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Chapter 2: The Mechromancer
As Harry regained consciousness one thought stuck out above all the others.
"Blimey it's cold"
Moving on from that train of thought, he noticed that his glasses were not on this face and his blurry vision was encompassed by the colour white.
"Great - another dead Vault Hunter, Handsome Jack's been busy" Came a mildly annoying voice that seemed to originate from a couple of metres in front of him.
Reaching around his hands found purchase upon his glasses and he placed them back on his face. As his vision came back into focus he was able to observe the source of the voice.
His first thought was that it looked like a yellow box on a wheel. It had metal arms, an antennae and a big blue circle in the centre of its top half that Harry assumed was its eye.
Realising that he wasn't making any progress on the ground he proceeded to get to his feet. He took note of his surroundings and immediately wished he hadn't. Corpses littered the ground, the red blood creating a stark contrast against the freezing white snow.
His movement must have attracted the robot's attention as it started to speak to him.
"Wait a minute - You're not dead! YES! Now I can get off this glacier! Claptrap, your metaphorical ship has finally come in!" It exclaimed excitedly.
It was then that a feminine groan came from Harry's left. Searching for the origin of the voice he came across a red headed girl that seemed to be of a similar age to him, lying in the snow.
"Hey are you all right down there" He asked worriedly.
"Oh yeah I just love laying around in a freezing wasteland. Maybe I'll make some snow angels" She replied sarcastically
Offering his hand he helped pull her up to a standing position. Now that she was standing up he was able to get a better read of her appearance. She seemed to be wearing a muggle school girl outfit modified with sown on skulls and kept her hair in pigtails. She was also wearing orange goggles on her head and seemed to have a plaster on her cheek. But the most distinctive feature was that her left arm was entirely robotic.
"Hey it's nice to meet you I didn't see you on the train my name is Gaige. I'm a Mechromancer. Who are you?" She asked enthusiastically.
"I'm Harry Potter" He answered confusedly, wondering what a Mechromancer was.
"Who's your little robot friend" Gaige enquired, noticing the little yellow robot watching them.
"Oh right allow me to introduce myself - I am CL4P-TP steward bot, but my friends call me Claptrap! Or they would, if any of them were still alive. Or had existed in the first place!" Replied Claptrap.
"Well that's depressing" Reflected Harry, remembering his younger years when Dudley ensured that he remained friendless.
"I'll be your friend, if you want" Stated Harry, putting his hand out for the robot to shake.
"Really" Claptrap cheered, returning the handshake.
"Sure" Harry responded, flashing the robot a smile.
"I'll be your friend too" Gaige announced.
"Wow two vault hunters wanting to be my friend, this is the happiest day of my artificial life" Claptrap shouted, circling around them in the snow with his arms in the air.
"Vault hunter?" Harry enquired, trying to understand what predicament he had ended up in this time.
"Wait you're not here for the vault" Gaige asked, a look of confusion adorning her face.
"Nope I was looking at this weird trinket when all of a sudden there's this bright purple flash and I'm on the train" Harry explained.
"What did this trinket look like" Gaige enquired.
"It looked like a curved upside down V shape in a circle" Harry answered, trying to remember the appearance of the trinket.
"That's a Vault symbol. Maybe the Vault contains something that will help you get back home" Gaige suggested.
"And I'm guessing you're also looking for this vault" Harry prompted.
The young girl nodded in answer to his question.
"Well looks like we're partners for the time being" Harry declared, once again putting out his hand to shake.
The Mechromancer clasped his hand and gave it a firm shake, a wide grin appearing on her face.
"Partners" Gauge stated affirmatively.