A/n: LOOONG CHAPTER. Almost 3500 words. A lot happens here so yeah! Not much KriegMaya though. Sorry about that.


"These symbols were odd/So I made is my mission/To find more of them" Zer0 informed the other raiders, spreading out his collection of ghost-like emblems. Most were patches from jackets, a few were small signs that hung above the bandit camps, and one was a tattoo from a Psycho's back.

"Well…What do you think guys?" Roland sighed, looking at the rest of the team as he held up a patch, "Are these Bandits getting smart and coming together? Or is this a whole new problem?"

"I dunno." Mordecai input, "Whenever I'm out with Talon we don't see anything different."

There was a collective silence. Bandits made up the majority of the population on Pandora, and even though they weren't all that smart, just fighting a mob of them was enough to wear out even the most skilled of fighters.

"One thing is for sure." Axton commented, "If they are getting smart. We need to scope this out fast."

The others nodded in agreement, silent questions floating in the air such as who were these 'ghosts' and if they really were uniting all the bandit clans.

"Everyone, dismissed, go about your daily errands, but keep your eyes open for more on these ghost-wearing Bandits." The Soldier ordered, the other vault hunters left the room.

"Lilith..." Roland's baritone voice called, stopping the Siren in her tracks.

"Hm?" She hummed, turning back to him.

"What do you think of all of this?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Remember when you had that clan worshipping you?" Ah yes, Lilith's days as "the Firehawk", how could she forget? What with all the little Bandits setting themselves on fire, starting up raging bonfires, and even trying to sacrifice someone all to get closer to their goddess. There would always be a small place in the Siren's heart for the clan, no matter how much she denied it.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Why do you think they did? I just wanna see if what I'm thinking is right."

"Well. Probably because I was really strong. Y'know and had powers beyond the normal. After all, no one really sees Sirens every day."

She was right, and Roland knew it too. With the Bandits being easy to impress through feats of strength, it was obvious they would worship someone so God-like. Anyone who presented a clan with the capability to overpower another rival was instantly followed like some newfound religion.

Several chirps came from the Holo-table in the center off the room, alerting the leader of the Raiders to danger around Pandora. Three flashing red dots appeared. One in the Dust, one in the Tundra Express, and one at Overlook. Roland tapped the first one in the Dust.

"Roland? Oh Go-BACK OFF YOU DAMNED-GO AWAY!" Ellie shrieked over the airways followed by the sounds of screaming, gunshots, and Bandit Technicals zooming by.

"Ellie! What's going on?" Roland asked, his authoritative voice filling with concern.

"Bandits Roland! Lots of 'em! I can't take 'em all down! WHY YOU...Send help!"

The line went dead, Roland sent out a distress signal through every Raiders' ECHO. He then tapped the signal coming from the Tundra Express.

"Tina? Tina come in!" He ordered.

"Oh haaaaaaai Roland~" Tina cooed, explosions fired in the background, "I gots ta make this quick. Bandits. Lots of them. A proper Bandit party almost. I mean. I got my ladies here helpin' me. But I dunno how long they can hold. AWWW SHIT. GOTTA GO~"

Another distress signal went out. Roland hesitantly tapped the last signal.

Silence.

Then a choir of cries filled the room, Overlook was under attack as well. Roland's eyes filled with fear, these Bandits weren't just smart, there were hoards of them. At this rate any ally outside of Sanctuary would be obliterated. He bashed his hands against the table and growled. The Soldier set up an All-ECHO transmission.

"All and every able body. This is Roland asking for help. Our allies are severely outnumbered. I need teams out to the Dust, Tundra Express, and Overlook. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY." He stressed the last phrase.

"Rol-"

"We need to move too..." He cut Lilith off.


The small town of Overlook was surrounded by Buzzards and Bandits, even though there was a shield up, that did next to nothing for the raids of Psychos pouring into the town. The civilians were in a panic as the savages tore apart the little village.

Just down the beaten path Axton, Roland, Salvador and Lilith re-constructed from the Fast Travel and witnessed just what was going on. The Firehawk took a nugget of Eridium from her pocket and crushed it in her hand. A pair of blazing orange wings grew from her back as her tattoos glowed the same brilliant shade. The other Raiders gathered around her as her fiery wings surrounded them and in a flash of purple and blue, they were teleported into the center of the chaos, releasing an arc of energy from the transport, knocking back a larger group of Bandits. Immediately after the energy dissipated, the two commander classes tossed their turrets into the field, unleashing a never ending rain of bullets and rocket. Salvador drew two rocket launchers and blasted away the lingering Buzzards.

Burning shrapnel fell from the sky like shooting stars as the vault hunters fought. Lilith began Phase Walking towards the town, burning away the Bandits from the energy released from her blasts. The smell of burnt flesh hung in the air as the others followed her path.

