Her Darkest Fears Lie Within
Moxxi stared into the mirror. "Why. A question you often ask yourself, and yet you never come up with an answer. Why?" She looked into her own eyes and sighed. The cloth she held in her hand was now covered in her make- up, but she had only erased half her face. Her peach toned skin contrasted the black, white, and pink art on the other side of her face.
She brushed her hair out of her eyes and sighed again. "Still no answer…" She wiped the rest of her make- up off and turned away from the mirror. The lamp over her bedroom rocked side to side, causing the light to shift. She sat down on her bed and cradled her head in her hands.
A figure loomed in the shadows. "Y'all should just come back to me…"
"No. I'm not you anymore."
"But you are. I am still here, watchin' and actin' in you."
"Just shut up. I'm not part of that stupid clan anymore!" Moxxi sat up and pounded her fists on the bed. "I'm not…" A tear ran down her cheek. The figure smiled.
"I like it when you cry." She stepped out of the shadows and forced Moxxi to look at her. "I love it when you cry." The woman smiled again. "Y'all should just give up and become me again. You love me, and you love your old garage."
"No. No. I'm not Garage Moxxi anymore… I will never be her again." The figure grabbed Moxxi's chin and bared her teeth.
She snapped and three other figures loomed from the shadows. Jack, Mordecai, and Marcus. Only… twisted. Jack's hair was dollars, and his eyes were golden. His fingers were long and flexible. He kissed Garage Moxxi's cheek and then glared down at Mad Moxxi. He clung to her.
Mordecai was part bird, his pointed beak filled with sharp teeth. He took Garage Moxxi's other side and she scratched under his chin. He smiled and set his head on her shoulder.
Marcus's eyes were black, and his body was covered in guns, and money. He stood behind Garage Moxxi, tall enough to stare down from behind her.
Moxxi stared in horror at them, and the other woman pulled chains from behind her. Jack and Mordecai held Moxxi and clicked the chains around her neck and hands. Then they dragged her to the middle of the floor. They returned to Garage Moxxi and clicked the end of the chain round her waist. They pulled on it, keeping Moxxi in place.
Moxxi began to cry, and they all laughed. Garage Moxxi smile turned into the devil's smile. She snapped again, and the shadows began to form into Ellie, Scooter, and her other kids. Moxxi stared up at them, and they began to laugh at her. She let her head fall between her shoulders and she continued crying. The shadows closed in on her until she was swallowed by them, leaving only her and the other Moxxi.
"Fear. You cope with fear by using this." She gestured to Moxxi's outfit. Moxxi smiled weakly.
"Yes, but you will never know fear, because you… you are gone."
(Then the screen does one of those panning from inside Moxxi's mind to outside her head.)
"Hello? Moxxi, you there?" Lilith waved a hand in front of Moxxi's face.
"Huh? Oh. Yes, i'm here." She placed Lilith's drink on the counter.
"So? What are your biggest fears?" Moxxi smiled.
"My darkest fears… they lie within."
~fin~
