Chapter 6 The Mission

A/N: Alright then, it's time for the Vault Hunters to find alliance. To help fight back against Hyperion. There first destination is the SDM. I'm trying to make it as good as possible. Hopefully entertaining and making it sense.

(Insert any alarm noise for the clock)

"(Groans)" Max still tired trying to reach his clock to turn it off.

"Uhh 7:00 already" He said. He checks on his clock to make sure. "Yep 7:00 alright, but I'm too tired for this maybe later." He went back to sleep for another 5 minutes, until somebody open the door and yell.

"Hey sleepy boy wake up!" A familiar voice said. This woke up Max in a flash.

"Aya please don't yell me when I'm tired." Max said.

"You need to wake up Max you got a mission to do and breakfast is ready." Aya said.

"Oh yea that. I completely forgot about it." Max said. Max got off his bed and went to Architect's bathroom to brush his teeth then goes to his closet to find the right clothes for his mission. After that, he went in the kitchen to see Architect drinking coffee and eating jam sandwich while reading the newspaper and Aya eating scrambled eggs and ham with orange juice. Max sits down on a chair where his breakfast is. "Scramble eggs, ham, and orange juice that's all." Max said.

"Yep that's all I got mate." Architect said. Max then eats his breakfast. "Oh yea and by the way where's Zer0 and Claptrap." Max said while eating a mouth full of food.

"There'll be here after Zer0 ate his breakfast." Architect said.

"What about Reimu and Marisa." Max said.

"They went home they'll be back once the mission starts." Architect said.

"Oh okay." Max then finish his breakfast and put his plate and a cup on a sink. Then, washes them off and dried them.

Few minutes later

(Knock knock knock)

"I got it." Aya said. She opens the door and saw two figures.

"Good morning Aya how is your day?" Claptrap said.

"Good" Aya said.

"Well then where Architect and Max is they should be awake by now."

"We are here in the kitchen." Max said.

"So we are going to the SDM right." Zer0 said.

"Of course that's how Shinto Patriot said. We just want to make sure where there location is. It is said that it is located the bottom of Youkai Mountain, and somewhere around Misty Lake. There we should find the Scarlet Devil Mansion I think that's what he said." Architect said.

"Wait where is Reimu and Marisa." Claptrap said.

"We'll see them from the Human Village. They're waiting for us." He said.

"Well then shall we go, and your house looks great." Claptrap said.

"Thanks it took us like an hour to remodel and place furniture to the right location." Max said.

After all the conversation, they fast travel to the Human Village where Reimu and Marisa are waiting. "What took you so long, I was about to go off myself." Reimu said impatiently.

"Sorry mate, we just been going on with our side conversation." Architect said.

"Well next time take the side conversation while we walk okay." Reimu said. The entire group follows Reimu, Marisa and Aya to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Since the Vault Hunters don't know how to fly, but knows where it is because of the marker that Shinto Patriot put. Soon, the Vault Hunters see red dots on the map as they move forward.

"Reimu, Marisa and Aya there's an enemy nearby." Architect said. The Vault Hunters notice that bandit camps are nearby. They prepare their weapons since bandits are going to come out. "Steady, steady." Architect said. As they move forward the red dots are getting closer.

"Architect what enemy are we facing is it Hyperion," Reimu said.

"No it's not Hyperion it's a different type of enemy." Architect said. The red dots were on a two house that look like it's been under construction. Two enemies came out. One of them is a crazed like manic with a masked and an axe like called a psycho. The other is a gun user called a marauder. The Vault Hunters were already prepare for this.

One psycho saw a group coming this way all of them are armed. He alerted. "There's a party coming to steal our flesh." The psycho said.

"What?" The marauder looks to where the psycho was pointing at. There he saw small groups who were armed. "Hey we got intruders coming." He yelled while being shot in the head by a sniper.

"My roommate nooooo" Psycho said to a dying marauder. Apparently, all the other bandits came out with weapons in them to fight the Vault Hunters. Max take out the two on the top left, Architect providing sniper support, Zer0 to the right. And the rest just fires at them at ground.

A mysterious figure came out in the front door in the right of the house. "You big head wankers" A figure said Claptrap look back to see a sniper that looks like Architect.

"Oh my god is that you Architect." Claptrap said. Apparently he was killed by Max's bat.

"No he's not. He's just a sniper bandit." Max said.

"A bandit who is a sniper like you, that's new." Zer0 said. "I've never heard of these bandits, but there worth the kill."

"Don't be confused by me Claptrap. That sniper that Max killed is just a bandit that look just like me. Is just I'm different from any other snipers." Architect said.

"So we just killed 12 bandits right. Why do we kill them anyways?" Reimu said.

"Well there bandits of course: thieves, murderers, and perverts of course." Claptrap said.

"Right but why are they doing in Gensokyo. Are they outsiders as well." Reimu said.

"There outsiders yes. But I don't know how they get here." Architect said.

"Ah c'mon green ones really." Max said in the left house. Aya went to go check on Max to see what's going on.

"Max what is it." Aya said

"It's nothing just a couple of weapons." Max said. The four weapons that Max open from the small chest are: green Tediore pistol, green Torgue pistol, green Dahl pistol, and, green Bandits pistol.

"Green weapons I want some." Marisa said in an exciting tone. She went up to where Max and Aya are. "Can I have it?"

"You can have it. I want is blue weapons." Max said.

"Ok thanks" she grabbed all four of them.

"Marisa do you now have the habit of stealing a person's gun, even if it is not rare." Reimu said.

"It doesn't matter. Rare or not I'll take it." Marisa said.

