Chapter 11: Mr. Axton goes to Falmart

Wurmwater, near the Falmart Portal…

Axton, Colada, along with Bozes and Beefeather was riding a Sandskiff as they heading toward the Portal.

There's another Sandskiff accompany them,which was occupied by Lilith and Maya,with Todd being tied to the front of Sandskiff.

Lilith look at Axton's Sandskiff and said loudly "So Princess, What's the plan once we got there?"

Colada replied loudly "We're heading to my home first, I need to arrange a meeting with my father and the Imperial Council Elders…plus…I eh…I needed a shower"

Colada then asks Bozes and Beefeather "Are you two sure you don't want to stay in Pandora with the Knights and the Ithalica's folks?"

Bozes replies "No your highness, I have absolute confident in the Knights, they'll protect the people until their last breath"

Lilith then said "Oh relax Princess, Roland and the others are with them too ya know? Plus with some proper training, they'll be able to hold their own…in case those pirates attacks the town…again… On the plus side, Krieg is with us so that's another thing you don't have to worry about."

Lilith then turns toward Krieg, who was surfing on a metal plate on the sand with one hand holding onto a rope attached to Lilith's Sandskiff, with Rory sitting on his shoulders as it drag him behind. The redhead then shouts "How ya doing back there big guy?"

Krieg yells back "METAL PLANK SUCKS, I WANT A SALTED MEAT SURFBOARD!"

Lilith then turns back to Colada and said "Yeepp…we're gonna be…jusssttt fine"

Meanwhile, Axton was looking up at the Dahl transport ships silently as they went through the portal one by one, accompanied by numreous Dahl's signature Fighter Jets as their Sandskiffs were on the other side of the gate.

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Falmart, Outskirt of Alnus…

"Thank the gods…the town seems to be unharmed…" as Colada look through her Binocular while the Sandskiff float across the dirt road leading toward the supposed town.

Axton then look at one of the Dahl's ships from earlier that landed near the town entrance, and a group of fairly armed troopers can be seen unloading some crates under the curious and obviously cautious eyes of the townfolks.

This scene made him say "Not yet…" before he suddenly steer the Sandskiff toward the group,forcing Lillith to do the same.

The Dahl troopers quickly noticed the fellow Pandorans as they cautiously approach the group.

Axton asked as he jumps off of the Vehicle "What's going on here?"

One of the fully armored Dahl troopers,with a Captain rank badge,and his face covered with a helmet replies "Dahl's official business, what are you civillians doin…"

The trooper paused as he notices Axton's old Dahl's uniform before he asked "That uniform… you used to serve?"

Axton quickly said "Former Sergeant…uh..Klint, Klint Deadwood,sir!"

The soldier then said "Then you know I'll have to insist that you tell us what are you doing here?"

Axton,who have just lied about his identity due to the fact that hi still being listed as AWOL and a carrying Death Sentence from Dahl said "Oh we're just looking around, you know…tourists stuffs"

Colada suddenly steps in front of Axton and said "He's being modest, he and these people are my official guests from Pandora"

The officer tilt his head "And you are..miss?"

Colada then said "Princess Pina Colada of the Falmart Empire" before showing him her royal Imperial emblem.

The officer take a long look at the emblem and said "Well, it's matches the emblem worn by those invaders we killed a few weeks ago in Old Dahlwell, I guess I should be calling you 'your Higness' then?"

Axton then scoffs "Sheesh, you guys are unusually nice lately…"

The officer look at Axton and reply "Then I guess you must have been quite an unlikable CO back in your day, mister Klint"

Axton don't know how to answers to that. Which caused Todd,who was still tied to Lilith's Sandskiff to laugh hysterically as he said "Roasted by a Background character, BOI!"

Lilith punches Todd in his gut before she said "He's right thought, dude"

Krieg said loudly "CANNED MEAT TALKS TOO MUCH!" at the Dahl officer

Axton sighs before he asked "Oh by the way, what's Dahl doing going back to Pandora anyway? I thought you guys deemed the place as too… unconvinient for bussiness"

The officer replies "I don't think that's any of your business"

Axton shurgs "fair enough, but…what about here?"

