AN: Hey guys! Whasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap (tongue sticking out) So I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and I'll update as soon as I can...Gimme kiss...

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Chapter 20

"Fall out!" Kurt yelled in the position of attention, ordering all of the soldiers to disperse and ease up a bit.

"Still got that voice I see..." Albert said looking at his son.

"Yeah..guess I do," Kurt replied scratching his head.

"You're a Lieutenant Colonel?" Axton asked walking up to Kurt, which made him turn his head towards Axton's direction

"Yeah..Had some military training in my background years...So what's your orders Captian?" Kurt said patting Axton's shoulder, causing him to look at him funny,

"Captain?" Axton questioned cocking an eyebrow.

"Well, yeah, I mean, you think I'm gonna lead this Battalion by myself? What are you high? I mean I know you are but Jeez." Kurt said laughing a bit "Alpha Company Commander Axton...Has a nice ring to it."

A group of soldiers marched up towards Axton and stopped right in front of him, standing at the position of attention.

"We are yours to command sir," One of the soldiers stated "We live to protect and kill."

Axton simply just looked at the soldiers in astonishment. He never really got the chance to lead a squad, he always had to kiss the boots of his commanding officers, especially Sarah...May she rest in peace.. He thought to himself 'I'm gonna get revenge...' . Being a staff Sergeant didn't exactly reap all of the benefits he had hoped for, much less that working for Hyperion, but a helluva lot more satisfying that working for his older brother. But not only was he able to command his own set of troops, but a company of genetically augmented super-soldiers that could crush anything in their paths.

"This is so cool.." Axton said quietly looking at the soldiers towering over him.

"We will die for you, sir," Another soldier said.

"They're also the most loyal soldiers anyone can ask for.." Albert explained looking at Axton "I'd like to think of them as the Greek Spartans.. Fiercely Loyal and brave.."

"They sure look the part.." Maya said looking in awe at the 8 foot tall soldiers.

"Demiques! Royce! Grab the cases! We need to get the digistruct up and running!" Kurt said pointing to two of the soldiers.

"Yes Sir!" Demiques said running into the ship with Royce behind him, a few second later they carried out a large metallic trunk and put it in front of Kurt.

"This good sir?" Demiques asked looking at Kurt.

"Yeah, this'll work. Thanks Logan." Kurt said patting Demiques' shoulder.

"What's inside?" Gaige asked looking at the box

"Just weapons and digistruct codes. Speaking of which, does anybody have a digistruct machine?" Kurt asked looking at Axton

"I know just the guy...Follow me." Axton said walking over to the large garage.

Axton, Kurt, and Maya all walked in through the front metal door to Scooter's garage. They say Scooter sitting in the back with his feet propped up on a couple of tire stacked up. He had a smirk on his face while reading a 'girly' magazine with one hand down his pants. He saw through his peripheral vision Axton and Maya, then quickly pulling his hand from his pants and throwing the magazine in the back of the room, zipping up his jeans and quickly shooting upwards.

"Jeezus, Axton!" Scooter yelled wiping his hand on his stained t-shirt and fidgeting with his belt "Y'all ever heard of 'knocking' first!?"

"Knock on what?" Axton retorted cocking his eyebrow.

"Whatev.." Scooter said "What can I do for ya'll?"

"First of all," Axton started "I don't think you met this guy. Kurt, this is Scooter: Pandora's finest mechanic.."

"Don't forget ONLY mechanic.." Scooter added laughing "Whassup man?"

"How ya doin?" Kurt said shaking his hand, which caused Scooter to jump at the sight of his hands,

"Jesus dude!" Scooter yelled "You one of them Hyperion drones?!"

"...No?" Kurt said slowly looking at him weird.

"Kay, jus makin sure. If y'all wanna use the 'Catch a Riiiiiiide' Machine then go ahead! My ladies all yours! Jus not in that particular way though..." Scooter said stressing the 'Ride' in Catch-a-Ride.

"Alright thanks..." Axton said walking over to the station, Kurt walked up to Maya and whispered in her ear.

"Is he mentally retarded?" Kurt asked looking at Scooter scavenging for the magazine he threw in the back of the room.