The group continues to walk after the fight in the bandit's camp. There marker is getting closer which means. They finally made it to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. "So this must be where our allies are right." Max said.

"It's huge and scary." Claptrap said frightening.

"I feel and enemy nearby, who would that be." Zer0 said.

"Whoever it is, I think they need help." Reimu said.

Apparently, the Vault Hunters had found an echo device on the ground. Max pick it up and it started to static and out came a voice in their echo.

"Would someone please help us? The Hyperion had Remilia Scarlet prison. We're under attack by Hyperion I repeat we're under attack by Hyperion." A frenchy voice said. Another static and out came a different voice.

"The library has been attack. The Hyperion is taking all the books from us. Somebody has to deal with those bloody guys if anyone is hearing this. Don't let them get near to Flandre." An Australian voice said. The echo ended.

"I knew it something bad is going to happen. Vault Hunters you must rescue them before Hyperion occupied this place." Shinto Patriot said in his echo.

"Great now we have saved them all right sheesh those guys." Max said.

"It really bothers me if they just keep on doing it to get more land. But we had to get Hyperion off of Gensokyo, because of the Vault." Architect said.

"Yea you're right let's get moving." Max said. The group approach closer to the Scarlet Mansion who is being overrun by Hyperion to the gate.

"What the, the gatekeeper is here sleeping." Marisa said.

"Probably they ignore her because she gives no threat." Reimu said while Aya just taking pictures of her sleeping.

"Who is she?" Claptrap said.

"That's...Uh...China." Reimu said.

"Her real name is Hong Meiling. I do know her name, she just been nickname China." Architect said.

"How did you know her name?" Reimu said.

"I don't know I just know her name from a book of Gensokyo that I just read." Architect said.

"Wait you know about Gensokyo." Aya said.

"A little that much but anyways it appears that everything seems ok. No sign of Hyperion." Architect said.

"Wait so that means. Hyperion will come here soon." Reimu said.

"Yes of course, I think this echo recording is telling us that Hyperion will come soon. But this one was recent. Which means that this doesn't come from the future, weird huh? Maybe they know and sent this message and just pretended that Hyperion is here." Architect said.

"Predication huh probably because of Sakuya or that Butler spy" Reimu said.

"Yea that time maid or a time butler must've known this." Marisa said.

"Welp is time to meet them let's open the gate." Claptrap said as he is trying to open the gate.

"Here Claptrap let me do this." Reimu said. She opens the gate with just a push, but it crack loudly and wake up Meiling.

"Ahhhh when did you intruders came." Meiling said.

"Oh you're finally awake China." Aya said. "Can we please come in?"

"Yea sure, you can come on i- wait who are those four. I demand their identity."

"This is Max, Architect, Zer0, and Claptrap." Reimu said.

"A robot, two tall guys, and a sniper huh I still would not let you in, even you Marisa."

"Ah c'mon I just want to visit. It's not like I want to steal something." Marisa said.

"Forget it Marisa let the Vault Hunters do this besides I want to see what they have to do to her." Reimu said.

"Look Meiling we don't came to harm you, we came here just to visit." Claptrap said. Meiling refuses and begins her attack. "Ahhhhhh"

"Here she comes mate." Architect said. All 4 except for Claptrap who just cowardly runs away from her, charge forward to Meiling. Architect pulls his SMG Tediore to try to just hurt her by throwing his gun. Zer0 follows behind Max to try to ambush her. Meiling dodge what Architect had thrown and hits him in his head with her fist thus knocking him down. Max pull his Maliwan shock pistol to slow her down, but still dodges Zer0 came out behind with his sword Max to try to make her surrender. But Meiling was quick enough so he punches him in the stomach, but Zer0 disappear. Max was the only one to deal with her. 'I think weapons are not that affective against her. It's time for hand-to-hand combat.' Max put his weapon away and prepares his fighting position.

"Hand-to-hand combat" Meiling said. "Just I was about to get started."

"Weapons don't work on you, so a hand-to-hand might be a better way to deal with you." Max said. They waited until they are prepare; walking and staring at each other.

"Minion please win this fight." Claptrap said. Max charge forward to Meiling. She dodge but ends up hitting in a stomach. She chargeback but Max dodge and head bonk her head.

"You what are you." Meiling said.

"Don't underestimate me." Max said. "I'm a Vault Hunter, a scout, and a seeker."

"Dang it how about this" She pull out her spell card Rainbow Sigh "True Intense Rainbow Fist." She charge forward and begin punching everywhere to Max. He dodges and grabs her arm. "What but how."

"Spell cards aren't that effective against me." Max said. She throws her. Meiling landed on her feet tired.

"Meiling what's going on?" A voice said.

"Ah Sakuya we got intruders." Meiling said.

"What intruders where" Sakuya said.

"There in front of you." Meiling pointed to all four of them.

"Them, who are they. Did they give a treat to you?" Sakuya said.

"Yes they did, and this guy in front of me gave me hard punches."

"Don't ask she started it" Max said putting his hands up.

"There Vault Hunters Sakuya, and they're here to help." Reimu said.

"Vault Hunters I heard of them. Butler spy told me about them including Magician sniper." Sakuya said. "Meiling would you mind."

"Ah yes please go in." Meiling said freighting.

"Max that was cool you show Meiling not to mess with you." Aya said.

"Thanks it just easy as I thought." Max said.

A/N: Sheesh thinking and making it is tough. But it looks good I think. So what happens next? Does Hyperion have a plan for the SDM, or was it something else they had in mind. You figure it out once I make the next story.