Chapter 5: New Assassin
Maya sat in the Crimson Raiders HQ, waiting for Zer0 and Deadpool to return from their assassination. She thought that the plan to assassinate Hyperion officials was crazy. "He's going to get Zer0 killed." Maya muttered under her breath. Lilith walked and asked "How's it going?"
"Fine, I guess."
"Worried?"
"A little."
Maya and Zer0 only recently started dating, but she always liked him. Suddenly Zer0 and Deadpool jumped onto the balcony. "Zer0!" Maya cheered as she ran over to him. She hugged him and he spun her around. "How did the job go?" Lilith questioned.
Deadpool pulled out his phone and showed it to Lilith. Maya walked over and looked for herself. It was a picture of a guy in a lab coat with his head blown off. "Looks like a completed contract." Lilith commented. "Hell yeah!" Deadpool cheered. "When do I get my payment?"
"Later tonight. Don't worry, you'll get your payment."
Deadpool did a weird victory dance and everyone laughed. Maya noticed the sniper rifle on Zer0's back. "What's that?" Maya questioned. Zer0 pulled it off his back and proudly proclaimed "This is the One Shot, most powerful, accurate, and silent sniper rifle there currently is." Deadpool pulled out two small assault rifles and proclaimed "And these two beauties are the Dual Pythons. Hundred round mag with barrels designed for sustained fire without them melting."\
"Looks like you two had a large amount of fun." Lilith laughed. "Indeed we did." Zer0 confirmed.
"Anything else happen?"
Deadpool answered "I was called by Hyperion. They know I'm not working for them anymore." Maya added "So we lost our window and things just got that much harder."
"Even harder since Hyperion is sending more assassins after us."
Maya felt her eyes widen when he said that. "Do you think we can handle that?" She questioned. Deadpool started flexing and exclaimed "I think we can handle it." She looked to Zer0 who was doing the same thing. "We got this." He proclaimed while flexing.
Axton walked in and shouted "What's going on in here?" Deadpool jokingly proclaimed "Flex contest!"
"I'm in!"
Axton started flexing his own muscles. Maya rolled her eyes and left the guys to their contest. She stepped outside and sat on the bench. She thought about what Deadpool had said, about more assassins showing up. She wondered what the next assassin would be like.
A week later…
Everything had been incredibly quite. Deadpool and Lilith were planning out the assassination of Dr. Samuels, head of Hyperion research. Maya sat with Zer0 on top of Pierce Station. Zer0 had his arm around her and they were eating a pizza from Moxxi's. Maya had been doing some serious thinking about her relationship with Zer0.
Whenever she was around him, Zer0 seemed distracted. She felt like she was a distraction to him, leaving him vulnerable. She felt awful for what she was about to do. "Zer0," She sighed "I have something to tell you." He looked at her with a worried look and responded "Yeah."
"We've been dating for a few days now."
"Yeah."
"And this assassin issue we're going to have has gotten me thinking."
"Why do I feel a very bad feeling about this?"
"I don't want to be leverage against you. I know the assassins will try to use me to get to you and I don't want to put you through that."
"Are… are you breaking up with me?"
Maya dropped her head and proclaimed "Yes. I'm breaking up with you."
"We don't have to do this. We can make it through this."
Maya just shook her head and repeated "No. We have to." She didn't argue with him. She jumped down and walked down the alley. She rounded the corner and leaned against the wall, crying her heart out. A few minutes went by and there was a sudden crash.
Maya came back around the corner to see Deadpool fall from the side of the Sanctuary pillar. Zer0 jumped down with his sword drawn. "This is YOUR FAULT!" Zer0 roared as he charged Deadpool. Deadpool barely had enough time to pull a sword out. They clashed blades for a moment when Deadpool punched Zer0 in the face.
Zer0 faltered, giving Deadpool enough time to run to the fast travel station and travel. Zer0 recovered and chased after him. Maya ran to the HQ to find it in a wreck. "What happened?" Maya asked as she saw Lilith emerge from the balcony. "Zer0 walked in, he looked like hell. Then he just grabbed Deadpool and started throwing him everywhere." Lilith answered.
"I didn't think he would take it this bad."
"Take what that bad? What did you do?"
"I broke up with him."
"Why?"
"I was afraid the assassins would try to use me against him if I was captured."
Lilith pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed "Clean up while it go stop Zer0 from turning Deadpool into pulled pork." Lilith walked out while Maya started up righting everything that was tossed about. She had her back to the balcony when she heard a large thud. "I don't want to talk. Just leave me be." Maya choked out. "I'm not here to talk." A dark voice replied.
She spun around to find a pistol at her head and a knife to her throat. "You are going to help me kill Zer0." The assassin replied.
