Borderlands II
A bit different
AN: This is the beginning of my series fic. Added to the mix of the 4 main vault hunters in the game and maybe the other 2 joining in later, I add a 7th one to spice things up and make the VH team always come out on top. I already made an intro for her in my first ever fic. The intro was quite lenghty so I'm not going to write it again. Those interested might read my first fic (*evil laugh*)those who are not may imagine her anyway they want. Only thing important: her name is Bianca and she's one friggin powerful siren. And before I fill the whole first page with this AN or AILN (Authors Insanely Long Note), let the fic begin.
Chapter 1
A Train Crash, a Claptrap, a Bullymong and an Awesome Rescue
The four vault hunters: Axton (The Commando), Maya (The Siren), Salvador (The Gunzerker) and Zer0 (The Assassin) stood in front of the door leading to the first train carriage and the person who know they knew, has led them into a trap. For when Axton kicked down the door, he found himself facing a Handsome Jack dummy and a mountain of dynamite.
"It's cute y'all think your the heroes of this little adventure - the dummy with a built-in speaker said - but you're not. Welcome to Pandora kiddos!"
BOOOM!
Huge rumbling. Darkness.
The next time Axton woke up he found himself half buried in snow with the others all around him slowly regaining conciusness, getting up near a funny looking robot with a yellow box for a body and a single wheel for a leg.
"Great! More dead vault hunters - the robot said, while shoveling through the wreckage and a pile of corpses - Handsome Jack's been busy.
That's when he noticed the four alive (thou barely) vault hunters in front of him.
"Wait a minute! - the robot yelled - You guys aren't dead! Yes! Now I can get off this glacier! Claptrap, your methaphorical ship has finally come in. Allow me to introduce myself -he continued - I am a CL4P-TP steward bot, but my friends call me Claptrap. Or they would if any of them where still alive or had existed in the first place! Oh I got something for you! Here! - he said, tossing a PDA looking thing to each vault hunter - Take these Echo Communicators, that I totally didn't just loot from some of these corpses. Now come -come friends! Let's get you inside!"
"Finally! - Salvador grumbled - I thought that annoying thin can would never stop talking!"
"Yeah, he's annoying allright. - Maya agreed - But he's offering some sort of shelter. And since whe have nowhere else to go, I say whe follow him."
"Let's go!" - Axton said.
Zer0 remained silent while they all followed Claptrap.
A little while later they arrived to a locked door at the entrance of what seemed to be a cave.
"Just a little added security. - Claptrap explained, while unlocking the door - Gotta keep those bullymongs at bay. Or they rip your eyes out!
The vault hunters entered after claptrap, immediately finding some health hypos in the cabinet on their left, which they used going from the brink of frosted death back to full health. (health hypos are amazing like that)
After that they arrived in the main room, which looked like a living room consisting of a couch, a poker table and a couple of cabinets, and also decorated with posters, a large amount of debris and several piles of bloody corpses.
"Sorry about the mess. - Claptrap said, from in front of a large furnace, getting some fire going - Everything Jack kills, he dumps here. Bandits, vault hunters, claptrap units. If I sound pleased about this, - Claptrap explained, revealing the origins of his bloody annoying voice - it's only because my programmers made this my default tone of voice. I'm actually quite depressed."
"Now the creatures around here are dangerous. - he continued - None more than this bullymong called Knuckledragger, killed everyone I know. Anyway I keep some guns in the cabinets over there for emergencies, but in here whe should be pretty safe."
At that exact time a loud roar was heard from above, shaking the vault hunters out of their bored, half sleepy state caused by listening Claptrap talk for too long.
A giant bullymong jumped in the room through the kinda open ceiling.
"Holy shit! - Axton yelled - What is that thing?!"
"I think it's one of those bullymongs the robot was talking about. - Maya answered, while said robot was hanging upside down in one of the bullymongs four arms, (Aaaahh!) getting his eyes ripped out.(My eyes! Aaaargh!)
"You still listening to that thing?" - Salvador asked, while the bullymong escaped through the same hole he came in through.
"Yes, and you should too. There are guns in that locker. Pay more attention."
"What's with the haiku? - Maya asked.
"It's the way I talk. I don't always speak this much. But I like it much."
"Whatever. Let's just grab the guns and go!" - Axton said strolling over to a large cabinet, wrenching the door open, only to be buried in a giant amount of debris mixed with guns and ammo.
"What's all this crap?" - grumbled Axton climbing out of the pile.
"It's guns!" - yelled Salvador exitedly, immediately grabbing two shotguns holding one in each hand easily.
