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 27
Once we decided on our course of action, we came to the conclusion that someone needed to help guard Scarlett's ship in case Sandman sent a team of men out to attack her. "So who is going to stay behind and watch over Scarlett? I mean, someone has to make sure she doesn't get a bullet in her body while we hunt down Sandman," I said to my allies within hearing distance of Scarlett herself. "Really? You'd be willing to leave someone here to watch over me? You are a saint, hon," Scarlett smiled at me. "I think that I can watch over her and her crew if you don't mind. Besides, I wanna see how cool using a sword is with my metal arm," Gaige smirked. "Aw, the cutie is going to protect me? Hopefully you have the skills to match your cuteness," Scarlett smirked.
"Oh, trust me, this arm is strong enough to smash concrete! And whenever I wish, I can bring this puppy out," Gaige smirked, her forcing her pet robot to come out. "WHOA! That is one awesome looking robot! What's it called?" Scarlett gawked as she actually fell on her butt. "I call him Deathtrap. He was originally meant to be an anti-bullying project for my planet's science fair, but because this bitch bribed the judges, she won with a stolen version of Deathtrap while I got 3rd frigging place! She then shoved me, Deathtrap attacked her, she exploded, and I barely got out of there without going to prison," Gaige smirked. "Well, on the upside, you've got over 100 thousand subscribers ever since that incident and ever since you've been updating it with your Pandora ventures," Maya smirked at her. "This is true," Gaige smirked.
After we were done with that, Lustab, myself, and Maya all went back to our sand skiffs and went off to Hayter's Folly, meaning we had to go back to Oasis and then to the northwest area of it. We saw that it led to a canyon that spiraled downwards, the whole entrance strewn with pirates, but none of them lasting long against our abilities. Lustab was able to snipe them from afar with her bow, which she insisted on taking with her as her weapon when she left her village... it also was a part of the Vault we opened, so it was ancient, but amazing. It allowed the user to have unlimited arrow usage and the arrow tips were coated with a deadly poison that could instantly kill anything that the tip connected to through the skin.
We then proceeded through the cave that led to the place and we saw that the place still had some water on the ground and that it wasn't connected to Oasis at all from what we could see. "I guess the water from Oasis was from a different source than this place," I smiled as we moved forward through the caves and had to deal with a few different Skags as well as it being my first encounter with a certain creature I had never seen before. It looked to be a large formation of rock that had three legs coated in gems and the creature not having any eyes. "Be careful, those are Crystalisks. If they feel threatened, they will not hesitate to attack," Maya warned me. "Then we won't provoke them. We'll just walk right by them," I smiled as I simply strolled next to it, the Crystalisk not attacking me once, which the duo of Maya and Lustab were impressed by.
They soon followed my steps and we avoided attacking the Crystalisks at all. In fact, they simply stood in place and seemed to be watching us with their non-existing eyes. "Crystalisks are naturally docile unless provoked. If provoked, they will send exploding crystals at you," Lustab said with a smile. "Nice to know. So if we wanted to be smart, we'd leave them alone," I smirked. "Yes, but the only issue is that most people try to attack them only because their jewels are worth a good sum of money," Maya frowned. "Well that's just sick. Exploiting innocent creatures in pursuit of wealth. That's yet another thing that Jack did, now that I think about it... remember what he tried to do to Bloodwing?" I asked. "Yeah, he turned an innocent bird into a gigantic monster filled with Eridium! And after that, he planned to kill her with an explosive collar. Good thing you were able to see the signs before Jack could do the deed," Maya smiled.
"Yeah, that does sound honorable. I don't know exactly who this Handsome Jack person is, but I do think that you and him are total opposites," Lustab smiled at me. After I kissed her on the cheek for the compliment, we then moved towards a large waterfall area that would have us going up some stairs to get into another cave at the top of the waterfall. "You know, Sandman and I used to get along very well in the past. We both found the compass pieces together and we were making good progress... but when I found out what they were for, me being a stupid idiot, I tried to literally stab him in the back. It was really embarrassing and now he has his own band of pirates..." Scarlett said. "Well, I hope you learned your lesson. Don't double-cross anyone. It may bite you in the ass in the long run," I said. "You know... that is a good point... I was going to say that you shouldn't double-cross your friends until the opportune moment... but the way you word it, it seems that it's absolutely true," Scarlett admitted.
