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Z3R0 33: So it would seem...
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Chapter 6: Shattered Spirits
Axton the Commando is dead...
It was a thought that Maya was plagued with, for possibly, the rest of her life. Finally, something that cared for her truly, who loved her for what she was. Somebody who would never refuse the call of duty to help her. A man who (later on) put his friends and well being of other before himself. A man whose courage was only matched by his sheer skill. Somebody who loved Maya...
And he was gone...forever...
'You said you'd never leave Axton...why?' She thought to herself, tears streaming freely from her face.
The room was filled with an unsettling silence as the hunters were left to deal with this heavy burden. It seemed like only yesterday Axton clasped his backpack to his back and headed out the door with the others to get the voice module box from Handsome Jack's double in the city of Opportunity. Those days were over. Axton would no longer be there to pat his friends on the back for successfully chugging down a beer at Moxxi's, take the lit joint from his friend who just puffed it and did the same, or even just...be there...
Maya knew that from the moment she saw the Commando when he pulled her from the icy grip of the winter tundra, he was something different...something special. Under the egotistical, cocky attitude that could best describe Axton, was someone who had a haunted past who was trying to do good for others. Maya always thought of it as his self-defense mechanism. When he felt like the world cornered him and beat him to a bloody pulp, he would let off that signature smile Maya dubbed as "The Axton Smirk", dust off his shoulders and walk away from it, like it never happened, despite him feeling hurt, lost, and alone on the inside. It seemed that Maya was the first person that actually made Axton come out of his shell, made him talk and show what has been actually been going on in his messed up life of his. Maya always thought that Axton saved her life from despair, but later figured out that she was the one who saved him. She saved him from despair and loneliness, only to feel it once more...
As strange as it sounded, Lilith always viewed Axton as her "go-to" guy, a person she would always turn to when she needed a problem solved quick, hell, everybody in Sanctuary turned to Axton whenever they had a dilemma at hand, even Kurt. She regretted being so selfish about Roland's death from the second Mordecai told her that Axton's child was murdered by Handsome Jack, along with his ex-wife Sarah. Lilith knew that Axton was the best thing to happen to Pandora in a very long time, if Roland was still alive, she was sure he would've concurred.
Two brave, brave soldiers, both laid dead in a pool of their own blood, one by a Tyrant who wanted nothing more that global dominance and his absolute rule, and the other by a deranged, psychopath who just did it for shits and giggles. Lilith had a very hard time trying to process the death of the Commando as best as he could. With Roland and Axton gone, she felt as if the kindling fire that sparked hope and courage into the people of Pandora has been snuffed, and she had Miguel Salamanca to thank for that.
A Big Brother. That's how Gaige viewed Axton, despite her being on Pandora for considerably less time than the latter. Gaige always looked up to both Axton and Kurt for their actions as well as their bravery, but more so Axton than Kurt. Gaige always turned to the Commando to ask for advice on her boyfriend and...wel...overall life in itself, because the way she saw it, if anyones been in the shit, Axton was swimming in a pool full of it, yet managed to step out and towel himself off. Axton would often joke about DeathTrap having a crush on Axton Sabre turret and told Gaige to prepare for the marriage arrangements soon. She could always count on Axton to put a smile on her face, but no longer...
Just like Gaige, Kurt viewed Axton as his older brother whom he got along with extremely well. All of those bar tabs getting scraped up by Kurt and Axton, leaning on each others shoulder to try and find their way back to the HQ when they had a teensy bit to drink. Kurt felt honored to charge into the heart of the volcano with Axton in order to stop the fascist who nearly came close to harnessing the power of the Warrior to it's fullest potential. Kurt felt honored to have Axton as his drinking buddy. With Axton gone, things were going to be different. Salvador used to dislike Axton and thought that he would just turn in the rest of the hunters and make off with the money. Over the course of their time spent fighting Hyperion, Axton became the only person Sal could actually trust. A true amigo who had his back through thick and thin. Now Salvador is left to watch his own back from now on.
"...What do we do now..." Lilith whispered still looking down at the ground.
"What do we do now?" Mordecai asked looking at Lilith with a glare filled with anger, "I'll tell you what we do now...The Pirate King...is dead...finished...he's done...You understand? I will own him... when this is over" He growled, breathing heavier and heavier "Everywhere He will be, I will be, ready to slice his head open when he lets his guard down...for even a split second..." He growled once more "I will haunt his insane ass for the rest of his pathetic life...He will see me when he wakes up...when he goes to sleep...I will haunt him..Forever...until the day... he sticks a gun up his mouth, and pulls the trigger... just to get me out of his head. That's... what...happens...Next" He finished not taking his look off of Lilith, who was completely stunned, as well as intimidated by the speech.
