An: Hey guys! Hows it going! So before I start this long-ass chapter, I'm gonna address some of the reviews you guys had on my last chapter:

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Chapter 21

"Wake up, Buttercup.." Axton said shaking Maya on her bed.

Maya fluttered her eyes open as she escaped from her slumber. She shifted her head to the left to see Axton was standing in front of her bed, trying to get her up. Maya let off a small smile to see her little trooper was giving off a grin while looking down at her.

"What? Don't feel like calling me 'Your royal highness' now?" Maya sarcastically muttered while sitting up from her bed.

"Nah...That ship's sailed" Axton explained "We got work to do, there's a frontal defense gate that leads into the Eridium Blight. If we knock that down, we have a straight shot to the Vault."

"Then we save Lilith?" Maya asked rubbing her eyes.

"And kill Jack..." Axton muttered glancing down at the ground. Maya looked at his sour face face when he mentioned his brother. Axton had every reason why to hate Jack, Maya just didn't want this revenge thing to get to his head. He promised...

Maya stepped up from her bed to notice that everyone was already up and ready to go. Has she overslept? Why didn't Axton wake her up earlier?

"Wait...Did I oversleep?" Maya asked squinting her eyes a bit.

"Sorta..." Axton answered "Bout 20 minutes only," He then said looking at his watch on his left hand, right under the strap that was covered up for some reason.

"What!? I missed Sal's hilarious wakeup?" Maya asked again worried

"I'm actually surprised you didn't wake up from all the noise," Axton pondered looking around the room.

"Well what happened?" Maya asked once again but this time craning her neck to the side a bit.

"Let's just say.." Kurt said joining the conversation while inspecting the action of his rifle "It involved gunshots. Lots, and lots, of gunshots."

Kurt wasn't wearing his regular attire at this point in time. He was wearing what appeared to be a microfiber tactical shirt that covered most of his body, with the exception of his prosthetics. It was in a small hexagonal pattern, presumably for flexibility.

"What's that you're wearing?" Maya asked pointing to his shirt

"Oh this?" Kurt said looking at his new shirt "Just standard issue TITAN under armour. need to get suited up for battle."

"Suit up?" Maya pondered again looking at him, Kurt then smiled and pointed to the machine in the back of the room.

"When I step in the machine I'll be outfitted with TITAN armor, just shorter than the rest of the other soldiers." Kurt explained putting his rifle on the table.

"Sooooooo," Gaige slurred walking up to him "When are you gonna put it on? Wanna see how it looks and junk,"

Kurt let out at slight scoff after hearing that remark come from the mechromancer. He turn his head to face the girl that was asking the question.

"Well," Kurt began "If you're so eager to see how my armor looks, I suppose I'll put it on now."

They followed Kurt over to the giant metal apparatus that was digistructed from Scooter's appliance. Kurt walked up the the machine and pressed a button that was on the side. A screen was revealed from the machine, the screen showed various names which included Kurt, as well as other TITANs like Demiquies. He used his finger to scroll through the list of names present on the list. He kept scrolling and scrolling until his name appeared. He tapped his name, and the file opened up to reveal a schematic of TITAN armor. He tapped the accept button on the screen.

"Request Confirmed," A Male cybernetic voice said "Armor Accepted."

The machine revealed itself to have two doors that came out to reveal a mold of a human where presumably a person would sit to get their armor placed onto their skin.

"Step into the Machine," The voice then said.

And Kurt did just that. He walked into the machine and placed his hands on the designated areas. He placed his feet inside of the mold and rested his head on the place of insertion. The apparatus detected he was prepped and ready to go. It bolted him down to the machine so the armor could be accurately placed. The doors were shut on the machine, sealing Kurt inside of the apparatus. A beam of light could be seen through the crevice from the door, as well as a few electrical noises and such.

"Application Complete," The machine said then opening the doors.

Kurt stepped out of the machine to reveal that his entire body was plated in the same stuff as the other soldiers, except this armor was more definable and unique. He took a couple of step out into the machine, sending off rather large thuds on the ground where he stepped. He was met with faces of awe and dumbfoundment at the sight of his armor. (AN: Look up Halo 4 Rogue to get an idea of his armor minus the arm pieces)

"Holy shit..." Gaige silently said to herself with her eyes as large as dinner plates "That is soooooo badass Kurt,"

"Mmmmhm," Kurt replied smirking at Gaige. He then shifted his attention towards Axton who was standing next to Maya. He walked up to him with his armor and put his hand on Axton's shoulder.

