Sooooo… yeah. Zer0's back… and he's with Domino. Yeah, this is going to be interesting.

Chapter 7: Return of Zer0

A month ago…

Domino sat on a platform in the Eridium Blight the sat at the shore. She came to Pandora because she heard someone was paying BIG for the heads of a few people. Nothing she couldn't handle after being on the X- Force and dealing with Deadpool. She looked across the ocean as the sun was setting. "For a bandit planet," she thought "this place is pretty beautiful."

She looked around and saw someone get thrown off a ledge. "What the hell?" She muttered. "What was that?" The person hit the water and just sank. "Shit!" She barked as she jumped into the water and swam after them. She dove down and grabbed the man.

She dragged him onto the shore and looked over his wounds, they were serious. He had a massive stab wound that just barely missed his heart and spine. She pulled out two of the healing capsules that were common on the planet and injected him with both of them. His wounds started to heal and his breathing eased a bit too where he wasn't hyperventilating. He wore a strange looking helmet but it was cracked along the front.

She reached under the helmet and unlatched it, then she pulled up on it to see who she rescued. She nearly dropped the helmet and gasped. "My god he's gorgeous!" She gasped. The guy smiled weakly and wheezed "Thank you. You are pretty good looking yourself."

"I'm Domino."

"Zer0."

"Come one. I'm going to get you somewhere safe so you can heal."

"Thank you."

She sat him up and threw his arm over her shoulder. He was really light and she lifted him pretty easily. "Thank you." He repeated over and over as she put him in her vehicle. She drove him to a house that was on top of the mountain, after cleaning it up a bit it was actually a nice place. She dragged him inside and laid him on the bed. He almost immediately fell asleep.

She sat in the chair and watched him sleep. She couldn't help but stare at him, he was just so handsome. "Get a hold of yourself Neena." She barked in her head. "A guy like this probably has a girlfriend." She slumped in the chair and fell asleep.

Domino woke up to the smell of something cooking. She looked in the kitchen and found Zer0 awake, cooking breakfast, and he wasn't wearing a shirt. A messy bandage was wrapped round his chest. "Good morning Domino." He greeted. "Good morning." She responded. "What are you doing?"

"Making breakfast."

"Right. Why are you still here?"

"I figured I kinda owe the girl who saved my life."

"I guess that makes sense. Did you try and wrap the bandage yourself?"

"Tried. The wound isn't healing quite right."

Domino could see the wounds still bleeding. He picked up a plate and put a pancake on it. "If you ever need anything, just ask." He assured. "I owe you my life." She took the plate and set it down. "Let's start with changing that bandage." Domino chuckled.

He sat down and she removed his bandages. She picked up the roll of bandages, but she found herself just staring at him. "Domino?" Zer0 responded. "Sorry!" She blurted as she started wrapping the bandage around him. She felt her face grow hot as she came close to him when she wrapped the bandage around his back.

She was almost done when she felt his hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him and he had a smile on his face. "Thank you so much." He thanked. She couldn't utter the words she could think of so she just looked down and finished bandaging his wounds. She turned and set the bandages down, she didn't turn back since she felt a little embarrassed.

"Are you okay Domino?" She heard him question. She couldn't help herself but throw her arms around him and kissed him. She let him go and took a step back. Zer0 had a confused look on his face and proclaimed "That was… interesting." Domino just blurted out "Sorry! I'm sure you have a girlfriend already and I just crossed a line…"

He had a sad look on his face and explained "Actually I don't. I used to, but she dumped me yesterday." Domino felt both sad and relieved. Sad because this poor man had his heart broken figuratively and nearly literally. Relieved because he was available for her, but probably not right now. "I'm sorry to hear that." Domino apologized. "I'm sure you aren't ready to start another relationship."

"I'm not. Right now I could just use a friend."

"I'll be your friend."

A smile returned to his face and Domino felt a warmth inside. She may not be dating him, but being friends was a good start. Zer0 stayed with her while his wound slowly healed. They explored and Zer0 planned on hunting down Deathstroke, plotting his revenge. After a week, Zer0 asked Domino out on a date.

Zer0 and Domino overheard Hyperion chatter about a possible assassination on Dr. Samuels. "Do you think it's your friends?" Domino questioned. "It fits the M. O. for them." Zer0 responded.

"What do you want to do? You wanted Deathstroke to think you're dead. Helping them is going to throw you back onto the board."

"My guess, he'll be there. Deadpool will get a team together without a doubt. He couldn't pass up an opportunity to take out more birds with one stone."

"What's the plan?"

"I don't want to drag you into this."

"That's too bad. You're my boyfriend and I'm going to help you."

"I guess there's no point in arguing. I'm still in no condition for a full fight, so I'm just going to snipe with the One Shot. More than likely Deadpool will make his presence obvious and Samuels will be evacuated. It would be best to wait by there."

"Sounds good."

o00000O00000o

Maya listened to the story and watched as Domino removed Zer0's bandages, replaced them, and then sat on Zer0's lap with her arm around him. "One hell of a disappearing act." Axton commented. "Yeah," Zer0 apologized "sorry about that. I needed Deathstroke to think I was dead so I could get the jump on him." Deadpool walked over and shook Zer0's hand, proclaiming "Zer0, it's good to have you back in the game, and Domino, found yourself a good man here."