Mordecai began to smell the odor of tobacco smoke, with a mix of Cannabis. He heard laughing to go along with the stench. He turned his head to the right to see Miguel walk in with a lit cigar inside his mouth. Mordecai went crazy and tried to attack him with all the strength he could possibly muster. No matter how hard he struggled, he wasn't gonna get cut loose any time soon. Miguel smiled and squatted down next to Mordecai. He took a puff and blew it all out in his face. Mordecai was so pissed that the smoke had no affect on him whatsoever.
"Gotta say...Awesome speech you gave...it really moved me...took me right from my seat...So your gonna haunt me forever huh? Until the day I shoot myself? Heh...Like I don't hear enough voices in my head.." Miguel mumbled laughing a bit to himself.
"Fuck...You..." Mordecai spat glaring at Miguel with fire in his eyes.
"You're angry Mordecai...I get it...I get it..." Miguel mumbled patting Mordecai on the shoulder. "I mean, who the fuck are we without family eh? I mean...I used to have a sister...Manuela...It was the only thing I ever cared about in my life...and it was taken from me..shot in the head...like your father..." Miguel said using his fingers as a gun, pointing to his head, then making a slight noise and faking a recoil.
"But you see...the thing is...I learned I can't fuckin' trust nobody, okay?" Miguel said looking up a bit "Because Handsome Jack was the one who killed her..." He said letting off a slight chuckle "I hope he suffered a slow and painful death...and his soul damned for eternity.."
Mordecai remained silent, not saying a single word, listening to what Miguel had to say.
"We had a deal..." Miguel mumbled.
A FEW YEARS AGO
"Ah! Miguel..nice to see you! I see the weapon shipments you snagged have been secure by Hyperion! You've been the best little helper a guy could ask for!" Handsome Jack said with enthusiasm as he saw the loaders put the DAHL crates on the giant Hyperion barge.
"Cut the shit Jack, where's my fucking sister?" Miguel growled glaring at Jack, causing Jack to lose his chuckle.
"Your sister?" Jack asked looking slightly puzzled "Oh yes! I remember! Your sister...you see the funny thing is..." Jack pondered.
Miguel didn't notice, but his arms got restrained by two Loaders, locking him tightly in place.
"WHAT THE FUCK IT THIS?! WE HAD A DEAL!" Miguel yelled, trying to break free from the clutches.
"Yeah, well...you see, the thing is" Jack smiled "I promised to let your sister go if you did this...but heres the thing...I didn't say anything about letting go a Siren now did I!" Jack explained letting off a slight chuckle "Well, I'm off to kill your sister! Toodles!" He said walking away waving his hand.
"JACK YOU MOTHERFUCKER I SWEAR I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU AND IMPALE YOUR CORPSE ON A WOODEN STAKE YOU HEAR ME!" Miguel screamed trying to break free from the loaders. Eventually, he was able to slip one his hand free from the leader. He used his strength to rip his other arm free of the contraption. He quickly pulled out his revolver and shot both of the loaders in the eye piece, a critical shot as such a quick succession.
The loaders dropped to the ground with a clanky thud. Miguel looked at the loaders for a moment, then shifted his attention back to where Jack was walking away from. He then saw his sister being dragged into a mansion that was surrounded by Hyperion soldiers. Miguel's rage as well as temper consumed him as he pulled out his machete that was strapped to his back, letting out a thunderous roar as he charged with his blade out.
Despite the soldiers having guns to defend themselves, they stood no match against the quickness and ferocity of Miguel Salamanca. one by one, the Soldiers began to fall to the ground, limbs and heads being sliced off due to the extreme sharpness of Miguel's blade. It didn't matter if the soldiers snuck up from behind or tried to keep their distance, Miguel's blade would come into contact with the soldiers no matter what.
"MANUELA!" Miguel screamed as he ran inside of the house. Two guards came from each side of Miguel, attempting to restrain him. Miguel ducked and lodged his machete into the guards ribcage, then spinning around so that his blade could come into contact with the second guard, knocking his head clean off.
Miguel hurried up stairs and and kicked the front door down with all the strength he could muster. Miguel froze up at the sight of Manuela, who was strapped to dozens of C4 all around her body. She was crying silently to herself, but slowly looked up to behold the sight of her brother..
"Miguel..." She whispered looking at her older brother.
"Kaboom..." Jack said through the speaker as the charges were armed.
"NO!" Miguel screamed as he rushed in to try and save his sister...but it was too late.
The C4's detonated and let off a massive explosion as Miguel was pushed out of a glass window due to sheer force of the explosion, launching him out of the mansion, landing on the ground with a huge thud, knocking him down. Before Miguel went unconscious, he saw a truck drive up with a few of his Pirates on the vehicle.
