Author's note: I'm aware that in the game there are a lot of quests that happen in between Angel's death and the Vault Hunters going to the Warrior, but in the interest if keeping my story moving, I am writing it as if they headed right there. I also I take some imaginative freedom with the New-U system, please bear with me if it's not exactly canon.

The Vault Hunters were reeling after what just happened. They had succeeded in stopping Jack from using Angel to charge the Vault key, but had it been worth it? Roland had been killed and Jack had taken Lilith to charge the key instead. All they had now was this mysterious siren who, despite that fact that she was clearly in some kind of twisted relationship with Jack, had tried to stop him from kidnapping Lilith.

They took the siren back to Sanctuary to regroup and decide what there next move was to be. They were hopeful that this siren might have some valuable intel they could use in taking Jack down. Perhaps if he really cared about her, they could use her as some kind of leverage. They were desperate enough to try almost anything.

Celosia was too shocked to do anything. She was stunned by the death of Angel, the murder of Roland, and Jack disappearing with the other siren. She couldn't believe the Vault Hunters had actually killed Angel just to attempt to keep Jack from charging that stupid key. Angel had done nothing but try to help them! Maybe they weren't the noble, heroic people she had thought.

The vault hunters immediately blindfolded her and handcuffed her with some fireproof handcuffs they obtained from Moxxi, who course would have something like that. The fact that they were hot pink and bedazzled with rhinestones didn't make them any less effective. She attempted to snap her fingers but with her eyes covered she couldn't aim and ended up burning a hole in her shoe. She tried again and caught Maya's pants on fire. That didn't end well. Maya summed all the strength she could manage and phaselocked her in the corner until she swore not to try anything else.

"Now, tell us about your relationship with Handsome Jack" The bulky little Vault Hunter called Salvador stood in front of her. She could hear the click as he cocked his pistol. "Yes, this gun is aiming at your face." He confirmed. "We need to hear everything about your relationship with Jack."

"Really? Everything? Ok, well the first time we made love..." Celosia couldn't help being a smartass even now.

"No, not that kind of everything." Maya stepped in. "Anymore funny business out of you and I am phaselocking your ass up in a very uncomfortable corner all night."

Celosia sighed. Again she had a chance to meet a siren, maybe learn a few things, but the circumstances definitely were against any siren to siren bonding she may have hoped for. She marveled at the bad luck that caused her to wait until her mid-twenties before she even met another siren but in a matter of a few months she had met three sirens, one of which was now dead, and the other two might happily kill her for all she knew.

As much as she didn't trust the Vault Hunters she really didn't want to kill them, especially Maya. Having another siren around was almost unbelievable to her and she couldn't bring herself to even contemplate hurting her. Her lover may be a psychopath but Celosia wasn't, and murder wasn't an option she was willing to consider. She would have to find another way to escape and return to Jack. An idea occurred to her. Maybe if she played the innocent victim, they would bring her with them when they went to confront Jack. Maybe if they thought she truly wanted revenge for the way he treated her, she could be there and save him.

"Ok, so I was his girlfriend. I suppose you already know that. But it was terrible." It was only a half-lie after all. "He lied to me! He never told me he had daughter. In fact he never told me the truth about anything! He used me, made me do horrible things." That part was a lie. "He pretended to love me to get to my siren powers. When he found out I wasn't powerful enough for him, he just ditched me. You saw! He wouldn't even use me to charge the key. But he doesn't know how powerful I really am. I hid the truth from him so he wouldn't take advantage of me. Please let me take you to him, I can help you defeat him! He is stronger and smarter then you can imagine. You need me."

"What do you think Maya?" Salvador turned to the blue-haired siren. "You're a woman, you must have dated before. Could this be true?"

"I don't know. We need to ask her some more questions, see if this story adds up." Maya turned back to Celosia. They continued to interrogate her for hours. As it turned out the Vault Hunters already seemed to know most of what she knew, she confirmed their data, careful not to let them in on anything possibly new that could help them. She just wanted them to trust her enough to bring her with them to face Jack in the Vault of the Warrior. Turns out they knew all about that already too. Jack had not been lying when he told her how dangerous they were. But at the same time she realized, they had to be pretty decent people, child-murdering aside. They could have killed her on the spot. If the situations had been reversed, that's probably what Jack would have done. In fact that is what he had done to Roland.

