Krieg ran screaming towards the 4 assassins. He knocked Blitzo and Moxxie around with ease. Loona came at him with a kusarigama, wrapping its chains around the psycho. Krieg burst free and punched the hellhound into the side of a van. Suddenly, he felt the impact of an impish hoof against his face and was sent flying through a nearby brick wall. As he got back up, he saw Millie, holding an axe three times the size of his own. "HA! I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT A BADASS IS!!!" shouted Krieg as he charged the imp berserker. Axe clashed against axe, and the 2 melee enthusiasts engaged in a test of strength.

Charlie and Vaggie had made it back to the hotel, waiting for Krieg to return. The former worriedly paced back and forth throughout the lobby. Then, there was knocking on the door. "Krieg? Is that you-" said Charlie as she was met with a short, angry man holding a pair of shotguns to her face. "TELL US WHERE YOU'RE KEEPING KRIEG, YOU CLOWN-FACED BI-!" A blue haired woman then pushed him aside. "Jesus, Sal, at least let us introduce ourselves. Name's Maya, you two know where we can find an 8-foot mountain of muscles? Answers to Krieg?" "Well, last we saw him, he stayed behind at the overpass to cover our escape from some hitmen." As if on cue, a massive mushroom cloud appeared in the distance, with what appeared to be Krieg wrestling with a red midget flying out of it and towards the hotel.

Angel Dust was in his room at the hotel, watching recordings of some of his best, ahem, "work", and nuzzling his pet pig, Fat Nuggets, when Krieg and Millie went crashing through the window. The two came rolling down the stairs to the lobby. They were covered in bruises and various bleeding wounds. And bizarrely enough, as Millie strangled Krieg with barbed wire, they were complimenting each other. "Sweet Satan, you're tough! My pa'd love to meet you!" "MY COMPLIMENTS TO THE SADISTIC SHAVED CHEF!!"

As they continued maiming each other, everyone else present simply stood confused at the sight. Suddenly, a small, red grenade rolled into the room and released a large, sparkly red explosion. Everyone immediately turned to see what it was, even Krieg and Millie mid-suplex, somehow. Emerging from the smoke was Cherri Bomb, a cyclops with a large blonde ponytail and a knack for explosions. "So you're the guy who put Valentino outta commission?" "Yeah, guy beat the absolute SHIT outta that asshat!" replied Angel, who had come downstairs to observe the carnage.

As Cherri and Krieg prepared to begin thrashing each other, Vaggie stepped in. "EVERYONE WHO IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OR GUEST AT THIS HOTEL, GET THE FUCK OUT!!" Then a massive laser blast had blown the front doors off their hinges. Everyone present looked through the newly-created hole to see a massive zeppelin being piloted by a dapperly dressed snake.

"If anyone isss claiming that bounty, it will be me, SSSSIR PENTIOUS!" At this point, the rest of the IMP had caught up with Millie, and were just as confused as everyone else. "Small Circle of Hell, after all, huh?" remarked Blitzo. Mr. Torgue, who prior had been reading a handbook on homemade warheads, looked up and saw Pentious' airship. "F&@KIN' WHAT!? IS THAT A GODDAMN LASER!?" "What else do you think it could be, you protein-filled sssimpleton!?" hissed back Pentious. Torgue then pulled out a massive, multi-barreled missile launcher, even larger than the Nukem from earlier. "LASERS ARE MADE OF LIGHT, WHICH DOESN'T EXPLODE! AND BECAUSE LASERS DON'T EXPLODE, I RESENT THEM, AND BY EXTENSION, YOU, FOR EXISTING!!!" Before Pentious could fully process what Torgue had just said, he saw a volley of comically large rockets flying towards his ship. Pentious screamed in panic as his ship was blown to pieces, with the chassis eventually crashing in a burning pile on the ground. "WOOOOOOO!!! EAT EXPLOSIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, LASER-LOVER!!! MEEDLY-MEEDLY-MWOOOOOW!!!!" shouted Torgue as he began celebrating his victory against non-explosive weaponry with an air guitar solo.