The officer said "all you're allowed to know is that we have no desire…but more importantly, no order to harm any natives, now I suggest you move along, former Sergeant Klint…you wouldn't want to keep the Princess waiting don't you?"

Axton rolls his eyes before he walk pass the Dahl Captain, who then spoke to Colada "Another thing your Highness"

Colada quickly turns her attention back to the Captain as he said "The Colonel would like to speak to you…about the events that happens during the last few weeks"

Colada nodded as she said "And I'd like to speak to him aswell, I have to returns to my estate for the time being, I'll send a messenger to inform you when I'm ready for the meeting"

The Captain nodded "Roger that"

He then steps aside, allowing Lilith and Axton's Sandskiffs to move forward along the road toward Colada's estate.

Once the two groups are out of sight, The Captain spoke into his ECHO earpiece "Colonel? I've just talked to the princess,she agrees to meet us and said she'll send words once ready"

After a pause he continues "Roger, and…eh…Ex-Sergeant Axton…and a group of Vault Hunters was with her, as official guests…should I…oh…I understand, Roger"

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Meanwhile,The Town of Alnus…

"So there I was, alone as I wandering around the other side of the gate until I was chased by pack of some…weird looking dogs with some sort of rock armor covering their faces…eventually they cornered me, I thought I was a goner until a female warrior and her magic yellow talking box came to my rescue…" said a young woman as she sat in front of a awed crowd of patrons as she tell them her tale.

The woman continue "She wield some sort of magical see-through shield that can materialize at will and a sword that can cut through rocks like paper…her yellow talking box just keep throwing pebbles and insults at the dogs to distract them and runs around screaming like a girl thought"

The woman blushes as she sighs "I didn't get her name thought"

One of the patrons asked "So…what its like over there?"

The woman replies "It's… dead… and I mean like…DEAD, not a single tree grows there, only weeds and weird gigantic looking mushrooms… I can't believe humans can actually live in that craphole at all"

The scene then moves outside of the bar and follows Claptrap,who seems to have wandered into Falmart from one of the Gates as he rolls gleefully on his non-stair-climbing wheel along the town as the folks stares and chatter about the little robot's appearance, and it's human companion, who turns out to be none other than Athena, the former Atlas assassin turned freelance merc, Vault Hunter and adventurer as the two proceeds along the town's marketplace.

Claptrap then said "I tell ya, this place is AWESOME, well apart from the crappy infrastructure and the lack of ECHOnet, It's AWESOME, I mean, nobody ever bother look at me back in Pandora, over here I'M THE CENTER OF ATTENTION, like..like one of those rich,douchey, possibly gay and insecure about self-image Bankers and that Handsome Jackass, It almost makes me feel better about not be able to climb stairs… So what are we doing here anyway?"

Athena replies "Sightseeing"

Claptrap seems confused as he said "Sightseeing? I thought you're more of a cold on the outside and midly fuzzy on the inside professional assassin who have no time to enjoy simple and boring humans activities"

Athena sighs "Fine, I wanted to see what do Dahl AND Hyperion wants with this realm…they don't just simply move in because of a couple of attacks on their Abandoned mining facilities…Dahl left Pandora and Elpis many years ago…so why come back? And what does…Jack…wants with this place?"

Claptrap raises one of his hand, but Athena cuts him off before he can even speak "And No, Claptrap, they're not here for you OR revenge for Zarpedon, Dahl's soldiers are too disciplined for things like vengeance and Hyperion couldn't give less than a damn about a…unpleasant Claptrap unit,no offense"

The little robot sheepishly replies "None taken, beside, I've been called worse, this is the nicest thing anyone ever said to me"

Athena then said "I have to admit, I missed your Fragtrap programming"

Claptrap crosses his robot arms and said "Pfff, that? Having deadly combat skills, wheels build for climbing stairs, being 00.2% more attractive in exchanged for the ability to open DOORS? Nooo thank you, I am perfectly happy with my current state…wahhahhahahahah..hahahah…hahahahhhhahhh…..ahhhhhwho am I kidding? I hate My life" while still sound quite cheery, due to his default programming.

