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Begin Chpter 7
Character Perspective: Zero
It was about an hour after our session in our cave that I awoke in our bed. Angel was fast asleep on her side, resting her head on my chest as she periodically rubbed her face lovingly against me. She was very peaceful in the way she slept at that moment... almost as though she was a cat given a little too much cat nip... I then began to stir out of the bed, gently slidind her to my side and lifting myself out from the covers that Angel had lazily draped over us before she had fallen asleep. I skillfully slinked out of bed, reflecting on what Angel had said before we'd began... "Now make good on your promise... And I'll reward you at the end..." her voice echoed in my head distantly. I reached down with my feet, sitting at the edge of the bed as I slowly composed myself and gathered my armor. After several minutes of putting my armor back on, Angel awoke, rubbing her eyes and stretching as she opened her eyes to focus on me.
"Mmm... That was... Amazing... I've never felt that stimulated... before... And your new powers... I swear, you've gotten more revenous!" she said, lifting out of bed, the covers falling free of her body, presenting her soft skin to me. I gazed down at her for a short while, taking in the beauty that she allowed me to see. "...See something you like, Lover?" she asked in a sultry voice, sliding her hands up her arms to push her breasts up, her eyes full of lust again.
"Yes. But I also believe that we've kept the others waiting for long enough. The briefing has been prolonged for long enough." I answered, handing Angel her suit.
"Oh... You're no fun!" she pouted, taking the clothing and beginning to put it on.
As I handed her the suit, I wispered in her ear, "If you're patient enough, some day soon, I'll make today feel like only an appetizer..." She perked up at this, racing to put her suit on and coaxing me to hurry up. I joined her at the door, now realizing something strange, the markings that I'd acquired were permiating my suit, changing the fabric that covered them into a clear one as to allow the energy to rediate outward.
"Angel... What sort of reward did you have in mind?" I asked curiously, tiping in the code that unlocks the hidden door to our cave.
"What rew... Oh! You meen that... You'll find out soon enough..." she teased, pressing herself to my back as she hugged me tightly. I noticed in the corner of my eye that her siren tattoos were not their usual white glow, they were instead a soft pink.
"I see your body is adapting to my new powers... Such a change is a good sign..." I said, tapping into my new knowledge of sirens.
"I trust now that you know more about me, you're gonna take care of me?" she asked, her voice turning playful mid-way through her sentence. I nodded, projecting a smiley face from my helmet and now opening the door. The light caused Angel to sigh in discomfort as her eyes readjusted to the sudden brightness as opposed to the cave interior. Her arm latched to mine as she followed me, still barely able to see. I lead her to the HQ and into the front door, allowing her to continue on her own from there, following her close behind.
"Sorry for postponing the meeting for so long... new circumstances have arizen..." Angel said in a soft voice, stepping out from in front of me, allowing the others to see my new markings.
"Something very new/ Has occured in my absence/ And I now have these..." I said with an exclamation point projecting from my face plate. Everyone in the room went dead silent, their eyes wide with surprise.
"But... those...are... And... you... are..." Maya stammered, stepping closer, staring into the glowing markings.
"No, Maya, they aren't/ Thy're different from sirens' marks/ I'm Eridian." I replied, desplaying a smiley face.
"But we've fought Eridians! You don't look enything like 'em!" Brick interjected, pointing a finger at me.
"You fought Guardians/ Constructs that my people made/ Not my true people." I answered calmly.
"Then what's with the tattoos if you're not a siren?" Lilith asked curiously.
"We Eridians/ Created the first sirens/ Gave them our powers." I said, turning to face her, my stance unwavering.
"True Eridians can only awaken their powers through the use of a siren's love. That's why he's never shown symptoms until now..." Angel chimed in, taking my hand, her tattoos glowing pink again.
"Is that a side effect of being around one of you?" Maya asked, reaching out and touching my arm. She then had her hand slapped away by Angel's as she growled almost primally at her siren sister. "Whoa! Calm down, I was just inspecting them..." Maya replied, lifting her hands in a non-threatening manner and stepping back from the two of us.
"Yes, Maya, it is/ But only for the siren/ That awakened me." I replied, rubbing Angel's head. She made a soft sigh of pleasure, closing her eyes and pressing herself against me. "It's temporary/ Angel will grow accustomed/ And relax a bit..." I continued, shrugging as I spoke in a dismissive tone.
"And... Why do you know all of this now?" Gaige asked, tapping her metallic hand against a counter top.
"When his powers unlocked, so did his memories..." Angel said softly, her voice full of enjoyment.
"Then... Wouldn't you be hundreds of years old?" Axton asked, still holding an ice pack to the back of his head.
"Eridians can become dorment for thousands of years... It's how their ruins remain in such disrepair... But never damaged enough to scrap... And why they have the guardians." Angel commented, pulling her face away from my chest for just long enough to answer. She then returned to rubbing against me lovingly, her cheeks brightened with a soft pink, along with her tattoos.
"Well... Until the heat wears off of our super computer here, we've got no plan..." Mordecai chimed in, sifting his bottle up to drink and tossing it aside when he realized that it was empty.
"No... I can still focus... I just have to leave him for a short while..." Angel began, forcing herself away from me. "Okey... I have good news and bad news... Which would you rather hear first?" Angel asked, her tattoos fading back to their usual purple.
"Start with the bad news first." Axton said, pulling the ice away from his head.
"Alright... So... The production of the New-U stations for our invasion cannot accelerate any faster than normal, it would bankrupt the company... However, the good news is that before Jack put the production on hold, the designers created a New-U device that was self-coppying... It was a device that the user would wear on their person that, when used, would digistruct with the person..."
