[[NOTES: I really didn't intend for the ending of the chapter to be so squishy, but my Spotify made me do otherwise ^^;. I hope you guys enjoy!]]
When the vault hunters arrived at the HQ, they were promptly bombarded with questions from Tannis and Lilith while Roland took the power core. Maya charged from downstairs and nearly tackled Gaige with a welcoming hug before giving Krieg one as well. Axton was still tucked away in bed upstairs, sleeping the morning away, which Gaige was jealous of. After regrouping and discussing what happened as well as what they were going to do about Jack, the pair finally returned to their home. Neither of them bothered to eat or shower, simply just falling into their beds and falling asleep.
Gaige was the first one awake, showering then preparing a more proper(ish) meal, a sandwich with slightly stale bread. Much better than what they had last night. She called Maya and let her know she could come over whenever she was ready. Plopping down onto the couch, she finally let herself relax into the worn cushions. Sounds of life could be heard from the hallway, followed by running water. Krieg must've just woken up.
The mechromancer was drifting in and out of a small nap when sudden banging at the door fully woke her up. Rolling off the couch, she smoothed out her clothing. "Coming!" She stumbled her way to the metal door, pulling it open to reveal Axton and Maya standing there. The siren looked rather excited, the commando not so much. "What crawled up your ass, stud muffin?" Gaige stepped aside, allowing the other two vault hunters inside. Maya glanced around before promptly flopping onto the couch, Axton looking around much more hesitantly.
"He's mad that you two got this place and we're stuck at HQ." Maya's words were laced with a small chuckle as she brought her feet up onto the table.
"It's not fair!" Axton pouted much like a child would. "They said 'there wasn't any more places available'. Now we're stuck sleeping in a room with like three other people and have you ever heard Mordecai snore?!" The large blonde huffed as he crossed his arms over his chest. Gaige, rolling her eyes and being the little pest to him she always was, pulled him into a hug.
"Oh, quit having a tantrum. If it'll make you feel better, you can always sleep on our couch if he snores too loud." Her head rested against his muscled chest as he uncrossed his arms. Finally giving in, Axton laughed softly and returned her hug. He could never stay irritated with her very long.
"I'm going to hold you to that offer, sweetheart." Gaige and Axton had a special relationship. He was the first person she had met upon her arrival in Pandora after a couple weeks of survival. At first, she will admit, Gaige had a huge crush on the commando, but the more time they spent together, the more he became like the supportive male figure she needed. With her dad gone, Axton was the closest she had now for comfort and protection. They would always joke around and finding them asleep together wasn't uncommon before she decided to go off on her own. Even after he suggested she stay with the vault hunting group, she decided it was for the best to go off alone. The familiar scent of his cologne, dirt and gunpowder filled her lungs. Sometimes she wondered why she did leave the group.
Loud footsteps coming down the hall pulled the mechromancer from her thoughts and she turned around to find Krieg stomping his way into the kitchen. She didn't even realize he had come out the shower. "Morning, big guy!" Gaige smiled as she bounced towards the Psycho. He glanced at her then opened the fridge. The moment of eye contact she managed to have was cold and almost hurt. What was his deal? Shrugging it off as he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, Gaige turned her attention to Maya. "So, we have catching up to do!"
The next few hours were spent reminiscing in memories and catching up with current events. While Krieg, Gaige, and Maya shared the couch, Axton sat on the floor next to Gaige's legs. Even if no one did address it, there was tension between the two guys and it made the small girl worry a fight would break out. Laughs were shared, easing her nerves, as Maya explained how Axton accidentally set his pants on fire while they were recruiting Mordecai and Gaige shared the story of Krieg running from the psycho while rescuing Lilith. The early evening hours were beginning to creep around the corner, the sun starting to show the beginning orange hues as a sign of its setting. Hopping up from where she sat, Gaige stretched. "We should go get some drinks from Moxxi!" It would be a nice way to end the day. Friends catching up and a few drinks for more laughs.
Everyone agreed, even Krieg, getting up and stretching their relaxed muscles. Not that they were able to stay relaxed for too long. Sudden screaming and sounds of chaos came from outside the locked door. The vault hunters instinctively drew their guns, moving to one another. Krieg stood behind Gaige, towering over her with his buzzaxe; Axton took to her left, shotgun ready; Maya stood to her right, assault rifle pointed at the door.
