AN: Hey guys! Now I know I haven't updated recently and I'm truly sorry. The Holiday spirit and what not kept me from updating more and more chapters! Now that this chapter is now on, I would like to address some comments in the reviews.

Issac Clarke AKA Reven: Bom Chicka Bom-Wow

RatedRSuperstar87: I'll have to admit..It was super fun writing that part!

TerrorByteTC: Insomnia, ho!

GJ115: Yep..lot of inspiration from that game..Vaas may be one of the best Villains ever.

Guest: It's not working! WHY?!

starfighter_105: That game was pretty good, but I felt it lost it's re playability really fast.

CJ-T-Bone: Just kiddin man!

Avangantamos: Wow really? AWESOME!

That's it! Now enjoy the FINALE.

Final Chapter: The End is Nigh

Axton woke up from his sleep to see that the beautiful siren was sleeping soundly beside him in a lazy embrace, with one leg wrapped around his body, and her face was snuggled closely, resting on his upper chest. Another night in heaven with the woman he loved dearly, what more can a man ask for? The way she shrieked and moaned his name was just an orchestra in itself. Maya was a pretty natural kisser according the commando, considering she hasn't been around other men besides him. He stroked a strand of blue hair like it was on his everyday schedule, despite him kinda liking her face with some strands of hair would fall naturally on her face, gave him something to fiddle with in the morning. Axton looked softly at the woman sleeping like a baby while pondering about what happened when he went to sleep. Like the few nights before, he had a dream, not a nightmare, but a dream. He wasn't reliving the deaths of his ex-wife and his son, nor of Jack nuking the city of Helios, he was reliving the train crash in the southern shelf of Pandora...

'It's cute that y'all think you're the heroes of the story, but you're not...Welcome to Pandora, kiddos!" was all Axton could remember as the bomb that was strapped to the fake Jack detonated, sending the train into a symphony of destruction and chaos. Darkness and the cold shrouded Axton as he was plunged out of the train into the harsh winter tundra of Pandora.

After lying face-down in snow, Axton began to regain consciousness and open his eyes to behold the train wreckage that Jack caused. Axton slowly stood up, coughing out some blood to look around at the mayhem that was caused.

"We're not finished Jack..." Axton muttered while gritting his teeth from the pain he endured "Not even close..."

As soon as the Commando said that statement that was arguably colder than the wind, he heard a slight cough from behind him. He turned around to reveal a tattooed hand was sticking out of the snow, trying to grasp onto anything it could to try and pull themselves out of the snow. Axton quickly made his way to the hand, taking a firm grasp with his right hand on the one sticking in the ice. He gave one heave to release the person from the cold grasp of winter itself. He yanked the body out from the snow and up on her feet, revealing that the Siren was stuck under the snow. The siren dusted off the snow that was in her body before looking up a the man with her bright eyes. Axton reckoned he hadn't met a girl before who's beauty came close to this woman. She was definitely a looker this one.

"Thank you, Soldier.." Maya said with common courtesy towards the person who saved her, causing the man to scoff.

"Hey, I got a name, it's Axton..." He said holding out his hand, causing the Siren to yelp and cover her mouth with her hands, containing the gasp she gave out at the sight of his hand.

"Oh my God! What happened to your hand?!" She yelled pointing at his hand.

Axton scrunched his eyes and nose a bit, wondering what the girl was talking about. He shifted his eyes downwards to where the girl was pointing at, revealing that he dislocated his hand and it was shifted downwards in a mangled position. He cocked an eyebrow to inspect the hand, letting out a small chuckle.

"Well how bout that.." Axton mused looking at it closer, noticing that it was moving in a slight spastic way.

"Wha-Why-Doe-Doesn't it hurt?!" She yelled holding her hands out in front of her in total disbelief of Axton's unawareness and overall calmness.

"Kinda.." He replied moving it around.

"We gotta go to a doctor for that!" She yelled pointing at him.

"Nah.." Axton said giving off a shake of his head.

"But you-your arm-is dislo-" She began only to hear a rather loud KRAKT sound coming from Axton's arm, as he forcefully repositioned his left hand with his right. Twisting his left hand so it would be in it's original place. The crack caused Maya to cringe, grit her teeth and avert her eyes at the sight of such a thing.

"-cated.." She finished quietly putting her hand down to the ground, causing Axton to smile a bit.

"Oh, my names Maya by the way.." She said holding out her hand, prompting Axton to shake it, while brightening his smirk a bit.

"Charmed." He said "You're a Siren right?"

"Yes.." She replied "How'd you know?"

"Those tattoo's ain't for nothing.." He explained motioning her left arm, causing her to slightly blush. They shift their attention towards the blizzard to see a blue light began to glow slightly brighter and breather with each coming second. Finally the thing was close enough to see that the blue eye belonged to a funny little Hyperion robot.

"Ohhh great.." The Mechanical robot moped making his way around with a shovel scooping out chunks of snow "Another dead Vault Hunter. Handsome Jack's been busy..."

"Not exactly.." Axton replied looking at the funny little robot shoveling snow, causing to shift it's attention toward the voice.

"Wait a minute - You're not dead! YES!" The robot exclaimed "Now I can get off this glacier! Claptrap, your metaphorical ship has finally come in!" It said wheeling up to the two figures.

"Allow me to introduce myself - I am CL4P-TP steward bot, but my friends call me Claptrap! Or they would, if any of them were still alive...Or had existed in the first place!" He explained sounding slightly annoyed.

"Oh!" He remembered "I've got something for you! Here - take this ECHO communicator that I totally didn't loot from one of these corpses," He then said handing them two separate Echo's to both of the hunters, causing them to move it around in curiosity.