"Thank you Deadpool."

Domino laughed "Hopefully, he's better than you were." Deadpool responded "Much better… What? He is."

"Still talking to the 'Voices' are we?"

"They keep me company. Just me, myself, and I"

Everyone laughed at the joke except for Maya. She just sat there and thought "He really moved on like that? Just like that?" Domino hopped off of him and pulled him off the chair. "It has been an awesome day and all," Zer0 groaned "but I gotta call it a day." Everyone let him and Domino leave, but then they all turned and looked at Maya.

"What?" She snapped. Everyone looked around awkwardly and tried to beat around the subject. "This is about Zer0 and Domino." Maya assumed. "Well duh." Gaige was the first to speak up. "You've been in the bar crying over Zer0. Then he shows up with another woman around his waist." Axton added "That has to get under your skin."

Maya stood up and proclaimed "Zer0's not my boyfriend anymore. He can date any girl he fucking wants to. It isn't my problem." Maya was walking out when Deadpool yelled "It is your problem. You still have feelings for him." She didn't want to listen anymore. All she wanted to do was drink until she didn't remember that asshole and his bitch anymore. Maya had been at the bar for nearly two hours, drinking her pain away. She downed another beer when she heard Domino's voice.

"Hey Moxxi, can I just get a cheese pizza?" She questioned. "Zer0's been dying for one." Maya scowled at the word 'dying' and grabbed another beer. "Hey Maya." Domino greeted. "How are you?" Maya didn't answer, just drank from her beer. "I guess everything isn't okay." Domino assumed.

"No shit Sherlock." Maya growled.

"Alright I'm done with this being nice bull shit. I know you were dating Zer0 before and it is clear you still have feelings for him."

"I would stop if I were you."

"But you need to get over it. You dumped Zer0 and I was there to help him."

"You'd better stop."

"Zer0 is MY boyfriend now. Get. Over."

Maya never let her finish that sentence because she hit Domino over the head with the beer bottle. Domino faltered and Maya punched her in the face. She was going to swing again, but Domino delivered an uppercut and nailed Maya. Maya stumbled back and Domino tackled her. Maya crashed to the floor and Domino jumped on top of her.

Domino began wailing on Maya. Maya felt Domino's weight lift off of her and she shot up. It was Deadpool and Zer0. "Let me at that bitch!" Domino cursed as Zer0 practically dragged her out the side door. Maya turned and stormed out the front door.

She was grabbed by her shoulder and spun around. It was Lilith who barked "What the hell was that?" Maya responded "That bitch started it."

"I don't care who started it. You can't just wail on Domino because she's dating Zer0."

"You're one to talk about relationships."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Roland's dead and what do you do? Pick up some schizophrenic merc and use him like a sex doll."

Maya obviously hit a nerve since Lilith looked like she was about to cry. Maya simply turned and went back to her place. She used a hypo health to heal herself and started packing. "I am not staying here anymore." She growled to herself. "Nothing here for me anymore." She packed everything she had and sat down.

She planned on leaving late at night so no one would stop her.

o00000O00000o

It was about 2 in the morning when Maya woke up to someone knocking on her door. "Fuck." She groaned. "I fell asleep." She answered the door to find Zer0. "Get lost." She snarled as she pushed him out of the way. "Are you going somewhere?" Zer0 questioned.

"Duh. I'm done here."

"You're done?"

She ignored him and went to the fast travel station. "I'm not going to stop you from leaving," Zer0 told her before she hit the station "I just want you to know something."

"What?"

"You will always have a special place in my heart."

She was so shocked to hear that she dropped her bag. She looked at him and questioned "What did you just say?"

"You will always have a special place in my heart."

She was an arm's length of him and she exclaimed "Then why are you with Domino?"

"Because you dumped me. You are special to me because I haven't felt the same about someone since…"

He cut himself off and looked away. "Since Deathstroke murdered your wife." Maya finished. He looked at her with a surprised look on his face. "How?" He gasped.

"Deadpool told me after Deathstroke got you."

"Remind me to cut his head off later."

"Noted. But if I'm special to you, why not be with me?"

"Because I really like Domino, and I thought you didn't want to be with me anymore."

"So I'm just stuck with feelings for a guy who has a girlfriend. Great."

He wrapped her in a hug and sighed "I'm sorry I made this complicated for you." She wrapped her arms around him and responded "It isn't your fault."

"We can work this out."

"First I gotta fix everything."

She let him go and picked her bag up. "I'm going back to my place. I'll talk to Domino tomorrow." Maya proclaimed. Zer0 smiled and went back to his place. Maya went to her door and banged her head against the door. "Fuck my life." She sighed. "I wish it was really that simple."

This is getting crazy! Sorry amorgan, the fight scene wasn't as sexy as you suggested, but it got a point across. Let me know what you think or what you'd like to see, writer's block is hitting pretty damn hard for this story.