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Edited on 12/21/16. Fixed minor errors.

Ch.3 The Soldier

Location: A dumpster somewhere in New Mombasa
6 hours after arrival

Lilith slowly regained consciousness. She could hear a soft pelting of raindrops pinging against the dumpster that she hid in. The lid was slightly ajar, revealing the now nighttime sky to her.

"I've woken up in some odd places on Pandora," Lilith muttered as she pulled herself out of the trash dump, "but this one takes the damn cake."

Now back on her feet, she took two steps before falling flat on her face. Her legs falling asleep combined with being weak from charging the Vault Key wasn't equaling a good result on Lilith's motor functions. Struggling back to her feet, she decided to take stock of her current equipment and ammo. She had no shield and weapons as they were confiscated by Handsome Jack before she was hooked up to the same AI system that housed his enslaved daughter Angel. Same goes for her ammo.

The only thing left that she had was her ECHO device and the Class 12 heads up display that was given to her when she first set foot on Pandora when looking for the first Vault. The display showed one's health, shields, ammo, and even a mini-map.

'God, I wish that annoying little robo box was here right now.'

As much as she got annoyed with his over-enthusiastic voice, it would help to have some company. She gazed around the area and found a dispenser against a wall. The word Optican was shown above two small containers. Each container also had Optican flashing on them. The dispenser had an automated voice that said, "Optican, healthcare on demand."

"Healthcare huh..." said Lilith with a questioning look.

She slowly took one of the canisters from the dispenser and opened it. Inside was a syringe that looked similar to the ones that Dr. Zed used on Pandora, or tried to use anyway. Thankfully, these were much cleaner than any that she had seen on Pandora. She injected the syringe in her right arm, as she didn't want to find out what happens if you put a medical shot into a Siren's left, tattooed arm. The effects of the shot were almost instantaneous. She felt almost no weakness in her legs or arms and had enough energy to level all of the bandits that were likely living inside of the Firehawk lair, where she lived and hid from Hyperion before being rescued by the four Vault Hunters.

However, her good fortune wouldn't last as she heard footsteps. But these weren't normal human steps, these sounded like a large creature instead. Lilith reached for a gun by instinct and found none. So, she decided to flee behind the trash bin that she had been sleeping in and stay there until the creature passed. The footsteps stopped and Lilith decided to peak over the edge of the can. There was a tall, beefy creature standing in the street. It wore dark blue armor with light blue lights in a few areas. She noticed how the creature had fur underneath and in exposed parts of the armor. In it's right hand, it held a small weapon that sported a large, silver blade on it. Surrounding the creature were two other unknowns. One was small and had a triangle shaped tank on it's back. It held an even smaller weapon. This one was no larger than the smaller creature's head and had a green glow at the end of it. The other was tall and limber. It had a blue shield on it's left arm and had the same weapon as the smaller creature.

They stood there, as if their purpose was to just stare into the darkness.

BANG!

A loud explosion rocked the night. Lilith noticed a door or something fly passed her and down the street. Then, a dark figure jumped down from the darkness. The three creatures then stared firing their weapons at the figure. However, this figure knew how to fight. Flashing muzzles and gunfire erupted from both the figure and the three unknown lifeforms. Before Lilith knew it, the figure was the only one left standing in the darkened street. The figure slowly walked and panted as if he was hurt. He went up to the same dispenser as Lilith had done moments ago.

Lilith was now able to get a good look of the figure. He had a dark helmet with a silver visor on it, sleek shoulder pads and a square chest plate. On his hip, he had what looked like a pistol. It had green-glowing sights and looked like it was silenced. The weapon in his hand looked more like a SMG. The small gun had red-glowing sights instead of the pistol's green. It also looked to be a silenced weapon. It din't take a rocket scientist for Lilith to figure out that he was a soldier

Lilith decided that it might be a good idea to slip away while he didn't notice her. As she started to leave the safety of the trash bin, she accidentally kicked a can. This caused the soldier to turn a complete 180 and aim his pistol at Lilith. At the sound of the safety being flicked off, Lilith froze like a skag in the headlights. She knew that the situation wasn't an ideal one to be in at the present moment and should try to get herself out of it. Lilith wasn't much of a charismatic person but rather a stubborn one in situations like these. She turned slowly to face the soldier. He stood not 50 feet away from her with his pistol aimed at her head. Lilith thought that this was the end. She couldn't get herself out of this one using her Siren powers either due to the absence of Eridium. But just then, the soldier looked above Lilith's head and threw a grenade over her head. She ducked out of the way just as the soldier fired his pistol at the grenade, causing it to send an enemy creature 5 feet in the air. The creature squealed like a little girl as it flew and then died.

As Lilith had her attention switch from the dying foe, the soldier stepped up to Lilith and helped her off of the ground.

"Thanks, I guess" said Lilith. The soldier didn't reply verbally, he just nodded his head in acknowledgement. He then gave Lilith his pistol and 48 spare rounds for it, which she took without a second thought. He then took off down the street.

"Well, it's either follow the experienced soldier or go it alone in a place that you don't know about" Lilith muttered to herself.

"Hey," she said to the solider, "wait up!"

And so the two began their journey into the occupied city of New Mombasa

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