Raven awoke to an odd feeling in his entire body. He felt both nauseated and, well, generally weird. He had a terrible migraine (World's worst brain freeze, maybe? Get it? *Sigh* Now I know how Claptrap feels.), and felt like he was standing in a pool of lava. That was bouncing. And he was standing on the waves in the lava. Inside a whirlpool, which was also an erupting volcano (not an exaggeration).

Raven fell to the ground. He screamed in his mind, too weak to say anything. He twisted and turned, trying to peel his suit off. It didn't budge, so he just went limp, and involuntarily whimpered the only word he ever said: "Nevermore..." and he passed out. His body then disappeared.

Upstairs, Lilith watched, stunned, as Zero walked out. He never simply walked out. He always said something, had a good reason, or was clever about it.

"God damn it, Zero!" Lilith began, extremely angry. "We have stuff to do! Axton, go get him!"

"Fine," Axton said, with a tone that said, "Really? Just, really?" and left.

"I'll go with you Axton. I'll punch Zero," Brick said. He hadn't punched anything since he'd played Bunkers and Badasses with Tina. And even then, it wasn't technically him that punched anything.

"Brick, don't punch Zero," Lilith began. "You don't know whether or not Raven can sense these things. Or what he's capable of." Brick and Axton left, and went to Marcus' place.

"Well, if it isn't my favorite customers!" Marcus said, enthusiastically.

"I punch favorite customers," Brick said.

"Never mind, then. Anyway, what do you need? I've got a new Jakobs Shotgun, and a few Vladof Assault Rifles!" Marcus continued.

"We need to know if you've seen Zero," Axton said professionally.

"Not since he got his new Sniper Rifle this morning, so, anyway, about these guns-" Marcus said, attempting to sell the weapons.

"I punch guns," Brick said.

"Alright," Axton began, "Let's go see if Crazy Earl has seen Zero."

"Crazy. Earl. Black Market Crazy Earl?" Brick began, "Seriously, Axton? He's gonna make you pay a lot of Eridium, you know. And I can't punch him. He keeps his door locked."

"...Yeah, let's just ask," Axton said. They walked up to Crazy Earl's door, and knocked.

"What 'chu want?!" Crazy Earl asked.

"Have you seen Zero?" Axton asked.

"Who the hell is Zairo?!" Crazy Earl screamed.

"Never mind, then. Didn't we used to be Vault Hunters?" Axton asked, with a slight confusion in his voice.

"I punch Vault Hunters," Brick said, punching the air.

"I'm just going to walk a little further away from you, now," Axton began. "So, should we head to Moxxi's, Scooter's, Zed's, maybe even Claptrap's?"

"Nah. Zero'll be back," Brick said. "And I will punch him." Axton and Brick went back to the Crimson Raiders HQ, and were met with a surprise. A puddle of lava on the ground, next to Raven's bed. Over the lava was a cloud white as snow, that poured a wall of hail down onto the puddle.

"Uh..." Axton said, as a nanobot crawled out of the lava. It then climbed up to and rested on the bed. The bot had Orange and Blue stripes on it, and was other was white. It had a cyan glow to it, and when Axton looked at it, he saw a card like you would see on a weapon.

Volcanic Nanobot

Damage: 2147483647

Accuracy: 100.0

Fire Rate: N/A

Reload Speed: N/A

Magazine Size: N/A

Chance to Ignite: 100.0%

Ignite Damage: 2147483647 /\/\ /\ |_ | \/\/ /\ |\|

"I punch Volcanic Nanobots," Brick said.

"That's stupid- OH MY GOD! What the hell happened?!" Lilith asked.

"This," Axton said pointing at the Nanobot.

"Maliwan?" Maya asked. "Pearlescent Maliwan Volcanic Nanobot? Hey, where's Raven?"

"This is all we saw," Brick said.

"Find Zero?" Lilith asked.

"Nope," Axton answered.

The Nanobot jumped towards Lilith.

"Shit," Maya said.