Give Me Another Shot

"How about we take a break." Axton says when he puts the drinks on the floor. He sits down on the floor right next to the whiskey drinks.

"A break? We can't take a break. We have to think-" Gaige gets interrupted by a bottle to the lips from Axton. He goes on to speak.

"Take it easy, we can think after a couple of bottles. Stressing out won't help us out."

"This is going to kill like a million brain cells. The only thing we're going to be thinking is how to remember how to sit." Gaige says.

"Hey, don't diss the alcohol." Axton says pointedly with a bottle in his hand." I thought up my best schemes with my BAC at .14" He takes a swig of his drink.

Gaige was too deep in thought to realize what he just said. When she did, she asked" Did you just say we?"

"Yea." He answers.

"I can't drink that, I'm still not legal."

"Gaige, you're a wanted girl with a bigger bounty than mine and just spent a month training so you can kill a man. Why worry about what's legal now? Live like an outlaw." Axton picks up a drink and puts it three inches from Gaige's face.

"Eh, what the hell." She takes the whiskey from him and takes a sip of it. Instant regret. She immediately spits the substance out of her mouth and wipes her mouth in disgust. " Yuck, that tastes like butt. How could you drink that?"

"Well." Axton begins to explain while looking at the bottle in his hand." I hate whiskey, but it gets the job done. It'll make you piss drunk before any other drink can."

"Hmm. I've never been piss drunk before." Gaige thought." Ok,I'll tolerate it 'til I can't taste no more."Gaige takes another foul sip of the drink and frowns at the taste. " Soooo Ax, what made you want to become a vault hunter?"

Axton rubbed his hair as he answered." Well after I went AWOL, I needed something exciting and challenging. Bounty hunting wasn't doing it, so after seeing a commercial I decided to become a vault hunter for the greater challenge."

"So you just wanted a challenge?" Gaige asked between sips.

"Yea. Have to say, not disappointed. Never had a fight like that in the service." After Axton took a chug of his whiskey, and grimacing at the taste, Gaige asked another question.

"Why not just go and become a vault hunter now?"

"Well, I had the money, but I wanted more. So I did one last job before I left. Found the guy I was looking for. They said they wanted him back alive so I just injured him. What I didn't know was the guy was a flipping ninja and smoke bomb his way out. I gave chase them got jumped by his whole crew of rats and lost him. Really not my best moment." After taking another swig, trying to wash away that bad memory, Axton went and asked Gaige a question this time.

"What made you give chase to this dangerous lifestyle? "

"Well I did it because I have a better chance here than being chased by the cops on my home planet." Gaige said.

Axton wiped away the alcohol still on his lips ." That cannot be the only reason. There's a ton of border planets, and you pick this one. Why on Hieronymous would you decide to come here?"

"Yuck, how can adults drink this?" Gaige thought, then she starts feeling a light buzz."Oh so that's why." She thought.

"Well, I am curious about what's inside the vault. There could be new technology that I might be able to use to make the best robot ever created! I can make a whole army with, like, ice lasers that they can shoot from their eyes! Or-or better yet-

"Ok,ok." Axton raises up his hand to stop her." I get the idea. You want some new technology."

The mechromancer takes another sip of her whiskey." So is there any other reason you wanted to be a vault hunter?"

Another drink gets taken from the six pack by Axton. While popping off the cork, Axton takes a look at his naked ring finger. He looks up to the girl, that was currently trying to keep her head from swaying, and answers her.

" No, I just want a challenge. "

"Aw come-on! Tell the truth."

"I did." Axton replied sternly." I don't want anything more than that."

Even though half of her mind was being drowned out by alcohol, Gaige was still able to understand that this is a touchy subject. So she decided to remain quiet. It was Axton that had to break the awkwardness.

"So is making killer robots just a hobby for you or did Deathtrap have another purpose?" He asked. Gaige fiddled with her bottle as she thought up a response to his question.

"Like I said, I designed him as an anti bully deterrent. My anti bully deterrent." Gaige grew solemn as she said this. Axton went on to ask more.

"Did you tell anyone about this."

"Yes! That's exactly what I did!" Gaige answered, she became so riled up about this that she got up and started pacing around the room. Leaving her drink on the floor."My Dad went to school and told them all about what Marcie did to me and everyone, and all they did was tell her to stop. They didn't do nothing else. All because Marcie's dad is so fricking rich! They let that bully do whatever she wants. So I made DT in order to stop her and all other bullies."

"Come here. Sounds like you really need a drink." Axton hands her the whiskey she left on the ground, and she chugs it all down instantly, shocking Axton. He went back to his calm self, and then went on to asked her something else.

"So you made a robot to face her instead of facing her yourself. Gaige, that won't solve anything."

"Well it kinda did."Gaige said, with a slur." If I didn't put the wiring in the wrong place maybe Marcie's eyeballs wouldn't have ended up on the basketball goal." Axton got up, drink in hand, and placed his free hand on Gaige shoulders.

"It didn't do anything to help you. You would have lived on relying on your robot to face every challenge to confront you. What would you do if Marcie had pushed you and Deathtrap wasn't there."

"Runaway like I usually do."

"No stand up to her. You're a badass Gaige. Don't let anyone make you think otherwise."

"Hey Axton."

"Yea?"

"I really have to puke. Like, right now."

*sigh*" I'll go get a bucket."

After getting the puke bucket and vomiting out, what felt like to her, all of her insides, Gaige had the most craziest idea.

"Axton." She said."I think I just thought of a way to beat Thames."

Axton slid the puke bucket outside the house so none of them would have to smell it anymore." What is it?" He asked.

"If we can't destroy his shield from the outside, what if we destroy him from the inside." Axton became wide-eyed in expression on hearing that.

"Usually I would get the crazy Ideas." He thought.

'Yea, and after all the repairs I did on Deathtrap, he can easily beat Thames." Gaige said.

"Wait-did you listen to anything I just told you?" Axton said.

"But Ax." Gaige sounded desperate at this point." If I summon Deathtrap, he can beat him a lot faster than we can."

"So I just spent the whole last month training you for nothing." Axton said.

"No-but. Just please Axton. It'll- it will be a lot easier."

This annoyed Axton greatly."Clearly just talking to her won't make her face her fear. She'll just have to learn how to herself." He thought.

"Ok." Axton begrudgingly agreed.

"Yes!" Gaige threw up her arms in victory."Oh, also I'm gonna need your turret."


A/N- Thanks for reading and I hoped you enjoyed.

Now, concerning a review I got about the other Vault Hunters, they will come. Each set of them will have their own stories, and after all of those are told, all of them will come together in one last part in the end.

The last chapter to the first part of Vault Hunters' Origins will be posted next Sunday.

Have a wonderful Morning/Day/Night where ever you are.