A/N: Here is the tenth chapter of my story! It isn't as action packed as the others but still good, I thought the story could use a break from the spiral of events that have been happening lately. Enjoy the read and remember to leave a review!

DiosSegador: I was hoping for that reaction :)

Isaac Clark aka Reven: Thanks, that chapter was one of my favorites too! Hope you enjoy this one just as much!

Chapter Ten: The Imprisonment

Roland woke up to find his hands in shackles and his body full of pain. He looked around and saw that he was sitting in a prison cell; his plan had failed. Roland hung his head, he had failed his team, he had failed himself, worst of all he had failed Lilith. Who knows what Jack would do to them now that he had his hands on them, probably some horrible unspeakable experiment that would most likely drive them insane.

"Roland!" He looked up and saw Lilith in chains on the other side of the cell.

"Lilith, I'm sorry I failed you. I've let you all down…" Roland said dejectedly

Lilith walked over to Roland and sat beside him. "Don't worry Roland, whatever happens we have each other. You've done a great job as leader and I'm sure you can come up with an escape plan again."

Roland put his arm around her and pulled her close. Lilith was unlike anyone he had ever met, she was smart, kind, and always knew what to say. Lilith smiled faintly at him, holding him close to try to keep warmth in their cold cell. Roland thought, maybe it was possible to escape this place. He just needed time to think and plan and an opportunity. "Lilith, can you phase walk through these shackles?"

"I probably can," answered Lilith, slightly embarrassed she hadn't thought of that before. She focused herself and phased right through the shackles. Lilith rubbed her wrists, which were red and chafed from the shackles.

"Good job," said Roland, "now if you can undo my bindings at least we'll be able to walk in this inescapable cell." Lilith broke off Roland's shackles and he got up and embraced her. The two held the hug until a voice called over to them, "Get a room you two!" They looked over towards the cell across from them and saw Salvador and Brick in straight jackets.

"Roland, we gotta get out of here before the start testing us!" yelled Brick, trying to wriggle out of his straight jacket. Roland looked around to try to find something, anything to help them escape.

"Where are the others?" asked Roland

"They took Axton to watch Maya get used for whatever Jack has in store for her. Mordecai, Moxxi, and Gaige are in the cell next to us and Zer0 is alone in that cell over there. Zer0, thought Axton, he and Angel weren't there for the escape, maybe he knows something he hasn't told us.

"Zer0!" called Roland. Zer0 turned his head towards his leader in acknowledgement. "Why weren't you there when we tried to escape, what were you doing that was more important than sticking with the team!"

"Yeah," said Lilith, starting to get angry too, "where you helping Jack capture us for some sort of reward?!"

"Does it look like I was rewarded?" Zer0 said coldly. Everyone looked over to him; surprised he had actually spoken up.

"Well where were you then?" asked Mordecai, still skeptical

Time to come clean, "I was never captured in this prison, I was here to assassinate the president and CEO of Hyperion, Handsome Jack"

That shut everybody up. Roland, after a few seconds of silence, finally spoke up, "Handsome Jack, is the president of the Hyperion Corporation?"

Zer0 nodded painfully, "I didn't know either until… until she told me."

"She who?" asked Lilith

Zer0 didn't even want to say her name. She didn't deserve his words, but he decided to say the name anyways, "Angel."

"Wait, wait, hold on, Angel was your contractor?" Moxxi said in disbelief, "That girl was so innocent and kind, she wouldn't want anybody dead!"

"That's what I thought until she stabbed me in the back…" responded Zer0, trying not to think too hard about what had happened. She had meant the world to him, but everything was fake. He let her play him, manipulate him, and then betrayed him for that horrible man. Roland punched the wall; it was Angel all along! Angel was the one who told Jack about their plan and deactivated the shields. They had trusted her blindly and now they were paying the price. He couldn't believe he had been so stupid! Lilith put her hand on his shoulder to try to calm him down but it was no use. "That bitch!" yelled Roland, "We should have never trusted her!"

