Author's Notes: I want to apologize for the late update. School is back in session and I had less time to work on my story than usual. Please comment, I would like to hear all of you guys' feedback. I hope you guys enjoy the forth chapter. Happy reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own borderlands. I own my original characters, my origin for some characters, and origins for Pandora. This story contains blood, gore, violence, and a grim and dark AU. Viewer discretion is advised.

A War for The Ages

Chapter 4: The Next Step Forward

The meeting had been a long and an uninteresting one. It was about how they should even out the money through out Hyperion. The only reason Diesel had not fallen asleep, was because Screwloose kept sending him messages via paper ball. He was seating at the end of the long table while Screwloose sat one seat to the left. He would through the ball in front of the person between them. The person tried their best not to be distracted by the paper throwing. The ball would usual land in front of Diesel on the table, but Screwloose's aim wasn't always perfect. Sometimes he would miss and the ball would hit Diesel in the face.

Diesel didn't respond at first, but after the twentieth paper ball he decided to answer. He had taken a piece of paper from his notebook and used his pen to write,

'What?!' he then crumpled the paper into a ball and tossed it at Screwloose. He quickly responded; the ball landed in front of Diesel. He picked up the crumpled paper and unfolded it. In yellow-colored messy hand writing read,

'Hi!' Diesel looks up from the paper to see Screwloose waving at him. He gave a small wave and tried to concentrate back on the person talking at the other side of the table. Screwloose had continued to throw paper balls at him. He officially gave in and they had a conversation. When Diesel ran out of paper that was when the meeting ended. That part of the table was covered in paper balls. He had said something like 'Good, that works' and left with Screwloose.

"Screwy why did you message me with paper balls instead of your ECHO eye?" Diesel asked as they walked to his office. Screwloose chuckled.

"What's the fun in that?! I got to throw paper during a meeting!" Screwloose was Diesels right hand man and kind of his PA also. Because of Screwloose's 'condition' there was someone else to take care of the bigger projects.

"Yeah, did you learn anything from that meeting?" Diesel asked. Screwloose put his mechanical hand on his chin in thought. After a couple of seconds of thinking he said:

"Nope."

"So, did I." Diesel said sadly. He had to start paying attention.

"Lucky for you, dear friend of mine, I had the meeting voice recorded." Screwloose said proudly. "We could listen to it... like a movie without pictures!"

"Thanks."

"Your Welcome!"

"Who knew being CEO meant you had to suffer through boring meetings." They passed the assistant's desk as they walked through the small hallway to get to the office doors. Deiseal turned to Screwloose and said:

"You know you're getting better with your condition every day." Screwloose made a confused face at this and tilted his head.

"What condition?"

"Never mind." Diesel said quickly. The doors to the office opened and they walked through. The office was huge. It could have fit statues if you wanted to. Diesel walked up the stairs to his desk while Screwloose sat at a smaller desk that was close to the stairs. Diesel sat in his big yellow chair and spun it around to look at Elpis behind him.

His father was the CEO before he died of a sickness. His mother stood up and took the place of CEO, but his mother wasn't a fighter nor knew anything mechanical. She couldn't teach him. That was when the King stepped in. He decided that he would train him. The King had said that Diesel was different from his ancestor, Wilhelm. He hoped that was a good thing. It had taken a long time, but it was worth it. When he became CEO had been connected to Helios. He could control Helios through his cybernetics. It was amazing.

He suddenly pushed out of Helios' systems. One moment he was in control of everything then the next he was kicked out. He didn't control anything in Helios anymore. There was only one person who could that. It was the King.

"Hello people of Pandora, Elpis, and Helios." The Kings voice came from every television, radio, monitor, computer, and ECHO in Helios. Not just Helios, but also on Pandora and Elpis. Diesel spun around to see his computer monitor turned on. The King's upper half was showing on the live feed. His appearance was different though. His left eye was pitch black with a white pupil. He seemed to be streaming from his cybernetic hand in his throne room. "It is I your King coming to you with some terrible news." Screwloose quickly went to Diesel's side.

"Your beloved Queen Maya has betrayed me." Diesel eyes widened in shock.

"Holy Siren." Screwloose gasped beside him.

"I know how some of you find that hard to believe, but it's true. She is the one who gave me this black eye." He gestured to said eye.

"She is going to try and kill me with her little group of friends and takeover my domain. This will sadly lead to more fighting. But if anyone sees her or her friends send a message to Castle Siren better yet subdue them and bring them to the castle alive, she and her friends won't be a problem anymore. This means Maya is now wanted. I will send out a picture and description of her friends to the top of the wanted list so you know who to look for. Side note," his voice took a dark tone as he said:

"if you have information about where they are and don't tell, you will be killed. If you decide to give shelter to the enemy, you will be killed. If you make the idiotic decision to side with Maya and her friends you will, you guessed it, be killed."

"I'm glad were not on Maya's side." Diesel said.

"Yeah, not on her side." Screwloose said with less energy than usual.

"Because of this there will be changes to the hierarchy. First of all, there will be another Royal to stand with me at Castle Siren. Please meet Queen Marta." He moved his hand so a woman could come into frame. Not just any women, a Siren. She gave a smile revealing sharpened teeth. She looked frightening.

"Hello, my subjects as King Rhys already said I'm Queen Marta. I'd love to inform you that I will be a great ruler and-"

"That's good enough." The King interrupted her. He moved his hand so that he was in frame again. "Secondly, I would like to introduce Maya's replacement, Princess Empyrean." He moved his hand to the right to show another Siren. She had fiery orange eyes. She seemed to be nervous.

"Hello, I'm Princess Empyrean and uh I hope you all will enjoy me… being your new ruler." She then turned her head to the right. "Was that good father?" she asked worried.

"It's a start." He answered. He moved his hand so that he was in frame again. "That is all for now. Don't forget to report if see them." With that the feed cut.

Diesel could feel himself connecting back with Helios' systems. They were both silent. The information just given to them was intense. Maya was now the enemy, there were two new Sirens, and one of them seemed to be the King's daughter. Screwloose broke the silence.

"Okay I did not see that coming. What are we going to do?"

"Well, we do whatever the King needs us to do Screwy." After he said that there was a beep as his computer got a message. He quickly clicked open the message. Diesel smiled as he and Screwloose began to read what the King sent them.


"Fix your stance so it's like mine." Maya said in her strong voice. August grumbled and shifted his feet.

