Rhys' POV
"Oh dude, you almost kissed her! Damn, pumpkin, you could've slept with her!" Jack said.
"Shut up!" I said.
"What? I didn't say anyt-" Fiona stopped, "You were talking to Jack weren't you?" I nodded. "Heh, I'm gonna have to get used to that." She said as she folded her arms.
A few days later
For the past few days I havn't been able to take my eye off of Fiona, damn she is beautiful.
"Yea she is!" Jack exclaimed. I forgot that he can read my mind. I can see Jack now, Scooter managed to fix my ECHO-eye up, even if it did take about eight hours. "Listen cupcake..." I looked at Jack, we were on top of the RV and everyone else had gone to the world of curiosities to get some money and more ammo. "I know you wanna bang that chick."
"What? What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Don't act like you don't know." He replied with a glare. I lay down on my back before saying,
"So what? It's never gonna happen anyway..." I placed my hand over my eyes.
"WOAH, Kiddo! I didn't think you would actually admit it!" He exclaimed. "She digs you, man. I bet you'll bang soon."
"Don't say it like that, it sounds weird." I said as I stood up and went down the ladder. I got to the bottom of the ladder, turned around and Jack appeared in front of me.
"Don't be so down, pumpkin. Hat lady is perrrrfect for ya."
"How many nicknames can a person even come up with?" I asked as I folded my arms.
"What? Princess? Pumpkin? Cupcake? Walnut head?" he started to name some.
"Walnut head?" I questioned.
"Yeah. Vasquez is Wallet head and you are Walnut head! The perfect duo!" Jack chanted.
"Wallet head? Why was he called that?"
"H-he was going through these hair implants an-and I would stick money to his head... it's confusing but hilarious."
"Annnnd why am I called Walnut head?" I raised my eyebrow.
"Simple. Your head looks like a walnut!"
"Wooooow, thanks." I said as I exited the RV to be greeted with Loaderbot and Gortys.
"Hey, Rhys!" Gortys said, happily.
"Hey Gortys, hey Loaderbot," I smiled.
"Hi." Loaderbot replied.
"HEY!" a female voice sounded as I started to look around. I looked at Jack and he just shrugged then disappered. Great, he was helpful. I was suddenly tackled to the ground, "You're coming with me." she said.
"Loaderbot hel-" I paused as I looked at Loaderbot and Gortys. They had both been shot with shock damage by a woman with red hair. The person who had tackled me had raven-coloured hair and a hat, they were also aiming a pistol at my head.
"Nice job, ladies." that voice. Who could forget that voice?
"Vazquez." I simply said.
"Hello, Rhys! Long time no see. How long has it been? Over a year?" He allowed me to stand and he and the raven haired woman aimed their guns at me. The crimson haired woman was aiming a corrosive elemental weapon at Loaderbot and Gortys in case they made a move.
"Wh- what uh do you want from me?" I questioned with my hands both up.
"We're here to take you back to Helios, we have some... testing we need to do on you." Vazquez stated as he walked towards me. Athena may have taught me how to defend myself, but there was no way in hell I was going to escape three people with guns. "Come on! Let's go!" Vasquez announced. The raven haired woman came behind me and cuffed me, I started to get dragged away from the RV and the damaged Loaderbot. Vasquez had picked up Gortys, "And you... are gonna help us find a vault." Vasquez said with a smirk.
Fiona's POV
I examined the extra bullets I now had for my gun and I placed that him in my coat's inside pocket. Sasha, Vaughn and I were on the trek back to the RV, only another 10 minute walk.
"Hey, Fi." Sasha said.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"What uh- what did Rhys have to tell in 'private' a few days ago?"
"Oh that, it wasn't anything important." I lied. Of course it was! Jack was living in Rhys' head!
"If it wasn't important, why don't you just tell us?" Vaughn spoke up.
"I promised Rhys that I wouldn't tell anyone, he will tell you himself if he wants to." I replied. The RV was in sight, I noticed that loaderbot was lying on the ground not moving.
"Loaderbot?!" Vaughn shouted as we all ran towards him. I ran into the RV and looked around for any signs of Rhys or Gortys. They were nowhere to be found. I exited the RV and Sasha asked,
"What happened?"