"Probably," Maya answered shrugging her shoulders "Fixing cars is all he knows. That and how not impress women."

Kurt walked up to the digistruct machine and pulled out a module that created specific schematics for Thatcher inc. weaponry. He inserted the chip into the mass drive.

"Schematic accepted," The machine said

"Nice..." Kurt said before pressing the construct button on the machine.

The digistruct machine began to slowly power up. The phaser began to flicker before it had a constant light shining from it. The machine began to slowly pan itself to the right, whilst beaming down a ray that began to construct a very huge, box-like apparatus with a screen on the side of it. After the machine was done, it powered itself down.

"Digistruct complete." The machine said.

"What in the hell's that?" Scooter asked scratching the top of his trucker cap.

"A Mark IV TITAN armor generator. I use it to get in my military armor." Kurt explained "Haul it back to the Raiders HQ Demiquez! Have Royce help you out!"

"Yes sir!" Royce said giving off a salute.

"HOLY SHIT!" Scooter yelled "Are theys-"

"NO Scooter," Axton interrupted "They are NOT Hyperion robots.."

"Jus' checkin'" Scooter explained "Don wan non of thems brain washin' me and crap.. hehe"

"Aaaaand right theres good," Kurt said motioning to Demiquez and Royce to drop the machine in the HQ.

"Phew, that things damn heavy.." Royce said shrugging his shoulders in a circular formation.

"How much does it weigh?" Gaige asked looking at the giant machine†† in front of her.

"Bout 1.5 Tons," Albert asked walking in the room, causing Gaiges eyes to widen.

"Whoa..." Gaige silently said

"Say, Kurt," Albert began "Anywhere We can get a drink?" He then asked, which made Kurt develop a huge grin on his face

"Let's go," Kurt said followed by Axton.

Axton, Kurt, and Albert walked into Moxxi's bar and took a seat on the bar stools in front of the building. Axton shifted his eyes around the place to see the usual gang of idiots who pollute this bar with their stupidity. Don't these people have homes? The answer was no. Nearly nobody had homes in Sanctuary, but they didn't seem to mind. They could be dead after all...

"So wheres the bartender?" Albert asked looking around the place.

"She'll come. And a word of caution dad: Maintain eye contact at all times." Kurt said looking at his father.

"Why's that?" Albert asked, before seeing a woman come out from the back.

"Hey boys.." Moxxi said walking up to them "What can I get you?"

"The usual Moxx," Axton said putting money on the table. "And some whiskey for the guy on the right."

"Well hello there," Moxxi said walking up to Albert, who was trying desperately to maintain eye contact, which is nearly impossible when it came to Miss Moxxi. "Never seen a face around here, what's the name sug?" She asked looking at Albert.

"Albert Thatcher." He said, before hearing a voice behind him say

"Albert Thatcher?" An English voice said from behind him, causing Al to turn around and face Sir Hammerlock.

"Yeah..Who's asking?" Albert inquired looking at the man

"Sir Hammerlock sir" He said giving off a salute "I have previously met your son before and it's an honor to meet the man who wrote one of my favorite novels concerning general relativity." Hammerlock explained holding out a book which was written by Albert.

"Thanks, most of my inspiration came from my father," Albert explained

"Well it was nice meeting you Mr. Thatcher, and I can't wait for a book written by Kurt!" Hammerlock said giving off a small laugh. "Fare thee well!"

As soon as Hammerlock left the building, Kurt spun around to look at Axton.

"Hey, you have any idea where he goes?" Kurt asked looking at Axton, only to see him shrug his shoulders.

"So, 3 shot's a whiskey with Rakk Ale right?" Moxxi said writing it down in a little notebook.

"Actually," Albert interrupted "You think you can serve more people than just us?"

"Of course sweetie," Moxxi said smiling "The more the merrier!"

Albert then chuckled to himself, then turned around in his barstool and put his hands over his mouth in a megaphone style.

"Alright Boys!" He yelled "Drinks are on me!"

Axton and Kurt spun around to see Venom company storm in and start to take up the tables in the room around the other Sanctuary citizens.