"Stay safe out there." Axton murmured to his turret and patted it on top of its launcher and trailed behind the others, providing more fire power from behind as they entered Overlook.

The citizens of the cliff-side village were shakily hobbling around the grounds, doing all they could to defend their homes and protect their weaker members.

"Everyone back inside!" Roland ordered, the citizens quickly complied.


"We're just a mile away from Tina's let's move!" Brick ordered, dashing off to the hideout of his favorite kid. Maya and Krieg chased after him.

"Careful out there okay? We will not lose it again!" The stern inner Krieg commanded, his outer counterpart bellowed something about being a "prime cut" or something along those lines.

"Krieg! Eyes on me." Maya ordered, pointing to herself. The Psycho nodded in understanding as the Siren sprinted in front of him, tossing her arm up to Phase Lock a Bandit and draw its companions to it.

"She thinks...We'll lose it again. Follow her advice. "

"GRIND GRIND GRIND! KILL KILL KILL!" He bellowed, slicing the Bandits in half, blood painting his skin crimson, "WHAT A GLORIOUS SHOWER!"

Brick ran into the workshop to find Tina tied up in a chair with a bag over her head. Several Bandits danced around her, whooping and cheering about how they were going to sacrifice her to the "Phantom". The Berserker trembled in rage and charged the psychos. One by one he pummeled each Bandit into the ice, making sure nothing was left of their crazed bodies.

"Briiiick~ is that yoooou~?" The thirteen-year-old seemed to purr and swing her legs back and forth childishly.

"You alright Tina?" He asked, removing her bindings and the bag. The girl jumped up and down, nodding furiously before skipping off to her stash of explosives.

"So who else showed for the par-taaaay?" Tina asked, stuffing her bag with dynamite.

"Maya and Krieg, they're taking down Bandits."

"Sweeet. Leggo~" Tina fled outside to join in the carnage where she was greeted by a Marauder's head whoosh past her own.

Maya noticed that the constant rain of blood had stopped and turned her head to where she saw Krieg in a screaming match with another Psycho.

"MINE IS SHINER!" He roared, crushing his opponent's skull in his hand, "NO ONE 'S MEAT BICYCLE IS SHINER!"

The Siren just chuckled to herself and resumed unloading her favorite E-tech Maliwan on the other Bandits.

"Of course." She thought, "Always meat bicycles."

A large explosion halted the battle and in ran Tina and Brick, the first with "war paint" on her face and a stick of dynamite in each hand. The teenager tossed the explosives left and right, quickly dwindling the hoard's numbers as Brick protected her at close range, beating away any Bandit that dare come too close. Maya used her Phase Locks to ignite small bands of enemies sending them into a frenzy of excitement as they caught their companions on fire. Krieg seemed to almost skip around the chaos, happily hacking down any surviving Bandits.

"Dayuuum! This is soooome party~" Tina giggled.


Bullets flew expertly through the dry desert air of the Dust as Zer0 and Mordecai sat still on top of Ellie's garage while Gaige sent out Death Trap to handle any Bandit Technicals that drove in range of the body shop. Other volunteers from Sanctuary rode around the area in their own Light Runners, chasing down the large vehicles and keeping them herded in the two sniper's ranges. Talon soared overhead, occasionally diving down to kill any straggling bandits.

"Atta giiirl!" Mordecai laughed as he watched his beloved pet swoop down and claw out the back of a midget Psycho before taking to the skies again.

"This is a nice pace/Rather simple for our tastes/Good for the New Year" Zer0 mentioned, head-shooting two Marauder's at once, then glanced at the Mechromancer below.

Gaige was sashaying around the sand, firing her pistol and dodging hits while Death Trap slashed through Bandit flesh like paper. Her pigtails bobbed freely as she smacked a Psycho upside the jaw with the butt of her gun, knocking him back then firing a shot through the crazed man's throat. With a wave of the arm she called her robot to her side and hopped to its shoulder, riding it up to the roof of the building.

"Well. That's all down there. How'sit up here?" She asked, flicking her wrist to dismiss her guardian.

The sound of engines revving quieted as the Bandit Technicals stopped with their passengers now dead. The landscape looked like some kind of wasteland now, littered with vehicles. The Hunter whistled and called his partner to his shoulder.

"I'd say we're done." Mordecai smirked, announcing it over the ECHO waves. Cheers arose from the dunes as the volunteers rode back into the garage and traveled back to sanctuary.


"Take that!" Lilith cried, spin kicking a Psycho in the stomach, sending him crashing into a trash can. The Siren brushed her hands together and chuckled, not noticing the surveyor flying overhead.

"Nice one." Roland complimented, patting his companion on the shoulder, then headed over to the trash to deal the final shot. The Psycho looked up at the Soldier and cackled.