Krieg excitedly ran towards his fellow Vault Hunters (and Torgue) and embraced them all in a singular, massive hug. "We missed you too, big guy." said Gaige."You know these people, Krieg?" asked Charlie, confusedly. "WE TRAVEL THE SICKENING SANDS AND CRACK THE VAULTS' SKULLS TO DRINK THEIR LUSCIOUS LOOT!" "He's saying that we're Vault Hunters. We find Vaults, open and loot them, and annihilate anything that tries to stop us." specified Axton. "So, what's with this big ol' building of yours?" "Well..." said Charlie "This is the Happy Hotel! Where damned souls can go to rehabilitate themselves for a chance at Heaven!" "Who'd want to go to Heaven when this place is so fun!?" asked Sal. "It's like Pandora but with slightly less murderous bandit hordes at every turn!"

"Also, you know any of these guys?" asked Gaige as she pointed to Krieg holding a chain wrapped around the IMP, aside from Millie, who was simply standing next to him. "Mr. Krieg, would you please mind releasing my husband?" requested Millie. Krieg proceeded to pull Moxxie from the chains and plopped him next to his wife. "You guys mind explaining yourselves?" asked Charlie towards the imps. "We'll, my name's Blitzo (the O is silent.), and I'm the founder of the Immediate Murder Professionals. We basically get hired by sinners to go up to the mortal world and-" before Blitzo could finish, he and Loona, still chained together, were flung by Krieg into the distance. "You could've at least let him finish!" yelled Charlie. Krieg then turned to Moxxie and Millie. Not wanting to end up like their cohorts, they came up with an idea. "Hey! Maybe instead of flinging us to Satan-knows-where, maybe we could be of use to Her Majesty? Perhaps security of some sort?" Charlie excitedly ran up to the 2 imps and began shaking their hands. "Welcome to the Happy Hotel! Husk, could you show these 2 around the premises? Me and the other will clean this whole mess up."

"This is boring, I'm out." stated Cherri Bomb. Before she could leave, she was stopped by Mr. Torgue. "HEY! CYCLOPS LADY! THOSE GRENADES OF YOURS WERE F&@ING AWESOME! HOW WOULD FEEL ABOUT WORKING FOR THE TORGUE CORPORATION!?" "Hell no, I ain't no suit." responded Cherri. "WE'RE NOT SOME CLEAN, PRISTINE COMPANY LIKE MALIWAN OR DAHL! WE MAKE EXPLOSIONS! YOU SEE THAT GUN KRIEG'S CARRYING!?" "That big-ass shotgun?" asked Cherri. "THAT'S THE TORGUE RAVAGER, 4 BARRELS OF WANTON EXPLOSIVE DESTRUCTION!!! AND THAT MISSILE LAUNCHER I USED TO DESTROY THAT LASER!? ALSO TORGUE!!" "Ok, on second thought, HELL YEAH, I'M IN!!" "GREAT! NOW, MISS BOMB, WE GOTTA OFFICIATE IT!!!" "How?" "WITH A FIST BUMP, OF COURSE!!" Torgue and Cherri proceeded to do just that. "YEAH, WELCOME ABOARD, CHERRI! MEEDLY MEEDLY MWOOOOW!!!"

ELSEWHERE IN THE CIRCLE OF PRIDE:

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" shouted Handsome Jack. "What's wrong, now, Jack? Someone get your coffee order wrong?" snarked Vox. "NO! SOMEHOW, THE BANDIT JACKASS THAT KILLED ME IS HERE, I WANT ALL OUR FORCES ON HIS ASS NOW!!" "You mean that buff guy that put Val in a coma? Well in that case, allow me to make an announcement-" "Allow me." said Jack as he pushed Vox out of the way to a nearby broadcasting booth.

All over the Pride ring, Jack appeared on all sorts of screens, a gimmick normally employed by Vox. "Attention, damned souls, Handsome Jack here. You know that human with the billion-dollar bounty on his head? Well, I'll pay you quadruple that if you bring him to me instead of ol' Luci."

And with that, sinners and demons alike began to take up arms, and began seeking out the now 4-billion-dollar bounty.