"Imma way better shot than yo-HOLY SHIT!" One of the regulars yelled looking at the Venom troops storm in.

"Okay then, so Moxx, I guess we're gonna need-" Axton began turning around to see Moxxi with her hand below the table, and one of them on the table itself. She didn't dare take her eyes off the augmented soldiers who just came in. She noticed Axton, Kurt and Albert were looking at her funny. She quickly snapped out of her trance and put her hand that was under the table on the bar. She was just as bad as her son when it came to these kinda sticky situations.

"Uh, I-I'm sorry?" Moxxi said fixing her hair and looking at Axton while smiling strangely.

"Uhhhh.." Axton began "I guess get a shitload of beers for the soldiers.."

"With pleasure sug!" Moxxi said giving the three of them beers and heading in the back to grab more.

The three guys in synchronization took a swig from the beer, before setting it back down on the table.

"So Axton, I gotta ask something if ya don't mind," Kurt said looking at the commando.

"What's that?" He inquired looking back at him, Kurt took a breath then asked.

"So when's the first time you smoked weed?"

Axton chuckled to himself while shaking his head slightly.

"A while back, I actually got it second-hand. From Jack." Axton explained taking another sip.

7 YEARS AGO

Axton was asleep in the humvee as Jack was driving to the place where the truce between Hyperion and Atlas would be discussed. Highway lights kept flying past them as they were seemingly the only ones on the road. It was about 3 O'clock in the morning and they needed to get to the meeting by 6 O'clock. Jack let out a rather large amount of smoke from his lungs before letting off a small cough and putting down the little pipe he had. After coughing Jack turned the radio up a bit and began to sing along with the Pink Floyd song "Hey You" that was playing through the speakers. The smoke traveled through the car because all the windows were rolled up. It kept floating around the room, until it made it's way up Axton's nose.

Axton let out a small cough before regaining consciousness and looking around the car to see Jack was focusing on the road with bloodshot eyes.

"This is the stuff.." Jack said quietly not looking at Axton

Axton sat there for a minute, just looking out at the road ahead. He then tried to roll the window down, only to find that it was stuck in the upwards position.

"This window's broken..." Axton said quietly.

"No, No, I locked it so I could get a good clam bake goin on here..Get myself nice and stoned.." Jack explained looking to the left of him for a bit.

Axton looked in front of him again not paying any attention to his older brother in the car.

"...Am I stoned?" Axton asked looking ahead of him.

"I dunno..." Jack slurred "Do you feel stoned..?"

Axton said no more. He felt no words were necessary from this point in time. He slowly closed his eyes and began to bop his head in rhythmic pattern, corresponding to the beat of the Pink Floyd song. Axton then slowly opened his eyes to see his brother was still focusing on the road. He then turned to his right to see that they somehow warped into outer space and were going at hyperspeed. A sun flew by Axton as he reached out to try and grasp it, but to no avail. He slowly shifted his attention back to Jack, who has now transformed into a moose. Axton couldn't get over it. How did his brother acquire to powers to transform himself into a moose? He blinked his eyes to see that his brother was looking at him stoney with his bloodshot eyes. Jack looked back at the road and continued to press on. Axton did the same. He stared at the road for a few seconds, before lifting his fist in the air as a sign of accomplishment. Jack was quick to steady his hand and bring his fist back to the ground. Axton approved of this and nodded slightly while closing his eyes.

"Dude, pass the doritos.." Axton asked looking at Jack.

"What the fuck is a Dorito?" Jack asked looking at his brother weird.

"I dunno..." Axton said

"Jesus.." Kurt said ;laughing at Axton's little story "You must've been flying high..."

"I guess, I mean, it WAS my first time." Axton said finishing his beer.

"Welp," Albert said "I'm gonna go crash in the fleet ship, see you tomorrow and we'll knock out one of the defenses Jack has to his stronghold or something."

"G'Night dad," Kurt said looking at his father leave Moxxis.

"What a nice guy..." Moxxi sighed with both her hands on the table

"Guess were heading out too Moxx, catch you later.." Axton said standing up from the table, followed by Kurt.