"BOO! BOO!" He shouted before Roland pulled the trigger, ending his life. A shuffling sound came from behind the trash can, Roland cocked his gun ready to fire again.

"S-SANCTUARY! SAFETY!" The voice of a young girl wailed before she tumbled from her hiding place, tears in her eyes.

The vault hunters gathered around the child. She looked to be no more than ten. Her onyx colored hair was tied back in two disheveled braids, an oversized leather vest draped from her shoulders over a forest green sweater that came to her knees. The girl was covered in dirt and a few scratches. What was really surprising was that on her left arm were the faded marks of a Siren's tattoos. She looked up at the four mercenaries, her eyes a dark grey in shade flickered with fear. The others were silent, she obviously wasn't a citizen of the town, otherwise they would have known. The young Siren's eyes darted to each of the vault hunters before pushing herself up with trembling arms. The others stepped back, not sure what to make of this development.

"T-Th-Thank...You..." She stuttered through her quivering lips. The vault hunters glanced at one another before setting their gaze on Lilith, a gaze that said "You talk. You're the woman. You're a Siren." before the men stepped back further. The Firehawk just gave a deadpan stare in their direction before approaching the girl.

"It was no trouble." The older Siren replied, kneeling down to see eye to eye with the girl, "I'm Lilith, and behind me is Roland, Axton, and Salvador. What's your name? How old are you?"

"I uh..." The girl looked like she was at war with herself, debating whether or not to talk to the stranger. Lilith sensed this and smiled calmly.

"Hey. We won't hurt you. We're good guys." She then held out her left arm, "And look, we're not too different."

The dark-haired girl stared in awe at the vivid tattoos then at her own.

"I'm Sienna. I'm 10...are you a Siren like me?" She patted Lilith's arm in curiosity. The Firehawk ruffled Sienna's hair and stood up.

"Sure am. Here, watch this." Lilith then jogged out of everyone's range and began to flicker purple before vanishing. The young Siren gasped and stumbled forward. Lilith then appeared, now at the entrance to the town.

"WOW!" Sienna cried and tugged at Axton's arm, "Did you just see that!?"

Axton jolted at the touch, not used to having such a small child around him.

"Come on Sienna, let's go to Lilith." Roland laughed, leading the group to the edge of town.

"So Sienna. Can you do anything special?" Lilith asked.

"Oh uhm...Yeah. But it makes me really tired. Last time I did it...I passed out...and...W-wanna see?" The little Siren asked, a small fire burned within her, telling her to try and impress the others, "I think I should be fine..."

"Only if you think so." The Soldier answered. Sienna nodded and walked forward a few paces, staring hard into the distance as if to look for something.

An Alpha skag was trotting past the town, minding its own business.

"Watch..." The young Siren muttered, pressing her left hand to her forehead. Her faint tattoos seemed to flicker weakly as she chanted the words "Phase Control...Phase Control...Phase Control" over and over then mumbled the word "halt" and to her command, the skag stopped in its tracks.

"sit" she ordered in nothing but a whisper and yet again the beast obeyed her command.

"howl" the skag let out a pained howl to the skies.

"now go sleep." the skag flopped over into the grass. Sienna removed her hand, gasped then coughed, a few drops of blood sputtered from her lips before she collapsed. Roland scooped the girl from the ground and dashed to the Fast Travel, transporting to Sanctuary.


The vault hunters were back in the headquarters, surrounding the Holo-table. Roland informed everyone about what had happened in Overlook and the new situation involving Sienna.

"Reports everyone?" Their leader asked, rubbing a hand over his head and sighing.

"They weren't really organized, just kind of...attacking." Maya commented, "Like they had no goal but to just cause chaos."

"T'WAS A BLOODY FESTIVAL OF JOY~" Krieg hollered. The Siren patted his arm, telling him that now was not the time. The Psycho instantly hushed and grumbled softly.

"Yeah. They did capture Tina, but weren't too interested in killin' her right away."Brick added.

"Same for us in the Dust." Mordecai commented, "The bastards just drove around firing at nothing in particular. A few came close to the garage, but-"

"I totally handled them. Man you should'a seen DT. Like. So BADASS!" Gaige interrupted.

Silence fell over the group. These Bandits were obviously meant to draw out the Raiders' attention, and they succeeded. Those attacks were just decoys, or perhaps warnings for things to come. A soft hum rose from the Holo-table and Dr. Zed spoke.

"Howdy there everyone. You're little friend is awake now if you wanna see her." The medic informed.

"Thanks. We'll be there soon." Roland answered, shutting off the channel, "Right. Sienna. She seems innocent enough, but we can't be too careful. We'll keep her detained in an energy shield in case she uses her powers on us."

There was a hesitant agreement from the others, even though she was only 10, none of them knew if what she was saying was the truth or even if they could trust her.

