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 2
"Hello, Vault Hunter! How are you doing right now?" asked a man whose image made me unsettled... he had a very charismatic voice to him, but he wore a face mask and he looked at me with a smile that I could only assume to be devilish. "Um... who are you? And why are you wearing that mask?" I asked him, wondering who he was and how he knew how to contact me. "Wait... seriously? Handsome Jack, guy who tricked you and all of your friends onto a train to hunt down a vault, then double-crossed you and tried to kill you all?" Jack asked, me gasping at how he just explained a major part of my past to me.
"Y-You did what?" I asked in shock. "Um... exactly what I just said. You seriously can't remember?... Damn, that ruins all the fun," Jack frowned at me. "Fun? You think that murdering innocent people is FUN?! You are a monster!" I exclaimed at him. "And you're a stupid Vault Hunter who lost her memory. What else is knew? Now here's what's going to happen. Either submit to my power and join my side, or I kill you and everyone you know. Your choice," Jack smiled at me maliciously.
"And if I do side with you, what's going to stop you from killing me? Someone like you has no place in this world. You really are the worst person on Pandora... she was right... she was fucking right about you," I growled at him. "I'm sorry, who said that to you?" Jack asked. "Who asked you? If I told you, you'd just kill her too, I'm sure. Now don't you fucking dare get in my way. All I care about is getting my memories back. I don't care who you are or that you may have killed my friends that I don't remember, but I am serious. Don't fucking test me," I growled at him menacingly.
"Very well," Jack frowned as he cut the connection and Claptrap and I had reached a strange tanker that blocked our way forward, it having a lock thing on it that had a scanner on it. But it was then that I thought of something useful. "Hmm..." I frowned as I touched the computer and my tattoos glowed brightly, but this time they glowed green instead of their original hue of brown. And after a few seconds, the computer spoke. "Access granted," it spoke, the door opening up for me immediately. "Well, well, you've got some hardware with those tats, minion!" Claptrap smirked at me as I then got a message from Angel as I saw her face again.
"Wait... did you just execute a Phase Shift?" Angel gawked at me. "Is that what it was? I didn't expect it'd work, to be honest," I admitted. "Well, that ability is one of my only real abilities as a Siren... but I'm not really allowed to talk about that part," Angel admitted to me. "Why not? Are you a part of the computer or a real person?" I asked. "Well... I'm both, actually," Angel admitted. "I'm confused... why is that?" I asked, wondering if she'd tell me. "Okay, I'll tell you. But I need to do it at some point later on. Handsome Jack can listen in at any time he wants, so I have to be careful and choose when to tell you things," Angel admitted. "Is he a hacker or something?..." I asked. "Like I said, later," Angel said as she then cut the connection. And only 15 seconds after she cut the connection, Claptrap and I entered into an area that overlooked a deserted town and the murderous man himself got on a connection that I could sense was more than just to me.
"Attention all bloodthirsty bandits! I've heard tell that there is a certain woman with tattoos on her body. She is a Siren and is considered dangerous and armed. I am offering 5 million dollars for the bitch's head! Good luck!" Jack smiled into the Echo, which I immediately jacked into and added my two-sense. "Do you really want to trust someone who puts bullets through the heads of people he gives promises to? Or do you want to trust someone who just wants to stop him from killing anymore?" I frowned into the with my Phase Shift powers, which I could tell made the bandits think.
"Um... what the hell just happened? Who was that voice on the Echo?... Either way, she makes a good point... I'm conflicted boys! I don't know if we should kill the invader and possibly get killed before the money grab, or let her through our camp to take that pretty boy down!" said a very loud man that sounded like he was crazy. I decided to hack into the net one more time with another message. "He killed all of my friends after he promised he'd give them jobs as Vault Hunters. I'm the lone survivor and don't intend to kill any one of you. I just want to get my memories back as well as stop Handsome Jack," I said into the net, wondering if that'd be the killing blow to Jack's offer.
"You lost all your friends because Handsome Jack lied to you?! THAT TEARS IT! No deal, pretty boy!" I heard the voice say, me smiling at that... but then something happened that I would never forget. "Wrong answer!" Handsome Jack said with enthusiasm as I saw something in the sky that shocked me. A giant H on a moon that looked to be in pain fired a giant laser a few miles ahead of me and into a large tower, me gasping in horror as the tower fell completely to the ground, me hearing tons of screams of horror from the tower's direction.