"Buh Bye sweetie, and remember, doors always open!" Moxxi said to the two soldiers leaving the room.

"When are they coming back?" Gaige asked Maya while she was tossing the same ball she found a while back whilst laying on her bed.

"Probably now," Maya said not shifting her attention from the book.

Maya couldn't have been more spot on. She saw Axton and Kurt walk in, slightly tipsy but could still hold their shit together. This time they weren't stumbling each other trying desperately to stand up straight.

"Hey girls," Kurt said "I'm gonna watch a movie, wanna join?"

"Sure!" Gaige piped springing up from her bed. "Which one?"

"The Green Mile" Kurt said, causing Axton to chuckle

"Oooh hoo hoo, this should be fun..." He silently said letting off a smirk.

The four of them settled down on the couch to watch the movie. The other hunters were all asleep at this point in time, and Venom company retired to the ship for some shut-eye. They were at the point of the movie where John Coffey gets one of his last requests and gets to see a flicker show with Paul Edgecomb and the other officers.

"Oh!" Gaige said pointing at the movie within a movie "That's the same movie from the beginning!"

"Yup," Kurt slurred out, not paying attention to the Mechromancer who came into realization of this. She settled back down to enjoy the rest of the movie.

"Don't please..." John said to the officer "I'm afraid of the dark.."

The officer hesitated at first, but put the bag down after looking at Paul nodding. Edgecomb walked up and shook the miracle mans hand before letting go. A switch with was flipped and large amounts of electricity passed through John's body. The other officers began to cry because they just murdered as Paul described it as 'God's Miracle'. Lights began to explode as Coffey began to struggle less and less, until he stopped struggling.

"Man..." Axton said quietly "Heavy shit..What do you think Maya?" He said shifting her attention over to Maya, to see that she was sniffling and had tears come from her eyes.

"Are..Are you crying?" Axton asked looking at the teary eyed Siren who was clutching Axton.

"No I'm not..fuggin' crying.." Maya stuttered out wiping the tears from her face. Gaige was equally as saddened at her, slightly sniffling.

"Why did he die?" Gaige asked quietly, causing Kurt to let out a sigh.

"They had no evidence to prove he was innocent." He explained "There was nothing he could do..."

"But he was such a nice guy.." Gaige said quietly and sniffling

"I know Gaige, but it's just a movie.." Kurt reassured the mechromancer next to him.

When the credits began to roll with the piano music in the background Axton stretched out his arms and let out a yawn.

"Man, that movie never gets old.." He said

"Nope.." Kurt concurred with the commando. "I'm gonna go to bed...or in this case, floor,"

"Me too," Gaige said standing up "Good night Kurt..." she then said walking over to her bed and plopping on her bed. Kurt took one look at Gaige on her bed before proceeding upstairs, leaving Axton and Maya on the couch once again.

"That such a sad movie.." Maya said wiping the tears from her eyes

"It was..." Axton said "Want me to carry you again, my queen?" He then asked jokingly, which was followed by a smile from Maya.

"Of course, my Squire." Maya said.

As if it were clockwork, Axton scooped up Maya bridal style and slowly brought her to the bed and laid her gently down on it. He put the blanket over her head and stroked Maya's hair a couple of times as if she was a cat, which was odd because Axton hates cats.

"Thank you my squire.." Maya muttered still keeping up the charade "You are dismissed.."

"Whatever.." Axton said quietly pressing his lips on hers "Goodnight, My queen..."

Axton left her royal highness presence and began to make his way upstairs, so he could get the rest he deserved. He saw all the Vault hunters were passed out in their respectable places. Axton sat down on his bed and rubbed his face a bit. Axton lifted his gaze up to see that the stuffed giraffe was still on the bedside. While he may have found new love in his life, he mustn't forget about his past, about what he failed to do. He let his previous family die by the hands of his older brother, and he wasn't about to let Jack kill any more people that he needed to. Axton unclipped the backpack from his body and placed it right next to his cot. He lifted his legs onto the bed and put his hands behind his head and silently said to himself before closing his eyes.

"Can't wait to kill you Jack.."

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