What We Didn't Know

Chapter 1: She Learns

It was hot on Pandora. It was always hot. The heat always beat against the surface of Pandora. Pandora was only spared the wrath of the heat during the night. It was a hot day in Prosperity Junction. There was not much going on. There was no one new in town, thus no one for the bandits to kill or steal. Well until today. He began to enter the small town. He was walking at a slow place. His age was not high. His age was fifteen years-old. He was wearing a navy-blue cloak with a hood that covered his body and his face. The cloak was connected in the middle by a six-pointed sliver star. He wore a couple of things underneath his cloak. The most special was a metal harness he wore around his chest holding one of the most powerful weapon in the universe.

As he walked through the town he saw the usual bandit and run down building. Nothing really caught his eye. He technically was not looking for anything. He then got to a dead end. He saw some bandits around, but he would not attack them unless he had to. He saw in front of him a tattered building and a sign was on it, in bold letters was written 'World of Curiosities'. He tilted his head sidewise staring puzzled at the sign. This is something that caught his attention. He began to slowly walk to what he guessed was the entrance. He came to some metal bars. He reached out a hand touching the bars. He then closed his eyes and with a thought and a flash of light he was on the other side of the bars.

He looked around. Spotting all sorts of interesting creatures, he decided to go further. He got to end, seeing a decaying corpse with a speaker in its abdomen sitting in a red lounge chair. He looked up seeing a sign reading 'Hall of Pandorain Luminaries' He turned to the right seeing a row of bodies, positioned as if they were in display cases without the glass front. The bodies were held up by wooden spears. He then stopped as he sensed someone was here. No, someone was here. He wanted to find out who. So, he did some things that would allow him to see who had been here.

He looked back to where he came in to see two apparitions. One was light green and the other sky blue. They were both males. The light green one was smaller than the sky blue one. The green one was wearing glasses and holding a case. The blue one had a robotic arm and seemed to have an ECHO eye. They were standing still unmoving. He walked up to them. He went to the green one first. He was about the same height as him. He looked down looking at the case, his eyes narrowed when he noticed the familiar outline of… Hyperion. These guys were from Helios. Well when it was still in the sky. He then looked it in the eyes and scoffed. He then moved to the other one. He had to look up to look this one in the eye. He looked in the side of its head noting the port.

Done with examining them he stepped back and played the scene in front of him. The apparitions began to walk forward looking at different creatures, as if they were real people. Both stopped and stared at the seated corpse. Their mouths moved, though no sound came out he knew they were talking. They moved again, turning into the hall. He saw them walking to look at the bodies. Their mouths moved indicating they were talking. He followed them staying next to them. Nothing big was happening, until they got to the second to last body. He stared at the scientist with a weapon upon his shoulder.

His face turned into a sneer when he saw the man. Professor Nakyamma; the name ran through his head. He knew who this man was and all he had done. He did not like him because of who he was interested in. He paid close attention to what the two apparitions did next. They did the usual talk a little and look at the body. It was at the end where things were different. The sky-blue apparition began to reach for something attached to the gun on the scientist's shoulder. He froze the scene just as the apparition touched what it was going to grab. He saw what it grabbed. It was an ID drive. He did not have the ability look into technology without it being present, but he could see into the memories of a body.

He reached out a hand and placed it the scientist's head. Memories are what he saw. Thee memory he saw though is what Nakyamma put into that ID drive. He gasped stepping back. He got the information he wanted, but he didn't like it. He focused to make an image of what would be inside of the ID drive. Hate and anger boiled inside of him when he looked to his right and saw a familiar person. He spun around in anger to face the apparitions. He looked at the sky- blue apparition know what was going to do next. He needed to find this person, but first he needed to tell her what he found. With another thought and a flash of light he was gone. As he disappeared so did the apparitions.

She sat cross legged in front of a fireplace in her sleeping chamber. She liked the warmth the fire brought to her body. Though she could do without the light it brought. She closed her eyes, leaning back slightly letting all of her body relax. She let her mind wonder, thinking about how great life was. She loved it. She was reaching the peace inside her she always had a hard time finding. Peace, peace, peace, footsteps, pe-. She let out a sigh of frustration as her peaceful state was disturbed. She waited for the inevitable knock on her door. It came. She took a deep breath and spoke.

"Who is it?" She spoke in a menacing loud tone.

"Astel" replied a come young male voice. Her face softens when she realized who it was.

"Come in" She said in a softer tone. The door opened and he walked with his dark blue cloak. He then quietly closed the door behind him. She got up from her position in front of the fireplace to face him.

