Chapter 4.5 (This is just a filler, more humor set)

Axton went out to Moxxi's for a quick drink, maybe 3 or 4. He still couldn't believe his ears. Has Jack known he was on Pandora the whole time? He didn't know, but what he did know is that Jack was fucking with him majorly. He had no idea what to expect of tomorrow, he just wanted to pop by Moxxis for a drink, 3 or 4 maybe.

He walked into the bar to see that the techno music was still bumping from the speakers inside the bar. He took a seat on the barstool and put money on the table.

"One Rakk ale Moxx," Axton said in a low tone.

"Oh... Sorry sweetie, no more ale today." Moxxi said in a sad, almost condescending matter "Buuut I do happen to have some Bladeflower whiskey in the back if you'd like,"

"Hmmmmm, I don't know...," Axton said pondering how drunk he really wanted to get considering the raid was tomorrow.

"Figured I find you here," Maya said in the background

"Well, hello Maya," Axton said gentleman like.

"What are you doing here?" Maya asked.

"Well," He said looking back at Moxxi, "I was gonna order a couple of shots of Whiskey, ever tried that?" He asked.

"No..." Maya said quieter

"Well, sit down! Take a shot with me! It'll be fun!' Axton said playfully, wondering if she was actually going to do it.

"Well, I don't know...I guess if it's with you," Maya said taking a seat

'That's the spirit!" Axton said commending his Siren friend

Moxxi smiled at the two before pouring two shot glasses to the brim with Whiskey, making sure they were equal proportions.

"Here's one for you, sug" Moxxi said sliding the glass over to Axton.

"And one for the sweet lady," Moxxi then said sliding it to Maya.

Both of them picked up the glasses at the exact same time before Axton said.

"Well," He began "Here's to us!" Raising the glass towards Maya.

"Yeah, to us!," Maya said clanging the glass with Axton's.

They began to chug the glasses, naturally, Axton finished first, shaking his head and shivering at the alcoholic beverage trickling into his system. He felt a slight burn in his system to relay a message to Axton's brain, this burns. Maya then finished hers a second later before letting out a slight cough and gagging at the shot.

"Jesus!" Maya said while coughing "It feels like gasoline!"

"Let it soak in, haha!" Axton said patting his friend on the back lightly. He could always count on Maya to lighten up the mood for him when times like these arose, he completely forgot about the recording he was having such a great time.

"Well lets head back to HQ," Maya said, slightly tipsy after the shot. "I feel a lot butter...better now,"

Axton chuckled at his slightly drunk friend "Alright, let's head home, thanks Moxxi for the drink."

"Oh you're welcome sweetheart, good luck on the raid tomorrow!" Moxxi said to them cleaning out the glasses with a slightly dampened cloth.

Axton and Maya walked back to the HQ to find Roland, Lilith, Mordecai, Sal, and Zer0 hanging out on the balcony, enjoying the night. Axton noticed how close Lilith and Roland were sitting together, after all, he DID hear the ECHO logs despite denying it to Lilith.

"Hey guys," Axton said "Mind if we pull up a chair?"

"Of course! You're just in time!" Mordecai said to them both pulling out a little cardboard envelope.

"For what?" Maya said

"The 'before ass-kicking celebration'!" He said to them.

"Yeah, It's a little dumb tradition we have between us." Roland said embarrassed that was originally part of this.

"HEY...It is NOT dumb." Mordecai said pointing his finger scolding his friend "It is an honored pastime between us, and it is definitely, not dumb,"

"Whatever," Lilith said, inching closer and closer to Roland.

Mordecai the began to pull out a little piece of paper from inside of the envelope. He then reached into his back pocket and pulled out a little pouch. He held the paper so that he could put in the green organic bud into the paper, before rolling the paper up and licking the edges of it to seal the deal.

"And that my friends," Mordecai said holding up the rolled up paper "Is the 'Mordecai special'"

"Wow," Axton said admiring it. It was perfectly rolled, no seams, loose ends or griblets falling out of it.

"Well," Mordecai said pulling out his lighter "Light 'em up!" he said then putting the flame over the paper, and taking small drags to get the thing going. He then took a huge drag from the joint, letting out some smoke, but then inhaling it all back into his lungs. He held it for a couple of seconds before letting all the smoke out.

"Roland," Mordecai said handing the joint to the fearless leader.

"Thanks," Roland said before taking a huge drag as well, before handing it back to Mordecai.

"Gooooooood shieet man." Roland said nonchalantly, leaning towards his pre-leader predicament (Much to Lilith's delight) "Crimson Lance had NOTHING compared to this!" He said before a huge stupid-looking grin appeared on his face.