Athena then look up in the sky, at the Dahl and Hyperion ships flying above with a grim look on her face while a few local children tries to ride on top of Claptrap's head in the background.

…

Meanwhile, in a small temple in an unknown location…

"I'd give it to ya,kiddo, most chumps would sing like a dying bird when I use the laser cutter, but you…oh You actually take it like a CHAMP, really, I am truly IMPRESSED" said Jack as he walk around a bloodied man,who was wearing a robe with a Eridian symbol sewed on to it at the back. Jack seems to be torturing the person for information, which still haven't yield any results.

Not a word comes out of the beaten man as he just keep staring at Jack's eyes.

Jack then sat down in front of him and said "Look, I know what it's like, you're loyal to whatever this cult is you're hanging around with, I-I-I completely understand your level of loyalty but…BUT, you spear slinging hillbillies have NO ideas what kind of power you're trying to keep away from the people…well,people who KNOWS what to do with these powers to be specific… Think about it, you can have what WE have, the Guns, the ships, the Armors, the porcelain toilets, cable TV, ECHONET, Ramblr, MugBook, ECHOFlix, turbo-mansions, and the power of whatever the heck comes out of that Vault, and-AND! You'll be the one who lay the foundation for the diplomatic alliance between both of our realms…well, between Hyperion and Falmart to be precise, Even this…Emperor I've been hearing so much about wouldn't dare to touch you with US backing your little eh…ahem…lively community…"

Jack then turns away and scoff under his breath "community fullof wackos that is…"

The CEO of Hyperion then turns back at the man and said "So, what do you say pal?" with a smile,seemingly friendly,yet terrifying.

The cultist's only reply was complete silence.

Jack knew that was a 'no', and that was not the answer he's looking for, thus the Hyperion President rolls his eye and sighs "shame…"

Then,without warning, Jack draws a Hyperion Leverage pistol and shot him multiple time in the torso, killing the man.

The scene then shows Jack walking out of the temple entrance and look at his entourage, comprised of Combat Engineers and a dozen of GUN Loaders and SGT Loaders.

Jack wipe his hand with a hankerchief and fixes his hair before saying "Let's pack it up people, these guys ain't gonna give us anything"

One of the Engineers asked "Should we kill all the others cultists,sir?"

Jack replies "What? No! they're a bunch of crazy Eridian worshippers, I say let them live…but build a forcefield around their temple…once I'm done civillized this backwater realm, this will make a hella guuuud exibit for tourists, I'mma charge about 8-10 bucks for rocks and 30 bucks for grenades to throw at these nutcases, admission is free though"

The Engineer then said "What about those Vault Hunters…and Dahl?"

Jack was silent for a moment before he said "Oh leave those filthy bandits be for the moment, we'll wipe them out once we find that Vault. But for now, The Dahl Corporation is our main concern here, those jarheads don't just set their foot on an unknown world unless there's something to stick their drills into, my guess it's Eridium…now while it's sooo very tempting and awesome to kick their asses back to Pandora, I have…other plans"

He then said "Starts bringing in the building blocks kiddies, we're gonna build ourselves a cozy little…summer home here"

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At Colada's Estate…

"Fancy place you got…" said Lilith as she get off of her Sandskiff and look at the pristine white marble estate, heavily built based on ancient Greek architectures and surrounded with a lush, beautiful garden.

Colada replies "Thank you"

Krieg said loudly "UGLIEST DOGHOUSE I'VE EVER SEEN!" while his inner voice said "at least you managed not to include…"

The voice's statement was cut off as Krieg added to his remarks "TOO MUCH SALT and VEGETABLES! NEED SOME MORE MEAT AND INTESTINES!"