"Your turn Captain," He said giving off a smirk.

"Wait..What?" Axton replied in semi-disbelief "I get on of those armor sets?"

"Well, yeah" Kurt said cocking an eyebrow "You think I'm gonna let a Company Commander charge into battle with Khaki pants and a felt T-Shirt?"

"Hey! This took me places mind you!" Axton said pointing his finger at Kurt's face.

Kurt then tossed Axton the same tactical shirt he was wearing before it got covered up with TITAN armor. Except this one had sleeves that ended at about mid-wrist. Axton did as Kurt instructed and took off the shirt he was wearing, then put on the tactical shirt. He took note on how comfortable and light it was. It helped define the muscles on his body as well, much to Maya's liking.

"Alright," Kurt said "Come over here,"

Kurt directed the Commando over to the same apparatus. He pressed a button and scrolled through the list of soldiers until he stumbled upon Axton's name in the machine. He pressed the name and a file popped up, displaying the armor permutation. Kurt hit accept and the machine spoke once again.

"Request Confirmed. Step into the Machine"

Axton did the same exact thing as Kurt did. He slowly walked into the machine and let it bolt himself to the mold that was inside. The doors shut on Axton as the machine prepared to put on the armor for Him.

"It might sting a bit!" Kurt yelled into the apparatus.

"What! What do you mean by AHH! OWW!" Axton cried though the machine. He reckoned it didn't hurt immensely, but he definitely felt some stinging as Kurt said.

"Application Complete," The machine said sliding the doors open so Axton could get out of the machine. The apparatus erupted with steam and smoke from the applications. Only his silhouette could be seen. Axton took his first couple of steps out of the machine, letting out large thuds like Kurt did.

"You gotta admit Kurt." Axton said through the smoke before stepping out the commando that was now fully suited in TITAN armor. It was nearly the same specifications as Kurts. Both of theirs were not as bulky and big at the TITAN soldiers were, they seemed more nimble and maneuverable. They had armor plated on them, but not as much as a Soldier was. (AN: Look up Halo 4 Commando to get an idea of his armor looks like)

"I make this armor look good.." He finished letting off a smirk then lifting his hands up to his face to reveal the plated gloves on them.

Everybody looked at Axton in his new set of Captain's armor with slack jaws as well as eyes. Kurt was the only one to let off a laugh at this.

"Yeah, I guess you do," He chuckled.

"Wow...that is...wow," is all Maya could manage to say when she was looking at Axton's new set of armor.

Kurt tossed one of the battle rifles that on the table to Axton. Despite him not being ready to catch it, his armor reacted and automatically grabbed it. He looked at his hands strangely as they reacte in less than a second. Axton stuttered out while looking at it

"Whoa...how the-"

"Situational awareness augmentation" Kurt interrupted while walking up to him "your armor will automatically react to projectiles coming at you!" And without warning, Kurt tried to throw a volley of punches at Axton, which he blocked with his hands and arms.

"You're awareness has increased by thrice the normal human." Kurt explained putting his hands down.

"Reflex of a cat/ with permutations like that/ Jack won't stand a chance," Zero said in poetry admiring Axton's new armor.

The Commando rolled his shoulders around it cracked his neck inside of it. He was willing to get very comfortable and used to his new armor, until Kurt said,

"Of course that armors Thatcher arms property," Kurt added "I'll need it back when this is done,"

"Fuck..." Axton muttered hanging his head down low. "Guess i'll have to enjoy it while I can..."

"Yup," Kurt concurred

"So here's the gameplan," Mordecai began loading up the hologram projector upstairs, "Jacks path to the warrior is guarded with heavily fortified bunker that has the best defenses Hyperion could afford. If we can destroy that bunker, we'll have a straight shot at Lilith and Jack. Got it?" Mordecai added at the end, he looked around the room to see that nobody was inclined to ask him a question.