"Please tell me you're all together." Roland's sudden voice made the group jump before they realized he was over all their echos.
"Yea, we're all together here at gaige's and Krieg's place." Maya assured him, watching as Krieg very cautiously made his way to the door. "What the hell is happening, Roland?" Her words were ended with an explosion that sounded much too close for comfort.
"Want me to let you in on a little secret?" Jack's voice interrupted any answers, the smirk he had practically dancing on his words. "Angel is working for me. Wonderful choice of 'sources.'" His laughter was cut off by Angel's voice, who sounded tired. "Lowering Sanctuary's shields, Jack. Phase shift complete."
"It was a trap." Lilith finally cut through, sounding distressed. "The power core wasn't just that. It was a disguise for much more. Jack used it to shut down our shields and attack us. The whole thing was just a set up and that bitch Angel is the one who led us into it. I knew we shouldn't have trusted her." Krieg had finally opened the door as the siren spoke, revealing absolute chaos. Shots were raining down from the sky, hitting the asphalt and leaving holes in their wake. People were running for cover and some were even just trying to leave. The unlucky few who were hit became nothing more than scorch marks on the remnants of asphalt. Gaige felt her stomach churn.
"What're we going to do? It's not like we can just shoot this thing with our guns. Do we just evacuate?" She walked up beside Krieg, shutting the door as the walls and windows shook. They had to hope one didn't find its way to their home.
"No, I have a really bad plan." Lilith's voice sounded breathless and almost like he was running. "Just need your help. Scooter, we need to get the city in the sky. Roland, I need eridium."
"We can't do that without killing at least- well everybody! It's not ready, Lillie!" Scooter was almost drowned out with the sound of shouts and explosions.
"You have your orders, Scooter. That's our last hope." Roland was serious.
"Fine. I need you guys to meet me in the center of town. We'll see what we can do." The mechanic resigned, sounds of movement behind him.
The vault hunters looked around at one another. In all honesty, none of them wanted to go out there. It was absolute chaos and they were sure, even with their shields, a hit from that would at the very least seriously injure. Axton was the first to step forward, pulling the door open. "We need to go. They need us." The windows shook again. Gaige looked over at Maya then back at Krieg.
"Let's do this." She strapped her gun into its holster, opting for running speed over having that in her hand. The four of them began running through the chaos, avoiding any blasts from Jack and any bodies that were charging opposite their direction. What was normally a leisurely walk was becoming a run for life. None of them knew what plan they had in mind, but anything right now was better than remaining sitting ducks. Axton lead the group into the center of town, Lilith standing by a giant cement pillar in the center of three, much smaller, pillars. Scooter was kneeling down by one of them, banging it with his wrench as he cursed to himself.
"Scooter, we're here. What do you need?" Maya panted softly as she ran to his side, Axton on her heels while Gaige and Krieg trailed ever so slightly behind. Scooter looked up, sweat and grease speckling his face. Resting the wrench on his knee, he sighed.
"If we cycle the ignition primers, it'll get us somewhere." Scooter had to shout and even then it was difficult to hear him. He smacked what they could assume to be be one of the ignition primers once more. "I've got this one, you need to get the other two!"
Before he could even finish speaking, the vault hunters were running towards the other two on the opposite sides of the circle. Gaige and Krieg took one, Maya and Axton the other. The redhead glanced over at the siren, who nodded, before they pressed the buttons at the same time. They whirred to life, the ground trembling. "All right, we're primed! Everybody hold on!" Scooter warned, the ground trembling further. Lilith, who had been by the large pillar, began to glow a light purple. She disappeared for a moment, the rings in the ground sinking down. Suddenly there was a loud explosion nearby, Gaige quickly looking up. The head quarters had been hit.
"Roland!" Before the others could react, she began to run towards the large building, Krieg at her heels.
"Son of a-" Roland sounded pained and like he was struggling. "I'm pinned! You need to come get this eridium for Lilith! Hurry!" Gaige was already a step ahead. She ran into the building, stumbling slightly as the ground shook once again. Sprinting up the stairs, she forced herself to breathe as calmly as she could. Slowing to a stop, she found Roland on the balcony, chunks of the destroyed cement over his legs. "I'll be okay, just get the eridium to her!" He was pushing the smaller chunks of cement off himself, small glowing purple chunks to his side. Gaige desperately wanted to help Roland, but she knew she couldn't. That would put everyone else at risk. Scooping up the rocks, she looked over the edge to see Krieg watching them from below.
