This fanfic is about Borderlands 2.
It will be told in the POV of my OC, Terra.
It will contain lesbianism, possible lemon, cussing, violence, gore, blood, and character death.
With all of this out of the way, let's get started.
Chapter 25
After dealing with Nakayama's burial and after we gave the different ancient artifacts to the different Aegran tribes, our group then headed back to Sanctuary, which was especially fun for Lustab, as she had never seen the architecture that Sanctuary or any town had, nor had she gone through the Fast Travel Network at all. "Whoa! That was so cool! It's like I warped through time and space!" Lustab gawked at that as we then saw that a few things had happened around the town since we had gone on our hunting trip. Most notably were the figures of Tannis, Moxxi, and Marcus.
Tannis had begun to research on how to extract Eridium from those injected with it, using a small Skag pup as a test subject and passing with flying colors, which she credited my DNA for helping her discovery. Moxxi had also done something to help out and was now living with her son and a very large woman that I could only assume to be her daughter. I learned that her name was Ellie and that she originally moved out to The Dust because she was sick of Moxxi telling her to lose weight. But other than that, she was quite excited to meet me and Angel in particular, as we had both saved the entire world from Handsome Jack.
But the most surprising one of all was Marcus, the one who was in charge of nearly every single ammo and gun vending machine on the planet. Marcus, the feared merchandiser that shot anyone if they asked for a refund, adopted a duo of adorable orphan children, one being a girl and one being a boy! Not only that, but he was doing a damn good job from what the citizens of Sanctuary told me. "Wow, Marcus... Never expected you would be a family man one day," Lilith admitted to him. "Well, I got the idea when I heard from Gaige and Maya that you two Siren lasses were adopted sisters yourselves. I simply thought to myself, 'hey, if these two girls can be together and be awesome enough to defeat the most powerful person on the planet, I can do my part to help the wee ones out as well'," Marcus smirked as his two little kids ate a special lunch of Moxxi's pizza.
The girl's name was Janet and she came from the same planet that Gaige came from. She had long, blue hair that fell into very long pigtails, wore a white shirt, plaid skirt that fell near her ankles, and had the most bubbly face of any girl I'd ever seen. The boy's name was Morris and he was from a planet called 'Dequas-4' which was at least 3 thousand light years away from this planet. He had messy brown hair that I could tell had some damage to it from uncleanliness, he wore a brown shirt with matching shorts, had a neckerchief around his neck, and he had a small scar that was on his cheek. "Where'd you get the cut from?" Tina asked him. "I got cut from one of the bullies at my school on my home planet... I don't like talkin' about it," the boy said with a sigh. He was still happy, sure, but it seemed that his scar was both emotional as well as physical.
"Don't worry, you two. Marcus is the strongest and most passionate man I know. He'll be sure to keep you safe, no matter what," Angel smiled. "Hey, wait a minute! You're the girl who contacts people through the ! Papa Marcus told us all about you and how you stopped your own dad from destroying this world! He tells us bedtime stories every night!" Janet smiled with a giggle, which made me curious. "Hey, Marcus? How many stories do you tell about me and my friends again?" I smirked at him. "Let's just say that I have a knack for storytelling. I also like to tell stories of other people besides you guys, but you're way more famous," Marcus chuckled. "Nice to know you like us that much," Angel smirked. "Of course I like you! When you got warped to my storage, you girls left it completely intact, not a dime taken! You're very charitable and noble in your goals. You're not like Jack or the bandits and steal for yourselves. You have an honor about you, and that's the best thing anyone can have," Marcus smiled.
"By the way, Marcus. We heard tell that you knew of the Fast Travel codes to reach the area to the Vault that was in the desert-like area. Care to tell us if you know anything about that place?" Maya asked him as she drank a glass of water. "Well, I know a bit. The Vault in question is said to have been hidden by the ancient cutthroat pirate called Captain Blade, and it is said to be his treasure. The location of the Vault is a mystery, but the guardian of the Vault is a monster simply called Leviathan. No one has ever met it and lived to tell the tale, and it has hidden itself away in the sands since Blade's disappearance 103 years ago. Now a new pirate is hoping to take the prize, and I suggest that you get on her good side and help her find the treasure instead of opposing her," Marcus smiled, me immediately raising an eyebrow at the pronoun.