"Cool.." Maya said quietly admiring the recorders.

"Man, this is great!" The Robot said turning his back on the hunters. "Now that I've met a mighty Vault Hunter, I can finally join the resistance in Sanctuary, take vengeance against Jack for killing my product line, and repair my central processor so I can stop thinking out loud! I wonder what it's like to have a belly button?" He wondered wheeling away.

Maya rolled her eyes and was about to follow after the robot, only to be stopped by the Commando beside her, prompting her to look at him, to match up with his look.

"There were two others on the same train car, we're gonna he need all the help we can get.." He explained pointing back at the wreckage like a hitchhiker.

Maya let out a sigh and replied "Alright...Let's go.."

In Axton's opinion, it was very strange that a couple of nights ago he dreamed about something that could happen in the relative future, then recently dreaming of something that actually happened in the past, ironically being the first time he actually exchanged words with the woman. And why where they happening now? He decided not to think anything of it. He kissed Maya's forehead rather rough and settled back into sleep a bit more.

It was Maya's turn to wake up to find the love of her life holding her close in a warm, inviting brace. She fluttered her eyes open and smiled lightly at the sight of Axton sleeping rather peacefully beside her. For being the first man she's actually ever opened up to, she was convinced that this is the one. But she figured that this moment couldn't last any longer. She slowly kissed the tip of his nose, causing him to let out a lazy moan and shift his head a bit on the small pillow, causing her to slightly giggle.

"Axton..." She whispered to him closely,

"Mmmm?" He moaned not opening his eyes.

"We gotta get up..." She explained rubbing his shoulder a bit.

"...M'kay.." He lazily said as he opened his eyes and sat up on the bed, scratching his hair.

Maya stood up from her bed, putting on the tactical suit she was given by the Order on herself, then pulling up her khaki pants and putting the belt on them. Axton grabbed his Army pants from under the bed and slipped them on under the covers, then standing up from the bed, he searched around, trying to find his shirt, eventually coming across it, crumpled and on the other side of the room. After he slipped the shirt over his head, putting his arms through the sleeves, he spun around to lock lips with the Siren once again, he returned it slightly then pulling away, eager to find out the reasoning behind it.

"You were Amazing last night..." She said once again stressing Amazing.

Axton let out a small chuckle and reply with "Likewise.."

"So...is today?" Maya was about to ask, only to be interrupted by the commando,

"Yes...The final assault on Jack..." He said looking down clenching his fists slightly "I have to go wake up Kurt, get prepped." He explained rushing up the steps, leaving Maya to do some quick little touch ups on her face with the makeup...Again.

Axton walked up the steps to be greeted with Kurt and Gaige sleeping rather close together. Thatcher has his shirt off and was holding the girl in his arms. Axton pointed the barrel of his gun and began to slap Kurt's face around, causing him to finally wake up and let out a tired groan.

"Rise and shine, Lover-boy." Axton said looking down at the two.

"Kurt sat up from the mattress and turned his attention towards Axton who is now facing him at the moment.

"That better not become one of those gimmicky nicknames you call me from now on.." Kurt mumbled rubbing his eyes a bit yawning slightly, causing the girl who was sleeping with him to sigh a bit and snuggle more in the covers. Kurt let out a little scoff and rubbed Gaige's shoulder.

"Gaige..wake up..." Kurt said rubbing her more and more.

Gaige fluttered her eyes open to see both the person she loved and a rather mellow Commando standing right in front of her. She rubbed her eyes with her flesh hand to try and clear her vision more.

"Oh... 'Mornin'" She said sitting up from the bed.

Kurt shifted his attention back to Axton to see why Axton himself came to wake Kurt up.

"Axton...Is it?" He began, only to be interrupted by Axton .

"Yeah...It's time.." Axton said shifting his attention to be more serious. Kurt's face also felt the icy chill that Axton spread amongst the two, as Kurt tensed his face, to a more bitter appearance to it.

"Alright..." Kurt said nodding slightly "Let's go..."

"Request Confirmed," the machine said to Axton as he put on the tactical shirt that Kurt provided. Kurt looked at Axton when he stepped into the machine, but then turning his attention back to the TITAN armor on himself, kneeling down to check his shin armor bracings. A laser was heard from inside the machine, followed by the doors sliding open to reveal a commando that was fully suited up with the exception of his helmet.

"Fits like a glove.." Axton mused moving his hands in front of him to inspect the wrist armor.

"At least the glove part.." Kurt said standing up to see the armor the Commando was given.

"Har Har.. The scientist is a fuckin' comedian..." Axton scoffed as he whacked the back of Kurt's head while he walked over to the table to check his rifle.

"No, no, we're not using those," Kurt said pointing at the rifle Axton had in his hand.

"Then which ones are we using?" Axton asked putting the gun on the table.

"You'll see when we get there," Kurt replied picking up his helmet.

Mordecai came down the stairs to meet up with the already suited up in their military armor.

"Alright amigos, this is it," Mordecai said walking up to the two soldiers putting the sniper rifle on his back holster, "Win or lose, we're gonna finish this right here and now...For Bloodwing...For Roland...FOR PANDORA!" He yelled holding his fist in the air. "Now I'll come in on the hijacked barge to storm the side of the Hyperion bunker. You guys can make it up through the main bunker with Claptrap."

"Actually," Axton interrupted "We got a plan of our own on the siege." He then said looking at Kurt.

"Oh..." Mordecai said scratching his head "I guess that'll work...Does it have to do with the ship the TITAN soldiers left?"

