seventh chapter! sorry that i tend to update at the end of the week, but i don't exactly spend most of my time on the computer, so i'll usually update on the weekends. But next week, I'll have to update before the weekend. Be happy! and please review, would you? and not just saying 'good work' etc. But an actual, long-ish review, questions, and stuff like that... but yeah.
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Dante's P.O.V
as we arrived at the Three horns divide, we started making our way towards the catch-a-ride station that was nearby, with angel helping us. 'I thought she'd keep herself hidden from us… but I guess not.' were my thoughts when she insisted on communicating with us. That was two hours ago, and now we're making our way towards the sanctuary after obtaining the power core that Bloodshot bandit's had taken from Cpl. Reiss. I didn't use any rokushiki moves yet, and neither did Jay. We had agreed that we'd use them if it became absolutely necessary, although we use'd soru and kami-e, without anyone else, except maybe Zero, noticing.
We arrived shortly at the sanctuary and made our way towards Scooter's workshop. He was sitting on a regular stool, with his feet propped up on a pile of tires. 'Just like I remember him from the game.' I thought to myself and listened what he was going to say as he started talking, even though I knew what he was going to say before even coming here.
"oh, crap, is you hyperion? I heard all of you are robots and eat metal out of the garbage and stuff. Knew you wired death-machines would be coming for me once Roland went missing. Now, if you're here to kill me, you should probably know…" Scooter said as he jumped on top of the stack of tires his feet had been resting on. "You'll never take me alive you robotic sumbitch!" He finished and finally looked at all of us properly.
"wait a minute… Well, hang me upside-down from a telephone pole cover me in honey and leave me to a slow death at the hands of hungry spider-ants, you ain't no robots! You're Vault hunters! That's like a bunch of unicorns!" He said and made his way off from the pile of tires he was standing on. we all just remained silent as he kept on babbling.
"So y'all gonna help us out with this whole Roland situation? Roland said that if he ever disappeared, I were to intiate 'Plan B.' Or as I like to call it, Plan Turn-this-city-into-a-floatin'-ass-fortress-of-air borne-awesomeness. B." he said and I started recalling the locations of the fuel cells, which Scooter's going to make us get soon. One's on our left, next to the car and on the shelf, another one is upstairs on one of the several shelves, and the last one we must buy from Earl.
"I got some fuel cells around here. You'll need those – oh, and you'll need this Eridium here too." Scooter said as he handed us four Eridium bars, which I took, because I was closest to him. I also started making my way upstairs, knowing that the second cell would be there.
"well, let's find those cells, I guess." Jay said and made his way towards the one on the shelf next to the broken down car. He took it and asked Scooter if that was it and when he got a 'Yeah' as a response, then I took the other fuel cell and showed it to the other's down below. "Found it." I said and made my way down.
"Head to the center a' town and plug those two fuel cells into the ignition primers. You gon' need a third, which is why I gave you that there rid-rock – you can buy the last cell from Earl's black market. Careful though, Earl's crazy – he ate one of my cars once. Yeah. The whole car. Just with, like, a fork." Scooter said and made his way towards the broken down car, taking out an odd toolkit, whilst we made our way towards the center of the town to plug in the first two fuel cells.
"alright, we can put the the two cells into place, you six go and buy the last one." I said to the other vault hunter's as me and Jay started making our way towards the ignition primers. I went to the one closer to the Crimson raider's headquarters, whilst Jay took the one next to the quest board. Once we had plugged them simultaneously, Scooter started speaking through our Echo communicator's. Claptrap had given us both one earlier, said he found eight of them… how convenient.
"Roland said we gotta have an exit strategery just in case he ever disappeared, hence all the fuel cells and whatnot. Bummer, though – he really wanted to meet y'all. Raider's ain't gonna last without some new blood, and given how you shot them bandits up I'd say y'all and blood got an extra-special relationship. Like cousins takin' a bath together." Scooter said, just as the six vault hunter's came back from Earl's black market, with Axton taking the final fuel cell and plugging it in the final ignition primer.