"You only survived as long as you have because I wanted you to." Jack spoke calmly, his voice coming over all the vault hunters echoes. "Five years ago, Roland and his friends opened the vault, because Angel and I tricked them." Gaige didn't have time for this. Tuning out his voice, she glanced down once again.
"Coming down!" Taking a few steps back she ran and jumped off the edge. Krieg, who had been watching her, easily caught the petite girl with one arm before setting her down. She was much faster, reaching the red haired siren several moments before the Psycho did. Maya and Axton stood at her side as Gaige came up, handing off the eridium. Krieg caught up as Lilith began glowing an even greater purple, the light so bright that the center around her was white.
"I've never used this much before, so you might want to hold on!" Lilith warned as she placed her hands on the pillar. The group took several steps back, staying close to one another. On instinct, Gaige buried her hands into Axton's jacket, hoping for some sense of safety. The commando wrapped his arms around her, Maya resting her hands on the mechromancer's shoulder. Krieg stood close enough for his hand to brush lightly against her side, but he seemed to hold a steady glare at Axton. Then all at once everything went white, as if someone was shining a bright light into their eyes.
"Sorry guys, that was an accident. I'll see you on the other side, I promise. Hit it!" Lilith spoke before anything could be seen. When it finally began to dim down, everything came into sight. Gaige was on the ground, flat on her rear, Krieg a couple feet away. Standing up, she could see sanctuary off in the distance, the blasts still raining down from the sky. A large, purple light could be seen from the center of the town, slowly beginning to completely enclose the city. The buildings began to rise, part of the ground and all. Krieg came up behind Gaige, watching in awe as what was their home, was airborne.
The sharp sound of Jack's laughter shattered the moment. "That's the best you got? A flying city? What could you chumps POSSIBLY have that makes you think you have a chance against me?"
There was a silence.
"A siren." Roland spoke the two words in a steady, calm voice.
"Sup." A smirk danced on Lilith's words. Then all at once, the city phased away, leaving no trace of where it had been.
The blasts slowed to a stop and all exchange of words ended. It wasn't till then that Gaige realized they were missing Maya and Axton. Looking around, despite the open area they had been dropped in, the other two vault hunters weren't anywhere in sight. Looking over at Krieg, Gaige let out a soft sigh of relief when he seemed to be okay. "Come on big guy, we need to find the others then find Sanctuary." Staying close to Krieg's side, she grabbed her echo.
"Gaige! Where did you two go?!" Maya sounded relieved to hear from her.
"We were tossed right outside Sanctuary. We watched the whole thing, where did you two go?" Gaige looked around, making sure there weren't any threats. Her guns were holstered as she walked, Krieg carrying his shotgun. She was sure he could keep them safe for the time being.
"I'm not sure. I think being a siren might have messed with Lilith's powers, we were dropped further. We're somewhere in three horns, all we could see was the glow. What are we going to do?" In the background, Gaige could hear Axton say something, but before she could get an answer or even say anything else, Angel's face appeared on the screen. The redhead froze where she stood, Krieg coming up behind her to see what had made her stop.
"Look, I know you're angry at me right now, but we don't have a lot of time. I'll explain everything- just get to The Fridge- it's the only way to get to the highlands. I detect Lilith might have phased your city there." With that said, just as quickly as she had appeared, the screen went to the usual blue, Maya's name and picture on the top right corner.
"The Fridge?" Gaige repeated, furrowing her brows.
"I guess that's as good a start as any." Axton sounded much closer now.
"Why should we trust her? She led us into a trap, took our shields down, is working with Jack, and she's betrayed our friends before all this even happened. For all we know, this is another stupid trap." Maya sounded beyond irritated.
Gaige hesitated. She knew the blue haired siren was right. They had every reason to not trust Angel and no reason to trust her. Why would they now? "It's all we have, Maya…" Gaige slowly began to walk towards the exit that lead to Three Horns. "It's gonna be dark soon and none of us are fully armed, or prepared. All I have are my sniper rifle and assault rifle, no grenades and no extra ammo. We can't necessarily just wander around hoping to spot Sanctuary floating around somewhere."
The line went silent. It was all they had left. They were separated and under armed. Their new home was somewhere they had no clue as to where it was. They had no communication with their other friends. All they had was the word of someone that had betrayed them not even fifteen minutes ago.