When everyone was fully awake Maya had explained how the training was going to go. She was going to train August, Teresa, and Twilight. She wasn't going to work with Junior because he said that he didn't fight. Instead when the time came he was going to be their mechanic. He had made the device in the car. It was an interference device for other devices he made from scrape metal. It was untraceable. She wasn't going to train Grant because he was already a trained guard. She wasn't training Zer0 because he fought with sirens before. One of them being Rhys.

Maya's position was standing up with her right leg in front of her left. She had her hands raised in front of her as fists. She had changed her outfit so she wore a black and blue leotard with black cargo pants and sneakers. Her hair was pulled back in a low ponytail and her crown was off. Across from her was August, who mimicked her stance.

"Good. When dealing with Orion you need to avoid getting hit and go for his neck or head." She then ran forward. She swung a punch at his head. He ducked and punched her in the chest. She didn't seem affected by the attack and continued to punch August on the cheek. There was a loud crack as his jaw was put out of place. He gave a muffled scream and fell to the ground. Junior, Twilight, and Teresa looked up from what they were doing to look in shock. Zer0 and Grant who were sparing some distance away glanced at them before continuing.

"I said go for the neck or head not my chest." Maya said displeased. "Now get up and try again." August rubbed his hurting jaw.

"I cank. Gaw iz roken." The words came out wrong due to his jaw. She rolled her eyes.

"Then fix it." She said impatiently. Junior began making his way towards them. No doubt to help August. She glared at him and he stopped and turned around. She looked back to August. "When you are out on the battlefield you are going to get hurt obviously. You need to be able to bounce back up or while you're down your enemy will kill you. Now just put your jaw back in place."

August gave a quick glare at her before he put his hand to his jaw. With a count to three he pushed his jaw back. There was pop as his bones shifted back into place. He winced at the pain it brought to his jaw. "See that wasn't so hard."

"Did you have to hit me that hard." He grumbled standing up.

"Yes, I did. I was going easy on you. Orion will hit harder than that."

"Meaning?"

"Meaning if he hit you, you would have more than a dislocated jaw."

"Okay so I just need to put a bullet in his head before that happens."

"It's not going to be that easy. He can ten times the bullets you can. It's going to take a lot to bring him down. Now back to training." She went back to her original stance. August mimicked her again.

The sound of static came from Maya's blue bag. She looked at the bag in confusion. "Hold on a sec." she walked to the pile of their stuff. She knelt down and opened her bag. When she looked inside she saw that her small box radio was turned on. She grabbed it and looked at it.

"What's the matter?" August asked walking over.

"I don't know it just-"

"Hello people of Pandora, Elpis, and Helios." Maya was interrupted when the King's voice came from the radio. Everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at the radio in Maya's hand. Even Grant and Zer0 stopped to look. "It is I your King coming to you with some terrible news."

"We need to destroy it." August said quickly.

"No. I want to hear what he has to say first." Maya said. Everybody crowded around her as the King continued to speak.

"Your beloved Queen Maya has betrayed me."

"Of course, he would say that." Maya thought angrily in her head.

"I know how some of you find that hard to believe, but it's true. She is the one who gave me this black eye. She is going to try and kill me with her little group of friends. This will sadly lead to more fighting. But if anyone sees her or her friends send a message to Castle Siren and she and her friends won't be a problem anymore. This means Maya is now the enemy. I will send out a picture and description of her friends so you know who to look for."

"Great now it will be harder to get into town."

"Side note," his tone of voice changed to a darker one, "if you have information about where they are and don't tell, you will be killed. If you decide to give shelter to the enemy, you will be killed. If you make the idiotic decision to side with Maya you will, you guessed it, be killed."

That was the evil side of Rhys, Maya had been blind to.

"Because of this there will be changes to the hierarchy. First of all, there will be another Royal to stand with me at Castle Siren. Please meet Queen Marta."

"Whose Marta?" Junior asked. He was answered with a shush from Twilight.

"Hello, my subjects as Rhys already said I'm Queen Marta." The female voice wasn't like Rhys'. It had a different frightening tone. "I'd love to inform you that I will be a great ruler and-"

"That's enough." The King's voice cut her off. "Secondly, I would like to introduce Maya's replacement, Princess Empyrean." Everyone gave a look of shock at this. Empyrean was the name of one of Maya's daughters.

"Hi, I'm Princess Empyrean and uh I hope you all will enjoy me… being your new ruler." The voice did not sound or feel like her dead daughter. No, it sounded and felt like someone else. Someone who was also dead. Part of her felt like she knew the Siren, but she refused to believe that. That was until she heard the voice say:

"Was that good father?" She had to stop thinking and take a breath.

"It's a start. That is all for now. Don't forget to report if see them." When he finished talking Maya crushed the radio in her hand and threw it some distance away.

"Well, that's not good." Junior commented.

"No crap." Teresa said. They looked at Maya for answers. She stood up and sighed.

"Okay things just got a whole lot harder."

"How hard?" Twilight asked; nervous of the answer.

"Instead of dealing with one Siren we have to deal with three." That got their hopes of winning down.

"Who are the other two Sirens?" Grant asked.

"Well, if you guys remember I told you about my two daughters. Empyrean might be one of them, but that can't be. She's dead. If he has somehow brought her back to life we should be able to defeat her."

"Are you sure we'll be able to kill Empyrean?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah. She is not as strong as the other Sirens." Maya quickly answered.

"No, I mean do you think you will be able to… kill your daughter?" Maya looked away.

"I have to. My daughter or not I have to be willing to kill Empyrean if we are going to win." She looked back at her friends. They looked at her with sympathetic eyes.

"But, Empyrean won't be half as bad as Marta." She looked at Zer0. "Zer0 you should remember Marta from the Vault of the Warrior." He ran the name through his head. He gave an angered sigh as he remembered the horrid siren.

"I do remember her / She's back"

"What's the deal with Marta?" Teresa asked.

"The deal with Marta is," Maya said, "that she was a Siren imprisoned in the mirror realm centuries ago. She was able to appear in mirrors and cause minor hallucinations."

"That sounds a lot like Bloody Mary." August commented.

"I think she is Bloody Mary. Anyway, she was also able to come out of the mirror, but as a spirit that could possess people. When, she was 'killed' her spirit would go back to mirror realm. Then she would just comeback. The last fight the old Vault Hunters and I had with her, Zer0 was the one who killed. She wasn't an easy Siren to kill. I had a hard time fighting her. My one worry is Rhys might have broken her fully out of the mirror realm. If he has than Marta will be stronger than last time."