"Good. Brick and I will stay here to supply info on the stockade," Mordecai explained "Let's do this,"

The 6 Hunters ran out of the room to meet up with Kurt's father to discuss the further plans needed in order of this raid to come to a successful close.

"What's the news Al?" Axton asked walking up Albert.

"Hey Axton! Lookin sharp in that TITAN armor!" Albert said looking at the permutation he was wearing "Not exactly provides you with the most support and protection, but hey, still get's the job done!"

Axton smirked at this comment and looked at his armor from many different angles. Not only was he impressed by the appearance and ferocity of his armor, but all the other Vault hunters admired it as well, especially Maya. Made her man look extra tough...

"Alright, my TITAN troops will deploy down to the eridium blight using the carrier ships within my transport frigate." Al explained fixing his beret on his hairless head..

"Soooo, a ship within a ship? ShipCeption!" Gaige said giggling to herself.

"You should've been a comedian Gaige," Kurt sarcastically added rolling his eyes.

"The rest of us will take another ship towards the Blight as well. If we stick with the plan, this should go along smoothly." Albert finished "Let's hustle!"

The 6 of them followed Albert to the main ship and boarded the side hatch so they could be taken to the Eridium Blight. Fast Travelling was out of the question. If all of the people were to be digi structed in one instance, the machine could fry and keep their compositions in the Cyber-Space.

They all took seats inside of the ship. The pilot confirmed they were in and put power to the main thrusters, the machine slowly began to levitate and move out of the ship. The ship made a sudden dive below to the surface of Pandora, much to Maya's disliking. She didn't dare take her hands off the handle bars that were next to her seat. As she clenched them with white knuckles, she could hear Gaige say,

"Best. Ride. Ever!" She said looking out the side hatch that was left open.

"No it's not!" Maya yelled still clenching on handle bars on the ship.

"Why you gotta be such a Daisy Downer for?" Gaige said enjoying the little ride she was getting from the ship.

"Because she's afraid heights!" Axton said looking at Gaige then shifting his attention back to the Siren.

"No I'm not!" Maya snapped back defending her fear.

"Yes you are!" Axton snapped back making his way towards her seat.

"For the last time Axton!" Maya yelled "I Am NOT Afraid of-"

"SAVED YOUR LIFE!" Axton yelled as he playfully shoved her, causing her to scream and latch on to Axton like a baby chimp clutching to it's mother. Axton thought this was hilarious and proceeded to die with laughter. Maya pulled herself away and shoved him away while blushing profusely.

"Prick.." She muttered crossing her arms and looking the other direction. She remembered that she was in the same ship and latched on the safety bars on the side of the ship again.

Albert and Kurt saw the whole thing go down and couldn't help but laugh. It was the best entertainment they had in a very long time.

"Quite a bunch you found, Kurt," Al said to his son.

"Yeah, they seem irreplaceable.." Kurt concurred. He looked at the ground for a bit before shifting his attention back to his dad.

"Dad...I have to ask you something." Kurt said looking at his father.

"Shoot," Al said looking at his son.

"Well...It's just that...Where were you this whole time?" Kurt asked "I mean, I never contacted you or anything like that...What did you do?"

It was Albert's turn to look down at the ground for a bit, he then shifted his attention back to his son.

"Kurt...I thought you were dead.." Al confessed looking at his son, causing Kurt's eyes to squint a bit.

"What?!" Kurt said in disbelief.

"Hyperion said you were killed by wild skags during the experimentation process. I tried to contact you on Pandora, but the lines were cut off. I tried, son...It's just that," He tried to finish but was cut off by Kurt.

"It's fine dad, I understand" Kurt said putting on his helmet "There wasn't much you could do. I guess what matters is that you're here now. Now we can get shit done."

"Eridium Blight/ Is over these Mountains/ We are approaching," Zero poetically said pointing his finger at the Slag-Emitting Mountain.

"Alright guys," Axton said putting on the helmet he was supplied "Lock and Load!" Were going in.

"Hey Guys this is Roland!" A poorly imitating voice said over the Echo "Let's go kill Jack and go out for milkshakes afterwards!"

"Fuck you Jack.." Axton muttered over the microphone.

