Vaulting and Altogether Being Badass

A/N: In the immortal words of Lilith: Sup. I just want to tell you guys some stuff involving some other stuff. So, last chapter was more of an intro, now the real fun begins. Now that I've intro'd my O/C, Jaise, you'll get to see him in action. I'm trying to improve my writing skill, so feedback is appreciated. Also, new chapters will be up hopefully every 2 days, but with school and all that, it's kinda hard to do this daily. See you at the bottom! :)

Chapter 2: Search Party

I wake up happy as fuck. Holy crap, today's the day! I laugh to myself. I walk out of the room. Everyone looks like I feel.

"Hey amigo!" Sal throws his arm around me. "Ready to leave the planet of death and skag vomit?" I laugh and we fist bump.

Everyone is in a good mood. Even Roland is grinning

"Now hold on boss," Axton says to Roland, grinning like a fool, "who's gonna take over this godforsaken rock?"

"God bless this mess…" Maya mutters, loud enough for me to hear. I laugh loudly, and everyone looks at me strange. "What?" I giggle crazily.

"You ok amigo?" Mordecai whispers, "You look like a cannibal midget on crack. You need to lie down?"

"Just happy is all." I respond. He nods. Roland begins his speech.

"We're gonna divide into teams of two. Lilith, Jaise, Gaige, Mordecai, Angel and I will search the Slag Scar and Hero's Pass. Sal, Axton, Maya, Krieg, Zer0, and Brick will take the rest of the Blight. Clear?"

Collective nods. "So seriously, who is gonna lead Pandora to complete civilization?" Axton asks. Roland opens his hands wide

"The rest of the Crimson Raiders will govern Sanctuary, and hopefully the rest of Pandora. Any more questions? No? Okay then. Let's get off this rock."

Cheers erupt from all over the room. I walk to the Fast Travel Station with Angel.

"So, Angel, any idea where we're headed?" I ask.

"I have been looking at the Vault Map, and I think that the closest Vault is on the planet of Cynlos. I recommend that we head there."

I think about that as I punch in the co-ords. Cynlos. Just barely better than Pandora. More actual civilizations though.

I grin. Like Pandora, Cynlos will be full of bandits and monsters. Fun.

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We arrive at the Blight. A slag flake lands on me.

"This place is still fuckin disgusting." Lilith says as we separate into our teams.

We are all crowded into two technicals. I am deep in thought in the backseat when all of a sudden Roland yells.

"Look out! Bullymongs!"

Mordecai twists around in his seat and one-shots a 'mong with his sniper.

"I detect a swarm of rakks as well." Angel says

Fuck. Rakks are hard to hit when you're in a car.

I pull out my Hellfire and open up on the Bullymongs. Lilith is throwing energy at them, and Sal is going mad gunzerking.

"Roland!" I yell. "Calm down the driving will ya?"

"Gaige!" I hear from the other car. It's Angel. "We're driving fast, shooting at rakks, and you're using a SHOTGUN!?"

Gaige responds with "ANARCHY!" Angel facepalms.

I laugh. "Bullymongs are down!" Roland yells. Time for more accuracy. Everybody pulls out snipers.

I pull out my White Death, and whittle down the health of the super badass rakk.

"Jaise!" Lilith warns. "Look out! Rakk!"

I duck, and Sal guns it down.

All the rakks are dead. We hop out of the technicals. Ah, the Slag Scar. The slag is useful on enemies, but annoying when the 'mongs are doing double damage on your ass.

Lilith ECHOs Axton. "You guys found anything yet?"

Axton replies on an open channel, so we all hear. "Nothing yet. You?"

"We just got to the Slag Scar." I say.

"Roger. Oh, hold on, rakk attack. Hehehe that rhymes."

I roll my eyes. We walk on. I try to ask Roland where we're headed Vault-wise.

"Hey Roland?" I ask. "Yeah?" "Where're we going, once we, y'know, like, get the spaceship? 'Cause Angel recommends Cynlos."

"That's two planets over, right?" He asks. "Yeah."

"Then unless there is a better option, to Cynlos!" He exclaims.

Mordecai is scouting for us. He's up on the cliff ahead.

"Amigos!" He yells. "We got trouble!"

"Son of a…" I begin. All of a sudden two King Mongs pop out. Fuck!

We start to pepper them, soon we realize that we "ain't doin shit" as Gaige notes.

"Screw it!" I yell. My eyes begin to glow orange,* I leap forward as a beam of fire shoots out of each of my hands. I aim one hand at each bullymong.

Their health depletes. My eyes change to blue, and the fire changes to electricity. The rest are deploying their skills. Finally my eyes turn green, and acid spews out. They finally die, and I return to normal."

"Yeah!" Gaige shouts. "Awesome!" High fives all around. We search every corner of the scar, before heading to our second location. Hero's Pass is ridden with enemies, but we can handle them.

On the car ride there, I ride with Angel and Gaige.

"So, Jaise," she begins, "I realize that I've never seen your Action Skill. How do you do that?"

"I'm an Elementalist from the planet Arios. One of the last of my kind. It's tough, thinking about them. I left for Pandora 4 years ago. The planet kinda went to…" "Anarchy?" Gaige supplies, grinning. "Yes that." "I really feel sorry for you." Angel says softly. "Don't be. It was their damn fault." I realize my fists are clenched.

"Guys! We're here!" Roland yells from the other car. We jump out, prepared to fight our way in. To our surprise there is still the smoldering shells of loaders.

"Careful! It might be a trap!" Lilith says, stepping lightly. "No I don't think so." Sal says. "I think since the Warrior was awakened there was no need to post guards."

"So will there be any inside?" I ask.

"Yes." Mordecai says. "We left some behind last time."

"Great…" I mumble as we walk inside. Here goes nothing.

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*ACTION SKILL…..YEAAAH!

A/N: Hey guys, we're getting closer and closer to a new Vault! Fun! Jaise's action skill is pretty cool, huh? I'm working on his background, and trying to get the personalities right. So….more Fourth Wall? Yeah, this is gonna be a regular thing.

Hunter: So Axton's group, how's stuff going with you?

Axton: Nothing yet. We've had the worst luck though. Waves after waves of enemies.

Maya: My hair set on fire!

Gaige: *snickers*

Maya: Shut it.

Brick: I punched the shit out of stuff!

Sal: Hell yeah bro!

Zer0: My arms grow tired/I have killed a lot of rakks/My blade needs tuning

Jaise: Oh stop whining, Haiku boy.

Krieg: I RODE THE GORE TRAIN TO THE BLOODY DAWN!

*awkward silence*

Hunter: What?

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