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 21

Meet Firehawk

"Okay so this Firehawk sent us a message to find him or people will die. I say we go there, get him, smack him around for info, then leave him choking in a pool of his own blood," Axton said matter-of-factly, Maya smiled at how mischievous he always was.

Zer0 shook his head disapprovingly, "You do realize that this Firehawk is one of the most dangerous bounty hunters out there right?"

"SO?! WE'LL JUST CHARGE IN AND KICK HIS ASS!" Salvador screamed.

"I'm fine with that. Let's bounce," Maya agreed as she grabbed her weapon and turned to leave.

Zer0 was in disbelief, he was in a team of idiotic rambos who didn't even have enough attention span to think about the consequences of their actions for more than a second.

"You're all idiots," Zer0 said exasperated.

Maya sneered at him, "But we're your idiots."

"We're going to die aren't we?"

"It's always a possibility."

Zer0 sighed, "I give up. Let's go."

"WOOOOOH! LET'S GO KILL US SOME BANDITS!" Salvador wailed while running to Sanctuary's exit.

Once they got outside Zer0 and Salvador went in one Light Runner while Axton and Maya got into another. It took them better part of an hour to get to Frostburn Canyon since they ran into some bandit camps along the way.

Immediately upon entering the canyon Angel appeared on their ECHO device again and warned them, "The Firehawk should around here somewhere. Stay alert."

"Okay, so we know that bastard is somewhere here. We gotta hurry up and get there. Form up and let's g-," Axton abruptly stopped and gestured to the team, "wait, get down! There are some Bloodshots up there. Hmm, Angel says they are attacking Firehawk...interesting."

Zer0 stood up and cocked his gun, "If that's the case then we should get going. They will lead us straight to Firehawk."

"LET'S GO!" Salvador was already way ahead of the team, Maya shook her head and smiled.

This guy is never going to learn is he? Our own little Leroy Jenkins.

They charged in, sticking to the usual plan, but since Axton had his turret and Zer0 had his CT again they were kicking ass even faster than before. Maya's arm was healed but her Phaselock was still weak. It would still take a long time to train herself back to her original abilities.

After half an hour of intense battle they finally get to the cave leading Firehawk's lair. The place was booby trapped everywhere, but luckily they noticed the traps before they got hit. As they approached the center of the cave they heard gunshots echoing in the cave, Maya made a quick dash forward to see what was going on.

As Maya got closer she felt a strange energy radiating from the center platform, she slowed down to wait for the others. They all stepped cautiously forward and noticed there were two bandits in the middle shooting at a smaller figure. Salvador ran forward to try and shoot them but before he could a blinding light stopped him dead in his tracks.

Maya covered her eyes but peeked over her arm just enough to a person with wings land in the middle of the platform, completely incinerating the two bandits. She watched as the stranger stood up slowly, blue tattoos shining brightly. It's...a Siren.

"Sup," Maya heard the woman, but stood there dumbstruck. She wiped them out before I could even blink. Wow.

Maya stared intently, she couldn't peel her eyes off this woman.

Who are you? Why can't I stop looking at you? Your eyes, oh God those eyes.

The bright hazel eyes from this mystery woman were being burned into Maya's memory. Maya didn't understand any of this, her heart was beating at a hundred miles an hour.

What the hell is going on?

All of a sudden the mystery woman started to fall over, without thinking Maya lunged forward and caught her. As soon as Maya's hand made contact with the woman's skin she felt a burning sensation. Not the burning from being shot or from her injury, this was different...pleasantly different. Maya's heart started racing even faster.

Oh God what is going on? Ask her if she's okay, ask her if she needs a hypo, oh please dammit say SOMETHING! Don't just stare at her like an idiot. Just say something, anything.

"Um, hi, " Maya said softly.

Hi?! Really? Hi?! That's all you could get out? She is out of breath in your arms, clearly in pain and all you can muster out is hi? No, are you okay? Do you need a hypo? Oh you are such an idiot.

The woman in her arms was breathing heavily, but managed to smile and look up at her, "Howyadoin'. The bandits call me the Firehawk, but the name's Lilith. I'm with the Raiders, like you."

Woah, shit. She's the Firehawk? The bounty hunter that everyone is so afraid of? That's crazy! Although after seeing that display I can see why they'd be afraid of her. Wow, that's amazing. Lilith...hm, that's a beautiful name.

"I see. Your identity has been hidden very well then Lilith," Zer0 said, breaking the awkward silence.

"Yeah I really don't give a rats ass about hiding my identity, it's just a stupid name they gave me."

Axton chimed in, "And here I thought you were just very cocky. I was starting to like you."

"Haha, I'm not cocky. I'm just good."

"WELL?! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! GET UP AND LET'S GO!" Salvador screamed as he heard some more bandits entering the cave.

"Yeah of course," Lilith replied as she turned to Maya. "Um, thanks for the assist but I'm okay now. Could you help me up?"

