I just have one thing to say about why I wrote this; I ship everyone and their mother. I'm totally okay with EVERY pairing, I just like some more than others because I see it having potentiol but others are fun to read about. My first try at writing a story where the good guy gets with the bad guy. Hate it? Love it? Continue with it? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
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Maya's POV
My head was throbbing and I felt dizzy and sick. I groaned and wrapped my hands over my face, trying to force the throbbing pain away, but it didn't do me any good. I rolled onto my back, trying to get a sence of my surroundings and I heard footsteps walking towards me. I forced my eyes to open and saw Handsome Jack's face staring at me.
"Are you feeling alright?" He asked. I jumped at the sight of him and yelled, feeling my heart pound in my chest. I looked around for the first time and saw I was sleeping in an actual bed. It had soft, white sheets and the mattress was like memory foam. The room was boring with nearly everything a clean white, the lights dim but noticable. Jack was in his usual attire and mask but instead of the usual look of smuggness, it was covered in concern. "Don't hurt yourself." He said as he laid a hand on my shoulder. It was gentle, sweet almost.
"Where the hell am I?" I demanded. He sighed and sat on the edge of the bed.
"I found you. You were almost dead." He said with a slight smile. "Never thought I'd save someone who wouldn't hesitate to blow my brains out."
"What happened to me?" I asked, clutching my head as it started to throb more violently, to the point where I could hear the blood rushing through to my skull.
"I don't really know. I just found you lying in a pool of your own blood and I felt bad." Jack said with another smile. "I feel crazy for even doing something like this."
I felt confused and scared. Here was Handsome Jack, the man us six Vault Hunters have shot at the same time, and he was telling me a story of how he save me. I felt sick to my stomach and realization hit me; we didn't kill the real Jack.
"I think I'm gonna throw up." I groaned. Jack rushed to the other side of the bed and drug me out into a hallway and lead me down to a bathroom. I emptied my stomach and sputtered, clutching the toilet as Jack held my hair back. I coughed and felt a string of spit stick to my lips. It all felt like I had a terrible flu and I just had to suffer through it. Jack ran his hand over my back in a comforting mannor, taking a towel from the edge of the sink and wiping my face clean.
"I knew something like this would happen." He muttered as he continued to clean me up.
"What're you talking about?" I slurred, trying to hold back the urge to throw up again.
"Me telling you about what's going on. I'm not sure if I understand it, but atleast I'm keeping my compuser about it." He said. I leand my head against the white-washed wall behind me and groaned.
"Why is this happening?" I begged. Jack sighed and stod me up.
"I don't know but we need to get you back in bed." He said as he half carried me back to the room. I was hoping that this was all a bad dream and maybe it was something I ate or drank, but I knew deep down it wasn't.
We reached the bedroom and he pulled the blankets back and placed me down gently. He swivled my feet and covered me with the thick white blanket.
"Let me know if you need anything." He said as he ran his hand over my hair. He turned and walked out of the room, leaving the door open ever so slightly and turning the lights off. It was still dark out as I turned to the thin white curtains covering a large picture window. I sighed and let my eyes droop close with the feeling of serenity and calmness. It was nice but I didn't think I should feel like this after waking to Jack's face.
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I woke up and the sun was already burning away. I smiled a little, ruffling my hair as I stretched in an attempted to awaken my body, which was still trying to force me back to sleep. I knew where I was and I was completely okay with it. I was in complete denial of the situation and I wanted to continue like this until I know it's all for real. I pushed the blankets away and walked towards the door and looked around. The hallway was as boring as the bedroom, which kind of bummed me out. I decided to be adventerous and walk around. I heard someone snoring down one end of the hallway and thought it could only be Jack.
I came into a sort of living area and saw Jack sleeping on a white sofa with a white throw blanket wrapped around his shoulders. I walked closer and nudged him lightly, thinking it might be a decoy. He snorted awake and rubbed at his eyes. He gave me a soft smile and sat up.
"Good morning Maya... Or afternoon I should say." He said as he threw the blanket to the other end of the sofa and looked at the window behind the sofa. "How're you feeling?" He asked me.
"Better, I think. I was just wondering if..." I trailed off. I didn't know what I was wondering. I just wanted to find him.
"Wondering if?" He urged me to continue.
"Could I take a shower? If there is one." I said, feeling as if it were an idiotic excuse to talk to him. I felt like Gaige when she tried to talk to Zer0 or Axton.
