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 3
When I entered my dream, I didn't expect to be able to see anything, but I was able to see something that really confused me, but I saw it anyways. A memory of me talking with Krieg. In terms of appearance, Krieg looked completely distorted, as was his personality on the outside. However, he had an inner side to his persona that made him different than most Psychos. He had a conscience that had some control over Krieg's actions... and I was the only one able to communicate effectively with that conscience, as my vision showed.
Also, for those of you curious as to how I looked, I was dressed in a pure black shirt, matching jean jacket of dark blue, and a pair of jeans that were dark blue as well. I also had on sneakers that were Velcro instead of laced, which I smiled at, as I then remembered I hated laced shoes. My skin was extremely dark, even compared to my clothes, almost like I was nearly pure black, my lip color being dark brown as well. And my hair was short-length and black, falling just to my neck on the sides and back with nothing covering the front.
"So... you're real name isn't really Krieg... it's just the name that your crazy self gave to himself after years of torment in Eridium testing?" I asked, wondering what Eridium was... I didn't remember, but continued listening to the vision. "Yes, and I am actually trying to reunite with my daughter... she was the only one in my family to escape from Eridium testing and I've heard she's on Pandora," I heard a very reserved voice say... but the body itself said something completely different afterwards. "Lady dark as coal, burning with fire!" the body said like a madman, but my vision had me face palm at his words. "Ugh, how do you even deal with this crazy guy? He's completely incoherent 100 percent of the time," I groaned at the psychotic person. "I can't help it. He's the one in control, I just guide him from place to place," the voice said... followed by Krieg saying something else that I couldn't hear because of another sound that woke me up from the dream and with a jolt!
"Land ho! We're at Three Horns Divide! Time to roll out, minion!" I heard Claptrap say from right next to my face, me punching the robot in the face and knocking him over from that. "Next time, wake me up with an alarm clock? You're voice is irritating as all hell," Maya groaned as she got up from the ground as well, Gaige and Hammerlock already up and at 'em and looking to be having a conversation of sorts.
"So how did you get your prosthetic arm?" Hammerlock asked Gaige. "I was making a science fair project and accidentally blew my entire arm up. And then, I got the brilliant idea to make a mechanical limb that could also summon my trusty companion Deathtrap whenever I wish and if the arm has enough power in it. It's actually strong enough to break a brick into a hundred pieces with one punch," Gaige smirked. "I see. Well, my limbs got eaten by a giant thresher in the Highlands. I learned my lesson. Don't ever bring piping hot Skag meat to work for lunch when studying the beasts of Pandora," Hammerlock smirked. "Admittedly, that sounds very painful," I frowned as we joined up at the dock and we exited the boat as it neared the ice, us hearing some noises from up ahead, almost like engines of cars.
Someone then ran across the bridge while also blowing it completely up! And then, another vehicle chased the guy in the first car with crazy laughs from the driver on my Echo communicator. "I SMELL YOU!" the voice exclaimed loudly. "Oh, bloody hell! Just go back to your camp and leave us alone!" I heard another voice say. "Oh, sure, I guess we'll just drive back to camp and- DIIEEE!" the voice exclaimed like a madman with gunfire in the background. "Looks like somebody needs saving... but how are we going to cross that bridge? It's utterly demolished!" Gaige frowned. "I have an idea, but we'd also need a car of our own," I frowned as we moved up the ramps and, after defeating a bunch of Bullymongs that tried to impede our quest, we came upon a strange machine at the top of the hill... one that looked very odd.
"By Jove! That's one of Scooter's Catch-A-Ride machines! We can use these to get to Sanctuary in a snap!" Hammerlock smiled as he tried to input a user password and it worked for him, allowing for a car with a turret attachment to appear out of thin air. "I shall take Claptrap back to Sanctuary with me. You should probably find a way to get into that particular machine. From what I heard, the Crimson Raiders blocked it to anyone who doesn't have authorization," Hammerlock said before he zoomed away and across the bridge, but only after he threw Claptrap into the turret seat. "Okay, I think I may be able to crack this thing..." I said as I put my hand to the side and focused, wondering if I could hack it with another Phase Shift.
And then, pay dirt. "Authorized user accepted! Please keep your arms and legs in the vehicle at all times and reminder: there's a pimento taco... a pimentaco in the glove compartment!" said an obvious country hick voice on the machine. "Well... didn't expect a hillbilly to be good with machines or cars," Gaige admitted as I then summoned a car that had 3 seats in it. One was on the front end, another in the back, and the turret on the top. "Thanks for using Scooter's Catch-A-Riiide, bitch!" the voice said on the machine, making me twitch my eyebrow at it a bit.