"Yep.." Kurt answered. "You should go tell the others about the final assault.." He then said turning to Axton.

"Ummm, excuse me?" A thick Russian accent said from inside of the door.

The three of them spun around to see Marcus Kincaid was standing outside of the door.

"Yeah?" Axton asked looking at the sleazy salesman.

"Well..If it helps at all...Make sure you do in that bastard...Not because he's been diminishing my business with every coming day, it's because Jack is a murdering son of a bitch who needs to die!" He exclaimed smashing his hand against his other. Marcus pulled out a Vladof Spinigun that was holster and held it out in front of Axton.

"Here...This is the Vladof Shredifier...Best assault rifle they make...Thought you could use it." He said handing it to Axton.

"Yeah...this will do fine...Thanks Marcus.." Axton said admiring the assault rifle.

"Of course, I want it back when you kill him," Marcus smirked pointing at the gun.

"Figures.." Axton scoffed holstering the gun on his back.

"Sup sucka? Tina here!" She said over the ECHO "Hope you kill Jack super good! Here's poem I wrote for this certain occasion: BREAK IT DOWN!" She yelled before clearing her throat "Kill Jack, kill Jack, kill Jack, Kiiiiill Jack, Kill Jaaaaaaack, killlllll Jaaaaack! A poem by Tiny Tina.." She mumbled before shutting off the ECHO unit.

Axton chuckled a bit after hearing Tina's encouragement to take down the president of Hyperion. She always had to have her input in a very crazy way. Roland was right about Tina, the fact that she was quite an odd specimen, but the most gifted in explosions on the planet. She's helped the hunters in many knots and loops. They couldn't have stopped the train if is wasn't for Tina.

"...Ermmm...Well...Good luck.." Marcus said walking out the door, presumably to tend to the shop.

"Who was just here?" Maya asked coming down the steps after waking everybody up from the upstairs room.

"Marcus," Axton answered turning around to face the Siren "He just dropped off a gun that's all..."

"Oh...since when does Marcus give out guns for free?" She wondered putting her hands on her hips.

"Technically he's lending it to us...Didn't think it be that easy would you?" He asked jokingly letting off a smirk.

"Ready Amigo?" Salvador asked picking up the two M79 Machine guns Kurt supplied on his back.

"Yeah...Kurt and I will take a separate route towards the convoy. Got a suprise lined up for Jack.." Axton explained to his other Vault hunters.

"What are you Planning? Surely a frontal assault, will likely bring death." Zero said walking up to Axton, prompting the commando to put a hand on his friends shoulder.

"Don't worry man, we got this.." Axton replied patting his shoulder.

"Here...If we don't make it.." Mordecai mumbled pulling out a rather large knife with a jagged and sharp teeth like blade on one side of the knife, followed by a smooth and very sharp edge on the other side.

"It's Roland's knife.." Mordecai added "He would've wanted you to have it..."

Axton twisted the blade around in his hands, taking note of the lightness of the actual blade and the balance of it. He put the blade into a holster on the lower-back side of his armor, sliding in to the horizontally shaped holster, then looked back up at Mordecai,

"Don't worry," Axton stated "We'll make it..."

"...So this is it huh?" Brick asked joining in the conversation "Can't wait to break into the Hyperion compound, grab Lilith, then smash the shit out of Jack.." He then said pumping his fists.

"Alright.." Axton muttered "You guys go find Claptrap so you can disable the first Hyperion wall, allowing access into the chambers. We'll meet you inside of the compound so we can take the fight to Jack...Had enough of that asshole.."

'Why aren't you coming with us?" Maya asked looking at Axton.

"This way we can better our chances of success...Just trust me Maya, ok?" Axton explained to the Siren.

"Okay..." Maya muttered "Let's go then guys.."

The Siren walked out of the door, followed by the Gunzerker, who looked at Axton and patted his arm once.

"See ya on the inside, Amigo.." He said then proceeding to walk out of the door.

Zero followed behind the Gunzerker, along with the Mechromancer, who took one look at Kurt, then walking out of the door to catch up with Maya. Brick also took his leave to follow the other Hunters, with Mordecai. The original hunters would take the Hyperion barge they stole from the convoy and provide extra support for the ground forces. Axton and Kurt were left inside of the building, leaving them to let out a large breath of air before Kurt broke the silence.

"Alright..." He muttered "Let's finish this..."

"Minion!" Claptrap exclaimed with a hint of heroism "Let's go to the Eridium Blight! It's time to end this!"

Claptrap proceeded to speed towards the fast travel station, followed by the four hunters who were considered ground forces. Maya made the selection to the Eridium Blight and pressed the travel button.

The four hunters along with ClapTrap were digi structed in front of the main gate, that was heavily guarded with the best Hyperion weaponry they could afford. The could see the enormous wall that guarded the entrance to where Jack could awaken the ultimate Eridian warrior to obey his every command. You could still see the dents on the door due to Kurt punching them out of rage.

"Mmmmm, feel that?" Jack hummed over the ECHO "Lilith is almost done charging the key, with its power, I can change the face of Pandora for good..."

"Minion! It's time to take the fight to Jack! You hear that Jack?!" Claptrap yelled to the metal door "You destroyed my entire assembly line! I am the only remaining Claptrap in the world! We will emerge victorious, and I am going to teabag your corpse!" He then exclaimed racing towards the giant gate, then pressed the buttons on the door while laughing

"Ha! Ha! Ha! You think doors will stop me Jack?! I was MADE to open doors!" Claptrap mocked typing in more buttons "AAAAAAAAAND OPEEEEEEEN!" He yelled to the bunker.

