Maya

Leaving the Vault of the Warrior

All Maya wanted, after the events of Hyperion, was to sit back and relax. She could tell that the rest of the Vault Hunters wanted the same. Axton didn't seem as chirpy and happy as he usually was. Salvador wasn't looking for something to shoot with his dual-wield Vladaf assault rifles. Zero wasn't even speaking in his weird way of haiku. Maya herself actually felt alone, even with all of her companions traveling beside her. She didn't understand this feeling completely, but eventually she will find out what it meant to her.

As the group approached the fast-travel station next to the Vault, Axton was the first to break the silence that had covered the group like a shroud.

"So, who's buying the first round?" He asked.

Salvador shook his head and said, "I spent most of my money on ammo and assault rifles, plus I bought drinks last time."

"Oh, right." Axton said sheepishly.

"It was for that bet right?" Maya asked?

"Yea." Salvador replied simply.

Maya stopped in front of the travel station as she tried to remember what the bet was. Finally clicking, a small grin spread across her face as she keyed the fast travel code for Sanctuary and initiated the fast travel. Salvador had bet Axton five shots that Zero couldn't insult Moxxi and be able to escape from her wrath, which was her simply shooting the culprit in the head, or any other body part that she could aim at the quickest.

So, Zero, Salvador, and Axton decided to launch the challenge a few days before the raid of Control Core Angel. The trio walked into the bar. Axton and Sal slipped into one of the booths to watch Zero from a distance, and to have a quick escape plan if things went pear-shaped. Zero stepped up to the bar and sat on the stool while ordering a drink. He did this with his visor though, as he would confuse Moxxi if he talked in haiku. She walked up to him with a drink, only to slap the drink way and flash something across his visor. She immediately grabbed on of the weapons she kept in under the bar to shoot Zero, but by then he was already gone. Axton laughed like a psycho as he watched Moxxi look around for Zero. When she caught a hold of Axton however, she shot at him a few times. Axton ran out the bar faster than Scooter could say "Catch a Ride". She never forgave Zero or Axton for the incident, but she still served them drinks whenever they came into her bar.

As the travel ended, they ended up inside Sanctuary's main square, if you could call it that. The main center of the floating town had one central turbine that helped hold Sanctuary in place above the highlands. A trashy street surrounded the turbine and there was, to the group's surprise, no one there; even though it was the middle of the day. The only exception to this was Claptrap, who wandered the street with a worried look etched on his small, box shaped chassis. Spotting the Vault Hunters, his expression immediately did a 180 back to his annoying self.

"HOLY CRAP!" he shouted. His voice seemed much louder than it actually was due to the fact that nobody was in town. "YOU GUYS MADE IT BACK ALIVE!"

Maya could hear Axton sigh as he came up with a reply.

"Yes Craptrap, we made it back." Axton heaved. Craptrap was a nickname for Claptrap that Axton said on rare occasions, and apparently this was one of those cases.

"Where is everyone?" Maya asked the annoying yellow robot.

"They all went hide in Marcus's gun shop, in case something bad happened." He replied with much enthusiasm.

"Did Mordy go with them?" she asked.

"No, he said that the town needed a much better person to watch the town rather than a stupid robot." Claptrap replied, with the latter part of the statement sounding like Claptrap mocking Mordecai. "He's still in the Crimson Raider's HQ with Brick if you guys want to meet them. I'm going to go get the civvies out of the gun shop before something bad happens." Claptrap concluded before hurrying down the street.

The Vault Hunters then jogged toward the HQ, which was nothing more than a simple two-story building that looked like a garbage can more than an HQ for the last stronghold of the fight against Hyperion. As they entered, a loud argument can be heard between Mordecai and Brick. The group couldn't understand what they were arguing about until they reached the second floor. As they entered the room, computer monitors were ripped from their roof anchors and scattered across the floor; exposed wires still pulsing electricity. The sofa looked unrecognizable due to it being ripped to shreds. Even the holo-projector that sat in the middle of the room looked a little dented out of shape. Brick had Mordecai in a choke-hold against the balcony that looked into the center of town. Maya immediately phase locked Brick away from Mordecai so that the group of Vault Hunters could get an explanation.

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?" Maya exclaimed with fury.

The two looked at her and the recently arrived group of Vault Hunters, all elements of a fight emptied from there faces. However, Mordy had red eyes from what Maya assumed was crying. Mordecai then slowly walked over to the group with his ECHO device in his hand.

"Just got a transmission." Mordecai said miserably, "I'll let you listen to it."

He looked at the device in his hand, seeming hesitant to replay the log. But, even though he looked as if he didn't want to, he replayed the transmission.

HELP I'M BEING PULLED INTO THE VAULT! SEND AS MUCH HELP AS POSSIBLE!

"That's it?" Axton asked.

"Yea," Brick replied. Mordecai looked as if he was going to have a nervous breakdown.

"It was received from Lilith about a half-hour ago. Mordy here hasn't been okay with the news himself."

The group sat in silence for what seemed like hours. Eventually, Maya broke the silence.

"What do we do?"

Mordy only looked up at the group, eyes filled with a deadly combination of fury, determination, and misery.

"We go after her." He said with a deadly tone.

Hey guys, thanks for waiting patiently for this chapter to come out. Sorry that it is so short, I just don't have the time to make chapters long like chapter 5 was. So, this brings me to my next order of business.

So, hope you guys enjoyed. If you want to be in the Feet First Into Hell story as a main or background character, please let me know. I will give you more information then.

RNG OUT!