The voice then said "… nevermind…" in a disappointed tone.

Colada awkwardly looks at Krieg before saying "Tha-thank you mister Krieg…for your ehm…ahem… straightforward opinion"

Axton was checking his Vladof Shredifier spinigun as he whistled "Man, I'm lucky enough to have a small spot of grass on my front yard back in Eden 5, let alone a whole friggin' national park…"

Bozes suddenly became cautious as she said "Hey, where's the smaller masked barbarian gone off to?"

As she said so, the group can hear Todd's all too familiar horrible singing voice as he was peeing nonchalantly onto a patch of daisy nearby.

Lilith can only facepalmed herself as Bozes proceed to beats Todd up with a gardening shovel, right in front of the Estates maids and staffs.

Krieg suddenly walks toward the two menacingly, prompted Lilith and Maya to charges up their phaselock, in case Krieg decided to attack Bozes to defend his…Psycho colleague.

But, to everyone surprise, and Rory's entertainment, Krieg joins Bozes in the beating as he repeatedly stomps on Todd.

As fun as it was for her to witness, Rory steps forward and said "Alright, Princess, are we gonna stand here all day? I need a relaxing bath here…"

Upon seeing The Goddess of Death herself, some of Colada's maids, and an elderly lady suddenly kneel down and said "Your grace" respectfully. It seems like Rory herself is quite a worshipped deity here in Falmart.

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Later that night…

The scene starts with Todd,filled with bruises and bandges being tied in the garden in front of Colada's office, which can be seen from her window as he sits on four limbs while carefully scanning his surrounding, much like a guard hound. Krieg can also be seen slowly wandering near Todd's location as he mumbles "Why aren't my fingers inside someone's eyes sockets right now, why aren't my fingers inside someone's eyes sockets right now, why aren't my fingers inside someone's eyes sockets right now…"

Meanwhile, Colada, a young assisstant, a bald man and Myui was sitting in her office, along with Lilith's team under a tense atmosphere.

Colada rubs her forehead as she said "I can't believe you expect me to just…Bow DOWN to those Hyperion scums,Gray" while looking at the bald man.

Gray then replies "I understand your highness but…it seems that their leader…so-called Handsome Jack have reached your father first, and… I'm afraid he has instructed you to arrange a meeting with Hyperion…and these Dahl mercenaries as soon as you can, I heard Dahl have set up camp at a town nearby"

Colada sighs "I noticed, In fact, they've requested a meeting with me and their leader aswell…Dammit, as if ONE of these "Corporations" set foot on Falmart is bad enough…"

The young man behind her then said "Your Highness, if I may… I think the Emperor doesn't have any other choices, we've all witness the might of the Pandorans… we don't have any matching might to fight them off"

Lilith raises her hand as she said "uhhh… you guys DO know that we're fighting against them too right?"

Gray then said "That may be, but we are talking about fighting TWO factions at once, even if they're also at odds with one another, I highly doubt that your..ahem… little milita would survive should a full scale war broke out."

Axton brandishes his Shredifier in front of the bald man as he said "For your info, baldie, this little…militia have been going head to head with Hyperion for…"

Axton dashes his eyes towards Lilith, as if asking her how long have the Crimson Raiders been battling Hyperion. To which the redhead Siren replies "… 5 years…ish"

Axton then turns back to Gray and says "…for 6 years, Hyperion have thrown everything they have at us…both metaphorically and literally, yet here we are… Also… take it from me, Dahl isn't actively going against us…well, unless we gave them a reason or…Jack paids them enough to paint a target on our back… HOWEVER, Dahl wants Hyperion off their territory just as much as Hyperion wants to kill everything that Handsome Jackass labelled "Bandit", that's makes them a POSSIBLE, JUST POSSIBLE allies… "

Colada then look at Gray, who think about with Axton said for a brief moment before he said "There are some truths in mister Axton's words, your Highness… the Dahl troopers have not harm anyone nor cause any ruckus with the local ever since they set foot here on their…strange flying vehicle, for the time being we could assume that their intentions are…more or less… peaceful than that of Hyperion"