"Fine. We'll meet outside The Fridge and camp there for the night. Once the sun is out, we'll go in." Maya was defeated. It could be just another trap, but it was better than nothing.
Putting her Echo back into its holder, Gaige looked up to find Krieg running ahead to the catch a ride in the nearby distance. She dragged her feet along the ground as she followed after him. This sucked. This royally sucked Skag balls. The Psycho drove up to her in an outrunner, the engine rumbling as he stopped to let her climb on. Gaige wanted to say something about the vehicle choice. Suggest that a tactical would probably be best, especially if they were going to be camping overnight, but she didn't care. Not right now. Climbing up into the gunner seat, she plopped down without a single complaint.
"You know, I just love the way you vault hunters just up and trusted Angel. Never occurred to you that she was working for me, did it?" Jack's voice interrupted the otherwise silent drive.
"Jack, shut the fuck up. You're getting on my last nerve and your voice makes me want to vomit." Gaige was over holding her tongue when it came to the Hyperion CEO. He already tried to kill them and destroy their new home, what else could he do?
"You know, you think you're tough and can take me on, but you're nothing. You and your little friends will all fail and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I did the same thing to the last four vault hunters, but I'll be honest here. Tricking you was way more hilarious." He was actually enjoying this. The sick, twisted fuck was finding enjoyment in what he did. It was disgusting. Gaige didn't respond to him this time, simply sitting in silence the remainder of the drive. "Hey, thanks for actually taking the bait though and taking the power core. It was really hard to concentrate on charging the Vault key with Roland's little buddies attack my eridium mines."
The drive wasn't too long, but it wasn't short either. It took about half an hour until they were approaching the entrance to The Fridge. After Jack's little 'thank you', their echos were as silent as could be. Angel came up at some point, reassuring them that they needed to get to the Fridge to reach the others. Not that Gaige paid much attention to her. Krieg seemed to run over any Skags that came their way, creating a path of slaughter behind them. Not that she minded any. Meant she could cool off before they met up with the others.
A loud honking suddenly came from behind them, causing Gaige to quickly whip around in the gunner seat, prepared to fire, but instead smiled. Maya and Axton were pulling up to their side in a tactical. At least they had one. Axton stood in the gunner seat. "Hey! We're almost there, but there's a bandit camp blocking the entrance. It would be best for us to take them out and block it in with our vehicles. That way no one can sneak up on us." The wind made it difficult to hear the commando clearly, but she could hear him well enough. She simply nodded and gave a thumbs up.
The camp was small and only had a handful of bandits. Saving ammo, the vault hunters drove up the small incline before unleashing a barrage of bullets from both vehicles until the area was cleared. While Axton and Gaige remained in the gunner seats, Krieg and Maya charged in to thoroughly make sure it was empty. Once they were sure everything was cleared out and no one was wandering around, the vault hunters finally relaxed for the night.
By the time they had a fire going and both vehicles plugging up the entrance to the camp, the sun was already nearly gone for the day. Maya produced some food from the back of their technical and the four sat around the fire, eating their portion. Gaige opted to sit next to Axton, her head resting on his shoulder. Taking off his jacket, he draped it over Gaige's shoulders. He was much larger than the small mechromancer, the jacket dwarfing her further. Not that she minded any. It was warm and reminded her of old times when the two were inseparable. Maybe she would stay with them after this was all said and done. No one spoke, only listened to the sounds of the fire and the occasional Rakk off in the distance. Though, for some reason Gaige could feel an unease and every time she glanced over at Krieg, he was watching her. Part of her wanted to ask if he was okay, but she decided to ask when they were alone.
"Why did you bring an outrunner?" Axton finally broke the silence, glancing at the two vehicles. Gaige looked down, pulling the jacket closer.
"Krieg brought it and I didn't think about telling him to get the tactical. I was still mad about the whole-," she waved her arms around in front of her. "-mess with Sanctuary and stupid Angel and Jack." The redhead's feathers began to ruffle once again as she thought about it. Maya looked up over the fire at the two vault hunters.
"We shouldn't have trusted her. How are we supposed to get home now? How do we even know Roland and Lilith and everyone else are safe? For all we know that phase killed them." The siren grabbed a handful of dirt, tossing it angrily at the fire.
