A/N: Well, I wrote 11 in one go yesterday, so I can do 12 the same way, without mistakes.

MEleeSmasher: I have read New-U and found it a very good story. A pity there hasn't been a chapter in a while. I can also see why you might think they could inter-relate, but I hadn't actually intended anything like that. Also, what do you mean by 'get behind'? I'm kind of confused as to what that referred to.

Here we go.

We waited behind the door into the Moonbase in a double line formation. The corridor into the station was only able to have two people side by side, so we put Deathtrap first. His massive shoulders and armour would stop any fire from the Loaders down the tunnel. A squad of Crimson Raiders, then the Vault Hunters would follow the deadly machine into the rest of the installation. Once we had cleared a path through door, the rest of the 12 squads from the Firehawk would reinforce us and make sure our escape route remained uncompromised.

We waited for Angel's signal to move. She had her power roaming through the room beyond the exit of the docking passage, destroying any loaders, digistruct stations, or implants she could find. I even saw her open the door at the end of the passage, tricking several to open fire on the empty corridor, and then try and rush the opening. As soon as the last passed through the door, and they stared in confusion down the empty hallway, she slammed it down behind them and drained the airlock of oxygen, keeping the other gases, and within a few seconds the enemy lay dead on the ground.

The door on our end slid open, and Deathtrap glided down, claws out, and arms raised in protection. Even with all Angel's preparation a hail of bullets still hammered into his massive armour from several loaders. He simply quickened his pace, and the rest of the Crimson Raiders followed the robot out into the fray. We opened fire on the Hyperion personnel that surrounded the room, and within seconds, thanks to Deathtrap's bloodied claws and Axton's missile pods, the first battle of a long day was over.

More Raider squad's burst out the door, taking up strategic positions around the door to the ship. The two special ops squads that would accompany us through the Moonbase marched over to the doors leading into the rest of the station. There were two groups, one would head toward the main control centre, and the other would move toward the nearest security desk, in an attempt to locate Jack and Lilith.

I would be following Gaige, Axton, Salvador and Zero and our group would be focusing on the security desk. Our primary objective was to locate and rescue Lilith, who would also be with the Vault Key, charging it with Eridium. If Jack was with her, then we would attempt to kill him and end this, but if we could not do it alone, we were to fall back and await reinforcements.

I moved over to the door, standing in formation with the Raiders, as they prepared to breach the door. The leader of the squad, who I saw was a certain Sergeant Phoenix, glanced my way, before turning back to the door. Just before the leader of delta squad activated the switch, Angel cried out. He paused, turning to her with his finger hovering over the button.

"Don't press that!" She called from the opposite door, "Until I hack the security system in this sector, that door will explode if you activate it. Hang on just a few seconds."

We waited as Angel deactivated the systems and prevented them being reactivated from an external point. Then with a nod, she confirmed her work done, and that it was safe to proceed. The squad ran out into the next room, yelling war cries and clearing it out before I even got to the door.

I looked back across to Angel, who gave me a nervous smile before she followed Brick into the other room. My separation from her was going to worry me throughout the whole mission.

I connected to Mordecai's ECHO, and said, "Keep her safe Mordecai. Or you will have the wrath of a Siren to deal with."

I disconnected before he could reply, and turned back to my own door. I stepped through cautiously, but it was unnecessary. I saw multiple destroyed Loaders and a few dead Hyperion soldiers scattered around the room, and the other Raiders and Vault Hunters ready to move on. I ran over, stepping into line in front of Zero, who had stood back and allowed me to slot into the formation. Again, the SpecOps Sergeant burst through the door, mowing enemies down with his Torgue shotgun. The rest of the squad followed him in, and this time I actually had someone to fire at when I turned the corner.

I let loose a pulse into some soldiers who had taken cover behind a wall. The drag from the pulse pulled them away, and I rushed around, launching another that threw them into each other and back into the wall. The tangled men struggled to get up, but were too late. I had already thrown a grenade into their midst, and with a few seconds, all that was left of them was a red mist on the walls.