"T-That... monster... THAT FUCKING MONSTER! ! !" I exclaimed at the top of my lungs, my shouts echoing through the glaciers and throughout the area, getting the attention of some people in the town as we got to the front gates. Fury filled my eyes as I felt my tattoos glowing again, me wondering if they would hurt me or not because of me unintentionally killing someone they may have been close to. But instead of shooting me, they all holstered their weapons at me and they opened the gate, something I didn't expect. I was still angry at Jack's actions, knowing full well that he caused that giant H to destroy that tower and all of those lives. "Does anyone know how I can kill Jack? I need to make him pay for this..." I growled as I curled my tattooed hand into a fist, me forcing a stalagmite to emerge from the ground, pushing out of the snow, and it being right in the middle of town. I made sure not to form it anywhere near anyone, but just to prove my powers.
"You're... that siren he mentioned..." one of the guys said, which is when I noticed nearly all of them had masks. "Believe me, I had no fucking knowledge that Jack would've done that when that guy disagreed to his deal... but everything that I said was true. Jack killed my friends and the result of his lies in order to kill them resulted in me losing almost every single memory I had. Jack told me that he killed my former friends, and before that, all I knew was my Siren powers and my tattoos being the source of that power... I know nothing else. So I don't care if you guys stay here or if you try and help kill Jack, but we need to rid the world of that menace before he kills again... and believe me, after what we all just witnessed, it's obvious that he's going to keep on killing again and again," I growled as I neared the exit before one of them stopped me. "Wait... you should... probably take our hostage with you..." the one guy said, pointing over to an area with an electric fence set up in it. "What?! By Jove, you're being sincere?! I can finally leave? Oh glorious of days!" I heard a reserved, scholarly voice say from the as a person disarmed the electrical fence before emerging out of a house within. He looked like he had seen some warfare himself as he had a robotic eyeball, a prosthetic arm, and one of his legs also looked to be prosthetic as well.
"Take him with you. He's with Sanctuary, so we were keeping him hostage because Jack offered a reward on his head too... but he never came to collect," the one bandit said, me seeing that there were some other bandits that looked different, but looked much more erratic and different in varying sizes. Some looked like children and some looked to be fully grown, but all of them were moving erratically, twitching, and some of them spewed some nonsensical words that I couldn't guess as to what they meant. "Bring me a bucket, and I'll show you a bucket!" one of them exclaimed out of nowhere, but he didn't attack once. Claptrap, meanwhile, looked absolutely terrified by these guys. Once the guy came out on the other side of the fence, he immediately came to my side and we then left the place, where we saw that there were some injured guys limping their way from the wreckage of the tower and towards the town, them looking to be scared and angry at their situation, but they didn't attack us. They just went on their way into the town.
"Now that we're alone, I must say that you really are a piece of work... the good kind, that is," the classy man said to me. "Um... thanks... I still feel a bit guilty that I caused someone to get killed..." I sighed after his praises. "Believe it or not, those guys aren't the best mates either. They've killed tons of people themselves," the guy said to me. "Well, there were some guys that looked to have a few screws loose... but I doubt any of them have killed more than Jack has," I frowned. "You are right on the money with that one... tell me, what is your name?" he asked me. "I can't remember... but I've decided that people should temporarily call me Terra, since my main Siren power is manipulating ground and rock," I said. "Well, my name is Sir Hammerlock, wildlife expert and main animal researcher of the Crimson Raiders. I came down to the Southern Shelf to document the wild Bullymongs, but then Captain Flint kidnapped me," he said.
"Captain Flint?" I asked. "He's the one that just got blown up by Jack and the one that turned down his offer," Hammerlock said. "I see... so how are we going to get to Sanctuary anyways?" I asked. "Leave that to me! I know of a boat by that tower that just exploded. If it didn't get injured by the debris, we can use it to set sail to Sanctuary," Claptrap smiled. "By the way... how did you find Claptrap?" Hammerlock asked. "Actually, this little bugger is the one who saved my life. I was nearing frostbite, but then he helped get me some warmth from the freezing cold snow," I smiled. "Really? Usually Claptrap is a bit of a nuisance..." Hammerlock said, but Claptrap didn't hear it. He had already gone on ahead to the ruins of the tower that once stood there... and I then got another message from the monster himself.