"Hey, thanks for grabbin' all that stuff for me. Third degree burns are best taken in shifts. Now, to see the fruits of your loins – this city's gonna FLY!" scooter spoke through the echo communicator's once more, and we watched as the… well, whatever the hell that thing in the middle of the sanctuary is, glowed slightly teal and then we heard an electric sound, similar to something shutting down after being put under too much pressure.
"…or, not. Damn. Well, now we REALLY gotta find Roland. You know what – Maybe get to Roland's place. I think he mighta left a message there for ya." Scooter, again, spoke through the echo communicator's we all had, and with that said, we made our way towards Roland's place, as told.
"Vault hunters! Get in! Roland left a message for ya." A crimson raider said and gave us a key, which Salvador took, and opened the door to the crimson raider's headquarters. Dr. Patricia Tannis was sleeping on one of the bunk beds when we noticed the echo recorder on the table. Krieg took it, muttering something about raw steak and meat bicycle's as he started the echo recorder.
"Hey, soldiers. If you're hearing this, I'm in trouble. Right now, you're the only things standing between this city – hell, the whole planet – and Handsome Jack's army. I left info about my whereabouts in my safe. You can use it to store anything you need – this is your home, now, good luck." and the recording ended. By the time it did, Salvador, Axton and Zero had started lounging about, with Salvador and axton trying out the Bunk beds and Zero leaning against the wall being all cool and casual.
"To the safe it is." I muttered making my way upstairs, and seeing the huge-ass safe that was positioned there. It was even bigger than what it looked like in the game. After opening it, we found another echo recorder, with 'We' being me, Jay, Gaige and Maya, because the other's had remained downstairs.
"This is the firehawk. Come to Frostburn canyon or people will die." Came a deep, slightly metallic voice from the echo recorder once we activated it. And somehow, Scooter had heard the thing and then he started panicking.
"The Firehawk? You mean the mass-murderin' bounty hunter?! Oh, crap – if the Firehawk's got him, Roland's in DEEP! You gotta get to Frostburn canyon and rescue his ass!" Scooter shouted over the Echo communicator as the four of us currently upstairs made our way down.
Immediately after that, Angel started speaking. She hadn't spoken in awhile. "If Roland has been captured by the Firehawk, he's in danger. You eight are the only one's who can stop Jack, but Roland is the man with the plan, so to speak – he knows the best way to strike at hyperion."
Well, time to make our way to Frostburn Canyon then, but first, everyone will probably want to buy some guns... and check out Sanctuary properly before leaving.
After buying guns, we made our way towards the exit of sanctuary. Me, Jay and Zero bought sniper rifles and pistol's of different kinds. Salvador and Axton bought assault rifles and shotguns, and Salvador bought two launcher's, too. Maya got herself a pistol and an Maliwan SMG with shock attributes. Gaige didn't have too much money, so i bought her an assault rifle and an SMG. She then bought herself a pistol as a back-up. Krieg got himself two launcher's, nothing else. 'Not that i or Jay would need weapons anyway... But it'll be fun to snipe unaware bandits in the head.' i thought to myself as we made our way out of the sanctuary.
We arrived outside the Frostburn canyon rather quickly, and the area had some bandit's patrolling. A rough ten to fifteen of them. Me, Jay, Axton, Salvador and Zero were thinking up a plan to take them out as effectively as possible. 'In the game there was no planning, just storming in and killing everybody. But alas, i prefer planning anyway.' i thought to myself and started listening properly, because i had been playing with an odd earring i had gotten myself earlier, who knew that there were actually tattooists and piercing makers in Sanctuary? In any case, the earring was a dice on a black string on my left ear.
"Alright, here's my plan: First, Salvador and Krieg go in, guns blazing, with me following them shortly. Then the girls-" Axton was cut off by Maya. "girls, Axton?" she 'asked' with a small glare directed at Axton. "...Ladies. the ladies will enter the area after i throw down my turret. Meanwhile, Zero, Dante and Jay will snipe anyone who gets too close for comfort. Is this good for everyone?" Axton asked as we made our way towards the entrance. All of us agreed with the plan. Me and Jay because we didn't want to show everyone our Rokushiki skills just yet. Before we had left Sanctuary, we had decided to show them once we were forced to.