Finally the Vault Hunters dragged her over to Moxxi's new bar in Sanctuary. They instructed her and a few crimson raider to keep an eye on the siren while they figured out what to do. What a small world, Celosia marveled. She wasn't sure if being in Moxxi's bar was a good thing or a bad thing at this point, but she certainly didn't have a choice.

"Well, you sugary sweet little thing!" Moxxi greeted her. "Fancy you being dragged in here like this. When they were talking about a siren I knew it had to be you, though they never would tell me your name. Who would have thought, the siren that I named myself, dragged here in chains for conspiring with Handsome Jack. I remember when I saw you run off with him after almost burning down my bar. I can't believe you're still with him. I was afraid he'd of killed you by now!"

"Oh, he tried." Celosia said dryly, she didn't let on that he had succeeded.

"Really now? Was it cause you broke up with him?" Moxxi smiled bemusedly.

"Well, yes. How do you know that?" Celosia would have looked at her sharply if the blindfold hadn't been in the way.

"Oh, I just know Jack is all. He's like that. A little unpredictable sometimes, but I daresay the sex can be worth it!" She laughed harshly. "For a while."

"Don't talk about him like that." Celosia snapped, if Moxxi was attempting to make her jealous, it working more then she wanted to admit. Then she remembered she was pretending to want vengeance on him, not defend him. "Oh, I mean, you're right. It's not worth it anymore. He is a dick. He used me, he tried to kill me, he kept me around just to be his personal punching bag" Another lie. "I hope I get a chance to kill him sometime." She put on her most pouting expression. "I hate him so much."

"Uh huh." Moxxi was skeptical. She knew a thing or two about relationships, and this little firecracker was head-over-heels and no mistake. "If you want any advice from me sweetheart, you stay far away from him. If the Vault Hunters succeed, you should consider yourself lucky. Very lucky."

Moxxi thought about what Maya had told her about the events at Angel's bunker. It did seem out of character for Handsome Jack to refuse to use Celosia to charge the vault key. Either he just wanted to spite the Crimson Raiders by using their own siren for revenge, or he really did care about Celosia. Moxxi thought the first possibility was most likely, though a little weak, but on the chance that the second was true, Celosia should not be allowed anywhere near that vault. If the two of them worked together, the Vault Hunters might find themselves out matched.

She grabbed her ECHO and informed the Vault Hunters of her observations.

"Thank you Moxxi." Maya replied. "We agree, taking the siren with us is simply much too dangerous We cannot risk her turning on us and siding with Jack. Do you think you can keep her under control here? I'll phaselock her, but I can't promise how long it will last once I leave."

"Oh, I don't think she'll hurt me. We go way back." Moxxi replied confidently. "And if worse comes to worse, a bullet can kill a siren same as anyone else." She turned away from the ECHO and called over to Celosia "I don't mean it honey!"

"Hey I can still hear you Moxxi!" Maya called reproachfully through the ECHO. "If you can't keep her under control we may have to kill her so she doesn't try anything. Though I would hate to have to kill another siren. They seem to be dropping like flies these days."

"I can hear you too, you know!" Celosia called out indignantly. "I'm blindfolded not ear plugged."

"Well, maybe that was our mistake." Maya's voice dripped with sarcasm.

"If you would trust me we could be friends!" Celosia called back desperately. "You think I would turn on another siren? I broke up with Jack to try and save Angel. I didn't succeed because he held me captive after that. I would never turn on you! Please Maya. I'll help you get Lilith back. Think what three sirens could accomplish! We would be unstoppable." Maya hesitated. She wished she could believe Celosia, but she couldn't risk it. It sounded exactly like what someone with ulterior motives would say.

"I'm sorry. I wish it could be like that. I'll tell you what. You prove your loyalty by staying here with Moxxi until we get back. After we have finished our mission, we'll give you a chance. Ok?" Maya had made up her mind.

After we have finished our mission. Maya's words burned into Celosia's mind. After they kill Jack, after they take my love away. Celosia couldn't bear to have that happen. But she had to play along. She had never taken on another siren and doubted she could, Maya was older and more experienced. A real Vault Hunter. If Maya killed her now, she would never be able to help Jack. She sighed and resigned herself to coming up with plan B. The New-U terminals. They didn't seem to know that Jack had set up her DNA profile in them even though she wasn't a Vault Hunter. That would be her way out.

