Disclaimer, I own nothing. The characters presented by my story belong to Gearbox and 2K. The characters are fictional, any events that occur are purely coincidental. (IE If one day a Siren walks up to you, Phaselocks you, and shoots you, please don't sue me)

Also, this story is based on Maya. She is my favorite character and I will be writing this story in relation to how I believe she is thinking. In the interest of not plagiarizing the entire game, I will find ways to skip unimportant dialogues and go straight to my own work.

*Italicized texts are Maya's thoughts*

Chapter 10

No Attachments

Zer0 looked out into the icy tundra while pacing back and forth. He felt something was wrong, Maya had been gone for almost half an hour.

"Hey, can you stop walking around like that? I can see your footprints on the damn snow," Axton complained, getting dizzy from watching Zer0 for the past ten minutes.

"She is still not back, I heard some gunshots earlier, and she hasn't contacted us," Zer0 countered. "I'm worried."

"Bro, I feel for you. But Maya is a grown woman and she can take care of herself."

"Please, she was walking with her head in the clouds earlier, she could have gotten shot!"

"Well she didn't, instead she got a fat ass bruise from your football tackle. Seriously was that even necessary?"

Salvador joined in, "Yeah, that was totally OVERKILL! You KNOCKED the poor girl down so fast and then YELLED AT HER!"

"Yeah, man was she pissed. I don't think I'd ever seen her so quiet before," Axton agreed, defending his friend.

Zer0 turned away from the guys, annoyed by their snarky comments. He knew that he was being harsh, but Maya was just too childish not to care for. She is a Siren, but does not realize how delicate the balance is between life and death. His concern partly stemmed from a scientific curiosity because Maya is part of a rare species, even more rare than his own.

Back on Zer0's home planet he worked with a secret branch of law enforcement personnel. During this time there he created his masterpiece, the Cloak Tech-otherwise known as CT-and established himself as a top of the line officer.

However years went by and he got bored, it was all too easy. Nothing seemed to challenge him except for the red-tape that came with killing a target. Oh yeah, that's where he got his start as an assassin. The secret organization Zer0 worked for was owned by a private investor who had many political enemies.

One day, while digging up some high clearance files from a high value target Zer0 came across a file on Sirens. This sparked his curiosity so he stole the file, finished his job, and went home anxious to give it a look. Everything he read amazed him, Zer0 always liked to keep his past hidden for professional purposes, but this was different. Everyone wanted to learn more about Sirens but they all failed in their attempts.

Zer0 saw an academic challenge beyond any he could understand before, he needed to know more. Fast forward a few months later, the hidden organization he worked for had been found out, hunted down, and Zer0 branded an assassin. This was when he fled, sure of his destination. Months of research concluded that there was a Siren living on Pandora, but she had been killed in battle. Even so his scientific curiosity brought him to the estranged planet, in search for answers.

A few weeks flew by without him being able to dig up anything new. He just went from place to place killing worthless bandit after puny wildlife. Zer0 was getting very bored. However his luck changed when a bartender informed him about a Vault that contained treasures and dangerous creatures. This was exactly the challenge he was waiting for, Zer0 went to his room to rest and get ready to leave. The next morning the same bartender went up to his room and handed him an echo recorder from an anonymous sender:

"Hi! This is Handsome Jack, owner of Hyperion Incorporated. Would you like to change up your life? Do something challenging that no one has dared to try before? Well you're in luck, come to the Hyperion train station tomorrow at 10AM to join-"

Zer0 turned off the recording and headed out, he heard all he needed to hear. He had an astounding pace and got to the train station in record time. Zer0 needed something to clear his head, to relax and enjoy a challenge so that he may later revisit his Siren research. The next day he saw a soldier and Dwarf man show up to the station, the three stood there in awkward silence for a very, very long time.

It was about 9:45 that Zer0 noticed another vault hunter coming to join them, he turned to see a Siren. The ancient legendary warrior, the most mysterious oddity in the world, all this just standing there in all her petite glory. Zer0 found it whimsical that half a year's' search concluded in him finding a Siren while waiting for a train. His science experiment practically handed herself to him, this will be very interesting.

Yet now here he was, pacing back and forth hoping that Maya would come back soon. Zer0 had always been a being of sensible thinking, but these people were starting to change something in him. His kind had never been known to be feeling, it freed up their minds to think about important matters. So it was strange for him to be fretting about anyone. It was, scary.

"Sup?" Zer0 stopped and turned to see Maya standing there. "What you up to losers? Look what I bought!"

Maya digistructed the shields and tossed one to each person. "So I had a small run in with some bandits, killed them, got some loot, then bought me some goodies," Maya informed happily. "Consider it a gift for my stupidity earlier."

Axton equipped his and smiled, "If we get gifts like this every time, then you should be stupid more often sis."

At this comment Maya gave Axton a sharp look. Sis? He must have a death wish. A soft smile spread on her face, "You wish, bro!"

Zer0 stood there speechless, this woman was just ridiculous. One moment happy, then another moment mad, and now giddy after buying some shields?

"Feelings complicate / Yet humans are naught without / With no compromise," Zer0 spoke softly as he equipped the shield.

"Alright boys, you ready to continue?" Maya questioned.

"LET'S DO THIS!" Salvador cried out.

Axton dashed off first, "LAST ONE THERE...IS THE LAST ONE THERE!"

The vault hunters ran over the drawbridge and jumped down. The moment they got there Maya saw a man jumping into a large cannon gun as well as a mini-man with a grenade launcher.

Yikes, time to go boom boom.

**Heya, the support I've been getting is seriously overwhelming. I hope that it continues because it's nice to know that I invoke emotions in others. Again, write up those reviews, favorites, and follows**

News Update: I'm curious, shoot me a PM or review this, but do you guys prefer my shorter chapters or longer ones? I go through a process of planning, writing, and then editing so sometimes I take longer to pump out certain chapters. Any suggestions? I'm always open to grammatical help if it so comes to that as well.