First, I uploaded this to show that I haven't given up on it, just hit a major road block. Second, I'm sorry that this chapter might not really go anywhere. Third, I'll try to get the momentum going as soon as possible again, but its becoming increasingly difficult. Thanks to everyone who has been patient and are likely reading this, so enjoy! :D
"Sooo...where is it?" Gaige asked as they approached the wreckage.
"LOOK SOMEWHERE OBVIOUS!" Tina shouted over the ECHO, "Just kidding, I don't know."
"You know, I'd expect security to be higher." Axton commented, "What with the vault key being on this train, or is it?"
"It should, Mordecai had credible info." Maya replied.
"Don't worry," Angel commented over the ECHO, "if the vault key was on that train, Jack would have someone like Wilhelm guarding it."
"Told you." Axton replied before a loud creaking sound was heard and a train car began to elevate.
"Oh boy." Angel sighed.
"You had to open your mouth!" Maya snapped before Axton pulled her aside with him as he dodged the train car which had suddenly taken a quick charge at them. John and Gaige were taken with it as it slammed into the glacier, "Gaige! Chief!"
"Maya, concentrate!" Axton shouted, "We've still got THAT to deal with!" He quickly deployed his turret and pulled Maya behind some of the train wreckage for cover. Axton looked over the wreckage only to see his turret get crushed like paper machete. "Aww man, not my baby! Huh? Hey you ok?" He noticed that Maya was looking beyond pissed at the moment.
"HEY WILLSHIT!" Maya shouted as she jumped over their cover.
"Maya wai-ee-ee- holy shit!" Axton watched as Maya glowed brightly and she Phaselocked Wilhelm into a tiny ball, and she began to compress him. Quickly reacting, Axton threw a grenade into Wilhelm's curled up form and unloaded his SMG as well. Their advantage didn't last more than a good several seconds before Wilhelm broke free and his release created a backlash on Maya that caused her to blackout. Axton quickly ran over to her and pulled her behind cover, "Maya. Maya! Maya wake up!" A crack in the glacier caught his attention before the ice was blown and sent flying to him. He quickly covered Maya with his body and looked back at the glacier to see three figures emerge from it.
"S-s-s-so c-c-c-cold." Gaige stuttered, "G-g-good w-w-work D-deathtrap." Deathtrap nodded in agreement.
"So this is Wilhelm." John asked, "Gaige, have Deathtrap flank right, I'll attack from the back, and you flank left. Axton, see if you can draw his attention for a few seconds." Gaige and John quickly moved into position while Axton caught Wilhelm's attention with a grenade and his SMG.
"Axton, move!" Gaige shouted as she, Deathtrap, and John attacked Wilhelm. Axton quickly picked up Maya and ran to take cover behind the farthest train car.
"USE SOME MOTHERF**KEN EXPLOSIONS!" Torgue's voice shouted over the ECHO.
"How the hell did you get on this frequency?" Gaige asked.
"I gave it to him." Tina responded.
"NOW GET OUT THERE AND BLOW THAT ROBOT UP!" Torgue shouted, "AND SOMEONE GET ME SOME COOKIES!"
"I want some too!"
"There outside your home!"
"Oh shit they really are!"
"Hey! Trying not to get killed here?" Gaige snapped.
"Oh right, uhh...guss thooth im." Tina replied with a mouthful of cookies.
"We're already doing that!" Gaige snapped, "Wait...I got it. Deathtrap, toss me!" Deathtrap quickly picked up Gaige and launched her onto Wilhelm's head where she began to stab him with her rifle's bayonet while unloading the mag into him. Wilhelm swiped his arms aimlessly, trying to get Gaige off of him, managing to hit John and sending him into the glacier again. Gaige looked over only to see Wilhelm's arm slam into her face and send her flying as well as her gun. Wilhelm fell hard, cracking the ice around him before the battlefield fell silent.
"Oww...what happened?" Maya asked as she got up.
"Well, you tried to contain Wilhelm, he broke free, you blacked out, Gaige and Chief came out of the ice, Chief's back in ice, Gaige was thrown somewhere, and Wilhelm's dead." Axton replied.
"Gaige...Gaige come in." John's voice called through the ECHO, "Axton, Maya, I can't reach Gaige."
"Where are you?" Axton asked before a fist broke through the ice below them and John pulled himself up.
