A/N: Hey guys, next chapter up already. I have waaaayyyyy too much spare time. I hope you have been enjoying it so far, and can't wait to hear from you about any improvements or changes I may need to make. Even if all you have to say is "Hey, you're nailing it," I would know I have nothing to worry about. Of course, it's probably the other end of the scale, but hey, that's why I'm doing it. Thanks for reading and enjoy the new chapter.

"God damn it! I'm reloading!" I took cover behind the boxes and dropped the mag from my pistol. BNK3R wasn't taking it easy on us. The behemoth had taken countless rounds and we had killed countless of his little loader friends, but it seemed a futile attempt. We needed a chance to regroup, to fall back and plan. He wasn't going down if we didn't change tactics, at least not without a miracle.

Maya stood up next to me and fired a few small bursts from her SMG. The rounds emptied their corrosive load into BNK3R's massive, impenetrable armour. She crouched again as a gun loader off to our right fired a burst her way.

"Oh my GOD, this is taking too long. We need a plan." She glanced at me, anger in her eyes. "Cover me Fletch, I'm going to try and get a better look at this piece of junk."

I stood and launched a Phasepulse into the nearest loader, tearing him apart. I changed targets and fired quick bursts at the loaders that were converging as Maya emptied the rest of her mag into BNK3R, getting the best look at his armour she could. Her ammo ran out just as I brought the last loader tumbling, and we both dropped down and reloaded.

"If we could just get him to stay still, he wouldn't stand a chance! The sensors on his front look vulnerable, a few good shots should take him down."

I looked up as the giant robot swooped overhead. "You can't Phaselock something that big, I take it?"

She stood and fired at some newly generated loaders as she explained, "I could, if he was still. Moving as quickly as he is, a Phaselock only crushes him a little, and slows him down." She glanced across at me, "If you timed the biggest Phasepulse you could create and hit him right as he flew over us, it should slow him enough to allow me to get a good hold of him." She shrugged, "I only hope we can fire enough bullets into his face to take him out."

I nodded. My most powerful Phasepulse wouldn't only slow him; it might even knock him back a bit. But hey, all for the fun right?

I stood and fired at some loaders that were coming down the stairs from the waterfall. "Get on the ECHO to the others. They'll need to be ready if we are to get this done. As soon as he is in range of your lock, yell, and I'll let loose." I turned to her and met her eyes, "Just be absolutely sure that no one is in front of me, or they won't stand a chance."

Maya nodded, and began talking into her ECHO. I fired round after round at the loaders. They lost arms, legs, and melted into little puddles of green smoking gloop. I saw Axton's turret firing hundreds of rounds and turning this way and that, tearing chunks out of the robots armour. Deathtrap was tearing into a Badass Loader while Gaige and Axton mowed him down with their weapons from behind. The loader didn't last long.

Zero was up on the top of the hill, next to where the waterfall dropped off. He had his massive sniper rifle, and the shots echoed out across thousand cuts every time he fired. The noise created a steady beat. Every round was a death call.

Salvador was on the staircase below Zero, mowing down loaders with the interesting combination of a Maliwan corrosive SMG and a massive clip Bandit shotgun. The crazed gunzerker laughed as his enemies fell before the onslaught of bullets. He ran forward into the fray, cutting them down left and right. It was really a sight to see.

I looked back out to the open air, and saw BNK3R turning for another approach. It was the perfect chance to take this bastard down.

"Maya! Here he comes, get ready and cover me, I'm charging." She brought down the bull loader that had tried to sneak up behind us and nodded to me. She was ready, time to end this.

I felt the energy in the phase and began drawing it in as fast as I could. It was much easier to control now, and the force that would be released would have torn a building to shreds. But BNK3R was coming in fast, so I kept charging, waiting for Maya to give me the signal.

"Be ready Fletcher. Just a few more seconds," She was staring bunker down, her wings flaring out behind her as she readied her own power.

"Now!"

I raised my palm and released the energy with a feral yell. It was a massive wave, knocking me off my feet and back into the boxes. The pulse raced toward BNK3R at the perfect angle. It slammed into him, knocking the massive machine backwards and upwards with its force.

