You walk down a deserted hallway, with ceiling lights flickering, a chilling breeze coming through, well, seemingly nothing. There were no windows or doors, and the end of the hallway was nowhere, just a horizon of never ending tiles and lights. You were afraid. Where were you? What was going on? Why did -

"MY SHOES ARE SOAKED IN THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES!"

You're awoken suddenly, by Kreig's yelling. You want to be afraid or angry, but you end up laughing as you watch him flail about in front of Maya, seemingly trying to convey some type of message to her. Clearly it wasn't working.

She eyed you from across the room.

"Good morning. Or should I say, afternoon."

You sit up, yawning and stretching your arms, before blinking, only now registering her words.

"Wait, whaaat? I did /not/ sleep that long." You say, standing up suddenly.

"Actually, sweetheart, you did." Axton calls from across the room, where he's upgrading his turret. You watch him for a moment, before walking over, impressed with his handiwork.

"Hey, do you care if I share your space for a bit? Gotta repair DT."

"Sure thing." He clears a space, and continues working. You summon DT, and shut him down, beginning to take pieces of him apart, where you would add stronger armor – And better laser beams. Axton surprises you, as he suddenly speaks.

"So, let me get this straight – He only got third place in the Science Fair?" Axton says, a tone of combined humor and disbelief.

You look away from your robot, giving him a dead serious look.

"I know right."

"Un-fucking-believable." He says, letting out a roaring laugh. The two of you finish up, walking over to the other side of the room, where Maya's speaking in hushed tones, a huge grin on her face.

"What's going on over here?" Axton asks, and Maya bursts into laughter.

"What is it?" Gaige asks, blinking in confusion. Maya attempts to contain her laughter, and finally is able to. She calms down.

"Alright, alright – So, Salvador says, 'Guys, check out these big guns!'," She pauses to laugh some more, "And I say...That's what she said!" She continues laughing, and Salvador joins her. Zer0 stays silent, and Kreig is mumbling incoherent, overly descriptive death threats to himself.

And all of a sudden, Axton's laughing too, and you can't help joining them. The joke wasn't even good. But something about the way he laughed – It was contagious.

God. You couldn't believe you guys were Vault Hunters.