Chapter 3. Not So Ordinary
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Tannis watched Krieg eagerly. Her eyes trailing every detail of his body, hoping to find evidence or reaction from the Psycho.
The doctor pulled out her ECHO and decided to record her observations.
"Krieg seems to be absent psychologically. As if his mind had stopped functioning" Tannis paced back and forth across the room with the recording device up to her lips, her eyes wandering from her shoes to the ceiling. "Further research is needed in order to resolve the overdose of Dr. Zeds altered healing hypos. Such side-effects are impossible to-"
BANG!
"BLOOOOOOOOD!" Krieg screamed, his strong deep voice almost shaking the room, ultimately making Patria Tannis whimper in fear, and making her blood run cold as her ECHO dropped from her hand.
She turned her head with wide-eyes to see Krieg up and on his feet. She watched as he pulled at the metal bars, his vision turning a deep crimson red as the beast inside of him started to awaken. His body had a layer of glistening sweat, his muscles tensing as energy pumped through his body. Blue veins popped from his forehead, his only visible eye hardening as he gazed through her.
The large psycho was now roaring at her. His slumped, almost dead-like body was now up and reaching through the iron bars, trying to clutch the good doctor with his fingers straining out towards her. His sudden screams made Tannis run to the exit, seeing Krieg's aura turn dark with rage.
And as Patricia ran, she failed to notice that Krieg was itching his way to freedom; the metal bars bending in a way that Krieg was soon to escape.
"We've destroyed the rest of the Eridian mines, except the one remaining" Axton said through his ECHO device to the other group of Vault Hunters. "We'll rendezvous there"
"Sounds good to me, Slab" Brick answered through his own ECHO. "How about a race?" He questioned the Commando. "$1,000 says we'll beat you to it"
"You're on"
As they disconnected, Axton turned his head to see Maya's mouth curled up into a smirk.
Oh no.
Time Skip
"Annnnnnnnnnnnnd we're here!" Maya shouted over the roar of the engine, taking her foot off the pedal.
A chorus of pain-filled moans came from her companions as the blue haired siren did a beautifully given flip from the vehicle. "Stop your moaning" She snorted. "We won the challenge, didn't we?"
As if on cue, a hum of another car had roared up beside them; Salvador, Zero, and Brick all jumping from the vehicle and making their way towards them. Brick flickered his eyes from Axton, to Lilith, then Maya.
With a string of cussing mumbles from the Slab King, he threw a wad of green dollar bills to Maya. Wordlessly, she caught the cash and tried to stifle her giggle that threatened to be heard with her pale blue tattooed arm. Salvador, on the other hand, burst into chaotic laughter whereas Zero projected a red 'LOL' sign.
"Alright," Axton said, gathering the Vault Hunters into a group. "You know the drill," He continued, grabbing out a rifle, "Kill the bitches and loot the riches"
And with that command, the group split apart, each going their separate way as they advanced towards the sound of large mechanical parts grinding together, creating a horrible contracting noise.
Zero made his way on top of a large boulder and pulled out his best sniper. Getting into a comfortable position, he drew in deep breathes before he aimed his weapon on a suitable target, the cross hairs marking the bandit dead.
As Zero chose to stay long distance, the rest of the group advanced for close up.
"You never should have come here!"
And so, the battle began.
Discarding every thought on Krieg, Maya cursed herself for her efforts. He was always in her mind.
Krieg.
She had erased a crucial part of his memory, an important vision of his humanity. She wanted to scream and shout, but she held her ground. Knowing full well, that each time she slipped up, the ones she loved would get punished. Her mistakes had gotten people killed.
Anger grew in her face, making her pale skin to tint a rising red colour.
No more.
Abandoning her weapons, she decided that this was the perfect time to train on her close combat skills.
Shots were fired, directed towards her. She dodged each bullet, jumping behind a cement barrier. Taking a deep breathe, she checked her shield and then leapt from cover. She ran at full speed towards the bandit. Hitting the gun from his hands, she took his wrist and snapped it.
And with each move she performed on the helpless criminal, flashes of the Order Of The Impending Storm blinded her vision;
"You must be swift, Child" Brother Sophis had said as she practiced on dummies. "The world is a cruel place, not fit for a Goddess. As it revolves around slowly and gently, you must do so as well"
Maya clenched her teeth. She ducked down from a hit and swung her legs under the bandit, causing him to fall straight on his back.
"But you must also be fierce, do not let the world shake the earth beneath your feet. Will it to your command, use its strength as YOUR strength"
She tried to shake her head of the memories, it was like as if he was here, whispering into her ear. This was all she knew. This is what HE had taught her. And it made her blood boil.