It was now that Maya realized she was still holding onto Lilith. Embarrassed she let go and jumped up, accidentally kneeing Lilith in the process.

"OW!" Lilith cried out in pain.

OH CRAP! Fuck me, what the hell is wrong with you? You just smacked her in the face. Jeez I'm such a clutz today!

Maya quickly kneeled down and cupped Lilith's face, "Oh my gosh, I'm sorry are you okay?"

She regretted this immediately because as she looked at Lilith's face she felt her own getting beet red. Maya felt so childish right now, she was acting like a little school girl.

"Agh, yeah I'm fine. Just...please be careful," Lilith replied softly.

Maya grasped Lilith's hand and slowly pulled her up. She put an arm out just in case Lilith lost balance.

This was a wise decision because when Lilith went to stand up properly, she felt straight back into Maya again.

Oh God this is torture.

"Oof. I need a pick-me-up. Get me some Eridium, will ya? I should have some in one of my strong boxes."

Zer0 started walking over to a strong box, "Maya you hold onto Lilith, I'll go grab a nugget."

What?! Why me? This is so awkward, she's breathing really heavy, I can feel her chest on mine. Oh my God please hurry Zer0!

In what felt like an eternity Zer0 came finally back with some Eridium and handed it to Lilith. Now Maya finally let go and backed away as far as she possibly could. She didn't know what was going on but she didn't like it. Whenever she was near Lilith her heart would start racing and her mind would get fuzzy.

Is this what happens when Sirens get too close to each other? Dammit that must mean she's feeling the same thing too. I better stay away from her so we don't interfere with each other's abilities.

Maya stood from afar as she watched Zer0 hand Lilith the Eridium nugget. Lilith started to glow purple and Maya saw her scars heal instantaneously. She didn't know what Eridium did to Siren powers, but it was cool to watch.

Gotta ask her to teach me that sometime.

Lilith allowed a few seconds for the Eridium to take full effect before she stood up again, "Ahh. Thanks. Bet you're looking for Roland, huh? He's not here - the Bloodshots grabbed him. Made 'em cocky too; they never came after me this hard."

Out of nowhere some bandits popped out from the north side of the platform and in the blink of an eye Lilith was gone. Maya was in awe, she scoured the platform for Lilith and turned her head just in time to see Lilith reappear and blast all the enemies around her into pieces.

"Look out! Psychos!" Lilith screamed out while running towards Maya.

Maya turned to see three Psychos running at her, she headshot two and Phaselocked the last one. As she reloaded Lilith reappeared and decimated the last bandit. Maya was very impressed.

The team finished off the rest of the Psychos and regrouped in the middle. Maya noticed Lilith looking weak again so she tapped her on the shoulder and asked, "Hey how you feeling?"

"Well. That was fun. Feeling tapped out though - could ya get me another hunk of Eridium?" Lilith replied out of breath.

Maya swiftly walked over to a strong box and picked up an Eridium nugget. Upon touching the nugget Maya felt her powers jumping around, as if there was a ball of energy bouncing around inside her.

Agh, whatever this Eridium stuff does, is not good. Shit this is weird.

She handed the Eridium to Lilith and frowned, how in the hell is she using this stuff? I can barely touch the stuff without feeling like there is a bouncy ball going up and down my arm.

Lilith absorbed the Eridium and took a moment to catch her breath. When her breathing became steady again she turned to Maya, "Ahhhh. Yeah - since the Vault opened, my Siren powers have been getting a little...awesome. Thanks to this Eridium stuff. No idea why. Now, let's talk about rescuing my boyfriend."

In that instant something in Maya broke, she couldn't breath and her heart felt as if someone was holding onto it and squeezing tightly. This was the most uncomfortable feeling Maya had ever endured in her life. Every bullet wound, burn mark, and broken bone didn't hold a candle to the pain she was feeling right now.

Boyfriend? She has a boyfriend? Wait, why do I care that she has a boyfriend? Who she dates is none of my damn business. But...seriously?

**Cliffhanger!... Okay not really. So yeah, obviously Maya is just being affected by Lilith's powers being so close to her and them being Sirens. Did that make sense? No? Didn't think so :P Sorry for making y'alls wait so long for the big reveal! Anywho, drop those reviews to tell me what you thought of this chapter and keep on reading!**

Random Brain EXPLOSIOOOOON:

1) I actually wrote more than this but I saw that it was getting much too long and cut it off... Yeah I want them together THAT bad!

2) My favorite coupling of all time for Borderlands 2 right here, seriously if you don't agree with me. Go to YouTube and look up a video where Maya and Lilith fight together... how can you tell me they aren't meant for each other?

3) For those thinking there would be a Moxxi/Maya pairing, sorry for the scare xD No way was I going to do that.

4) SPECIAL NEWS! I just hit over 1,000 visitors. I know that may seem small to some of you but I'm really grateful for all the support people have shown. Especially to those that have stuck with me since day one. You've been really patient and I hope you will continue to enjoy my stories!