"Oh, geez what do we do now?" Teresa said panicked. "Were wanted and outnumbered. Our chances of winning our getting lower by the minute."

"Well now," Maya said, "I'm going to continue train August." Teresa made a frown. "Don't worry, you're next."


Diesel looked at the new wanted list that had appeared after the King's announcement. He and Screwloose had already finished reading the message the King sent them. In that message was some important information regarding the new Sirens. He then called someone to come to his office. The person was some distance away so he decided that he would look at the new wanted list in the meantime. Screwloose had pulled up a chair beside him and was looking with him. The first person on the wanted list was Maya. Even though he knew who that was he wanted to read the information. It said:

Wanted

Alive

Maya

Reason: assault on the King, murder, disturbing the peace, and betrayal

Maya is a Siren. She is able to stop you from moving, throw orbs of energy, telekinesis, flight, and has a magical weapon. She is extremely dangerous. If seen do not engage. Call instead.

Reward: $1,000,000,000

That was a lot of money to place on a single Siren in Diesel's opinion. To be fair she was the Queen of Elpis. He most likely wasn't going to engage her. Both cyborgs said nothing about the poster. He scrolled down to see the next poster. The next poster was a picture of a young man with short blonde hair and a goatee. What caught Diesel eye was the eye patch the guy wore over his left eye. The other eye was blue. Diesel looked at the information on the wanted poster. It said:

Wanted

Alive

August

Reason: conspiracy, theft, murder, and treason

August is a young man. He is armed with deadly weapons and knows slight skills in hand to hand combat.

Reward: $450,000,000

"Do you think this guy's a pirate?" Screwloose asked curiously.

"No." Diesel answered. "He's a bandit."

"Oh." Screwloose said loudly. "So, he's a bandit pirate." Diesel mentally facepalmed at his friend's comment.

"No, I mean he is just a bandit with an eyepatch." He looked over the information again. "Who somehow managed to commit treason!" his tone held slight disbelief. "Remember we can't under estimate any of these people. Got it?" he looked at Screwloose. He replied with an energetic 'yes sir'. Diesel scrolled down once again to see the next poster. It had a middle-aged man with hazel eyes and very short dirty blonde hair. The information read:

Wanted

Dead

Grant

Reason: man-slaughter and Treason

Grant is a former Corporal in the Lunar Guard. Kill on sight.

Reward: $400,000

"A member of the Lunar Guard not surprising." Diesel muttered and gave a slight nod. Screwloose nodded with him. Diesel scrolled down again. This poster seemed to have an edited picture of a young man with short dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. He wore a brown cap on his head. It read:

Wanted

Dead

Junior

Reason: jail break, man-slaughter, conspiracy and treason

Junior is not a physical threat. Kill on sight.

Reward: $300,000

"Do you think this guy is tough?" Screwloose asked.

"You never know for sure." Diesel answered and scrolled down. The next poster had teenage girl with short rugged brown hair tied back with brown eyes. The information read:

Wanted

Alive

Teresa

Reason: Conspiracy and Treason

Teresa is a sixteen-year-old girl. She is armed and skilled with a sword.

Reward: $70,000,000

"Sixteen-years-old. Now that is something." Diesel said amazed. It was surprising that someone at that age could commit treason.

"Someone my age!" Screwloose said with a smile. "That's so cool!" Diesel gave a small smile, at his friend's excitement and continued to scroll down. He was near the end of the list. His eyes widened as he saw the poster. The poster had a female teenager with long light magenta hair and strange purple-colored eyes. She had the same color purple tattoos along the left side of her body. The information read:

Wanted

Alive

Twilight

Reason: jail break, conspiracy, and treason

Twilight is a seventeen-year-old Siren. She is able to throw orbs of energy. Use caution.

Reward: $100,000,000

"Would you look at that." Diesel said astonished. "I bet this is the Siren that got away all those years ago." Beside him Screwloose made a confused face.

"What Siren? There's only the Royals"

"Oh, right you didn't know." Diesel said quietly.

"What don't I know?" Diesel looked at his friend and sighed.

"Well, ten years ago there was a small town on Pandora. The King had suspected that there was a child Siren in the town. I know you know the King's rule about other Sirens." Screwloose gave a nod. "He asked the town's people where the Siren ways. No one said anything. Since he didn't know where the Siren was he…" the next part was hard to tell.

"Then what happened?" the younger cyborg nudged the older one. "Come on Dez don't leave me in suspense!"

"Well, he ordered everyone under ten years old to death. It didn't turn out too well. During the process, the people retaliated which caused a fight between the civilians and the imperial guards. In the end, everybody in the town was killed and the Siren escaped." Diesel saw Screwloose's smile fade. He knew the younger cyborg had no problem killing a bandit or an enemy without batting an eye, but he had a soft spot for children. Screwloose was silent for a moment.

"Well, that's depressing." He said bluntly. "What the King did… does that make him bad?" Diesel's eyes widened.

"Of course, it doesn't! It's just that he thought that… it was the best thing to do." He sounded a bit uncertain. Screwloose looked at Diesel and gave a weak smile.

"If you say so Dez."

Diesel sighed and scrolled down for the last time. He was surprised at what he saw. The poster had person or alien thing in black armor with a '0' on the person's chest. The information read:

Wanted

Alive

Zer0

Reason: arson, theft, murder, conspiracy, assault on the King, and treason

Zer0 is not human. He is a trained assassin and armed with a sword. Use extreme caution.

Reward: $650,000,000

"This guy actually looks like a ninja assassin." Screwloose commented. "Like from those old action movies." He made a chop motion with his flesh hand. Diesel was happy to see the young cyborg still be energetic, even after the grave news he just heard. He also thought he kind of looked like a ninja though he didn't say it aloud. He was more focused on the fact that Zer0 had fought the King and lived to tell the tale. Before they could comment further the doors to his office opened. Diesel and Screwloose looked over the screen to see a man walking in.

"Oh, look Pete's here." Screwloose exclaimed. "Hi Pete!" he waved to the man. The man didn't wave back. Diesel turned off his computer screen and rested his elbows on the desk. The man took his time to walk up the stairs. The man was wearing glasses and a white lab coat. He had a bored expression on his face.

"What do you need sir?" his tone was low.

