Highlands
The house was in a bustle of noise and voices when Maya finally pulled herself from sleep.
Her lover was nowhere to be seen, the bed was disturbed where he had been, but he no longer remained there.
Maya dressed herself and headed downstairs.
Axton and Salvador were leaned back on the couches, Zero was perched on the arm of the farthest chair.
He looked like a gargoyle the way he sat. He looked dangerous and unreadable. He had made his transformation back into his usual state. His wordless self, sly and mysterious. The assassin he was born to be.
He looked up as Maya entered the room and an instant smile reflected off is helmet.
"What's with all the commotion?" Maya asked rubbing the back of her neck sleepily.
Axton immediately spoke up...of course.
"Lilith called us all down to headquarters, apparently she's got some kind of mission for us, love the morning hair by the way doll." Axton said flashing his million dollar smile in her direction.
Maya frowned angrily. Her eyes flicked to her assassin across the room, he now displayed a distasteful angry face.
"Thanks...well then lets go find out what she wants." Maya said pushing past him and rolling her eyes.
Axton kept pace with her as she headed out the door.
"You aren't a morning person huh?" He said cheerily keeping step with her.
Maya growled.
Indeed it was too early for this shit.
"No." Maya said shortly.
Axton shook his head.
"Testy, Testy, definitely not a morning person at all. So what gives cutie, you've been oh so cold to me since you got here and i am only trying to be friendly!" He said sticking his lower lip out.
Maya looked sideways at him angrily.
"You seem like a man-whore, and those types of males...tend to get on my nerves." Maya said honestly.
It was blunt but she couldn't stop it before it escaped her lips.
Salvador roared with laughter obviously been eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Hey, she got you on that one Axton." Salvador said chuckling.
Axton furrowed his eyebrows and shrugged smugly.
"Oh now thats a little harsh...i like to refer to myself as...experienced." He said winking.
Maya rolled her eyes.
"Exactly what i mean. The only experience i'm interested in is experience on the battle field. So you better be as experienced in fighting as you are in chasing ass, i need you to be a partner i can count on." Maya said jabbing her finger into his chest.
Axton looked at her deviously, he was quite pleased with himself for rousing feelings from the siren.
She was quite the sight when she was mad.
Axton wanted to bend her over the nearest barrel and fuck her until her legs gave out.
His pants tightened at the thought.
"Oh trust me, i've got your back honey." Axton said grinning wider.
Maya passed him up and continued toward the headquarters.
Axton followed behind, soaking in the wondrous view of the sirens round, luscious ass as she walked ahead of him.
Zero couldn't help but notice the pompous ape's obvious gaze focused on his siren's backside.
Zero wanted nothing more than to slice Axton from top to bottom.
"Your eyes wander where they are not wanted. Don't be a pig. We need her to like our team." Zero hissed to Axton.
Axton clapped Zero on the back and laughed.
"Awww Zero you don't know how to have any fun. How can you not want to slap that ass as hard as you can? No harm in looking!" Axton whispered grinning.
Zero fumed beneath his armor.
"Disgusting thoughts, these are inappropriate things to say, about our teammate." Zero said mechanically cloaking any trace of anger in his tone.
"Oh c'mon you're a guy aren't you!? You can't possibly tell me if given the chance you wouldn't tear that ass up. Or do aliens like you not feel lust, or maybe you are a robot under there?" Axton said raising his eyebrow.
"I assure you my gender is male. I am an assassin. I do not lust." Zero lied.
"Well maybe you just aren't interested in women...?" Axton teased meanly.
How dare this behemoth question his sexuality!?
If only Axton knew what Zero had done to Maya in the past few weeks. He'd "torn that ass up" on many occasions. He'd fucked her until she could hardly walk.
"She is part of my team. I respect her. I don't think disgusting thoughts of her." Zero said.
Another lie.
Big lie.
In fact, Zero couldn't help picturing Maya's naked, round ass in his hands as he pounded her from behind. The wetness of her opening as her fluids coated his dick. The feel of his head pressing into her end, squeezing for more room...his girth filling her. Her breasts bouncing with the movement.
Now it was Zero that was becoming aware of the erection forming in his pants as he ogled at Mayas hips.
Fuck.
Axton shook his head.