"Her? So the captain is a girl?" Gaige asked with a smirk as she oiled her metal arm a bit. "Captain Scarlett, the great granddaughter of Captain Blade and the one who wants the treasure of the Vault more than anyone in those desert sands. She's been trying to find the Vault for years with no luck whatsoever. But I'm sure she's heard of you and your fantastic ability to find and open the previous 2 Vaults, so I suggest you go and pay her a visit. You may be able to team up and find the treasure together," Marcus smiled. "But she's a pirate, though. Pirates are thieves, killers, and smell horribly... what's to say she won't try to double-cross us at all?" I asked. "Given what you girls are capable of doing, I think she should be extremely cautious about trying to play you for fools," Marcus smirked.
After that was all said and done and after we got the Fast Travel codes from Marcus, we then went over who would be going to Oasis to help out in getting the last Vault that was held on this planet. "I can't go myself because Hyperion nonsense and all of that... sorry," Angel frowned. "I want to stay here in town for a change. I could use a break," Tina smiled. "I'm not going if she's not going," Krieg said with a smirk. "Fluffy go! Fluffy go!" Fluffy smiled, but I had to stop him right there. "Sorry, Fluffy, but I promised Lilith that I'd have you stay with her for awhile," I frowned at him. "Aww!" Fluffy pouted immediately. "Listen, I'm sure if you ask her nicely, she'll take you back to Aegris to have some more of those giant spiders," I smiled at him, Fluffy's eyes immediately growing wide as his mouth started to drool. "Okay! Fluffy ask now!" Fluffy giggled as he bounced to Lilith's side with a smirk. "Then I guess that leaves Gaige, Maya, and myself to join you, Mosha," Lustab smiled at me. "Translation?" I asked, not knowing what that word meant. "It means love," Lustab smirked. "Okay then, if everyone's fine with this?" I asked. "We're cool," Lilith smirked. "Then let's go travel to the first Fast Travel location on the map, Oasis," I smiled.
When we arrived in the area of the desert called Oasis, we saw that it wasn't really an oasis per-say, but a town called Oasis. And the sun was actually quite hard on most of our skins, if only because it was much brighter here than any other place on Pandora, the sand not helping matters, especially for Lustab, since she only wore sandals. "Fronu... why?! Hate sand in my sandals!" Lustab groaned in frustration. "I hate it too, believe me," Gaige complained, though she was wearing normal shoes. "Maybe we can ask some of the locals in town if they have any spare shoes in your size?" I asked with a smile. "Schackala, that'd be great," Lustab smiled. We then proceeded into town and we saw that it was overrun with different faces that I didn't recognize, but immediately knew they were bad news. How? Because they all wore pirate garb!
"How are you guys not dying from heat stroke with long sleeved shirts and pants? Seriously!" I groaned to them, getting their attention immediately. "Peh! Looks like we've got some outsiders in this 'ere desert, mates! No doubt 'ere to steal our water!" the pirate leader said, him being a portly man with a baby face. "Naw, we have enough water on our person to last us for 5 days. That's pretty much all the time we want to spend in this desert... though I take it that this isn't your town, now is it?" I asked with a smirk. "And what if it isn't, ey? Wot're ya gonna do? Slap us with your purse? GAHAHA!" the chubby pirate guffawed. It quickly turned into absolute fear when I flicked my wrist and commanded the sand underneath him to solidify and turn into a giant spike, it going right through his chin and out his brain, making all of the other pirates shocked in fear.
"I suggest you cutthroats clear out of town. From now on, it belongs to the Captain Terra and the Vault Hunter crew," I smirked, the pirates immediately running off in a hurry and into the sands around the place... where we heard some more noise as well as a few burping sounds and blood splattering the ground. "Uh... what was that?" Lustab asked. "You cleared out the town of pirates?! Oh please, let me thank you in person! I'm by the Kitty Kradle bar. Please come and visit!" said a voice I didn't like the sound of. It sounded excruciatingly lonesome and crazy. But before we could go over to his position, we got a radio message from someone else.