"Wait... What now?!" Gaige asked, her interest peaked.
"It was designed so that when the user died, it and the user would deconstruct and reconstruct exactly where they died. The devices would be issued to important Hyperion personel and given their own priviate digistruct network. Basically, with these, New-U stations, for you all, would become obsolete... So I started the constructors on ten of then right away. They should be finished within the next few Pandoran days or about a week." Angel said, hacking into the main console and desplaying the schematics for the divice.
Gaige took one look at the specs and freaked out, standing up and screaming bloody murder. "I knew it! That cheating bastard! Jack bit off my designs! He's no better than that whore, Marcy Holloway! Angel!" She was then cut off by Angel walking up to her and speaking softly, placing a hand on the Mechromancer's shoulder.
"I wasn't sure that the design was yours, though I had my suspicions... So I'll transfer the lisencing agreement into your name and transfer all of the profits to your account in the New-U network. The patent will also be changed to be under your name and you can oversee the productions yourself... Gaige, I'm sorry for what Jack did... So... Here. An advanced copy for you to tinker with... I was going to give it to you anyway, but now the reason is for more than givinng you something to do." Angel said in a somnolent voice, digistructing the device into her hand and handing it to Gaige.
"I... I don't know what to say... Angel... You'd do all that for me?" Gaige asked, her eyes widening.
"Yes. It's your invention and you should have say over what it is used for and who uses it. And I'm terribly sorry that this happened." Angel said, hugging the younger girl.
Gaige began to cry, reciprocating the hug tightly, and thanking Angel for what she'd done.
"This is the nicest, most honest thing I've ever seen on Pandora... And this is the best gift that I've ever had... Thank you..." she sobed, rubbing her tears away with her human arm. The two then sepperated, looking to the rest of the group with still mildly teary eyes.
"...Now then... back to the plan... Using these devices, you all cannot be defeated and could laungh a successful assault on the corporations by yourselves. The devices cannot be destroyed, hacked, or even touched after activation. They litterally become a part of the wearer... Until the wearer authouizes the device to turn off. This feature requires a password that must be selected by the new user and actively set. Simply speaking the password will not do anything either. It hardwires into the brain of the user and must detect the desire to deactivate... something that I have personally created to give you vault hunters an edge against the corporations..." Angel said, handing them each an interface digistruct. "This specialized digistruct will also ensure that you all never have to pay a cent for a re-spawn for the rest of your lives... Unless you decide to donate to us..." Angel added, blushing slightly.
"Hurtin' for money that bad, huh?" Brick asked, walking into the room from the balcony.
"Yeah... Hyperion's revenue has taken a massive downward spiral sence I forced the end of mining Eridium... We're still competing with the other corporations, but we've got to keep up and produce equipment for you all." she said with a down-cast expression. I stepped over to her, resting my hand on her shoulder. She looked up into my eyes, her tattoos turning pink again, mine glowing a strong crimson. She blushed heavily, trying to remain professional. "...I... should also say... th-that... these devices... pro...duce... ammo and... health vials..." she stammered, slowly leaning closer to me as she spoke.
"Then money's worthless/ I will no longer need it/ You can have it all." I said in a soft voice, pressing my face plate to her forehead.
She began to pant quietly, holding tightly to me, her sensitive parts pressing to me. I felt her heart racing beneath her suit and could see it in the pulsation in her tattoos. I wispered into her mind telepathically as to avoid suspicion.
"Go take care of yourself for a while... you need to rest and relax..." She nodded, forcing herself to start to walk away when I stopped her. I placed my hand on the semi-circle at the center of her chest and sent a pulse of energy into her. Her tattoos flared a briliant red and grey as the energy coursed through her. Her wings appeared behind her and her eyes turned blood red. She then closed her eyes, releasing a blinding burst of light, teleporting away to our cave.
"Wow... So... that's the power of an Eridian?... You can hard-wire sirens to do things?" Maya asked, slightly intimidated.
"Yes, but choose not to/ Free will is a precious gift/ I asked her to go..." I replied, pointing to my head silently. Everyone in the room stared at me. I simply stared back, a question mark projecting from my visor.
"So... you have full blown telepethy now?" Lilith asked, still shocked.
"Yes, I'm not speaking/ This entire conversation/ Has been in your minds." I said, walking toward Salvedor, reaching for my blade and thrusting it into his chest. The blade passed harmlessly through and I disappeared, showing everyone that I was no longer in the room. "Astral Projection/ A very handy new skill/ Better than decoys..." I said, reappearing as another projection. Everyone stared again, especially Salvedor after inspecting himself for several seconds, checking for holes in his abdomen. "Any questions?" I asked in a sarcastic voice, leaning against a wall. After several seconds, I began to lean up from the wall. "If you'll excuse me/ I must go tend to Angel/ She is calling me..." I then flickered away, leaving everyone wondering where I really was.
I then turned away from the wall that I had been speaking to in order to astral projet and removed mt helmet, smiling as I approached the bathroom where Angel was running her shower. As I drew closer, continuing to remove my armor, eventually taking off the upper half of the suit before entering the bathroom where she'd been moaning in pleasure. I opened the door, stepping in and closing it begind me. I put down the pieces of my suit as well as taking the remaining lower half off and dropping it down with the rest. I stepped into the shower with her, wrapping my arms around her and pulling her hands away from their position over her most sensitive region.
"You shouldn't be doing that on your own... This is exactly the tipe of thing that you can ask me to do for you... Lover..." I said in a low voice, wispering the last part in her ear almost silently. She released a heavy moan when I spoke, taking a step back as I took one forward, pinning her to the wall of the shower.
End Chapter: Readjusting