Chapter 11
As Zer0 and his two prisoners headed out the door to the elevator, Maya aked him, almost through tears,
"Why zer0, why would you aid that...tyrant?"
Zer0 looked at her, he was thinking about letting her in on a secret he had formulating in his head, but decided against it,
"Money, i had no connection to anyone, i was forgotten at the train and...untrusted by others", his eyes wandered to Lilith,"No-one had any real trust in me, no connections or bonds were formed, so i took the job, it paid well."
Lilith spoke up now, traces of anger in her tone,
"And what about that night we spent together, huh? Was that nothing? Was i jus-"Zer0's hand shot to her neck and her slight anger was replaced with dread and fear,
"It meant nothing...i was awake for hours that night...and i heard you talk in your sleep, siren" He almost spat the sentence,"I heard you say a name, a mans name as you clinged to me in your sleep, you uttered out the name 'Roland', so yes, i felt nothing and i was nothing to you obviously."
Liliths face reddened, not in embarrassment, but in shame that she was dreming of her ex that night, she let her eyes frantically scan the room they were in, making sure to land on anything but zer0, she began to squirm as his hand began to tighten,
"I was a toy to you siren, i do not like being toyed with, you lay with me but dreamt of others, you...insult me"He whispered the last part coldly and squeezed her neck tightly before allowing her breath, he looked away, unsure as to why this bothered him as much as it did, he looked to the coughing siren and remembered his plan, he must be nice...ish, to her if he wants to succeed, just as he was beginning to think deeper however, Jack came in and looked to the scene that was before him, a coughing siren clutching her neck, another siren almost in tears and an elite assassin in the middle, he laughed at the scene before him,
"Oh Z, i see you've been busy with the loud mouth whore huh?"Zer0s hand visbly tightened at this, he wanted to punch him for that,"You've been a naughty girl Lilith, and Maya heh heh, oh so innocent little maya" He cupped her chin and held her face up to face him,"What'll we do with innocent little Maya", Zer0 saw her almost headbutt the man, she instead could only give him a glare that would scare a sociopath,
"Do not underestimate them Jack, they are not to be treated lightly, if they were they would not survive pandora for long"
"True but tell me Z, do you know what those collars are?"
"No, enlighten me"
"They've been made to control and manipulate, aswell as track sirens, if these...women do start trouble, well there will be hell to pay"
Zer0 did not like the tone in Jacks voice, he knew that Jack was deathly serious about this, he knew he would not hesitate to disembowel someone just to send a message, this man was dangerous.
"So, now we go to my outpost in the eridium blight, we move for the vault tomorrow, bring the sirens...they're essential to our operation."
"Yes Jack, i trust my funds have been transferred to my account?"
"The...will be, you're not done yet"
"I've done as you have asked, i've helped trap the hunters and deliver you the sirens, i want my funds Jack"
"And they will be yours...once we wake the warrior, after that...you can go where you want"
"Very well, i trust you can handle the sirens for know?, i intend to...send a message to the hunters"As zer0 said this, he flashed a ':)' on his helmet, Jack gave him a curious gaze, but sent him back down into the chambers as he enetered the airship with Lilith and Maya.
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"Guys, i got no idea how we're gettin outta this"Roland said solemnly,
"That son of a bitch, he threw us all under the bus...for money, that motherfuc-"
Suddenly a familiar, modulated voice sounded throughout the chambers,
"Do not finish that sentence Axton"
All hunters immediately threw thir gazez at the shadows, they knew he was there, right in that spot,
"I...have a plan for you all, something that will reward us all with safety, security and power...but i need your allegiance"
" "Brick immediately responded,
"Listen to me, we have 23 hours and 45 minutes before Jack...opens the vault, i can release you all and assist in getting our friends back...but i need your allegiance"
"Get fucked zer0, we ain't fallin for that bullshit"Axton spoke up
"I understand how you all feel, i would not have resorted to this unless necessary... it was the only way"
Roland asked,"Only way for what?"
Zer0 simply gave a ':)' on his helmet and asked them all,
"If i free you from this...dishonorable trap, will you hear me out for 7 seconds?"
Roland answered before Sal could respond with swearing,
"Yeah, but you'll have six pissed off vault hunters to deal with if you try any funny shit"
"I will not, you will all have the defences of this chamber against you should you try any 'Funny shit'"
Roland nodded and agreed, zer0 flicked the shield down, and as he predicted, an enraged sword was instantly lashed at him, he just managed to deflect it and hold up his hands in a surrender motion,Mordecai lowered his blade but still had it equipped,
"Give us one good reason as to why we don't punch you into a masked puddle"Brick said while cracking his knuckles,
"I know where the others are, and your source of safety for sanctuary"
"...go on, assassin"Roland responded while calming Brick down,
"The vault key unlocks the vault for alien power, the creature that awaits inside can be controlled by the key and whoever unlocks it's prison, if we beat Jack there, we get our allies and the power to destroy the companies that seek Pandora, we would effectively have Pandora as our own."