"Ah! Caught me there!" Jack said chuckling a bit "Yeah, he's still dead...So whatchu gonna do to get Lilith back Hmm? Storm my base? Take out my bunkers? This should be fun to watch...6 of you against an entire army? I should make some popcorn and a Soda..."

"Actually," Axton added "We got an Army ourselves too,"

"Axton, Axton, Axton," Jack said over and over in a scolding fashion "We've been through this before, The crimson raiders are nothing more than a bunch a defunct lance troopers taking orders from a Friggin' drunk sniper. They're nothing to me!"

"Not that army," Axton contrarily added once again.

"This which, pray tell?" Jack asked

"TITAN," Kurt finally said over the ECHO.

"Thatcher? That you?" Jack asked curious to hear that familiar voice "I should've gutted your stupid ass back in the Preservatory!"

"Maybe, but you didn't, because you pussed out once things went south in the lab." Kurt explained through the ECHO.

"Well lemme explain something to you boy.." Jack said coldly "You ain't shit without your father by your side you hear me! He runs the Thatcher Industries not you!"

"You were saying?" Albert pitched in through the microphone,

"Oh shit.." Jack silently said cutting off his ECHO communications, causing Axton to laugh a bit.

"Alright ladies this is it!" Albert said loading up his assault rifle "Let's go kick some Hyperion ass!"

As soon as the ships landed, the TITAN troops stormed out of them, seizing control of the certain area, awaiting instructions from Kurt. THe all formed into ranks to wait for the 6 vault hunters.

Kurt stepped out of the helicopter along with Axton, Albert, and the other hunters. Axton followed him up to the front of the formation to await a briefing.

"Alright Listen UP!" Kurt yelled to the battalion "What is your profession!?"

"KILL! KILL! KILL!" The TITAN troops responded thunderously slamming their rifles to the ground with each 'Kill' they said.

"Who is better than us?!" He then yelled

"NONE! NONE! NONE!" They responded in the same manner.

"What is worse than dying?!" Axton yelled to the Battalion per Kurt's prior instructions.

"DISHONOR! DISHONOR! HOOAH!" They finished with more thunderous yell. They were truly a force to be reckoned with. Eight or so troops with the sole purpose of killing and slaughtering. Salvador in particular wanted to see how these troops did in battle.

"Let's move up!" Axton yelled leading his company to battle.

"YES SIR!" They yelled thunderously.

As they began to march toward the bunker, Axton walked up to Maya and whispered in her ear,

"I always wanted to do that.." He said like an excited kid in a candy store.

They began to march into the bunker until it was visible over the horizon. When the bunker was in sight of the soldiers, as well as the Hyperion soldiers and loaders, their pace quickened until it became a full sprint. These soldiers could run damned fast as a matter of fact. When the Hyperion soldiers got a glimpse of the TITAN soldiers coming up the hills, they were scared for their lives. One by one, the Soldiers were diminished by the forces of TITAN. Some soldiers got their heads scooped off, and other got their heads torn of with the TITANs bare hands. In some occasions the Soldiers would play "Tug-of-War" with some of the Hyperion troops as well as the loader for shit's and giggles. Light machine guns were a blazing from the hands of the Gunzerker as they began to mow down dozen of the hopeless troops that happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

"HOLD IT!" Maya said as she phase locked a Badass Loader into the air, allowing Axton to accurately destroy the beast with his new Battle Rifle he was given by Kurt.

"Thanks Honey!" Axton said giving a thumbs up to Maya, leaving her to scoff and roll her eyes. She then looked around to see if Axton's Sabre turret was in the vicinity, which it wasn't, meaning that Axton called Maya 'Honey'.

"I told you not to call me 'Honey'!" Maya yelled with her hands on her hips, causing Axton to laugh as he gunned down 3 Hyperion soldiers as if it were nothing. Thanks to the rifle, his shots were precise, quick, and deadly at the same time. He turned his attention around to see a Hyperion soldier was staring right at him, with blood dripping from his mouth, and a blade that was sticking through his chest. Zero uncloaked himself and pulled the blade from the mans diaphragm and wiped it off with his arm.