"Get over here! I found him!" Signaling the others to move to his location. Miguel felt his boy hoist up as the pirates picked him up and off the ground and dragged him to the truck. Before everything turned black, he thought about what just happened.
'Manuela...I failed you...' Miguel thought before passing out.
Miguel took another puff from his cigar and blew it all out, this time not in Mordecai's face. He let out a chuckled and begun to talk once more.
"Anyway...you wanna kill me? You think I'm gonna get a bullet to the head like your father hmm?" Miguel said "Tell me, how long did it take for him to die?"
Mordecai responded by spitting right on Miguels forehead, causing Miguel to flinch slightly and freeze up with his eyes shut. He chuckled a bit and wiped the saliva from his face with his wrist.
"I'm sorry...do you have any fucking idea how rude that was?" Miguel asked glaring at Mordecai. Mordecai began to silently chuckle to himself after spitting on the man he hated. Miguel joined in on his little chuckle, which grew consecutively louder and louder. Miguel took a huge drag from his cigar to get a giant ember on the tip, then pulled up Mordecai's goggles, and did something Mordecai didn't intend.
Miguel pushed the cigar into Mordecai's eye, burning it to a crisp as the embers came into contact with the skin and eyeball with is flame ablaze. Miguel jabbed it deeper and deeper into Mordecai's head, causing him to scream in agony. The vault hunters were completely shocked as they saw their friend get their left eye gouged out by a lit cigar.
"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Mordecai screamed while struggling in the bindings that held him tightly, attempting to try and stop the pain.
"WHO'S LAUGHING NOW HUH? WHO'S LAUGHING NOW BITCH!" Miguel yelled as he continued to burn Mordecai's eye to a crisp. Lilith could only stare in shock, witnessing the pain Mordecai had to endure at this moment. Finally, Miguel lifted the cigar from his eye, then grabbing his goggles, he snapped them back on his face, causing Mordecai to go into another fit of agony.
"Well...hope that teaches you some manners ok?" Miguel said standing up, kicking Mordecai straight in the jaw. Miguel pulled out his lighter and lit the cigar once more, letting the fire ember as it burned the tobacco.
"Welp, I gotta go tie up some loose ends now...toodles!" Miguel said walking away from the hunters. Before he left, he saw Gaige on the corner of his eye, then acted like he was going to abuse her, to see if she would flinch or not, which she did, loudly. After he was amused, he let out a small chuckle.
"Get you every fuckin' time!" Miguel said as he walked away from the Vault hunters.
Miguel walked to the neighboring hut and went downstairs into a basement that was dimly lit. He walked up to the single solitary cage that was in the basement.
"Wake up, soldier boy!" Miguel yelled banging on the metal cage.
Axton shot up from his sleep, to see that he was strapped to iron chains, naked inside of a metal cage meant to hold giant skags and such. How did Axton end up inside of this cage And why in the hell was he naked?
"Have a good nap? Thought so!" Miguel said putting his hand on one of the bars of the cage.
Axton looked at the Pirate King in front of him, thinking about the plans he had in store for the Commando.
"Why don't...you just...kill me.." Axton muttered taking deep breaths, causing Miguel to chuckle.
"Because you don't fear death, you welcome it...Your punishment must be more severe than death itself!" Miguel explained while chuckling at the same time. "You know why nobody's ever heard of this island? Why it's just a black spot on the radars and maps? Because...nobody that came here...lived to tell the tale..." Miguel mumbled
"You see...once the island has a firm grip on you...when the jungle embraces you with its deadly arms...You will never escape...alive.." He concluded.
"I wanna play a game with you...it's called...survival of the fittest..." Miguel said letting off a smile.
"Why?" Axton muttered glaring at Miguel.
"Well, because your amigos up there? They think you're dead!" Miguel explained
"What?!" Axton yelled blown away by this news.
Miguel smirked "I hope you don't mind, I had to borrow your clothes so I could achieve the effect...and it worked, 'NOOOOOO! Axton!" Miguel yelled mimicking Maya, before letting out a laugh. "But you know...I haven't really broken you yet hmmm? In due time...you will embrace insanity with loving affection...in due time Axton...but until then..." Miguel said pulling out a syringe filled with a liquid,
"Let the games begin..." He finally said, reaching in and injecting the needle into Axton's neck. The commando felt the liquid activate and cause him to slowly slip out of consciousness. As his eyes slowly closed, he could only think about the Siren he loved with all his heart.
'Maya...please be safe...'
An: Well guys! What did I tell ya! Thanks for sticking around chums! I just thought that wold just be a little scare for you all! Sorry, wont happen again...or maybe...bye!