"Well, Peter I called you here to talk about our current situation obviously." Peter rolled his eyes. "The way he announced the problems is causing people to panic."

"What do you want me to do about it? I'm a doctor." He pushed up his glasses.

"You also play as vice president. They'll listen to you." Peter narrowed his eyes.

"May I ask why can't you do it, Mr. CEO?"

"I can't do it because Freya's coming in a short while to meet with me. Now go."

"Fine." Peter grumbled. He turned and began to walk away. After he walked a couple of steps he stopped and looked over his shoulder. "Please don't call me Peter.

It's Doctor Tannis."


Teresa held on to her sword with a crystal handle and an iron blade. She held it out the way Maya had taught her to. By now it was noon. The sun's rays poured down on them. Teresa hate towards Maya had been extinguished. Maya's apologies and story, along with Fiona's words had convinced her not to hate Maya. The hatred she had had for Maya had come from Angel's death. She wasn't very close to Angel. More like she met her a few times and Angel had called her a 'friend', but she didn't have to be to feel miserable about the Siren's death.

Angel had been a savior to everyone in Sanctuary. She proved that she had the power to defeat undefeatable foes. When the King tore her wings off did she give up? No, she didn't. She got right back up and continued to fight for Sanctuary.

Angel was a hero.

She was Teresa's hero. She thought without Angel they would lose. She was right. The year Angel died was the year they got trapped in a Vault.

She had felt it was Maya's fault for why they lost. Maya had killed the hero. That made her the villain. That was until Teresa learned that her hero didn't act like a hero. She didn't know all Angel did. What she did know about Angel however painted a picture of a ruthless murderer rather than a benevolent hero. It was sad that someone with a goal to save lives, ended up killing more lives. Teresa forgave Maya for her actions; though she didn't tell her.

"Okay now that I taught you the basics," Maya said, "now we can get to sparing." She was standing across from Teresa. She had Grant's blue sword in her hands. "Remember Sparta will be faster and more agile than you, even without her wings materialized." She then pointed her sword at Teresa. Teresa did the same to Maya with her sword. "Ready?"

Despite not being ready Teresa gave a small nod. Maya lunged forward at an unnatural speed. Teresa barely had any time to raise her sword to block the attack. Maya's attacks came faster and faster to the point Teresa was backing up. It didn't help that Maya towered over the teen. Amidst the clashing swords Maya's fist was able to blur past and hit Teresa in the chest. The blow wasn't hard enough to cause internal damage, but it was enough to send Teresa on her back.

"Maya 1, Teresa 0." She thought in her head. Her eyes widened as she saw Maya swinging down at her. She quickly rolled to the side and Maya's strike struck dirt. Teresa got back to her feet. Maya looked at her and grinned. With a thought, her blue wings materialized. Teresa's eyes widened. Normally the Siren's wings gave her a goddess appearance that was to be adored, but when she was in battle mode it made her look more threatening.

She flapped her wings and took to the air. This time she attacked Teresa from above. Teresa had to angle her sword so she could block the strike from above. She had to continue to fight at an angle. Maya then pushed her sword against Teresa's. Teresa tried her best to stand her ground, but she was being pushed back by Maya's superior strength. She tried to punch Teresa again; this time in the face. Teresa saw this coming and ducked. She was getting upset at this point.

She pushed against the Siren's sword harder this time. When Maya's sword was pushed back enough, Teresa rolled underneath her. She quickly got back to her feet and faced Maya. Maya was in the process of turning around. Teresa took this advantage to stab Maya in the back. She grunted and landed on the ground on her feet. Her wings were still on her back. Teresa quickly took a step back and smiled.

"Maya 1, Teresa 1." Maya looked over her shoulder at Teresa. What happened next was a blur to Teresa. A single motion, pain, and her on the ground again with a deep cut on the same cheek with a band aid. Her sword landed out of reach She hissed at the pain the cut brought. She put a hand to her cheek; there was a warm liquid over it. She brought her hand back and looked at it; her palm was covered in blood. She looked up to see Maya standing over her with a smirk on her face.

"Maya 2, Teresa 1." She said still smirking. Teresa had a confused expression.

"How did you know I was keeping score?" she gasped. "Can you read my mind with your Siren powers?" The Siren laughed at that.

"No, I can't read minds. I could tell you were keeping score because you said it out loud." Teresa facepalmed. "You're not going to win if don't know when to dodge." Teresa made an unhappy face.

"Well, sorry if I didn't see the blur that came at my face."

"You're going to have to think ahead so, you have time dodge attacks. Especially when those attacks are coming at you at super speed." She held out her hand for Teresa to take.

"Fine." Teresa grumbled. She grabbed the Siren's hand and got pulled to her feet. She brushed off invisible dirt of her and bent down to grab her sword. As soon as she got up she saw a blur coming at her. She quickly brought up her sword. Maya's sword struck against Teresa's. The Siren tried to punch Teresa in the face who ducked under the strike. Teresa jumped back. A proud smile was across her face. She moved into a stance and angled her sword battle ready. Maya lunged once more. Teresa's training was just beginning.


Diesel watched as Freya strutted into his office. Two imperial guards followed in behind her. She had the posture of a Royal and the expression of a soldier. Her eyes scanned intently around the huge office. When her gaze fell upon the two cyborgs the younger one cringed slightly. A small smile formed on her lips and she began to walk to the desk. The guards didn't follow. Diesel watched as Freya walked up the steps to his desk. Not once did he see her posture falter. As she made it to the desk she looked at the cyborgs with pure white irises. No one talked for a moment, even Screwloose didn't say anything. Diesel cleared his throat.

"Freya it's nice to see you this afternoon. How has your day been?" He tried his best to keep his voice even. Freya eyes intensified and her small smile faded away as she said:

"Diesel, why art thou interested in how my day hast been?" She didn't speak in modern English.

He didn't exactly know why she spoke like that and had thought she wasn't caught up in modern day English. He learned that she knew modern English, but chose to speak the old way. At first, he had a hard time understanding her, but it didn't take long for him to learn. He gave a weak smile towards her.

"I was just wondering how you were feeling about everything that's going on." She raised an eyebrow.

"Well, if thou must know, my day hast been most exhilarating. How hast thine day been?" she said the last part with slight announce.

"Well, my day has been-"

"I dost not care how thine day hast been." she had not yelled, but her volume was louder than necessary. Diesel internally rolled his eyes.