"Real charmer that one, huh?" I heard Angel say on my communicator, her face appearing to be smiling at me, but her eyes also being a bit in pain obviously. "Um... girls? If I start talking to myself, don't question it. I'm just talking to a girl who is also a computer," I said to Gaige and Maya. "Understood," Gaige smirked as Maya simply giggled as I got in the turret and Maya got the wheel, leaving Gaige to get the back seat and use her own guns to take out anyone that may follow us.
"By the way, Jack isn't watching right now, so I think I can tell you... I'm not really a computer, but a woman that is forcibly hooked up to the and everything on this planet... and Jack is currently pumping my body full of Eridium to charge a legendary Vault Key... he's done it so long and so much, I now rely on Eridium to survive... I have a plan for you to help stop Jack, but it would result in my death... the only way that Jack can be stopped is if you stop him from charging the Vault Key, which is the one tool he has to rule the world of Pandora and kill anyone that opposes him in his mad quest for power," Angel explained.
"Wait... I have a question... what the heck is Eridium? I can't remember it, but it sounds incredibly destructive to Sirens," I asked. "It is a special substance that has erupted into the world after the first Vault on Pandora was opened. It's able to enhance the powers of Sirens and it's the only source of power to the Vault Key. It's recognized as either a purple vapor that weakens any who touch it that aren't Sirens or as a refined bar," Angel said. "I see... I wonder what will happen if I touched it..." I frowned as I looked at Maya and Gaige. "Actually, you did touch it before. But when you touched it, it evaporated into a puff of pure air," Maya explained, me gasping at this new information. "Um... Angel? Apparently, my friend said that if I happen to touch Eridium, it ceases to exist. I think that I may just be able to save you from death," I gawked at her. "R-Really?! T-That's great news!... Oh, hold up, Jack's coming back on the net," Angel said as she then stopped talking to me and the Echo turned off just as I saw that we had emerged out of the cave on the other side of the broken bridge and we got into a large expanse of rock and snow, us seeing that there was a place ahead of us that had some people trying to break into a large, reinforced gate.
"C'mon! Let us in, ya grinders! We're only gonna kill every last one of ya!" said one of the people, my gaze immediately going into a glare at him and all of the others around there. "Hmm..." I growled as my tattoos erupted in power and I sent rocks out of the ground and forced the points of them to penetrate all of their skulls and for all of them to die instantly. "There, murderers gonzo," I frowned. "Okay, now let's go over here and try and talk to the people in town," I said as I got to the gates and emerged from the turret along with Gaige, Maya keeping the vehicle warm for our return. "Um... testing, testing, one two three. We're hoping to join the fight against Handsome Jackass?" Gaige smirked, me giggling at how she said his name incorrectly on purpose.
"Haha! That's a good one! You must be those Vault Hunters. Roland wanted to speak with you. Hold on, let me Echo him," the guy on the other side said, most likely the gatekeeper. We then got a call on each of our Echos, which is when I realized that Maya and Gaige had a set of their own as well. "Ah, so you're the 3 females that I've been hearing all this radio chatter about... the name's Roland. I was a Vault Hunter like you girls, until I joined the Crimson Raiders. I'd like to meet you, but first we have a problem. Corporal Reiss was sent to the Bloodshot Camp to retrieve a power core for our Shield Wall system, but he ran into trouble and hasn't returned. Find him, because we need him and the power core. Otherwise, Sanctuary will be a sitting duck for Moon Blitzes," Roland said as I suddenly got a flashback of the Flynt's tower collapsing completely after a single Moon Blitz struck it. "Let's get moving, girls," I said as I immediately jumped in the turret and we saw some tire tracks in the snow back by the cave that weren't ours and... there were 2 sets of them.
"Let's follow these," Maya said as she drove after the tracks and we drove a bit of a distance until we saw a sight that we didn't expect. Two different cars on fire and numerous corpses of the same type of people that tried to break into Sanctuary... as well as a strange radio device that I hadn't encountered before. "That's an Echo log. Play it," Gaige said, me doing so and hearing a voice on the other side. "This is Corporal Reiss! I've got the power core! I'm being chased by bandits! I got shot! I'll try and lose them in the Marrow Fields!" the voice said before yelling loudly and the recording getting a thumping sound as it turned out. "The Marrow Fields are just to the north of us according to the map, so let's head off immediately!" Maya said as I did something that I knew would be helpful to us and I formed two large ramps of rock and earth on each side of the gate, which would allow easy access into the area with our car.