"Thanks, buddy." Axton said patting his shoulder before drawing his pistol and shooting a soldier who tried to stab Zero with the bayonet attached to his shotgun. Axton couldn't believe how fast he was able to draw his pistol and get a perfect shot on the soldier. He loved this armor, almost as much as he loves his Turret and Maya...Especially Maya...

"Let's go DT!" Gaige yelled as she summoned her mechanical friend to serve her in battle. And serve her it did, as it mercilessly hacked and slashed away all the robots and soldiers with its giant blades located on its right arm. Torsos and arms flew all over the place as she shot down a couple of soldiers with the Thatcher Arms SMG Kurt gave her. Now this thing blows the Hyperions SMG out of the water by far she thought. It was light, stronger, and looked more badass as well. Plus it was given to her by Kurt, which automatically makes it better!

"Let's see what you maggots got!" Albert yelled as he pulled out his 50 caliber magnum and shot down 3 soldiers in a succession, then spinning around to finish off two more. Albert was an excellent shot with his pistol in the heat of battle. Unlike most generals, he usually charged in with his fellow soldiers. He was no coward, and it showed.

"Now I'm gonna show you boys a thing or two about internal bleeding!" Kurt said as his arms began to glow red and his eyes began to bleed once again. He was playing tennis with the rocketeers and loaders using his gravity hands to launch them back to troopers. Hyperion stood no match to the might of the Vault Hunters and Thatcher Incorporated. Kurt drew his arms back in again and pulled out his assault rifle to mow a down a couple more soldiers. He was strafe running and shooting more and more soldiers with the help of Axton. The two were basically back-to-back as they mowed down more and more troopers.

"So, It all comes down to this huh?" Jack said through the ECHO "We'll see whos the best company after all! Hyperion vs. Thatcher Industries! Thatcher Industries vs GIANT MAC CANNON!" He yelled and a giant Mass Driver cannon slid from the bunker door and charged up its beam. The beam was so large that it obliterated 10 troops at once, devastating an entire squad.

"What the fuck?!" Kurt yelled "How did he get a MAC Cannon?!"

"Duh!" Jack said letting off a chuckle "You didn't think I knew about the weapon cache you hid in the Eridium Blight?! Do you think I'm an idiot? Like seriously! Anyways have fun with the MAC Cannons! Peace!"

Every time the MAC Cannon fired a shot, it killed at least 1 to 5 TITAN Soldiers. Axton needed to stop it, and fast.

"Kurt!" Axton yelled to him "You got that handheld Laser?!"

"Yeah, but your gonna have to get close in order to hit it!" Kurt explained shooting at the giant cannon mounted on the bunker wall.

"That's fine! Just cover me while I do it!" Axton yelled.

Without moments hesitation, Kurt handed Axton the giant cannon from inside the ship. Axton then began to run closer and closer to the Cannon. Kurt pulled out his battle rifle and ran in the opposite direction as Axton, followed by Salvador, who was holding two M79 Light Machine guns supplied by Kurt. They were definitely doing the part of keeping the Cannon preoccupied.

"Okay Axton! You're in range! TAKE IT DOWN!" Kurt yelled through the ECHO.

Axton knelt down so he could get more stable. He pressed a button to activate the laser and be ready for use. A scope slid out from the cannon to help for precision aiming and such. He pulled the trigger the get the cannon charge up the laser. As the laser finally was at the point where the laser could be fired, Axton branched himself the enormous amount of force from the cannon.

"Hasta Luego Motherfucker..." Axton said as he pulled the second trigger to unleash a giant beam of light towards the MAC cannon that claimed many TITAN Soldiers lives. The initial shot destroyed the MAC Cannon, but triggered a chain reaction completely obliterating the bunker into billions of pieces.

"FUCK YEAH!" Axton yelled and held his one free hand up in the air. He was followed with Kurt held both of his hands up in the air along with Axton.

"Great shot Ax! That was a one-in-a-million!" He yelled over the ECHO laughing to himself while taking off his helmet.

"Que era increíble!" Salvador shouted along with Kurt and the rest of the Hunters, while Zero stood there with his sword over his shoulders, and a smily face on his helmet, with the other hand on his hip.

