I apologize for taking so long to update. I should explain.

I was going to have this story alternate between the love story and various tales from the pasts of the Vault Hunters. However, I hit an incredibly harsh roadblock in that regard.

I decided to change that. I'm not doing the backstories anymore. Instead, I'm gong to cover some Pre-Sequel stuff. This story is going to take place in the middle of Wayward Son. It takes place a week after Claptrap arrived on Pandora with the new Vault Hunters. It deals with events related to what happened in the Pre-Sequel.

If you haven't read Wayward Son, none of this will make sense to you. Sorry about that.


"So it's a loot cave?" Hyzin asked. The four Vault Hunters, him, Ted, Misty and Clyde were standing outside of a cave.

"Apparently." Misty replied. "We kill whatever comes out of it and harvest the loot."

"Strange mission to be given' folks." Ted commented.

"Why are we complaining!" Clyde exclaimed. "It's free loot! All we have to do is stand here and shoot! That's dope!" He happily aimed his shotgun at the cave.

"...Dope?" Ted asked.

"Eh." Hyzin shrugged. "Seems like a word he'd use."

"Wonder if he has a mute button…" Ted speculated.

"Don't be rude!" Misty exclaimed.

"Don't sweat it!" Clyde replied. "He's not the first person to ask!" If they could see his face under the helmet, they would see him grinning at them.

"Well, let's scope this cave!" Hyzin exclaimed.

The four Vault Hunters aimed their weapons at the cave…

...And they waited….

...And waited…

...Two hours later, nothing had come out.

"...Are we...doing this wrong?" Clyde asked.

"Maybe we should go inside." Hyzin suggested. "See what's up."

"Not a bad idea, pothead." Misty said, walking toward the cave. "Come on, boys. Let's go spelunking."


The four Vault Hunters wandered the cave. They eventually came across a large opening.

"Where are all the monsters?" Hyzin asked.

"Don't tell me they got rid of the loot cave!" Clyde exclaimed. "I love the loot cave! The loot cave was, like, the most useful thing ever!"

"...Have you been here before, Clyde?" Ted asked.

"No, he just get's kind of excited." Misty answered for him. He usually made slips like that, but Misty was thankful Hyzin and Ted never really looked into it that much.

"Well, there has to be something around here." Hyzin said, inspecting some rocks in the corner of the cavern. "Loot doesn't just appear. You have to kill stuff."

"Yeah." Ted said. "That's nature."

Clyde walked around the cavern, looking around.

"I don't see anything." Clyde said. "Maybe this mission is a bust." He exclaimed, leaning against the wall.

The wall promptly broke under Clyde.

"OH, COME ON!" Clyde exclaimed as he fell down the deep chasm.

He couldn't even hear his teammates shout after him before he hit the ground, blacking out.


Clyde slowly came to.

"Hey! I'm alive! Suck on that, gravity! And you too, surprised holes!"

He realized he was still in the cave. He sat up, examining where he was. It was hard to tell where he was, since there were a bunch of holes in the ceiling that he could have fallen out of.

"Huh. Good thing I was wearing a helmet. I probably could have died, and that'd be annoying!"

He attempted to turn on his radio.

"Hello? Helloooooooo? Guys? You there? Misty? It's me, Clap- I mean, Clyde! Hyzin? You there, bro? Ted? Man? Come on, guys! Don't leave me hanging!" He exclaimed. He knocked on the side of his helmet. "Crap! My communicator must have been busted in the fall! Hmm...Looks like my map's still working. Great! There's an exit! I'll just go out there and meet them outside! There's only one exit to a cave! Otherwise it would be a tunnel!"

Clyde, reaffirmed by his assertion, made his way toward the exit.

As he exited the cave, he realized this was a different exit then the one he entered in.

"Huh. This might be tricky." Clyde said to himself. "Maybe I should -HURK!"

Clyde felt an arm wrap around his neck, with a second arm restraining him. Knowing he was in trouble, Clyde began to plead.

"H-Hey, buddy! I don't know what you want but-"

"Quiet." A feminine voice said curtly, moving the arm around Clyde's neck to show a blade, which she promptly pressed against his neck.

"Yes, ma'am." Clyde quickly complied quickly. He felt the arms restraining him let go, and move for the lathes of his helmet. "Hey, what's the big-" The knife moved, and Clyde promptly shut up.

Clyde groaned as the helmet was eventually removed, and it fell unceremoniously to the ground. Clyde noted that this was the first time he was without his helmet since he arrived on Pandora.

He was roughly turned around, and was met with a familiar face.

"Hello, Claptrap."

"...Athena?!"


So this chapter is short, but t least it's here. Now that I know what I'm doing, the updates shouldn't take as long. It should alternate between this story and the Love story.