"Access denied." The machine replied

"What?! I said 'AAAAND OPEEEN', not AAAAAND Close a secondary door!" Claptrap yelled in disbelief

"Additional troops deployed," The machine said once again.

"No No!" Claptrap protested "I didn't say AAND Dispatch additional troops either! PROTECT ME SQUIRES!" Claptrap yelled while fidgeting with the button pad.

"Two guns, Bitches!" Salvador yelled has his two M79's began to rip apart the Hyperion soldiers as the barrel started to become red from the intense work it was being put through. "Rock and roll!" He yelled as he fired the last of his magazine in the air as if it were fireworks bursting in the night sky.

Zero was busy at work practicing his slicing skills with the Hyperion soldiers and he cleanly sliced their bodies with ease and grace. Zero stabbed the body of a Hyperion soldier, followed by making a perfect slice where the torso met the hips, disconnecting the body from the legs, then slicing his neck so there was 3 even pieces. He kicked the torso piece of the soldier out of the puzzle, leaving the head spinning in the air momentarily. Zero came down with a straight chop that split the head into to two perfect parts. Zero cleaned off his blade with his arm, letting the blood drip off of his wrist in small drops, before returning to the battle at hand.

"C'mon Baby!" Claptrap yelled caressing the button pad with his clampers "Don't be like that! Open up for daddy?"

"Access...Granted "The machine said as the two doors began to slowly open.

"WAIT WHAT?! I ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING?!" Claptrap shouted "I'M USEFUL!" He yelled waving his hands around like a drunken hooligan after figuring out his favorite team was victorious.

"Now we shall take the fight to Jack!" Claptrap yelled with the door opening behind him "I will lead you in a charge against Hyperion! For PANDORA!" He yelled while turning around to see...

Stairs.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He yelled in defeat as his ultimate nemesis has come back to haunt him. He slowly turned around to face the vault hunters before gloomily saying,

"You guys have to go on ahead...Make your master proud.."

The hunters left Claptrap to sulk in despair about how Jack outsmarted him with such a simple architect as stairs.

"After this is done/ I must have a word with him/ I serve nobody," Zero said as he walked up the steps with the other hunters.

The four came up the flight to reveal a heavy dispatchment of troops have waited for their arrival and opened fire on them. They all took covers behind some form of protection, mostly rocks and cement stoppers were used.

"Jesus! Theres a fuckin army in there!" Salvador yelled, taking cover from the storm of bullets being sent towards them.

"Slab!" Brick yelled over the ECHO "Were coming in hot!"

As soon as the microphone was cut off, a large roar could be heard as the Hyperion barge that was driven by Mordecai himself began to speed up slightly and spin around to reveal the main hatch. Brick took a giant leap to the fortress that is run by Handsome Jack, willing to provide all the support to the vault hunters as he could in order to save Lilith. Brick pulled the large sledgehammer the had from his back out, proceeding to smash soldiers as well as Loaders into the ground. He left no survivors in his wake as he brutally and without pity bludgeoned and smashed all the soldiers we could find. Mordecai would never miss a shot when it came to the Thatcher Arms sniper he was given. With that sniper, he even became a better shot sober.

"Axton!" Maya cried as she was shooting down more and more Soldiers by the second "Where are you?!"

"Here.." A Voice said through the Echo as soon as she said that.

"So you sure this outer armor will help us?" Axton asked putting on the last pieces to the TITAN extension.

"Battle tested Axton...If anything it will buy us time...at least for them.." Kurt explained looking down at the ground of the ship the two they were flying in. The last Thatcher Inc. ship that was on Pandora, was now being driven into the heart of the mountain. The ship was on a auto pilot that perched itself calmly on a ledge of the Hyperion bunker, just outside the main gate.

"Were these the guns you were talking about?" Axton asked pointing to the giant Machine guns that were mounted to the wall.

"Yeah...50 Caliber machine guns..." Kurt said looking down on the ground,

"Grab 'em," Axton replied "We're gonna be arriving soon."

As soon as Axton said that, bullet holes began to pierce the inside of the hull, prompting them to take evasive maneuvers.

"Jesus.." Kurt said raising his head up slowly "Sooner than we think..."

"Alright...Get Ready!" Axton said putting on his helmet and making the adjustments on the suit, such as activating his HUD and rolling his shoulders a bit. Axton grabbed one of the giant machine guns that bears an uncanny resemblance to the M79 Machine gun. With the exception of the belt-fed magazine, as well as a advanced stock and barrel cooling apparatus' attached. Axton tossed the machine gun over to Kurt as he caught it and placed it on the table so he could put on his helmet.

"This is it...We finish this once and for all..." Axton coldly growled cocking back the charging handle of the gun. Kurt fastened his helmet and picked up his gun, giving off a nod showing he was ready to go.

"This is for Roland.." Axton said as Kurt released the door hatch to emerge into the Hyperion camp, locked and loaded with the best heavy weaponry as well as armor, coming equipped with Kevlar, khaki braces as well as new plates of armor for themselves.

Both of the hunters jumped out of the ship and braced themselves for an epic battle, all that took to ignite it was a single pull of a trigger...

Click

As soon as that click was heard, there came a torrent a bullets as well as banging noises to follow. The soldiers were literally being torn to shreds as the 50 caliber bullets passed through their stomachs or heads. Axton and Kurt proceeded to make their way towards the base to see Maya along with the other hunters were pinned down nearby. They were going to providing support for the hunters, and they were going to do it properly, with 50 caliber machine guns.

