Chapter 1-In the Beginning...
Axton woke up and wished he hadn't. He was in a world of pain-every inch of his body was burning, and the snow wasn't helping. He clenched his fists in agony. He heard an extremely annoying voice. "Great...another dead Vault Hunter. Handsome Jack's been busy."
He recognized the voice as one of those stupid CL4P-TP bots from a few years back. "Wait-you're not dead! YES! Now I can get off this glacier! Claptrap, your metaphorical ship has finally come in!"
As the pain slowly subsided, Axton crawled forward, regaining some feeling in his legs. "Allow me to introduce myself - I am a CL4P-TP steward bot, but my friends call me Claptrap! Or they would, if any of them were still alive. Or had existed in the first place! Oh - I've got something for you. Here-take this ECHO communicator that I totally didn't loot from one of these corpses!" The robot roughly shoved an ECHO com into Axton's hand. He could faintly make out the words 'property of Axton' scratched into the side. 'It was mine anyway...' he thought. "Man, this is great! Now that I ve met a mighty Vault Hunter, I can finally join the resistance in Sanctuary, take vengeance against Jack for killing my product line, and repair my central processor so I stop thinking out loud! I wonder what it s like to have a belly button."
Axton slowly stood up, looking for the other three people that were with him on the train. He spotted a bright yellow bodysuit covered in snow and recognized it as Maya's. He walked over to the body and lightly shook her shoulder. Her eyes slowly opened, and Axton sighed with relief-he didn't want to lose any more allies. Not friends just yet, he thought, but allies. "Hey, honey-wake up. We're not dead yet. Now-" He was cut off by a smack to the face as Maya stood up and shook the snow off her. "That's for touching my butt on the train, asshole." She turned away from him and started strolling towards the large igloo. "Hey-aren't you going to help me find the other two?" Axton yelled at her.
Maya mentally chided herself. Way to go, forgetting about your allies, Maya, she thought. A few yards to the left of Axton, a tall figure masked in body armor sat up. He could hear a robotic voice in the distance saying "Where the hell am I? Snow is falling all around. At least I'm not dead."
Axton didn't really like this guy. Too mysterious. He hadn't even said his name on the train while the others were introducing. He just flashed a '0' in front of his helmet. Zer0, or whatever he wanted to be called, stood up and rummaged around in the snow until he found his sword and ECHO com. Axton looked around for a little while, but couldn't find the other guy. Salvador, he thought the steroid-pumped Truxican was called. He decided to follow the other two into the tiny robot's house. Once he walked down the steps, the robot shouted "MINION! Where were you!" All of a sudden, a flash appeared on his screen and a pretty lady's face flashed on it. "I'll explain everything soon, but know this-you're alive for a reason, and I am here to help you."
The lady faded and Axton decided not to mention it. The robot began monolouging again. "Sorry about the mess-everything Jack kills, he dumps here! Bandits, Vault Hunters, Claptrap units-if I sound pleased about this, it's only because this is my default tone of voice! I'm actually quite depressed! Now, the creatures are dangerous, none more then a bullymong named Knuckle Dragger. Killed everyone I know." The robot paused. "Anywho, I keep a pistol in the cabinet over there for emergencies, but in here, we should be pretty safe!" Suddenly, as if on cue, an enormous bullymong burst though Claptrap's ceiling and picked up the tiny little robot. Almost as soon as it had begun, the animal ripped out Claptrap's eye, dropped the bot, and left the way he came. Then, a girl who looked about 18, with red pigtails and a jacket with a skull on it and the guy Axton recognized as Salvador appeared through the door. "What happened? What can I shoot?" said the Truxican. Meanwhile, the tiny robot was rolling on the ground muttering "the gun...the gun in the cabinet!"
Author's note-thanks for reading my first-ever fanfiction! Slight Axton/Maya, but focuses on other characters too. And don't worry-Kreig will make an appearance! Just not yet. I'll update as much as I can. For now, organic OUT!