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Zer0 ran after Deadpool, who fast travelled to Three Horns Valley. "Quit running!" Zer0 bellowed as he closed in on Deadpool. Zer0 drew his revolver and shot him in the leg. Deadpool dropped to a knee and Zer0 tackled him. "This isn't my fault!" Deadpool cried as Zer0 punched him. "What are you blaming me for?"
"Maya just left me because the assassins after us!"
"That isn't my fault! It's Hyperion's!"
"If you didn't come here…"
"Then Hyperion would have sent a different one."
Zer0 just held onto Deadpool and panted. He knew Wade was right, he couldn't place the blame on him. "I'm sorry." Zer0 apologized. "I'm so sorry Wade." He got off of him and helped Deadpool up. "It's okay." Deadpool accepted. "I know how bad it hurts when your heart gets broken."
"I just had to let my anger out on something, and sadly it was you."
"It's okay. I understand."
Zer0's ECHO went off and he answered it. "Hey Zer0." Maya answered. "Hey Maya." He grumbled.
"Can we talk?"
"What's there to talk about?"
"I messed up. I want to fix this."
"Alright. Where do you want to talk?"
"Lover's Leap. We can be perfectly alone there."
"I'll be there."
Deadpool questioned "Well?" Zer0 answered "She wants to talk. I'm going to hear her out." Zer0 went to the fast travel station and nearly ran into Lilith. "Hey Lilith." He greeted as he started the station. He travelled to the Eridium Blight.
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(These next parts occur simultaneously, so I'm going to try and tell it that way)
Deadpool and Lilith walked into the HQ and started cleaning up. Deadpool looked up at the balcony and his heart nearly stopped when he saw a symbol carved into the balcony.
Zer0 approached Lover's Leap and sighed. He was really unsure about this, he had a bad feeling.
The symbol was a circle with a line down the center and a small diagonal line on the right side. "Dear god they hired him." Deadpool gasped. "Hired who?" Lilith asked.
Zer0 climbed the ladder and walked around the shack, not seeing Maya anywhere. He heard a muffled yells and turned around to see Maya bound and gagged. "Maya!" He shouted as he ran towards her. Before he entered the shack, a gloved hand punched him and sent him flying back. Zer0 looked up to see his attacker and his heart stopped.
"He's probably one of the most deadly assassins known." Deadpool explained. "This guy is cold, heartless, and precise. I'm afraid of this guy."
Zero scrambled up, but the assassin started throwing punched. Zer0 just kept taking hits until the assassin grabbed him by his throat and raised him up.
"What is he called?" Lilith questioned. Deadpool looked at her and replied in the most serious tone he had ever used.
"Deathstroke"
Zer0 choked as Deathstroke tightened his grip. "I thought you were dead." Deathstroke proclaimed. He pulled out a sword and placed the tip square on Zer0's chest. "Time to finish what I started." He growled. Deathstroke pulled Zer0 while thrusting his sword.
Zer0 heard Maya scream and everything went black.
Maya was forced to watch as Deathstroke beat the living hell out of Zer0. This was exactly what Maya was afraid of, she was bait for Zer0. She was able to wriggle her way out of her hand bindings as Deathstroke plunged his blade through Zer0's chest. She screamed when it happened. She untied the bindings on her feet and stood up.
She was too late and saw Deathstroke slide Zer0 off his blade and send him off the cliff. May felt a massive rage and phase locked Deathstroke. She threw Deathstroke over the edge and she ran as fast as she could. She was able to get to the fast travel station and went to Sanctuary. She nearly ran into Lilith as she entered the HQ.
"Where's Zer0?" Lilith questioned. Maya broke down in tears and hugged Lilith. "He's dead." She cried. "The assassin got him." Deadpool walked into her view and sighed "Deathstroke never did leave a contract unfinished."
"What?"
"He always finished a contract."
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A gloved hand reached up and established a grip. Deathstroke pulled himself up and got to his feet. It was a good thing he got a grappling hook before the mission. He pulled out his communicator and called Blake. "Contract complete." Deathstroke stated. "Very good." Blake responded. "Our New-U stations have been deactivated, so he will not be coming back."
"And my payment?"
"The money will be wired to your account."
"Excellent."
Deathstroke hung up and started walking. "This is going to be fun." Deathstroke laughed.
Some of you may be wondering, why is the DC assassin Deathstroke in a story where Deadpool is the main character? Well, Deadpool is essentially a parody of Deathstroke. Deadpool = Wade Wilson, Deathstroke = Slade Wilson. Both assassins who use guns and swords that are super soldiers. See the similarities? That's why he's there, plus he's badass and makes the perfect villain.