"Well, we're nearing his camp anyways. What can we expect?" I asked. "Expect him to be heavily guarded, especially with his main bodyguard in Big Sleep. He wields giant saw blades and guns along with an armored body all over him," Scarlett said, me smirking when she said 'armored body'. "Well, I can go ahead and just force the metal on his body to slice him apart," I smiled. "You can do that?! I'd really love to see a video of that!" Scarlett smirked. "Maya, would you do the honors of recording when I face those baddies?" I smiled at her. "You got it, Terra," Maya smiled.
We then got to a different area with a gate preventing us from moving forward. "Hah! Gates? Let me deal with this," I smiled as I forced the bars to pry apart, allowing us to go into the area where we saw a very small person sitting on a stool at the front steps to a large shack. "I take it that you're Sandman, right?" I asked him with a smirk, getting his attention immediately. "H-How the hell'd you get past the gate?!" he asked in shock. "I'm very unpredictable," I smiled at him. "No matter! Come on out, boys! I ain't giving up my compass piece to nobody! And with my brand new pirate crew members, you won't last five seconds!" Sandman smirked, me raising an eyebrow at that. "Come on out, my giants!" he exclaimed, three different people appearing from above the shack, me immediately gasping when I saw two of those giants.
One of the three was Big Sleep himself, but the other two... let's just say that they gasped big time when they saw my face. "K-Kendra?! Is that you?!" they exclaimed in shock, my mouth blubbering the moment that I saw them. "MOM! DAD!" I exclaimed in pure joy when I saw them, Sandman looking on in confusion. "Um... did I miss something here? You say this girl is your daughter? How very fitting then," Sandman smiled maliciously. "We're not going to kill our own daughter, bud! We have a rule. No killing anyone we care for. So instead," my dad said as he then took his bare fists and smashed Big Sleep's face in by smashing them against his armored head, me in shock at just how strong he was! "Oh shit..." Sandman gawked as we then had him completely surrounded.
"It doesn't have to end in bloodshed, Sandman. Just give us the compass piece and we'll let you live," I smiled at him. "Like I'd do something as stupid as th-" he was about to say until I shot a bullet extremely close to his body, but not to the point of hitting him. Just enough to spook him. "OKAY! I give, just please don't kill me!" he said in absolute fear. "Heh. You talk big, but you're all bark and no bite," I smiled at him as I then forced the ground to encase him in a cage made of rock, something that shocked him to no end.
"Hey! Let me outta here!" Sandman demanded. "I can't hear you? You didn't ask nicely and I'm deaf to anything but nice words," I smiled in a mocking voice, which I could tell made my birth parents a bit confused. "I'll slit your throats while you sleep! I will get out of this cage and I will kill y-" the guy was about to say until my mom did the rest, shooting him directly through the skull with a single shot of a sniper rifle. "Whoa..." I gawked at how she did the deed. "No one threatens to kill my daughter," mom frowned. "I think we have a lot to discuss on our trek back with the compass piece," I admitted. "Yeah... about that... what are you doing working with a pirate like Captain Scarlett? We've heard that she's a backstabber and an absolute bitch, so why would you be working alongside her?" dad asked me. "Our goals are aligned with one another. We both want to get at the Vault of the Leviathan and we need these compass pieces in order to find the treasure," I said.
"Really? I didn't know you became a Vault Hunter," mom smiled. "How could you not know? I'm literally the talk of the nowadays with how many things I've done. I even defeated Handsome Jack with help from my allies," I smiled, immediately making them drop their mouths. "You defeated Handsome Jack?! We knew you were something special, hon!" mom smiled as she hugged me with tears in her eyes, me smiling at how I didn't need to bend down to hug her like I had to do with Angel. I was now just as tall as them. "Who are your friends, by the way?" dad asked me. "This is Maya, another Siren and a fellow Vault Hunter. And this is Lustab, and Aegran that, upon me rescuing her, resulted in us being married," I said. "Mackalo. It's nice to meet you, parents of Terra," she smiled as she held out her tiny, gray hand to be shaken, mom and dad immediately doing so, them needing to use their fingers to shake her hand due to the size difference.