"Maya! We're coming in!" Axton yelled through the gunfire.

Maya slowly looked to where the origin of the loud gunshots were heard. She looked at two soldiers wearing sets of heavy armor, storming headfirst into the Hyperion soldiers, ripping all of them shreds with their machine guns.

"Damn those slabs make me proud..." Brick said quietly looking at the two with heavy machine guns doing their work on the soldiers.

"Whoa..." Gaige muttered gawking at Axton an Kurt as well.

Nothing even came close to the two with their guns, slowly making their way towards the cave that led to the second vault on loaders were constructed to try and stop their push, bet to be torn apart by the guns. A true symphony of blood and chaos.

"COME ON! COME ON!" Axton yelled through the suit as he gunned down a set of engineers.

"He's got a small army in there!" Kurt yelled continuing to shoot his machine gun.

"It won't help him!" Axton replied "We have to keep moving!"

Axton and Kurt proceeded to make their way into the next part of the base, which was swarming with soldiers and loaders. They were a simple trifle for the two as they continued with their killing spree. Mordecai flew the Hyperion barge closer to the base, only to hear beeping from inside the base.

"Orbital target locked" the machine said through their ECHO devices.

"Aw fuck!" Mordecai yelled "They got a lock on me!"

The first missile was launched at Mordecai's ship, crippling it severely with that devastating blow.

"Shit! Mordecai!" Brick yelled looking at the barge on its last legs. "I'm coming for ya!"

"Brick NOO!" Mordecai yelled detesting to Brick's statement. Brick leaped into the ship to try and bust Mordecai out of the wreckage.

"Just go, Slabs!" Brick yelled inside of the ship.

"Coordinates received, firing for effect," the machine said firing off another couple of rounds.

"SHIT!" Mordecai yelled as the ship was hit with the final missile, sending the vessel into the firing lava from below. The ship was plunge into an abyss of the molten substance.

"NOO!" Axton said looking down at the wreckage if the ship.

Mordecai and Brick gave up their lives to try and save their friend from the grips of Jack. Axton knew that their sacrifices couldn't be in vain. They had to be sensible in these situations, although Axton found it hard to try living with being sensible.

"We have to keep moving," Kurt said through the helmet, hearing some bullets fly over his head as some soldiers tried to sneak a head shot on the hunters while they were distracted. They both spun around and take care on the soldiers that were behind them.

"Maya, were heading into the Vault Center now...see you inside.." Axton said making his way inside of the base.

"...alright.." She mumbled looking at Axton and Kurt making their way into the cave.

As the two walked inside of the cave to reveal the cave was blooming with the priceless alien element as well as molten lava seeping through it.

"SURPRISE!" Jack yelled through the ECHO "Hidden MAC Cannon in the wall!"

"What? What the hells he talking about?" Kurt asked looking around the cave. He caught a glimpse of the cannon that was charging up and pointed towards Axton.

"OH SHIT! LOOK OUT!" Kurt yelled to Axton, shoving him out of the MAC Cannons path, letting Kurt take the blast of the gun. The shot sent Kurt flying to the wall where he created a loud thud when his body impacted in the stone. Axton blocked his face from the blast of the explosion due to the shrapnel being scattered everywhere.

"KURT!" Axton said racing over to his friend that was shot by a MAC Cannon. Axton ran to Kurt to see that his armor took nearly all of the impact, but was quite injured due to the blast. There was a large charred hole in the center of Kurt's armor.

"Shit that hurt..." Kurt mumbled while coughing a bit.

"You alright?" Axton asked taking off the Kevlar outer armor to his set.

"Yeah...I'll be fine.." Kurt coarsely replied letting out another cough "Just keep going, I'll catch up with you.."

Axton slowly stood up from where Kurt was lying from, he was about to turn and press on, until Kurt spoke up once more.

"And Axton..." Kurt murmured, causing the commando to turn around and face him once more.

"Kick his ass..." He said coldly, prompting Axton to give off a nod and walk towards the heart of the mountain.

Axton pulled out his assault rifle that kept on his back out to his arms to provide himself with some protection. He figured that the machine gun would be too cumbersome and render him useless in a fight. He walked past a set of Hyperion screens that began to slightly flicker and reveal a fuzzy image of somebody that became clearer until it was revealed to be Handsome Jack.

"Well look who it is..." Jack said coldly on the screen projection "Come to try and kill me have you? What attempt is this now? Your 5th or something? You might as well just give up Axton..Let me charge the key, so that I can bring forth a new era of peace and prosperity to Pandora."

"Oh I've seen your idea of peace Jack. Genocide, massacre, indescribable pain and suffering!" Axton yelled at the screen.

"Well now...Isn't that ironic?" Jack added letting off a smirk "Look at the Mayhem you've caused outside! All the honest Soldiers who were just doing their jobs have you slaughtered?! Axton, you have destroyed so much! What have you actually accomplished? Can you even name me one thing?! I didn't think so..."

"Has it ever occurred to you that this is all your fault?" Jack coldly asked "Why can't you see that for yourself? Maybe when I awaken the warrior, you'll see the errors of you ways...Until then, I'm going to watch Lilith as she charges the last bit's of the Vault Key...I expect to see you here real soon..."

The TV was shut off, leaving Axton to press onwards to the Vault. He continued through the cave until he came across an opening that revealed the center of the mountain, where he could see Lilith as she was charging the Vault key with her Siren powers. Axton found the nearest elevator and raced down to the door and pressed the descend button so he could get to the center. soon after, the elevator doors slid open, allowing Axton to make it to the center of the Vault. He hopped down the ledge the led to the Vault keys location. There he saw Lilith with glowing angelic wings on both of her shoulders as she was charging the key.