"Alrighty then, Kurt!" Albert said walking up to his son "Now that we have this main bunker down, it'll be a straight shot to Jack's chambers! We'll need to regroup back in Sanctuary so we can call in more troops to-"

BANG

Kurt looked at his father in horror after hearing that shot. His father just looked at him confused and said,

"...What?" He asked before looking down realizing that he had a large bullet hole in his chest, that was rapidly seeping out blood. Albert collapsed to the ground, although his fall was broken by Kurt

"No no no no no no," Kurt said quietly while easing him down to the ground.

Axton was having Deja Vu. Where did he see this before? Oh yes, when Roland was shot in the back by Jack in the battle for the control core. He looked in horror as Kurt slowly eased his mortally wounded father to the ground softly. Albert coughed up a bit of blood while looking at his son with Albert's hazel eyes then chuckled to himself.

"You have your mother's eyes you know that?" He said quietly looking at his grief-stricken son,

"No, come on Dad, we still got work to do just hang in there!" Kurt said shaking his father. Alber let out a couple of coughs before continuing onwards,

"Sorry kid, looks like this is my 'One way Ticket'" He coughed out spewing more blood on his face.

"Shut up Dad, you're gonna make it!" Kurt said looking at his dying father's bloody face.

Albert let out another cough before continuing with his speech

"I'm glad I got to see you again son...This one last time..." He faintly muttered

"The company is in your hands now...lead it well...I know you can do it Kurt...Or should I say...Mister...Thatcher.." He finally said before taking one final breath.

Silence...It was all that shrouded Kurt as he held his father's body in his arms.

"Dad..." He quietly muttered while looking into his father blank stare. He looked at his face for a few second before hanging his head in complete guilt in agony.

Albert O'Malley Thatcher, leader of the Thatcher Industries corporation, was dead...

Kurt looked at his father before shutting his eyes, trying not to shed tears at the loss he just had at this moment. He slowly moved his hands over his fathers eyes and shut them, so he wouldn't have to look blankly into the shithole of planet. After not seeing his own father for 5 years, he has to leave again, this time for good. He brought his father's lifeless body towards his and clutched while he hung his head near his torso. Axton saw the whole thing go down, the fearless leader of the Thatcher Corporation was shot in the back, and all they could do it mourn over his lifeless body. As Axton just blankly stared at Kurt mourning over his father's body Maya walked up to Axton, unaware of what happened.

"Axton, what the hell's goin-" She tried to say but saw what Axton was staring at. A man grieving over his fathers body. She brought her hands to her mouth as she gasped in total shock over Kurt. Tears began to trickle from her face as Axton began to rub her shoulder.

"Oh my God...'' She softly whimpered looking at the mourning man with his dead father.

"Maya," Gaige said walking up to her "Why are you crying?" She then noticed the man she loved, Kurt, was grieving over Albert Thatchers body. She quickly ran up to Kurt and knelt beside him. She put her hand on his shoulder and looked at the now lifeless body of Al. She absolutely hated seeing Kurt like this, she couldn't help but stream tears at the sight of Albert's deceased body being clutched by Kurt. She began to hug Kurt tighter and tighter while digging her head in his side which wasn't covered in armor while sniffling a bit. She wanted to be able to tell him that everything would be OK, but honestly she couldn't see any good from this moment.

"...Oh God No...Oh God..Dad...We still have work to do..." Kurt muffled while clutching his father while whimpering.

Just as he said that, an evil chuckle could be heard from the ECHO radio.

"You were right Axton.." Jack said over the microphone "We should have been taking notes.."

Axton then looked at the horizon to see Handsome Jack was holding a Thatcher arms LR-89 Sniper rifle in his hands. Two powerful leaders, dead, because of the leader of Hyperion Corporation and Axton's older brother...Handsome Jack.

That was it for Kurt. He couldn't take anymore of this torment and misery he had to face throughout his time in Pandora. But this was crossing the line. Gaige noticed that Kurt's tears...turned blood red. Kurt slowly lifted his face to show that his entire face was covered in the blood that was trickling from his eyes. Kurt was panting and grunting and fueling his rage more and more, before finally, he snapped.