The journey through the corridors was intense, and we lost a few of the SpecOps Raiders to sly and honourless ambushes by the desperate Hyperion troops. It was tough, close quarter fighting that left the nerves on edge, the body buzzing and shaking with adrenaline, and your pulse racing through your ears. Everything was action and reaction. The mind took a backseat to the instincts of the body, and you got lost in the heat of battle and the satisfaction of your enemies cowering and falling before you.

I was at the front of our group, Zero covering the left flank with his acrobatic and incredible swordplay, Axton's turret on the walls above raining hell with slag, missiles and massive rounds that tore through the thickest armour. Salvador was on my right firing his two prized spiniguns like a madman, and swearing in Spanish the whole time.

I had a feral snarl on my face as I launched myself with a Phasepulse toward yet another group of Hyperion soldiers and Loaders. As I landed, I slammed into the ground, letting off a blast of energy that threw the enemies around me back. As they recovered, I and some of the remaining Raiders finished them off.

But as I moved across to the last one, he threw his weapon away and cried for mercy. I aimed my pistol at his head, but Axton's hand reached out and lowered my weapon. I glanced up in surprise, and he shook his head firmly. I returned the gun to its thigh holster, and leant back, crossing my arms in annoyance.

Axton leant down in front of the man, spinning his tomahawk around his finger. The man's eyes, wide in fear, followed the blades every revolution. Axton stopped the spin of the weapon, and the man's eyes snapped up to meet his.

"So, now that I have your attention," Axton said in a cold, merciless voice, "why don't you tell me where the security centre is? Hurry up, and you can go. Lie and you will learn a lesson. Don't think I won't know if you're lying. Everyone has a giveaway, and I already know yours." The tomahawk resumed its hypnotising spinning, and the soldier swallowed heavily in fear.

"You, have to head, d-d-down this corridor here," He said, shaking heavily, "Then up a level. Go toward the c-c-centre of the base, and you will find it behind a big door labelled security. You c-c-can't miss it." He cowered down before Axton, primal fear on his face. I scowled in disgust. This man was such a weakling it made me wonder how far Hyperion's standards had slipped, for them to allow this whelp into the supposedly mighty Hyperion army.

Axton nodded. "You didn't lie. Good Job, now I have somewhere to be. But remember, you do too."

Confusion was written all over the soldiers face. "R-r-really?" He said, "Where do I have to go now?"

Axton, shrugged, and answered simply. "Hell," he said, and shot the man in the head with his revolver.

We moved on, following the directions we had been given. We came across more resistance than before, and lost another of the SpecOps squad. It was hard going, and as we reached the door to the security centre, a Super Badass Loader dropped out of an opening in the ceiling. Its triple tiered cannons charged up and fired before any of us could react.

I had been on point for the majority of the battle, so I took the brunt of its fire. My shield dropped alarmingly fast, and I had to move fast. I leapt toward the Loader with a Phasepulse, and landed right on top of it. It was unable to hit me here, but it still tried to shake me off, twisting rapidly left and right. I hung on, and broke some of the armour off the top of it, before firing into the inner workings. Sparks flew, but it still stood defiantly before the door.

The others were unable to fire at the Loader, for fear of hitting me, but Zero ran up in front of it, his katana extended behind him. He jumped up onto the knee of the enemy, before slicing straight through the left shoulder joint. The massive guns fell to the floor, and the whole robot stumbled to the right as it unbalanced. I Phasepulsed the top of the machine just before it fell over into the wall. The extra force from my pulse slammed it into the ground, causing the whole side to cave into the chest compartment.

The ammo stores in the remaining right side gun were pierced, and the whole thing exploded, shrapnel flying throughout the room. Lucky as I am, a single, red hot shaft of metal flew straight into my left shoulder, breaking my shield, and spearing clean through just below my collarbone.

I screamed at the burning pain in my shoulder, and collapsed against the wall. I had been experimented on, shot, and burnt, but this was still a mind numbing pain. I couldn't move my left arm at all, and even the travel of Phase through my body was a challenge to control around the wound. Zero ran over, pulling a glowing red injector from his belt.

I waved him away, knowing what he planned, and said, "I got this, just hang on a sec."