"Lilith!" Axton yelled as he ran up to the Siren who was charging it with Eridium.

"Glad you could make it..." A voice said from the other side of Lilith, the figure walked from the side of the key to reveal jack was standing by her. Axton's face turned grim as well as angry when he caught a glimpse of Jack.

"Jack..." Axton mumbled looking at his brother.

"Glad you remember my name as well..." Jack replied "Well, Lilith is close to charging the Vault key with her powers...Gives me time to deal with you in a matter I see fit.."

"What are you going to do now Jack?" Axton retorted "You can't hide behind Angel anymore..."

"Angel is DEAD because of you!" Jack interjected "It was all part of the plan anyways..."

"...Plan?" Axton asked cocking an eyebrow

"You didn't think I would know Lilith would resist the chance to try and help out you guys? I knew she was coming all along! Angel wasn't able to charge the key by herself, even with all the Eridium I pumped into her..." Jack explained

"Wait...So you knew that Angel wasn't strong enough to power the key by herself? The why did you keep her in there?! Unless..." Axton then said looking down at the ground letting the gears in his head go 'click, click, click' until he came out with an answer he didn't want.

"You kept her in that cage so that she could die at the proper moment..." Axton said looking at his brother once again in realization.

"You've been raising her like a pig for slaughter?!" Axton then yelled at his brother.

"YOU MONSTER!" Lilith yelled joining in at the conversation.

"Alright! That's it!" Jack said holding up his hands "You shut the hell up!" He said pointing to Lilith "And You are gonna get the whooping of your lifetime!" He then said taking off his coat, the cracking his neck. Axton took aim with his assault rifle at Jack's face, prompting him to hold up his hands.

"Hey come on!" Jack pleaded "I'm unarmed...Make things more interesting...fisticuffs?" He then asked.

Axton took one look at his rifle, after tossing it to the ground, he cracked his knuckles and faced Jack.

"I've waited a long time for this Jack..." Axton muttered putting his fists up.

"So have I..." Jack chuckled putting his fists up.

Axton let out a roar as he tried to tackle Jack to the ground by using his weight, trying to bring Jack to the ground. Jack proceeded to kick Axton in the chest using his knees, then grabbed Axton's waist and threw him against a rock with inhuman strength and speed.

"You're out of your league, Axton..." Jack smirked walking over to his brother that was clutching his chest while coughing, "I have the powers of Lilith on my side...what do you have hm? The memories of you defunct, rotting family? I'm sure they'll make good worm food back at Hieronymus..."

After hearing that statement, Axton snapped. He let out a roar and tried to make hooks and jabs at his brother, only to have them avoided and countered with an even more deadly punch and jab. Axton was catching jabs to the diaphragm and solar plexus as he coughed out blood from Jack's punches.

'Jesus...' Axton thought 'Feels like a fucking car hit me..'

"You're gonna have to do a lot better than that!" Jack mocked Axton giving him a solid kick to his chest, cracking his TITAN armor.

"Lot of good that armor did ya!" He mocked once more flipping Axton on his side, then ripping off his chest piece with his brute strength, followed a couple of punches to his jaw. All Axton could do was just take the punches being dealt out to him. It seemed as if Jack was granted inhuman powers due to the overexposure of all the Eridium and Siren power. Lilith looked in horror as the commando that tried to free her from this prison, was being mercilessly beaten by Handsome Jack. Jack continued to beat on Axton's face, then eventually slamming his head against the rock.

"So..." Jack said backing away from the commando "Was it worth it?"

"Let's find out!" Kurt yelled charging at Jack, throwing a punch at his face, only to have be dodged and getting a solid knock in the jaw.

"So..." Jack said looking at Kurt wiping his mouth from the blood dripping from it "You wanna have a go? Fine with me!"

"Kurt NO!" Axton tried to intervene, but it was too late.

Kurt tried to make a swipe at Jack's head, prompting Jack to duck and uppercut Kurt in the chest, causing Kurt to gag slightly. Jack then took his elbow and smashed Kurt's back with brute force and strength, causing Kurt to fall to the ground with a heavy thud. Kurt tried to get up, but was kicked in the stomach by Jack and crashed to the ground again, letting out a cough, followed with blood spewing from his mouth. He felt a ribcage crack inside of himself after that last kick Jack dealt.

"I can see you'll lead your family with honor..." Jack mocked Kurt on the ground, "But not anymore..." Jack said as he slowly grabbed Kurt's neck with his right hand, then using his left to grab his lower back. Jack then hoisted Kurt up and over himself. Axton couldn't believe it that Jack was actually strong enough to not only pick up Kurt, but hoist him over his head.

"The Thatcher line...is broken.." Jack muttered coldly pulling Kurt down so that Kurt's back would make a solid connection with Jack's knee.

KRAKT!

That was what Kurt heard as he felt his own spine break under Jack's knee. He snapped out of all of his senses as he screamed in complete agony and pain he was put through. Jack let go of Kurt as he let him tumble to the ground off his knee. Jack let out a chuckle, then purposely stepped on Kurt's back, causing more pain to the young scientist. Jack then grabbed Kurt's hair and yanked his face up to look upon Axton's beaten self.

"Tell me Axton..." Jack began "Does THIS look like the face of a CEO?"

Jack stared at Axton for a few seconds, then let off a smirk and smashed Kurt's face to the ground once more.

"Didn't think so..." He then said "After I'm through with you, I guess I'll capture that other Siren fumbling around trying to find some dumb heritage of hers. I could use her for some experiments..."