Colada still seems quite skeptic as she said "Let's say mister Axton is right, however, you heard what that Dahl officer said, The Empire's Army DID provoked them first… if we're gonna attempt to form an alliance with them, I doubt they'll just gonna shake our hands and forget all of the attacks started by my father on their forces in Pandora, and I, as the princess of the Empire of Falmart, will NOT…"

Her statement was cut off by some rumbling from the outside. The princess quickly looks outside her window to find Bozes and Beefeather engaged in hand to hand combat with a fully armored Dahl officer, who seems to be a female based on her rather.. fairly visual endowed bust despite the thickness of the armor she was wearing.

Axton and Lilith also joins the spectating princess as they saw Todd, with his head being shove down to the ground and seemingly outcold, while Krieg is nowhere to be found.

Bozes and Beefeather on the other hand are having problem getting an upper hand on the female Dahl officer as she seems to be highly well trained in melee combat.

Bozes manages to pick her sword back up and swing at the intruder but she effortlessly countered it by blocking the blade with her writst armor plate before launched her elbow right at Bozes's forehead, knocking her off of her feet.

With only Beefeather remains, the Dahl officer quickly dashes toward the Knight, grab both of her arms then smashes her helmeted face onto Beefeather's, taking her down in mere seconds.

Axton just sighs and steps away from the window as the Dahl officer spotted him and proceed into the Estate, with Beefeather and Bozes, who was dragging Todd with her by the lease hot on female intruder's tail.

Everyone in Colada's office prepares their weapons, except Axton, who just folded his arms and lean against the wall as he look at the door, waiting.

It wasn't long before the intruder reached Colada's office, but instead of the door being kicked open, it was knocked three times. Colada can hear Bozes's voice shouting "STAY WHERE YOU ARE PANDORAN!"

Colada then said loudly from inside her office "It's..It's Ok Bozes, Beefeather, stand down…I'll handle this…"

Bozes naturally protested "Bu-But, your highness!"

Colada replies "Don't QUESTION me Bozes!"

There are no replies from behind the door, prompting Colada to clears her throat and said "Please..come in"

The door then opens, reveal the Dahl officer, with Todd dry humping her leg for some reasons.

As the officer doesn't seems to outwardly bothered by it, Maya quickly uses her phaselock and move Todd away while Lilith took out a squirt gun and shot at Todd multiple times, saying "Bad Psycho! Bad Psycho!"

Once Maya put Todd on the ground, Lilith grabs him by the collar and snarled "Where's Krieg?"

Todd casually reply "Said he wants to kill something then run off…I triedddd to stop him but he was…veeerrryyy determined to go soooo…"

Lilith blankly said "He shove your head into the ground didn't he?"

Todd replies "Not before he dislocate my neck…again…Well, the big axe boss lady went after him afterward too…. sayyy have you gained weight boss?"

Lilith's only reply was her throwing Todd through the window before turning back to the intruder.

Before anyone can say anything Axton spoke to the Dahl officer "Hey babe…so… a Colonel now heh? Congratulation"

The Dahl officer then took off her helmet, reveal a fairly young face, around early 30s, caucasian with light, short blond hair and dark blue eyes, with a scar on her chin. The woman looks at Axton before rolling her eyes "Is there anything happen in my life that doesn't involves you, former Sergeant Axton?"

Axton smiles "Hey don't flatter yourself that much,Sarah… It's not exactly my choice that all these things just suddenly happened."

Colada, Bozes and Beefeather look at Sarah, then Axton, then Sarah, then Axton, then Sarah before they all spoke in unison "You two USED to be Husband and WIFE?". Seems like the three catch on quite fast.

Todd's voice can be heard from outside shouting "OBVIOUS PLOT TWIST!"

