Gaige picked up the AI core, and placed it inside a bag made of a copper mesh. She put the bag on her belt, not trusting the faraday cage to prevent her SDU from being compromised. She then turned to walk out of the command centre. Instead, she started floating in the air.

"Shit!" Gaige swore. "The AG must be offline. Guys, are you OK?"

"This is Axton. Me and Salvador just reached the reactor, but the system is shutting down. does that have anything to do with us capturing Jack?"

"Everyone, get out of the station!" screamed Maya over the ECHO channel. "The entire station has just begun to fall back to Pandora. You'll enter the atmosphere in approximately 2 minutes!"

Gaige silently swore, and reached over to her Thruster controls. She pushed the joystick forewards. Nothing happened. She was about to try again when her Oz Kit's AI spoke up in it's calm and collected voice.

Warning! Oz kit Thruster assembly has suffered a critical malfunction. Estimated nanotech repair time: 2 minutes, ten seconds.

"Guys! I'm trapped in the control area! My Oz kit is malfunctioning!

"Ah Shit!" exclaimed Axton. "Me and Salvador just left the station. Just hang on Gaige! We'll…."

"Don't worry ma'am. I'll help."

Gaige spun around using the still-functioning RCS system. She saw a man standing behind her, somehow staying on the floor. He was wearing a Camo jacket, a pair of metal boots, a weird bracer with holograms dancing all over it, and had a small robotic dog sitting on his right shoulder. He had a katana slung over his back, along with a strange, rectangular carbine. At his side was a pistol, which Gaige didn't recognise as being from any manufacturer on Pandora.

"Activate Time-Drive!" the man yelled.

Suddenly, Gaige appeared aboard the shuttle. All the vault hunters looked at her strangely. Before anyone could speak, the shuttle was diving for Pandora, and Gaige was strapping into her seat.

"We're going to land at Sanctuary. Or what's left of it. According to transmissions from Brick…the entire city has fallen to earth. Heavy damage, and many casualties. Luckily, they're out of the zone where Roland 1 is going down. they'll be OK.

Gaige leant back in her seat, and sobbed. She felt something in her hand and opened it. In her palm was a note. It read

By the way ma'am, My name is Jake. And you'll be seeing me again soon.

The shuttle landed at sanctuary, and found devastation. The city had come down at an angle, completely wrecking the north-east side of the city. The command centre was now at an angle, and most of the ship part was in pieces. Around the fallen city, a makeshift refugee camp had quickly been set up by the survivors. The shuttle landed at the edge of the site, and Gaige stepped out into Chaos.

People ran past carrying arms full of supplies and wheeling stretchers. Tents had been set up to shelter the survivors, and to act as makeshift hospitals. Dr Zed ran past, his mask askew, and his arms full of instahealths. All around them, were people trying desperately to help those in need, and trying to salvage what they could from the badly damaged cityship.

Brick ran up, Mordecai limping behind him on crutches. He had blood soaking his shirt, and had a huge chunk of fabric ripped off his pant leg.

"Lily! Thank goodness you're here. This is worse than New Haven! Please come quick, we have wounded. Maya, you know medicine right?"

Maya nodded, and the two Sirens departed with Brick. Mordecai stepped forwards and addressed the rest.

"Alright, we need some help here. Gaige, can you please help with the salvage from the ship. We need anything remotely medical or otherwise vitally important to survival. Sal, go with her. Axton: you're needed over at the north side. some of the local bandits have decided to attack the downed city. We're barely holding them off. Krieg, you come too.

"THE ERASER AND THE SPICY ONE, THE GOALPOST AND THE SHINY ONE, THEY'RE ALL ABOARD THE INTERGALACTIC TRASHCAN! AND ALL I SEE IS RED! AND THE BLOOD MAKES ME ANGRY!"

"Good man, said Mordecai. Gaige saw him step forewards and start talking to Angel. The small siren nodded, and came over to Gaige.

"Gaige, hand me the Faraday Cage." Said the siren. "I'm going to end this once and for all."

Gaige handed over the bad with the AI core inside. Angel focusd her power into it, and the AI core began to smoke. The faraday cage glowed whit hot as Angel disabled the powerful cooling systems and the minute fans that kept the powerful computer core from overheating. Slowly, the core melted into a pile of molten metal, and dripped from the bottom of the bag.

"Goodbye Dad," said Angel. "Go to hell, and stay there."

Gaige ran off, towards the downed ship. She looked back, and saw Angel walk towards the camp. Finally, Pandora was safe from Jack.

Over at the ruins of Moxxi's red light, Maya was desperately trying to dig aside the debris surrounding someone trapped under the rubble. She finally unearthed the person and gasped. Moxxi, the most Buxom bar-owner in the universe (and arguably the most coveted person in the universe) was dying. She had a piece of metal through her side, which was covered in blood.

"Maya…" wheezed the dying bartender. "Get Zoe for me, will you."

Maya waved over the distraught waitress. She saw Moxxi, and started weeping.

"Zoe," said the dying woman. "Please, keep up my legacy. I trust that you'll keep my bar open, and keep the people entertained?"

Zoe nodded, and kept weeping. Moxxi looked up at the sky, and she said her last ever innuendo.

"Hope those angels are blowing their trumpets…."

Above all the commotion, a lone observer watches. Surrounded by a bubble of oxygen, he uses his eye to zoom in on the commotion. Smiling he says a couple of words to his robotic dog. He disappears inside a wobbling green portal. Beneath this, the planet Pandora sits. Violent as it is, it is safe. For now.

Thanks to everyone for being here for this INCREDIBLE journey. The appearance of Jake at the end will lead into another story. As many will have guessed, Jake is a analogue for me in my Fanfiction stories. Also, I have a few messages for the community.

1.The next book will be delayed, as I am writing another story. As well as this, there will be some bonus content relased later in this novel, so keep tuning back in to see more.

2.I will be shutting down my SubNautica and Fallout stories for now. Keep in mind that they will still be up, but they will not be completed, nor updated in the foreseeable future

3.Thanks to all my fans, and to those in the US and Germany for your continued support. As you may be aware, my story has been put up on TV tropes as one of the recommended fanfics. To whoever did that, you have my thanks and gratitude.

4.Keep on wandering the borderlands folks!