"Huh? Who are those strange female figures that just appeared in Oasis? Are they a new band of pirates?" asked a female voice into the Echo. "You could say that, yes. Name's Captain Terra. My other titles include Vault Hunter, Amnesiac Siren, Super Siren to some, and the one who has the credit of opening the vaults of the Cowardice Crater and the Vault of Aegris," I smiled, immediately catching the girl's attention. "Oh! You're that Siren that handled Handsome Jack, opened two Vaults, and having power over the earth itself, right?! Name's Captain Scarlett and I've been anxious to meet up with you for some time," the female voice said on the other end.
"Really? Didn't know I was that popular, Captain Scarlett. So I guess you're a fan?" I smiled. "Not only a fan, a bit jealous as well. I mean, you've found and opened 2 different Vaults all on your own! I've been spending 18 years trying to find the Vault of the Leviathan! I have a proposition for you and your mainly female crew. Come meet me at my ship in Wurmwater and we can team up and find the treasure! We can even split it 50/50! You have my word on that," Captain Scarlett smiled. "Sounds interesting... you got a deal, Scarlett. Also, I think that we could talk about other things we could team up for. You know, my schedule is pretty open," I smiled. "You're an angel! I'll be waiting in my ship," Scarlett smiled.
We then made our way to the Kitty Kradle to find out who this lonely guy was, only to see that he looked absolutely creepy. He had very large teeth, he was incredibly lanky, and he also wore tourist clothes. "Nice to meet someone who hasn't died of thirst! Please stay here so we may converse?" the man smiled. "Okay, I'll enlighten you. What's your name?" I smiled as I had to bend down to talk to him, as he was a bit shorter than me and there wasn't much space for me to see inside given my height. "Wow! You are the tallest woman I've ever met! Where do you come from, miss?" the man smiled, me just then starting to wonder that myself.
Indeed, where did I come from originally... who were my birth parents and what happened to them? All I knew was that I was very dark-skinned and I was incredibly tall, so where was my origins from? I got my answer as I suddenly got a flashback of something I didn't expect... me, as a teenager, meeting my original parents...
In this vision, I looked at least 2 feet shorter with longer hair than normal, me being dressed in regular school clothes, but the shirt obviously being a little small on me. Probably because of how tall I was. I was also there with my parents as well as two different figures I didn't recognize... all I saw was that they were also incredibly tall and dark-skinned, them being at least 9 and 10 feet respectively. "Whoa... so you two are her parents?" my adoptive mom asked. "Yes, we are... and we wanted to thank you for taking care of her for us... we're extremely poor, so we wouldn't have been able to raise her ourselves," the tall woman said, her being the 10 foot tall mini-giantess. "Well... I wanted to know a few things... mom and dad," I said to the duo, me wondering if I would grow as tall as them as well. "I'm sure you do... what do you want to know?" my dad asked, him having a surprisingly soft voice.
"Well... first off, what kind of person am I? I know that I'm a Siren and that I'm extremely tall and dark skinned, but what's the correct term to describe me?" I asked. "In terms of planets and regions, you come from the planet of Gigantor, which is the furthest planet from this one in this Solar System," mom explained. "Everyone on our home planet is extremely large, in part because our planet is also the largest in this Solar System. And we specifically come from the region of Dreadknock. As it's name suggests, it's very dark in this particular region of the planet, which gives us our dark skin color by default. But one more thing about Dreadknock is that nearly every single resident on that continent lives in poverty, us needing to hunt in order to survive. But we didn't want you to go through the trials on our planet, especially because, when we did research about your tattoos, we found that they could glow in the dark. As a result, you'd be a sitting duck for predators, and we didn't want that to happen to you," my giant mom said.
"I see... but how did I go to an orphanage on Kronoska if I come from a planet like that?" I asked. "We stowed ourselves away on a spaceship for that planet with you on board with us, and then we went to the orphanage, hoping they would raise you to be a fine young woman... did you learn to be a fine young woman?" dad asked with a caring smile. "Of course, dad. Sure, I get picked on for me being different, but I've learned how to tune them out and also how to control my powers better. I'm now able to manipulate the very ground as well as metal into anything I want! Perfect for art class," I smiled happily. "But isn't that cheating?" my dad chuckled. "Please! They'd have to prove I was cheating to kick me out of that program, and if all they have for evidence is me being a Siren, that's discrimination," I smirked. "Well, I'm proud of you, Kendra. I'm so happy that you've become such a nice, fine young lady... but sadly, this may be the last time that we see each other in some time," mom said.