"Okay, where is his compass piece hidden?" Maya asked. "It's in this chest right here," mom said, pointing to a chest that was easy to open as it had no locks. We immediately opened it up and saw that there was a compass piece as well as an Echo recording. "Captain's journal. We've found out where another piece of the compass is! It was found by a Hyperion caravan that was being guarded by mean-looking Loaders. They think it's just a trinket, so they're going to try and sell it. They aren't set to move forward until nightfall, so we're going to raid them when they're guard is down. End of journal," said the voice of Sandman.
"Well, how lucky!" I smirked as I pocketed the compass piece and was about to do the same with the Echo... when I noticed something. The chest had a hidden second compartment! I opened it up and saw that there was another Echo recording there that had a signature on the side of it. "Captain Blade? Who's that?" mom asked when she read the name. "That's the name of Captain Scarlett's ancestor, the most fearsome pirate in the world! Maybe we should give it a listen?" I asked as I played the message and we all were shocked to hear the words that came from it.
"Captain's Log, year 3, month 5, day 23... The crew is gonna mutiny... that cook that I pretended to kill and gave him a chance at a new life? They found him stationed in Oasis while I was fixing me boat... after they strung him up, they got to talkin'... and I told 'em I've never killed another soul in my life!... My guess is, they'll raid the treasure room for guns and shoot me while my back's turned... Might as well let 'em do it. I'd rather be killed in cold blood than to have to wipe out my own men. This will be... my last log entry... Captain Blade, signing off," the Echo said... and apparently someone must've had the recorder still going on (AKA, Maya) because we soon got a message from Scarlett afterwards.
"M-My... My great grandad... he never killed another person in his life?... He staged deaths to prevent killing anyone?... Not even wanting to try and kill his own crew if they mutinied?... So... everything I knew about him... everything that I was taught was the true nature of the pirate code of conduct... all of it was a farce? A lie?..." I heard Scarlett ask in shock and sadness, Maya only then getting the idea to turn off the recording. "We... we didn't mean to have the recorder playing when we listened to the log... apologies on our behalf if that made you mad at all," Lustab said with a frown. "I just... how am I supposed to live like this? I spent my entire life living by what my great grandad Captain Blade was rumored to do. Kill people who I found traitors, feed hostages to Sand Worms, executing people that tried to come after us... but if all of that was a lie, then what am I supposed to do to make up for it?" Scarlett asked with honest sobs. She wasn't faking her sadness.
"There is one thing you can do, Scarlett," I smiled at her, getting her attention. "What's that?" she asked. "Stop living in Blade's shadow. He wouldn't have wanted his offspring to be a ruthless killer, sure, but he also wouldn't want them to idolize him to the point of basing their entire existence around his teachings. Be your own person, not basing your ideals off of someone who had a bad reputation. Now that you know the truth, maybe start doing things that Captain Blade would've done in reality. Maybe be more forgiving to people who try to steal from you? Greet people kindly and only attack if they attack first? There are many things you can do to become a better person as well as a better captain," I smiled at her. "B-But that goes against all the codes of being a pirate!" Scarlett said. "Not really. Was Captain Blade the first pirate?" I asked her.
That comment got Scarlett thinking a bit, before she finally answered. "You know... I think that he very well was, at least on this planet... he built all the foundations of what a pirate should aspire to, and he also has another Echo that I have on me that he reserved for anyone related to him... telling what a pirate's life should be like. I haven't listened to it ever since I was a little girl, though... maybe I should give it a listen while you make your way back here?" Scarlett asked. "First though, we need to get to the Hyperion Convoy and get that other compass piece... hopefully without killing anyone... my other wife would be pretty mad at me if I attacked Hyperion personnel," I smiled. "Really? And who would your 'other' wife be?" mom smirked at me. "Angel, the daughter and slayer of Handsome Jack. I'll explain it all on our way back to Wurmwater," I said. "That'd be a good story to tell," dad chuckled.