"Mm... oh god, these pretzels suck... how's your day going, buddy?" Jack asked me like all of this were some sick game to him. "How's my day going?! HOW IS MY DAY FUCKING GOING?! YOU ARE A WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT THAT FINDS SICK JOY IN KILLING OTHERS FOR NO REASON! I bet that you've even murdered babies before, haven't you, you sick, twisted, ugly piece of filth?!" I exclaimed at him, my shouts causing a bit of snow to roll down the mountain. Not an avalanche, just a bit of snow.
"I'm sorry... what was that last part you just said?" Jack asked me. "Do I need to spell it out for you? U-G-L-Y. I bet you look absolutely hideous underneath that face mask! If you feel like such a big man, take that thing off and look at me with your own eyes, you fugly fart!" I growled at him. Jack then growled at me as he then did as I said and he took off his mask... and when I saw what lie underneath, I saw that he had a horrible wound on his face that had a distinct mark that I felt I recognized fully... and then a memory came flooding back to me!
I saw... a strange symbol on a flag that was inside of a train. It was the exact same symbol that was on Jack's face. I was also surrounded by 6 other people. One was a big, burly guy. Another looked to be similar to the crazy guys I saw in the town. One looked to be a little girl with a metal arm on her body. Another was a Siren that looked very pretty with her blue hair and tattoos. One looked completely mysterious with his entire body in a suit of something and him having a beam katana on him. And then there was another big guy who had a turret thing on him.
I remembered all of their names as well. Salvador, the Gunzerker. Zer0, the Assassin. Maya, the Siren. Gaige, the Mechromancer. Krieg, the Psycho with a Conscience. And Axton, the Commando. And then a large explosion happened and all of us were thrown from the train, me only getting a few glimpses as my vision faded... I saw two of the Vault Hunters survive and escape... but I couldn't recognize them for the life of me. The memory then ended as I glared at Handsome Jack's face.
"The Vault Symbol... no wonder you wear that mask. I'd hide my face if I had that as a permanent scar," I frowned at Jack as he put his mask back on. "So, you finally remember a bit more, do you?" Jack smiled at me sadistically. "I remember the names of the people who died on the train crash that you caused and what they looked like. And that symbol was on one of the banners in the train. I have a question. Why did you want to hire us as Vault Hunters, only to then have all of us killed? What the hell did we ever do to you?" I growled at him. "Honestly, I just felt like doing it," Jack smirked at me, which only made me more ticked off. "Bye now," Jack smirked as he then ended the communications with me as we found the boat. And it looked like someone was already in there. Two people in fact.
"Um... who are these two?" Hammerlock asked as I recognized them fully! The one on the right looked like a twelve year old with orange hair in dual pigtails, a band-aid on her cheek, a mechanical arm, and looking to be fiddling with some tools in the boat's engine. And the other looked to be a woman in her mid 20's with blue hair, a kind smile, a yellow armor-styled shirt and some matching yellow armored pants, and had tattoos all over her left arm, which was the only part of her body that didn't have armor on it.
"Maya? Gaige?" I asked them, recognizing them completely! "Kiranaso? Is that you?" Gaige asked me, the name confusing the hell out of me. "Um... Kiranaso?... Is that really my real name?... It sounds almost like a joke," I admitted, the two looking at me with confusion. "You seriously don't remember your name?... But you're right about that part. I decided to call ya that because you never revealed your real name to us," Gaige admitted, her blowing a bubblegum bubble after she was done talking. "That sucks... but did I tell you anything else about me?" I asked. "All you really told us was that you weren't interested in the Vault and that you wanted revenge against Handsome Jack... you said that you wanted to kill him because he murdered your sibling..." Maya said at me.
Even though she said that, I didn't remember anything at all. "Rgh... I can't remember... let's just get this ship started so we can set off for Sanctuary," I frowned, Claptrap taking the helm and getting the ship to turn on with a simple push of a button, Gaige looking to be a bit jealous at that. "So what happened to you?" Maya asked me. "I woke up at the crash site and couldn't remember a thing... the only thing that I've been able to remember since is you guys's names and the vault symbol, meaning I was a Vault Hunter... what about the others?" I asked. "They all died upon impact... but for some reason, we couldn't find Krieg's body anywhere..." Maya admitted. "Hmm... I see..." I frowned as Claptrap got the ship to go out into the open waters. "It'll take at least 15 hours to get from here to the shores of Three Horns, which is where Sanctuary is. I suggest we get some rest while Claptrap steers the ship. If he's good at anything at all, it's boats," Hammerlock suggested. "Good thinking... I do need some sleep after everything that happened," I admitted as I laid down on the cold ground and tried to go to sleep, managing to do so in a few minutes.