"Fell through the floor of the glacier, which turned out to be hollow." he replied.
"Alright, spread out and look around." Axton commanded and the three of them headed in different directions. Maya began looking inside a train car to see if Gaige was tossed inside, Axton checked the edged of the area hoping that she wasn't tossed off the cliff, and John searched near Wilhelm. His search was rewarded, but not in a good way, and he quickly switched to private communications with Axton.
"Axton, I found her but..."
"But what?" Axton asked.
"You'd...better see for yourself."
"What's wrong?" Axon asked as he approached a few moments later, only to see that John had indeed found Gaige, but she was motionless as her rifle's bayonet had run through her throat. "Shit..."
"What are you guys looking at?" a voice asked as John and Axton turned in surprise to the source, "Whoa...I look good even when I'm dead." Gaige commented as she pulled her rifle out of her own throat before the body disappeared, "But I'd rather stay alive."
"What the- how?" Axton asked.
"Oh, there's a New-U station nearby." Gaige replied, "Can't believe we didn't see it, and good thing I was in range."
"...you lost me." John commented.
"Hyperion created a device called the New-U which basically detects any death within its range and brings them back to life...at a cost." Axton explained.
"And the cost?" John asked.
"A percentage of you money, if you have any, and the ability to reproduce." Gaige replied.
"There you are." Maya called out, "Where were you?"
"Dead for about thirty seconds." Gaige replied and Maya looked at the guys confused.
"New-U." Axton replied and Maya responded with an understanding, "Oh."
"Hey." John called out as he held up a cylindrical object, "Wilhelm dropped something."
"That's a power core." Angel replied through the ECHO.
"It looks like it could power sanctuary for quite a while." Roland added, also through the ECHO communicator, "Good thing too, the last one you brought is almost burnt out."
"Cool, so we just go back half empty handed?" Gaige asked.
"Seems like it." Maya replied. The four of them made their way towards the pathway they took to their current location when Axton spotted the New-U station.
"Huh...you know, I don't think I've gone through one of these yet." he commented before Gage tossed a grenade at him.
"Hot potato!" she yelled just before the grenade went off and killed Axton.
"GAIGE WHAT THE FUCK!?" Maya shouted, but she could do anything else, she was interrupted by the fact that Axton emerged from the New-U station.
"Ugh...oh, ow...that's not funny Gaige!" Axton snapped as Gaige smiled at him.
"That the new core?" the guard asked and Axton nodded, "Good, the last one's nearly burnt out, why don't you swap them now?"
"Something doesn't feel right." John commented.
"Why do you say that?" Maya asked as Axton replaced the core, and as soon as he did, Jack invaded their ECHO communicators.
"You know, I think it's time I tell you a little secret." he commented, "Angel's working for me."
"Lowering Sanctuary's shield's." Angel reported regrettably. Looking up, everyone noticed the protective sphere flicker and vanish before a large mass of energy charged straight for them, forcing them to dodge but still managing to hit Gaige who was protected by her shield which was fried in the process.
"AAAAGGHHH! YOU MUTHER FUCKEN PRICK! THAT FUCKEN BURNS!" she shouted, "WHY, OUT OF EVERY FUCKEN PERSON IN SANCTUARY, DID YOU HAVE TO HIT ME!?"
"What was that!?" Roland asked through the communicator, "Did something get through the shield?"
"Roland, the shields have gone down, what are we gonna do?" Scooter shouted.
"Guys, get to the center of town, I've got a really bad idea." Lilith commanded. The vault hunters ran into sanctuary, shoving their way through panicking civilians trying to find shelter.
"IT'S THE END!" one of them shouted as they jumped on to John, "WE'RE GONNA DIE!" Maya quickly pulled the civilian off of John and threw him into the nearest building.
"Out of everything that's ever happened...that was a first." John commented before they continued their way to find Lilith at the center of town.
"You guy's got some Eridium?" she asked.
"Uhh...about that." Axton commented.
Few Hours Ago
"This Eridium stuff works kind of like god bars huh?" Axton asked as took a seat at the edge of a cliff and pulled out a bar of Eridium from a bag, which he tossed up and caught it repeatedly.
"I guess." Maya replied, "Quit playing with it, you might lose it."