"Whatever you say robot boy. But that ass is going to be riding my dick one of these days i can assure you that! I mean who can resist this, she'll warm up to me eventually. Maybe i can rush in and save her in battle and then she'll be throwing her clothes off for me." Axton said chuckling.
Zero felt every muscle in his body tense.
Oh fuck no.
He wanted to knock the brutish man on his ass. He knew Axton wanted Maya, but to say such things to him!? He supposed he was just making...male talk...but Zero was not the one to want to hear these things. About his siren.
Zero would gladly cut Axton's dick off if he tried anything.
But before Axton could further his conversation, they found themselves at headquarters.
Lilith and Roland greeted them, accompanied with Tannis.
"We need you to travel out to the highlands. Theres been a lot of trouble out there. We've got people out there dropping like flies. The locals have taken to calling it some kind of curse...I think it must be Jack's doing. Been some strange activity out there, dabbling with the wildlife fucking with things he shouldn't be. We need all of you to go out there and figure out whats going on out there in overlook and take care of Jack's developments." Lilith said running her hand through her hair.
"You have a day to pack supplies and get things ready, we need you to leave by sundown tonight." Roland added.
Tannis nodded in agreement.
"Be careful, we aren't sure what is going on out there." She finished.
The vault hunters all nodded loyally and with that Lilith dismissed them.
"All the way in the Highlands! Best pack heavy kids..." Salvador grumbled kicking the dust.
"Oh well at least we get to kill some of Jack's handymen." Axton said smiling.
Salvador grinned widely.
"Damn right, i can't wait to bust out my guns and mow some of those little shits down." He said laughing.
"And maybe get some local tail while i'm at it, no girl can resist a hero with a great beard!" Salvador added deviously.
Maya giggled.
She liked the gunzerker. He was small and rough, but he was kind.
Zero appeared beside her and Maya instantly felt drawn to him.
Zero leaned into her so only she could hear her words.
"Going to the Highlands for who knows how long, Having to be near that sorry excuse for a human, I do not know if i can manage it." Zero said angrily.
Maya giggled quietly.
"Oh has he upset the big bad assassin?" Maya teased pushing him.
"He spoke disgusting things to me involving what he wants to do to you, i will have none of this. fucking pig." Zero snapped under his breath.
Maya narrowed her eyes at him and smiled.
"He can say all the disgusting things he wants about me...but who is the one that actually gets to do all those dirty, nasty, shameful things to me huh big boy?" Maya teased gently running her finger down his helmet and batting her eyes at him.
Zero felt his breath hitch.
"Oh Maya do not tempt me. I want to fuck you for him to see. You are mine." Zero growled.
Maya just laughed.
"Don't worry i can handle him Zero, he's all talk." Maya said trying to ease the assassin's anger.
She didn't want to have to clean up Axton's guts off the floor of the highlands if he said something to cross Zero. She figured she'd have to keep Zero calm even if Axton was a complete asshole.
She knew this was going to be a long trip.
The vault hunters spent the rest of the day packing the essentials for travel. Food, water, things they would need for the journey.
Maya packed her pack heavy, but not too heavy. She was still on doctors orders.
Which meant no heavy battle...she was sure Dr. Zed wouldn't be very happy with her going to the Highlands after being told to get bed rest...
Zero seemed to be thinking the same thing.
He reloaded his weapon and strapped it to his back then looked at Maya.
"Is a journey to the Highlands, too much for your injury, the doctor said to rest..." Zero said slowly.
Maya sighed.
"I'm not staying behind. I'll take it slow, i will let you guys have the kills." Maya tried hopefully.
Zero looked at her warily but eventually sighed and nodded.
He knew he couldn't stop his siren no matter what he said, she was coming and that was that.
The journey across the frozen wastes was long.
Salvador trudged along ahead of the gang snacking on some rakk, tearing the jerked meat with his teeth and making satisfied chewing noises. Axton followed along next, constantly looking back at the Siren. He had given up trying to make conversation with her because she kept brushing him off.
Zero picked up the rear of the herd, near Maya's side keeping her close just in case.
He was already ready to rip Axton's throat out. He was already tired of Axton's passes at Maya.
Maya sighed heavily.
She was so tired of these frigid lands. She had just gotten used to the warm weather of Sanctuary and now here she was stomping around in the snow once more.