I reached out into the Phase and pulled power in, focusing it around my shoulder as much as I could. I felt the energy being drawn into my body, and glanced down the see the bleeding stopping and the hole closing up. The others watched, impressed, as the wound sealed over, with a short white scar under my shirt the only thing to show the incident had happened. I glanced up at them, and jumped to my feet.

"Don't get any ideas. That only works on me, and only because I'm a Siren. Let's get going." I said, as I waved the group off.

We stood around the door to the security centre in a rough semicircle. Phoenix activated the door panel, and we charged into the room, our battle cries amplified by the confined space. We burst into the large room, taking cover behind the desks and holostations. The Hyperion soldiers had readied themselves for us, and had surrounded the door with multiple heavily armed Loaders, and an Ion Loader on a raised platform further back, as well as positions that allowed them to cover each other's movements.

I was crouched down behind a desk with Gaige, as bullets hissed around us and took chunks out of the cover. We would be exposed to their fire if we didn't move soon.

I spoke to her over the noise of the gunfire, "Get ready to run to that desk toward the right, I have an idea." She nodded, and chucked a grenade over the cover.

I heard one of the soldiers cry out, and there was a gap in the constant cover fire. Taking advantage, I jumped into the wall behind us, and then launched myself across the room, and up to the far left corner. I now had the entire group of Loaders and soldiers flanked, and took advantage of their surprise by charging and releasing a room shaking Phasepulse. They were all thrown back, some colliding with desks, some clearing it all and falling down next to the other Raiders.

As before, we cleared the area quickly; making sure each of the hostiles had been killed or deactivated, before regrouping in the middle of the room.

Gaige spoke quickly, "I know which console has the information we need. It will take me only a few seconds to activate it, and then we can get the hell out of this Hyperion hell hole."

The rest of us nodded, and Axton said, "Everyone move to a defendable position. Jack won't let us find him easily."

We all spread out and Gaige ran over to one of the holostations. Axton placed his turret up on the wall above her, and before she began her work, she digistructed DT, and told him to go cover the main entrance with Salvador.

Just as Gaige activated the station, enemies began to rush the doors. We held them back easily, but there was still enough to give us a mildly challenging battle. I was able to keep nearly all back with my pulses, and the ones I wasn't destroying with my pulse were being riddled with bullets from the rest of the Vault Hunters and Crimson Raiders. DT had followed some soldiers back down a corridor, and I heard unearthly screams and sounds echoing from that particular area of the battle.

The fighting became a little more desperate, as the enemy began to co-ordinate their movements, making it harder to predict which direction would rush next. They would slide the door's up, then have a half-hearted couple of shots at our position, and while they remained safe in cover, a group on the other side of the room rushed in. As soon as he realised their tactics, Axton told us all to focus on a particular sector, and not worry about any others, unless the Vault Hunter covering that area called a warning. With the new strategy, we held back Hyperion much better than before.

Gaige's voice called over the sounds of battle, "Ah guys! We have a problem!"

I knocked a group of soldiers back into their corridor, and connected to Gaige's ECHO, opening the channel to all the Raiders in the room, "What's going on?" I said.

"There is nothing on Jack or Lilith in the database!" She said, typing into the machine desperately, "The whole thing has been wiped, and I can't get a lock on Jack's bio signature. It should be connected to the Hyperion network at all times."

Zero's sniper blew the brains out of the last Hyperion soldier, and the room went quiet.

Gaige hit the desk in frustration, trying to think of a way around the new problem. "If only we had Angel here! We wouldn't have to worry."

Jack's voice came over the ECHO, "Having a little trouble are we? Well, I'm sure you understand I can't just let you get this one that easy! Oh yeah, and I've captured your friends, who are now with me and Lilith, a long, long way from the Moonbase." My mind reeled in shock; Jack had captured the rest of the Vault Hunters, all of them?

He kept speaking, "Seriously, you made it so obvious what your plan was, that I can barely even feel any satisfaction from defeating you. So, I thought I would give you an itty bitty chance. Surrender to the pretty much limitless amount of guys that have surrounded you, or fight it out and die. Your choice, but I really, really hope you surrender, because that is so much more fun for me. Really, you don't know the half of it."

I knew what I had to do. I was the only one who could move fast enough to make it, and the survival of the entire rebellion depended on my speed.