Summoning energy into her legs, she jumped on the bandit. Her thighs caught his head, and with a strong wretch into one direction, she broke his neck and probably dismantled his spine as she flipped his dead body over hers.
Finding the world was spinning, she commanded her body to stay still as it soon set into place.
"Hey guys," Axton called over his shoulder as he prodded at the being he observed. "Guuuuys" He called again, his voice dragging the word out like a child would do. And when there was no answer, "GUUUUUUUYS!"
"What?!" Lilith snapped, marching her way towards her fellow Vault Hunter, her aura burning with an orange rage.
"Look what I found!"
As Lilith opened her mouth to say a few insults about his childish behaviour, she looked down to find her hazel eyes had met another pair of deep green ones.
"Hi"
Lilith gave a yelp of surprise as the figure laying on the bloody sand stood. The Siren scanned her eyes over the potential threat;
The figure Axton had found looked like she was still in her teen years. With her light orange hair and deep green almost grey eyes and small developing body, Lilith concluded there was no threat. The girl had a pair of goggles on her head with her hair pulled back into two high ponytails on each side. She wore a dull red skirt that stopped just above her knees and black and white socks with simple shoes. She had the same dull red shirt with the straps hung loosely on her bare shoulders with a white skull and a black vest with the sleeves cut off. A bandage was plastered on her right cheek and a few necklaces to top it all off.
"Daaamn, I need a shower or something because I STINNNK!"
"Erm, who the hell are you?" Lilith asked.
The girl padded herself down with her arm and looked up to meet Lilith's eyes. Opening her mouth, she answered, "I'm Gaige, The Mechromancer!"
"Uhh, the what?" Axton spoke up from beside her.
The girl named Gaige didn't answer his question because suddenly her attention flickered to her arm.
And as both the Siren and Commando took a closer peek at her arm, they could see dismantled wires sparking with blue energy. Pieces of metal hung loosely off the ends, reminding them of the Hyperion robots.
"Uh… " Axton struggled to form words as he gazed down at her arm, which he could see now that she was obviously tampering with.
"Ah man…" Her high pitch voice sounded, "I only JUST finished making more improvements and now I can't even show you guy's DT!"
"What's DT?" Lilith asked, her hand on her hip.
Gaige's face snapped up at her with a bright smile on her face. "OMG!" She squealed. "DT is my buuuud! DT's short for 'DEATHTRAP', cool hey? Anyway," She spoke fast. "He's this AWESOME flying robot which I built to for this science project to combat bullying at my school on Eden-5!" She took a breath; "But this chick at the competition, Marci, she stole my designs and got her father to like, totally bribe the judges, and she started getting all up in my face! And then she shoved me! And suddenly DT popped out and was like—" Gaige jumped and started forming hand guns with her fingers, "-PEWM! PEWM! And then the Marci was like—" Gaige abandoned her hand guns and then started making demented facials, "- wonjqudbfiwefoenjs! And then blood was spraying EVERYWHERE!" Gaige took a deep breath, not aware of the strange looks the two Vault Hunter's where giving her.
"And so they called the fuzz on me because I killed Marci but I was like telling them that It wasn't my fault that my invention was freaking AWESOME! And so I got my awesome dad to distract them while I got a ticket to this place and yeaaaaah" The teen sighed.
A few minutes of silence.
"Sooo," Gaige spoke first. "What are your names?"
"Lilith"
"Axton, the Commando"
A few seconds more of silence.
"You know who you remind me of," Axton said, making an expression as if he was studying Gaige.
"Who?" Gaige asked, curiosity in her tone.
"A little girl named, Tiny Tina"
"Hey guys, what's the hold up?" Maya called as she jogged over to the crowd of Vault Hunters. "I need to get back to Sanctuary-"
The blue-haired enchantress saw what everyone was looking at and talking to.
"Who's this?"
"I'm Gaige!" The teenager introduced herself.
"Sweet. Nice to meet you Gaige, I'm Maya" She put out her right hand to shake with, flashes of her first meeting with Krieg in her mind.
Flashback
"I'm Maya, a Siren" she said, holding out her hand towards him. She twitched as Krieg looked down at it. She saw the buzz axe in his right, the Psycho shifted it to his left.
"If you even lift that buzz axe Psycho," Maya said, "I'll kill you without hesitation" She finished, keeping her cool
End Flashback
Maya winced slightly as Gaige shook her hand, snapping the Siren from her thoughts.
"Well then, I guess you should meet the rest of the crew back at our headquarters"
A loud sigh sounded from behind. "How much further?"
"The map says it's only a little bit more" Maya answered, nodding in approval at her own answer. Her answer was responded with a sigh in return.