"Gaige can you set up an energy barrier in the back room where Tannis is? I doubt she'll mind." The Soldier requested. Gaige saluted and laughed.

"I'll get right to it!" She cheered, eager to construct something new, and ran down to the main floor.


Sienna sat in a strange room, old blood was splattered across the floor, the lights flickered on and off. A man with a bloody apron approached her, "Good to see you're okay." he smiled under his surgeon mask. Sienna shivered in fear, unable to move or speak. She buried her face in her hands and sobbed. Was she now a prisoner? Were these people going to try and kill her? Were they lying about being good guys?

Footsteps signaled the entry of a small group. Sienna looked up to see the same people who had saved her earlier plus a few others.

"Are you alright?" Lilith asked, the young Siren just nodded and scooted off the stretcher, "You're going to stay with us for a little okay?" Sienna nodded again and scurried to the Firehawk's side. The other vault hunters observed the child, each on making their own mental notes and opinions about her. Lilith held out her hand to lead Sienna back to the headquarters.

"I know it's not super comfy. But yeah." Lilith mentioned, urging the young Siren into the back room. Roland nodded at Gaige who flipped a small switch, activating a faint blue energy shield that trapped Sienna in the small room. The young girl whimpered in terror and pressed her hands against the shield.

"Wh-why?" She whined, tears pricking her eyes. Roland signaled the others to disperse save for Maya and Lilith.

"Help calm her down, contact me when she's ready to talk okay?" Roland whispered calmly. The two Sirens nodded and the Soldier dismissed himself.

"Sorry about this..." Lilith apologized, kneeling down, "We've just had a long day. And we need to be cautious." Sienna nodded and wiped away her tears as if to understand.

"Uh...Hi..." Maya mumbled, taking a seat next to her friend, "I'm Maya."

"Hi Maya..." The 10 year old seemed to whisper, leaning against the shield and smiled, "You're both really pretty. Are all Sirens this pretty?" Her childish curiosity began to get the better of her. The two older Sirens chuckled and smiled at the child. After a few minutes of answering Sienna's harmless questions Lilith contacted Roland, telling him he could return.

"My friend Roland is going to ask you some questions okay?" The Firehawk asked. The little Siren smiled and nodded.

"S-sure!"

Moments later the towering Soldier entered the room, doing his best to not scare the already shaken up girl. He pulled up a chair and sat in front of the barrier, pondering what to ask her first.

"How did this all happen?" He decided it was an easy enough question, even though he was more curious as to what her relation to the Bandits was.

"Uh...Well this is all I got..." She started, "I got stranded on this place after uh..." She grabbed her head and cringed, "I know I crashed...I..."

"Don't worry about that. Tell me about the Bandits." Roland didn't want the girl to try and recall memories that could send her over the edge.

"They...They uh...They call themselves 'Phantoms' and they're after these...'Vault Hunter' people. Apparently they hate the Vault Hunters." Sienna kneaded her fingers together in the fabric of her sweater, "And there's the Queen."

Roland hardened his gaze, tilting his head.

"She's...scary. I saw her once. When they captured me. She's terrifying. She has them wrapped around her finger, bowing to her whims. She's a giant. And she has this...claw." The little Siren shuddered and shook her head, "I think she even ate a person once."

"ONLY I EAT THE FLESH!" Krieg exclaimed barging in, hearing Sienna's story from around the corner. Sienna leaped back and shrieked.

"Sorry...He does that. C'mon big guy." Maya apologized, leading the Psycho out of the building.

The 10 year-old did her best to regain herself, "We-well okay...where was...I?"

"The Queen that ate a person." Roland Reminded.

"Right...Uh...Well...yeah. She has them completely under her control. She says jump, they're already in the air."

There was an awkward moment of silence, the Soldier hung his head and sighed, he needed more information.

"Okay...let's...try this one...How did you get in Overlook?"

Sienna twisted a braid between her fingers and bit her lip in thought.

"They were trying to get me to a guy in Liar's Burg...I think...Yeah...They said something about Liar's Burg...A ship...Maybe? Uhh..." She clutched her head, "Sorry...fuzzy thoughts...I uh...can I sleep?"

"Yes...Thank you Sienna." Roland bade farewell, knowing their next destination.


A/N: Like I said it was a long chapter. Kind of like an apology for taking so long. School is still busy. BUUUT they're calling for a snow storm Sunday into Monday, so I may begin the next chapter. Its kind of nice now, I set up a pace to write out each chapter and review over it. These new chapters take like...3 days to put together. So thank you so much for being patient.

We meet Sienna, the 10 year old siren! She won't really be in the fighting, since...shes a little kid. But [static noises].

I hope you all enjoyed. Also...I hear that SOPA started back up again. So...If...it takes effect. Well...all these stories might disappear. I hope not thought!

Dont forget to rate and review.

See ya next time!

-Ryzi