I immediately ran for the door, connecting to the other's ECHO'S as I ran. "Guys, I will make it out of here. Surrender and survive, and I promise, I will save you. I'm sorry, but I have no other choice right now. Just don't do anything stupid, and you'll be okay."

I drew on the Phase in huge amounts, increasing my speed and reaction times by tenfold. I blasted in the door, and slid under the Loaders that had been lined up in the corridor. Phasepulsing some more out of my way, I sprinted at top speed toward the stairs. Leaping straight down them, I landed, rolling to absorb the impact, and kept running.

There were GUN Loaders everywhere, and I leapt and dodged straight through them all. I caused many of them to fire on each other, and only had one or two rounds actually hit my shield. I was practically flying down the corridor toward the docking stations, when I saw a massacre of Crimson Raiders outside the door to the Firehawk. Jack had been merciless, not sparing a single soldier, and I grew angry at his non-existent humanity.

I launched a relatively light Phasepulse at the bottom of the docking corridor's door, and slid under. Stopping for the first time in minutes, I bent the door back, and jammed it shut at the seals.

I turned around again and sprinted down to the door to the Firehawk, bursting into the corridors, locking the entrance behind me, and running for the bridge. As I went, I sealed off each of the sections, remembering a safety mechanism that Gaige had mentioned in a conversation during a lull in the fighting.

I slid to a stop as I entered the bridge. I looked around, making sure there was no Hyperion soldiers hiding, and ran over to the weapons station. I activated it, and locked down the ship, before venting all the air into the reserve tanks. Then, I hit a pink smiley face button that Gaige had added, and all the locked down sectors, excluding the bridge, were doused in an acid that was specially designed to stop dissolving when it came into contact with a certain chemical. Anything not on the ship before we left would immediately corroded and left as a slimy puddle on the floor.

I dropped into the Captain's chair, and grabbed the piloting joystick. Looking at the holoscreen next to my left hand, I deactivated the docking clamps, activated the engines and automated defence systems, and pulled away from the Moonbase.

As I used the nav sensors to scan for unusually high amounts of Eridium radiation, Jack contacted me over the ECHO, "So, the new kid makes it out alive huh? Well, I have to say I'm impressed Fletcher. You were my favourite as soon as I found out about the whole control core thing, and you know that? I hate your guts, but I am proud of you. After all, you wouldn't have been a Siren in the first place without my experimentation," His voice took on a more sinister humour, and he said, "Oh and just to help you learn a lesson, I have a little message to send. Remember now, this is for your own good."

He cut out for a second, before an image appeared on my HUD. Jack stood next to Maya in front of a volcanic background. She was bound and on her knees, and he was holding his gun to her temple.

"Say goodbye to your little boyfriend, Maya." He said, his voice shaking in rage. "Say it!" he yelled, his hand shaking at the trigger.

A tear rolled down Maya's cheek, and she stared into the camera. She whispered, "Don't forget me."

Jack grunted, "Good enough," he said.

And pulled the trigger.

"MAYA!" I screamed, but he had cut the connection.

"YOU BASTARD JACK!" I cried, "YOU'LL PAY FOR EVERYTHING! I SWEAR IT, YOU ASSHOLE!"

I was not ashamed of the tears that fell from my eyes, and as the computers scan finished, I swung the Firehawk around to my new course. That last image was forever burned into my memory, and I knew that Jack's death would not be enough to satisfy my ache for revenge. So I would destroy all Hyperion stood for, and all it had. I would bring it down, slowly, and then when it was weak and begging for mercy, I would strike, and maybe then I would be satisfied.

It was time to end this.

A/N: Yes I did do it, and yes it has happened, but you don't have to get comfortable with the idea of her death. I have plans for the future.

Well, I have to say; even I got chills just from writing that. I realise some of you might be wondering why the end is arriving earlier than you expected, but there is a definite sequel on the way.

I'm pretty sure a lot of people will have picked up the Gears of War reference in the name of Sergeant Phoenix and Delta squad. Credit for those names belongs to Epic Games. And of course to Gearbox goes the credit for any and all Borderlands characters that aren't OC or other miscellaneous creations.

Thanks for reading and reviewing, and final chapter up soon!