"Sorry for asking. What do you want?"

"I came here for multiple reasons. For one I needed to see how Helios was doing after the King's announcement. Thine employees dost not taketh the information well. They run around like it's the end of the world. Most people would have calmed down by now. It's pathetic." The CEO glared at her. She ignored it. "Secondly, King Rhys wanted me to give this to you."

She reached underneath her white cloak and pulled out a small metal cube. She placed it on the desk. Screwloose looked at it with wide eyes and reached out to grab it. Freya slapped his hand before he could grab. He gave a small yelp and retreated his hand. He gently rubbed his flesh hand with his mechanical and glared at her. She glared back.

"It is not for thee. It is for him." She gestured to Diesel. The CEO reached out his mechanical hand and grabbed the cube. He brought it in front of him and inspected it with heterochromatic eyes. "What is this?" he asked still looking at the cube.

"King Rhys told me that the cube contained information pertaining to the prototype thou hast been working on." Both cyborgs eyes filled with excitement. The prototype, the head engineer team were working on was a new type of robot that could perform multiple fighting styles. They were two thirds done with the first prototype.

Diesel brought his computer screen back up. The home screen was a picture of him and Screwloose along with their friends. He brought the cube up to the computer scanner. Once the computer finished scanning the cube new information about the prototype popped up. He smiled as he looked over the final parts to finish the prototype.

"King Rhys," Freya continued, "put together the final parts of the prototype so thou may finish the project sooner rather than later."

"I need to thank him for this." The CEO said amazed. "How did he do this so quickly?"

"He is the most powerful being in the entire universe. Finishing a prototype forth a machine is something simple compared to the other acts he does."

"Oh… right." He looked back at the information. He sometimes forgot how powerful his King could be. "Why didn't he help us before? If he could finish the prototype in a day it would have been easier on my engineers." He looked back at Freya

"Because it was thine job not the King's."

"Then why-"

"What thee dost not get, cyborg," Freya interrupted him, "is that all of thine projects thou dost, is beneath our king. He has bigger matters to deal with than a ridiculous prototype or the thoughts of a weak cyborg." Those words hurt Diesel. In his mind, he thought Rhys cared about everything he did. He didn't believe Freya's words, but the thought of Rhys not caring about him floated around in his head. Screwloose made no comment. "The only reason the King finished thine prototype was so that he hadith another weapon that he could use to defeat the new enemy." Freya paused for a moment, taking a deep breath before continuing,

"The last reason I came here was to cometh and collect thou," she pointed a finger at Diesel, "for a group meeting with the other CEOs, leaders, and Royals at Castle Siren." Screwloose gave a smile at this; knowing what it was leading to.

"I see." Diesel said. "Well, then we must get going." Screwloose's smile widened and he twiddled his thumbs together.

"Yes, but who wilt lead while thou are gone?" she asked. Screwloose was practically vibrating in his seat at this point. Diesel sighed and stood up from his seat. He slowly turned his gaze to look down at the excited teenage cyborg.

"Screwloose would you ta-" Diesel didn't get to finish his sentence.

"I would love to be in charge while you're gone, Dez!" Screwloose shouted; jumping up from his seat.

"Good." Diesel said; walking from around the desk to stand next to Freya. She raised a black eyebrow. "What?" Diesel asked. She huffed and turned to walk towards the exit. He looked back at Screwloose. "While I'm gone can you give the new information to Peter so he can finish the prototype."

"Can do sir!" the cyborg said giving a salute. "Helios is safe under the watch of Screwloose!" Diesel smiled. He turned around and began to walk towards the door. When he made it to the bottom of the stairs he heard the clatter of objects hitting metal. He spun around and saw his cup of pens and pencils turned on its side with the pens and pencils scattered all over the desk. He glared at Screwloose. The teenager gave a nervous laugh.

"Just a little mishap." He gave a nervous smile and begun to collect the pens and pencils. Diesel rolled his eyes and continued to walk towards the door. He knew Screwloose would most likely act up while he was gone. He just hoped Screwloose didn't blow up Helios before he was able to get back.


Twilight's heart thumped in her chest; faster and harder than ever before. Her palms were sweaty and her throat was dry. She took deep breaths to try and calm her racing heart.

"Calm down Twilight." She said to herself in her head. "There's no need to be so nervous. It's just the day you've been waiting for most of your life." It was afternoon in the oasis. The sky was a beautiful orange and the clouds were darkened by the low light. Maya stood across from Twilight not so far away. Maya wasn't in a fighting stance nor was she holding a weapon. Her body was relaxed and she let her hair down. She met Twilight's nervous eyes and gave a gentle smile.

"There's no reason to be nervous Twilight. I'm just going to help you with your Siren powers… Also, how to fight Freya." Twilight took in another deep breath. She turned her head to look at her allies.

They were all sitting down. Grant and Zer0 had stopped sparing to watch the older Siren teach the younger Siren. Twilight looked over the different smiling faces. Even Zer0 had a red smiley face on his helmet. The one that stood out the most was Teresa's. Her smile was comforting and soft. It was different from the smiles Twilight saw Teresa made. This smile was just for her. She took another deep breath and she could feel her heart slowing down. She looked back at Maya.

"I'm ready." She said strongly. Maya was happy to see Twilight calming down.

"Good. Okay to start with I'm going to tell you the differences between energy, power, abilities, and magic. Energy is how much a Siren can use their abilities before they can't use their powers for a certain amount of time. Think of it like a Siren's battery. Energy can also give to power, but that will lead to a Siren's energy running out faster. A Siren's energy progresses with their age. The older the Siren the longer they can use their abilities without getting tired. Even though I'm over two hundred years old I have limit to my energy. You got that?" Twilight gave a nod.

"Power is how much force a Siren's attack have. Meaning if you threw a normal power orb at a person," she gestured to Twilight, "it would most likely give them two or third-degree burns, send them back, and they would most likely survive. If I did a normal power orb on a person I would blow up some of their body, send them flying back and they most likely wouldn't survive. A Siren's power progress with their age. The older the Siren the stronger their attacks are.

"A Siren's ability is what they can do with their power and energy. Besides my special ability, I'm able to telekinetically lift things, heal at a high rate, and regenerate, throw power orbs, throw waves of force, fly, form shields, summon a blade, and do various things with it. My special ability is Phaselock. Normally my Phaselock ability locks things in energy from another dimension, but I've been working on my ability over the years.