Sarah bluntly replied "we just got engaged, but, yes…we're used to be"

Bozes didn't waste a minute before she said "I'm not surprise why you left him"

That remark caused Axton to sarcastically said "Ouch"

Sarah then walks toward Colada and said "However I'm not here to make small talk, Princess Pina Colada, officially, I'm still at the Dahl mobile base of operation as we speak…"

Colada then said "Then I'll get to the point, I'd like to apologize on behalf of the Falmart Empire for our, rude actions conducted by our army recently and I'd also like to extend our hands and form an Alliance with the Dahl ..Corporation, with mutual benefits of course, with the condition that…"

Her proposal was cut off by Sarah, who said "…we help you drive Hyperion out of Falmart?'

Colada was taken aback by Sarah's deduction.

Sarah then ask "Since you have been to Pandora for a while, I suppose you know what Eridium is, your highness?"

Colada low down as she replied "yes…I've learned enough to know that it only brought pain and suffering to those who possess them"

Sarah then said "AND profit,Our mineral scanner detects a massive amount of Eridium under Falmart, my superior wishes to…ahem… establish numerous mining facilities and settlements within your kingdom, with your consent of course, In return, Dahl will do our best to not interfere with Falmart's residents daily lives while provide… substaintial protection from the Pandoran's deadly wildlife and Hyperion forces, all we need is the support of the people of Falmart… those attacks on our mining facilities was thwarted, and we only suffer minor losses, nothing that we can't replace, so no apology is needed."

Lilith quickly said "Woah hoah hoah, you can't seriously trust another mega Corporation just because they sent a hot chick/Axton's ex fiance over and offer you more than you can offer them can you, Princess?"

Sarah turns toward Lilith and said "True, you can say that we and Hyperion are…technically the same in terms of business establishments… but… I don't recall Dahl ever conduct several kidnapping, assassination, or inhumane, highly illegal and deadly Eridium experiments on men, women, children and the elderly on the daily basis…nor do I recall Dahl conducting mass murder of the unarmed, women and children included under the guise of "Liberation"… AND…"

Sarah then steps closer to Lilith, who doesn't even flinch or show signs of fear as she said "I don't recall Dahl ever did nor have ever felt the need to put a price on every single one of the Crimson Raider's personnel then labelled you all as mere… bandits"

Lilith think about it for a second before she shrugs and said "Heh…you're…kinda…right"

Todd's voice can be heard outside again "Hey Boss lady, I just caught a mosquito with my LEFT EYEBALL!"

Everyone just look out the window for a second before resume the meeting at hand.

Sarah then said "We have the same goal here, the Crimson Raiders wants Hyperion out of the picture, Dahl want Hyperion out of our competition's circle… I think we can help each other out on this"

The Colonel then look at Colada and said "How about you, your highness?"

Colada sat down on her chair and said "Far as I know, father and…him doesn't know about Eridium, I on the other hand don't want that diabolic mineral anywhere near my people…and I want those Hyperion scums to pay for all the Falmart lives they've took"

Sarah faintly smiled "Then I'm to understand that we're, along with the Crimson Raiders are… business partners now?"

Colada stood up and approach Sarah as she said "Do I…no, Do the people of Falmart have Dahl's assurance that your…mining facilities won't harm, nor interfere with their lives?"

Sarah bluntly replies "Your Highness, we didn't gained the prestige position we got now just from manufacturing weapons and playing miners and… making trash bins"

Colada then said "What about Hyperion? They've already met with my father… and if what I hear about Handsome Jack is correct, he'll make him sign the treaty one way or another…and I doubt he'll include your benefits within that piece of paper"

Sarah said "Hyperion is well-known for playing dirty, well, they just do it more openly since Jack became the President… Fortunately, Dahl have other allies aswell… first, we're going to need the Falmart's residents to know that we are their allies, thus gaining their supports…"

Axton chuckles as he said "If that's the case, Jacky boy'll just going to wipe them all out and suck this place dry afterward…"

Sarah didn't even look at Axton as she said "Thank you for you perspective, mister Axton… but as I was saying… as Business partners, Jakobs, Maliwan, Torgue and Tediore is going to want a share of the Eridium on Falmart… we might have… different business pratices, but we have…kind of the same motto: Dead customers ain't repeat customers… so needless to say the other Corporations that will soon moves in will… ahem…do their best to protect their flow of profits"

Axton then said "God you're so hot when you talk like a Corporateman" sarcastically.