Zer0 noticed the look of anger in most of them, had dissipated into lust for power, he smirked slightly, knowing he had their attention,
"So, the loot, power and all of our allies and a planet on our side, we would be...near enough invincible"Zer0 had their attention, he knew that few of them beleived him, but they were in it for the sirens,
"Alright assassin, you have us all-"
"No, not you all"He turned to Mordecai and handed him a small box with an egg inside,"Mordecai, i apologise for the loss of your bird, i have wronged you so this is an egg from bloodwing while she was in the preserve, it was untouched as they did not know of it being there, go back to sanctuary and raise the being...we will call if necessary"Mordecai looked shocked, he had rage when zer0 brought up the preserve, but when he saw the egg from bloodwing and was told he would have a second chance at it...he simply nodded to zer0 and left with the egg.
"Now, i have you all on my side?"
A series of grunts was heard from the group,
"Good, i will be under Jacks employ still, but will assist you when necessary or requested but for now, all of you must head to a place known as the eridium blight, the vault is close to that area, we leave at tonce"
As zer0 turned and left, he heard Gaige ask,
"So, why'd you come back?"
"For a reward that is greater than Jacks money"Zer0 said after a minute of thinking
"And what is that? I know you don't want Pandora to be safe, so whats your prize?" Axton responded with.
Zer0 looked at the group, he did not want to lie to them, but not tell the truth,he simply said,
"If we win, you will know"Axton was about to argue before Roland stepped in and told him that they were all in for this 'Plan' of his and would leave for the eridium blight immediatley.
As he watched the group pile onto the elevator, he was thinking of one person and one person only...His siren, Lilith, he was unsure why, but he felt...things for her that he didn't feel for the rest of them, he'd die for his now good friends, but he'd go beyond death for her, he was stuck in thought before being shook awake...Wait, when did he fall asleep?, he brandished his blade at the now recognisable Axton, the commando said,
"Come on, we're here, you passed out in the elevator, but hey we let Sal carry ya here"
Zer0 was processing this, he fell asleep? How?, he was not tired or injured in any way, how in the hell did he fall aslee-,
"We're here amigos"Sal announced as he stood on a rock and pointed to the dismal place,
"All of you, proceed to the gates south west of here, i must locate Jack and the sirens"
Axton shouted after him as he began walking away,
"How'll we know that they're the right ones?"
"There is only one set of gates, hard to miss as they are huge and heavily guarded...have fun"Zer0 simply muttered the last part to himself, he did not doubt the group against door defences and loaders, but he did against Jack.
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*SLAP* "You cheeky siren bitch!"
Jack had been at this for a few hours now and decided that Maya wasn't gunna break, he figured he may as well try the other siren for the sanctuary codes, so he could remotely bring it down and not go there imself, he didn't wanna destroy his best suit.
As Jack entered Liliths room, it lit up as he entered due to it's motion sensor lights, he pulled out his pole from where he had beaten Maya with, it still showed the dents and breaks from Mayas bones.
"Hey sweetheart, time for some good ole' fashioned beatin for some intel, gotta keep up the tradition"
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As zer0 entered the base, he immediatley was drawn to the sound of tears from a closed room, he entered and saw... a beaten and broken maya, he ran to where she was tied, she was tired, used and bloody, he shoved an insta-health into her leg and woke up the almost unconscious siren, she saw who it was and spit on his faceplate, he sighed and wiped it off,
"Maya, i have my plan in action, the others are free and here with me, we intend to kill him soon...can you please withstand some pain for a short while longer?"She was too tired and nodded,yes, he thought it was too easy so he loosened the links around her wrists slightly and gave her a needle in her pocket for future healing.
'Not long siren, and you may have your revenge' his thoughts stopped as he heard another femenine scream from the opposite roo, he ran with speed he did not know he possessed and burst through the doors to see...him, beating his siren with an electrified rod, he almost stabbed the maniac there and then, but instead pulled the rod from his hands as he was about to strike her again, Jack turned to see him and asked,
"Wattya doin buddy?, i'm beatin the codes outta these...things"
"No, they will not break easily, let their strength return so they may charge the key at optimal speed"
"Huh, fine but after it im havin as much fun as i want"
"Very well"Zer0 threw the rod against the wall and broke it as he and Jack left the room and went to his main overlooking room, they both stood and looked out upon the...shithole that was the eridium blight, he heard Jack sigh,
"what is it jack?, you are troubled by something, may i know?"
"I've just got this strange feelin that somethin bads gunna happen tomorrow, ya know?"
"Do not worry, the warrior will annihilate anything that opposes us once awakened, you will have the beast as your own"'
"Us?"
"Yes, i will stay with hyperion, after some consideration i decided it...is there an issue?"
"No, just surprised, say, can you go and check on my sirens? I need them to be in good condition for my vault key chargin"
"Of course Jack"
As zer0 left and went down the stairs to the basement he had seen Lilith tied up in, he entered to find her asleep...much like the first time he had seen her sleeping, she was peaceful, breathing rapidly after the beatings but peaceful, he walked over to her and...decided he would make a bold move, he scanned the room twice for cameras and found none, he removed his helmet, bringing with it a hissing noise due to the air pressure changing so suddenly, he held his helmet in his left hand and cupped liliths face gently with his right one, he placed a soft kiss on her forehead and muttered out quietly,
"I promise, after this no more harm will befall you siren, you do not deserve this and i am sorry" After this he placed a gentle kiss on her lips and pulled his helmet back on and left...unaware that the siren had been aware of everything he had just done.
Authors Note-A bit short, but holy hell...i'm happy about the zer0 x lilith choice...let me know if you are too...sooo...yeah.