"Quit sighing, Axton! It was the Fast Travel, or the Catch-A-Ride!" Anger rose through her cheeks, staining them with a soft hint of crimson red.
Instantly, The Commando's sighs were silenced.
"Soo…" Axton said, trying to spark up a conversation. "Are you a virgin, Gaige?"
Everyone stopped. Turned. And glared at the Commando. Gaige had a disgusted look on her small innocent face.
"Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew!" Gaige ran from Axton's side and settled up at the front of the group beside Maya. But even the Siren was still glaring at him side on.
"What?" The Commando questioned.
Maya turned her head and kept walking, her back pack starting to take a toll on her strength as beads of sweat trailed down the side of her face. She shook her head.
Then, suddenly;
"ALL VAULT HUNTER'S, COME IN!" Mordecai's voice screamed over their ECHO's. "COME IN, VAULT HUNTER'S!
"Mordecai?!" Lilith found her ECHO device first, her fingers shaking. This didn't sound good.
"LILITH! Thank god!" There was a loud explosion sound in the background, followed by a monstrous roar. "Listen, we need everyone back here NOW!"
"Why? What's going-"
"NO TIME TO EXPLAIN! JUST GET HERE NOW! I CAN'T HOLD HIM BA-"The ECHO device disconnected, Mordecai's frantic voice silenced.
All the Vault Hunter's heartbeats were racing. Each one frozen.
"Lilith. Sanctuary. Now" Growled Axton, snapping out of the trance first.
Everyone shook their heads, watching the Commando load up his weapons where their own fingers soon followed pursuit. Zero digi-structed his blue katana sword, Salvador letting out a cry of frustration and anger as he pulled out guns for each hand, Brick cracked his knuckles with a murderous twitch in his eyes, and Gaige picked up a metal pipe from the ground, sensing a battle was brewing. Maya handed her a few of her best guns.
"Lilith" Axton said more firmly this time, his childish behaviour vanished. Lilith shook her head, Mordecai.
"Everyone, join hands" Lilith ordered.
Each member obeyed her command, seeing the Siren's golden eyes flicker with inner fury. Maya felt with her spare hand, the Eridium still lodged in the bottom of her pocket. Feeling the energy spark from it, she took a deep breath before nodding to her Siren Sister.
From the corner of his eye, Axton saw Gaige, the new girl he found, getting nervous. He wanted to say something to comfort her, to tell her everything would be alright. But he was cut off by the sudden spark of Lilith's Phasewalk as a swirl of orange took his vision.
Somewhere Within Sanctuary
He stood there panting, his lungs greedily sucking in air. His muscles were clenched, like he was ready for something to happen, but nothing did. All was quiet around him. All was unmoving. All, was lost to his eyes.
Underneath his feet, dirt and grumble crunched under his weight. Dust clouded the air, his skin covered in blood.
Was it someone else's? Or his own?
He let out a deep roar. It released…what? Anger? Confusion? Frustration? Rage? Mixed emotions thundered through him, making him growl at the world around him.
A flash of something blue and yellow came into view, his eyes straining to focus on what it was.
There, stood a woman dressed in a yellow combat suit with short blue hair that reached a little past her shoulder. Her skin was pale, her lips painted the same colour as her hair. Her eyes were outlined with eyeliner, her long lashes a jet black. But her hers, oh, they were the colours of a storm. Not a blue or a grey, but a mixture of both. Each, capturing his gaze with hers.
"K-Krieg?" Her voice was hesitant, but warm and soft.
He tilted his head to the left slightly, his mind blank and his facials emotionless. The woman stepped closer, making him snarl in return.
"Krieg" She said his name more fiercely this time, her strength prevailing her.
Krieg trailed his eyes over the woman one last time, remembering each and every detail of her. He found his gaze upon her blue lips, they seemed to be moving. But no sound escaped her.
Suddenly, like a light switch, his vision blurred red. Her blue lips were now a blood red, as well as everything else around him.
Kill. Blood. Meat.
He lifted his buzz saw up high in the air, and let out one last scream of pure rage before his vision blurred and soon became clouded with darkness.
Hey hey guys, so how do you like that baby? I'm so very sorry if there was any OOC'ness but I actually have no idea how Gaige speaks, except only what I've gathered from the wiki :P Also, in the next chapter we will have more on Gaige and how she became unconscious in the middle of a bandit base at an Eridian mine but for now, you guys gotta be patient! XD
Another twist coming up guys for the final finisher. For that, I'm sorry, because this series WILL be ending soon. However, I might add another series once I've finished my other stories im doing as well. So, please don't forget to Review/Comment, because if you do, I'll love you forever!
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