Axton woke up and wished he hadn't. He was in a world of pain-every inch of his body was burning, and the snow wasn't helping. He clenched his fists in agony. He heard an extremely annoying voice. "Great...another dead Vault Hunter. Handsome Jack's been busy."
He recognized the voice as one of those stupid CL4P-TP bots from a few years back. "Wait-you're not dead! YES! Now I can get off this glacier! Claptrap, your metaphorical ship has finally come in!"
As the pain slowly subsided, Axton crawled forward, regaining some feeling in his legs. "Allow me to introduce myself - I am a CL4P-TP steward bot, but my friends call me Claptrap! Or they would, if any of them were still alive. Or had existed in the first place! Oh - I've got something for you. Here-take this ECHO communicator that I totally didn't loot from one of these corpses!" The robot roughly shoved an ECHO com into Axton's hand. He could faintly make out the words 'property of Axton' scratched into the side. 'It was mine anyway...' he thought. "Man, this is great! Now that I ve met a mighty Vault Hunter, I can finally join the resistance in Sanctuary, take vengeance against Jack for killing my product line, and repair my central processor so I stop thinking out loud! I wonder what it s like to have a belly button."
Axton slowly stood up, looking for the other three people that were with him on the train. He spotted a bright yellow bodysuit covered in snow and recognized it as Maya's. He walked over to the body and lightly shook her shoulder. Her eyes slowly opened, and Axton sighed with relief-he didn't want to lose any more allies. Not friends just yet, he thought, but allies. "Hey, honey-wake up. We're not dead yet. Now-" He was cut off by a smack to the face as Maya stood up and shook the snow off her. "That's for touching my butt on the train, asshole." She turned away from him and started strolling towards the large igloo. "Hey-aren't you going to help me find the other two?" Axton yelled at her.
Maya mentally chided herself. Way to go, forgetting about your allies, Maya, she thought. A few yards to the left of Axton, a tall figure masked in body armor sat up. He could hear a robotic voice in the distance saying "Where the hell am I? Snow is falling all around. At least I'm not dead."
Axton didn't really like this guy. Too mysterious. He hadn't even said his name on the train while the others were introducing. He just flashed a '0' in front of his helmet. Zer0, or whatever he wanted to be called, stood up and rummaged around in the snow until he found his sword and ECHO com. Axton looked around for a little while, but couldn't find the other guy. Salvador, he thought the steroid-pumped Truxican was called. He decided to follow the other two into the tiny robot's house. Once he walked down the steps, the robot shouted "MINION! Where were you!" All of a sudden, a flash appeared on his screen and a pretty lady's face flashed on it. "I'll explain everything soon, but know this-you're alive for a reason, and I am here to help you."
The lady faded and Axton decided not to mention it. The robot began monolouging again. "Sorry about the mess-everything Jack kills, he dumps here! Bandits, Vault Hunters, Claptrap units-if I sound pleased about this, it's only because this is my default tone of voice! I'm actually quite depressed! Now, the creatures are dangerous, none more then a bullymong named Knuckle Dragger. Killed everyone I know." The robot paused. "Anywho, I keep a pistol in the cabinet over there for emergencies, but in here, we should be pretty safe!" Suddenly, as if on cue, an enormous bullymong burst though Claptrap's ceiling and picked up the tiny little robot. Almost as soon as it had begun, the animal ripped out Claptrap's eye, dropped the bot, and left the way he came. Then, a girl who looked about 18, with red pigtails and a jacket with a skull on it and the guy Axton recognized as Salvador appeared through the door. "What happened? What can I shoot?" said the Truxican. Meanwhile, the tiny robot was rolling on the ground muttering "the gun...the gun in the cabinet!"
Author's note-thanks for reading my first-ever fanfiction! Slight Axton/Maya, but focuses on other characters too. And don't worry-Kreig will make an appearance! Just not yet. I'll update as much as I can. For now, organic OUT!