"Rhys and Gortys were taken by some vault hunters and Hugo Vasquez." He said in his emotionless robotic voice.
"MINION!" Came another robotic voice. "WAAAAAHHH! PROTECT ME SQUIRE!" A small yellow robot with one blue eye came bolting up to use, he was being followed by about 5 skags.
"Oh for the love of..." I said before shooting the skags, Sasha helped. Once all of the skags were dead the robot came towards us and exclaimed,
"You saved me, minion! And for that I am eternally grateful!" He waved his arms in the air, "I am CL4P-TP, but you can call me Claptrap! I overheard that your buddy was stolen by some vault hunters! And after you saved me, I have decided to be of assistance!" We all looked confused. Claptrap sighed, "I help you! You understand en-gl-ish?" He said slowly.
"Yes. We understand English!" Vaughn said.
"Oh. Good!" He replied. "You look like a Hyperion worker! Are you?" Claptrap asked Vaughn,
"Yeah, you were made by one of my friends up on Helios." He replied.
Loaderbot stood up slowly and said,
"I can track Rhys' ECHO-eye." He paused, "I can confirm that he is on route to Helios." He pointed to the big 'H' in the sky.
"We have to go up there and get him," I said with worry.
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Sasha questioned as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Maybe Scooter can help?" Vaughn suggested. I nodded.
Loaderbot gave the thumbs up before climbing on top of the RV and sitting down.
"LET'S GO, MINION!" He chanted. I rolled my eyes. We all climbed into the RV except for Claptrap who shouted, "STAIRS? NOOOOOOO!" I sighed with annoyance before Vaughn and I picked up the small but heavy robot and brought him inside the RV. Don't worry, Rhys. I'm coming.
As we all reached Scooter's garage we all exited the RV, and Loaderbot stayed on top of it. A bandit came towards us and said,
"Give me all your money," He aimed a rocket launcher at us. I was about to shoot him but Claptrap swiftly took my gun and shot the bandit in the head,
"Ha ha ha! FALL BEFORE YOUR ROBOT OVERLORD!" He gave me my gun back before heading into Scooter's garage. I rubbed my forehead, Sasha complained,
"Jesus, why are they so annoying?"
"To be honest, Handsome Jack is the one who designed them and I have NO idea as to why he designed them in that way." Vaughn stated. I shrugged as Sasha and I went into Scooter's. Vaughn stayed behind in the RV.
"Welcome back to Scooter's Catch-a-riiiiide!" Scooter said with a smile. "And I see you've brought a lil robot with ya."
"I am the all mighty Claptrap and you will bow down to me!" Claptrap shouted at Scooter. Scooter raised his eyebrow at Claptrap,
"Claptrap, go and make yourself useful by finding some supplies for the journey." I said. Claptrap headed over to some shelves and started to chant,
"C to the L to the 4 to the P to the WHAAAT!" I rolled my eyes before saying,
"Scooter, we kinda need your hel-" That's when I noticed Springs come out from a nearby room. I was about to draw my pistol before she said,
"Woah, no need to worry yourself. I aint got nothing against ya," She sighed, "And Athena isn't here, she's at home so she won't be shanking you or anything."
"Well that's a relief," Sasha said as she folded her arms.
"Soooo what is it ya needed?" Scooter asked.
"Well, we are going to space and we were wondering if you could help us build a rocket!" I explained.
"Space? Man, I love space! Of course I will help you lovely ladies out! When you need it done by?" He asked.
"As soon as possible really. You remember Rhys? He was captured by Vault hunters and taken to Helios." Sasha replied.
"Minion! I have found apples! Will they be of use?!" Claptrap shouted. I shook my head in disappointment,
"Sure! Whatever!" I called over.
"EXCELLENT!" Claptrap said. God why was he so happy all the time?
"Springs, are you gonna help us build a rocket?" Scooter asked her. She looked at us before smirking,
"Let's build ourselves a rocket."
A/N:
Hope you enjoyed! Rhys is going to be tested on when he gets to Helios, because of something 'floating' around his head.
Will the gang get to Helios before Rhys is killed from all the tests he will receive?