As he began dropping, the signature purple orb caught him, and Maya grunted. "Hurry up and start firing guys, I can't keep this up for long!" She was kneeling behind me, straining with concentration. I was firing and reloading as fast as I could into the sensors and cameras that were on BNK3R. I could see so much acid and molten metal that I wondered what his armour was made of, to be able to stand that much punishment.

Then, just as Maya yelled out and the orb disappeared, BNK3R's armour spilt through the middle. The acid fell straight into his electronics and engine, eating away with vicious speed at the vulnerable metal. The defence bot dropped like a stone onto the platform, cracking the concrete and dealing even more damage to itself. The engines and boosters sputtered and died, and the mechanical beast was defeated.

I sighed, and turned to Maya. She had collapsed onto one knee and was panting heavily with exhaustion.

"Nice job." I held a hand out, "Didn't know you had it in you."

She reached out and I helped her up. She smiled at me tiredly. "You of all people should know, never underestimate a Siren." I smiled back. She really was impressive.

"Holly shit guys." Gaige ran over, a massive grin on her face. "That was definitely the coolest thing I have ever seen, and I own a badass robot that rips dudes apart." I laughed. Gaige knew how to make a statement.

"Yes most impressive/ The powers of a Siren/ Are a force to fear." Zero had a big :) hologram over his visor.

I smiled back at him, "I'm just glad I was on your team. I wouldn't have stood a chance."

He shook his head, "You are my better/ But a duel would be pleasing /First for the vault key."

I nodded and Axton spoke up, "I was about to say. Enough time for swapping stories when we get back to Sanctuary." He paused and looked around in confusion, "Wait, where's Salvador?"

Maya looked over his shoulder and smiled. "You should be impressed by this one, commando. He's a walking turret."

Everyone turned to look at Salvador, who was standing on the ledge above. He had removed bits of armour from the loaders and was wearing them himself like a big metal exoskeleton.

"Come and get me, you Hyperion sons of b" As he was about to finish his rather vulgar sentence, the piece he had been wearing on his head slid down over his face, blinding him and causing him to stumble around in surprise. He fell straight off the ledge into the middle of the group, everyone around him jumping back and bursting out laughing. The gunzerker sat up, and began pulling bits of armour off. "Oh, come on guys! I'm not that funny." The rest of us cracked up all over again at his expression. "Fine laugh it out! I don't care."

We calmed down pretty quickly, remembering our mission. As we began to make our way back down to the door to control core Angel, we decided that Axton would be the one to open the door. He was the closest to Jack in height and size, so logically he would be the least likely to be denied.

"Alright, I've put this voice modulator on. Angel, what's the password?"

Angel's digital appearance was visible on our HUD's. "I'll tell you when it asks, just go stand on the Hyperion symbol, and the computers will do the rest."

We stood in a rough semicircle around the door as Axton walked up and stood where Angel had said. The computer scanned him, and seemed to accept the bio signature that was being broadcast by the body double's watch.

The computer spoke. "What is the password?"

Angel spoke slowly, seemingly embarrassed or apprehensive. "The password is, I love you."

Axton frowned, but spoke clearly. "I love you."

The computer worked for a second, before the door opened with a hiss. "Hello sexy." It said, obviously programmed in by Jack to appeal to his sickening vanity.

We made our way in, guns ready. Axton took off the watch and voice modulator. We looked around the small room, but the only path that could lead anywhere was an open lift, leading down into the depths of the cliff.

"Well, looks like we're headed down." Maya moved over to the lift controls, "Everyone ready?"

We all nodded. This was probably going to be the hardest fight we had fought yet, but we would face it willingly and together.

"Vault key, here we come," She said, and flicked the switch.

A/N: I thought I might skip ahead to the killing of BNK3R, just because the way up through the core would have been a bludge to write. Also, I wanted to get to the control core fight ASAP, as there is so much potential in it and the events after it. Please mention anything you want to see more of and I'll do my best. Thanks again, and the next chapter should be up very, very soon!