"Now if I focus and put enough power into it I'm able to use the dimensional energy to create a blackhole." Twilight's eyes widened at this. Maya gave a small smile. "Those are the things I can do, but some Sirens can do more. An example is… was Lilith. She had a special ability that she called Phasewalk. She was able to teleport and walk through different dimensions at will. She was class terra and was able to summon fire as well as use fire in her attacks." She sighed as she remembered the powerful Siren. She wished she could have spent more time with Lilith before she was killed.

"Maya can I ask you a question?" Twilight asked.

"Sure."

"How will I get my special ability?"

"Well, you don't get it. It will just naturally come to you. Like mine did."

"How will I know that it's my special ability and not a new normal ability?"

"Trust me when I say, you will know when it's your special ability. The last thing I'm going to tell you about Sirens is their magic." This got Twilight excited. "Magic is… how do I explain this?" she paused trying to find a way to define magic. "Magic is a Sirens ability to cast spells and change reality. Magic, itself is almost limitless." Twilight internally fist bumped. "Castor Sirens have the most magic in them. Terra Sirens also have magic though not as much as Castors. Tempests barely have any magic. I'm, sorry Twilight I'm not going to be able to teach you magic." Twilight was put down by this, but the fact that she could someday learn how to use magic kept her excited.

"It's okay you can still teach me other stuff."

"Right. Okay first were going to start with the basics; a shield. Shields are the basic way a Siren can block an attack." Her tattoos glowed as she held out her hands. A square sheet of blue transparent energy formed in front of her. "Throw a power orb at me." Twilight nodded. Her tattoos lit up eridium purple and she lifted her hand. A power orb formed in her hand. She winded her hand back before chucking the orb at Maya. The orb sailed through the air towards Maya. There was a loud boom as the orb struck the shield and exploded. The shield didn't waver, shake, or crack. Twilight looked at the shield in amazement.

"See." Maya said as her shield dissolved. "Now to create a shield you need to focus your energy in front of you." She held out her hands and her tattoos glowed softly. A blue spark of energy formed in front of her. "Now feel your energy and shape it into flat surface." The blue spark solidified and flattened out in front of her as a small square sheet off energy. "Depending on how much energy and power you put into your shield depends on how strong it is." She relaxed her arms and her shield dissolved. She put her hands on her hips and smiled. "Now you try." Twilight looked at the older Siren with wide eyes. She blinked a couple of times and then shook her shoulders.

"Okay Twilight." The younger Siren thought to herself as she lifted her hands in front of her. "Just relax and focus on your energy." She let out a breath and let her Siren energy flow through her body. Her tattoos glowed softly in the afternoon sun. She tried to center on her energy. She tried to feel for that certain buzz she got when she used her powers. She felt a shock of energy go through her body. At the same time, a spark of eridium colored energy flashed in front of her before disappearing.

"That's it!" Maya encouraged the younger Siren. "Keep going." Twilight did. She kept on feeling for her energy. It would come in shocks that would warm her body. She focused on her energy more to the point where the energy shocked through her body like a light bulb flickering on and off. The spark of energy in front of her mimicked the shocks going through her body. She closed her eyes and tried to hold on to the energy instead of letting it slip away.

The next shock of energy that came through her body she tried her best to hold on to it. It was too fast to hold. She put more energy into her body. Sweat began to form on her forehead. The shocks of energy lasted longer and so did the spark. She tried to hold onto her energy again. When the shock went through her body she held onto the feeling of warmth and power. The energy stayed for longer this time before slipping away.

"C'mon Twi! Your almost there! Just a little further." The energy stayed with her; only going away for a few moments before returning. She let out a deep breath and grabbed onto her energy. It stayed with her completely. The energy flowed through her body and she felt warm inside. She felt the warmth and power coming from the spark in front of her. The intensity of her power was nothing compared to Maya or the King's power, but it was nice to feel her energy going through her body.

The warmth in front of her suddenly increased and so did the light. Ever through her closed eyes she could see the veins in her eyelids. She opened her eyes to see what was happening. Her eyes widened in terror. Maya had thrown a power orb at her. Twilight hadn't formed a shield to protect herself. Her instincts kicked in. The need to protect herself formed the spark in front of her into an eridium purple square shield. The shield wasn't big or strong, but it was something.

The orb collided with Twilight's shield. Her shield shattered. Even though it absorbed a small amount of the orb's power it still hit her with high force. She was sent off her feet and flew backwards. She heard her name being yelled as she hit the ground. She landed on her back and the wind was knocked out of her. Her chest hurt and she had scraps on her elbows. The energy that had flowed freely through her was gone. She coughed and raised a shaky hand to her chest. She immediately retracted her hand from her chest as she felt a stinging pain. She realized that her chest had been burned by the explosion. She rested her head on the grass and started taking in deep breaths.

"Oh my god!" she heard Teresa shout. "Are you okay?!" Twilight was burnt, scraped, aching, and just got blasted in the chest. Besides that, she was still alive and counted that as being okay. She lifted her tattooed hand and gave a thumb up. She painfully sat up and looked down at her chest. There were small burn marks up and down her chest. Even though the skin was burned the tattoos somehow still showed.

"That was good Twilight." The older Siren said sounding as if Twilight hadn't been blasted across the field. "You conjured that shield just in time." Twilight looked at the other Siren confused.

"I did?" she said with slight pain in her voice. "Didn't you just see me get blasted and burned?"

"Of course, you got burned Twilight; that was what I was trying to do." Twilight gave a small frown. Maya chuckled. "Just because you're just learning how to use new abilities doesn't mean I'm going easy on you." She didn't go easy on anyone today. The cuts and small bruises on August and Teresa were proof to that. Twilight wasn't an exception. "Now get up. We're moving on to the next thing." Twilight slowly and painfully worked her body to stand. She looked down at the burns across her chest. She wondered how long it would take her heal. "No need to worry about those burns." She looked up and at the older Siren that had spoken. "They'll heal faster than you think. Now I'm going to go over telekinesis. Telekinesis is a Siren's ability to lift objects with their mind."