"Oh come on, there's no way-" Axton was cut off as he failed to catch the Eridium, it hit the bag that contained the rest and both went off the cliff. Axton looked at Maya apologetically and she simply face palmed.
"...no." Maya replied as Axton tried to look innocent.
"I've got some." Roland commented as he came in with a few chunks and gave them to Lilith.
"I've never used this much before, so hang onto something. Axton pulled Maya to him and grabbed onto the nearest street pole, John braced himself on the spot, and Gaige piggybacked on John, holding as best she could.
"Why are you hanging onto me?" John asked.
"If I get blown away, your helmet comes with me." Gaige replied. John simply shook his head.
"We're good to go!" Scooter shouted. The ground began to tremble before the sensation of being pushed up over took everyone and Lilith began to glow purple.
"Hehe, this is one of them moments, CATCH A RIIIIIIIDE!" Scooter shouted.
"He's got timing, I'll give him that." Gaige commented.
"A flying city?" Jack asked, "Sure ok, but what could you possibly have that give you a chance against me?"
"A siren." Roland replied.
"Sup." Lilith added before everyone was blinded by a bright purple flash and the city vanished.
"...huh." Jack replied slightly confused.
The bright flash died down, but a sudden burst of momentum sent John and Gaige flying into the news stand nearby, effectively taking it down.
"Aaand I'm awesome." Lilith commented.
"Wooo hooo!" Gaige laughed, "Let's do that again!"
"I WISH I WAS THERE!" Torgue and Tina shouted simultaneously over the ECHO while John got up and dusted his armor off.
"Well that was...new..." Axton replied before he ran for the nearest wall and began emptying his stomach.
"What just happened?" Lilith asked, referring to Axton's current problem.
"Dunno. Maybe he-" Gaige was interrupted as her lunch began trying to make its way to freedom the way it went in. She quickly slapped her hand over her mouth and ran towards Zed's but collapsed to her knee's after a few steps and let loose. Axton looked over to see what was going on, but seeing Gaige's state only triggered the same reaction once more as Maya and John looked at them confused.
"Umm...just help them inside and we'll take a moment to figure out what to do next." Roland suggested. Maya placed Axton's arm around her neck as they walked into the resistance's HQ while John carried in a half passed out Gaige.
"Looks like she was hit harder." John commented as he dropper her in one of the beds.
"Uhh...guys?" Gaige asked weakly.
"What is it?" Maya asked as she knelt next to Gaige's bed.
"B-...bu-..." Gaige mumbled, "Bucket...bucket, bucketbucketbucket!" Maya quickly handed her a bucket and Gaige snatched it from her before turning over and leaning over the bed as she puked again. The sound of regurgitated food hitting the ground echoed behind them, and the source being Axton.
"Lilith...what did you do to us?" Axton asked.
"Whatever it was, I'm glad she did." a voice called out. Everyone turned to see Tannis approaching with some syringes, "Now hold still and I can take a blood sample to see what's wrong. I can't help but feel slightly excited at finding a new sickness."
"NOOO! GET AWAY!" Axton and Gaige shouted before screaming in pain from getting poked by the needle.
"Such big babies." Lilith laughed.
"Oh sure, how about you go next!?" Axton snapped.
"I...would say something...if I didn't have to puke-" Gaige replied before spewing her guts out again.
"Ok, I've found the source of your little dilemma." Tannis reported, "It seems you contracted a stomach virus, but not from the exposure to-"
"To my awesomeness." Lilith interrupted.
"As I was saying," Tannis hissed, "have you two recently gone through a New-U station by any chance?"
"Ummm...yeah, when we picked up that power core trap." Axton replied.
"Well it seems that since in order to revive you, you must be converted into data." Patricia explained, "You contracted a literal computer virus in your stomach (likely placed in there as a prank by a random hacker) when you went through the process of being revived. You should be fine soon...but not before you nearly lose your intestines."
Axton looked over at Gaige, "This is your fault!"
"My fault?" Gaige snapped.
"Yeah, I would have been fine had you not killed me with a grenade!" Axton shot back.
"He's got you there." John commented, "I know it was all in fun since there was no permanent death risk, but no more friendly fire. Understood?"
"Fine." Gaige scoffed.
"END OF CHAPTER MOTHER FUCKERS!" Torgue shouted through the ECHO.
"Why did you say that?" Maya asked.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Torgue replied.