Maya went for an SMG and Zer0 a sniper rifle, which left Axton with an assault rifle. None of the guns where all that great, but at least they worked fine.
Unlike Claptrap, who they now noticed was bumping into things and talking again.
"Apart from the excruciating pain, this is great! I've been waiting for some mighty vault hunters to help me reach Sanctuary! I will be your wise leader and you shall be my fearsome minions! Muwhahahaha!"
Claptrap was leading his 'fearsome minions' out throgh an other exit of his hideout, while continuing his constant chatter.
"Even thou Knuckledragger blindsided me, I know my way around this glacier - he said, while still bumping into every single icy outcrop or snowy pile in sight - I bet we will find my eye in Frostbite Crevasse."
Meanwhile back at the train wreck a woman in her late twenties was looking through the debris and bodies.
"Aahh I'm late again! Jack just killed another bunch of vault hunters!"
"Actually - came a voice of a younger woman from her Echo - they already reached Claptraps place and are on the move. I'm tracking their Echo signals through Frostbite Crevasse. If you hurry you might catch up to them."
"Hurry is my middle name girl! - said Bianca - There ain't nobody faster than me!"
Whit that the tattooes on the left side of her body began to glow and great shining wings made of pure energy opened on her back. And a moment later she blasted off like a rocket. ( That's right! She can fly!)
"My eye just switched back on! I see some though- looking minions and an incredibly handsome robot! Which means whoever has my eye -quivered Claptrap - must be very close!"
And indeed at that second they heard the very same roar of the giant bullymong they briefly met back at the cave as it looked down at them from a small cliff. But at the same time they heard an other sound gradually getting louder.
"Hey! Can you cut that minion crap out already? - Axton yelled - We got a serious situation! And what is that whooshing sound?"
"A meteor! - Maya said pointing at the sky - And it's heading straight for us!"
"For the bullymong - Zer0 corrected, watching the angle and trajectory through his helmets diagnostic display - We will be quite safe from it. You should stay right there."
They all watched in amazement as the 'meteor' blasted straight into the bullymong ripping it to shreds, showering the vault honters with bloody remains and Claptrap's eye. On the cliff where the recently exploded bullymong used to be stood a woman with glowing tattooes and wings.
"Found you!" - Bianca said
"Who the hell are you?" - Axton asked
"The girl who just saved your ass. Name's Bianca. Angel and I have been following you for some time."
"Wait! Those markings! - Maya suddenly said - Are you a siren?"
"Yeah I am."
"That's so great! I came to this planet looking for sirens! You can tell me all about them!"
"I can tell you what I know, but first let's get you guys somewhere safe. There is really one such place like that on this whole planet. The city of Sanctuary. The stronghold of the resistance."
"Resistance against what? And who is this 'Angel'? Your girlfriend or something? And where is she?" - asked Axton
"I don't know where she is exactly, but she's been helping the resistance againts Jack. And she helped me to find you. They say she's an AI networked into nearly all systems on Pandora. She's really pretty though. - Bianca added blushing - You can see her face when she talks through the Echo."
At that time her Echo chimed:"That's very flattering. - Angel said - But you really should get these guys to Sanctuary now. Roland will want to meet them."
"Okay. - said Bianca suddenly turning serious - Here is the deal. Roland is the leader of the resistance. If your againts Hyperion, in your case get revenge on Handsome Jack for trying to blow you up, you should come with me to Sanctuary. We can always use the help of people like you."
"It would be sweet getting back on that Handsome Jackass - Axton agreed - I'm in."
"Yeah. I will phaselock him into oblivion!" - Maya added
"Then he will get a faceful of buckshots!" - Salvador yelled
"Maxbe one headshot. It is more precise that way. He will surely die." - said Zer0
"Then we have a deal. - Bianca nodded - Let's get you guys to Sanctuary! 3...2...1 aaaaaand ZAP! - with that her tattooes glowed and everyone was engulfed in a blinding flash of brilliant blue light.
Wen they opened their eyes, they where in Sanctuary.
AN: Aaand thats it. First chapter done. Those who know Borderlands can see I already made some slight differences and sped things up. It's gonna be like that with Bianca around.
Hopefully I made the characters conversations and reactions to things reallistically. They where kinda mute at the beggining but then I even did Zer0 some haiku. Counting on fingers 5/7/5 :)
Anyway that was ch1. I dont know when ch2 gonna be up Im kinda busy with real life stuff right know. And I'm still thinking how to take the story forward with Bianca in the mix. It will follow the Bl2 storyline but with differences.
But thats what this is all about:)
Ps: if there is any grammar or spelling errors, know that I wrote this on my phone in the middle of the night :)