"It happened and there's nothing we can do about it. We live and learn. All we can do, is hope Angel is helping us out and not betraying us again." Axton looked over at Maya. "Now we need a plan put together." As the commando spoke, Gaige stole another glance at Krieg. He had been staring at the fire, but after a moment, he looked up. Their eyes met and held until she finally looked away. He was furthest from the group, keeping to himself. Sitting a little ways from the fire, but close enough for its warmth to reach him. She wanted to get up and pull him closer, have him more included, but she didn't want to get him upset.
"So who's taking first watch?" Axton's voice pulled her back into the world. Looking up at him, she must've had a confused expression because he started laughing. "Listen this time, Gaige. It'll be best for us to take turns on watch. You and Krieg, me and Maya. The two not on watch can sleep in the technical." Gaige felt her stomach knot up.
"Wait, like share the space in there?" She pointed at the cab.
"Yea. There's two sleeping bags, two blankets and two pillows. They're not in the best shape, but they work. Halfway through the night, we can switch then as the sun starts to rise, second group will wake up, we get ready and head in." Axton always had a plan. It was like instinct to him from the military. Even if the others couldn't see any hope or way to make anything work, he did. Gaige admired that about him. She was always just charge in and get things done. It wasn't until Krieg that she really had to even start trying to keep things organized.
"We can take first watch." She finally spoke up. She wasn't trying to be a good person, or anything, but instead she was actually really nervous. Gaige had never shared such a close sleeping space with Krieg before and with his current behavior, she didn't know what to do. The longer she could put it off, the better.
After about another half hour, Gaige finally returned Axton's jacket and the vault hunters said their good nights. Krieg climbed up into the back of tactical, leaving the redhead alone by the fire. She remained where she sat, waiting until the movement and small arguments over who should move where stopped from inside the cab. When Gaige could assume the other two had fallen asleep, she stood up and joined Krieg in the back. Sitting with her knees pushed up to her chest, she was glad she had leggings on. Resting her chin on her knees, she glanced up at Krieg, who was staring off into the distance.
"Sooo…" She dragged out the word, hoping he would respond, but she knew he wouldn't. When there was nothing more then silence, she finally spoke. "At least this camping trip it's not all snowy. Tomorrow it will be. I mean, who names a place The Fridge?" She wasn't sure where she was going with all of this, or even where it was coming from, but she hoped to put the Psycho at ease. He seemed tense. The longer she sat there, the more she babbled on until she finally had no clue what she was saying anymore. "Ima just- uh shut up now." Hugging her knees, the mechromancer bit her bottom lip to help keep any other thoughts from babbling out.
They sat in silence for the next dragging hour, Gaige passing time with her echo as Krieg watched over the area. The pair were almost on opposite ends of the vehicle bed. Very slowly, Krieg scooted a bit towards Gaige as he tried his best to keep from making it obvious. Gaige, who was scrolling aimlessly along the ECHOnet, didn't pay the least bit of attention to him. Honestly, he could've probably stood up and sat beside her and she still wouldn't have noticed. Over the next half hour, the Psycho continue to scoot until his shoulder lightly brushed against her own. Looking up from the small device on her lap, she finally turned her attention to Krieg, who was looking up at the stars.
Shrugging gently, she let her head fall to rest comfortably on his large shoulder. The pair remained like that, passing the hours comfortably in the cool night. When the time to switch was right, Gaige stood up and stretched until something popped. Groaning in delight, she hopped down. Using her metal hand, she smacked it against the door. "Wakey, wakey you lazy bums!" She called to them. There was sudden movement and tired groaning, followed by the door flying open.
Axton, his normally messy sandy hair even messier then usual, yawned as he glared tiredly at the petite girl. "Could've woken us up a bit nicer than that." He grumbled, grabbing his boots. Pulling them on, he grabbed his jacket and slid out as a pair of slender legs shoved at his back.
"Hurry up." Maya sounded impatient, her boots already on. The two, still half asleep, vault hunters yawned and stretched. Rubbing his eyes, Axton 'accidentally' jabbed his elbow into her side. "Jerk.." She smacked her hand into his arm, though his jacket was too thick for him to feel much of anything.
Laughing, he quickly moved away from her next swing, which was aimed at his head. "It's all yours. I'm assuming it was an easy watch?"
Gaige stared inside the small cab, her stomach knotting up. Why hadn't she at least tried to go get another tactical? "Yea." Her voice came out high pitched and shaky, making her cheeks turn a light red. Quickly coughing to cover it up, she shrugged one shoulder as Krieg came down from his post. "Yea, nothing going on. It's easy to keep a good watch up here." A mental sigh of relief washed over her when her voice was normal this time.
