A/N: By some magic, I managed to get this chapter done aswell, it's still the same length as any other chapter, but this is about the length I like to keep it.

Anyway, enjoy and leave a review if you can!


I pulled out the old, worn out power core from Sanctuary's shield generator. I picked the new power core we got from Wilhelm and shoved it in. Small arcs of electricity appeared as the power core began to spin around in the generator. I turned around and gave the others a smile, which they all returned, even Zero with a smiley face on his helmet. The protective bubble around Sanctuary pulsed purple every few seconds, which meant it was working. I turned and looked up at the Hyperion ship that was constantly orbiting Pandora.

"In your face Jack!" I shouted towards the ship. "Good luck destroying Sanctuary now motherfu-"

There was a huge electrical explosion as the shield around Sanctuary fell. The Hyperion ship began to fire relentlessly on Sanctuary.

"You were saying, Gaige?" Jack's voice said to me. "Anyways, as it turns out, Angel's working for me, so... Haha!"

"Sanctuary's shields lowered Jack..." I heard Angel say.

"Aww, fuck!" shouted Salvador. "Things are about to get really bad, amigos!"


We sprinted through the streets of Sanctuary, dodging fireballs and flying debris left and right. Citizens and soldiers were running for whatever cover they could find. We were heading towards the centre of town.

"Everyone! I have a really bad plan, Scooter, get Sanctuary in the air, and someone get me some Eridium quick!" Lilith shouted through the ECHO device.

"This city aint ready to fly yet!" Scooter yelled back.

"Do it Scooter!" commanded Roland.

There was a short pause before Scooter shouted again. "Imma need somebody's help real bad!"

"Gaige! Go help Scooter!" Axton ordered.

I dashed over to Scooter, he was crouching next to an ignition primer. He had opened up the front of it to reveal the circuitry, but was smacking the side of it with a wrench.

"Work goddammit!" he shouted in frustration.

He saw me running over to him. "Gaige, thank God you're here! This damn thing won't work!"

I knelt next to him and looked in at the circuits. All I saw was a jumbled mess of wires. There had to be a way to reset them.

"What are we gonna do Gaige?!" Scooter continued to panic. "That thing is-"

"There!" I exclaimed. "See that blue switch at the back? Pull that down and it should cycle the ignition primer!"

I reached in and pulled the switch down, the machine lit up and made a loud whirring noise.

"That's it! Now go and do the same to that one over there, I got the last one!" I yelled to Scooter. I stood up and ran to the next ignition primer. I yanked the small hatch on the front open, reached inside, flipped the blue switch and the machine began to light up and whir just like the first one.

I saw Axton exit the Crimson Raider's HQ with a handful of Eridium and sprinted over to Lilith. He handed it to her and she began to glow purple when she touched it. She put her two hands on the pillar in the middle of town, and focused her Siren powers. After a few seconds, there was a blinding purple explosion and, just like when the explosives went off on the train, I felt myself be thrown backwards for a quick second before passing out.


I woke up on cold, hard ground. I slowly opened my eyes and looked up at the sky, it was early morning. I sat up and looked around. Where the hell was I? I saw a hilly grass and dirt area with a few big rocks strewn around. I stood up and searched for the other Vault Hunters.

"Axton? Maya? Salvador? Zero?" I called out. No answer. I checked my equipment, I still had everything. I needed a higher vantage point. There was a small hill ahead of me, so I walked to the top and looked around. I saw more of the same, a grassy, hillish area with mountains surrounding it. In the distance, though, on top of a cliff, I saw what looked to be a house, or at least a building. Since that was the only building I could see, I decided to head towards it in the hope that it wasn't another bandit camp.

I began the long walk to the building. As I walked, I wondered how Sanctuary was doing. Had Scooter got the city in the air? Had they somehow restored Sanctuary's shields? So many questions, and here I was, cut off from everyone else. I thought how long I could have been out, it was late afternoon when we arrived back in Sanctuary, and it was early morning now, so about less than a day maybe. Or could it have been a day and a few hours? I had no way of telling.

My thoughts were interrupted by a soft growl from behind me. I turned around, my favourite revolver at the ready, but I saw nothing. I looked around again, before holstering the revolver and continuing on. After a few paces, I heard the growl again, louder this time, and more aggressive. I barely had time to pull out my revolver before it jumped on me and knocked it out of my hands. It was a weird looking animal, kind of like a dragon, but the size of a large dog. I fell to the ground, the animal still on top of me, trying to take a bite at my head. I grabbed the animal's head with both hands, trying to stop it from getting close. I glanced at my revolver on the ground, it was out of reach. I thought about my metal arm, and about how it was strong enough to smash concrete. So, with all my strength, I pulled my robotic arm away, still pushing the creature's head away with my free hand, and curled the metal fingers into a fist. I threw a punch towards the creature's head, and it connected with a satisfying crunch. The creature went limp and collapsed on top of me. I pushed it off and stood up. I checked my metal arm for any damage, and saw that my second and third fingers had fallen off. I looked down and found the two fingers lying on the ground. Cursing, I stooped down, picked them up and pocketed them. I then picked up my revolver off the ground and holstered it again.


I reached the top of the hill that led to what looked like the entrance of the settlement. I reached the gate, there was a sign hanging above it that read "Welcome to Overlook". I walked through the gate, the place looked like a ghost town.

"All this place needs is a tumbleweed." I whispered and laughed at my little joke.

I rounded a corner to one of the most relieving sights I had ever seen: the four Vault Hunters were standing there around a Fast-Travel station. I walked up behind them, they still hadn't noticed me.

"Y'know," I said, "You won't get rid of me that easily."

They turned around and each cracked a huge grin. Maya walked over to me and hugged me.

"Where the hell were you?" she asked.

"I'm actually not sure," I replied. "I woke up and I was waaayyy over there." I pointed roughly to where I had woken up. "I killed this weird dragon-dog thingy on the way, it was awesome."

"You mean a Stalker, those invisible bastards?" Axton said.

"Stalker,eh? Anyway, the thing came out of nowhere and knocked my gun away, but I still managed to kill it." I raised my metal hand and they saw that two fingers were missing.

"Woah, what did you do?" Maya frowned.

"Punched it, killed it stone dead in one hit." I smiled.

Salvador broke into a roaring laugh. "Punched a Stalker! Maybe I have to get me one of those metal hands."

"That can be arranged." I joked. "Now, let's just get back to Sanctuary."

"Sure thing." Axton said, selecting Sanctuary on the list of locations. "Wait until you see it now." He smiled.