Chapter 5
*BANG* Another shot from zer0's Jakobs revolver rang out throughout the valley, he was hunting spiderants for the sleeping siren back at the cave lair thing, he decided that 10, little spiderlings would be enough to last out the blizzard, as he turned back, a small snowflake landed on his mask, it instantly melted but it told him that it was time to head back to Lilith, so as he slung the 10 small beasts over his shoulder he noticed the dark clouds approaching at an alarming rate, he decided to throw on a small bit of pace to reach her, 'Knowing her she will hurt herself trying to get up, stubborn woman' He thought she deserved some credit though, she did offer him shelter surprisingly fast while knowing nothing about him.
He has reched the small entrance to her cave now, she was not on her bed, zer0 went into a little bit of a panic, he drew his blade, ready to butcher anyone or anything that has laid a hand upon her, he scanned the cave, he flicked his helmet to heat vision to scan for any intruders in the shadows, he ran up to her bed to check, she was nowhere, just then he heard her toilet flush and the redheaded siren was standing before him as she climbed up her ladder from her underground toilet, he sheathed his blade and ignored the smarky comments she said about his 'lengthy journey', he tossed the spiderlings onto the fire and decided to rest, a day of hunting these little bastards had taken a toll on him.
It was just now he realised that the only bed belonged to her, and he was not throwing an injured woman out of her bed for his resting he turned to her and asked "Is there a spare bed around here? You require yours and i'm unsure about sleeping on a solid metal floor"
She replied with "Sleep on these, they're not the most comfortable of rags but, they'll help" As she said this she tossed a small pile of rags in his direction, they seemed to be made from chopped up bandit trousers,
"Appreciated"He replied with.
All was quiet throughout the cave, no stray psychos, no stray spiderants just the howling wind and constant snoring of a certain siren.
Zer0 was beginning to lose his sanity with this, 4 hours he had been kept awake with this noise and he was at his breaking rose from his rags that were surprisingly comfortable, he walked over to the sleeping woman and shook her awake, she responded by throwing a sleeping punch at him, he caught the attempt of a punch and pushed his finger to her lips, he uttered out "I'm rather tired trying to feed you throughout this blizzard, the least you could do is sleep quietly"
She sat up rather angry, and looked at him with a glare that would petrify any other man, but he had his emotions taken long ago.
She replied with "Look here 'zer0' if that's your actual name, i will sleep however i like in my own cave, besides it doesn't help that i'm less than 10 feet from someone that will slit my throat for an extra buck, so shut up or you can sleep with the psychos."
"I have told you i am staying here as an insult to Hyperion, i will not kill you, in your weakened state you are easy enough to kill so i would have done so if i chose"
She looked at him and almost punched his masked face in, she instead chose to ask, "I would be able to sleep easier if i knew some stuff about you."
Zer0 tensed at this, he never told anyone about his past, it is easier for jobs if he was not getting prodded for information, it annoyed him. Although he could tell her some small things in return for the privilege of sleep.
"Very well, i will tell you"
Lilith sat up at this, she was slightly interested at this as she knew nothing except that he was an assassin who's name was a number.
'...' appeared on zer0's helmet, she tried hurrying him but to no avail, suddenly he spoke up.
"I am an assassin."
Lilith got pissed off at this, "Yeah i know that, smartass, tell me something new!" God this guy is insufferable.
'...' "I am not normal, even by Pandora standards"
"And how is that?, Pandora has some of the finest wackjobs in the galaxy"
"As you may have noticed, i have four fingers and not five, i was born through genetics and not the human act of procriation"
"Oh... so you were born through a bottle?"
"Test tube" zer0 corrected, he has never told anyone this, he is wondering why she is so special.
"So, something i have been wondering is..."
"What?"
"Well, you said before that you're staying here as an insult to Hyperion, why are you insulting 'em?"
"They doubted me, they sent others after my target, they sent others after you as i had accepted the contract on you, they will be punished for this."
"Heh, and you think you can damage Hyperion as it has a death grip on this planet?"
"Yes, i have done to other corporations and this one will be no different."
"Why do i think you're bullshitting me?"
"Because you doubt me, you do not think i could have done any damage to an entire corporation, you're like them"
As zer0 said this, he turned his head to her, and his hand began moving toward his blade.
"Hey look killer, i ain't said nothing about your skill, it is however doubtful that one man could have a noticeable impact against a corporation on his own"
This irked zer0 a bit, he had eliminated two other assassins that were sent after this woman and saved her from rape and murder at the hands of bandits and she doubts him, it infuriates him.
"You no nothing of me or my previous acts, i have took down corporations before and disappeared off the radar, it takes a good amount of skill to be able to pull that off."
She was about to reply when she let out a yawn, she simply said a final 'Night" to zer0 and fell back asleep.
Zer0 however could not sleep, she knows more than anyone does, he must keep watch, make sure she doesn't try anything on his identity, it was the only thing he had to keep a secret, make sure no-one finds out.
As lilith awoke the next morning, she noticed that 'Tall, dark and scary' wasn't there, she looked around for him in her cave, still nothing, she tried shouting his name and nothing still, she was injured and vulnerable seeing as the blizzard had passed and she was now left with a simple revolver for protection...she was fucked
As zer0 watched her go into a slight panic, he was intrigued at this, why would she care about this stranger that had taken up shelter in her home, he was puzzled.