"You...Will...Not...Touch her..." Axton coldly growled slowly standing up.

"Ooooh sooo scary...I'm shitting my pants right now.." Jack mocked holding his hands up in feign fear.

'Axton...' Angel said inside of his head,

'Angel?' Axton replied to the girl.

'Listen...My father is an evil man...you have to stop him...for you...for Maya...' Angel explained to Axton.

'How?' Axton retorted 'He's practically invincible!'

'Not exactly...' Angel said 'You can do it Axton! I know you can!'

'I can't even move my arm ...and Kurt's spine is fractured...what could I possibly do?' Axton pleaded inside of his head.

Angel let off a small laugh and replied 'Leave that to me...Let the power of the Seraph's fuel your rage Axton...'

"Who could you possibly call on to help you in this situation hm?" Jack asked mockingly at his younger brother, which caused Axton to smirk.

'You're Daughter.." Axton replied as his arms began to glow a peculiar blue that resembled a Siren. His eye color changed from the greenish blue, to a pearl-white color. Angel's life energy was being poured into Axton's body. He could feel himself get stronger by the second.

"What the fuck?!" Jack exclaimed looking at his brothers markings "How the?"

"Thank Angel for that..." Axton said as he charged at his brother.

With every punch Axton dealt to his brother, a beam of light would pulse out, along with a loud electrical charge noise. For once, it seemed as if Axton was actually doing damage to the Hyperion owner. He could see Jack's face flail left and right with each punch and hook Axton dealt. He felt an unearthly power course through him as he was going to town on Jack's face. Axton nicked one of the connectors that held together Jack's face, releasing a ample amount of steam, causing Jack to shout in pain. As he frantically tried to place the connector back in it's rightful place, Axton kept on punching him straight in the face. The feeling of revenge felt so good to Axton now. He kept up with the flurry of punches until he gave Axton a solid kick to his diaphragm, sending him flying into the center of the vault. Axton was victorious. But his victory could only be tasted for momentarily.

"NO! The Vault Keys Charged!" Lilith yelled as the pieces came together to form the key that was once used to free the Destroyer, now it would be used to awaken the Warrior.

"You're too late Axton!" Jack laughed "The key's charged and ready to crush you!"

Jack helped push the key into the slot as he was covered in an energy shield that protected him from Axton's grasp. Lilith collapsed to the ground, completely exhausted from the work she was put through by Jack.

"I can now control the greatest warrior that has ever scorched the face of this hell hole! WARRIOR! COME TO ME!" Jack yelled through the shield.

"Axton!" Maya yelled running into the center to meet up with the commando "What the hell happened to you?!" She yelled pointing to his arms, causing Axton to look at both of them.

"Thank Angel for that..." Axton replied to Maya seeing all the other hunters arrive to the scene, along with Gaige, who gasped at the sight of Kurt's beaten body.

"KURT!" She yelled as she ran up to him.

"WARRIOR!" Jack yelled as though the storm an extremely large figure could be seen through the fog and smoke.

The Warrior. The thing that was told from legends, as the defiler, the slayer of mankind, was now upon the vault hunters, willing to off with them all. He was a monster...His entire body body was composed of molten rock and lava, along with a slag tipped tail, standing on four legs like a dog that arrived straight from hell itself. Come to think of it, this thing must've been fresh from hell it seemed.

"Ay dios Mio..." Salvador muttered quietly while gawking at the beast that was approaching them slowly.

"Warrior..." Jack growled "Kill..."

The Warrior let out a typhoon of fire at the hunters as they all took cover behind the rocks and such. They could be cooked alive if they aren't careful enough. The warrior perched over some of the rock, letting out another roar, but letting out a scream as soon as a explosion hit it square in the chest. Kurt was lying the ground, holding a railgun in his arms, trying to inflict any sort of damage he could do on the beast. In this case, it made him only angrier, as the Warrior swooped his tail to try and smash Kurt, he could only lie there and await his fate. Luckily, fate had different plans for him, as he saw DeathTrap was holding the monster's tail with all of it's might, protecting Kurt from the blow of the Warrior. DeathTrap plunged it's blade into the Warriors tail, causing it to shriek loudly of the pain and bring it's tail back up.

"I owe you BIG time Gaige.." Kurt coughed out looking at the Mechromancer.

Axton continuously fired his gun at the Monster's chest, due to that being the only weak stop of the Warrior itself.

"Protect your chest, Warrior! Goddamnit!" Jack yelled through the shield.

"His chest his open!" Kurt exclaimed whilst lying down on the ground, "Hit him with everything!"

With the combined efforts of all the Vault hunters, The Warrior began to slowly dwindle as the bullets were flying up in his chest. A constant barrage of bullets kept on penetrating the warrior as he began to lose his power until he was finally on the rocks, trying it's best to stay alive from all the pain and hurt it was given.

"NOOO!" Jack screamed as his ticket to cleansing Pandora was now dying on a rock.

Kurt saw the control panel that controls the orbital shots from the Hyperion Base. on the side of the Vault key. He slowly took his robotic hand and pulled his way towards the controls, being careful not to shift his body so suddenly so he wouldn't be paralyzed. He took his hand and typed in the coordinates for the Warrior's location, he took a huge breath, then pushed the button to release the moon shots.

"Gotcha now you sonuvabtch..." Kurt coughed out, slumping down on the ground next to the console.

"Coordinates received, firing for effect.." The machine said as a few blasts could be seen from the Hyperion moon base as a giant missile impacted on the incapacitated Warrior, finishing it off for good. The hunters have done something unspeakable, and Eridian Demigod fell from the might of a group of mercenaries.