She her gaze looked over the grassy field. Her eyes landed on a small stone. She smiled and held out her hand. Her tattoos glowed once more and the stone of encompassed in a blue aura. Twilight looked on in fascination. Maya gestured her hand towards herself and the stone was lifted off the ground and floated towards her. The stone stayed aloft in front of Maya as she spoke:

"I can lift something as small as a stone or something bigger." The entire world was tinted blue for Twilight as Maya grabbed her with her telekinesis. Twilight felt her feet leave the ground as she went up. She was suspended high above the ground. She could barely move her body and her muscles tingled in Maya's magical aura. After a few seconds of being suspended she was gently lowered to the ground. Maya let go Twilight as her feet touched the ground.

"While something is in a Siren's telekinesis it can be manipulated by the Siren." Maya clenched her tattooed hand making a fist. Loud crunching sounds were heard as the Siren crushed the stone into small pebbles in her telekinesis. She flicked the mass of pebbles and they scattered across the grass. "The main rule of telekinesis is that once something is in a Siren's telekinesis another Siren can't take it in theirs. To use telekinesis just focus on an object and reach out your aura to grab it. The last thing is-"

"Wait!" Twilight interrupted Maya before she could finish speaking.

"What's the matter Twilight?"

"The matter being you're not going to give me a chance to try telekinesis."

"Nope." Was the older Siren's quick reply.

"Why?"

"Because I want to see how you figure it out in combat." Twilight's eyes widened.

"Combat?"

"Combat. Now what I want to explain to you before we spare is a Siren's blade. Blades were the weapon ancient Siren's used in combat. A blade is a Siren's energy, power, and soul put into a weapon. Depending on the Siren depends how their blade will be. A blade is one of a Siren's most powerful weapon. It's easy to cast and can to several things." She held out her hand and her tattoos glowed once more.

A long shaft of blue energy formed in her hand. It was as long as her leg. The shaft of energy had the same colors and flowed as her Phaselock with a violet center. "This is my blade, Vehement." She twirled it around while they all watched in amazement. "I'm telling you this because Freya has a blade, but not a soul blade like Sirens. Hers is made of fourteen shards of titanium. Along with her blade she is able to use telekinesis and magic.

"She uses all three when she fights. There is a spell that protects yourself or someone else from someone else's telekinesis. Thankfully I know that spell so, you don't need to worry about being pulled apart by her telekinesis." She let go of her blade and split it into sixteen parts. The blade motes fanned out in front of her.

"Now, were going to start simple. Dodge my blade and try to hit me with anything you got. Ready?" Twilight wiped the sweat of her brow and gulped. She gave a weak nod getting ready to leap out of the way of Maya's attack. "Great." Maya sent Vehement's motes forward with a motion of her hand.


Diesel looked around the big round table and the people in its chairs. The official meeting hadn't started yet because two people there yet; the King and Sin. The people that were there were himself, the CEOs of Triton and Atlas; Hunter and Hera, the three inhumans, Orion, Sparta, and Freya, and the two new Siren rulers; Marta and Empyrean.

Diesel sat with Hera on his right and Marta on his left. Next to Hera was Hunter then Orion, Sparta, and Freya. The seat to her right was empty. On the other side of the empty seat sat Empyrean. In between Empyrean and Marta was an empty seat. While the humans and inhumans sat in metal chairs the royal Sirens sat in bigger seats because of their size.

Empyrean was looking shyly around at the others. She didn't radiate confidence and power like her father did. She actually had the composure of a child rather than a royal Siren. It was strange for Diesel to see her like that because she was as tall as her father and looked almost as powerful as him. Her tattoos didn't have an everlasting glow like her father's. That was another thing. She was the King's daughter. He didn't know how that was possible. He had thought that Marta could have been the mom.

Marta was terrifying. It wasn't like how he felt around the King, but rather her appearance is what made her terrifying. She looked like she came right out a vampire horror movie and the way she looked at the boys in the room. He was the only one who seemed to notice Marta's gaze. He realized the reason no one else noticed was because they were too busy yelling at each other.

"She wouldn't do something like that!" Hera exclaimed at Sparta. The Atlas CEO had her arms crossed over her chest and a scowl on her face. "Why would she suddenly attack the King without good reason?"

"The reason is that she thinks she can over power the King!" Across from Hera the aries warrior fumed. "She wants to take the Kings crown! How can you not see that?"

"I can't see it because I'm not as messed up as you! Unlike you I can see that somethings wrong here."

"Oh, somethings wrong here alright!" Diesel watched as the two bickered; not amused or entertained. He looked at the others. Hunter had his hat tilted down and his feet propped up on the table. He was clearly entertained by the argument. Orion wasn't saying his opinion, but from his facial expressions he sided with Sparta. Freya… well it was hard to tell what she was feeling sometimes. Her expression was emotionless, but her eyes seemed to be glaring at Hera.

"Oh really!" Hera shouted. "The only reason I see you thinking that is because you think you're the King's friend when you're really just another pawn for the King to use. He doesn't care for anyone in his domain and that includes you, you winged moron!" Sparta stood up from her seat and slammed her hands onto the marble table. Diesel and Empyrean flinched at the warrior's action, Hunter's smile widened, Marta was at the edge of her seat, Orion's eyes widened, Freya raised an eyebrow, and Hera kept her stone expression. Sparta eyes glared daggers at the CEO of Atlas.

"Is that how it's going to be?! Fine! You're not as close to Maya as you think, Atlas. Maya has gone through many Atlas CEOs your no different. I saw how she treated the other CEOs with false kindness. You're stupid enough to fall for her lies! Why do you think you're were down here on Pandora and not on the base on Elpis?!" Hera's eyes narrowed, but besides that she didn't change her expression. This ticked off Sparta more.

"Just because Maya picked you up from that orphanage years ago doesn't mean she loves you!" Sparta had struck a nerve. Hera didn't like talking about her time in the orphanage and she was sensitive about her and Maya's mother daughter relationship. Hera instantly stood up and got up in Sparta's face.

"Why you-" before Hera could finish screaming Diesel grabbed her and pulled her back down. Orion did the same for Sparta.

"Aw, it was just getting good!" Hunter said disappointed.

"Hunter!" Diesel said trying to hold back an infuriated Hera. "You're not helping."

"Not trying."

"Hera calm down she's just trying to get under your skin."

"Oh, yeah." Hera sneered. "When I go under her skin I'll make sure to hit bone!" She was trying to get out of the cyborgs grasp and failing.

"Your welcome to try!" Sparta shouted struggling against Orion's grip and failing also. Diesel looked around for something to try and change the topic. His eyes landed on the two Sirens.