"alright! let's kick some ass!" me and Gaige shouted at the same time, but still keeping our voice's down so that the bandit's wouldn't hear us, and i stared at her whilst she just gave me a confused look.
so, in a few minutes, salvador and Krieg ran in, with axton following shortly. Salvador gunzerking, Krieg slicing people with his Buzz axe and Axton throwin down his turret, which was the sign for the ladies to enter the field. Gaige summoned Deathtrap immediately and Maya started Phaselocking enemies. Me, Jay and Zero started sniping the bandits, and in a few minutes, all of them were dead and none of us received much damage.
"To the Frostburn Canyon it is." Jay said and with that, we made our way inside the Frostburn Canyon
Once we entered the area, angel started speaking again: "The Firehawk should be around here somewhere. Stay alert." as we went a little bit farther, we noticed a few bloodshot's running past the area, so we hid for about fifteen seconds as we watched them pass by. "That's weird - The bloodshot bandit clan seems to be attacking Firehawk's lair. They've probably left landmarks for their reinforcements - those should lead you to the Firehawk... That, or just... Follow the screaming." Angel spoke through the Echo communicator's once more. THEN this bandit guy, Flanksteak, i think his name was, started speaking to us.
"Step off, Vault hunters - this is between the Bloodshots and the Firehawk! Once my boys bring his ass back to me, he's gonna pay for every Bloodshot he killed! We're gonna string him up from his own freakin' intestines!" He said and cut the connection. For now, that is. "Well, that was... Needlessly graphic." Angel said a moment after Flanksteak had shut up, and i couldn't help but smile at her. She seems so innocent.
After that little chatting session, we made our way towards the first bloodshot sign and headed downwards to where the entrance towards Firehawk was. After a few moments of combat and murder, because of more fucking bandits, we found the second bloodshot sign. And then Angel spoke once more. "This is unusual - the Firehawk has harrassed the Bloodshots for some time, but they have never mounted such a large-scale assault on the Firehawk before. I wonder what's given them such confidence?"
And then Flanksteak started babbling. Again. "Keep goin, Bloodshots! That demonic... THING will rue the goddamn day it messed with us! We're gonna make the Firehawk choke to death on his own feces!" At that, i wrinkled my nose a bit in distaste at the odd way of killing, the girls made gagging noises whilst axton and Jay looked mildly disturbed, Salvador laughed at the comment and Krieg was muttering about meat bicycles and angel commented: "Dude. Ew."
We kept on fighting against the bandit's and processing slowly, but surely. Jackass himself had contacted us twice, and he actually had given me and Jay bounties! Ten million each.
In the end, the only enemies that actually proved to be a challenge, were the Badasses. Mainly psycho ones. Me, Jay and Zero had cut all of them apart so far, but i'm not sure if that tactic will work for long.
"This is it - the Firehawk's hideout. Be careful, friends: there are bound to be traps everywhere." Angel said as we entered his - or her - hideout. And the first thing that comes at us? two goddamn badass psychos.
They were taken down rather quickly, although i had to use tekkai, not that anyone except Jay would notice that, as i punched the last badass in the stomach with a fist of steel. Not literally of course, but my hand was as strong as steel at the moment due to Tekkai.
We kept on moving and evading Firehawk's fire traps. Soon enough, Jackass spoke to us. "Feel that? The sound of those earthquakes marks my drills getting closer and closer to the vault. That's the sound of progress, baby!" He said and cut the connection.
Soon, we entered Firehawk's lair, as it was called in the game and came on top of a platform with two bruisers on it. Everyone was about to fight when they exploded in flames and a woman with flaming wings on her back appeared on the platform. The firehawk was here.
Her wings dissipated, and her siren tattoo stopped glowing and then she uttered one word. "Sup." and then she collapsed.
We got this far in one chappie! yay so next chapter it's bloodshot stronghold time! have fun people, review, favourite, follow, etc.
Hope you enjoyed, buh-bye!