The shield that protected Jack and Lilith from outer harm finally disintegrated. Leaving Jack completely Vulnerable. Axton looked down at his arms to see that the glowing markings began to slowly fade away, he then heard a voice say in his head.

'I think you can take care of the rest...' Angel said to Axton in his head 'Now go...I'll be watching..."

Jack tumbled out of the Keys path and leaned up against a rock, coughing out some blood. He slowly shifted his gaze on to his little brother, who was staring him dead in the eyes.

"Who...Do you think...You are..Axton..." Jack growled clutching his arm "I should have kept you where you belonged...nothing more than a mindless foot soldier just doing his job!"

Axton slowly made his way to Jack, while pulling out the jack knife that was given to him by Mordecai.

"I can't die like this..." Jack growled once more "Not when I'm so close...and not.. at the hands...OF A FILTHY BANDIT!" He screamed stumbling a bit. "Why couldn't you see Axton? Why can't you understand that I could have restored peace...Order...You could have ruled by my side...Crush all that stood before us...You're no hero...YOU'RE NOTHING! I'M THE HERO!...Why...Why...Why Must I die...At the hands...OF A CHILD KILLING PSYCHOPATH!" He screamed only getting cut off by the knife that was plunged into his chest, leaving in shock and coughing more blood. Axton pulled the knife out of his chest and plunged it into his stomach once again, and then again. Axton kept the blade inside Jack's chest as he leaned up to Jack's face and said sternly,

"Not as a psychopath John...As a Brother..." He replied coldly pulling the knife out of Jack's chest, letting him stumble around a bit, blankly staring at all the surroundings in front of him before collapsing on the ground facing upwards, he let out one more breath allowing the cold touch of death caress him whole.

Axton knelt down by the deceased body of his own brother. He couldn't believe that he actually killed his own brother. He knew that he had to do it, he had to...for Pandora. He wanted to feel a victory for the thing he's done, but it seemed that no victory would truly come to him, only thoughts and memories that would remain in his being. But then...He felt a warm feeling after that moment...The feeling of freedom, peace of mind, things that he hasn't been able to grasp for a very long time. Maya walked up to Axton and knelt down beside him then hugged him from the side tightly. Axton respnded by putting a hand over hers, rubbing it slightly.

"It's Okay Axton...It's over.." Maya said calmly to her love.

"I know..." Axton replied gloomily,

"It is finished/ Handsome Jack is no longer/ Were victorious.." Zero piped in putting the blade on his shoulders.

"That sunnovabitch is finally toast..." Salvador said crossing his arms.

Axton leaned over to the mask that was covering up John's real face. Just this one last time, he wanted to see his true face. He unclasped the locks that held his mask in place and slowly pulled it off, causing a slight gasp between the group. The hunters could see now why Axton and Jack were brothers, they looked exactly the same, aside from the hideous scar that ran across Jack's face that was the shape of a backwards 'V'.

"John..." Axton whispered looking at his brother while holding the mask in his hands.

Kurt let out a cough from the console, signifying he was still alive and metaphorically kicking.

"Kurt!" Gaige yelled as she ran up to the limp scientist once more, touching his shoulder.

"Hi..." Kurt stammered looking at the young girl.

"Hey...can you move?" Gaige asked looking at his legs.

"Nope...He broke my back..." Kurt said "I'll need to fix it back at Sanctuary, we need to worry about the key..."

"The Key!" Axton said looking around to see Lilith was leaning over it, looking at it peculiarly. Axton made his way towards the key, only to be stopped by Lilith's hand.

"Whoa there Killer.." Lilith said "You don't wanna touch this thing now...trust me..I'll be damned if I ever see this thing again it'll be too soo-"

"Lilith!" a familiar Hispanic voice said in the background as the hunters turned to see Mordecai and Brick stumbling over to the Vault Key centre.

"Mordecai!" Lilith exclaimed walking up to her friend, embracing him tightly "Where the hell have you been?! If it wasn't for Axton, we'd all be dead!"

"Bad traffic...sorry.." Brick explained jokingly rubbing his head.

Lilith walked up to the Vault key that was barely pulsing with any sort of energy left inside of it. She put her hand over the key, allowing her hands to glow a light blue color, similar to Maya's and momentarily, Axton's.

"Been real fun you alien piece of sh-" She was about to say at the Key let of a blast of energy as it floated in the air, as a hologram flickered on. It was a projection of the Solar System that they were currently in. Neighboring planets began to show the Vault Symbols on specific part of the map.

"Whoa.." Brick mumbled "Are those...Vaults?"

Mordecai let out a loud chuckle and added in with "Heheh, you know what that means..."

"Yup.." Lilith said putting her hands on her hips "No rest for the Wicked..."

"Goddamnit..." Axton mumbled while smirking at the Map with Maya beside him.

There Ain't no rest for the Wicked...Until we close our eyes for good...

AAAAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDD That's a wrap!

I can't even begin to thanks all of my readers and fans of the story who have supported me, gave me advice, as well as letting me get slammed into my own keyboard! Each and every one of you deserves a pat on the back for just taking the time to look at the story that I put effort into! To the people who was written me awesome feedback as well as many other things! THANK YOU SO MUCH! It's you guys who helped shape the story like it is now! Take pride in the fact that each and every one of you helped a fanfiction that was made out of sheer boredom evolve into such a thing like this!

Stay tuned for the Epilogue of the story! Where they PARTY HARD!...Among other things.. *wink wink*

-LT