"Hey Roland, I think we're missing someone," said Salvador, trying to rack his brain and remember who.

"Luke," responded Lilith, "he and I got into a fight so he turned around at the last second! He may have gotten away!"

Roland sighed in relief; at least they had someone on the outside they may be able to count on.

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"Good job team Jack!" Handsome Jack said as he slowly clapped. Standing in front of him were Angel and Luke, the two betrayers. "Angel," he continued, "honey I'm so proud of you! You really pulled through with that Zer0 guy!" Angel turned away, her eyes welling up. "and Luke! Stellar job luring those bandits into that trap, you really out did yourself. To bad Lilith wouldn't come with you, but hey you're still off scotch free!" Luke lowered his head, Lilith would see his reasoning and she'd leave his place with him. It would be just like old times again, he promised himself. Jack walked out of the room and came back with Maya. He was dragging her by a metal collar around her neck, which Angel immediately recognized as the control collar. Maya was trying to struggle and fight him, but the collar was prohibiting her from using her powers.

"This right here, is the key to the next step of my plan!" Jack proudly proclaimed, "Maya, say hello to my two most loyal employees." Maya looked up and her jaw dropped when she saw Luke and Angel. "You bastards," she growled, "YOU BASTARDS!" As she yelled the last part her eyes turned blue and her siren wings shot out of her back. She lunged at the two but was immediately grounded by a shock administered by the collar. She got up panting, clearly the numerous amount of shocks Jack had given her had taken their toll. "You sold us out to this bastard. We could have been free, but you betrayed us!"

"Is Lilith OK?" asked Luke; still focused on making sure his siren wasn't hurt.

Maya gritted her teeth, "Of course she isn't, she's been imprisoned with the rest of us! But what do you care, you're just a traitorous rat…"

"I care because I love her and I want to make sure she's safe!" yelled Luke

Maya smiled and said in the most biting tone she could muster, "well I'm sure she'll think about that when she's in bed with Roland."

"SHUT UP!" Luke kicked Maya, knocking her over. But that didn't faze her, she was still laughing at him. Luke reared back for another punch when Jack stopped him. "You idiot, we need her alive. If she isn't I'll have to use your precious Lilith and I don't think you want that!"

"Why didn't you just use Angel in the first place, she's a siren," sneered Luke

Jack suddenly got infuriated once he heard those words come out of Luke's mouth. He kneed Luke in the stomach then kicked him in the face. "Don't you, EVER say that!"

Luke staggered up, dazed and confused about what had just happened. Jack snorted and walked towards the door. Before he left he turned and said, "You two make sure the prisoners don't escape, I'm going to get Maya here set up." With that he left Angel and Luke alone in his office. Luke looked over to Angel, who was hanging her head in shame. He frowned, isn't this what she wanted? She was the one who chose to help Jack. "What are you so upset about?"

Angel looked up, her eyes red from crying, "What am I upset about?! I just betrayed the only people who have actually cared for me and they probably never want to see me again! You should be upset too!"

"I've betrayed no one," said Luke, "Lilith is safe and I never cared for the others. All that matters is her safety."

Angel laughed, "You think she's safe? In here she will never be safe! You are so blinded with jealousy and possessiveness that you never realized you had a chance to escape this place!"

"There was no chance, even without my help Jack still would have captured them!" yelled Luke

"You don't know that! You should have left with the others while you had the chance instead of believing Jack!"
Luke was mad now, "Oh, and here you are, talking like you're on some moral high ground here! Don't forget you betrayed them just as much as I did."

"I did, and not a minute goes by where I wish I hadn't! But at least I'm willing to accept that I made a mistake instead of trying to stay under the illusion that what I did was for the greater good!"

"I'll kill you," threatened Luke

"You think I'm scared of you?" Angel said, "If you so much as lay a finger on me Jack will have you killed in many horrible ways."

Luke hated to admit it, but he knew it was true. For some reason Jack was extremely protective of Angel, when he even brought up the idea of hurting her he had gotten the beating of his life. Luke sneered at her and stormed out of the room. He was doing the right thing. He was protecting Lilith. Angel watched him walk away. She had to right her wrong somehow.

