Chapter 2: A Sandskiff and Necrophilia

Mission(s): My Life For A Sandskiff * Main

DLC: Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty

Shade adjusts his hat then says, "If you are looking for the treasure of the sands you want to talk to Captain Scarlet. She's set up in Wurmwater – you'll need a Sandskiff to reach her. Use mine – it's the least I can do for the stranger who saved the many living people of my town. Oh you're so cool."

After getting directions to where the Sandskiff was the two Vault Hunters walked away. Maya and Zero walk down the boardwalk to the left of the Kitty Kream shack a ways to the catch-a-ride station. To the right of the catch-a-ride are two stripped frames for hangers with a metal sheets above to provide shade, inside them are two delivery pads and the rest of the gear Scooter uses. In one of them sits a Sandskiff. Maya and Zero approach the Sandskiff, both of them agreeing to get inside.

"Wait a minute," Maya says, "Zero?"

'?' Zero's helmet displayed a red question mark, letting Maya know that he was listening.

"Did that Shade guy just say the many … living people of his town? Not that I won't mind doing jobs for him, it's just that I think he's somewhat of a liar," Maya's words made Zero stop for a minute and consider, however they had a job to do and both of them climbed on the Sandskiff. Maya took the wheel, and Zero set himself up in front of Maya on the bulk of the vehicle.

Suddenly there was a rusty sounding engine noise, and then an explosion.

"Oh no, did my Sandskiff just randomly explode, forcing you to stay in Oasis and hang out with me some more? Darn. Well, my other friends out in the flats might have some Sandskiff parts for you. They are very nice and alive go talk to them. But be careful – if you step on the flat sands out there the sand grubs will hear you then eat you then you won't be able to hang out with me," Shade's voice informed them over the ECHO.

Maya and Zero look at each other – both thinking the same thing – Shade's crazy, and after brushing some soot off their clothes they walk back along the boardwalk towards Shade's friends. When they reach the town square Zero points down a dock walkway saying that the furthest one away is over there. The get to the end of the dock and jump down to Lionel's precipice, unsure on how to talk to him Maya pokes his shoulder.

"Why hello person! I am feeling very good today and not dead from thirst. How are you?"

"Ah you've met Lionel! How are you Lionel?" Shade asked.

"Not dead of thirst, ha hahah!"

"Tell me about it. How is your family?"

"Well they – {end of tape}" The female robot voice of the infamous tape recorder cut Lionel off, and both Zero and Maya looked at each other in horror. This Shade person is … crazy and a necrophiliac, Maya thought, but I don't really care so long as he gives us stuff to keep both our minds busy.

"That is a great story Lionel. Friend I believe he has an engine capacitor stashed somewhere nearby! It's yours!" Shade says.

After looking around for an engine capacitor Maya gets frustrated and almost walks back to a ladder to get on top of the dock. But Zero spots it at the end of the fishing pole Lionel is holding, both of them again jump down. A giant sand worm jumps from the ground and swallows the engine capacitor it burrows away beyond a disused anchor sticking out of the ground. After dealing with a sand grub, Maya and Zero chases after it.

The rather large worm presented a challenge since it kept upchucking a bunch of tiny grubs. Maya took care of those with shots from her shock Malawian pistol, and Zero whittled down the giant sand worm's health with his Jacobs pistol. Eventually once most of the worm's tough skin had been worn away, Zero switched to his sniper and blew the worm's big brains out.

Maya walked forward and grabbed the engine capacitor, after securing it on Zero's pack – since he didn't pack that much in the first place – Maya and Zero heard Shade say something once more.

"Only a few more Sandskiff parts and you'll be on your way to Captain Scarlett and the lost treasure! How fun that you'll be leaving me alone."

After dealing with the Sand Worm Queen, Maya and Zero trudge back across the sand flats. Once traveling up a slope and through the disused hanger they arrive back on the boardwalk. Once they reach the intersection they head right behind the fountain to Mrs. Blavis – which incidentally is another one of Shade's corpses made to look human again.

As soon as Maya and Zero near it, another tape recorder spews a prerecorded voice out of a speaker, "Oh my word! A new person has left Oasis to talk to me! And this person is so handsome too!"

Maya looks at Zero confused, she whispers, "Does she mean me?"

Shade comes on and says, "Uh, that is Missus Blavis – be careful she is a relentless flirt. I always feel like a piece of meat around her. I gave her a coolant disperser a few weeks ago as a gift take it!

Mrs. Blavis gives a few last words, "Could I please be getting some fries with that shake? You are so attractive!"

After talking to Mrs. Blavis Maya looks to her right ad sees what they're looking for inside an old car husk. After grabbing that both of them head towards the bounty board, which sits going beyond a car husk, and to the left of the fountain from their current position. There pinned and held up by a couple of stakes in the ground is another corpse.

"Well a-hey how're you doing? They call me Jocko the joker; I'm a laugh a minute. Hey what's the difference between a skag and a lack of water? There isn't one because they'll both kill you."

"Ahahahaha! Oh, he is a cut up! Oh gosh, Jocko! Jocko borrowed one of my pressure regulators for one of his comedy bits the other day! Find it and it is yours!" Shade said.

Zero sees it and tells Maya that he'll get it; once he climbs back up the way he had been during the fight Zero makes his way easily to it. While Zero is descending the buildings form his escapade Maya walks over to the final thrust up corpse, this time she's propped up and tied on a mattress.

"Hi there dude! I'm Jennifer! Clothes and boys and high school and gossip!"

Shad interjects, "That's Jennifer – a nice girl but very naïve. I think she has a magnetic over thruster you could use for the Sandskiff."

Maya looking around for a bit spies the object under the mattress, Zero joins her just as she pulls it out from under the mattress.

"You have everything you need to rebuild the Sandskiff! Just thank the lovely people of Oasis! It's good we have so much water – otherwise we might have died of dehydration. Please attach those parts you retrieved to the Sandskiff. Then you may scan it and summon it from any catch-a-ride machine!" Shade informs them.

Maya and Zero return to the old Sandskiff in one of the hangers, and attach the parts in the needed places.

"Oh she is fixed! Wonderful! Please hit that button to digiscan her into the catch-a-ride system, if you want," Shade says.

Maya hits the button and the node on the ceiling does the action of digistructing the Sandskiff into the system.

"There – you may now digistruct a Sandskiff from any catch-a-ride machine! Before you go off to meet Captain Scarlett you must return to me."

Maya and Zero return to Shade and turn in the mission, receiving their payment.

"I had no reason to call you back. I just enjoyed your presence."

Maya looks at Zero with a look on her face, Zero just shrugs. Both of them realize it's quite late now, and they find a suitable place to fall asleep. In one of the abandoned houses they find two fairly well maintained beds. Without taking off his armor, Zero plops down and presumably falls asleep. After a moment of looking at Zero – and sighing somewhat smitten by him – Maya does the same, but only after pulling her pack off her shoulders.