She was cold, sore, and miserable.
If she wasn't so proud she'd ask Zero to carry her.
Suddenly Salvador began to run ahead.
"Ay! Looky what i found amigos!" Salvador bellowed happily.
The rounded the bend after the stubby little man only to see him standing in front of an abandoned Bandit vehicle.
He stood proudly in front of it.
"Well hell! Thats perfect! I bet i can get her running in an hour tops." Axton said running up to the vehicle and patting its rusty frame.
He stood by his word, in under an hour Axton had the old rust bucket cranking and ready to go.
Zero helped Maya inside and followed behind her.
Salvador took the gunner's seat and Axton took the wheel.
Maya settled down near the back and sighed out comfortably.
Zero raided through the cabinets and found two dusty coats. He brought them to his lover and covered her tenderly.
Zero slid down next to Maya and Maya without hesitation rested her head on his thigh and tucked the coats around her like a blanket.
Zero had his gun at his side ready to protect her.
Maya sighed heavily into him.
"Are you warm? are you comfortable? is this to your liking?" Zero asked cooly.
Maya nodded.
"I'm fine i just need sleep. It's been a long day." Maya said softly.
"With this vehicle, at this rate, we will be in the highlands in maybe three to four days." Zero said shifting a little.
Axton looked backward and narrowed his eyes at the two.
"She doing ok?" Axton asked.
This was the first non sexual thing he'd said all day.
Zero looked up questionably.
"She will be ok. She is tired, her wound still disadvantages her." Zero said bluntly.
Axton grunted and went back to watching the road.
Zero narrowed his eyes and then looked back to his sleeping counterpart. She was already fast asleep despite the roughness of the road as the rolled across the terrain.
Suddenly the thunderous sound of the guns up top reverberated throughout the vehicle.
Zero looked out the small window to see Salvador massacring a cluster of bullymongs to the right. Their roars echoed across the landscape, their bodies falling one by one.
Zero could hear the gunzerker laughing maniacally.
Zero found it more enjoyable up close and personal. He liked to feel his blade sliced through the thick flesh and part their limps from their body. Zero grinned at the thought of such things. He much enjoyed tearing flesh from bone with just his sword. So close and personal and intimate. It had been too long since Zero's animal had been let lose to roam free. But the trek today had allowed him to run rapid through the landscape. Slashing Bullymongs, taking down Rakks with ease. It felt amazing. He was so full of energy and so full of the need to kill. This whole lust thing had released something more within him, something much more wild. He killed with such fierceness even more than before. He felt quicker, stronger, more deadly. He loved it. He always took out all his frustrations on killing alone, but now he could fulfill his sexual needs and his need to kill and it was magical. The feeling was glorious.
Zero did not sleep. He stayed alert and wary as the vehicle rocked and groaned across the land. Maya slept heavy, and he dare not wake her, he knew she needed the sleep desperately.
They traveled for days, stopping occasionally for food and fuel. Maya looked distantly out the window at the changing landscape, they were finally entering the highlands. The lands were slowly becoming green and hilly. The temperatures were no longer freezing, but mildly cool. Comfortable.
Maya could hardly wait to get out on the landscape and out of this cramped vehicle. Zero had taken the driver's seat and Axton sat across from Maya slowly cleaning his gun, stealing glances at the siren every once and a while. Maya could feel the commando's eyes burning into her and she grimaced darkly. She stared harder out the window, but it was impossible to ignore him gawking. She whipped her head in his direction scowling.
"Would you stop?" She hissed lowly.
"Stop what, I don't believe I'm "doing" anything." Axton said flashing her one of those million dollar smiles.
"Stop staring." She said her eyes narrowed and vicious.
How was it even humanly possible for a male to be so annoying.
"Can't help it sweetie. My eyes are just drawn to that beauty and ferocity of yours." He said slyly.
Maya rolled her eyes and snorted.
"Oh please, give me a break with the cheesy lines." Maya growled disgusted.
Axton laughed heartily.
"Oh I thought you girls liked those cheesy compliments, guess not huh sweetie?" He said grinning and raising an eyebrow.
"No. And especially not when they are coming from you." Maya spat.
"Oh whats wrong hun, you shoot me down at every move I make, I promise I'm not that bad! Just give me a little time to show you. I just want a chance with a beauty like you." Axton pleaded with a fake pout.