"You don't need to ask me. You can go take one if you really need to. I'm not holding you hostage." He said with a look of confusion.
"Oh, right." I muttered. God, I felt awkward.
"I'll make something for us to eat while you're cleaning up." He said as he ushered me away. I walked back down the hallway, rubbing the back of my neck as I closed the bathroom door and grabbed a towel from a stack next to the sink.
I stripped and turned the water on, fixing the temperature before turning on the shower head and stepping in. The warm water felt nice against my exposed skin and I sighed in satisfaction. I looked at the shelves in the shower and saw a few bottles labeled "Shampoo" and "Soap" in blocky writing.
I washed up and just stood in the shower, letting the hot water hit my already red skin. I don't know how long I've been in the shower, but it was possibly longer than I should've been in. I heard Jack knock on the door and enter, calling my name playfully.
"Here, I've washed up your clothes for you." Jack said.
"Oh, thank you." I said, wrapping my arms over my chest even though he couldn't see me through the white shower curtain.
"Just come out whenever you're done." He said before closing the door. I turned the water off and grabbed the fluffy white towel and wrapped it around myself. I stood in front of the steam covered mirror and wiped off the condensation and was greeted with an image of me with my blue hair plastered to my face, my skin red from the shower, and my make-up smeared around and under my eyes. I smiled and took a look at myclothes Jack had washed for me.
I pulled them on, trying my hardest to zip up the back but sighed in defeat when I couldn't get it up even past an inch. Gaige usually helped me when I needed it. I shook my hair like a dog to unstick it from my cheeks and wiped at the smudged make-up and walked out of the bathroom to where Jack was. He had two plates and was wearing a frilly pink apron and was muttering to himself happily. He stopped what he was doing and just stared.
"Could you help me zip up the back?" I asked. He nodded his head and set the plates on the glass coffee table. I turned around and I felt his fingers touch my back slightly as he fumbled for the small pull of the zipper. My breath hitched at the sudden contact and I tried to act like it didn't happen.
"You look really nice with out make-up." He said when I turned back around.
"Oh, thanks." I said with a small smile. He motioned to the coffee table, running a hand over his hair.
"I finished breakfast, if you want to eat." He said.
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There were two fluffy, golden pancakes coated in syrup with a side of Skag bacon that was crisp and juicy. Jack seemed to be proud of himself and started to open up about himself before he became the tyrant of Pandora.
"Before, I would cook breakfast every morning for Angel and I would shape the pancakes into simple little things and she would demanded me to show her how to do it." He said as he pushed the white plate away and leaned back in the sofa. "I realize what I've done to her and it was wrong. I wish she was still here... and we could pretend that I wasn't so bad." He said as his eyes turned glassy and his expression sorrowful and hurt. I set my plate down on the coffee table and gave a sad smile.
"We all regret some things." I said.
"Do you?" He asked. It was a general question and I was thinking it should have been demanding, as if what I regretted wasn't as bad as his regrets.
"All the time. They're mostly general things like missed opportunities and not doing certain things with my life." I said. Jack looked at me and gave a small laugh. Why was he suddenly so understanding and not such a big ass hat? It was too real seeing him like this: an actual human being. It went silent for a few moments before I spoke up. "How did you find me?" I asked.
"I was trying to get a feel for how you and your friends waste the day away and saw you all alone, bleeding out, unconcious." He said. "I waited to see if someone was getting you help, but there was no one. I didn't really want to see you die, so I carried you to Opportunity and help you."
"We're in Opportunity? I thought we demolished this place." I said, feeling really confused.
"No, a bunch of the workers begged your friends to keep this place so some sane minds can live here." He said with a shake of his head. "I guess I desereved this kind of torture, forcing myself to live in a place I built out of selfishness."
"So they know you're still alive?" I asked.
"Yeah, but since I've got no power now, I can't do any harm." He said with a sigh. "I wish I could take it all back and start over." He said as he gathered the dishes and walked to the little kitchen.
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I woke up the next day and ventured out into the living area, seeing Jack curled up with his blanket as he slept on. I walked to the front door and opened it, breathing in the morning air before stepping out and walking along the slightly busy streets. People smiled and greeted me as if they were old friends. Two little boys pointed at me and started whispering to each other.
"That's Maya, the Siren who defeated the Warrior!" One brunette said as he whispered into his blonde haired friend. "She's so freakin' cool!"
