he didn't move. Axton heard a soft thump and saw the ninja from before. He nodded to the ninja but the ninja didn't move. Axton sighed and turned to Maya who gestured to him. "Fine. I'll do it." He grumbled. Just before he shouldered in the door, Maya spoke softly to him.

"When we get off this train, you will answer my question."

"Looking forward to it."

Darkness. That's all Axton saw when he opened his eyes. Cold was what he felt. I'm outside. Axton thought. Axton tried to push himself up but couldn't find the strength. A robotic voice cut through the darkness.

"Great. Another dead Vault hunter. Handsome Jack's been busy." The chipper robotic voice stated. It sounded close. Axton raised his head and saw a small robot digging in the ground with a shovel, a dead body next to him. The little robot turned towards him. "Wait a minute! You're not dead! YES! Now I can get off this glacier! Claptrap, your metaphorical ship has finally come in!" The little robot threw the shovel to the ground and began doing donuts around him. Axton struggled to push himself up. Axton managed to get to his feet and looked around. He saw several other bodies but none looked like the three others he met on the train. Axton couldn't see the cyborg ninja or the muscle bound man, he wasn't sure if they were dead or not. He was in no shape to look for them. Then he saw her. She was lying on her side, her head turned away from him. Axton started walking to her, ignoring the pain in his side and the one called Claptrap who was calling to him. Axton pressed a hand to his injured side and felt wetness. He raised his hand saw that it was covered with blood. Axton pressed his hand against his hip to stem the flow of the blood. Axton fell to his knees beside Maya.

"Ma….Maya." Axton said quietly. When she didn't respond, he feared the worst. Axton slowly turned her over and his fears were confirmed. A piece of charred metal was embedded in her stomach. Maybe an inch of it was sticking out. Axton turned her head. Her eyes were closed and if not for the drops of blood dotted on her face, she was a picture of beauty.

"Hey! I've got something for you!" The Claptrap finally got his attention. The robot had a small device in his hand. He held it out to Axton who took it. "This is an ECHO communicator. It comes with a class 12 heads up display, complete with a minimap." Axton clipped the device to his belt and a display popped up around the corners of his eye. He saw that his health was dangerously low. The Claptrap continued. "Come, come, friend. Let's get you inside."

"Wait!" Axton managed despite the pain. "The girl…" He gestured to Maya.

Claptrap looked down at Maya. "Oh! Her! Her vital signs are very low, even lower than yours. She won't survive much longer out here!" He sounded extremely happy about the information he was giving Axton. "If I sound pleased about this, it's only because my programmer made this my default tone of voice! I'm actually quite sad about this!"

Axton ignored the last half. "She's alive?"

Claptrap nodded. "Not for much longer though. Her wounds and the freezing temp bring her chances of survival down every second!"

Axton moved over to her. He scooped her up into his arms. "She's coming with us." He didn't hear Claptrap as he struggled to his feet. Maya's weight was thankfully not a factor, she felt as light as a feather. Claptrap started off ahead of Axton, the soldier did his best to follow despite the pain and the wind blowing in his face. Axton could see what looked like a mountain of trash and snow ahead of them. He adjusted his grip on Maya who was still unconscious. Claptrap stopped suddenly and turned to Axton.

"Congratulations! You're ability to walk short distances without dying will be Handsome Jack's downfall!" He raced towards a door and stopped again. "Annnnnd OPEN!" The door scanned the little robot and slid up into the ceiling. Claptrap called over his shoulder as he continued on. "Gotta have the extra security! Gotta keep out the Bullymongs at bay or else they'll rip your eyes out!"

Axton wasn't sure what a Bullymong was but he was sure he didn't want to meet one. He saw Claptrap go onto a raised platform by a furnace and continued talking. "Sorry about the mess! Everything Jack kills, he dumps here! Bandits, Vault hunters, Claptrap units…" Claptrap continued as Axton laid Maya on a table. Axton was debating on whether or not to pull out the piece of metal from Maya's abdomen. As Axton debated for another minute, Maya's eyes opened slowly.

At first, she felt nothing. It felt like her soul had left her body and it was floating in the room. Then reality and a boatload of pain set in.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Maya shrieked like a banshee, her body arching upwards, head and feet still on the table.

Axton quickly pushed her back down, careful not to touch her wound. "Settle down, damnit!"

Maya turned her head to look Axton in the eyes. "FUCK YOU, YOU PATHETIC PIECE OF SHIT! GET IT THE FUCK OUT!" She spat at him venomously.

"Okay, verdict's in: Take it out."

"NOW, MOTHERFUCKER! OR I'LL CRUSH YOU LIKE AN INSECT!"

Axton blinked and looked at her. "Well, since you asked sooo nicely." Axton gently gripped the piece of metal.

Maya shrieked again. "CAREFUL, SHITHEEL!"

"You always say the nicest things." Axton placed his free hand around the wound. "Ready?"

"NOW!"

Axton ripped the piece from her stomach without ceremony. Maya shrieked again, her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out. Axton inspected the piece of metal. "What the…?" Axton bent down and grabbed a handful of snow to wash the blood off. "Son of a…" Axton looked closely at the object. "I don't believe it. It's a fucking gun barrel!"

Indeed it was. The barrel had belonged to an assault rifle that had been aboard the train prior to it blowing up. Infact, it had belonged to the rifle Salvador carried just before the train blew. Axton rolled the barrel in his hands. Once free of Maya's body, it turned out the barrel was four inches in length. "Hmm. Still warm too." He rolled the barrel more. "Not from her body. Heat's coming from within." The realization dawned on Axton. "Holy shit! This thing was still hot when it went into her! It cauterized the wound!"

Maya groaned, her eyes fluttered open. "Axton?"

Axton leaned over her. "Welcome back."

"What was it?"

"What was what?"

"The thing that almost killed me."

"Oh." Axton held up the gun barrel. "Came off a gun. Half of it was lodged in your stomach."

Maya took the barrel from him and looked at it, she cast it aside without another thought. "Where are we?" She looked around the frozen junkyard. Her thoughts were interrupted by a mechanical voice.

"Greetings, Not-so-dead-Vault-Hunter! I am Claptrap!" Before Claptrap could say anything else, a large beast jumped through the roof and scooped up Claptrap. "AAAAAHHHHHHH!" The beast grabbed Claptrap's face and tore his eye out. "MY EYE!" The beast threw Claptrap aside and quickly left the same way it came in.

Axton and Maya stared at where the beast had been in shock before Axton spoke. "I take it, that's a Bullymong?"

More to come.