"You guys partake?" Mordecai said swinging the joint around.

"I'm all outta cigars," Axton said "So what the hell,"

He took the lit joint from Mordecai's hand before taking a huge drag and letting it all out.

"Sooo much better than tobacco," Axton said easing up.

"Can I have a drag Amigo?" Sal said to Mordecai

"Well sure you can, dude, the more the merrier!" Mordecai said, who was also chilling equally as the two soldiers were.

Axton passed the joint over to Salvador, who took, very small, but multiple hits from it, then handing it back to Mordecai.

"Man, ees like the stuff my Grandma used to grow, y'know, for her 'Glaucoma'" He said putting his two index and middle fingers into the shapes of quotation marks.

"Hey...Can I try some?" Maya said a bit shyly, which caused the everybody to stare at each other, before Mordecai said to her.

"You sure, Maya? Hehehe I mean, it's pretty strong shit. I got this from a Hyperion confiscation facility, this stuff was in high security levels, Jack was probably gonna use it for himself!" Mordecai said to her.

"Yeah, I think It got it," She said confidently.

"Alright," Mordecai said shrugging his shoulders, "But go easy on it,"

Mordecai passed the joint to Axton, who handed it to Maya. She took a considerably sized drag (Which was expected) before letting the smoke out, prompting her to cough a little.

"It's not too bad," Maya said to her friends.

"Well to be honest," Axton said before taking the joint from Maya "It takes a while to be absorbed into the-"

"PFFFFTTTT HAHAHAHAHHA" Maya laughed uncontrollably for about 30 seconds, literally rolling on the floor in laughter, for no apparent reason whatsoever prompting the other Vault hunters to look at each other awkwardly. Then out of the blue, she shot up from her laughter spree and then began talking.

"I'm hungry." She said "We should cook up some steak...Do we have any steak?"

"Uhhhh..." Axton said out of confusion

"What do you mean by that?" Maya interrupted "Why do you guys hate me so much?"

"But..." Axton tried to say before getting interrupted again.

"We should cook up some steak." She said "Oh why do I have flies in my brain right now!"

Before collapsing on Axton's shoulder and letting out a long sigh. Axton, Mordecai, Roland, Lilith, and Salvador couldn't help but laugh at Maya's little performance, while Zer0 just sat there with a smiley face emoticon on his face.

"Heavvvvy shit man," Mordecai chuckled before taking a little drag from the joint.

"Man... I wish I could go back," Roland began

"Oh God, here we go again," Lilith said grinning at Roland

"It was so simple; Travel through Pandora, kill all the Bandits we could find, then put your feet up on the table, enjoying a nice cold beer a Moxxi's, after a hard days lootin...And just...Relax" Roland said finishing up his little speech.

There was a silence between the 7 of them, before the silence was broken by Mordecai.

"Dude, I'm literally a skag right now," He blurted out.

They all shared a good laugh at that strange statement. Axton thought It was a tradition that should indeed be celebrated. It was the most fun he's had in awhile, he never really had the chance to hang out (They were too busy looting and staying alive) and relax, and now he had the chance to do so, which he enjoyed.

"Well, we better get to sleep," Roland said "We got a big-ass day tomorrow,"

"Yeah," Axton said "Hey Maya, get off my shoulder,"

"Never..." Maya said grinning with her eyes closed

"Sunnovabitch," Axton said rolling his eyes.

Axton then took his left arm and put it under Maya's legs then taking his right arm and placing on her shoulder before scooping her up into his arms. He stood up and and began to walk downstairs. Maya nestled herself into Axton's body enjoying the little joyride she was getting. Axton carried Maya into her room and placed her on the bed gently, pulling the covers over her shoulder so she was almost covered. Tannis was asleep long before the hunters, as she normally slept on her office chair (Which she stole from her co worker).

"Thanks Axton" Maya said softly "You're an Angel" before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

Axton smiled at her for a second, then went back upstairs, only to be greeted by Mordecai who tapped his shoulder lightly.

"heheheheh, you're a lucky bastard ya know dat?" He said to him

"Well I wouldn't know that, I'm going to sleep," Axton said lightly, "Thanks for the joint, I REALLY needed that,"

"Ey you're welcome amigo!" He said patting his shoulder "Anytime man!"

Mordecai walked over to the couch, the plopped himself on the cushions before falling asleep with his mouth open. By this time, everybody was asleep, even Roland who normally went to bed after everybody else. As Axton went to his bed, he didn't even bother to look at the Giraffe or the recorded, he slowly climbed into his bed then close his eyes.

'Tonight' He thought 'I think I may get a proper rest.'