He ran at full sprint towards the final door that led to Jack's chambers, which Jack took the shot from. He didn't ease up his speed until he was meters away from the door. Jack then stepped back from the door, shutting it on Kurt, leaving The man to bang and punch aimlessly in fury and rage-filled abandon. He kept punching, and punching, and punching, and punching, and showed no signs of slowing down. Kurt has never been this angry in his lifetime, and the AI saw this as an advantage, an opportunity. The AI tried to seize the moment but kept getting denied due to Kurt's anger.

"Kurt, stop!" Axton tried to yell as he caught up to the man who was punching aimlessly at the giant metal door. He wasn't going to be able to break this door, but he didn't care. He was too pissed at his loss.

"Kurt, please!" Gaige yelled trying to stop him.

Kurt finally began to cool down as he banged his head against the door, and slid down to his knees while shutting his eyes. Axton looked at the grieving boy who had his face to the door. He walked up to Kurt slowly and extended out his arm

"Kurt...I'm so sorry.." He said putting his hand on Kurt's neck...A fatal mistake on Axton's part.

"NO AXTON DON'T!" Kurt yelled, but it was too late

'A new host...' The parasite said as an electrical pulse passed between Axton and Kurt. The AI began to take hold of Axton's nervous system. He was released from Kurt's grasp and Axton was left to deal with the AI that was slowly consuming his body.

"Axton!" Maya screamed as she saw Axton fall against the wall.

"No..." Kurt silently said as he scrambled to tend to Axton who was sitting down leaning against the wall with his head hanging down. Kurt put his hands on Axton's shoulders and spoke to him softly,

"Axton...You okay?" Kurt said looking at the Commando.

Axton slowly lifted his head up to reveal that an ample amount of blood was trickling down his face, and his Iris changed from a hazel-green, to a light orange color. He was infected by the AI.

"No.." Kurt said in horror as he saw his friend become consumed with the AI that was inside of him as his rage began to slowly build up and up again. Kurt was kicked off of Axton by the Commando's brute force acquire from the armor. He slowly stood up between grunts and breaths to reveal his new eye color to the rest of the hunters.

"Axton..." Maya said quietly in horror watching the love of her life get poisoned by this rage.

Axton began to strike. He charge at Kurt and began to send out a flurry of punches, which was blocked thanks to Kurt superhuman reflexes given by the suit. He finally had a firm grip on Axton so he was about 4 inches away from him.

"Damnit Axton snap out of it!" Kurt yelled to his friend "Don't let the AI take over!"

Axton wasn't budging, he was trying his hardest to try and kill Kurt, despite him not being in control of his own body.

"Salvador! Get ready to restrain him!" Kurt yelled to Salvador who was nearby

"B-But I-"

"JUST DO IT!" Kurt yelled at Sal not letting him finish his own sentence. Salvador took position behind Axton, ready to catch him and hold him down so Kurt could do...Whatever he needed to do. Kurt then let out a large shove, sending Axton flying into Salvador's arms. Due to Sal's arms being similar to vise grips, Axton wasn't going anywhere. As he shouted and tried to escape from the lock he was put in by Salvador. Maya slowly walked up to Axton and looked into his literally bloodshot eyes and begun to slightly tear up.

"Axton...It's me Maya..." Maya tried to say approaching him, only to be stopped by Kurt,

"Get away from him!" Kurt yelled as he ran to the ship "He has no idea who he is anymore!"

Kurt then came racing back with a syringe in his hand as he approached Axton. He took aim at Axton's pressure point and injected the syringe in his neck, causing Axton to scream in pain. As the fluid began to seep inside of the Commando, he began to struggle less, and less, and less, until finally, he was knocked unconscious. Kurt took a deep breath and removed the Syringe from Axton's body and throwing it on the ground. Maya walked up to Kurt and asked him worried.

"What did you do?!" She asked

"Small dose of anesthesia," Kurt said through pants "We need to take him back to Sanctuary and fast."

"Why?!" Maya asked again

"Because we just have to!" Kurt retorted

One of the remaining Soldiers walked up to Kurt and asked him calmly, "What are your orders sir?"

Kurt let out a sigh, but then responded "Take my father back to Sanctuary, we'll have to Fast-travel back to Sanctuary. Wait for instructions there,"

"Yes sir.." The Soldier responded walking away.