Maya was about to just get up and slap some sense into him when suddenly the vehicle came to an abrupt halt.
Maya stood up and grabbed her gun off her back.
Zero turned around in the drivers seat.
"The vehicle will no longer suffice. We must walk from here. The rocky terrain blocks the path." Zero said standing and passing both of them to the door hatch.
He swung it open with a deafening bang and instinctively pointed his sniper out the opening scoping the landscape for enemies. He stepped from the vehicle down onto the greener landscape and continued to scout for danger.
He shifted gracefully into the predatory mode that dazzled Maya so very much.
The way he stalked across the terrain like a big cat, searching for a weak antelope. Claws at the ready, back arched, senses acute and ready to take anything down. She followed behind him SMG at the ready and Axton exited last, bringing up the rear of the group.
Salvador had already jumped ship and was a few yards away demolishing a small pack of Stalkers. Their anguished cries echoed off the mountains and rang in Maya's ears.
She gripped her gun tighter and stood up taller. The journey had given her much time to rest and recover, she felt alive and stronger than ever, and she was ready to kill.
She bolted past Zero and into the mess of enemies chomping at Salvador's heels.
She sprayed the landscapes with bullets in one clean sweep taking out a stalker coming up to her left.
She her a screech to her right and she swung in that direction with one quick motion. She lifted her hand into the air capturing the creature in a ball of glowing light, twisting its form, binding it with energy. Crushing it with her power.
More stalkers were swept up into the mass trying desperately to run but it was no use.
Maya fisted her hand closed and the energy exploded with a loud crack. The creatures charred bodies fell to the ground some still burning.
Salvador stood dumbfounded staring at the glowing siren his gun having fallen to his side in awe.
Zero ran up beside the siren and looked around.
There was not a soul left to kill.
Maya flashed a smile in his direction and headed forward into the rocks.
"Well c'mon slow pokes whats the hold up!?" Maya called over her shoulder as she disappeared over a boulder.
Axton came up behind Zero and growled.
"Man what a woman." He said smiling.
Zero displayed a displeased face and the thought to take that moment to split the commando in half fluttered across his mind. But instead he simply trudged forward ignoring the comment.
This was already becoming a long trip.
Zero held a few paces behind Maya his gun at the ready, but his thoughts wandered elsewhere.
It had been days since he had gotten so much as a second of alone time with Maya. He longed to have her soft skin against him, her firm form beneath his fingertips, the smell of her blue locks filling his senses. That Axton was constantly hovering and blabbering obscene comments. Zero was at his wits end with the loudmouthed male. It had taken every bit of his self control not to put him in his place, but his patience with him was wearing thin. Zero knew he was part of their team and a good fighter, but he tired of having to hear him mouth off awful things about Zero's siren.
Zero pondered all this under his blank helmet.
Maybe the long car ride had gotten the better of him, maybe it was that that was making him a little crazy.
And possibly his neglected sexual need...
Zero sighed at the thought.
He was so needy it was becoming a problem. Like an itch he couldn't scratch. Before he had never had a need for such human things, he had seen it as petty and idiotic to fall into needing such a thing. But now...now it was different. He was hooked like a druggy to their substance of choice. The heat was burning up his insides like a bonfire, radiating within his gut. It was making him stir crazy. Killing no longer filled his every need.
He frowned beneath his helmet and readjusted his gun.
This new need was not one that an assassin should be dealing with. He was angry at himself for being so stirred by such a primal and human need. But he could not help the needs of his body. He could not control it like he controlled every other aspect around him.
Zero's eyes wandered ahead of him to the nimble girl springing along like an antelope in front of him. Her body moved like a well oiled machine, scaling rocks with ease, gun always at the ready, hair blowing in the soft breeze whispering across the lands. Her pert ass moving swiftly as she did so.
Her buttocks filled her pants making the material tight across her rump, displaying her every curve for Zero's secret viewing.
Zero indulged in ogling her much more than he intended to allow himself.
Zero felt his body flush beneath his armor despite the cool chill in the air, he felt so uncomfortably hot.
He pulled his gaze away from the delectable woman in front of him and cursed himself for getting himself worked up.
He needed time alone.
With a sudden flicker Zero disappeared into mid air.