"What do you need?" she asked. He did not want to tell her what he found, but he knew she would find out either way. He took a deep sigh and pulled down his hood revealing his face. He looked normal at a first glance he looked normal, but once you got a good look at him you then knew he wasn't normal. He had short hair with one bang on the left side. Only slightly showing his eye. His hair was the striped colors; blue, black, and white. His iris was a deep vibrant blue. His pupil was dark blue, it was also a slit. He had fangs, though they were not huge. They were the size of normal teeth just pointed.

"I found something at Prosperity Junction" he said weakly.

"What did you find?" she asked interested.

"Well if I tell you you're not going to like it… at all"

"Brother if it is that bad I definitely need to know" He took a deep breath closing his eyes. He then looked up at his older sister with fear.

"He is still out there" he said fearfully of what his sister was going to do.

"Who is he, you going to have to be more specific" she said putting her hands on her hips. He took in another deep and said who it was.

"Handsome Jack, Nakyama made Jack into an AI and put it into an ID drive. Now some Hyperion guy has it" She instantly froze hearing the news, her facial expression became one of anger. All peace and tranquility she had was gone, replaced with rage and hate. She began taking in deep breaths of anger. She snarled revealing sharp, pointed teeth. Her hands became fists, her knuckles cracking. Her hot pink slited eyes began glowing brightly. Her black hair that faded into hot pink and put in a high ponytail began to move rapidly. The fire behind them exploded hot pink moving faster than it already did. Astel quickly backed up from his enraged sister, taking cover. She threw her head back and let out a scream that shook the earth.

At the same time the fire let out a heat blast scorching everything that it crossed in the room, leaving huge scorch marks. The fire went up the chimney, shooting a blast of energy into the sky. It made a loud crack as it exploded like a firework, lighting up the sky in the dark of the night. It let out a strong wave of force that seemed to pass over Pandora at an alarming rate. The stars light hot pink the moment the wave force hit it, though when it passed the stars went back to normal. Everything it passed swayed like a gust of wind passed. Skags and other animals whimpered and tried to hide. Everyone it passed left a sting inside their chest and a shiver down their spine.

Rhys looked up at the night sky with the rest of his friends Vaughn, Sasha, Fiona, Athena, Loaderbot, and Gortys. They were all sitting on the surface of Pandora not too far from where Helios had crashed. They were staring at the beautiful stars that littered the sky.

"This is one beautiful night" Rhys quoted sighing.

"It sure is" Vaughn agreed.

"Pandora might be full of maniacs, but sure does have some beautiful nights" Fiona said smiling.

"My favorite thing is when a comet goes by"

"I like the stars that are making a G" Gortys said pointing at the stars that looked like a G.

"I like it too" LB added.

"It has been a long time since I have been able to enjoy the night sky" Athena said calmly.

"Nothing could ever ruin this moment" Rhys said looking up at the beautiful sky. At that moment, there was loud crack and a flash of light in the distance lighting up that part of the sky. It was silent suddenly, like every animal decided to shut up. Everybody saw and heard the crack and flash of light.

"Did you guys all see that?" Sasha asked looking at her friends. Everyone nodded. They all watched as the stars flashed hot pink. It went out as a ring that coming to them at fast pace. As the stars lit up hot pink above them they felt something could feel something course through their body. Fiona, Sasha, and Vaughn felt a sharp pain in their chest, more specifically their heart. A chill rain down their spine and a strong feeling of fear wash over them. LB and Gortys felt their systems being corrupted, their limbs jerk in different directions as they had a hard time controlling their body. Both of their eyes turned hot pink. They felt their eyes burn with a strange force.

Rhys felt something stronger inside of him. Instead of a sting in his chest, it felt like someone stabbed him in the heart. He gave a cry of pain, putting his flesh hand on his chest. A chilling cold had bit all over his back. The fear was doubled feeling like he would die of fright. His ECHO eye turned hot pink and burned as if it was on fire. His robotic arm light turned on glowing a very bright hot pink.

Athena felt the same pain as Vaughn, Sasha, and Fiona. It was what came to her mind. What hit her mind was remembrance. She had felt that same feeling before. She knew who made that blast. All this happened in a moment. The pain, the fear, and the pink eyes were gone. They all looked at each other in horror.

"What the hell just happened!" Fiona screamed throwing her arms up.

"I felt a sharp pain in my chest" Vaughn said putting a hand to his chest. LB turned to Gortys worried.

"Gortys are you okay?" LB asked. Gortys put a hand to her head.

"My head felt all woozy, but now I feel better" she answered.

"Well that hurt like hell" Rhys stated turning to Athena "What do you think Athena" Athena did not respond to his question. "Athena, are you okay" he asked. She was staring at the sky, her face pale. She muttered a few words under her breath. They could only her what she said because of how silent it was.

"She knows"