I immediately looked confused at that. "Why would that be?" I asked them. The next words out of their mouths would haunt me forever. "Well, Hyperion has discovered a dangerous artifact on Pandora that made them overnight trillionares. They also are sending forces to many different planets around the Solar System... and their methods are brutal... if you don't agree to go along with them for forced testing with this substance, they will shoot everyone they see in that town... I'm afraid they've already discovered me and your father, but we escaped thanks to the cover of darkness on our planet... but now we're outlaws... I have no doubt in my mind that Hyperion will try and murder us the moment they see us, so we wanted to see you one last time before we would get found by them," mom said to me, my vision ending as my eyes started to produce tears.
"GRRRRAAAGGGHHH! ! !" I exclaimed in fury as my vision ended, which I could tell frightened everyone around me, including the strange man, him immediately cowering behind the counter at my outburst. "Terra! Calm down! What happened?... Wait... you didn't..." Gaige gawked at me. "Another memory... the worst of them by far..." I sighed as I tried to recollect myself. "My birth parents... I now remember who they were and where I come from... and what I am... I'm a Dreadknock native on the planet Gigantor... I was taken to an orphanage at Kronoska from my parents because they were too poor to raise me and because my tattoos were dangerous for me in that region due to darkness... the last things they said to me... they were on the run from Hyperion... said I may never see them again... remind me that, when we're done with this adventure, I go back to the Vault of the Warrior to level that place to the ground... Jack deserves the worst, even after death..." I growled lowly as I hissed and snarled at even the mention of Jack anymore. He had taken so much from me and everyone in the entire world in his lust for money and power... nothing was sacred to him, not even family.
"Um... so you weren't mad at me?" the man asked. "Not at all... it's just... sorry for yelling like that... I can't control when I have visions of my past, but sometimes they are horrible," I frowned. "Well, my name is Shade and I overheard that conversation you had with Captain Scarlett. Sounds like you're wanting to get a slice of that treasure, ey? Well, I can help with transportation! There's a Sand Skiff over by the Catch a Ride hangar. You're free to use it... hehe... but I'd like to know if you have water first?" Shade smiled, me only then realizing something about him I hadn't before. He was dehydrated as fuck!
"Sure, you can have some," I said as I gave him one of my bottles of water from my pack, him immediately chugging it bone dry all at once, him looking to have been put at ease from that. "Ah... I haven't had that much water in years... only a small bit each day... I was going crazy from that... thanks," he smiled at me. "You're welcome... by the way, I think I could make it so that you have access to water in this place," I smiled at him. "Really? How so?!" he asked with insanity again, calming down afterwards. "I can manipulate the earth to do my bidding. Just point me to where your well might be and I'll try and see if more water lies underneath the bottom of it," I smiled. "That'd be fantastic! The well is hidden in that roundabout in the center of town. Let me flip the switch so you can see it," he smiled at me.
The roundabout then opened up like a fancy lock for a treasure chest and I saw just how bad this guy had it. The well was only about 20 feet deep and even though it was very wide, there was barely any water left at all in it. "Okay, stand back," I smirked at my followers as I focused and jumped directly in the center of the well, punching my fist into the earth and forcing the ground the push outwards so that the well could go deeper. I did this for a good bit until, finally, a gusher of water happened and the well sprung forth with amazing aplomb, water not only filling the insanely wide well to the brim, but causing it to actually overflow a bit as well! "YAHHOOOO! WATER! You've saved this poor soul from dehydration, my fair maiden! Feel free to use my Sand Skiffs at any time you want... oh, but first, I just remembered that, in my insanity, I rigged it to explode in key places if it gets turned on... hehe... loneliness mixed with dehydration can do that to a fella," he smiled. "No worries, Shade. I'm just glad we came when we did," Maya smiled.