Lilith was at the brink of screaming for him until she saw a crimson ':)' in the corner, she yelled over "Hey, zer0 come on, you had me worried for a sec, just...*sigh*"
"What is it siren?"
"Ok for one stop calling me siren, my names lilith and you better remember it and two i need...a...bath..."She got quieter as she spoke the last few words.
Zer0 was confused, she needed a what? "I'm sorry, i did not catch that, may you repeat it?"
"I NEED A BATH!"she screamed
zer0 simply looked at her, confused as to what the big deal was, he responded with
"And you need my help to wash?"
Lilith blushed and nodded yes, zer0 walked to where she was and scooped her up and carried her down the stairs to her bathroom, he sat her down on the toilet and was waiting for her, waiting for her to say something and not sit blushing.
"Well, what would you like me to help you with?, do you need help to get undressed or wash?"
Lilith sat there, unsure of what to say or do, she was drawing a blank for once.
"Erm, lets set some rules first, no peeking or unnecessary touching, got it?"
Zer0 nodded, slightly frustrated, he would not try anything on a vulnerable woman, it's like she thought he was a sexual predator or something.
He reached his arms down to grab the bottom of her shirt, he was careful while lifting it off of her, as to not disturb the wound, he got it off and discarded the piece of fabric to the floor, he then went to unbutton her jeans, but had his hand swatted away he stood up, finally snapping.
"Look here, i have no intention to try any funny business, i want to complete the simple task of helping you bathe and you are making it difficult, you are acting childish and immature, it stops here!"He said rather loudly and letting out a breath after he was done, he saw her looking up at him, with a face of a pissed off but scorned child.
"Fine sorry, jackass"
Zer0 let out a sigh as he handed her a spare rag from the pockets of her jeans to hide anything,
He slowly tugged the jeans down her small pale legs, to reveal a bright red thong, zer0's throat suddenly went dry, he didn't know what was happening, he began to panic and question everything he had done in the past few minutes, on the outside however he remained calm and collected, showing no signs of internal conflict.
Lilith looked at him, she felt his strong and soft hands gently tug her jeans down her pale legs, she blushed furiously as she saw him spot her underwear, she didn't dare to make eye contact with him until she felt him stop and just stare, at nothing in particular he just stopped, she began to feel a small smirk form on her lips, feeling confident she asked out
"Whats wrong, good at killing but not undressing the ladies?"
Zer0 felt himself blush at this, showing the blush emoticon on his helmet, he felt her smirk from here 'How is she getting to me!?' he shakily moved his hands up her back, but putting his face a little too close to her chest, he quickly undid the clasp and set it down on the floor, making sure to move his head away from her chest, he was now faced with another task, the thong, he began to move his hands up her legs, unintentionally slowly he felt her begin to get warmer and he quickly reached the waistband to tug them down, he set them down on the floor aswell, he got up and switched the bath on, leaning against the wall of a bathroom filled with a master assassin and siren warrior, he almost chuckled at his predicament.
As the water was halfway up, he saw her lean over to try and turn the tap off, he leaned over her naked form and turned it off, he lifted her up and into the bathtub, he saw the water slowly begin to turn red as she scrubbed her wound and the rest of her, sadly remembering that she couldn't reach 'certain areas so, he leaned down to help but got swatted with a wet hand, he heard her say
"I'm fine here, just don't look"
Zer0 obliged and leaned away, he heard her moan almost inaudibly at certain times but couldn't be certain, he chose to look and see what she was doing, he saw her hand rubbing...a small patch of red hair between her legs, he decided to ask what it was that she was doing as it certainly was not washing.
"Lilith, what are you doing?"
She screamed and threw a sponge at him.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO LOOK!"
She went as red as her hair, zer0 picked up the sponge and handed it back to her, but slipped on a puddle the siren had caused and almost fell into the bath with her, he saved himself by grabbing something, it was not a bath, it was soft and pudgy, something circular, he looked down and saw his hand had lodged between her breasts, he almost yelled out as he recovered, she was not as fazed, she seemed to have a look of ecstasy on her face, she looked to be enjoying it, but why didn't she melt him, or punch him or try and kill him, zer0 was puzzled and embarrassed and lilith, was just everything if her facial expression was anything to go by.
Zer0 saw her other hand had disappeared in her space between her legs, he had no idea what to say or do, he wanted to tell her the truth, that he enjoyed it but she'd kill him for sure, he should just apologise and leave.
"I apologise lilith, i was foolish, my apologies"
Her reaction caught him off guard, something that was not easy to accomplish, she pulled his faceplate down and brushed her lips against it, leaving nothing but condensation along with the bath steam, of course she then regained her senses and pushed him towards the door to dry herself off.
She exited the bathroom 10 minutes later, fully clothed and paying no attention to zer0, she hurried past him and shot upstairs onto the main platform to sleep, only now has zer0 realised that it was dark and the middle of the night, so zer0 followed suit and went over to his pile of rags to sleep.
As darkness enveloped his vision he was wondering to himself...what the fuck had happened today.
As lilith fell asleep, she was questioning her sanity as she knew what was happening, she was intrigued by this enigma of an assassin, she was beginning to get attracted, no matter how hard she tried she couldn't push it away as she to began to fall into unconsciousness.
Authors Note-Gonna re-introduce the other vault hunters next time...sooooo yeah.