Borderlands: The dark side of Pandora
By: Pieguy987
Disclaimer: I do not own borderlands.
Chapter 1: Welcome to the dark side
I had beaten the warrior. Slain Jack. Destroyed invincible creatures. I made it to level 55. Axton is my name, the commando. I carry some of the rarest loot Pandora has to offer. I am proud of it, yet I know I still have a long way to go before its perfect. I am a legend, yet I am still alive. I lived Jack's fury. I am the person they all look up to. Now I am on my way to a different part of Pandora. Hundreds of vaults could be waiting for me. I carry weapons of my level, I killed many, but I wont fall until I am ready to fall. Nobody can force me to stop. I will open these Vaults, and take the treasures they hold. I should know better by now, but I am taking a train. This time Handsome Jack isn't inviting me, its Lilith. She moved away from sanctuary to explore Pandora for new vaults. She ECHO'd us in sanctuary about three days ago. She said she was in a location called Rockhiemer, and she said she has found a few, and rumors say many more await. I haven't found all the Vaults on this side of Pandora, but the more you look, the harder they are to find. Anyway, this part of Pandora is nicknamed "The Dark Side". For good reason too. Moons of Pandora never move on this side and the dozens of them block out the light in many locations. Along with with Lilith, Scooter also moved to this side of Pandora in search of job opportunities. As soon as he figured out about the new Vaults, he knew many would be rushing there to try controlling some of the vaults, so now he has many Catch-A-Ride stations and is making more so he can make a living, on the dark side of Pandora. The part that I was most excited for though, is that there was no Hyperion, but that didn't mean there wouldn't be worse. Even though though Jack is dead, Hyperion still exists, and is now stopping the construction of loaders. They did this because they lost a lot of money from destroyed robots that really weren't all that efficient. Plus they make a lot of money from the New-U station and their weapon manufacturing. I think we accepted this because they offered peace and we didn't want to go to war with them again. They will be on the dark side of Pandora, but only for the reason to set up vendors, and New-U stations.
The train is passing through a tunnel, its pitch black for a moments and then the lights flicker on. I looked at my turret, this piece of machinery and I have been through a lot, and saved my life numerous times. I was really worried though, I didn't know what kind of creatures wait for me at the end of this train ride. Lilith did tell me that many of the creatures were very similar. Also the Bandits and Bloodshots had already inhabited the area. Sir Hammerlock was there too, he heard about the different and new creatures in this dark side of Pandora, so he couldn't leave any sooner. Another thing that was amazing, no Claptrap! He literally made me kill myself because he wouldn't shut up once. I was sitting thinking these things and Lilith ECHO'd me.
"Hey kid how are you?" she asked. Before I could answer she continued. "Look I need to warn you about some creatures that are a little different than the ones in the other side of Pandora. Some Bullymong like creatures roam these parts, but these ones can shoot blades. They are powerful so watch out. Another is a Skag mutated differently from the ones on the other side of Pandora. It has wings, its almost like a cross between a Rakk and a Skag, watch out though they are moderately healthy and very fast. The last one I think I need to warn you about is a mutation of a Crystalisks, it has a propeller growing out of its back, it can fly. I bet there is even more and even worse, but that's all I know of for now. Hope to see you soon kiddo." She disconnected.
I thought of these creatures. It sounded very odd, and since I hadn't seen them, I was a little scared. I didn't know what I should have equipped for when I get off, I laid down on my seat, looking at the ceiling of the train. I almost fell asleep but somebody slapped me. I jumped up quick with my Infinite pistol aiming right at her face. It was Patricia Tannis.
"Sorry about that but your posture was looking all wacky." She said while pointing the pistol away from her face. "I am just here to tell you to collect samples of these beasts, that I heard about that were all mutated, because you know I am very interested in mutated beings. I'll even make an almanac for you! See you later!"
She walked away, what a nut. I didn't even think she was on this train. There was one other person I knew that was on this train, Marcus, like most of us he was on a quest for money. He was going to set up his gun and ammo machines. He also made a deal with Dr. Zed to set up Zed's Meds machines. Which will be nice.
I don't know why this thought bothered me all the sudden, but I thought the tunnel had not ended yet because it was still dark. I looked out my window, and I could see the silhouettes of crooked dying trees and behind them a bright orange moon with the shadow of the Hyperion space station on it. It seemed like the only light source because everything i saw had an orange tint like a pale version of the moon's color. It was odd, scary, and exciting. I saw a pack of bullymongs and skags fighting. A voice on the intercom said, "Welcome to the dark side of Pandora" and train started to slow down. I was there.