Lilith still doesn't like what she hears as she said "And how are YOU going to keep your Corporate "homies" in line?"

Sarah said "Need I remind you that this is Hyperion we're butting heads with? They'll be too busy shooting at Hyperion goons and pocketing Eridium to crack the alliance with Falmart… Beside, that's where the Crimson Raiders comes in…"

Axton scoffs "Hmph… so we're your personal "Internal affair clean up squad" now?"

Sarah replies "Well… yes, we'll give you informations on whatever rogue branch that acting out of line within our Corporations groups..including Dahl aswell, you do whatever you want to erase them and we'll make sure the public will never know that they're connected to any of us… you get to kill "baddies" and WE get to be on the Falmart's people good terms… Did I mention there will be compensation for your… trouble?"

Lilith sighs as she said "Ughh… How did we always ended up working for you Corporate big shots?"

Sarah smiles "it's "working With" miss Lilith"

She then turns to Colada and reach out her hand "So, your Highness… what's your answer?"

Colada's face grew grim as she look at Sarah, then the Vault Hunters team with a worry look on her face. It's all in good reasons, Dahl and the other Corporations may not have the same amount of dirty history as Hyperion, but they're far from being saints, however they do share her and her new friends's hatred for Hyperion, whether they'll honor their end of the bargain or not, they're Falmart's best hope to drive Hyperion of her kingdom and avenge those who was murdered by them.

The Princess of Falmart took a slow inhale before reaches out her hand and shake Sarah's hand.

That seems to please the Dahl Colonel as she said "It's settled then, as of now, we're allies…I'll inform my superior about your answer, In the mean time, you should also inform the citizen of our newly found alliance… The people of Falmart are always welcome to visit Pandora as they please, so long as they are well equipped for the trip…"

With that Sarah put her helmet back on and head for the door, only to be stopped by Axton who said "Hey Sarah…"

She stopped, but didn't turn around.

Axton then rubs the back of his head and said "…Than-Thanks…for that time"

Sarah didn't answer as she proceed out of the door.

Lilith just said "Well, at least we're not the ONLY one who wants Jack dead…"

Colada on the other hand just said "God I need another bath…"

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Meanwhile…at a small fortress occuppied by Hyperion…

The perimeter is guarded by about 20 or more Hyperion Combat Engineers and a couple of Hyperion Soldiers while inside was filled with corpses, included Falmart soldiers and citizens. In addition to that, there were cages that held injured the other races that resides in Falmart, such as Gorgons, Sirens-which is similar to harpies, Bunny Warriors and Catpeople. No doubt being kept alive as Slag experiment subjects under Jack's order.

As two of the Engineers was trying to fix the handheld radio, they saw a tower of a man walks out from behind the darkness of the night, who turns out to be Krieg, the Psycho that was labelled as "Hyperion's Property".

As the two Engineers was still dumbstruck by the size of the Psychopath in front of them, Kireg draws his buzz axe and shouted "I CAME TO BUY A MEAT BICYCLE, YELLOW LEGO MAN!

His inner voice said "At least you remember that,…wait… Yellow Lego man?...what are you,9?"

One of the Engineers sarcastically replies "Oh sure buddy, right this-DIE YOU FILTHY BANDIT!" as he raises his Hyperion Apparatus pistol and fire several shots at Krieg.

The Psycho didn't even flinch as he threw the axe right at the Engineer. The spinning buzzsaw blade on the axe tore through the engineer's stomach, cutting him in half before it landed onto the wall behind him.

The other Engineer can only say "HOLY SKAGSACKS!" as he witness his buddy got cut in half in mere seconds before Krieg grabs him by the throat and lift him up.