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Zer0 sat in his cell and stared at the wall. For some reason staring at it brought him peace. He studied its design, every crack and every brick. He was honestly ready to die; he just hoped it would be quick. He heard footsteps behind him and turned to see what their source was. Behind him was the one thing he never wanted to see again, the demon. Pain shot through his head as memories from the events from nights ago returned to him. He turned his head back towards the wall.

"Zer0," said Angel, "I'm sorry for everything." Zer0 still stayed silent, staring at the wall like he had been doing for the past two days. His silence was more painful to her then anything. "Zer0, I had no choice. You have to understand!" Again, Zer0 was silent. "Zer0," pleaded Angel, "Zer0 say something! I don't know what to do!"

Zer0 finally responded, "There's nothing left to say."

Those five words hit Angel like bullets, shattering her spirit, "Please forgive me, I want to help you!"

"Stop talking to him!" Angel turned towards the voice and saw Roland glaring at her through his cell.

"Roland, I'm so sorry…" apologized Angel

Roland shook his head, "save it, I don't want your apology. I don't know why you betrayed us but I should have never trusted you."

Angel started to cry, "please Roland, tell Zer0 to at least speak with me!"

"Why, so you can hurt him more then you already have!" yelled Roland, almost waking Lilith, who was sleeping in her bunk.

"I know what I did, but I need to talk to him," Angel said calmly

"No, now just leave us be. The sight of people like you makes me sick" Roland said as he too turned away from her. Angel begged to Zer0 with her hands covering her face, "Please talk with me. I need your help."

"Fine, let's talk." Angel looked up and saw Zer0 standing over her from behind his containment field. Zer0 said, "Let's talk about how I trusted you and you betrayed me." Zer0's voice started to gain strength as he continued, "Let's talk about how I told you everything and you betrayed me!" Zer0 then yelled, "ABOUT HOW I LOVED YOU, AND YOU BETRAYED ME!" Angel's tears stopped as she knelt in front of him in shock and silence. "You have nothing to say, that's what I thought. I ended up helping you not because I wanted to be paid, but because I cared for you. But now I've learned from my mistake and I will improve. Watch where you step Angel because I will escape the confines of this prison and once I do, you and Jack will never be safe again." With that Zer0 turned around and sat back down staring at the wall. He would get revenge, this he was sure of. Angel got up and slowly backed away, the love of her life had just issued a death threat to her.

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Roland had to figure out a plan, they weren't going to survive long at all in here, and who knew what awful things Jack had prepared. He and Lilith sat together and tried to think up of something, anything that could get them out. Roland had told Lilith all about how Angel had come down to visit them and what had happened with Zer0. Lilith was shocked and angered that Angel had the nerve to show her face again after what she had did to them. Roland seemed to have calmed, but after the visit he was even more motivated to find a way out and get revenge on Jack and all those involved with him. They were going to bring him to his knees somehow.

"We could have Zer0 turn invisible and when the guards come to check if he's still in his cell we could strike," suggested Lilith

"No," said Roland, "they already know Zer0 can turn invisible, it would be useless to try and trick them that way."

"Well maybe we can contact Luke and see…" Roland knew where this was going. He had accepted that Luke was gone, but Lilith couldn't seem to let go. Lilith kept hoping that Luke would come back for them, of course unaware of the unfortunate reality.

"I'm just saying he could come back," she insisted

Roland shook his head and said, "Lilith he's probably off this planet right now. That's what the smart thing to do would be at least."

"No," yelled Lilith, "he would never leave me! I've known him my whole life, he has protected me from everything that wanted to use me or hurt me and he won't stop now!" Lilith couldn't believe Roland had given up on her friend so easily; it was simply infuriating!

Roland was getting annoyed by her constant insistence and responded harshly to this outburst, "Lilith he's not here! He's not with us right now! I'm trying to get us out of here and all you can focus on is him!"