"Dude, she's looking right at us!" The blonde boy said excitedly. I smiled and waved at them, watching them freak out and waving back with alot of enthusiasm. I walked on before I stopped suddenly. There was Gaige, dressed all in black with her trucker's hat and black war paint smeared across her face. Mordecai, Lilith, and Zer0 were walking along with her too, all dressed in black. They were scaling the buildings, jumping from roof to roof, and doing God knows what else. I waved at them, trying to get their attention, but it didn't work. I followed them quickly, hoping to try and catch up with them when suddenly I heard Gaige speak out.
"Mordy, I think you're intel is completely wrong! There's no sign of Maya anywhere!" Gaige hissed.
"Okay, Mechro, what do you think we should do? Ask around if people've seen a blue haired Siren?" Mordecai hissed back. They glared at each other before Zer0 spoke out.
"Stop fighting you two/
Your sarcastic idea/
Might help us alot." Zer0 said with his weird hiaku speech as he pointed at Mordecai.
"He's right. Let's split up and go and ask around." Lilith said before phase-walking away from the others. Zer0 took off in the opposite direction of Lilith, leaving Gaige and Mordecai to try and figure out who's going where. They disappeared in a blink and I couldn't find them again. I sighed and walked back to Jack's house, only to be greeted by Jack hugging me.
"Are you alright? I was worried." Jack said, holding my shoulders and looking over my face.
"I was fine. Just wanted to go out and do something." I said. "I saw Mordecai, Lilith, Gaige, and Zer0 though. Maybe you should help me find them." I said with a pleading smile.
"Maya, I need to tell you something." He said as he walked me to the couch. "I lied about finding you with no one around. I saw your so-called friends leave you there and drive away. They knocked you out and left you there with a concussion. I didn't want to break it to you." Jack said.
"You're delisional! They were out there looking for me!" I said, pushing away from him.
"Maya-"
"No! I'm going out there and you can't stop me." I said, right as someone knocked on the door. I swung it open to find Zer0 flashing a smiling emoji at me.
"There you are Maya/
We've been looking-" Zer0 was cut short as Jack had pulled out a revolver and shot Zer0's arm. He clutched his arm and threw his hollagram out, turning invisable and barging into the house. Jack swung blindly, until Zer0 got Jack in a chokehold, his arm still bleeding.
"Go get the others." He put simply yet venom was laced in his voice. I nodded my head and ran out of the house, calling out for the other three. Lilith appeared in front of me and grinned before I could get a few yards away from the house.
"God, we've been searching for you everywhere!" Lilith said.
"Where's everyone else?" I demanded. Lilith looked confused and called the other two out.
"What's going on?" Lilith demanded.
"Jack kidnapped me. Come on!" I yelled, rushing back to the house with the others close on my heels. We entered the house and saw Jack trying to shake Zer0 away.
"Let me go you bastard!" Jack screamed, the skin around his mask turning an ugly red.
"How're you still alive?" Mordecai yelled, grabbing his sword and pointing it at Jack.
"You're an idiot! ALL OF YOU! I had a decoy in my place take the bullet because I knew you could kill me!" Jack yelled, trying to get away from Zer0, who tightened his grip around Jack's throat.
"Why did you lie to me?" I demanded.
"Because I care about you! I know what your brothers did to you! I wanted to protect you, to give more than you could ever want!" Jack was now in complete hysterics. "I love you Maya! More than that psycho, more than anyone!"
I was hyperventalting now, trying to figure out what to do with this new found information. I could feel tears stream down my face and Lilith wrapping her arms around me. I cried into her shoulder, trying to figure out what the hell was happening.
"JACK!" Mordecai yelled as he swung his sword at Jack's face, slashing his cheek deeply. "YOU THINK THIS IS SOME SICK GAME?! WE'RE TIRED OF CHASING YOUR STUPID ASS AROUND!" Mordecai yelled, completely furious.
"Mordecai! Stop it!" Gaige begged, tugging his arms. Mordecai snapped his head at Gaige and was breathing hard, his face darkened with anger.
"We're taking him back to Sanctuary." Mordecai put after calming down. I was still crying and felt Lilith cooing to me gently.
"It's okay, we're here. Let's go." She said as she motioned everyone around. She brought out a chunk of Eridium and took in the power, phasing us all into the floating city.