Kurt looked at Axton's unconscious body for a second before looking at Zero's body. "Zero, help me grab Axton, we gotta move,"

Zero looked at Kurt for a few seconds then replied with "Alright.."

Zero took one shoulder on Axton body, and Kurt took the other as they hoisted Axton up to their height. They then proceeded to drag his body towards the Fast travel station. Gaige made the selection to Sanctuary and they pressed travel.

Their bodies were digitally reconstructed in the city of Sanctuary. They had to make haste to the doctors office which was located not too far from the Headquarters. Gaige caught up with Zero and Kurt who were carrying an unconscious Axton towards Dr. Zed's clinic.

"What are you gonna do Kurt?" Gaige asked walking at the same pace as him.

"Get the parasite out of him..." Kurt said carrying Axton to the clinic.

"But you said that-" Gaige tried to say, only to be interrupted by Kurt

"I have to try okay?! I'm not going to let the AI kill him!" Kurt snapped back at Gaige

Mordecai and Brick saw that Zero and Kurt were carrying an unconscious and bloody body towards the medical clinic.

"Whoa, whoa what the fuck happened to him?!" Mordecai said catching up with Zero and Kurt.

"Long story, we just have to get to Zeds!" Zero said, curiously not in Haiku.

When they got to Dr. Zed's house they were greeted by the masked doctor who was about to perform open heart surgery on the patient. Kurt along with Zero dragged in Axton and threw the guy that was on the table off and placed Axton on the table.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Zed said looking at his patient that was now on the floor.

"We have to do something to Axton or else he's gonna die!" Kurt explained strapping him down on the table "Zero! Strap that side down!" Kurt ordered pointing to the open buckle on the table, which Zero fastened tightly so Axton couldn't go anywhere anytime soon.

"...Is he going to be okay..?" Maya asked softly and worried at Kurt. He just hung his head down to the ground and let out a heavy sigh.

"...I don't know.." He muttered calmly "But I have to try!"

Kurt then grabbed a few spare wire from the back of Zed's room and placed them on the back of his spine, taping them in place so they wouldn't go anywhere. He grabbed a power core from Zed's portable clinic and placed it on the machine that was hooked up to the wires. He made sure there was no charge at this point in time. He then made sure everything was in check, he unclasped Axton's chest piece from his armor set as well as his shoulder pads and such, allowing it to collapse to the floor, followed by Kurt releasing his armor from his body, so he couno become more flexible and less bulky. The operation was ready to go.

"I'm gonna have to electrocute him to Activate his brain cells in his body, to overcome the AI." Kurt explained.

"What?!" Maya said in disbelief "Why?!"

"Because it's the only way to save him!" Kurt explained in his defense.

Kurt then walked over to the machine he hooked up to Axton's nervous system, then pressed the override button, sending a large pulse of electricity into Axton's system. Axton's initial reaction was a total scream of pain, something that none of the Vault Hunters never heard him do. The shocking stopped momentarily and Axton collapsed back on the table, only to be sent a torrent of shocking waves, sending him in a frenzy of pain once again. Maya could just look in horror at her love being hurt this badly. She was looking at him with the most saddened as well as a dampened spirit. Kurt looked to see Maya was staring at Axton, not daring to take her eyes of the commando in extreme pain.

"Zero," Kurt said "Take Maya outta here, she won't want to see this.."

And Zero did just that, he gently escorted Maya out of the building,

"Please Just leave Maya/This doesn't concern you Now/Axton will be fine," Zero said while escorting her out.

The door was shut behind Maya, Gaige, Sal, and Zero as Kurt and Zed were left to try and save Axton's life. Maya leaned up against the wall and plugged her ears with her hands while sitting down on the ground. She didn't want to hear her love suffer like this. She clenched her teeth and tried to hold back tears after every scream of agony was heard from inside the clinic. She hoped and prayed that Kurt would be able to save Axton. She's lost too much already, and she wasn't willing to lose the person she loved.

AN: Aaaaaaaannnnnddd PLOT TWIST! Holy Crap! I mean seriously! LOOOOOONG chapter right?! Anyway, stick around and I'll try to update as soon as I can! Fave, review and follow! If you don't than I'll stab you! D: Well have a happy End of the World!

-LT