Lilith realized he was right, she may have had more feelings for Luke then she thought. This realization only made her angrier. "Why shouldn't I be, he's my best friend and I love him! I can't live without him and if you can't accept that…"

Roland turned away, hurt by what she had said. She immediately realized what she had said and regretted it. "Roland I'm…" Roland just shook his head and walked to the other corner of the cell, pulling out his knife and carving out an escape plan. Nice one Lilith, real smooth, she thought.

"Hey Lilith," Lilith looked to the cell next to her where she saw Mordecai standing.

"Now's not a good time Mordecai…" she said

"Look Lilith, if it's any consolation to you I do think Luke is probably trying to help us," Mordecai said trying to cheer her up

"I know, if only you could convince Roland…"

Mordecai shook his head, "You didn't let me finish. I think he's trying but we can't rely on him to get us out. Roland was partly telling you the truth, in here we are basically on our own."

"But you just said," Lilith objected

Mordecai held up his hand motioning for her to hold on, "I know what I said, but the point is we need to not focus on emotions right now and figure out a plan to get out. As I've learned a good sniper waits patiently for the perfect shot, then when it presents itself he strikes with unparalleled accuracy. You can't take a good shot if you are preoccupied by other things. So just try not to think on Luke to much and instead think of an escape plan."

Lilith decided Mordecai was right, all that mattered was the escape, and if emotion clouded her judgment she wouldn't be able to help.

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Salvador sat in his cell, waiting for the right timing. He knew a chance would show itself if he just waited. The thought of the carnage he was ready to cause made him smile madly, the destruction that was soon to come. He heard footsteps coming down the hall and voices.

"God I hate this job," said one of them

"Yeah," complained the other, "why do we always get stuck feeding the crazies and mutants?"

"I don't know." The two figures, which turned out to be Hyperion soldiers rounded the corner and started to walk towards the cells with a bucket of foul looking food. Salvador grinned, showtime.

"Hey putas!" The two soldiers looked around and saw Salvador sitting in his straight jacket giving them a crazy grin. They began to start walking again when Salvador called over again, "Hey, putas, I'm hungry!" The soldiers laughed and said, "We were gonna feed you, but then you called us bitches, so you can go hungry."

Salvador shook his head, "What, are you two too scared to come in here with me even when I'm restrained like this."

One of the soldiers started to tense up, target acquired. "Oh come on, you guys are soldiers! Either they've started to recruit dirty nomads or Hyperion's just lowered the bar!"

"Watch you mouth, I come from a nomad family!"

Salvador laughed, "So does that mean your mother is you sister, or under that helmet you're just plain ugly!"

"Be quiet…"

"Or what are you gonna do? Not feed me? Teach me a lesson from the other side of this force field? Hahaha, you should even be ashamed to call yourself a nomad!"

The soldier had had enough of this. "Hold this," he said to the other as he gave him his gun, "I'm gonna teach this punk some manners"

The other started to protest, "Uhh I don't think…" but it was too late, the nomad soldier opened the force field and walked in the cell. He smiled at Salvador and said, "I'm gonna enjoy this."

Salvador stretched his neck and smiled, "bring it on!"

The soldier through a punch at him, but Salvador dodged with surprising dexterity. He then rammed into the nomad soldier, knocking him on the ground. The other soldier started to pull out his gun, but Salvador was too close. Salvador kicked the man in the balls and used his head to break his back. Salvador then turned to the nomad soldier, who was just getting up and lunged at him, biting his neck. After a bloody battle, Salvador had managed to kill the two soldiers. He bent over and used the soldier's gun's bayonet to rip off the straight jacket. He then walked over to Brick, who had somehow slept through the whole fight and woke him up.

"Hmmm, what is it?" asked Brick, dazed and still tired. Salvador smiled and held up the soldier's key card, "Time to bounce amigo!" Once Brick escaped his straight jacket they walked over to Roland and Lilith's cell. Roland walked over and smiled as the shield confining them went down. "Good work with step one," he said with a confident smile, "now for step two."

A/N: Time for another prison break! Remember to leave a review and thanks for reading!