The three vault hunters exchanged a few more words before Gaige was finally climbing into the vehicle. She kicked off her sneakers, resting them by the door before crawling towards the innermost sleeping bag. Both were still warm from its previous occupant, two blankets haphazardly tossed aside to allow them to get up. About five or so inches separated the warm makeshift beds with the cold bottom of the cab. Gaige could feel her heart pounding in her chest. Sure, she had shared closer spaces with others before (mostly Axton), but now it was with Krieg. Sitting on her knees on the sleeping bag, she glanced at the door, watching as the psycho climbed in after her. Yanking his boots off, he rested them next to her own shoes before pulling the door closed behind him.
He sat on his own sleeping bag, the space barely giving them room to move around without occasionally brushing against one another. The two vault hunters disarmed themselves, setting their guns aside, but within reach. Gaige began to unzip her vest, folding it up and setting it aside before she adjusted her loose shirt that hung just off her shoulders. Biting her bottom lip, she glanced over at Krieg as if to catch him doing something. Not that she was sure what she would catch him doing. He was removing the metal bracers on his forearms, setting them aside with his weapons before a hand moved up to his mask.
His mask. Krieg walked around shirtless 24/7, so she was used to it. His mask however, she had never seen him without. His movements stopped and his eye met her own. Was she staring? Gaige felt her face light up bright red. She was staring. "Sorry, dude. I was just kind of curious? I don't mean to be creepy." The redhead quickly turned away, reaching up the remove the metal clasps from her pigtails. She was sure what she said didn't help any, nor did it make her not want to look again.
Krieg sat motionless, the top strap undone, but the one around his head still clasped. He was tense and almost seemed nervous. Running her fingers through her short red hair, Gaige turned to face him in the small area. "If me being around you without your mask is making you nervous, don't be. We're in this together, to the very end and no matter what might be under there, nothing will change." She encouraged him, scooting a bit closer, just enough so her knees brushed his crossed legs. "Besides, there's no way sleeping in that could ever be comfortable."
Krieg looked at her once again before one of his large hands covered the mask, holding it against his face as he unbuckled the final strap. Yet, as the strap fell to hang on either side of the mask, he didn't move. Reaching up very slowly, Gaige gently rested her much smaller hands on his larger one. Both their hearts pounded and for the first time, Krieg was unsure about something. Gently, Gaige guided his hand down, the mask coming with it.
Two brown eyes met her own green ones, one of his eyes a shade lighter than the other, but one could only tell if they looked close enough. A perfectly sculpted nose was crooked, probably from a long since healed break. A sharp jawline was as sculpted as his muscles were, a pair of full, rosey lips pulling together his features. As she took in the sight of the unmasked psycho, she noticed several scars, some smaller and others a bit bigger, scattered over his face. Gaige knew she should've scooted away. She knew she should've said good night. Knew she should've said she was happy he trusted her enough to remove the mask. But she didn't.
Her body began to run on autopilot, her hands slowly reaching up to the newly exposed skin. Very gently, her hands cupped his cheeks, thumbs running along his weather roughened skin. As her thumbs passed over the scars, the skin was smooth, some smooth but bumpy. Krieg was tense under her touches and she knew she must've been one of the first, if not the first, person to touch him like this. Gentle and caring. Without thinking she leaned forward, hands cupping his cheeks, and pressed her lips into his own. It was only for a brief moment before she quickly pulled back, hands still on his face. It took a moment before she let her hands fall onto her lap and she started scooting away.
"I'm sorry. I-I shouldn't have-," her apology was cut short, a large arm wrapping around her waist and pulling her to lay down. An undignified shriek left her lips, her head finding Krieg's shoulder. She stay nestled into his side, trying to wrap her mind around what had just happened. The kiss couldn't have bothered him much since he now had an arm around her, but was it a mutual thing? Or was it just pity to try and help her feel better about messing up? Gaige wanted to ask, even if there wouldn't be a response, but the Psycho held her close and seemed content with how they were. With some adjustments to the two sleeping bags under them, the two were able to lay comfortably on top of them as Gaige fixed the blankets so that they were both covered. With her flesh arm draped over Krieg's large chest and his arm wrapped around her, holding her close, the two vault hunters soon fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.