We zoomed into the Marrow Fields from the ramps and caught a lot of the bad guys off guard, our turrets and our wheels making short work of the small fry as we finally reached a guy who looked to be getting attacked by a whole gang of bandits, one of them stealing something off of him... that is, until our group completely surrounded the four of them and we aimed our different weapons at their faces, Gaige smashing her metal fist against the back of the guy's head that held the power core. The three were petrified in fear as they let their arms up and we heard Reiss groan from pain. "Now I suggest you three murderous monkeys throw all of your guns on the ground right there, then jump off of this cliff and swim for safety," I growled at them. "O-Okay! P-Please don't hurt us!" they said in fear as they threw their guns to the ground to the south of us and then ran north, jumping off the cliff and into the water that surrounded this place. They dunked underneath it and then immediately froze into ice sculptures from the sheer cold of the water.
"Heh... good to see them get payback for that... rgh..." Reiss said on the ground as I saw blood escaping his mouth as well as from his stomach. Even with a health pack, there'd be no saving him. "Take that power core to Sanctuary... and if you see him... tell Jack... I'll meet him in hell..." Reiss coughed as he then breathed his last breath and fell to the ground, nothing else happening other than our faces going into grief, but none more so than Gaige. "Shit just got real..." Gaige frowned. "Get used to it, little girl. You're the youngest badass I've ever met, so stay strong, for Reiss's sake," I said to her. "Okay..." Gaige said with a determined grit on her face afterwards. "Now let's head back to Sanctuary with this beacon of hope," I smirked.
We then drove back the long way to Sanctuary and we got a message from Roland before we reached the gates. "Did you get the power core?" he asked. "Yes... but Reiss didn't make it," Maya said. "Reiss is dead? He was one of the first Lance men I recruited to the Raiders! Get that power core into Sanctuary before-" Roland was about to say until we got some interference. "Ah shit, I've been compromised! Get the hell away from me, bandits!" Roland exclaimed as I heard some gunfire and then his Echo went dead. "Crap! I heard that! Roland's been compromised! Get that power core into the city and then talk to Scooter. It's time to initiate Plan B," I heard the man on the other side of the gate say as we then were allowed access into Sanctuary, the gate lowering for us as we then entered it on foot. Once we did so, the gate immediately closed up on us... and we got another message from Handsome Jackass.
"Haha! Made it to Banditville, huh? Well done, well done! I must say I am very impressed with you ladies," Handsome Jack smiled at us in all three of our Echos. "Shut it, Ugly Jackass," I frowned at him, only then cutting the communication on my Echo. "Um... you're never going to call me by my real name, are you?" Jack asked. "After the shit you've pulled, not a chance," I frowned at him. "Hah! I'm trying to bring order to this desolate planet! You're just a bandit that has no place in this world," Jack smirked at me. "That may be true, but if anyone's the real bandit, it's you. I mean, you have billions and trillions of dollars, but you don't spend a goddamn penny of it to help anyone but yourself! Meanwhile, you spout false promises that only end in you killing more and more people! I mean, just look at our old friend Krieg! You put him in Eridium testing for no reason and forced him to go mad while also losing his wife and his daughter to your lust for power and from running away from the experiments respectfully!" Maya growled at him. "Krieg? Who the hell is that? I don't remember anyone by that name," Handsome Jack frowned. "You probably don't remember anyone that you've killed because of how many you've offed. How much are you willing to bet? Five bucks?" I growled at him. "Hehe, I like your feisty attitude, mystery siren. I must admit, not even I got your name at all. It's almost like you never had one," Jack laughed. "Mark my words, Jack. I will make you pay for all of the innocent people that you've hurt in your mad bloodlust. And then, when I have you on your hands and knees, I'm going to rip off your ears, stick dynamite in the holes, and make your head explode," Gaige growled at him. "Hah! I'd love to see the day!" Jack smirked as we finally met up with a guy on the outside of Sanctuary by a strange machine.
"Is this the shield machine?" Maya asked. "Yes, that's it alright. Take out the old core and input the new one," the guy said who was guarding it. Maya then took out the core of the machine and put in the good one, resulting in the shields appearing over Sanctuary... and just in the nick of time too! Literally five seconds after the shields came back online, the moon's giant H shot at least 10 volleys at Sanctuary, all of them getting stopped dead in their tracks by the new shield. "Good thing we did that when we did, otherwise this town would've hit the dust," I said. "Now we need to go and enter Sanctuary itself. Who do we talk to about Plan B?" Gaige asked. "Talk to Scooter, the town mechanic. He'll give you the details," the guy at the shield generator said. "Thanks," I smiled at him.
