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Chapter 16: Oops

"V-1 to V-2. I repeat V-1 to V-2"

Maya picked up the radio. "Axton, why are you using code names? We don't even know which one of us is V-2."

"Obviously V-2 is you Maya and why not? Come one we should have nicknames for each other."

"Nicknames shouldn't be V-1 or V-2 you moron." Maddox shouted from the other room. "I would know. The people that I used to work for had those nicknames for everyone. Mine was X-624."

"Yea, let's not put numbers on us." Gaige stated.

"Ok enough with the nicknames." Maya laughed, "Any news?"

"Yes actually, Mordecai is telling me that a train is going to be arriving soon and it has the vault key inside it. You guys better get over here." Axton informed them.

"We're on our way." Maya turned off the radio. Immediately everyone gathered up their gear and left.

The ride to the Tundra Express was much longer than any of them expected. Maddox and Gaige both sat in the back of the technical.

"So before you got your abilities what was life like on Rehtona?"

"It was a pretty normal life. I ran Track, Crosscountry, played soccer, and participated on the drill team."

"Were you any good?"

"Drill Team I was one of the best cadets on the deck. Cross Country and Track I was decent. Soccer though. Phew I sucked. I had this one friend- his name was Daniel a fast but short Mexican boy who could get past everyone on the team with the ball."

"That's impressive, but uh… what's a Mexican?" Gaige asked.

"Oh uhh… it's just a group of people that come from a certain place on our planet."

"Oh… isn't that a little… I don't know… rude?"

"I don't know. If it was they didn't really take offense because they knew it was true. That's where they came from. So that's just what we called them."

"Angel are you getting all of this?"

"Yes, Jack I've already scanned every known system and the planet Rehtona Noisnemed doesn't ever show up. But he did say that the colony was forg-"

"Yea I know what he said. But still… something isn't right about him. All of these things he says about it is too similar to our home planet. Back when the Earth wasn't united under one rule. Just in case send a satellite in that area see if it picks up any civilization on the so called moon."

The group had made it to the Tundra Express. Fighting through a few varkids. Eventually they made it to the large mouth of a cave. Inside was Axton sitting at a small table watching a young girl skip around a captured psycho. "All around the stactus plant, the stalker chased the bandit. The bandit thought twas all was fun" she sang as she got on top of a large pump and began to push it down with all of her body weight. "POP!" The psycho now exploded into pieces. "Goes the bandit." The group all stared, this was their help?

"Oh haaiii!"

Maddox wasn't sure why, but the girl was unsettlingly familiar to him. Krieg stared at her too for a while. Either thinking the same thing or just mindlessly staring. Probably the latter.

"Roland told me you needed help jacking the train and I'm yo gal. Listen uup butt faces I need you to go into that bandit fort and get my badonkadonks."

"Uhhh, you're what?" Axton asked for clarification.

"My badonkadonks."

"She means missiles." Mordecai announced over the radio.

"If we're hijacking a train why are we getting missiles?" Maddox asked.

"Are you questioning my methods?" Tina ran up to his face.

Maddox through his hands up in a defensive manner. "No no, just uh… just wondering."

"It's a surprise and no plan is good unless there's an explosion in it."

Salvador laughed. "I like this Chica."

"Enough talk. It is my nap time and you have badonkadonks to get."

"Of course." Zero spoke.

They all went over to the fort. Almost immediately became under intense heavy fire. All of them ducked behind barricades or whatever they could find to prevent from getting shot. None of them daring to peak above their cover.

"What do we do? We're all pinned down." Axton pointed out.

Maddox took a chance to peak and was immediately greeted with a bullet hitting right on his barricade flying concrete dust in his face. "Agh, I don't know. Wait. Zero use deception to get to a better position to see if you can take some out." Maddox looked over to where Zero was crouching. He didn't move. "Zero? Zero did you hear me?" Suddenly, Zero's body flickered and Maddox understood. Sniper fire rained down on the bandits from a nearby cliff side. Zero was already up there.

Eventually the bandits began to duck in cover from being hit themselves giving the Vault Hunters a chance to reposition themselves. Gaige deployed DT and ran into battle behind it. Shooting at whatever she could while staying near DT. Axton managed to sneak behind enemy lines and deployed two Sabre turrets. But even with their small victories the number of bandits was still 15 to 1. Maddox shoulder charged a bandit on the walkway. The Marauder momentarily lost his balance and tried to retaliate by tackling Maddox. However, Maddox ducked out of the way and the Marauder plummeted to the ground below. Maddox dropped a grenade next to the Marauder and ran off with the explosion going off behind him. While running Maddox spotted a valve against the wall. "Hey guys I found a valve. I'm going to turn it on and see if it does anything to help us." Maddox spoke over the radio.

"Roger that." Gaige replied.

Maddox took hold of the valve and began to turn it. A loud siren shook the whole place. More and more bandits came running towards them.

"What did you do?" Axton shouted angrily over the radio.

"I didn't know what it would do!"

"We need to regroup. Everyone move towards the entrance. There we don't need to worry about bandits coming behind us."

Maddox jumped over the railing landing on a suicide psycho. He jumped and hardened his front as the bomb exploded sending him flying towards the entrance. Gaige rode in on top of DT while everyone else arrived on foot. The bandit number tripled and they were all surrounded. Maddox looked over to his right and within seconds Gaige's shield went out and eventually she fell over and started bleeding out.

Sorry I know this one was a short one. I just wanted to get one out to you.