Italics indicate thinking
Foreman's POV
We wasted no time getting to the Crimson Lance depot nearby and laying siege to it, looking to get answers and our vault key. The enemy had far more efficient weaponry than we did, and greater numbers, but we had determination.
"HMPH!" I leaned around a corner and took a few shots from my revolver before throwing out my exploding disk to cover for Roland as he moved himself up to lay down a turret for more covering fire.
"You know if they had so many soldiers why not go find the key on their own!" Mordecai yelled "Why make us do all the work!"
"Talk about lazy!" Lilith warped back into existence in a fiery explosion.
We moved deeper into the base, systematically dispatching anything in our way and looking for clues to follow.
"Damn Roland you're sure into this." Brick said as the man reloaded.
"I'm sure you've got some previous employers you'd like to take out frustrations on." He said.
We all agreed, still we were here for Tannis and the vault key, so mowing down everything in sight was productive.
"Yes, hello angry people with guns!"
"There she is." I walked over.
Inside one of the cells in the depot was Tannis, looking mostly unharmed.
"You have a lot to answer for." I said.
"Let me punch her." Brick said cracking his knuckles.
"Please don't." she said "The world would become instantly dumber if you crushed my skull between those oversized meat claws."
"What was your problem, you sold us out and lost the vault key to that Steele lady." I said.
"No those were all her doing I most certainly did not betray you." She said.
"I don't believe you." I smiled.
"What does it even matter none of us will be opening any vaults in here without the key."
"She's useless." Lilith said.
"She has a point though arguing about this here does nothing, we need to catch up to Steele." I said.
"She better not open the Vault first I'll be pissed." Mordecai said as we left.
"We'll be back to deal with you later." I told Tannis.
LATER
After leaving Tannis we rebooted the Echo Network and got a track on Steele, quickly pushing through the Crimson Lance's dig site.
"They knew where the Vault was and still didn't bother getting the key themselves." Brick said slamming a guy's head into a rock "They really are lazy."
"We've established they're pretty lazy." I said reloading a rocket "Let's just get it over with."
We didn't have much farther to go, we climbed the last set of stairs in front of us and found Steele, a pale woman in a fur vest and pants standing near an altar with a troop f Crimson Lance near her.
"You failed to listen to Commandant Steele." She said looking back at us "I warned you many times, yet you persist, the contents of this vault are property of the Atlas corporation."
"I didn't know Atlas still thought they owned a whole planet that they do nothing to manage." I said.
"The Vault might belong to Atlas, but you belong to me." She glared as she held her hand out.
The three pieces of the Vault key were surrounded by a strange energy that combined to form them into a triangle cylinder shape. The key rose up and slid down into a slot on the alter, more energy radiating out.
The ground rumbled and pieces of the nearby rubble started levitating, constructing themselves into a large arch behind her.
"Ha the key works." She laughed a bit "Get the team ready it's time to claim what is ours-GAH!"
Before Steele could finish her sentence, a huge sharp tentacle shot out of the arch which was now gushing energy in a portal like manner. Gored by the tentacle she was thrown to the side as more shot out, slamming around her soldiers.
"What the hell is that?!" Lilith yelled.
A huge mass of Tentacles and eyes started trying to crawl out of the portal.
"I don't know but we should probably kill it!" Roland said.
"What do you mean probably we absolutely should!" I yelled.
"Do not give up, this creature is only immortal in its own realm." The Angel said "It can be killed if you know where to aim."
"Just shoot it!" Mordecai said ducking behind a pillar as tentacles flailed around.
"I like that idea." I said as the eye glowed and shot out a beam.
Everyone started laying into it as best they could, Roland laying down a turret to provide additional fire while Lilith slipped away with her invulnerability.
"HRAA!" Brick grabbed one of the tendrils as it tried to hit him, pulling exceptionally hard and tearing it off.
"Is it working?" I asked hurling a grenade over my shoulder as it exploded into ten smaller mini-grenades that burst on contact.
"RAAAAA!" the beast roared and flailed a little more.
"Sounds like we're getting somewhere." Lilith said.
We laid into that monster with a cacophony of explosions and bullets, sounds rocking and shaking the rubble as the beast tried pulling itself farther out of the portal.
"Hit it with everything you've got!" Roldan commanded.
"YAAAA!"
Everyone blasted it as hard as they could with rockets of machine gun fire, dark blood squirted out of various orifices of the beast, the eye spinning as the spiky maw roared, the portal snapping shut as the tentacles went limp.
"You did it, you opened the Vault." The Angel suddenly spoke "I'm sorry I didn't warn you about what was inside but it had to be this way for you to stop it, you've done well…That key won't open the Vault for another 200 years, but I'm sure your friend Tannis will pay you for it."
"Wait…that's it?!" Mordecai yelled "No treasure, no guns?!"
"No money!" I groaned.
"It was nothing but…ten ales and disappointment." Lilith sighed.
"I knew listening to that thing was a mistake." Roland said.
"Well…at least we got to kill something cool." Brick shrugged.
"Oh yeah thrilling." We all rolled our eyes.
AN
Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.
Till Next Time.