As Krieg stares right at the doomed Engineer he said loudly "DODGEBALL TIME!"

As he said so the screen switch to the inside of the fortress, the Engineers inside was startled by a loud scream from the outside wall before what seems to be a ball was thrown right at their position from where they heard the scream.

As the guards avoid the projectile, they draws their weapons and slowy approaches it. The Engineer closest to the "ball" was horrified as he vomits inside his welding mask after discovered that the "ball" was in fact an Engineer, whose body was rip apart then balled up into the current shape, multiple broken bones can be seen poking through the already beyond recognition corpse of the poor Hyperion goon.

They then all turns toward the gate to find Krieg, with his bloody buzzaxe in one hand and a can of gasoline in the other hand.

The Psycho cracks his neck before pouring the hold can of gasoline onto himself, the grab a nearby torch hanging on the wall and light himself on fire, much to the Engineer's shock and confusion.

The fire not only didn't seems to be damaging his skin, but the pain from the heat actually feeds into the Psycho's mutated nervous system aswell as his muscles, strenghtening them as the flame burns bright on his skin.

Krieg then gave out a gutteral, maniacal scream before he charges at the poor victims. He starts by slice an Engineer's head right off with his buzzaxe before slice another one in half vertically.

Krieg then threw his buzzaxe at one of the Soldiers, cutting the upper part of his head clean off. He then grab a nearby Engineer and gave him a crushing bearhug. Due to the flame still burning on Krieg's body, the engineer shriek in agony as his skin being burned to a crisp while his ribcage being crushed like a biscuit by Krieg's monstrous strenght. As he does so, Krieg shouted with a manic, joyful voice "EMBRACE THE PAIN! SWEET, LIKE LIVER COOKIES! WUHAHAHAHHHWWWOOOHAHHHHAHAHAHA!"

One of the Engineer managed to grab the Buzzaxe that Krieg thrown earlier and attempt to attack him with it from behind. As the blade plunged into Krieg's skin, it didn't go as deep as the Engineer intended, as if the flame has hardened his skin, making him highly resistance to all manners of damages.

Krieg drops the now crispy and crushed Engineer as he turns around, with the Buzzaxe still on his back and look at the Engineer backing away from him, whimpering like a child with yellow liquid coming out of his lower region.

The Psycho picks up the Hyperion Corporate Presence Smg that the scared Engineer drops before he stomps on the poor bastard's left leg, crushing it as a result.

As the Engineer scream in pain while grabbing his broken leg, Krieg grab his head and shove the barrel of the smg into the Engineer's mouth and hold down the trigger. The bullets quickly tore through his mouth and tore his head from his neck, killing the Engineer in mere seconds.

By now the remaining Hyperion goons are too terrified to even pull the trigger on Krieg. Which only makes them that much of a bunch of easy preys for Krieg's bloodthirsty killing spree.

Krieg, still on fire and shows no signs of being in pain then smash open a Hyperion weapon crates then pick up two Weisenheimer Smgs then shouts "DINNER TIMES CHILDREN! TONIGHT'S SPECIAL: LEAAAADDDD STEEWWWWW!" before he sprays both smgs at the goons while laughing maniacally.

As the bloody massacre was happening within the fortress's wall, Rory was standing on one of the fortress's guard tower, she breath heavily as she trembles on her feet, not from fear, but from pure pleasure as she witness Krieg mowing down the Hyperion goons. Seems like she find some sort of sexual pleasure from death and suffering, which is only logical considering she is the goddess of death.

Once the last of the goons was reduced to nothing but a pile of red meats, Rory jumps down from the guard tower and greets Krieg with a friendly smile "I like your style big guy, not many people can me me feels…soooo goood in such a longggg time"

Krieg, still on fire, didn't answer as he just stood there, staring at the terrified prisoners.

Rory noticed that as she said "Just a hint… there's a door you can open on those things.. You… do know what's a door is right?"

End of Chapter 11

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