"Instead of arguing," he said as he firmly pushed Hera down in her seat; using his mechanical arm for extra force, "we should get to know our new Royals." Hera looked at the cyborg. Her hard gaze met his soft look and she sighed. He let go of her and she crossed her arms over her chest. She gave one quick glance at Sparta, who had also calmed down, and looked at the two Sirens at the front of the circle.

"Empyrean, was it your highness?" she asked. The Siren looked slightly shocked at the mention of her name.

"M-me? I mean yes." She stuttered at first, but quickly corrected herself.

"So…" Hera didn't know what to say next.

"So, were the hell did you come from? You just came out of nowhere and said you were the King's daughter." Hunter said bluntly. Hera promptly smacked him in the head. Empyrean nervously twiddled her thumbs together.

"Well, I don't know for sure, but my father told me that-"

"Rhys created her from energy and magic." Marta interrupted Empyrean. Even her voice had that horror movie sound. "So, if you're wondering if I'm her mom I'm not, sadly. I would have loved to mother this," she leaned over and roughly squeezed Empyrean's cheek, "this little flame." She let go of the poor Siren's cheek who rubbed it afterwards.

"Isn't that… nice." Diesel said awkwardly. Marta turned to face him and a sly smile formed on her face.

"Oh, look at you! The cybernetic CEO of Hyperion. Diesel, right? Oh, Rhys told me so much about you?" Despite her unnerving voice Diesel beamed at knowing his King talked about him.

"Really? What did he say your highness?"

"Well, I really shouldn't say, but one thing he told me was that you were the easiest to manipulate." Diesel's eyes widened and Hunter gave a loud chuckle.

"What?"

"Um hey, your highness I have a question?" Hera said before Marta could respond. The Siren fixed her gaze to look at Hera.

"Yes."

"I was actually talking to the Princess, your majesty." She gestured to said princess.

"Of course, you were." Marta grumbled and relaxed back in her chair.

"What do you want to ask me?" Empyrean's soft voice asked.

"I was wondering what it's like to be the King's daughter?"

"Well, I haven't been his daughter for long, but he's pretty cool. Sure, he can be scary at times, but he is a great leader. He gave me pointers of how to lead a kingdom. He makes it seem so easy. He can do anything. I want to be just like him when in I get older." When she spoke, she sounded like an excited child getting a present.

"Just like him huh?" Hunter said. "Does that mean you'll be late to every meeting you go to?" he said with a grin.

"No." everybody froze at the voice of their king. They all looked behind the two Sirens to see the King with Sin standing next to him. Hunter quickly put his feet off the table and tilted his hat up.

"Excuse me your highness." He said nervously. "I was just joking. I didn't mean anything by it." The others had straightened up and used their best composure. Even Marta and Empyrean put on a royal demeaner. Rhys glared at Hunter.

"I sure hope it was, your life depends on it." He threatened; Hunter sunk slightly in his seat. Rhys looked down at Sin who looked up at him with unblinking eyes.

"Sit." As soon as the command left the Siren's mouth Sin was walking to his chair to seat in between Freya and Empyrean. Rhys quickly strode over and sat in his huge seat. He looked at Empyrean.

"Know this daughter, when you organize a meeting it doesn't start until you get there. Got it?"

"Yes, father." She quickly replied. He smiled.

"Perfect. Now I called this meeting because there are going to be some changes. Since Maya has gone rouge along with her group of 'friends', Elpis is now going to be over the rule of Princess Empyrean. Marta is going to take place as Queen, here with me on Pandora. Although she will be on Elpis for a while to help the Princess." He looked around to see any disagreeing faces. There were none; he continued.

"There are also going to be some changes to the armies. First of all, there will be one generals for both of the armies of Pandora and Elpis." He looked at the three inhumans. "The rank of General will go to Freya." Freya did nothing to hide the smile that spread across her face.

"Of course, your highness." She said in a smooth yet pleased voice

"Orion, you will take place as Lieutenant."

"Yes, your majesty." Since he was being demoted down a rank his reply wasn't as happy as Freya's.

"And Sparta you will take place as Major."

"Yes, your highness." Sparta's reply wasn't sad or happy, but energetic.

"Orion and Sparta will be on Pandora with me. Freya you'll be on Elpis to make sure the inhabits are in order. You three got that?" he was answered with a trio of voices saying, 'yes your highness'. He continued:

"Good. Now to the CEOs." He moved his gaze to look at the three CEOs. "I'm going to take a risk and trust you Diesel," he stopped his eyes on the other cyborg, "to use and keep something very dangerous and powerful. You'll need it for what I have planned. Can I trust you?"

"Of, course you can, your highness." Excitement built up in his chest as he looked up to his King. "May I ask what the something is?" A wicked smile formed on his face.

"A device that is able to control other Sirens."


The group of friends sat under the moonlight in the field. After a day of vigorous training they decided to relax and play a few quiet games while Maya composed herself. She was out of sight as she dressed in to comfortable cloths. She had done her best to train Teresa and August. Their training wasn't complete, but she taught them the basic so they didn't get killed in the first battle. She had also gotten to know them better. They weren't nearly as mad as she had thought them to be. That just showed how kind hearted the saviors were. Saviors.

She hadn't known a lot about Fiona, but she knew one thing. She had known some of the most ancient stuff. If she said that these Vault Hunters were indeed saviors she was most likely right. Maya didn't know where Fiona came from. She just popped up from nowhere and Maya say her talking to Lilith in secret the day before Sanctuary fell. She was kind of like that Eridian creature that appeared that onetime Sanctuary was under attack. Lilith sure had known the most powerful of beings.

Sure, the saviors had been great, but the highlight of her day had been teaching Twilight how to use her Siren abilities. The young Siren hadn't been able to find her special ability, but she learned how to use shields and telekinesis. Even though both were not strong it was a step forward for Twilight to get a grip on all of her abilities. And someday find her special ability. It had brought her back to the golden days when she was out training her daughters how to use their powers. She had loved being a mother.

She finally put her crown on her head; the last part of her outfit. She turned around and walked back to the group. The group now was sitting in a semi-circle with their backs to her.

"Looks like you all are ready for tonight's story time." She said as she walked in front of them. They were slightly startled by the sound of her voice, but quickly calmed down. Maya sat cross legged on the grass in front of them. She could see how excited they were to hear her story.

"Tonight, I'm going to tell you about my time on Elpis. More specifically how I conquered it. It will be one out of my many huge achievements."