He was simply there, staring at the ground, not moving an inch. She watched him for a minute or two, hoping for him to look up, though she wouldn't be able to see his face anyway. Her eyes remained glued to the top of his head, as though her glare would be able to control his movements. Though she was a siren, she had no such ability.

"What are you looking at?" She finally asked, slightly annoyed that he was ignoring her. He remained silent. She sighed, wriggling her wrists in an attempt to loosen her bonds. They were too tight.

Finally, he replied, as she was in the midst of undoing her bonds.

"Your eyes deceive you / I am but an illusion / I move for the kill," He spoke, though he remained still.

"Er… Was that a haiku? And you don't seem to be doing any moving or killing to me," Maya sarcastically remarked, going back to her bonds.

Then the guard returned. "The boss gave me permission to kill you, freak," He spat. Maya growled glaring at the guard, only to find he wasn't referring to her. He was going to execute the masked man.

"Touch him, and I'll kill you!" Maya spat, fighting against the ropes that kept her in place. She was about to phase lock him, when she realised it would do him no harm. She needed to be free to harm him.

"I'll like to see you try, bitch," He chuckled, unlocking the cell doors of his cell. The masked man rose, stepping out of his cell, walking towards the marauder. Maya watched in horror as he prepared his pistol, pressing it against the man's helmet, and he fired. Maya flinched, but noticed how the masked man had disappeared. The marauder almost lost his balance, eyes flickering everywhere in an attempt to locate him.

"What the-!" He yelled, before gurgling blood in his mouth. He stared down at his chest, to see a blade stuck through it, before it was pulled out of his body. In a few moments, he fell dead on the ground.

"A most confused death / Dead before he even knew / Where I had struck from," He said to himself, putting his blade back to its original position.

"What? How was that even possible? You- You just appeared out of nowhe-nowhere and then-!" He rudely cut her off.

"Quiet. Do you want to escape or not?" He asked in that dull voice, though it sounded as more of a sarcastic comment.

"Fine, just get me out of this cell and these damn bonds," Maya sighed. He had saved her twice now, and she did not like to appear to anyone as a weak child. He simply cut the lock off with his blade, crouching behind her and did the same with her bonds.

Maya stood up, shaking her wrists a little. Those bonds were uncomfortable.

"Don't I get a thanks?" He asked teasingly, and Maya noted how a ':P' emoticon showed up on his visor.

"Yeah, thanks, whatever."

The Fantastic Three

"Did you see that? I mean, he was all 'You can't get me, kid!' and then DT like went up to him and he EXPLODED! Like, FRIGGIN' EXPLODED!" Gaige exclaimed, holding up her robotic arm as a symbol of triumph.

Salvador, Axton and Gaige were sitting around a small campfire they had built after clearing a cave of skags. Axton was polishing his combat knife, whilst Salvador was lying with his head against a rock, which appeared mildly uncomfortable. But for a man charged with cannibalism and other acts, it seemed appropriate.

"Was this your first kill or something? Cause that's pretty normal nowadays," Axton smirked, putting his knife aside.

"Not really, I guess. There was this one girl on Eden 5. She shoved me, and DT just blew her up and stuff," Gaige shared, though her excitement seemed to have died down a little.

"That doesn't sound so bad, since you DID cut off your own arm," Axton remarked.

"AND built another single handedly!" Gaige added.

"Yeah, whatever, kid,"

The Assassin and The Siren

"Looks like you've saved me. Again," Maya said to him, slightly upset she couldn't have found her own way out of the bandit camp.

"I had to do it/ I was the one to blame for/ your recent capture," He responded, walking off.

"At least let me know your name!" Maya shouted at his silhouette, and he paused. He turned to face her, as a '0' appeared on his visor.

"Er… Zero?" She questioned. What kind of parent names their kid after a number, anyway? He responded with a smile emoticon, which she took as a yes.

"Alright… Zero… I'm going with you to this vault thing, and you will not stop me from following. I need to find out more about my siren lineage, and hey, why not make some money along the way?" She smiled. Zer0 shook his head, leaving her slightly disappointed. He stood there for a few seconds before speaking again.

"Fine, but if you get yourself killed, I don't care," Zer0 said, waiting for her to catch up to him. She smiled, jogging next to him.

And again…

"The map says it's that way. And as you can see, this rock next to us looks like a dick, and we can see it illustrated in great detail right over… There," Axton said, pointing at the map.

"So, it'll take us another day?" Salvador asked.

"Well, duh! I mean look at all the distance we gotta cover!" Gaige exclaimed, bobbing up and down in excitement. Axton led them on, which was reasonable since he was the only one with a map. Everyone was silent, Apart from the occasional sound of metal, since Gaige was using a screwdriver to tweak her robotic arm.

"Well… This is awkward."

A/N:

Yeah, as I said, I have serious difficulty writing long stuff. SO there you have it. I decided to give I have serious difficulty writing long stuff. SO there you have it. I decided to give you a less tormenting cliffhanger. Huzzah to that crap.