The Vault Hunters packed up and headed off to the Vault of the Warrior for their finally showdown with Handsome Jack. Celosia hoped things would work in Jack's favor, he always seemed confident that they would, but after seeing how strong and prepared the Vault Hunters were, she had her doubts that he could defeat them all.

But at least she had a plan. And it was time to put it into action.

"Moxxi, you've got to let me go. I don't want to hurt you, but I have to be there with Jack!" Celosia whined, with what she hoped was a crazy sounding voice.

"I knew you still had feelings for him. I can't let you go. Those Vault Hunters are my friends. You've gotta stay here." Moxxi drew her pistol out from her cleavage and aimed it at Celosia. The other Crimson Raiders in the bar did the same. "Now you sit back and wait, or I'll have to do something I really don't want to do."

Celosia could hear the regret in Moxxi's voice. She really didn't want to kill her old friend, it was going to take a little more crazy out of her to make Moxxi desperate enough to pull that trigger. She strained against the phaselock, it quivered, without Maya there to hold it up it was weakening as she struggled.

"This phaselock isn't going to hold much longer Moxxi. You know I hate to do this too you again, but when I get down I'm gonna start some fires. I can't see so I can't promise not to burn your bar down by accident with all of us in it."

"Come on Sweetie. Jack can't have corrupted you so much as to murder all of us in cold blood! Just sit this one out. You'll meet a nice guy someday, you're still so young." Moxxi pleaded.

"I don't want a nice guy! I want JACK!" Celosia screamed as loud as she could as the phaselock gave way and she crashed to the floor. "And its not cold blooded murder if you are all pointing guns at me, its self-defense!"

She closed her eyes and focused. A small puff of smoke rose from the floor in front of the bar. It grew in to flames that began to spin. They rose into a vortex and began to drift over the floor igniting chairs and tables and a few Crimson Raider.

"Oh no you don't." Moxxi said backing up. "I recognize this trick, but I don't recognize you. The Celosia I knew is already dead." She pulled the trigger and Celosia dropped down dead for the second time.

Thanks to Jack entering her in the system, she respawned promptly at the nearest New-U right across from the Crimson Raider's headquarters. Everything was going according to plan. If only she could get to the Warrior in time. She summoned her strength and few up above Sanctuary, only to slam into the shields and crash back down to the ground. Damnit! This is a complication I do not have time for. She got up and brushed the grime from Sanctuary's filthy streets off. Then she kicked herself for being stupid. She had respawned right in front of a Fast Travel network terminal but now she was half-way across the city.

Celosia painstakingly crept through the ally ways and side streets back towards the terminal. Many agonizing steps later she finally arrived and using the terminal, teleported out, arriving just outside the Vault of the Warrior. A few dozen Crimson Raider bandits were guarding the entrance to the vault. She hadn't expected that but her adrenaline was high and she was almost excited for a fight. Celosia held out both hands blasting fire like water from a hose burning many. Then she drew her pistol and picked off a few that were still on fire. She had never killed so many people before, but nothing was going to stand between her and Jack now. She walked confidently through the remaining bandits pausing just long enough to snap her fingers sending them up in an explosion of flames and smoke and body parts. She marched into the vault.

The fight had delayed her longer than she had hoped and she knew the Vault Hunters had quite a head start now. She struggled down the path, weakened by the battle and flying all that way but determined not to let Jack down when he needed her the most. When she reached the center of the Vault, she was not prepared for the horrible sight. The four Vault Hunters were battling a great monster surrounded by lava spewing every where. Jack was no where to be seen, but at least he had managed to open the Vault and control the beast. There was hope yet that he was still alive. She crept down as close as she could and opened fire upon the Vault Hunters.

Maya spotted her first. She didn't stop to talk or ask how she got away, she simply lashed out with a burst of her phaselock power knocking Celosia out cold. She could have killed her, but she just didn't have the heart to take the life of another siren. Not now anyways when there were more important battles to fight.

When Celosia awoke, everything was quiet. She was furious with herself for being so useless. How could I have been so careless as to let myself be knocked unconscious. Jack is probably dead because of me! She got up and began to run toward the center of the vault. She saw a body lying face down amongst the rubble. She knew it had to be Jack. Sure enough, when she arrived, there he was. She fell down beside his body and rolled him over. His usually immaculate suit charred and full of holes, his mask was nowhere to be seen, and a bullet hole through his forehead confirmed the worst. She sobbed uncontrollably over his body.

"Come on!" She screamed. "Why don't you respawn! You idiot, just respawn already. I need you!"

She could feel his body growing colder and beginning to stiffen. She dropped him and ran over to the New-U station. She pounded on it desperately as if trying to beat his uninstructed form out of it. "Respawn you idiot!" Her voice was rasping and weak now. She ran back to his body, still cold, motionless, and dead. Something was wrong. It couldn't be happening.

The siren could feel rage against the Vault Hunters for murdering her love rise in her like the flames of which she was so fond. She thought of Angel, she thought of Jack. Everyone she had cared about was gone because of those Vault Hunter. She closed her eyes and held out her arms letting the fury take over. She soaked in power from the Vault as she concentrated. Flames began to circle Celosia and the body of her lover, they shook the vault, the fire scorching rocks and debris from the battle, Eridium that had dropped from the body of the Warrior flew towards Celosia and she absorbed it. She stood and her siren tattoos began to glow brightly through her clothing, her eyes were beacons of purple light. Then she was ready. She reached down and lifted Jack's body as if he were a child. Focusing her power, she did something that she had never done before, she phaseshifted them up into the Hyperion Moonbase.

They arrived in Jack's observation room. She collapsed on the floor. The phaseshift power was not her elemental specialty, she would never have been able to do that had they not been inside a vault that was practically vibrating with power and Eridium. All the same, it had taken a lot out of her and she was weak and trembled all over. Suddenly she remembered why she was there. She pulled herself up and over to Jack's desk. She opened the control system for the New-U system and searched for Jack's DNA profile. There was none. Then it hit her. Of course he never entered himself in the system. For all his brilliance he never considered the fact that someone might actually be able to kill him.

"Oh Jack." Celosia sobbed as she looked down at his stiffening corpse. "You and your stupid, stupid arrogance. How could you have been so short-sighted." She stood up and brushed away her tears. "Well I am not giving up on you yet. I have to save you so I can kick your ass for being so dumb!"

She ran as quickly as she could manage out of the observation room, past the bedroom and into Jack's bathroom, looking for anything that could have his DNA on it. She found his toothbrush by the sink and grabbed it and dashed back to the New-U. Her adrenaline was kicking in again as hope filled her heart. She rubbed the toothbrush against the DNA scanner and waited.

"Welcome to Hyperion's New-U Respawn system. You will never stay dead again. Please enter your name and the following details. Hyperion is not responsible for any malfunctions of the New-U respawn station." The computer went on and on but Celosia stopped listening as she quickly filled out the form and pressed enter. She waited. Nothing happened. Then the computer' voice again.

"It appears the individual you have just entered is currently deceased. Please press 1 if you would like to respawn them now. Please press 2 if you would like to respawn them later. Please press 3 if you would like to delete them from the system so they will never respawn to bother you again."

Celosia frantically pressed 1 and then ran out into the docking bay to the New-U terminal to wait in hopes that Jack would successfully respawn. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Jack's body began to materialize on the platform. When he fully appeared he collapsed to the floor. Celosia rushed to his side and lifted him up into a sitting position.

"Jack? Jack? Can you hear me?" She spoke tenderly and she gazed hopefully into his eye.

"Wha...what...what the hell happened? Didn't I die? The Vault, the Warrior! Those damned Vault Hunters. Where am I" Jack babbled confusedly as he looked around him. Finally he focused on Celosia. "You? You...saved me? How, I mean, you weren't there... you really saved me?"

"Sort of." She pointed to the New-U terminal.

"I did die! Wow. I never thought those bandits would get the best of me. Wait a minute. I never thought they could do it. I wasn't in the system." He looked at Celosia in wonder.

"It doesn't matter right now." She smiled. "I'm just happy it worked and here you are!"

"You are full of surprises my little siren." Handsome Jack smiled too as he stood up and turned to Celosia. He reached out and brushed a loose strand of dark hair away from her face as he gazed into her deep green eyes. "Those pathetic Vault Hunters may have won this round, but I am far from defeated. With you by my side, they don't stand a chance." He leaned in and took her in his arms and they kissed long and tenderly.